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Optimal energy management system based on stochastic approach for a home microgrid with integrated responsive load demand and energy storage (2016)
Journal Article
Marzband, M., Alavi, H., Ghazimirsaeid, S., Uppal, H., & Fernando, T. (2017). Optimal energy management system based on stochastic approach for a home microgrid with integrated responsive load demand and energy storage. Sustainable Cities and Society, 28, 256-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.09.017

In recent years, increasing interest in developing small-scale fully integrated energy resources in distributed power networks and their production has led to the emergence of smart Microgrids (MG), in particular for distributed renewable energy reso... Read More about Optimal energy management system based on stochastic approach for a home microgrid with integrated responsive load demand and energy storage.

Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying (2016)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2017). Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 5(3), 240-248

This paper comes from the author’s deliberation over a question delivered to a RICS Conservation forum, which highlighted a skills shortage in the field of building conservation surveying. It was suggested by Brian Gowthorpe the forum convener that... Read More about Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying.

Hope springs eternal in the starfish gonad: preserved potential for sexual reproduction in a single-clone population of a fissiparous starfish (2016)
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Garcia-Cisneros, A., Pérez-Portela, R., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Campos-Canet, M., & Palacín, C. (2017). Hope springs eternal in the starfish gonad: preserved potential for sexual reproduction in a single-clone population of a fissiparous starfish. Hydrobiologia, 787(1), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2971-8

Among echinoderms, asexual reproduction by fission occurs in few species. This strategy is considered a temporary response to stressful conditions and usually alternates with sexual reproduction events; thus, monoclonal populations are extremely rare... Read More about Hope springs eternal in the starfish gonad: preserved potential for sexual reproduction in a single-clone population of a fissiparous starfish.

Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei (2016)
Journal Article
Wen, Y., Su, B., Lyu, S., Hide, G., Lun, Z., & Lai, D. (2016). Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei. Acta tropica, 164, 297-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.09.024

Trehalose, a non-permeating cryoprotective agent (CPA), has been documented as less toxic and highly efficient at cryopreserving different kinds of cells or organisms. In the present study, trehalose was evaluated for its application in cryopreservat... Read More about Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei.

Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei (2016)
Journal Article
Wen, Y., Su, B., Lyu, S., Hide, G., Lun, Z., & Lai, D. (2016). Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei. Acta tropica, 164, 297-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.09.024

Trehalose, a non-permeating cryoprotective agent (CPA), has been documented as less toxic and highly efficient at cryopreserving different kinds of cells or organisms. In the present study, trehalose was evaluated for its application in cryopreservat... Read More about Trehalose, an easy, safe and efficient cryoprotectant for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei.

Robust control and actuator dynamics compensation for railway vehicles (2016)
Journal Article
Bideleh, S., Mei, T., & Berbyuk, V. (2016). Robust control and actuator dynamics compensation for railway vehicles. Vehicle System Dynamics, 54(12), 1762-1784. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2016.1234627

A robust controller is designed for active steering of a high speed train bogie with solid axle wheel sets to reduce track irregularity effects on the vehicle’s dynamics and improve stability and curving performance. A half-car railway vehicle model... Read More about Robust control and actuator dynamics compensation for railway vehicles.

Potential tree species for use in urban areas in temperate and oceanic climates (2016)
Journal Article
Scholz, M., Uzomah, V. C., & Al-Faraj, F. (2016). Potential tree species for use in urban areas in temperate and oceanic climates. Heliyon, 2(9), e00154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00154

This study aims to assess the potential of trees for integration in urban development and regeneration by evaluating the damage caused by tree roots in relation to various tree characteristics. Tree damage to permeable pavement systems and other urba... Read More about Potential tree species for use in urban areas in temperate and oceanic climates.

A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers (2016)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Cooke, M., Fazenda, B., & Cox, T. (2016). A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 140(3), 1858-1870. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962484

One criterion in the design of binaural sound scenes in audio production is the extent to which the intended speech message is correctly understood. Object-based audio broadcasting systems have permitted sound editors to gain more access to the metad... Read More about A metric for predicting binaural speech intelligibility in stationary noise and competing speech maskers.

Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques (2016)
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Sugar-Gabor, O., Simon, A., Koreanschi, A., & Botez, R. (2016). Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 230(7), 1164-1180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410015605548

In this paper, we present a morphing wing concept of the airfoil of the S4 unmanned aerial system, the new optimization methodology and the results obtained for multiple flight conditions. The reduction of the airfoil drag coefficient has been achiev... Read More about Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques.