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Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach (2018)
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Basha, H., Reddy, G., Narayanan, N., & Beg, O. (2019). Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 277(Mar 19), 434-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.11.165

The present work describes numerical simulations of the supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress fluid flow from a vertical cylinder using the equation of state approach. Redlich-Kwong (RK-EOS) and Van der Waals (VW-EOS) equations... Read More about Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach.

Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement (2018)
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Zhang, S., Cheng, Y., Oladokun, M., & Lin, Z. (2019). Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement. Building and Environment, 149, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.041

The conventional control method of a collective ventilation (e.g., stratum ventilation) controls the averaged thermal environment in the occupied zone to satisfy the averaged thermal preference of a group of occupants. However, the averaged thermal e... Read More about Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement.

Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England (2018)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Schofield, L., & Williamson, R. (2018). Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England. CATENA, 174(Mar 19), 490-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.018

Regime analysis suggests that temperate alluvial watercourses overtop their banks on average once every 1.5 years transferring water and sediment across the valley floor to form floodplains helping maintain a strong hydrological connection between in... Read More about Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England.

Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning (2018)
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Scanlan, J., Li, F., Umnova, O., Rakoczy, G., Lövey, N., & Scanlan, P. (2018). Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning. Bioengineering, 5(4), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5040107

Osteoporosis is an asymptomatic bone condition that affects a large proportion of the elderly population around the world, resulting in increased bone fragility and increased risk of fracture. Previous studies had shown that the vibroacoustic respons... Read More about Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning.

Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology (2018)
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Ajala, M., Khan, M., Shafie, A., Salami, M., Mohamad Nor, M., & Oladokun, M. (2018). Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology. Cogent Engineering, 5(1), 1555744. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1555744

A carbon dioxide gas-powered pneumatic actuation has been proposed as a suitable power source for an autonomous firefighting robot (CAFFR), which is designed to operate in an indoor fire environment in our earlier study. Considering the consumption r... Read More about Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology.

A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications (2018)
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Rahimi, A., Dehghan Saee, A., Kasaeipoor, A., & Hasani Malekshah, E. (2018). A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(3), 834-877. https://doi.org/10.1108/hff-06-2018-0272

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comprehensive review of some latest studies devoted to natural convection phenomenon in the enclosures because of its significant industrial applications. Design/methodology/approach: Geometri... Read More about A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications.

Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen (2018)
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Millins, C., Dickinson, E., Isakovic, P., Gilbert, L., Wojciechowska, A., Paterson, V., …Biek, R. (2018). Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11(2018), 621. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2

Background Landscape structure can affect pathogen prevalence and persistence with consequences for human and animal health. Few studies have examined how reservoir host species traits may interact with landscape structure to alter pathogen communi... Read More about Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen.

Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer (2018)
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Manzoor, N., Maqbool, K., Beg, O., & Shaheen, S. (2018). Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 48(2), 556-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21394

Physiological transport phenomena often feature ciliated internal walls. Heat, momentum and multi-species mass transfer may arise and additionally non-Newtonian biofluid characteristics are common in smaller vessels. Blood (containing hemoglobin) or... Read More about Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer.

Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves (2018)
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Khan, A., Sohail, A., Beg, O., & Tariq, R. (2018). Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 44(1), 663-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3649-5

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the propagation of magneto-thermo-elastic waves in a rotating monoclinic system. The system is electrically conducting in the presence of an applied magnetic field. A general dispersion relation is obtaine... Read More about Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves.

Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements (2018)
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soil-borne trace elements. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2444. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122444

A 15-day batch experiment was conducted to investigate the behaviours of Fe, Mn, and Al oxides upon attack by three common low-molecular-weight organic acids, and their effects on liberation of trace elements from a multi-contaminated soil. While t... Read More about Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements.

Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds (2018)
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Shabalin, I. (2018). Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds. Известия вузов. Порошковая металлургия и функциональные покрытия. Izvestiâ vuzov. Poroškovaâ metallurgiâ i funkcionalʹnye pokrytiâ, 2018(4), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.17073/1997-308X-2018-4-73-81

As a matter of discussion, the prospects for the development of high-temperature ceramic materials science are considered. The paper provides a rationale for developing hetero-modulus ceramic composites as a possibility to implement the unique physic... Read More about Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds.

An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects (2018)
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Kahvandi, Z., Saghatforoush, E., Ravasan, A., & Mansouri, T. (2018). An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects. Lean construction journal, 2018, 63-87

Question: What are the Integrated Project Delivery Implementation challenges in construction projects, their interrelationships and their effects on the project time, cost and quality? Purpose: The Purpose of this study is applying an efficient me... Read More about An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects.

Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island (2018)
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Stroud, J., Richardson, A., Sim, J., Airnes, A., & Stritch, J. (2018). Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island. Iguana times, 25(3), 220-222

Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) are native to Cuba and many Bahamian islands (Schwartz and Henderson1991), but the species has an expansive non-native range, having been introduced and become established in a number of US states (Florida, Georgia,... Read More about Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island.

Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction (2018)
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Uddin, M., Kabir, M., Beg, O., & Alginahi, Y. (2018). Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 232(4), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/2397791418809795

In this paper the steady two dimensional stagnation point flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting bio-nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking wedge in the presence of passively control boundary condition, Stefan blowing and multiple sl... Read More about Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction.

The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles (2018)
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Taleghani, M., Crank, P., Mohegh, A., Sailor, D., & Ban-Weiss, G. (2018). The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Solar Energy, 177, 604-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.11.041

Heat mitigation strategies can reduce excess heat in urban environments. These strategies, including solar reflective cool roofs and pavements, green vegetative roofs, and street vegetation, alter the surface energy balance to reduce absorption of su... Read More about The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The role of the copper oxidation state in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons (2018)
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Velasco-Vélez, J., Jones, T., Gao, D., Carbonio, E., Arrigo, R., Hsu, C., …Chuang, C. (2018). The role of the copper oxidation state in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons. ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 7(1), 1485-1492. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05106

Redox-active copper catalysts with accurately prepared oxidation states (Cu0, Cu+ and Cu2+) and high selectivity to C2 hydrocarbon formation, from electrocatalytic cathodic reduction of CO2, were fabricated and characterized. The electrochemically pr... Read More about The role of the copper oxidation state in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons.

Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK (2018)
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Takahashi, J., Okuyama, H., Kiyoshi, T., Takeuchi, T., & Martin, S. (2019). Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 30(3), 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2018.1538366

The native distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is throughout East Asia. Around 15 years ago this species was accidentally introduced into South Korea and France, where it became established and then spread into neighbouring coun... Read More about Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK.

An adaptable and personalised e-learning system applied to computer science programmes design (2018)
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Aeiad, E., & Meziane, F. (2019). An adaptable and personalised e-learning system applied to computer science programmes design. Education and Information Technologies, 24(2), 1485-1509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-018-9836-x

With the rapid advances in E-learning systems, personalisation and adaptability have now become important features in the education technology. In this paper, we describe the development of an architecture for A Personalised and Adaptable E-Learning... Read More about An adaptable and personalised e-learning system applied to computer science programmes design.

SuDS and amphibians - are constructed wetlands really benefitting nature and people? (2018)
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O'Brien, D., Hall, J., Miro, A., Rae, M., & Jehle, R. (2018). SuDS and amphibians - are constructed wetlands really benefitting nature and people?. Glasgow Naturalist, 27(Supl.),

While urbanisation is a major threat to global biodiversity, it also brings opportunities for some species. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have been installed in all Scottish cities to reduce flood and pollution risk and they can also offer... Read More about SuDS and amphibians - are constructed wetlands really benefitting nature and people?.

Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature (2018)
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Qin, J., Lin, C., Almebayedh, H., & Albader, M. (2018). Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 169(Mar-19), 764-769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.11.086

Batch experiments were conducted to examine the effects of ferrous iron source, soil salinity and temperature on degradation of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton-like processes. The results show that over 70%, 50% and 25% of aliphatic C16... Read More about Decomposition of long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons by Fenton‐like processes : effects of ferrous iron source, salinity and temperature.