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The Effects Of Gamification On Corporate Compliance Training: A Field Experiment Of True Office Anti-Corruption Training Programs, Ryan J. Baxter, D. Kip Holderness, David A. Wood Jan 2017

The Effects Of Gamification On Corporate Compliance Training: A Field Experiment Of True Office Anti-Corruption Training Programs, Ryan J. Baxter, D. Kip Holderness, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

Companies rely on internal controls to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act. One such control is anti-corruption employee training. Although corporate training is a key component of anti-fraud policies and procedures, it is often perceived as dull by employees. To motivate greater engagement, firms are experimenting with training that involves elements of digital games, known as gamification. We perform a field experiment with 158 employees of a large, multinational bank to examine the effectiveness of gamified anticorruption training. We find that employees strongly prefer gamified training to traditional, nongamified training and that gamified …


A Modular Architecture For Transparent Computation In Recurrent Neural Networks, Gs Carmantini, P Beim Graben, M Desroches, S Rodrigues Jan 2017

A Modular Architecture For Transparent Computation In Recurrent Neural Networks, Gs Carmantini, P Beim Graben, M Desroches, S Rodrigues

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Computation is classically studied in terms of automata, formal languages and algorithms; yet, the relation between neural dynamics and symbolic representations and operations is still unclear in traditional eliminative connectionism. Therefore, we suggest a unique perspective on this central issue, to which we would like to refer as transparent connectionism, by proposing accounts of how symbolic computation can be implemented in neural substrates. In this study we first introduce a new model of dynamics on a symbolic space, the versatile shift, showing that it supports the real-time simulation of a range of automata. We then show that the Gödelization of …


The Effect Of Gaze Angle On Visual Acuity In Infantile Nystagmus, Mj Dunn, D Wiggins, Jm Woodhouse, Et Al Jan 2017

The Effect Of Gaze Angle On Visual Acuity In Infantile Nystagmus, Mj Dunn, D Wiggins, Jm Woodhouse, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

PURPOSE: Most individuals with infantile nystagmus (IN) have an idiosyncratic gaze angle at which their nystagmus intensity is minimized. Some adopt an abnormal head posture to use this "null zone," and it has therefore long been assumed that this provides people with nystagmus with improved visual acuity (VA). However, recent studies suggest that improving the nystagmus waveform could have little, if any, influence on VA; that is, VA is fundamentally limited in IN. Here, we examined the impact of the null zone on VA. METHODS: Visual acuity was measured in eight adults with IN using a psychophysical staircase procedure with …


Creep Analysis Of Concrete Containing Rice Husk Ash, Zhi Hai He, Long Yuan Li, Shi Gui Du Jan 2017

Creep Analysis Of Concrete Containing Rice Husk Ash, Zhi Hai He, Long Yuan Li, Shi Gui Du

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Channel-Section Beams With Circular Holes In Web, Long Yuan Li Jan 2017

Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Channel-Section Beams With Circular Holes In Web, Long Yuan Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Analytical Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Dual Pontoon Wec-Type Breakwater, De Zhi Ning, X-L Zhao, M Zhao, Martyn Hann, Hai Gui Kang Jan 2017

Analytical Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Dual Pontoon Wec-Type Breakwater, De Zhi Ning, X-L Zhao, M Zhao, Martyn Hann, Hai Gui Kang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Multiaxial Fatigue Assessment Of Friction Stir Welded Tubular Joints Of Al 6082-T6, L Susmel, Dg Hattingh, Mn James, R Tovo Jan 2017

Multiaxial Fatigue Assessment Of Friction Stir Welded Tubular Joints Of Al 6082-T6, L Susmel, Dg Hattingh, Mn James, R Tovo

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The present paper addresses the problem of designing aluminium friction stir (FS) welded joints against multiaxial fatigue. After developing a bespoke FS welding technology suitable for joining aluminium tubes, some one hundred welded tubular specimens of Al 6082-T6 were tested under pure axial, pure torsional and biaxial tension-torsion loading. The influence was explored of two independent variables, namely the proportional or non-proportional nature of the biaxial loading and the effect of axial and torsional non-zero mean stresses. The experimental results were re-analysed using the Modified Wöhler Curve Method (MWCM), with this bi-parametrical critical plane approach being applied in terms of …


Multi-Track 2d Joint Signal Detection And Decoding For Tdmr System Using Single Parity-Check Coding, Md Almustapha, Mz Ahmed, Ma Ambroze, Mb Abdulrazaq Jan 2017

Multi-Track 2d Joint Signal Detection And Decoding For Tdmr System Using Single Parity-Check Coding, Md Almustapha, Mz Ahmed, Ma Ambroze, Mb Abdulrazaq

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Combined Web Distortional And Lateral-Torsional Buckling Of Partially Restrained I-Section Beams, Jin Song Lei, Long Yuan Li Jan 2017

Combined Web Distortional And Lateral-Torsional Buckling Of Partially Restrained I-Section Beams, Jin Song Lei, Long Yuan Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Dynamic Instability Of Laterally-Restrained Zed-Purlin Beams Under Uplift Loading, Jue Zhu, Shanguang Qian, Long Yuan Li Jan 2017

Dynamic Instability Of Laterally-Restrained Zed-Purlin Beams Under Uplift Loading, Jue Zhu, Shanguang Qian, Long Yuan Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


New Effective Power Terms And Right-Angled Triangle (Rat) Power Theory, H Al-Bayaty, M Ambroze, Mz Ahmed Jan 2017

New Effective Power Terms And Right-Angled Triangle (Rat) Power Theory, H Al-Bayaty, M Ambroze, Mz Ahmed

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Insider Misuse Identification Using Transparent Biometrics, N Clarke, F Li, A Alruban, S Furnell Jan 2017

Insider Misuse Identification Using Transparent Biometrics, N Clarke, F Li, A Alruban, S Furnell

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Insider misuse is a key threat to organizations. Recent research has focused upon the information itself – either through its protection or approaches to detect the leakage. This paper seeks a different approach through the application of transparent biometrics to provide a robust approach to the identification of the individuals who are misusing systems and information. Transparent biometrics are a suite of modalities, typically behavioral-based that can capture biometric signals covertly or non-intrusively – so the user is unaware of their capture. Transparent biometrics are utilized in two phases a) to imprint digital objects with biometric-signatures of the user who …


Humidity And Temperature Induced Changes In The Diffraction Efficiency And The Bragg Angle Of Slanted Photopolymer-Based Holographic Gratings, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, James Walshe, Dervil Cody, Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova Jan 2017

Humidity And Temperature Induced Changes In The Diffraction Efficiency And The Bragg Angle Of Slanted Photopolymer-Based Holographic Gratings, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, James Walshe, Dervil Cody, Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova

Articles

This work explores the humidity and temperature response of volume phase slanted gratings recorded in photopolymers with varied chemical composition. Acrylamide and diacetone acrylamide were used as monomers and triethanolamine and N-phenylglycine were used as photoinitiators. The study demonstrates that the response of photopolymer-based holographic gratings to relative humidity (RH) and temperature (T) can be tuned by alteration of the photopolymer composition.Humidity and temperature response of the holograms has been characterized by recording Bragg selectivity curves of transmission gratings and by monitoring the position of the maximum intensity in the spectral response of reflection gratings. Investigation of the humidity response …


Oscillatory Neural Models Of The Basal Ganglia For Action Selection In Healthy And Parkinsonian Cases, R Borisyuk Jan 2017

Oscillatory Neural Models Of The Basal Ganglia For Action Selection In Healthy And Parkinsonian Cases, R Borisyuk

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The neuronal circuits of the Basal Ganglia (BG) play an important role in movement control and it is known that without correctly functioning BG, the cortex’s ability to control movements is diminished. Parkinson’s disease (PD), for example, is primarily a disease of the basal ganglia. One aspect of pathological activity in the parkinsonian basal ganglia is an increase in synchronous oscillatory firing patterns


Locally Stationary Wavelet Packet Processes: Basis Selection And Model Fitting, Alessandro Cardinali, Guy P. Nason Jan 2017

Locally Stationary Wavelet Packet Processes: Basis Selection And Model Fitting, Alessandro Cardinali, Guy P. Nason

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Composite Higgs Dynamics On The Lattice, Claudio Pica, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen, Francesco Sannino Jan 2017

Composite Higgs Dynamics On The Lattice, Claudio Pica, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen, Francesco Sannino

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Exact Classical And Quantum Dynamics In Background Electromagnetic Fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton Jan 2017

Exact Classical And Quantum Dynamics In Background Electromagnetic Fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Depletion Of Intense Fields, D. Seipt, T. Heinzl, M. Marklund, S. S. Bulanov Jan 2017

Depletion Of Intense Fields, D. Seipt, T. Heinzl, M. Marklund, S. S. Bulanov

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Human-Robot Sensor Interface For Cardiac Rehabilitation, Js Lara, J Casas, A Aguirre, M Munera, M Rincon-Roncancio, B Irfan, E Senft, T Belpaeme, Ca Cifuentes Jan 2017

Human-Robot Sensor Interface For Cardiac Rehabilitation, Js Lara, J Casas, A Aguirre, M Munera, M Rincon-Roncancio, B Irfan, E Senft, T Belpaeme, Ca Cifuentes

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


A Methodology Pruning The Search Space Of Six Compiler Transformations By Addressing Them Together As One Problem And By Exploiting The Hardware Architecture Details, Vasilios Kelefouras Jan 2017

A Methodology Pruning The Search Space Of Six Compiler Transformations By Addressing Them Together As One Problem And By Exploiting The Hardware Architecture Details, Vasilios Kelefouras

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


A Robust E-Invigilation System Employing Multimodal Biometric Authentication, Ss Ketab, Nl Clarke, Ps Dowland Jan 2017

A Robust E-Invigilation System Employing Multimodal Biometric Authentication, Ss Ketab, Nl Clarke, Ps Dowland

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The significant growth in users of e-learning technologies and their use in courses has given rise to a major concern over protecting them from misuse; a significant concern is that of the potential for cheating or illicit assistance during online examinations. This paper presents the development of robust, flexible, transparent and continuous authentication mechanism for e-assessments. To monitor the exam taker and ensure that only the legitimate student is taking the exam, the system offers a continuous user identification employing multimodal biometrics; a security layer using an eye tracker to record the student’s eye movement; and, speech recognition to detect …


Let The Machines Out. Towards Hybrid Social Systems, M Straeubig Jan 2017

Let The Machines Out. Towards Hybrid Social Systems, M Straeubig

School of Art, Design and Architecture

INTRODUCTION When Alan Turing proposed the imitation game as a method to investigate the question if machines can think, he described a social system. However, the various disciplines that have pursued this seminal enquiry rarely touch base with sociological concepts. Cybernetics developed into various interdisciplinary fields, yet it was mainly rooted in physiological models. In the meantime, the mainstream of AI focused on cognitive problem solving, predominately from a topdown approach. Traditional cognitive science rests on the concept of organisms as information processing systems - so does Artificial Life, but from a biological simulation perspective. The recently revitalised branch of …


Sidewall Buckling Of Equal-Width Rhs Truss X-Joints, Jurgen Becque, Shanshan Cheng Jan 2017

Sidewall Buckling Of Equal-Width Rhs Truss X-Joints, Jurgen Becque, Shanshan Cheng

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Internet Risks For Children: Parents' Perceptions And Attitudes: An Investigative Study Of The Saudi Context, Norah Alqahtani, Steven Furnell, Shirley Atkinson, Ingo Stengel Jan 2017

Internet Risks For Children: Parents' Perceptions And Attitudes: An Investigative Study Of The Saudi Context, Norah Alqahtani, Steven Furnell, Shirley Atkinson, Ingo Stengel

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Internet has become a part of our children's daily activities at home and at school. The benefits of the Internet for children are huge and include education and entertainment. However, the same technologies also pose some risks that parents need to identify and guard against. A lack of awareness can cause children to encounter serious danger and become victims of Internet criminals. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous research has been conducted in Saudi Arabia on parent's awareness of the risks of Internet use to their children and how Saudi's parents seek to mitigate those risks. This …


Security Education And Awareness: Just Let Them Burn?, S Furnell, I Vasileiou Jan 2017

Security Education And Awareness: Just Let Them Burn?, S Furnell, I Vasileiou

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd It is now readily recognised that cyber-security is not just a technical issue, with many breaches highlighting insufficient attention towards human aspects. One of the fundamental reasons for this is that people are not naturally equipped with the skills, instincts and behaviours required to ensure appropriate protection and so need support in order to help them understand what they should be doing and learn how to do it. However, looking at the evidence from surveys over the years, it becomes clear that security awareness, training and education often hold the curious distinction of being overlooked as …


Harnessing Wave Power In Open Seas Ii: Very Large Arrays Of Wave-Energy Converters For 2d Sea States, Dali Xu, Raphael Stuhlmeier, Michael Stiassnie Jan 2017

Harnessing Wave Power In Open Seas Ii: Very Large Arrays Of Wave-Energy Converters For 2d Sea States, Dali Xu, Raphael Stuhlmeier, Michael Stiassnie

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Exploring Novel Game Spaces With Fluidic Games, Se Gaudl, Mj Nelson, S Colton, R Saunders, Ej Powley, P Ivey, Bp Ferrer, M Cook Jan 2017

Exploring Novel Game Spaces With Fluidic Games, Se Gaudl, Mj Nelson, S Colton, R Saunders, Ej Powley, P Ivey, Bp Ferrer, M Cook

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

With the growing integration of smartphones into our daily lives, and their increased ease of use, mobile games have become highly popular across all demographics. People listen to music, play games or read the news while in transit or bridging gap times. While mobile gaming is gaining popularity, mobile expression of creativity is still in its early stages.We present here a new type of mobile app - fluidic games - and illustrate our iterative approach to their design. This new type of app seamlessly integrates exploration of the design space into the actual user experience of playing the game, and …


Muddy Waters: Unintentional Consequences Of Blue Carbon Research Obscure Our Understanding Of Organic Carbon Dynamics In Seagrass Ecosystems, E. Fay Belshe, Miguel-Angel Mateo, Lucy Gillis, Martin Zimmer, Mirta Teichberg Jan 2017

Muddy Waters: Unintentional Consequences Of Blue Carbon Research Obscure Our Understanding Of Organic Carbon Dynamics In Seagrass Ecosystems, E. Fay Belshe, Miguel-Angel Mateo, Lucy Gillis, Martin Zimmer, Mirta Teichberg

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The recent surge in research on organic carbon sequestration by seagrass ecosystems has begun to reveal the complexity of the carbon cycle within these ecosystems. In this prospective we discuss two areas of investigation that require further scrutiny: (1) why organic carbon is stabilized in seagrass sediments, and (2) how long organic carbon resides within these sediments. By delving into these topics, pointing out current pitfalls, and highlighting methodological advances, our motive is to focus future efforts and provide a frame work to manage the complexity found within the diverse seagrass bioregions. The high rate of seagrass degradation and loss, …


Repeat Fuel Specific Emission Measurements On Two California Heavy-Duty Truck Fleets, Molly J. Haugen, Gary A. Bishop Jan 2017

Repeat Fuel Specific Emission Measurements On Two California Heavy-Duty Truck Fleets, Molly J. Haugen, Gary A. Bishop

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

The University of Denver repeated its 2013 fuel specific gaseous and particle emission measurements on two California heavy-duty vehicle fleets. In 2015 1,457 measurements at the Port of Los Angeles and 694 measurements at the Cottonwood weigh station in northern California were collected. The Port fleet changed little since 2013, increasing the average age (+1.8 years), accompanied by an increase in particle mass (PM) by +266% (0.03 ± 0.01 to 0.11 ± 0.01 gPM/kg of fuel) and black carbon (BC) by +300% (0.02 ± 0.003 to 0.08 ± 0.01 gBC/kg of fuel). Particle number (PN) also increased (1.5 x 10 …


Species Distribution Model Of Invasive Alien Species Acacia Nilotica For Central-Eastern Indonesia Using Biodiversity Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (Bccvl), Sutomo, Eddie Van Etten Jan 2017

Species Distribution Model Of Invasive Alien Species Acacia Nilotica For Central-Eastern Indonesia Using Biodiversity Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (Bccvl), Sutomo, Eddie Van Etten

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Climate change may facilitate alien species invasion into new areas. This study uses Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory to develop a species distribution model (SDM) of Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile. based upon its naturalized distribution to project the potential distribution of A. nilotica throughout tropical environment of Indonesia under current and future climate conditions. Global biodiversity information facility database was utilized to obtain the species occurrences data. The climate factors were precipitation and temperature layers, available in Worldclim current conditions (1950-2000) at 2.5 arcmin. We used Generalized Linear Model. The result was then projected to the year …