Edinburgh Napier University

About: Edinburgh Napier University is a education organization based out in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 2665 authors who have published 6859 publications receiving 175272 citations.

An advanced electronic load governor for control of micro hydroelectric generation

Abstract: This paper describes the original research and development of an electronic load governor which is microprocessor-based and incorporates three-phase balancing. The combined study and testing of the transient behaviour of the governor indicated the need for an improved control algorithm. The results of the implementation of the advanced algorithm in the control of micro hydroelectric power generation are presented and compared with the original algorithm.

Consumer confusion in the UK wine industry

Abstract: This paper examines the prevalence, and effects, of consumer confusion within the UK wine market. Confusion reduction strategies are proposed as a means to enhance marketing efforts within this sector. The drivers of consumer confusion (e.g. product proliferation, product imitation and information overload) are apparent within the UK wine market. Confusion effects have negative consequences for both wine marketers and consumers. Marketing initiatives aimed at broadening consumer choice may inadvertently aggravate the problem. Wine marketers need to learn the lessons of other market sectors and actively consider confusion reduction strategies as a basis for future marketing activity. The analysis suggests marketers frame marketing activity in terms of factors relevant to the consumers' preferred confusion reduction strategy.

Addressing the DAO Insider Attack in RPL’s Internet of Things Networks

Abstract: In RPL routing protocol, the destination advertisement object (DAO) control messages are announced by the child nodes to their parents to build downward routes. A malicious insider node can exploit this feature to send fake DAOs to its parents periodically, triggering those parents, in turn, to forward the fake messages upward to the root node. In this letter, we show how this behavior can have a detrimental side effect on the performance of the network, increasing power consumption, latency, and reducing reliability. To address this problem, a new scheme is introduced to mitigate significantly the effect of the DAO attack on network performance.

Workload and non-contact injury incidence in elite football players competing in European leagues.

Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between absolute and acute:chronic workload ratios and non-contact injury incidence in professional football players and to assess the...