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Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Health Foundation, 26 M)Background Intravenous medication administrations have a high incidence of error but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity.Objective To measure the frequency, type and severity of intravenous ... -
The Role of Inertia for Grid Flexibility Under High Penetration of Variable Renewables - A Review of Challenges and Solutions
(Elsevier, 2021)Several studies show that grid-integrated renewable energy (RE) sources have the potential to replace conventional synchronous generators in the network. This means the grid will experience low conventional inertia that ... -
Designing Mobile Health and Well-being Applications: A Value-oriented Approach
(IEEE, 2021)Mobile health and well-being applications (MHWBAs) provide a means of enhancing the delivery of health care. Ensuring that value is delivered to health care customers (patients) can be a challenge as health initiatives are ... -
Impact of People Movement on Wi-Fi Link Throughput in Indoor Propagation Environments: An Empirical Study
(MDPI, 2021)There has been tremendous growth in the deployment of Wi-Fi 802.11-based networks in recent years. Many researchers have been investigating the performance of the Wi-Fi 802.11-based networks by exploring factors such as ... -
Understanding the Role of Business Analysts in Digital Transformation: A Multivocal Literature Review
(Australasian Conferences on Information Systems (ACIS), 2021)In recent years, Digital Transformation (DT) has emerged as an important phenomenon in both academic and practitioner literature. Organisations are striving to transform to meet the dynamic needs and expectations of customers ... -
Do Scaling Agile Frameworks Address Global Software Development Risks? An Empirical Study
(arXiv, 2021)Driven by the need to coordinate activities of multiple agile development teams cooperating to produce a large software product, software-intensive organizations are turning to scaling agile software development frameworks. ... -
Socioeconomic Factors Analysis for COVID-19 US Reopening Sentiment With Twitter and Census Data
(Elsevier, 2021)Investigating and classifying sentiments of social media users (e.g., positive, negative) towards an item, situation, and system are very popular among researchers. However, they rarely discuss the underlying socioeconomic ... -
A Multi-channel MAC Protocol With Retrodirective Array Antennas in Flying Ad Hoc Networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)In this paper, we propose a multi-channel medium access control (MMAC) protocol for the exploitation of retro-directive array antennas in Flying Ad Hoc Networks (named FA-MMAC). This FA-MMAC employs multiple channels and ... -
Use of a Novel Polymer-coated Steel As an Alternative to Traditional Can Manufacturing in the Food Industry
(MDPI, 2021)Metal containers (both food and beverage cans) are made from huge steel or aluminum coils that are transformed into two-or three-piece products. During the manufacturing process, the metal is sprayed on both sides and the ... -
A Comprehensive Open‐source Simulation Framework for LiFi Communication
(MDPI, 2021)Light Fidelity (LiFi) is a new candidate for wireless networking that utilizes the visible light spectrum and exploits the existing lighting infrastructure in the form of light‐emitting diodes (LEDs). It provides point‐to‐point ... -
Trying-out Digital Technologies in Trying Times: A Collection of Observations From a Collegial Adventure During Covid-19
(Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2020)CONTEXT In recent decades there has been significant discussion in the popular press about digital technologies enabling society to transition to a working-from-home scenario. Similarly, literature in the engineering ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Puzzle-based Learning on Creativity, Engagement and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students
(Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2020)CONTEXT In recent years, some universities in Australia, Europe and the USA, have introduced formal academic courses or seminars for their first-year STEM students based on a Puzzle-Based Learning (PzBL) pedagogical ... -
WebLan-designer (V3) Over the Past Six Years: Motivation, Benefits, Evaluation and Reflection
(Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2020)The educational tool considered in this paper (WebLan-Designer) has four network modules, including wired local area networks (LANs), wireless LANs, transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP), and data ... -
Reasons for Failures in Inspection Reports for Residential Builds
(ISEC Press, 2020)The construction of multi dwellings is currently a focus of the New Zealand government to address housing shortages. The intention is to build en masse whilst also keeping the buildings affordable. Affordability is not ... -
The Contradiction of Agile Measures: Customer as Focus, but Process as Measured?
(Association for Information Systems (ACIS), 2020)Performance measures are being used in the agile approach as a powerful tool to understand the customer's impact of a software delivery. However, it is common to find measures related to the process instead of the customer, ... -
Value-creating Roles Played by the Actors in Open Government Data: A Systematic Literature Review
(ACIS, 2020)Government-held data are immensely valuable; as well as providing the information required to carry out tasks related to internal governance procedures, additional value may be generated by publishing and making accessible ... -
Pilot Investigation Into Osteotome Hard Surface Coating and Cutting-edge Degradation
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Background Osteotomes are bone cutting tools commonly reused in orthopedic surgical procedures. Despite undergoing rigorous cleaning, visual inspection, and sterilization procedures between every use, the condition of the ... -
MOBDroid: An Intelligent Malware Detection System for Improved Data Security in Mobile Cloud Computing Environments
(IEEE, 2020)We propose an intelligent malware detection system (MOBDroid) that aims to protect the end-user's mobile device (MD) in mobile cloud computing (MCC) environment. MOBDroid utilizes the Android Operating System (OS) ... -
Open CrowdRE Challenges in Software Ecosystems
(IEEE, 2020)CrowdRE has been argued to comprise four main activities: motivating crowd members; eliciting feedback; analysing feedback and monitoring context and usage data. However, determining requirements within a software ecosystem ... -
The Time-free Comparison Model for Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(Springer Nature, 2020)This paper describes a new comparison-based model for fault diagnosis in wireless ad hoc networks. Fault diagnosis is crucial for ensuring the dependability of systems. Wireless ad hoc networks are highly prone to faults ...