All Outputs (714)

Sustainable development as a framework for ethics and skills in higher education computing courses (2014)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. (2015). Sustainable development as a framework for ethics and skills in higher education computing courses. In W. Leal Filho, L. Brandli, O. Kuznetsova, & A. Maria Finisterra do Paço (Eds.), Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level (345-357). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10690-8_24

The impact of sustainable development on the curriculum remains variable, and in some disciplines the inclusion is considered by some to be inappropriate or not relevant. This paper considers the ways in which sustainable development can be embedded... Read More about Sustainable development as a framework for ethics and skills in higher education computing courses.

An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Qora'n, L., Gordon, N., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2014). An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows. Athens Journal of Health, 1(3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajh.1-3-4

A clinical workflow considers the information and processes that are involved in providing a clinical service. They are safety critical since even minor faults have the potential to propagate and consequently cause harm to a patient, or even for a pa... Read More about An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows.

Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gordon, N., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Al-Qora'n, L. Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department. Presented at 2014 Science and Information Conference

This paper was originally presented at the Science and Information Conference, 2014, 27-29 August, London. Abstract: Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication systems (PACS) are used widely to help in the workflow ma... Read More about Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department.

Underwater robotic vehicles: Latest development trends and potential challenges (2014)
Journal Article
Mahmood Tahir, A., & Iqbal, J. (2014). Underwater robotic vehicles: Latest development trends and potential challenges. Science international (Lahore), 26(3), 1111-1117

The treacherous underwater working environment demands state of the art operational technology. Innovation in these technologies has been driven by the need to have a reliable, flexible, productive and reconfigurable machine termed as Remotely Operat... Read More about Underwater robotic vehicles: Latest development trends and potential challenges.

Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot (2014)
Journal Article
Rea, F., Nefti-Meziani, S., Manzoor, U., & Davis, S. (2014). Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(12), 1837-1847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.06.005

Nowadays, robots need to be able to interact with humans and objects in a flexible way and should be able to share the same knowledge (physical and social) of the human counterpart. Therefore, there is a need for a framework for expressing and sharin... Read More about Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot.

Enhancing the EAST-ADL error model with HiP-HOPS semantics (2014)
Journal Article
Sharvia, S., Papadopoulos, Y., Chen, D.-J., Walker, M., Yuan, W., & Lönn, H. (2014). Enhancing the EAST-ADL error model with HiP-HOPS semantics. Athens journal of technology & engineering, 1(2), 119-136

EAST-ADL is a domain-specific modelling language for the engineering of automotive embedded systems. The language has abstractions that enable engineers to capture a variety of information about design in the course of the lifecycle — from requiremen... Read More about Enhancing the EAST-ADL error model with HiP-HOPS semantics.

Technology-enhanced learning in higher education: Tribes and territories (2014)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N., & Brayshaw, M. (2014). Technology-enhanced learning in higher education: Tribes and territories. In V. Zuzevičiūtė, E. Butrimė, D. Vitkutė-Adžgauskienė, V. V. Fomin, & K. Kikis-Papadakis (Eds.), E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis (224-236). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6154-7.ch013

© 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. This chapter explores issues that affect the uptake and integration of Technology in Higher Education, developing a framework to overcome some of the barriers. Technological adoption varies across discipline... Read More about Technology-enhanced learning in higher education: Tribes and territories.

Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery (2014)
Journal Article
Rambani, R., Ward, J., & Viant, W. (2014). Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(6), 805-809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.04.012

Background Simulation and surgical training has moved on since its inception during the end of the last century. The trainees are getting more exposed to computers and laboratory training in different subspecialties. More needs to be done in orthoped... Read More about Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery.

Flight trial demonstration of seamless aeronautical networking (2014)
Journal Article
Plass, S., Hermenier, R., Lücke, O., Depoorter, D. G., Tordjman, T., Chatterton, M., Amirfeiz, M., Scotti, S., Cheng, Y. J., Pillai, P., Gräupl, T., Durand, F., Murphy, K., Marriott, A., & Zaytsev, A. (2014). Flight trial demonstration of seamless aeronautical networking. IEEE Communications Magazine, 52(5), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2014.6815902

This article presents the in-flight demonstration of a new integrated aircraft communications system combining legacy and future radio technologies. This system, developed and validated under real environmental conditions during flight trials, integr... Read More about Flight trial demonstration of seamless aeronautical networking.

Issues in the mining of heart failure datasets (2014)
Journal Article
Poolsawad, N., Moore, L., Kambhampati, C., & Cleland, J. G. (2014). Issues in the mining of heart failure datasets. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 11(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-014-0778-5

This paper investigates the characteristics of a clinical dataset using a combination of feature selection and classification methods to handle missing values and understand the underlying statistical characteristics of a typical clinical dataset. Ty... Read More about Issues in the mining of heart failure datasets.

Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces (2014)
Journal Article
Zou, Q., Zhang, J., Deng, B., & Zhao, J. (2014). Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces. Computer aided design, 53, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2014.04.006

The aim of tool path planning is to maximize the efficiency against some given precision criteria. In practice, scallop height should be kept constant to avoid unnecessary cutting, while the tool path should be smooth enough to maintain a high feed r... Read More about Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces.

An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles (2014)
Journal Article
Zohaib, M., Pasha, S. M., Javaid, N., Salaam, A., & Iqbal, J. (2014). An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles. Studies in Informatics and Control, 23(1), 97-106. https://doi.org/10.24846/v23i1y201410

This paper proposes a novel obstacle avoidance algorithm for autonomous mobile robot control. The proposed approach brings a solution to the problem of robot traversal in critical shaped environments and offers several advantages compared to the repo... Read More about An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles.

A multi-robot educational and research framework (2014)
Journal Article
Ahmad, O., Ullah, I., & Iqbal, J. (2014). A multi-robot educational and research framework. International Journal of Academic Research, 6(2), 217-222. https://doi.org/10.7813/2075-4124.2014/6-2/A.32

Robots have greatly transformed human’s life. Multi-disciplinary research in robotics essentially demands having sophisticated frameworks with diverse range of capabilities ranging from simple tasks like testing of control algorithms to handling comp... Read More about A multi-robot educational and research framework.

An intelligent information forwarder for healthcare big data systems with distributed wearable sensors (2014)
Journal Article
Jiang, P., Winkley, J., Zhao, C., Munnoch, R., Min, G., & Yang, L. T. (2016). An intelligent information forwarder for healthcare big data systems with distributed wearable sensors. IEEE systems journal, 10(3), 1147-1159. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2014.2308324

© 2016 IEEE. An increasing number of the elderly population wish to live an independent lifestyle, rather than rely on intrusive care programmes. A big data solution is presented using wearable sensors capable of carrying out continuous monitoring of... Read More about An intelligent information forwarder for healthcare big data systems with distributed wearable sensors.

Human hand compatible underactuated exoskeleton robotic system (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Tsagarakis, N. G., & Caldwell, D. G. (2014). Human hand compatible underactuated exoskeleton robotic system. Electronics letters, 50(7), 494-496. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2014.0508

A novel direct-driven and portable exoskeleton robotic system for the hand is proposed. The system design is based on the multi-parametric optimisation procedure, which considers isotropy, dexterity and exertion of perpendicular forces on the finger... Read More about Human hand compatible underactuated exoskeleton robotic system.

Use of a propositional rule learner for prognosis of mortality rates in heart failure patients (2014)
Journal Article
Bohacik, J., Kambhampati, C., Davis, D. N., & Cleland, J. G. F. (2014). Use of a propositional rule learner for prognosis of mortality rates in heart failure patients. Journal of information technologies, 7(1),

A novel exoskeleton robotic system for hand rehabilitation - Conceptualization to prototyping (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Khan, H., Tsagarakis, N. G., & Caldwell, D. G. (2014). A novel exoskeleton robotic system for hand rehabilitation - Conceptualization to prototyping. Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, 34(2), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbe.2014.01.003

This research presents a novel hand exoskeleton rehabilitation device to facilitate tendon therapy exercises. The exoskeleton is designed to assist fingers flexion and extension motions in a natural manner. The proposed multi-Degree Of Freedom (DOF)... Read More about A novel exoskeleton robotic system for hand rehabilitation - Conceptualization to prototyping.

Interactive design exploration for constrained meshes (2014)
Journal Article
Bouaziz, S., Deng, B., Deuss, M., Kaspar, A., Pauly, M., & Schwartzburg, Y. (2015). Interactive design exploration for constrained meshes. Computer aided design, 61, 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2014.01.004

In architectural design, surface shapes are commonly subject to geometric constraints imposed by material, fabrication or assembly. Rationalization algorithms can convert a freeform design into a form feasible for production, but often require design... Read More about Interactive design exploration for constrained meshes.

Colias: An autonomous micro robot for swarm robotic applications (2014)
Journal Article
Arvin, F., Murray, J., Zhang, C., & Yue, S. (2014). Colias: An autonomous micro robot for swarm robotic applications. International journal of advanced robotic systems, 11(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.5772/58730

Robotic swarms that take inspiration from nature are becoming a fascinating topic for multi-robot researchers. The aim is to control a large number of simple robots in order to solve common complex tasks. Due to the hardware complexities and cost of... Read More about Colias: An autonomous micro robot for swarm robotic applications.

Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fanan, A., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014, January). Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio. Presented at International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering

In the present day Cognitive Radio has become a realistic option for solution of the spectrum scarcity problem in wireless communication. One of the most challenging issues in cognitive radio systems is spectrum sensing concepts, which is considered... Read More about Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio.