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Congenital amusics use a secondary pitch mechanism to identify lexical tones (2017)
Journal Article
Bones, O., & Wong, P. (2017). Congenital amusics use a secondary pitch mechanism to identify lexical tones. Neuropsychologia, 104, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.08.004

Amusia is a pitch perception disorder associated with deficits in processing and production of both musical and lexical tones, which previous reports have suggested may be constrained to fine-grained pitch judgements. In the present study speakers of... Read More about Congenital amusics use a secondary pitch mechanism to identify lexical tones.

Stromal cyclin D1 promotes heterotypic immune signaling and breast cancer growth (2017)
Journal Article
Pestell, T., Jiao, X., Kumar, M., Peck, A., Prisco, M., Deng, S., …Pestell, R. (2017). Stromal cyclin D1 promotes heterotypic immune signaling and breast cancer growth. Oncotarget, 8, 81754-81775. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19953

The cyclin D1 gene encodes the regulatory subunit of a holoenzyme that drives cell autonomous cell cycle progression and proliferation. Herein we show cyclin D1 abundance is increased >30-fold in the stromal fibroblasts of patients with invasive brea... Read More about Stromal cyclin D1 promotes heterotypic immune signaling and breast cancer growth.

Near-Infrared and short-wavelength infrared photodiodes based on dye-perovskite composites (2017)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Qianqian, L., Wang, Y., Young, M., Patel, J., Milot, R., …Herz, L. (2017). Near-Infrared and short-wavelength infrared photodiodes based on dye-perovskite composites. Advanced functional materials, 27(38), https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201702485

Organohalide perovskites have emerged as promising light‐sensing materials because of their superior optoelectronic properties and low‐cost processing methods. Recently, perovskite‐based photodetectors have successfully been demonstrated as both broa... Read More about Near-Infrared and short-wavelength infrared photodiodes based on dye-perovskite composites.

Nanoethics, science communication, and a fourth model for public engagement (2017)
Journal Article
Miah, A. (2017). Nanoethics, science communication, and a fourth model for public engagement. NanoEthics, 11(2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-017-0302-9

This paper develops a fourth model of public engagement with science, grounded in the principle of nurturing scientific agency through online participatory bioethics. It argues that social media is an effective device through which to enable such eng... Read More about Nanoethics, science communication, and a fourth model for public engagement.

Identification as a deterrent for security enhancement in cognitive radio networks (2017)
Journal Article
Fakhrudeen, A., & Alani, O. (2017). Identification as a deterrent for security enhancement in cognitive radio networks. IET Networks, 6(6), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-net.2017.0036

Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) are prone to emerging coexistence security threats such as Primary User Emulation Attack (PUEA). Specifically, a malicious CRN may mimic licensees’ (Primary Users (PUs)) signal characteristics to force another CRN to v... Read More about Identification as a deterrent for security enhancement in cognitive radio networks.

The impact of occupants’ behaviours on building energy analysis : a research review (2017)
Journal Article
Delzendeh, E., Wu, S., Lee, A., & Zhou, Y. (2017). The impact of occupants’ behaviours on building energy analysis : a research review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 80, 1061-1071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.264

Over the past 15 years, the evaluation of energy demand and use in buildings has become increasingly acute due to growing scientific and political pressure around the world in response to climate change. The estimation of the use of energy in buildin... Read More about The impact of occupants’ behaviours on building energy analysis : a research review.

Media device orchestration for immersive spatial audio reproduction (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Francombe, J., Mason, R., Jackson, P., Brookes, T., Hughes, R., Woodcock, J., …Pike, C. (2017, August). Media device orchestration for immersive spatial audio reproduction. Presented at AM '17: Audio Mostly 2017, London, United Kingdom

Whilst it is possible to create exciting, immersive listening experiences with current spatial audio technology, the required systems are generally difficult to install in a standard living room. However, in any living room there is likely to already... Read More about Media device orchestration for immersive spatial audio reproduction.

Aerofoil design for unmanned high-altitude aft-swept flying wings (2017)
Journal Article
Alsahlani, A., & Rahulan, T. (2017). Aerofoil design for unmanned high-altitude aft-swept flying wings. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management (Impresso), 9(3), 335-345. https://doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v9i3.838

In this paper, 12 new aerofoils with varying thicknesses for an aft-swept flying wing unmanned air vehicle have been designed using a MATLAB tool which has been developed in-house. The tool consists of 2 parts in addition to the aerodynamic solver XF... Read More about Aerofoil design for unmanned high-altitude aft-swept flying wings.

Numerical study of non-Newtonian polymeric boundary layer flow and heat transfer from a permeable horizontal isothermal cylinder (2017)
Journal Article
Rao, A., Prasad, V., Rajendra, P., Sasikala, M., & Beg, O. (2017). Numerical study of non-Newtonian polymeric boundary layer flow and heat transfer from a permeable horizontal isothermal cylinder. Frontiers in heat and mass transfer, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.9.2

In this article, we investigate the nonlinear steady state boundary layer flow and heat transfer of an incompressible Jeffery non-Newtonian fluid from a permeable horizontal isothermal cylinder. The transformed conservation equations are solved numer... Read More about Numerical study of non-Newtonian polymeric boundary layer flow and heat transfer from a permeable horizontal isothermal cylinder.

The effect of gas flare on the health of schoolchildren in the Niger delta area of Nigeria (2017)
Journal Article
Ogbonda, U., & Ji, Y. (2017). The effect of gas flare on the health of schoolchildren in the Niger delta area of Nigeria. International journal of humanities and social science research (Delhi), 3, 10-15

The proximity of schools to gas flaring sites and the use of simple ventilation systems in school buildings with currently no regulation or laid down blueprint during design and construction in an environment prone to adverse environmental hazards ca... Read More about The effect of gas flare on the health of schoolchildren in the Niger delta area of Nigeria.

CloudMe forensics : a case of big-data investigation (2017)
Journal Article
Teing, Y., Dehghantanha, A., & Raymond Choo, K. (2017). CloudMe forensics : a case of big-data investigation. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 30(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4277

The significant increase in the volume, variety and velocity of data complicates cloud forensic efforts, as such big data will, at some point, become computationally expensive to be fully extracted and analyzed in a timely manner. Thus, it is importa... Read More about CloudMe forensics : a case of big-data investigation.

A strategic approach to developing residential land tenure administration : the case of Iraq (2017)
Thesis
Al-ossmi, L. A strategic approach to developing residential land tenure administration : the case of Iraq. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study is driven by the need to bridge the gap in the current literature in terms of identifying the sustainable institutional aspects of the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) under the current situation in Iraq, as the principal mechanism through... Read More about A strategic approach to developing residential land tenure administration : the case of Iraq.

Mitochondrial markers predict survival and progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients : use as companion diagnostics (2017)
Journal Article
Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2017). Mitochondrial markers predict survival and progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients : use as companion diagnostics. Oncotarget, 8(40), 68095-68107. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19677

Here, we used an informatics-based approach to identify novel biomarkers of overall survival and tumor progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. We determined whether nuclear-encoded genes associated with mitochondrial biogenesis an... Read More about Mitochondrial markers predict survival and progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients : use as companion diagnostics.

Novel RNA virus genome discovered in Ghost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) from Hawaii (2017)
Journal Article
Brettell, L., Mordecai, G., Pachori, P., & Martin, S. (2017). Novel RNA virus genome discovered in Ghost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) from Hawaii. Genome Announcements, 5(30), https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00669-17

Here we report the full genome sequence of Milolii virus, a novel single stranded (positive sense) RNA virus discovered from Tapinoma melanocephalum ants in Hawaii. The genome is 10,475 nucleotides long encoding a polyprotein of 3304 amino acids.

Mitochondrial markers predict recurrence, metastasis and Tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer patients : early detection of treatment failure with companion diagnostics (2017)
Journal Article
Sotgia, F., Fiorillo, M., & Lisanti, M. (2017). Mitochondrial markers predict recurrence, metastasis and Tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer patients : early detection of treatment failure with companion diagnostics. Oncotarget, 2017(8), 68730-68745. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19612

Here, we used a data-mining and informatics approach to discover new biomarkers of resistance to hormonal therapy in breast cancer. More specifically, we investigated whether nuclear-encoded genes associated with mitochondrial biogenesis can be used... Read More about Mitochondrial markers predict recurrence, metastasis and Tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer patients : early detection of treatment failure with companion diagnostics.

Half the story : thermal effects on within-host infectious disease progression in a warming climate (2017)
Journal Article
Stewart, A., Hablutzel, P., Brown, M., Watson, H., Parker-Norman, S., Tober, A., …Jackson, J. (2018). Half the story : thermal effects on within-host infectious disease progression in a warming climate. Global Change Biology, 24(1), 371-386. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13842

Immune defence is temperature-dependent in cold-blooded vertebrates (CBVs) and thus directly impacted by global warming. We asked whether immunity and within-host infectious disease progression are altered in CBVs under realistic climate warming in a... Read More about Half the story : thermal effects on within-host infectious disease progression in a warming climate.

Development of a high-speed current injection and voltage measurement system for electrical impedance tomography-based stretchable sensors (2017)
Journal Article
Russo, S., Nefti-Meziani, S., Carbonaro, N., & Tognetti, A. (2017). Development of a high-speed current injection and voltage measurement system for electrical impedance tomography-based stretchable sensors. Technologies, 5(3), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5030048

In common EIT systems, the voltage data are serially measured by means of multiplexers, and are hence collected at slightly different times, which affects the real-time performance of the system. They also tend to have complicated hardware, which inc... Read More about Development of a high-speed current injection and voltage measurement system for electrical impedance tomography-based stretchable sensors.

Impacts of climate change on agrarian infrastructure and cascading effects on human and economic sustainability in Nigeria (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Goyol, S., & Pathirage, C. (2017, July). Impacts of climate change on agrarian infrastructure and cascading effects on human and economic sustainability in Nigeria. Presented at International Conference on Climate Change & Sustainable Development in Africa (ICCCSDA), Sunyani, Ghana

Nigeria, one of the fastest growing economies in Africa has agriculture as a critical sector of the economy contributing significantly to the country’s GDP, supporting livelihoods of agrarian communities and employing over 70% of active population.... Read More about Impacts of climate change on agrarian infrastructure and cascading effects on human and economic sustainability in Nigeria.

Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration (2017)
Book Chapter
Heysham, N. (2017). Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration. In G. Rodriguez, C. Brebbia, & D. Almorza (Eds.), Coastal Cities and Their Sustainable Future II (73-83). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CC170081

Alexandria is one of the largest cities in Egypt in terms of population and urban density, second only to Cairo. Since its origination in the 300s BC, it has been one of the biggest metropolises in the ancient world, culturally, intellectually, pol... Read More about Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration.

Constant-size threshold attribute based SignCryption for cloud applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., Laurent, M., Jemai, A., & Attia, R. (2017, July). Constant-size threshold attribute based SignCryption for cloud applications. Presented at SECRYPT 2017 : 14th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Madrid, Spain

In this paper, we propose a novel constant-size threshold attribute-based signcryption scheme for securely sharing data through public clouds. Our proposal has several advantages. First, it provides flexible cryptographic access control, while prese... Read More about Constant-size threshold attribute based SignCryption for cloud applications.