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Leveraging machine learning techniques for Windows ransomware network traffic detection (2018)
Book Chapter
Alhawi, O., Baldwin, J., & Dehghantanha, A. (2018). Leveraging machine learning techniques for Windows ransomware network traffic detection. In A. Dehghantanha, M. Conti, & T. Dargahi (Eds.), Cyber Threat Intelligence (93-106). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73951-9_5

Ransomware has become a significant global threat with the ransomware-as-a-service model enabling easy availability and deployment, and the potential for high revenues creating a viable criminal business model. Individuals, private companies or publi... Read More about Leveraging machine learning techniques for Windows ransomware network traffic detection.

Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas (2018)
Book Chapter
Thurstan, R., Yates, K., & O'Leary, B. (2018). Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas. In K. Yates, & C. Bradshaw (Eds.), Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning (214-230). Routledge

Energy generation sites are increasingly being constructed in coastal and marine spaces and the rate of implementation is likely to increase in coming decades, due to a combination of increasing energy demand and international targets to reduce green... Read More about Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas.

Meaningful stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with offshore energy (2018)
Book Chapter
Yates, K. (2018). Meaningful stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with offshore energy. In K. Yates, & C. Bradshaw (Eds.), Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning (169-188). Routledge

Within an increasingly busy seascape, competition between different uses of marine resources is growing. Offshore-energy generation in particular is expanding rapidly, with implications for both existing users and nature conservation. Marine spatial... Read More about Meaningful stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with offshore energy.

Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis (2018)
Book Chapter
An, M., & Chen, Y. (2018). Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis. In Q. Mahboob, & E. Zio (Eds.), Handbook of RAMS in Railway Systems: Theory and Practice (441-474). Boca Raton, USA: CRC PRess (Taylor & Francis)

Many risk assessment techniques currently used in the railway industry are comparatively mature tools, which have been developed on the basis of probabilistic risk analysis (PRA), for example, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, Monte Carlo sim... Read More about Fuzzy reasoning approach and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for expert judgment capture and process in risk analysis.

Multi-physical electro-magnetic propulsion fluid dynamics : mathematical modelling and computation (2018)
Book Chapter
Beg, O. (2018). Multi-physical electro-magnetic propulsion fluid dynamics : mathematical modelling and computation. In S. Sparks, & B. Willis (Eds.), Mathematical Modeling : Methods, Applications and Research (2-88). New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA

The long-standing interest in manned inter-planetary missions has motivated a re-think worldwide in developing better propulsion drives. Many hypothetical systems which did offer some promise in the 1970s and 1980s have been abandoned. A significant... Read More about Multi-physical electro-magnetic propulsion fluid dynamics : mathematical modelling and computation.

BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next (2018)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. A., & Miranda, E. R. BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next. In C. S. Nam, A. Nijholt, & F. Lotte (Eds.), . Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351231954

Brain–computer music interfacing (BCMI) is a growing field with a history of experimental applications derived from the cutting edge of BCI research as adapted to music making and performance. BCMI offers some unique possibilities over traditional mu... Read More about BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next.

BCI for music making : then, now, and next (2018)
Book Chapter
Williams, D., & Miranda, E. (2018). BCI for music making : then, now, and next. In C. Nam, A. Nijholt, & F. Lotte (Eds.), Brain–Computer Interfaces Handbook. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351231954

Brain–computer music interfacing (BCMI) is a growing field with a history of experimental applications derived from the cutting edge of BCI research as adapted to music making and performance. BCMI offers some unique possibilities over traditional mu... Read More about BCI for music making : then, now, and next.

Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort (2017)
Book Chapter
Moustaka, A. (2017). Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort. In C. Boundas, & V. Tentokali (Eds.), Architectural and Urban Reflections after Deleuze and Guattari. London: Rowman & Littlefield

Idealist strands of philosophical thought and phenomenology implemented into architectural theory conspicuously neglect the role of matter. They treat it as a passive and inert receptacle of a creators order, rather than an active presence. The activ... Read More about Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort.

Overview of a current ethical challenge in anti-doping (2017)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2017). Overview of a current ethical challenge in anti-doping. In A. Rigozzi, E. Wisnosky, & B. Quinn (Eds.), The proceedings of the 2017 Macolin Anti-Doping Summit: A fresh look at the science, legal and policy aspects of anti-doping (159-170). Bern: Editions WebLaw

Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation (2017)
Book Chapter
Leontiadou, M., Smith, C., Lydon, C., & Binks, D. (2017). Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation. In P. Skabara, & M. Malik (Eds.), Nanostructured Materials for Type III Photovoltaics. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782626749-00472

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are semiconductor crystals, the nanometre-scale size of which both allows their absorption edge to be controlled during growth and enhances the yield of multiple exciton generation. These properties, combined with the fa... Read More about Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation.

Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface (2017)
Book Chapter
Swan, W., Bayat, N., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface. In M. Eames, T. Dixon, M. Hunt, & S. Lannon (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World (53-67). Oxford: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119007241.ch4

Deep energy efficient retrofit of hard to treat (HTT) properties is emerging as a major concern in the UK. A number of studies have highlighted the difficulties of effective delivery of this type of retrofit, citing issues of lower than expected perf... Read More about Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface.

Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration (2017)
Book Chapter
Heysham, N. (2017). Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration. In G. Rodriguez, C. Brebbia, & D. Almorza (Eds.), Coastal Cities and Their Sustainable Future II (73-83). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CC170081

Alexandria is one of the largest cities in Egypt in terms of population and urban density, second only to Cairo. Since its origination in the 300s BC, it has been one of the biggest metropolises in the ancient world, culturally, intellectually, pol... Read More about Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration.

A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining (2017)
Book Chapter
Zahedi, E., Saraee, M., & Baniasadi, Z. (2017). A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining. In Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2017 (1475-1480). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IranianCEE.2017.7985276

Opinion data are produced rapidly by a large and uncontrolled number of opinion holders in different domains (public, business, politic and etc). The volume, variety and velocity of such data requires an opinion mining model to be also adopted with t... Read More about A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining.

Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Al-Noori, A., Duncan, P., & Li, F. (2017). Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments. In Proceedings: 2017 AES International Conference on Audio Forensics. Audio Engineering Society

Reliability of Speaker Recognition (SR) is crucial for critical applications, especially in adverse acoustic conditions. Ambient noises and their variations represent a significant challenge for such applications. In this paper, a new technique is... Read More about Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments.

Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends (2017)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., Perera, S., Ruikar, K., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

This chapter provides the concluding highlights of this book. Many past studies conducted in the construction industry confirm the positive impact of utilising ICTs, with an improving effect on costs, scheduling and quality. The various sections and... Read More about Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends.

Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations (2017)
Book Chapter
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2017). Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

According to Kenny (2007), construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, amounting to between 5% and 7% of GDP in most countries and accounts for a significant part of the global gross capital formation a little under one-third. As noted across... Read More about Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations.

Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Perera, S., Ruikar, K., Ingirige, B., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Introduction. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

The construction industry of most countries is considered the growth engine of the economy often acting as the regulator of economic activity. This makes it important to continually innovate its practice and processes. One of the primary ways of infu... Read More about Introduction.

Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities (2017)
Book Chapter
Fernando, T., & Alzahmi, M. (2017). Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (155-163). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch9

In the past century, the occurrence of natural disasters and man‐made disasters has steadily increased with a significant loss of life, damage to infrastructure and property and destruction of the environment. Therefore creation of resilient cities i... Read More about Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities.