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Modeling and simulation of nanofluid transport via elastic sheets (2018)
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Uddin, M., Sohail, A., Beg, O., & Ismail, A. (2018). Modeling and simulation of nanofluid transport via elastic sheets. Biomedical engineering, 30(5), #185033. https://doi.org/10.4015/S1016237218500333

The field of nanofluidics research has spanned over the past decade with a variety of promising applications. We investigate the ``laminar boundary layer flow’’ of a Newtonian nanofluid past a moving extendable/contractable horizontal plate with surf... Read More about Modeling and simulation of nanofluid transport via elastic sheets.

Matcha green tea (MGT) inhibits the propagation of cancer stem cells (CSCs), by targeting mitochondrial metabolism, glycolysis and multiple cell signalling pathways (2018)
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Bonuccelli, G., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2018). Matcha green tea (MGT) inhibits the propagation of cancer stem cells (CSCs), by targeting mitochondrial metabolism, glycolysis and multiple cell signalling pathways. Aging, 10(8), 1867-1883. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101483

Matcha green tea (MGT) is a natural product that is currently used as a dietary supplement and may have significant anti-cancer properties. However, the molecular mechanism(s) underpinning its potential health benefits remain largely unknown. Here, w... Read More about Matcha green tea (MGT) inhibits the propagation of cancer stem cells (CSCs), by targeting mitochondrial metabolism, glycolysis and multiple cell signalling pathways.

In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies (2018)
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Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2019). In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 117, 723-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2018.07.045

The context of this paper is the increasing need for vibro-acoustic simulation across many sectors. A procedure is derived for decoupling the components of resiliently mounted assemblies. An independent characterisation of the components is obtaine... Read More about In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies.

An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating (2018)
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Byzyka, J., Rahman, M., & Chamberlain, D. A. (2018). An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating. Construction and Building Materials, 188, 178-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.086

In hot mix asphalt patch repair, inadequate temperature at the interfaces is one of the influencing factors for inferior compaction and poor interface bonding. To enhance repair performance, a precisely controlled infrared pre-heating method for patc... Read More about An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating.

A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells (2018)
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Holliman, P., Kershaw, C., Connell, A., Jones, E., Hobbs, R., Anthony, R., …Metz, S. (2018). A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 19(1), 599-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2018.1492858

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have been the subject of wide-ranging studies for many years because of their potential for large-scale manufacturing using roll-to-roll processing allied to their use of earth abundant raw materials. Two main chal... Read More about A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells.

Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone (2018)
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Gaffar, S., Prasad, V., Beg, O., Khan, M., & Venkatadri, K. (2018). Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40(9), #441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-018-1354-7

In thermo-fluid dynamics, free convection flows external to different geometries such as cylinders, ellipses, spheres, curved walls, wavy plates, cones etc. play major role in various industrial and process engineering systems. The thermal buoyancy f... Read More about Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone.

Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland (2018)
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Fry, E., Savage, J., Evans, A., Oakley, S., Pritchard, W., Ostle, N., …Bardgett, R. (2018). Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland. Ecology, 99(10), 2260-2271. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2437

It is increasingly recognized that belowground responses to vegetation change are closely linked to plant functional traits. However, our understanding is limited concerning the relative importance of different plant traits for soil functions and of... Read More about Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland.

Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds (2018)
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Almuktar, S., Abed, S., & Scholz, M. (2018). Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), #1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081776

Background: In order to save potable water, this study aims to evaluate the contamination of soil and Capsicum annuum L. (chilli) watered with urban wastewater (sewage) pre-treated by various wetland systems. Methods: The appropriateness of wetlan... Read More about Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds.

Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems (2018)
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Pozo, M., Chiky, R., Meziane, F., & Métais, E. (2018). Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems. Informatics, 5(3), 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics5030035

This paper focuses on the new users cold-start issue in the context of recommender systems. New users who do not receive pertinent recommendations may abandon the system. In order to cope with this issue, we use active learning techniques. These meth... Read More about Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems.

A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks (2018)
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Nikkhah Bahrami, P., Javadi, H., Dargahi, T., Dehghantanha, A., & Choo, K. (2019). A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 31(22), e4776. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4776

Security in fog computing is multi-faceted, and one particular challenge is establishing a secure communication channel between fog nodes and end devices. This emphasizes the importance of designing efficient and secret key distribution scheme to fac... Read More about A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks.

The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors (2018)
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Queiroz, M., & Young, R. (2018). The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors. Animals, 8(139), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8080139

The factors underlying the ‘zoo visit effect’ (changes in animal behaviour/physiology in response to visitor presence) are still poorly understood, despite it being widely investigated. The present study examined the effect of zoo visitors on the beh... Read More about The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors.

Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform (2018)
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Assaf, R., Do, P., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Scarf, P. (2018). Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 232(4), 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X18764061

The degradation process of complex multi-component systems is highly stochastic in nature. A major side effect of this complexity is that components of such systems may have unexpected reduced life and faults and failures that decrease the reliabil... Read More about Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform.

Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog (2018)
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Ferreira, A., Jehle, R., Stow, A., & Lima, A. (2018). Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog. PeerJ, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5424

The distribution of biodiversity within the Amazon basin is often structured by sharp environmental boundaries, such as large rivers. The Amazon region is also characterized by subtle environmental clines, but how they might affect the distributions... Read More about Soil and forest structure predicts large-scale patterns of occurrence and local abundance of a widespread Amazonian frog.

Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier (2018)
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Tharwat, A., Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., & Elhoseny, M. (2018). Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 71, 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2018.07.049

Measuring toxicity is one of the most important steps to develop a new drug. During the drug development, animals are widely used to investigate the toxic effects by exposing them to the toxicants. Zebrafish embryo is one of the most suitable animals... Read More about Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier.

Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection (2018)
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Al-Hazaimeh, O., Al-Nawashi, M., & Saraee, M. (2019). Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78(6), 7029-7053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-6401-y

In recent years, object detection and classification has been gaining more attention, thus, there are several human object detection algorithms being used to locate and recognize human objects in images. The research of image processing and analyzing... Read More about Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection.

Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry (2018)
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Hadiwattege, C., Sandanayake, Y., Senaratne, S., & Fernando, N. (2018). Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(4), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2017-0134

Purpose Knowledge-based economies are popular in the present world. Simultaneously, universities are becoming more responsible for leading economic development through research. As a key contributor to the national economy, it is vital for the con... Read More about Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry.

Finite element analysis of rotating oscillatory magneto-convective radiative micropolar thermo-solutal flow (2018)
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Shamshuddin, M., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2018). Finite element analysis of rotating oscillatory magneto-convective radiative micropolar thermo-solutal flow. International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, 45(6), 479-508. https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.2018024955

Micropolar fluids provide an alternative mechanism for simulating micro-scale and molecular fluid mechanics which require less computational effort. In the present paper, a numerical analysis is conducted for the primary and secondary flow characteri... Read More about Finite element analysis of rotating oscillatory magneto-convective radiative micropolar thermo-solutal flow.

Physicochemical characterization of sodium surfactin for oil and gas industry application (2018)
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Suleiman, S., Abbas, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (2018). Physicochemical characterization of sodium surfactin for oil and gas industry application. Journal of Engineering Technology, 7(2), 342-353

Introduction – Industry operators are becoming more critical of synthetic surfactants for various oil and gas operations. Principal among these concerns is the environmental degradation. As a result, there is increasing interest in the use of biosurf... Read More about Physicochemical characterization of sodium surfactin for oil and gas industry application.

Stabilizing biopolymers in water-based drilling fluids at high temperature using antioxidants, a formate salt, and polyglycol (2018)
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Akpan, E., Enyi, G., Nasr, G., & Yahaya, A. (2018). Stabilizing biopolymers in water-based drilling fluids at high temperature using antioxidants, a formate salt, and polyglycol. Journal of Engineering Technology, 7(2), 469-486

Biopolymers degrade in water-based drilling fluids when exposed to high temperatures for some time, thus leading to hole-cleaning problems such as stuck pipe. To stabilise biopolymers in drilling fluids, the mechanisms by which they degrade at elevat... Read More about Stabilizing biopolymers in water-based drilling fluids at high temperature using antioxidants, a formate salt, and polyglycol.