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Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product (2014)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Pillai, D., & Waters, M. (2014). Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product. International Journal of Multiphysics, 8(4), 437-460. https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.8.4.437

Most of the current universal consumer aerosol products using high viscous product such as cooking oil, antiperspirants, hair removal cream are primarily used LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) propellant which is unfriendly environmental. The advantag... Read More about Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product.

Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Faraj, F., Scholz, M., Tigkas, D., & Boni, M. (2015). Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations. Water Policy, 17(5), 865-886. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.237

There is growing concern in Iraq about the inefficiency of reactive drought management practices. Corresponding actions are largely characterized as emergency-based responses that treat the symptoms of drought rather than consider the vulnerability c... Read More about Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations.

Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida (2014)
Thesis
Alazawi, Z. (in press). Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida. (Thesis). University of Salford

The importance of emergency response systems have grown tremendously in the recent times due to the many manmade and natural disasters in recent years such as September 2001, July 2005 London bombings and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaste... Read More about Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida.

Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2014). Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment. Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218863514500404

We present a performance evaluation of a non-paraxial beam propagation method suitable for the study of Helmholtz solitons. The analysis aims to determine the accuracy limits of the numerical scheme in terms of the maximum propagation angle addressab... Read More about Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment.

Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping (2014)
Journal Article
Proctor, J., Bhakhri, V., Hao, R., Prior, T., Scheler, T., Gregoryanz, E., …Giuliani, F. (2015). Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 27(1), 015401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/27/1/015401

Boron carbide is one of the lightest and hardest ceramics, but its applications are limited by its poor stability against a partial phase separation into separate boron and carbon. Phase separation is observed under high non-hydrostatic stress (both... Read More about Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping.

Ecosystem services and sustainable drainage systems (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Scholz, M. (2014, November). Ecosystem services and sustainable drainage systems. Presented at EurAqua – WssTP Workshop ‘Water-related Ecosystem Services (ESS) – Increasing the Relevance of the Concept for Operational Management on Various Scales, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway

Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for real-time monitoring of integrated constructed wetlands (2014)
Journal Article
Dzakpasu, M., Scholz, M., McCarthy, V., Jordan S, S., & Sani, A. (2015). Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for real-time monitoring of integrated constructed wetlands. Water Science and Technology, 71(1), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.461

Monitoring large-scale treatment wetlands is costly and time-consuming, but required by regulators. Some analytical results are available only after 5 days or even longer. Thus, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) models were developed to p... Read More about Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for real-time monitoring of integrated constructed wetlands.

Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases (2014)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Goldberg, T., & Tulloch, G. (2015). Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 229(16), 2952-5976. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406214559998

The current global consumer aerosol products such as deodorants, hairsprays, air-fresheners, polish, insecticide, disinfectant are primarily utilised unfriendly environmental propellant of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for over three decades. The a... Read More about Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases.

Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for irrigating chillies and sweet peppers (2014)
Journal Article
Almuktar, S., Scholz, M., Al-Isawi, R., & Sani, A. (2015). Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for irrigating chillies and sweet peppers. Agricultural water management, 149, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.025

Due to water scarcity in many arid countries, there is considerable interest in recycling various wastewater streams such as treated urban wastewater for irrigation in the agricultural sector. The aim was therefore to assess if domestic wastewater tr... Read More about Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands for irrigating chillies and sweet peppers.

Novel aerosol insert design utilizing inert compressed gas (2014)
Journal Article
Burby, M., Nasr, G., Hawthorne, G., Asmuin, N., & Yule, A. (2014). Novel aerosol insert design utilizing inert compressed gas. Atomization and Sprays, 24(12), 1035-1063. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2014007903

Household aerosols are self-contained handheld devices for spraying products such as air fresheners, hairspray, surface cleaners, polishes, and deodorants. Industrial aerosols are similar devices for spraying: cleaners, lubricants, paints, and adhe... Read More about Novel aerosol insert design utilizing inert compressed gas.

The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Alshehri, H., & Meziane, F. (2014, November). The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK. Presented at 24th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, Milan, Italy

The results reported in this paper are part of a study comparing the online behaviour of Saudis living in Saudi Arabia (SA) and those living in the United Kingdom (UK). It is acknowledged that culture and the environment play an important role to dev... Read More about The effect of a different environment on providing personal information when engaging in E-commerce : the case of Saudis in the UK.

Smart cloud search services: verifiable keyword-based semantic search over encrypted cloud data (2014)
Journal Article
Fu, Z., Shu, J., Sun, X., & Linge, N. (2014). Smart cloud search services: verifiable keyword-based semantic search over encrypted cloud data. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 60(4), 762-770. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2014.7027353

With the increasing popularity of the pay-as-you- consume cloud computing paradigm, a large number of cloud services are pushed to consumers. One hand, it brings great convenience to consumers who use intelligent terminals; on the other hand, consume... Read More about Smart cloud search services: verifiable keyword-based semantic search over encrypted cloud data.

Clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater contaminated with a diesel spill (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Isawi, R., Scholz, M., Wang, Y., & Sani, A. (2014). Clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater contaminated with a diesel spill. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(17), 12779-12803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3732-8

Clogging often leads to a decrease of the treatment performance of wetlands. The aims of this study were to compare the impact of different design and operational variables on the treatment efficiency and clogging processes and to model suspended sol... Read More about Clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater contaminated with a diesel spill.

Impact of rapid mixing velocity and rapid mixing time on sludge dewaterability (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fitria, D., Scholz, M., & Swift, G. (2014, October). Impact of rapid mixing velocity and rapid mixing time on sludge dewaterability. Presented at 1st International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability, Batam Island, Riau Archipelago (Kepulauan Riau) Province, Indonesia

Equation of state and high-pressure/high-temperature phase diagram of magnesium (2014)
Journal Article
Stinton, G., Macleod, S., Cynn, H., Errandonea, D., Evans, W., Proctor, J., …McMahon, M. (2014). Equation of state and high-pressure/high-temperature phase diagram of magnesium. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 90(13), 134105-134105. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134105

The phase diagram of magnesium has been investigated to 211 GPa at 300 K, and to 105 GPa at 4500 K, by using a combination of x-ray diffraction and resistive and laser heating. The ambient pressure hcp structure is found to start transforming to the... Read More about Equation of state and high-pressure/high-temperature phase diagram of magnesium.

Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2014). Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff. Water Resources Management, 28(15), 5477-5489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-014-0816-7

The urgent need for rational use of water resources and the intense competition among most of the riparian countries with respect to the use of shared water sources have raised the importance of examining the contribution of base flow to total stream... Read More about Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff.

Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Faraj, F., Scholz, M., & Tigkas, D. (2014). Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins. Water, 6(10), 3033-3048. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6103033

This study quantifies the sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change in the Diyala watershed shared between Iraq and Iran. This was achieved through a combined use of a wide range of changes in the amount of precipitation (a decline... Read More about Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins.

Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite (2014)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Robinson, M., Roach, D., Ross, D., Suarez-Martinez, I., & Marks, N. (2015). Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite. Carbon, 81, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.031

Molecular dynamics simulation is used to study radiation damage cascades in graphite. High statistical precision is obtained by sampling a wide energy range (100–2500 eV) and a large number of initial directions of the primary knock-on atom. Chemical... Read More about Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite.