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Using BIM to achieve Architectural Engineering undergraduate learning outcomes (2020)
Journal Article
learning outcomes. AMPS proceedings series, 17.2, 22-37

Building Information Modelling is a process integrating 3D graphics and data. It is being adopted into the AECOO industries and by default into the delivery of undergraduate Architectural Programs. This object approach offers a range of benefits over... Read More about Using BIM to achieve Architectural Engineering undergraduate learning outcomes.

Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example (2020)
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Cooper, J., Lee, A., & Jones, K. (2020). Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 38(3), 508-522. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-08-2019-0069

This paper aims to identify key performance indicators (KPI), and their corresponding attributes, required to successfully manage asset management sustainably in a built environment context. Improving the sustainability of existing housing stock is... Read More about Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example.

Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination (2020)
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Enya, O., Heaney, N., Iniama, G., & Lin, C. (2020). Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination. Science of the Total Environment, 724, 138223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138223

Microcosm and field investigation were conducted to examine the effects of heavy metals on the decomposition and accumulation of organic carbon in contaminated Mersey estuarine floodplain, northwest England. The results show that inhibition of microb... Read More about Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination.

Publisher correction : Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells (2020)
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Roble, A., Patra, S., Massabuau, F., Frentrup, M., Leontiadou, M., Dawson, P., …Schulz, S. (2020). Publisher correction : Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells. Scientific reports, 10(1), 5667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62494-x

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Udeaja, C., & Adekunle, A. (2021). Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 39(1), 48-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2019-0047

Purpose –BIM has much potential to improve the effectiveness of construction works with respect to design, construction and maintenance. However, many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms are still lagging in the adoption and imp... Read More about Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms.

Genetic landscape of autism spectrum disorder in Vietnamese children (2020)
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Tran, K., Le, V., Bui, H., Do, D., Ly, H., Nguyen, H., …Nguyen, L. (2020). Genetic landscape of autism spectrum disorder in Vietnamese children. Scientific reports, 10(1), 5034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61695-8

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex disorder with an unclear aetiology and an estimated global prevalence of 1%. However, studies of ASD in the Vietnamese population are limited. Here, we first conducted whole exome sequencing (WES) of 100 ch... Read More about Genetic landscape of autism spectrum disorder in Vietnamese children.

A service-oriented approach for sensing in the Internet of Things : intelligent transportation systems and privacy use cases (2020)
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Hammoudeh, M., Epiphaniou, G., Belguith, S., Unal, D., Adebisi, B., Baker, T., …Watters, P. (2021). A service-oriented approach for sensing in the Internet of Things : intelligent transportation systems and privacy use cases. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(14), 15753-15761. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2981558

This paper presents a Sensing-as-a-Service run-time Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), called 3SOA, for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. 3SOA aims to allow interoperability among various IoT platforms and support service-or... Read More about A service-oriented approach for sensing in the Internet of Things : intelligent transportation systems and privacy use cases.

Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridisation in tropical eels (2020)
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Barth, J., Gubili, C., Matschiner, M., Torresen, O., Watanabe, S., Egger, B., …Schabetsberger, R. (2020). Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridisation in tropical eels. Nature communications, 11, 1433. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15099-x

Genomic evidence is increasingly underpinning that hybridization between taxa is commonplace, challenging our views on the mechanisms that maintain their boundaries. Here, we focus on seven catadromous eel species (genus Anguilla) and use genome-wide... Read More about Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridisation in tropical eels.

Topographic, hydraulic, and vegetative controls on bar and island development in mixed bedrock‐alluvial, multi‐channeled, dryland rivers (2020)
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Milan, D., Tooth, S., & Heritage, G. (2020). Topographic, hydraulic, and vegetative controls on bar and island development in mixed bedrock‐alluvial, multi‐channeled, dryland rivers. Water Resources Research, 56(5), e2019WR026101. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019wr026101

We investigate processes of bedrock‐core bar and island development in a bedrock‐influenced anastomosed reach of the Sabie River, Kruger National Park (KNP), eastern South Africa. For sites subject to alluvial stripping during an extreme flood event... Read More about Topographic, hydraulic, and vegetative controls on bar and island development in mixed bedrock‐alluvial, multi‐channeled, dryland rivers.

A multilabel fuzzy relevance clustering system for malware attack attribution in the edge layer of cyber-physical networks (2020)
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Alaeiyan, M., Dehghantanha, A., Dargahi, T., Conti, M., & Parsa, S. (2020). A multilabel fuzzy relevance clustering system for malware attack attribution in the edge layer of cyber-physical networks. ACM transactions on cyber-physical systems, 4(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3351881

The rapid increase in the number of malicious programs has made malware forensics a daunting task and caused users’ systems to become in danger. Timely identification of malware characteristics including its origin and the malware sample family would... Read More about A multilabel fuzzy relevance clustering system for malware attack attribution in the edge layer of cyber-physical networks.

MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part I : numerical investigation (2020)
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Vasu, B., Gorla, R., Murthy, P., Prasad, V., Beg, O., & Siddiqa, S. (2020). MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part I : numerical investigation. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 25(1), 198-218. https://doi.org/10.2478/ijame-2020-0013

A numerical investigation of two dimensional steady magnetohydrodynamics heat and mass transfer by laminar free convection from a radiative horizontal circular cylinder in a non-Darcy porous medium is presented by taking into account the Soret/Dufo... Read More about MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part I : numerical investigation.

Computation of transient radiative reactive thermo-solutal magnetohydrodynamic convection in inclined mhd hall generator flow with dissipation and cross diffusion (2020)
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Beg, O., Sheri, S., Modugula, P., & Kadir, A. (2020). Computation of transient radiative reactive thermo-solutal magnetohydrodynamic convection in inclined mhd hall generator flow with dissipation and cross diffusion. Computational Thermal Sciences, 11(6), 541-563. https://doi.org/10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2019026405

The present article investigates the collective influence of chemical reaction, viscous dissipation and Hall current magnetic effects on timedependent radiative magnetohydrodynamic flow, heat and mass transfer from an inclined wall embedded in a homo... Read More about Computation of transient radiative reactive thermo-solutal magnetohydrodynamic convection in inclined mhd hall generator flow with dissipation and cross diffusion.

Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India (2020)
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Udeaja, C., Trillo, C., Gyau, K., Makore, B., Patel, D., Mansouri, L., & Jha, K. (2020). Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India. Sustainability, 12(6), 2172. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062172

Currently, heritage is challenged in the Indian city of Surat due to diverse pressures,  including rapid urbanization, increasing housing demand, and socio‐cultural and climate changes.  Where rapid demographic growth of urban areas is happening, her... Read More about Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India.

Study of general practitioner consultations for tick bites at high, medium and low incidence areas for Lyme borreliosis in England and Wales (2020)
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Gillingham, E., Hall, J., Birtles, R., Bown, K., Medlock, J., Smith, R., …Pietzsch, M. (2020). Study of general practitioner consultations for tick bites at high, medium and low incidence areas for Lyme borreliosis in England and Wales. Zoonoses and Public Health, 67(5), 591-599. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12694

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick‐borne disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. In Europe, it is predominately transmitted by the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. Compared with other European countries, the United Kingdom (UK) is consider... Read More about Study of general practitioner consultations for tick bites at high, medium and low incidence areas for Lyme borreliosis in England and Wales.

Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems (2020)
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Sales, N., McKenzie, M., Drake, J., Harper, L., Browett, S., Coscia, I., …McDevitt, A. (2020). Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(4), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13592

1. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionised biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi-aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested. 2. We first ass... Read More about Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems.

Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives (2020)
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Browett, S., O'Meara, D., & McDevitt, A. (2020). Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives. Mammal Review, 50(2), 200-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12189

1. Invasive non-native species are now considered to be one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Therefore, efficient and cost-effective management of species invasions requires robust knowledge of their demography, ecology and impacts,... Read More about Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals : recent trends and future perspectives.

Emissions and performance with diesel and waste lubricating oil : a fundamental study into cold start operation with a special focus on particle number size distribution (2020)
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Zare, A., Bodisco, T., Verma, P., Jafari, M., Babaie, M., Yang, L., …Stevanovic, S. (2020). Emissions and performance with diesel and waste lubricating oil : a fundamental study into cold start operation with a special focus on particle number size distribution. Energy Conversion and Management, 209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112604

This study investigates the effect of engine temperature during cold start and hot start engine operation on particulate matter emissions and engine performance parameters. In addition to a fundamental study on cold start operation and the effect of... Read More about Emissions and performance with diesel and waste lubricating oil : a fundamental study into cold start operation with a special focus on particle number size distribution.

Computation of non-isothermal thermo-convective micropolar fluid dynamics in a Hall MHD generator system with non-linear distending wall (2020)
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Beg, O., Ferdows, M., Karim, M., Hasan, M., Beg, T., Shamshuddin, M., & Kadir, A. (2020). Computation of non-isothermal thermo-convective micropolar fluid dynamics in a Hall MHD generator system with non-linear distending wall. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 6, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-020-0792-y

A theoretical model for steady non-isothermal convective heat transfer in non-Newtonian magnetized micropolar gas flow from a non-linear stretching/contracting wall in the presence of strong magnetic field is presented, as a simulation of an MHD (m... Read More about Computation of non-isothermal thermo-convective micropolar fluid dynamics in a Hall MHD generator system with non-linear distending wall.

The use of immersive and virtual reality technologies to enable nursing students to experience scenario based, basic life support training- exploring the impact on confidence and skills (2020)
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Rushton, M., Drumm, I., Campion, S., & O'Hare, J. (2020). The use of immersive and virtual reality technologies to enable nursing students to experience scenario based, basic life support training- exploring the impact on confidence and skills. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 38(6), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000608

The link between effective basic life support (BLS) and survival following cardiac arrest is well known. Nurses are often first responders at in- hospital cardiac arrests and receive annual BLS training to ensure they have the adequate skills, and st... Read More about The use of immersive and virtual reality technologies to enable nursing students to experience scenario based, basic life support training- exploring the impact on confidence and skills.