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Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming (2022)
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Hardman, M., Clark, A., & Sherriff, G. (2022). Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming. Agronomy, 12(3), e601. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030601

Urban Agriculture (UA), i.e., the production of crops or rearing of livestock in cities, is growing in popularity. Upscaled UA is increasingly gaining support from policy makers, funders, local authorities and other key actors across the globe. Radic... Read More about Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming.

High pressure photoluminescence of bismuth-doped yttria-alumina-silica glass (2022)
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Hughes, M., McMaster, R., Proctor, J., Hewak, D., Suzuki, T., & Oshidi, Y. (2022). High pressure photoluminescence of bismuth-doped yttria-alumina-silica glass. High Pressure Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/08957959.2022.2044031

We report the effects of high pressure, up to 10.45 GPa, on the photoluminescence of Bi-doped yttria-alumina-silica (Bi:YAlSi) glass under 532 nm excitation. We identify three emission bands attributed to Bi3+, Bi+ and the controversial NIR emitting... Read More about High pressure photoluminescence of bismuth-doped yttria-alumina-silica glass.

Elucidating the formation and structural evolution of platinum single-site catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (2022)
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Tang, P., Lee, H., Hurlbutt, K., Huang, P., Narayanan, S., Wang, C., …Pasta, M. (2022). Elucidating the formation and structural evolution of platinum single-site catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. ACS catalysis, 12(5), 3173-3180. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05958

Platinum single-site catalysts (SSCs) are a promising technology for the production of hydrogen from clean energy sources. They have high activity and maximal platinum-atom utilization. However, the bonding environment of platinum during operation... Read More about Elucidating the formation and structural evolution of platinum single-site catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity (2022)
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Beresford, N., Wood, M., Gashchak, S., & Barnett, C. (2022). Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity. PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263600. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263600

Although soil organisms are essential for ecosystem function, the impacts of radiation on soil biological activity at highly contaminated sites has been relatively poorly studied. In April-May 2016, we conducted the first largescale deployment of bai... Read More about Current ionising radiation doses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone do not directly impact on soil biological activity.

Modeling and analysis of magnetic hybrid nanoparticle (Au-Al2O3/blood) based drug delivery through a bell-shaped occluded artery with Joule heating, viscous dissipation and variable viscosity effects (2022)
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and variable viscosity effects. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 236(5), 2024-2043. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221080273

The present work deals with the impact of hybrid nanoparticles (Au-Al2O3/Blood) on the blood flow pattern through a porous cylindrical artery with bell-shaped stenosis in the presence of an external magnetic field, Joule heating, and viscous dissipa... Read More about Modeling and analysis of magnetic hybrid nanoparticle (Au-Al2O3/blood) based drug delivery through a bell-shaped occluded artery with Joule heating, viscous dissipation and variable viscosity effects.

Influence of magnetization, variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on Von Karman swirling flow of H2O-FE3O4 and H2O-MN-ZNFe2O4 ferromagnetic nanofluids from a spinning disk : smart spin coating simulation (2022)
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Salawu, S., Shamshuddin, M., & Beg, O. (2022). Influence of magnetization, variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on Von Karman swirling flow of H2O-FE3O4 and H2O-MN-ZNFe2O4 ferromagnetic nanofluids from a spinning disk : smart spin coating simulation. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 279, 115659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2022.115659

Motivated by smart (functional) nano-ferromagnetic spin coating applications, a theoretical study is described for steady swirling Von Karman thermo-magnetic water-based flowing nanoliquids containing ferromagnetic nanoparticles from a rotating dis... Read More about Influence of magnetization, variable viscosity and thermal conductivity on Von Karman swirling flow of H2O-FE3O4 and H2O-MN-ZNFe2O4 ferromagnetic nanofluids from a spinning disk : smart spin coating simulation.

Modelling cascade dynamics of passenger flow congestion in urban rail transit network induced by train delay (2022)
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Li, M., Zhou, X., Wang, Y., Jia, L., & An, M. (2022). Modelling cascade dynamics of passenger flow congestion in urban rail transit network induced by train delay. Alexandria engineering journal : AEJ, 61(11), 8797-8807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2022.02.022

A research into congestion propagation mechanism of urban rail transit passenger flow in train delay scenario is of great significance to the formulation of coordinated limitation measures of passenger flow among the operation lines in urban rail tra... Read More about Modelling cascade dynamics of passenger flow congestion in urban rail transit network induced by train delay.

Railway out-of-gauge cargo transportation route selection method considering gauge modification (2022)
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Zhang, Y., Liu, J., An, M., & Wang, J. (2022). Railway out-of-gauge cargo transportation route selection method considering gauge modification. Lecture notes in electrical engineering, 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9909-2_30

The size of railway out-of-gauge cargo is large, and the loading outline will exceed the railway gauges. In the actual transportation organization, how to choose a safe and economic transportation route is an important issue in the transportation of... Read More about Railway out-of-gauge cargo transportation route selection method considering gauge modification.

An overview of dynamic fare pricing strategies and algorithms for high-speed railway (2022)
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Zhang, Y., Yushau, I., An, M., & Wang, J. (2022). An overview of dynamic fare pricing strategies and algorithms for high-speed railway. Lecture notes in electrical engineering, 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9909-2_12

High-speed railway as an emerging technology and a leading form of transportation in terms of efficiency and level of service is becoming a widely acceptable mode of transport all over the world especially in China. The high and tedious cost of const... Read More about An overview of dynamic fare pricing strategies and algorithms for high-speed railway.

Development of a railway out-of-gauge freight transport routing optimal method (2022)
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Zhang, Y., Guo, J., & An, M. (2022). Development of a railway out-of-gauge freight transport routing optimal method. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 595, 127081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.127081

Railway out-of-gauge freight (ROF) is beyond railway gauges in its dimensions, which could be risks leading to serious railway accidents. This article presents a new methodology to search for a safest and more economic route of ROF by taking safety a... Read More about Development of a railway out-of-gauge freight transport routing optimal method.

Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach (2022)
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Aziz, Z., Alzaabi, E., & Syazli Fathi, M. (2022). Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-11-2021-0065

Purpose: This paper aims to develop a crisis readiness framework for road traffic crisis response for law enforcement agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: A Delphi method was used that combined questionnaire-... Read More about Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach.

An empirical investigation of agile information systems development for cybersecurity (2022)
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Ardo, A., Bass, J., & Gaber, T. (2022). An empirical investigation of agile information systems development for cybersecurity. Lecture notes in business information processing (Internet), 567-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95947-0_40

Cybersecurity has been identified as a major challenge confronting the digital world, neglecting cybersecurity techniques during software design and development increases the risk of malicious attacks. Thus, there is a need to make security an inte... Read More about An empirical investigation of agile information systems development for cybersecurity.

Challenging a host–pathogen paradigm: Susceptibility to chytridiomycosis is decoupled from genetic erosion (2022)
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Smith, D., O'Brien, C., Hall, J., Sergeant, C., Brookes, L. M., Harrison, X. A., …Jehle, R. (2022). Challenging a host–pathogen paradigm: Susceptibility to chytridiomycosis is decoupled from genetic erosion. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35(4), 589-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13987

The putatively positive association between host genetic diversity and the ability to defend against pathogens has long attracted the attention of evolutionary biologists. Chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dend... Read More about Challenging a host–pathogen paradigm: Susceptibility to chytridiomycosis is decoupled from genetic erosion.

Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research : the Clarity Speech Corpus (2022)
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Graetzer, S., Akeroyd, M., Barker, J., Cox, T., Culling, J., Naylor, G., …Muñoz, R. (2022). Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research : the Clarity Speech Corpus. Data in Brief, 41, 107951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.107951

This paper presents the Clarity Speech Corpus, a publicly available, forty speaker British English speech dataset. The corpus was created for the purpose of running listening tests to gauge speech intelligibility and quality in the Clarity Project, w... Read More about Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research : the Clarity Speech Corpus.

Un-African aging? Discourses of the socio-spatial welfare for older people in urban Zimbabwe (2022)
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Ncube, B., & Goodman Nhapi, T. (2022). Un-African aging? Discourses of the socio-spatial welfare for older people in urban Zimbabwe. Architecture and Culture, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2021.2021746

Global discourse has evidenced that the physical and social environment continues to have a large bearing on how people age, resulting in growing recognition of the socio-spatial needs of older people in urban environments. This article examines the... Read More about Un-African aging? Discourses of the socio-spatial welfare for older people in urban Zimbabwe.

Mixed convective-radiative dissipative magnetized micropolar nanofluid flow over a stretching surface in porous media with double stratification and chemical reaction effects : ADM-Padé computation (2022)
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Pattnaik, P., Bhatti, M., Mishra, S., Abbas, M., & Beg, O. (2022). Mixed convective-radiative dissipative magnetized micropolar nanofluid flow over a stretching surface in porous media with double stratification and chemical reaction effects : ADM-Padé computation. Journal of Mathematics, 2022, 9888379. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9888379

The present study deals with the electrically conducting micropolar nanofluid flow from a vertical stretching surface adjacent to a porous medium under a transverse magnetic field. Eringen’s micropolar model is deployed for non-Newtonian characteri... Read More about Mixed convective-radiative dissipative magnetized micropolar nanofluid flow over a stretching surface in porous media with double stratification and chemical reaction effects : ADM-Padé computation.

A conceptual framework for determining metaverse adoption in higher institutions of gulf area : an empirical study using hybrid SEM-ANN approach (2022)
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Akour, I., Al-Maroof, R., Alfaisal, R., & Salloum, S. (2022). A conceptual framework for determining metaverse adoption in higher institutions of gulf area : an empirical study using hybrid SEM-ANN approach. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 3, 100052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100052

The metaverse is a kind of imagined world with immersive digital spaces that increase, allowing a more interactive environment in educational settings. The metaverse is an expansion of the synchronous communication that embraces an effective number o... Read More about A conceptual framework for determining metaverse adoption in higher institutions of gulf area : an empirical study using hybrid SEM-ANN approach.

An automated context-aware IoT vulnerability assessment rule-set generator (2022)
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Hashmat, F., Abbas, S., Hina, S., Shah, G., Bakhshi, T., & Abbas, W. (2022). An automated context-aware IoT vulnerability assessment rule-set generator. Computer Communications, 186, 133-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.01.022

While introducing unprecedented applications, Internet of Things (IoT) has simultaneously provoked acute security challenges, in the form of the vulnerabilities. Mainly because manufacturers overlook the security considerations and produce devices th... Read More about An automated context-aware IoT vulnerability assessment rule-set generator.

A cost-effective recycled aggregates classification procedure for construction and demolition waste evaluation (2022)
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Ferriz-Papi, J., Weekes, E., Whitehead, N., & Lee, A. (2022). A cost-effective recycled aggregates classification procedure for construction and demolition waste evaluation. Construction and Building Materials, 324, 126642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126642

Current procedures for characterization of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste can be time-consuming and costly, and hinder a greater breadth of re-use application. A multi-level Aggregate Potential (Physical) (AP(P)) scale i... Read More about A cost-effective recycled aggregates classification procedure for construction and demolition waste evaluation.

An assessment of economic viability of the Ascension Island tuna longline fishery management: implications for marine protected area planning and future fisheries management (2022)
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Muench, A., Mengo, E., Weber, S., Baum, D., Richardson, A., Thomas, H., & Whomersley, P. (2022). An assessment of economic viability of the Ascension Island tuna longline fishery management: implications for marine protected area planning and future fisheries management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.648437

The designation of large scale marine protected areas (MPAs) has increased in recent years to address global issues such as biodiversity loss and the conservation of vulnerable marine habitats. While designing a large scale MPAs in the Exclusive Econ... Read More about An assessment of economic viability of the Ascension Island tuna longline fishery management: implications for marine protected area planning and future fisheries management.