Information sharing around child protection.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J., Uthmani, O., Lewis, R., Steyven, A., Fan, L., Thuemmler, C., …Lawson, A. (2012, June)
Information sharing around child protection. Paper presented at Information Sharing in the Public Sector, Edinburgh
Background This presentation focuses on creating a scaleable, robust and secure information architecture for social and health care. At its core is the sa.FIRE (Secure Analysi...
2-Dimensional Outline Shape Representation for Generative Design with Evolutionary Algorithms
Conference Proceeding
Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Paechter, B. (2019)
2-Dimensional Outline Shape Representation for Generative Design with Evolutionary Algorithms. In H. Rodrigues, J. Herskovits, C. Mota Soares, A. Araújo, J. Guedes, J. Folgado, …J. Madeira (Eds.), EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization, (926-937). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97773-7_80
In this paper, we investigate the ability of genetic representation methods to describe two-dimensional outline shapes, in order to use them in a generative design system. A s...
Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online
Journal Article
Ryan, F. V., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2020)
Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769977
Results are reported from a study that investigated patterns of information behaviour and use as related to personal reputation building and management in online environments....
Pathogen detection in bathing waters using microfluidic technology, image processing and deep learning
Presentation / Conference
Kerrouche, A., Muhammad, I., Rueckert, S., & Lawson, A. (2019, June)
Pathogen detection in bathing waters using microfluidic technology, image processing and deep learning. Poster presented at Research Conference, Edinburgh Napier University
Monitoring the quality of recreational waters such as beaches and rivers is becoming a global concern to protect human health (e.g. the EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) in Eur...
Interagency data exchange protocols as computational data protection law.
Conference Proceeding
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Lawson, A., Schafer, B., Scott, R., Thuemmler, C. & Uthmani, O. (2010)
Interagency data exchange protocols as computational data protection law
The paper describes a collaborative project between computer scientist, police officers, medical professionals and social workers to develop a communication infrastructure tha...
Novel information sharing architecture between the Police and their community partners.
Conference Proceeding
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W. J. & Lawson, A. (2010)
Novel information sharing architecture between the Police and their community partners
The exchange of information between the police and community partners forms a central aspect of effective community service provision. In the context of policing, a robust and...
Evaluation of binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation in an Information sharing model.
Working Paper
Uthmani, O., Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L. & Lawson, A. (2012)
Evaluation of binary decision diagrams for redundancy, shadowing, generalisation and correlation in an Information sharing model
This paper defines a structured methodology which is based on the foundational work of Al-Shaer et al. in [1] and that of Hamed and Al-Shaer in [2]. It defines a methodology f...
Sagittal joint kinematics, moments, and powers are predominantly characterized by speed of progression, not age, in normal children.
Journal Article
Stansfield, B., Hillman, S., Hazlewood, M., Lawson, A., Mann, A. M., Loudon, I. R. & Robb, J. E. (2001)
Sagittal joint kinematics, moments, and powers are predominantly characterized by speed of progression, not age, in normal children. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 21, 403-411. ISSN 0271-6798
Twenty-six healthy 7-year-old children were enrolled in a 5-year longitudinal study to examine the importance of age and speed in the characterization of sagittal joint angles...
SPoC: Protecting Patient Privacy for e-Health Services in the Cloud
Conference Proceeding
Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., Lo, O., Thuemmler, C., Lawson, A., Uthmani, O., …Khedim, A. S. (2011)
SPoC: Protecting Patient Privacy for e-Health Services in the Cloud. In eTELEMED 2012, 99-104. ISBN 978-1-61208-179-3
The use of digital technologies in providing health care services is in general subsumed under the term e-Health. The Data Capture and Auto Identification Reference (DACAR) pr...
Normalisation of gait data in children.
Journal Article
Stansfield, B., Hillman, S., Hazlewood, M., Lawson, A., Mann, A. M., Loudon, I. R. & Robb, J. E. (2003)
Normalisation of gait data in children. Gait and Posture. 17, 81-87. doi:10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00062-0. ISSN 0966-6362
The comparative effect of semi-dimensional (SD) and non-dimensional (ND) normalisation on the results of a longitudinal study of gait in 5–12-year old children was investigate...