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Improving Academic Achievement in First-Year Calculus: Theorizing the Case to Inform Future Interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study aims to examine the academic achievement and study behaviours in a mandatory, firstyear calculus course for engineering students. Students responded to identical survey items 12 years apart to determine changes ... -
Improving accuracy of the Shewhart-based data-reduction in IoT nodes using piggybacking
(Chapter, 2019)This paper proposes the use of Shewhart test to reduce the number of data-transmissions in IoT networks. It is shown to outperform the widely-used least mean square (LMS) based data reduction method in terms of the number ... -
Improving ageing kinetics and precipitation hardening in an Al-Mg-Si alloy by minor Cd addition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study reports significant improvements in both the age hardening kinetics and peak hardness of an Al-Mg-Si alloy by microalloying with 0.06 at% Cd. A detailed high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron ... -
Improving assessment quality in professional higher education: Could external peer review be the answer?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Summative assessment in professional higher education is important for student learning and making sound decisions about advancement and certification. Despite rigorous pre-test quality assurance procedures, problematic ... -
Improving attitudes toward cycling in a Middle East and North Africa region city
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper aims to investigate the impact of different parameters on promoting the role of cycling as a daily mode of transport. In the first step of the analyses, binary logistic regression was used to examine the impact ... -
Improving Automatic Polyp Detection Using CNN by Exploiting Temporal Dependency in Colonoscopy Video
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Automatic polyp detection has been shown to be difficult due to various polyp-like structures in the colon and high interclass variations in polyp size, color, shape, and texture. An efficient method should not only have ... -
Improving blockchain performance in clinical trials using intelligent optimal transaction traffic control mechanism in smart healthcare applications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Blockchain technology has revolutionized the ways of processing and storing data in terms of reliability and security. Blockchain plays a pivotal role in transferring the processing hurdle from the client–server to a ... -
Improving carbon efficiency and profitability of the biomass to liquid process with hydrogen from renewable power
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A process where power and biomass are converted to Fischer-Tropsch liquid fuels (PBtL) is compared to a conventional Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL) process concept. Based on detailed process models, it is demonstrated that the ... -
Improving cleanability by innovating design
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Providing safe-to-eat consumer fish products is a key objective for the Global Aquaculture Industry. Cleaning of the process equipment is crucial to meet the demands for fish quality, but also environmental issues and human ... -
Improving Climate Resilience and Thermal Comfort in a Complex Building through Enhanced Flexibility of the Energy System
(Chapter, 2022)This research evaluates the impacts of flexible demand-side management on electricity load and indoor thermal comfort under extreme weather conditions, focusing on elderly people. For this purpose, an elderly care center ... -
Improving collaboration between engineering and construction in detail engineering using a project execution model and BIM
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The construction industry is under pressure to reduce project delivery time and costs despite increased project complexity. A challenge is that engineering and construction are not well integrated. Usually engineering takes ... -
Improving consumption based accounting for global capture fisheries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Consumption-based accounting has been used to understand the resource and environmental pressures associated with the consumption of goods and services. Capture fisheries have significant economic, cultural, and environmental ... -
Improving distribution transformer reliability in micro grids with distributed generation
(Chapter, 2022)This paper considers a simplified microgrid derived from the CIGRE benchmark, and investigates the impact of harmonic loading of the distribution transformer on its reliability. As a means to alleviate the considerable ... -
Improving electric power generation of a standalone wave energy converter via optimal electric load control
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper aims to investigate electric dynamics and improve electric power generation of an isolated wave energy converter that uses a linear permanent magnet generator as the power take-off system, excited by regular or ... -
Improving everyday life of people with dementia living at home: Health care professionals' experiences.
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Improving extreme anchor tension prediction of a 10-MW floating semi-submersible type wind turbine, using highly correlated surge motion record
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Extreme value prediction of the load-effect responses of complex offshore structures such as the floating wind turbine (FWT) is crucial in ultimate limit state (ULS) design. This paper considers two cases to understand the ... -
Improving Friction Drilling and Joining through Controlled Material Flow
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Friction drilling is a novel hole-making process that can be performed on thin-walled sheet metals. The friction between a rapid-rotating conical tool and a sheet metal workpiece generates heat to soften and displace the ... -
Improving Girls’ Perception of Computer Science as a Viable Career Option through Game Playing and Design: Lessons from a Systematic Literature Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The objective of exposing girls to Computer Science as a career option has led to research directed towards gaming activities for girls. These activities include both game play and game design. Research about gaming ... -
Improving healthcare operations with IT deployment: a critical assessment of literature and a framework for future research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)