Special issue published: "A Collaborative Community of Leaders: Cloud Computing in Education"

International Journal of Cloud Computing 7(3/4) 2018

• Cloud-based environment in support of IoT education
• Extreme value analysis for capacity design
• A formal model towards scientific workflow security in a cloud
• A tale of two cloud analytics platforms for education
• A framework for achieving the required degree of multitenancy isolation for deploying components of a cloud-hosted service
• Why is garbage collection causing my service level objectives to fail?
• SECross: securing cross cloud boundary
• Systematic performance evaluation using component-in-the-loop approach

Special issue published: "Physical and Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing – Part I"

International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering 7(3/4) 2018

• Simulation investigation of temperature distribution in large aluminium panel during autoclave age forming process
• Plastic deformation and microstructure evolution of bearing ring blank during cold rolling process
• The austenitic peak stress model of low alloy steel at elevated temperature based on the valence electron theory
• Hot deformation behaviour and Hansel-Spittel constitutive model of Cr5 alloy for heavy backup roll
• Microstructures evolution and mechanical properties of 5052 aluminium alloy processed by constrained groove pressing
• Numerical simulation of residual stress in low temperature colossal carburised layer on austenitic stainless steel
• Evaluation of ductile fracture model in bulk forming
• Simulation of the bite condition of AZ31 sheet rolling
• Thermo-mechanical analysis in SAE-AISI 1524 carbon steel gas tungsten arc welds

Inderscience journals to invite expanded papers from 4th Asia International Conference for potential publication

Extended versions of papers presented at the 4th Asia International Conference (8-9 December 2018, Langkawi, Malaysia) will be invited for review and potential publication by the following journals:

• Int. J. of Applied Management Science
• Int. J. of Business and Globalisation
• Int. J. of Business Continuity and Risk Management
• Int. J. of Environment and Sustainable Development
• Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Special issue published: "Recent Advances in the Evaluation of Vehicle Fuel Economy and its Application to Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems"

International Journal of Vehicle Performance 4(3) 2018

• A model based approach for the analysis and simulation of a hybrid bus in an urban context
• Theoretical and experimental investigation of the thermal behaviour of a two-speed dual clutch transmission
• New methods for modelling and optimisation of multispeed transmission in an electric vehicle
• Dynamic analysis of a vehicle with leaf spring based on the hysteresis model

Additional paper

• Modelling optimisation of vehicle velocity for wheeled construction vehicles traversing in off-road terrain

Research pick: Pigeon pea - "No rain but bumper harvest: the magic of pigeonpea in semi-arid Kenya"

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) has been cultivated as a food crop for at least 3500 years. It is a great source of protein and widely consumed in South Asia, as well as Asia as a whole, Africa, and Latin America. Researchers in Kenya point out that land degradation and drought conditions can seriously constrain agricultural production in arid and semi-arid areas. However, even without significant rain there can be bumper harvests of this crop plant.

The researchers have looked at the yields of sole- and inter-crops of maize and pigeon ea varieties under different weather conditions over the period 2009 to 2013 and found that harvests where the Mbaazi II strain of pigeon pea was intercropped with maize offers the best option for marginal farmers especially if water conservation methods are employed and excess crop and waste plants parts are ploughed back into the soil rather than being fed to livestock.

Kwena, K.M., Ayuke, F.O., Karuku, G.N. and Esilaba, A.O. (2018) ‘No rain but bumper harvest: the magic of pigeonpea in semi-arid Kenya’, Int. J. Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.181–203.

Special issue published: "Innovation and Learning of Vocational Education"

International Journal of Innovation and Learning 24(4) 2018

• The analysis of gaps in the implementation of process standard on the supervision of productive learning aspect in vocational school
• The instructional media development of welding practice course based on PjBL model: enhancing student engagement and student competences
• Implementation of monitoring system in facial acupressure learning media
• LdesV, computer-operated video: overcoming students' difficulties in understanding automotive starting system
• Enhancing student clustering to generate adaptive metacognitive instructions in learning system for vocational high school
• Short answer scoring using W-Bleu for regular assessment in vocational high school
• Model of local excellence-based on entrepreneurship education management for prospective vocational school teachers

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

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• India's mandatory CSR policy: implications and implementation challenges
• Does board diversity affect firm performance? Evidence from the Italian financial sector
• Do foreign ownership and foreign directorship matter for return on equity? Evidence from Malaysian listed companies
• The advent of accounting in business governance: from ancient scribes to modern practitioners
• Value relevance and codes of ethics: an empirical analysis of Italian listed companies

Special issue published: "Advances in Mechanical Engineering Research"

International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology 10(6) 2018

• A hybrid crow search algorithm to minimise the weighted sum of makespan and total flow time in a flow shop environment
• Dynamic analysis of composite propeller of ship using FEA
• Influence study of manufacturing constraints and percentage of reinforcement on copper - fly ash composite by full factorial design
• Preparation, characterisation and machining of LaPO4-Y2O3 composite by abrasive water jet machine
• A short review on fretting wear behaviour of Al7075
• Characteristic study on Al7020 friction stir joints with various rotational speeds
• Effect of turbo A/R ratio on a high speed turbocharged automotive diesel engine
• Additional papers
• Unevenness measurement using the support vector machine and dynamic multiservice load balancing with modified genetic algorithm in cloud-based multimedia system
• Numerical simulation: controlling light emitting diodes from MATLAB

Research pick: Smartphone activity - "A two-phase human activity classification design using accelerometer data from smartphone"

Your smartphone could be used to monitor your level of activity – whether you are running, walking or standing, according to research in China. The benefits might be in healthcare, checking up on patients with mobility issues of fall risk as well as in health and fitness apps that allow the user to set targets for different levels of activity.

The team has developed a two-stage method for analyzing the data from the smart phone’s built-in accelerometer. The team’s algorithm looks at the acceleration in three dimensions, x, y, and z and can then determine whether the person carrying the phone is running, walking, or standing with an accuracy of more than 97%. The next steps will include improving accuracy still further as well as developing the technology so that it can distinguish other physical actions, perhaps sporting activity such as cycling or rowing.

Ali, S.A. and Amin, R.U. (2018) ‘A two-phase human activity classification design using accelerometer data from smartphone’, Int. J. Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp.281–291.

Special issue published: "Liner Shipping and Terminal Operations"

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics 10(5/6) 2018

• A non-structural approach to assess competitive conditions in container liner shipping market: 2009-2014
• The role of the degree of use of the facilities in the port choice process: the Spanish dockside cranes case
• Cargo flow, freight rate and speed optimisation of container liner services
• An empirical analysis of the critical selection criteria of liner operators: the perspective of freight forwarders
• Simultaneous optimisation of seaside operations in container terminals: a case study of the Iranian Rajaee port
• What drives European port traffic? The role of competition

Special issue published: "Business Administration – 2017 in Review"

International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management 8(1/2) 2018

• Strategic management in times of crisis: the case of marble enterprises in the prefecture of Drama, Greece
• The role of China in the global shipping industry, with emphasis on the dry bulk market
• Greek public airports' efficiency assessment using DEA-modelling. Factors influencing efficiency and economic recession environment (2009-2014) implications
• Motivation and job satisfaction: the case of call centres in Greece
• Coaching: a plus (+) to managerial skills
• Comparative analysis of the contemporary public sector quality determinants in relation to the satisfaction level of the Greek judicial officials and citizens in civil, criminal and administrative courts

Special issue on: "Frontiers in Pervasive Computing" (includes free Open Access article)

International Journal of Embedded Systems 10(5) 2018

• Energy aware list-based scheduling for parallel applications in cloud
• User similarity-based gender-aware travel location recommendation by mining geotagged photos
• An abstraction layer enabling pervasive hardware-reconfigurable systems
• Scheduling deadline-constrained scientific workflow using chemical reaction optimisation algorithm in clouds

Additional papers

• Direct garbage collection: two-fold speedup for managed language embedded systems [FREE FULL-TEXT ACCESS]
• An improved CUDA-based hybrid metaheuristic for fast controller of an evolutionary robot
• Static compliance checking beyond separation of duty constraints
• An algorithm of video network transmission based on unbalanced multiple description coding

Research pick: Use your greens for nanotech - "A review on exploring phytosynthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using genus Brassica"

Researchers in India have reviewed the potential of using Brassica plants (broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, rape, kohlrabi, cauliflower, rutabaga, brown mustard, and turnip) as biological processors for the environmentally friendly reduction of silver and gold to nanoparticles of those metals.

Engineered nanoparticles can be made using various physical and chemical “bottom up” approaches as well as biological methods. Bacteria, fungi, and yeasts have been used to make nanoparticles, but there is great potential for a wide range of crop plants to be used too. The approach offers great cost savings versus physical and chemical methods and the resulting gold and silver nanoparticles have been demonstrated to have antibacterial and even anticancer activity.

Yadav, M. and Kaur, P. (2018) ‘A review on exploring phytosynthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using genus Brassica’, Int. J. Nanoparticles, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.165–177.

Special issue published: "Computational Intelligence Informatics and Information Security"

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 17(4) 2018

• Image pre-processing of icing transmission line based on fuzzy clustering
• A study on power balance control strategies of mining variable speed magnetic coupling based on fuzzy self-adaptive PID
• Exploration on predicting breast cancer stage with the aid of redesigned ANN incorporated with enhanced social spider optimisation technique
• Prediction of oil production based on SVM optimised multi-objective particle swarm optimisation
• An improved adaptation algorithm for signer-independent sign language recognition
• Design of remote control system for intelligent irrigation based on ZigBee and GPRS
• Modification of AES using genetic algorithms for high-definition image encryption
• A study on flow based classification models using machine learning techniques
• A hybrid approach to improve the quality of software fault prediction using Naïve Bayes and k-NN classification algorithm with ensemble method
• Labelled decision-making method based on neural network model and pruning algorithm
• Design of water quality monitoring system based on WSN and ZigBee

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management

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• The effect of online consumer reviews on buying behaviour and their management by the tourism industry
• Efficiency in the tax-auditing administration in Greece
• Focus on human resources as a mediating factor between ISO 9001 certification and continuous quality improvement
• Human resources division transformation in the banking sector: the implementation of the 'three legged stool'
• Managing customer relationships: a comprehensive literature review and future directions
• Managing social media as a marketing tool in the Greek business environment
• Valuation of mergers and acquisitions: the case study of a Greek listed company
• Forecasting of future stock prices using neural networks and genetic algorithms

Special issue published: "Advances in Measurement Science and Technology"

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 57(4) 2018

• Non-contact roundness measurement with air gauges: simulation studies
• Air gauge back-pressure uncertainty estimation for the advanced test rig
• Barkhausen noise signal analysis of heat treated samples at various magnetising frequencies
• Investigations of performance parameters in NFMQL assisted turning of titanium alloy using TOPSIS and particle swarm optimisation method
• Analysis for electromagnetic performance of PM motor with different metal nano-material bars
• Influence of solutionising temperature and time on spherodisation of the silicon particles of AMNCs

Research pick: Refugee crisis? - "Crisis, migration and the consolidation of the EU border control regime"

A narrow interpretation of the term “crisis” in the context of refugees and migrants seeking a new home in the European Union and EU border control regimes could have grave consequences of the lives of many people, according to research from Italy.

Moreover, the intense public debate on the “crisis” has not allowed the public and policymakers alike to recognize that the crisis is not a manifestation of external factors but a problem arising because of the intrinsic weaknesses in the EU border control regime and political instability in the Mediterranean region.

“The ongoing crisis at Europe’s borders can be seen as an ‘epistemic crisis’, signalling the contradictions and fluidity in the language and labels used when discussing human mobility and its governance,” it is argued.

Campesi, G. (2018) ‘Crisis, migration and the consolidation of the EU border control regime‘, Int. J. Migration and Border Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp.196-221.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing

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• Understanding the user generated content and interactions on a Facebook brand page
• Investigating Facebook's acceptance and satisfaction: a study in the Greek university community
• Social stream marketing on Facebook: a case study
• Personal content in online sports communities: motivations to capture and share personal exercise data
• From design participation to civic participation - participatory design of a social media service
• Enriching shared experience by collective heart rate
• The role of social media for media companies

Special issue published: "Next Generation Cloud, Mobile Cloud, Mobile Edge Computing and Internet of Things Systems and Networking"

International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking 12(3) 2018

• Classifying environmental monitoring data to improve wireless sensor networks management
• A power-control interference management mechanism for Femtocell-based networks
• Exploring the relationships between web accessibility, web traffic, and university rankings: a case study of Jordanian universities
• Context-aware latency reduction protocol for secure encryption and decryption
• Energy efficiency of heterogeneous multicore system based on the enhanced Amdahl's law
• Pixel classified colourisation method based on neighbourhood similarity priori
• A novel distributed node searching method in DTNs
• ElasticQ: an active queue management algorithm with flow trust
• A hybrid mutation artificial bee colony algorithm for spectrum sharing
• When is the immune inspired B-cell algorithm superior to the (1+1) evolutionary algorithm?
• Assessing nodes' importance in complex networks using structural holes

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• HCEm model and a comparative workload analysis of Hadoop cluster
• A knowledge-based integrated framework for increasing social management intelligence
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• PaloPro: a platform for knowledge extraction from big social data and the news