Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS (2013)
Journal Article
Gracie, K., Correa, E., Mabbott, S., Dougan, J., Graham, D., Goodacre, R., & Faulds, K. (2013). Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS. Chemical Science, 5(3), 1030-1040. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SC52875H

Bacterial meningitis is well known for its rapid onset and high mortality rates, therefore rapid detection of bacteria found in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and subsequent effective treatment is crucial. A new quantitative assay for detection of three... Read More about Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS.

Wind turbine amplitude modulation: research to improve understanding as to its cause & effect (2013)
Report
Cand, M., Bullmore, A., Smith, M., von Hünerbein, S., & Davis, R. (2013). Wind turbine amplitude modulation: research to improve understanding as to its cause & effect

This report contains full details of Renewable UK’s research into amplitude modulation, detailing the identification, occurrence and mitigation of a characteristic known as Other Amplitude Modulation(OAM).

Nutrient release from integrated constructed wetlands sediment receiving farmyard run-off and domestic wastewater (2013)
Journal Article
Dong, Y., Kayranli, B., Scholz, M., & Harrington, R. (2013). Nutrient release from integrated constructed wetlands sediment receiving farmyard run-off and domestic wastewater. Water and Environment Journal, 27(4), 439-452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00361.x

Constructed wetland sediments are frequently contaminated with nitrogen and phosphorus. There is a risk that accumulated pollutants can either be remobilised or reach the groundwater. Five identical mesocosms, which were filled with subsoil collected... Read More about Nutrient release from integrated constructed wetlands sediment receiving farmyard run-off and domestic wastewater.

Influence of Forchheimer’s nonlinearity and transient effects on pulse propagation in air saturated rigid granular materials (2013)
Journal Article
Turo, D., & Umnova, O. (2013). Influence of Forchheimer’s nonlinearity and transient effects on pulse propagation in air saturated rigid granular materials. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(6), 4763. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824969

It has been shown in the earlier work of Umnova et al. [Noise Control Eng. 50, 204–210 (2002)] that interaction of a relatively long, high amplitude acoustic pulse with a rigid porous material can be accurately described accounting for the Forchhei... Read More about Influence of Forchheimer’s nonlinearity and transient effects on pulse propagation in air saturated rigid granular materials.

Absorption of sound by porous layers with embedded periodic arrays of resonant inclusions (2013)
Journal Article
arrays of resonant inclusions. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(6), 4670-4680. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824843

The aim of this work is to design a layer of porous material with a high value of the absorption coefficient in a wide range of frequencies. It is shown that low frequency performance can be significantly improved by embedding periodically arranged... Read More about Absorption of sound by porous layers with embedded periodic arrays of resonant inclusions.

Rapid expert tool for different professions based on estimated ecosystem variables for retrofitting of drainage systems (2013)
Journal Article
Uzomah, V., Scholz, M., & Almuktar, S. (2014). Rapid expert tool for different professions based on estimated ecosystem variables for retrofitting of drainage systems. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 44, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.10.008

There is a need for a geospatial decision support tool for different professions such as drainage engineers and urban planners, which is useful for a quick assessment of the potential of ecosystem services when retrofitting sustainable drainage syste... Read More about Rapid expert tool for different professions based on estimated ecosystem variables for retrofitting of drainage systems.

The archaeology of communications' digital age (2013)
Journal Article
Linge, N. (2013). The archaeology of communications' digital age. Industrial Archaeology Review, 35(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072813Z.00000000016

This paper reviews the history of the digital age of communications that began with the invention of the stored program computer in 1948 and is today realised by the World Wide Web, super fast broadband and the smart phone. Taking a predominantly UK... Read More about The archaeology of communications' digital age.

Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Power, P., Davies, W., Hirst, J., & Dunn, C. (2013, November). Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality. Presented at Reproduced Sound, Manchester

Current 2D surround systems have benefitted from years of research which has helped identify attributes related to listener preference. Now with high definition visuals, 3D cinema, there is a need to further develop spatial audio systems. One method... Read More about Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality.

A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering (2013)
Journal Article
Mileeva, Z., Ross, D., & King, S. (2013). A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering. Carbon, 64, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.030

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measures porosity in nuclear graphites, including both open pores, caused by escaping decomposition gases, and internal cracks (in coke particles) generated by anisotropic thermal contraction along the c-directio... Read More about A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering.

Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews (2013)
Journal Article
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2013). Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews. Knowledge-Based Systems, 52(2013), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2013.08.011

With the rapid growth of user-generated content on the internet, automatic sentiment analysis of online customer reviews has become a hot research topic recently, but due to variety and wide range of products and services being reviewed on the intern... Read More about Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews.

Automated detection of instantaneous gait events using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding (2013)
Journal Article
using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21(6), 908-915. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2239313

Accelerometry is a widely used sensing modality in human biomechanics due to its portability, non-invasiveness, and accuracy. However, difficulties lie in signal variability and interpretation in relation to biomechanical events. In walking, heel st... Read More about Automated detection of instantaneous gait events using time frequency analysis and manifold embedding.

Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells (2013)
Journal Article
sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(5), 3619-3630. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824340

Two effective medium models are presented and used to predict complex reflection and transmission coefficients of finite periodic arrays of resonant elastic shells as well as their effective density and bulk modulus at low frequencies. Comparisons... Read More about Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells.

Causality-based cost-effective action mining (2013)
Journal Article
Shamsinejadbabki, P., Saraee, M., & Blockeel, H. (2013). Causality-based cost-effective action mining. Intelligent Data Analysis, 17(6), 1075-1091. https://doi.org/10.3233/IDA-130621

In many business contexts, the ultimate goal of knowledge discovery is not the knowledge itself, but putting it to use. Models or patterns found by data mining methods often require further post-processing to bring this about. For instance, in churn... Read More about Causality-based cost-effective action mining.

The Aeolus project : science outreach through art (2013)
Journal Article
Drumm, I., Belantara, A., Dorney, S., Waters, T., & Peris, E. (2015). The Aeolus project : science outreach through art. Public Understanding of Science, 24(3), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662513501741

With a general decline in people’s choosing to pursue science and engineering degrees there has never been a greater need to raise the awareness of lesser known fields such as acoustics. Given this context, a large-scale public engagement project, th... Read More about The Aeolus project : science outreach through art.

Wire-in-tube structure fabricated by single capillary electrospinning via nanoscale Kirkendall effect: the case of nickel–zinc ferrite (2013)
Journal Article
Fu, J., Zhang, J., Peng, Y., Zhao, C., He, Y., Zhang, Z., …Xie, E. (2013). Wire-in-tube structure fabricated by single capillary electrospinning via nanoscale Kirkendall effect: the case of nickel–zinc ferrite. Nanoscale, 5(24), 12551. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR03330A

Wire-in-tube structures have previously been prepared using an electrospinning method by means of tuning hydrolysis/alcoholysis of a precursor solution. Nickel–zinc ferrite (Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4) nanowire-in-nanotubes have been prepared as a demonstration... Read More about Wire-in-tube structure fabricated by single capillary electrospinning via nanoscale Kirkendall effect: the case of nickel–zinc ferrite.

A comparison between the MEXE and Pippard's methods of assessing the load carrying capacity of masonry arch bridges (2013)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Haynes, B., & Melbourne, C. (2013). A comparison between the MEXE and Pippard's methods of assessing the load carrying capacity of masonry arch bridges

The Military Engineering eXperimental Establishment (MEXE) method is a long established system of masonry arch load carrying capacity assessment. It has been subject to review in recent years and some shortcomings have been identified. There is now g... Read More about A comparison between the MEXE and Pippard's methods of assessing the load carrying capacity of masonry arch bridges.

Independent component analysis for motion artifacts removal from electrocardiogram (2013)
Journal Article
Sarfraz, M., & Li, F. (2013). Independent component analysis for motion artifacts removal from electrocardiogram. Global perspectives on artificial intelligence (Online), 1(4), 49-55

A method of using Independent Component Analysis to remove motion induced artifacts in the signals picked up by ECG electrodes is developed in this paper. In a first aid setting, ECG electrodes on patients cannot always keep stationary, resulting in... Read More about Independent component analysis for motion artifacts removal from electrocardiogram.

Modeling of dissolved oxygen applying stepwise regression and a template-based fuzzy logic system (2013)
Journal Article
Zounemat-Kermani, M., & Scholz, M. (2014). Modeling of dissolved oxygen applying stepwise regression and a template-based fuzzy logic system. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 140(1), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EE.1943-7870.0000780

This paper develops a template-based fuzzy inference system (TFIS) capable of simulating the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration of an example stream by using daily data (2009–2012). Stepwise regression (SR) analysis and Mallows’ Cp statistic were em... Read More about Modeling of dissolved oxygen applying stepwise regression and a template-based fuzzy logic system.

Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection (2013)
Journal Article
Tota-Maharaj, K., & Scholz, M. (2013). Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection. Water and Environment Journal, 27(3), 338-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00350.x

Permeable pavement systems (PPS) are frequently associated with high removal efficiencies for water quality parameters. Their effluent can, therefore, be recycled, for example, for sprinkling onto gardens. Nevertheless, some stakeholders fear that po... Read More about Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection.

Performance evaluation of representative wildfowl & wetlands trust constructed wetlands treating sewage (2013)
Journal Article
Dong, Y., Scholz, M., & Mackenzie, S. (2013). Performance evaluation of representative wildfowl & wetlands trust constructed wetlands treating sewage. Water and Environment Journal, 27(3), 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00348.x

Data collected from five Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust constructed wetland systems offering a range of styles and inflow water types between 2005 and 2009 were examined and compared to identify long-term trends in nutrient removal. Ammonia-nitrogen conce... Read More about Performance evaluation of representative wildfowl & wetlands trust constructed wetlands treating sewage.