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A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO (2015)
Book
Gibson, M., & Todd, S. (2015). G. Lasker (Ed.), A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO. Tecumseh, ON N8N 2M3, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics

A major cause of climate change emanates from the energy used in heating, lighting and the running of our buildings, with the domestic sector accounting for some 27% of the UK’s CO2 emissions. The UK has a target of achieving an 80% reduction in CO2... Read More about A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO.

Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration (2015)
Journal Article
Babaie, M., Kishi, T., Arai, M., Zama, Y., Furuhata, T., Rahimzadeh, H., & Brown, R. (2016). Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 13, 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-015-0865-3

The effect of non-thermal plasma technology for particulate matter removal and nitrogen oxide emission reduction from diesel exhaust has been investigated. A sample of exhaust was cooled to the ambient temperature and passed through a dielectric barr... Read More about Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration.

Metamorphic hand based grasp constraint and affordance (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wei, G., Sun, J., Zhang, X., Pensky, D., Piater, J., & Dai, J. (2015, August). Metamorphic hand based grasp constraint and affordance. Presented at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conferences (IDETC/CIE 2015), Boston, USA

This paper presents the kinematics and grasp constraint and affordance of a newly designed mobile manipulator with a three- fingered metamorphic robotic hand. Structure design of the mobile manipulator, which contains a Robotino 3.0, a customised robo... Read More about Metamorphic hand based grasp constraint and affordance.

Hobson’s choice : security and privacy permissions in Android and iOS devices (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hegarty, R., Hughes-Roberts, T., & Haggerty, J. (2015, August). Hobson’s choice : security and privacy permissions in Android and iOS devices. Presented at HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, USA

The use of smartphones and tablet devices has grown rapidly over recent years and the widespread availability of software, often from unknown developers, has led to security and privacy concerns. In order to prevent security compromises, these device... Read More about Hobson’s choice : security and privacy permissions in Android and iOS devices.

Europeana newspapers OCR workflow evaluation (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Pletschacher, S., Clausner, C., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2015). Europeana newspapers OCR workflow evaluation. . https://doi.org/10.1145/2809544.2809554

This paper summarises the final performance evaluation results of the OCR workflow which was employed for large-scale production in the Europeana Newspapers project. It gives a detailed overview of how the involved software performed... Read More about Europeana newspapers OCR workflow evaluation.

Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems (2015)
Journal Article
Hegarty, R., & Haggerty, J. (2015). Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems. International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 5(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSC.2015.070954

Cloud-based architectures have become the predominant paradigm for organisational infrastructure development due to the flexibility and scalability that these systems provide. However, issues around privacy and trust in such environments remain as ha... Read More about Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems.

Navigating the mix-space : theoretical and practical level-balancing technique in multitrack music mixtures (2015)
Book Chapter
Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2015). Navigating the mix-space : theoretical and practical level-balancing technique in multitrack music mixtures. In The 12th Sound and Music Computing Conference, Music Technology Research Group, Dept. of Computer Science, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Sound and Music Computing

The mixing of audio signals has been at the foundation of audio production since the advent of electrical recording in the 1920’s, yet the mathematical and psychological bases for this activity are relatively under-studied. This paper investigates h... Read More about Navigating the mix-space : theoretical and practical level-balancing technique in multitrack music mixtures.

Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) (2015)
Journal Article
Casaburi, I., Avena, P., De Luca, A., Chimento, A., Sirianni, R., Malivindi, R., …Pezzi, V. (2015). Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Oncotarget, 6(28), 25135-25148. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4722

The pathogenesis of the adrenocortical cancer (ACC) involves integration of molecular signals and the interplay of different downstream pathways (i.e. IGFII/IGF1R, β-catenin, Wnt, ESR1). This tumor is characterized by limited therapeutic options and... Read More about Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).

Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique (2015)
Journal Article
Zounemat-Kermani, M., Scholz, M., & Tondar, M. (2015). Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique. Environmental Technology, 36(20), 2532-2547. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1036785

One of the key factors in designing free water-surface constructed wetlands (FWS CW) is the hydraulic efficiency (λ), which depends primarily on the retention time of the polluted storm water. Increasing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) at various... Read More about Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique.

Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition (2015)
Journal Article
Williams, D., Nasuto, S., Kirke, A., Miranda, E., Daly, I., Hallowell, J., …Hwang, F. (2015). Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition. ACM transactions on applied perception, 12(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1145/2749466

Affective algorithmic composition is a growing field that combines perceptually motivated affective computing strategies with novel music generation. This article presents work toward the development of one application. The long-term goal is to devel... Read More about Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition.

Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture (2015)
Journal Article
Maryol, E., & Lin, C. (2015). Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 158, 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.07.009

An investigation was conducted to geochemically characterize the soils in Fezzan of the Sahara desert in order to assess (a) the role of the soils as a carbon store, (b) the potential risk of the fine-grained soil fraction as a dust source, and (c)... Read More about Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture.

Biomimetic approach for the creation of deployable canopies based on the unfolding of a beetle wing and the blooming of a flower (2015)
Book Chapter
Fenci, G., & Currie, N. (2015). Biomimetic approach for the creation of deployable canopies based on the unfolding of a beetle wing and the blooming of a flower. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 4th International Conference, Living Machines 2015, Barcelona, Spain, July 28 - 31, 2015, Proceedings (101-112). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_11

Modern architectural designs create dynamic and flexible spaces, able to adapt to the ever-changing environment by virtue of temporary and convertible structures. Biomimetics is the applied science that, through the imitation of Nature, finds the sol... Read More about Biomimetic approach for the creation of deployable canopies based on the unfolding of a beetle wing and the blooming of a flower.

Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology? (2015)
Journal Article
Amaratunga, N., Haigh, R., & Ingirige, B. (2015). Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?. SAGE Open, 5(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015583072

Research methodology is the procedural framework within which the research is conducted. This includes the overall approach to a problem that could be put into practice in a research process, from the theoretical underpinning to the collection and an... Read More about Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?.

Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation (2015)
Journal Article
Negi, V., Paul, D., Das, S., Bajpai, P., Singh, S., Mukhopadhyay, A., …Ghosh, B. (2015). Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(16), 8057-8065. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv752

RNA editing ofmiRNAs, especially in the seed region, adds another layer to miRNA mediated gene regulation which can modify its targets, altering cellular signaling involved in important processes such as differentiation. In this study, we have ex... Read More about Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation.

Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead (2015)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Li, Y., & Maguire, L. (2016). Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 35(2), 260-273. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2015.2459050

Fault tolerance and adaptive capabilities are challenges for modern Networks-on-Chip (NoC) due to the increase in physical defects in advanced manufacturing processes. Two novel adaptive routing algorithms, namely coarse and fine-grained look-ahead a... Read More about Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead.

Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii (2015)
Journal Article
Lun, Z., Lai, D., Wen, Y., Zheng, L., Shen, J., Yang, T., …Ayala, F. (2015). Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(29), 8835-8842. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502599112

Cancer is a general name for more than 100 malignant diseases. It is postulated that all cancers start from a single abnormal cell that grows out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious consequences and deaths. Great progress has been made in... Read More about Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii.

Nonlinear Helmholtz wave refraction & Goos-Hänchen shifts in nonparaxial optics : angles and interfaces, solitons and Snell's law (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McCoy, E., Christian, J., Sanchez-Curto, J., & McDonald, G. (2015, July). Nonlinear Helmholtz wave refraction & Goos-Hänchen shifts in nonparaxial optics : angles and interfaces, solitons and Snell's law. Presented at 12th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Waves, Karlsruhe, Germany

The interaction of self-localized waves with an abrupt interface is a problem of fundamental importance in many branches of physics, engineering, and applied mathematics. Waveguide optics, for instance, is dominated in an essential way by such consid... Read More about Nonlinear Helmholtz wave refraction & Goos-Hänchen shifts in nonparaxial optics : angles and interfaces, solitons and Snell's law.

Unstable resonators with polygon and von Koch-type boundary conditions : virtual source modelling of fractal eigenmodes (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Begleris, I., Wickham, S., McDonald, G., & Huang, J. (2015, July). Unstable resonators with polygon and von Koch-type boundary conditions : virtual source modelling of fractal eigenmodes. Presented at 12th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, Karlsruhe, Germany

We will report on our latest research into modelling fractal lasers (linear systems that involve geometrically-unstable resonators with inherent magnification), and propose two new classes of cavity configuration. These devices are of fundamental the... Read More about Unstable resonators with polygon and von Koch-type boundary conditions : virtual source modelling of fractal eigenmodes.

Diffraction of Weierstrass scalar fractal waves by circular apertures : symmetry and patterns, complexity and dimension (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Woodroofe, E., & McDonald, G. (2015, July). Diffraction of Weierstrass scalar fractal waves by circular apertures : symmetry and patterns, complexity and dimension. Presented at 12th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, Karlsruhe, Germany

The diffraction of plane waves from simple hard-edged apertures constitutes a class of boundary value problem that is well understood in optics, at least within the scalar approximation. Similarly, the diffraction of such waves from fractal apertures... Read More about Diffraction of Weierstrass scalar fractal waves by circular apertures : symmetry and patterns, complexity and dimension.

Vector dark solitons in systems with spatiotemporal dispersion and cubic nonlinearity : solutions and stability, transformations and relativity (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Carter, L., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2015, July). Vector dark solitons in systems with spatiotemporal dispersion and cubic nonlinearity : solutions and stability, transformations and relativity. Presented at 12th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Waves, Karlsruhe, Germany

The origin of conventional models for nonlinear optical pulse propagation lies in the ubiquitous slowly-varying envelope approximation (SVEA) accompanied by a Galilean boost to a local-time frame. While such a near-universal procedure typically resul... Read More about Vector dark solitons in systems with spatiotemporal dispersion and cubic nonlinearity : solutions and stability, transformations and relativity.