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SMEs' purchasing habits : A procurement maturity model for stakeholders (2014)
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Ozmen, E., Oner, M., Khosrowshahi, F., & Underwood, J. (2014). SMEs' purchasing habits : A procurement maturity model for stakeholders. SAGE Open, 4(2), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014536405

Although micro companies overpower the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment, generalizations are often with medium size companies, and therefore, there are many unknowns, especially when it comes to its buying behavior. Conformist studies and in... Read More about SMEs' purchasing habits : A procurement maturity model for stakeholders.

A survey on privacy issues in digital forensics (2014)
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Aminnezhad, A., & Dehghantanha, A. (2014). A survey on privacy issues in digital forensics. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 3(4), 183-199

Privacy issues have always been a major concern in computer forensics and security and in case of any investigation whether it is pertaining to computer or not always privacy issues appear. To enable privacy’s protection in the physical world... Read More about A survey on privacy issues in digital forensics.

Modelling based approach for reconstructing evidence of VoIP malicious attacks (2014)
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Ibrahim, M., & Dehghantanha, A. (2014). Modelling based approach for reconstructing evidence of VoIP malicious attacks. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 3(4), 183-199

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a new communication technology that uses internet protocol in providing phone services. VoIP provides various forms of benefits such as low monthly fee and cheaper rate in terms of long distance and... Read More about Modelling based approach for reconstructing evidence of VoIP malicious attacks.

Digital forensics trends and future (2014)
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Dezfouli, F., & Dehghantanha, A. (2014). Digital forensics trends and future. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 3(4), 183-199

Nowadays, rapid evolution of computers and mobile phones has caused these devices to be used in criminal activities. Providing appropriate and sufficient security measures is a difficult job due to complexity of devices which makes invest... Read More about Digital forensics trends and future.

A review on impacts of cloud computing and digital forensics (2014)
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Daryabar, F., & Dehghantanha, A. (2014). A review on impacts of cloud computing and digital forensics. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 3(4), 183-199

Nowadays, digital storage of computer data is moving toward cloud computing which is a set of infrastructure provides data storage for organizations and individuals. Due to this large scale, in case an attack occurs in the network of a cloud it would... Read More about A review on impacts of cloud computing and digital forensics.

Advances of mobile forensic procedures in Firefox OS (2014)
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Yusoff, M., Mahmod, R., Dehghantanha, A., & Abdullah, M. (2014). Advances of mobile forensic procedures in Firefox OS. International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 3(4), 183-199. https://doi.org/10.17781/P001338

The advancement of smartphone technology has attracted many companies in developing mobile operating system (OS). Mozilla Corporation recently released Linux-based open source mobile OS, named Firefox OS. The emergence of Firefox OS has creat... Read More about Advances of mobile forensic procedures in Firefox OS.

Using eulerlets to give a boundary integral formulation in euler flow and discussion on applications (2014)
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Chadwick, E., & Kapoulas, A. (2014). Using eulerlets to give a boundary integral formulation in euler flow and discussion on applications. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2014.102.331

Boundary element models in inviscid (Euler) flow dynamics for a manoeuvring body are difficult to formulate even for the steady case; Although the potential satisfies the Laplace equation, it has a jump discontinuity in twodimensional flow relating t... Read More about Using eulerlets to give a boundary integral formulation in euler flow and discussion on applications.

Nanoscale characterization of 1D Sn-3.5Ag nanosolders and their application into nanowelding at the nanoscale (2014)
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Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Lan, Q., Ma, H., Qu, K., Inkson, B., …Peng, Y. (2014). Nanoscale characterization of 1D Sn-3.5Ag nanosolders and their application into nanowelding at the nanoscale. Nanotechnology, 25(42), 425301. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/42/425301

One-dimensional Sn-3.5Ag alloy nanosolders have been successfully fabricated by a dc electrodeposition technique into nanoporous templates, and their soldering quality has been demonstrated in nanoscale electrical welding for the first time, which in... Read More about Nanoscale characterization of 1D Sn-3.5Ag nanosolders and their application into nanowelding at the nanoscale.

Bimagnetic h-Co/h-CoO nanotetrapods: preparation, nanoscale characterization, three-dimensional architecture and their magnetic properties (2014)
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Deng, X., Yang, D., Tan, G., Li, X., Zhang, J., Liu, Q., …Peng, Y. (2014). Bimagnetic h-Co/h-CoO nanotetrapods: preparation, nanoscale characterization, three-dimensional architecture and their magnetic properties. Nanoscale, 6(22), 13710-13718. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR02287D

Well-defined bimagnetic h-Co decorated wurtzite h-CoO nanotetrapods with uniform size have been successfully fabricated by a one-pot thermal decomposition method for the first time, and their three-dimensional architecture, crystal structure, chemica... Read More about Bimagnetic h-Co/h-CoO nanotetrapods: preparation, nanoscale characterization, three-dimensional architecture and their magnetic properties.

Recognition of nestmate eggs in the ant Formica fusca is based on queen derived cues (2014)
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based on queen derived cues. Current Zoology, 60(1), 131-136

Inclusive fitness benefits depend on recognizing the right individuals to interact with. Social insect nests protect themselves from non-kin intruders through nestmate recognition based on chemical cues. The recognition cues on adult individuals ar... Read More about Recognition of nestmate eggs in the ant Formica fusca is based on queen derived cues.

Theoretical studies of excitons in type II CdSe/CdTe quantum dots (2014)
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Miloszewski, J., Tomic, S., & Binks, D. (2014). Theoretical studies of excitons in type II CdSe/CdTe quantum dots. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 526, 012005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/526/1/012005

We present a method for calculating exciton and bi-exciton energies in type-II colloidal quantum dots. Our methodology is based on an 8-band k p Hamiltonian of the zinc- blend structure, which incorporates the effects of spin-orbit interaction, stra... Read More about Theoretical studies of excitons in type II CdSe/CdTe quantum dots.

Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria (2014)
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Ihuah, P., & Kakulu, I. (2014). Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria. Journal of sustainable development in Africa, 16(1), 56-68

The study reviews the sustainability issues that are associated with rural community water provision and some of the challenges experienced in the in Niger Delta region of Nigeria within the context of project benefits sustenance. Several rural com... Read More about Rural water supply projects and sustainable development in Nigeria.

Distinction between handwritten and machine-printed text based on the bag of visual words model (2014)
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Zagoris, K., Pratikakis, I., Antonacopoulos, A., Gatos, B., & Papamarkos, N. (2014). Distinction between handwritten and machine-printed text based on the bag of visual words model. Pattern recognition, 47(3), 1051-1062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2013.09.005

In a variety of documents, ranging from forms to archive documents and books with annotations, machine printed and handwritten text may coexist in the same document image, raising significant issues within the recognition pipeline. It is, therefore,... Read More about Distinction between handwritten and machine-printed text based on the bag of visual words model.

A comparative study of the usability of touch-based and mouse-based interaction (2014)
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Travis, C., & Murano, P. (2014). A comparative study of the usability of touch-based and mouse-based interaction. International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, 10(1), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-01-2014-0015

Purpose – This paper is about an investigation into the usability of touch-based user interfaces. Currently, not enough knowledge is available to guide user interface designers and developers concerning the appropriate use of touch-based technology.... Read More about A comparative study of the usability of touch-based and mouse-based interaction.

An open participatory conceptual framework to support State of the Environment and Sustainability Reports (2014)
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Ramos, T., Martins, I., Martinho, A., Douglas, C., Painho, M., & Caeiro, S. (2014). An open participatory conceptual framework to support State of the Environment and Sustainability Reports. Journal of Cleaner Production, 64, 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.08.038

It is fundamental to monitor, evaluate and report the state of the environment at global and local levels, to better implement sustainable development principles and practices. The State of the Environment and Sustainability Reports should be written... Read More about An open participatory conceptual framework to support State of the Environment and Sustainability Reports.

Future perspectives on product data management in building information modeling (2014)
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Palos, S., Kiviniemi, A., & Kuusisto, J. (2014). Future perspectives on product data management in building information modeling. Construction innovation (London. Online), 14(1), 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-12-2011-0080

Purpose – It has been argued that product data libraries have the potential to improve global real-estate development and increase productivity. Product data libraries provide the basis to support diverse national classification systems and different... Read More about Future perspectives on product data management in building information modeling.

Promising near-infrared non-targeted probes: benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes (2014)
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Okoh, O., Bisby, R., Lawrence, C., Rolph, C., & Smith, R. (2014). Promising near-infrared non-targeted probes: benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 35(1), 42-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/17415993.2013.778258

A series of benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes have been synthesized and their photophysical properties evaluated in relation to their structural features. These have been compared against two classical probes of this type: Indocyanine Green (IG... Read More about Promising near-infrared non-targeted probes: benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes.

Use of clickers to improve student engagement in learning : observations from the built environment discipline (2014)
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Kulatunga, U., & Rameezdeen, R. (2014). Use of clickers to improve student engagement in learning : observations from the built environment discipline. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 10(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2013.826754

Student engagement and active learning have been identified as key areas for learning enhancement as students tend to understand and retain teaching material better and enjoy lectures when they are actively engaged. This would improve retention and p... Read More about Use of clickers to improve student engagement in learning : observations from the built environment discipline.

Asset Management of low-zero carbon technology in social housing (2014)
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Kempton, J. (2014). Asset Management of low-zero carbon technology in social housing. Structural survey, 32(1), 14-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-09-2012-0027

Purpose – Households account for 27 per cent of the UK's total CO2 emissions therefore addressing housing energy efficiency has become a priority. Low-zero carbon technologies (LZCTs) for both new-build and the existing housing stock are one mechanis... Read More about Asset Management of low-zero carbon technology in social housing.