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Thermal segregation of asphalt material in road repair (2017)
Journal Article
Byzyka, J., Rahman, M., & Chamberlain, D. (2017). Thermal segregation of asphalt material in road repair. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 4(4), 360-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2017.05.008

This paper presents results from a field study of asphaltic pavement patching operations performed by three different contractors working in a total of ten sites. It forms part of an ongoing research programme towards improving the performance of pot... Read More about Thermal segregation of asphalt material in road repair.

Fundamentals of active shielding based on implicit control (2017)
Journal Article
Quintana, R., Lam, Y., & Patino, D. (2017). Fundamentals of active shielding based on implicit control. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 408, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2017.07.006

Active noise control is a methodology to attenuate low frequency noise. The attenuation is usually achieved near the sensor which is used in the controller. In order to achieve the desired attenuation inside a desired zone without locating a sensor... Read More about Fundamentals of active shielding based on implicit control.

Promising investigational drug candidates in phase I and phase II clinical trials for mesothelioma (2017)
Journal Article
Guazzelli, A., Bakker, E., Tian, K., Demonacos, C., Krstic- Demonacos, M., & Mutti, L. (2017). Promising investigational drug candidates in phase I and phase II clinical trials for mesothelioma. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 26(8), 933-944. https://doi.org/10.1080/13543784.2017.1351545

Introduction: Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and lethal malignancy primarily affecting the pleura and peritoneum. Mesothelioma incidence is expected to increase worldwide and current treatments remain ineffective, leading to poor prognosis. Within... Read More about Promising investigational drug candidates in phase I and phase II clinical trials for mesothelioma.

Influence of diffusion and sorption on sound propagation in multiscale porous materials (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Venegas, R., Boutin, C., & Umnova, O. (2017, July). Influence of diffusion and sorption on sound propagation in multiscale porous materials. Presented at 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France

This paper investigates sound propagation in multiscale sorptive porous materials saturated with a pure gas. An example of this type of materials is a packing of porous grains where a mesoscopic, microscopic, and nanoscopic scale can be identified. T... Read More about Influence of diffusion and sorption on sound propagation in multiscale porous materials.

Estimates of genetic variability and inbreeding in experimentally selected populations of European sea bass (2017)
Journal Article
Hillen, J., Coscia, I., Vandeputte, M., Herten, K., Hellemans, B., Maroso, F., …Volckaert, F. (2017). Estimates of genetic variability and inbreeding in experimentally selected populations of European sea bass. Aquaculture, 479, 742-749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.07.012

The aquaculture industry has increasingly aimed at improving economically important traits like growth, feed efficiency and resistance to infections. Artificial selection represents an important window of opportunity to significantly improve producti... Read More about Estimates of genetic variability and inbreeding in experimentally selected populations of European sea bass.

Design matters : an evaluation of the impact of small man-made forest clearings on tropical bats using a before-after-control-impact design (2017)
Journal Article
Rocha, R., Ovaskainen, O., Lopez-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Ferreira, D., Bobrowiec, P., …Meyer, C. (2017). Design matters : an evaluation of the impact of small man-made forest clearings on tropical bats using a before-after-control-impact design. Forest Ecology and Management, 401, 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.053

In recent years, large clearings (>1000 ha) accounted for gradually smaller amounts of total annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, whereas the proportion of small clearings (

Mitoriboscins : mitochondrial-based therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs), bacteria and pathogenic yeast (2017)
Journal Article
Ozsvari, B., Fiorillo, M., Bonuccelli, G., Cappello, A., Frattaruolo, L., Sotgia, F., …Lisanti, M. (2017). Mitoriboscins : mitochondrial-based therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs), bacteria and pathogenic yeast. Oncotarget, 2017(8), 67457-67472. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19084

The “endo-symbiotic theory of mitochondrial evolution” states that mitochondrial organelles evolved from engulfed aerobic bacteria, after millions of years of symbiosis and adaptation. Here, we have exploited this premise to design new antibiotics an... Read More about Mitoriboscins : mitochondrial-based therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs), bacteria and pathogenic yeast.

Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies : Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations (2017)
Journal Article
Doudoumis, V., Blow, F., Saridaki, A., Augustinos, A., Dyer, N., Goodhead, I., …Tsiamis, G. (2017). Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies : Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations. Scientific reports, 7(4699), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04740-3

Profiling of wild and laboratory tsetse populations using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing allowed us to examine whether the “Wigglesworthia-Sodalis-Wolbachia dogma” operates across species and populations. The most abundant taxa, in wild and labora... Read More about Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies : Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations.

Reducing complexity in developing wireless sensor network systems using model-driven development (2017)
Thesis
Salman, A. (in press). Reducing complexity in developing wireless sensor network systems using model-driven development. (Thesis). University of Salford

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a collection of small and low-powered gadgets called sensor nodes (motes), which are capable of sensing the environment, collecting and processing the sensed data, and communicating with each other to accomplish a spe... Read More about Reducing complexity in developing wireless sensor network systems using model-driven development.

The impact of base station antennas configuration on the performance of millimetre wave 5G networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference
on the performance of millimetre wave 5G networks. Presented at The Ninth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN 2017), Milan

In this paper, two scenarios have been considered for millimetre wave base station configuration. In the first scenario, the approach of Distributed Base Station (DBS) with remote radio units (RRU) is chosen as the envisioned architecture for futur... Read More about The impact of base station antennas configuration on the performance of millimetre wave 5G networks.

Design considerations of ultra dense 5G network in millimetre wave band (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Falahy, N., & Alani, O. (2017, July). Design considerations of ultra dense 5G network in millimetre wave band. Presented at The Second International Workshop on 5G and 6G Mobile Communications, Milan, Italy

The fifth Generation (5G) network will provide services with extreme data rate and latency demands compared to current cellular networks, and provide massive capacity and connectivity to multitude of devices with diverse requirements and applicatio... Read More about Design considerations of ultra dense 5G network in millimetre wave band.

Variable-viscosity thermal hemodynamic slip flow conveying nanoparticles through a permeable-walled composite stenosed artery (2017)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Akbar, N., & Tripathi, D. (2017). Variable-viscosity thermal hemodynamic slip flow conveying nanoparticles through a permeable-walled composite stenosed artery. European Physical Journal Plus, 132(294), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11557-x

This paper presents a mathematical model for simulating viscous, incompressible, steady-state blood flow containing biocompatible copper nanoparticles and coupled heat transfer through a composite stenosed artery with permeable walls. Wall slip hydro... Read More about Variable-viscosity thermal hemodynamic slip flow conveying nanoparticles through a permeable-walled composite stenosed artery.

Does sex matter? Gender-specific responses to forest fragmentation in Neotropical bats (2017)
Journal Article
Rocha, R., Ferreira, D., Lopez-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Carreiras, J., Palmeirim, J., & Meyer, C. (2017). Does sex matter? Gender-specific responses to forest fragmentation in Neotropical bats. Biotropica, 49(6), 881-890. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12474

Understanding the consequences of habitat modification on wildlife communities is central to the development of conservation strategies. However, albeit male and female individuals of numerous species are known to exhibit differences in habitat use,... Read More about Does sex matter? Gender-specific responses to forest fragmentation in Neotropical bats.

The influence of spar location on the elastic deformation and the weight estimation of a swept-back, high altitude, solar powered flying wing UAV (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Alsahlani, A., & Rahulan, T. (2017, July). The influence of spar location on the elastic deformation and the weight estimation of a swept-back, high altitude, solar powered flying wing UAV. Presented at 7th European Conference for Aeronautics And Space Sciences (EUCASS), Milan, Italy

In this paper, a design procedure is introduced for an aft swept flying wing aircraft to study the influence of the spar location on the performance of the resulting wing geometry. The study was conducted using an in-house low fidelity design/optimis... Read More about The influence of spar location on the elastic deformation and the weight estimation of a swept-back, high altitude, solar powered flying wing UAV.

Desertification and city resilience in Siwa, Egypt (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kenawy, I., & Al-Hegazi, S. (2017, July). Desertification and city resilience in Siwa, Egypt. Presented at Passive Low Energy Architecture - Design to Thrive, Edinburgh, UK

Insufficient landuse planning has accelerated the impact of desertification disasters. By 2050 desertification will lead over 700 million people to migrate from rural areas to crowded cities (UNUESH, 2014). In context, Siwa oasis is one of the threat... Read More about Desertification and city resilience in Siwa, Egypt.

Processing occlusions using elastic-net hierarchical MAX model of the visual cortex (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Alameer, A., Degenaar, P., & Nazarpour, K. (2017, July). Processing occlusions using elastic-net hierarchical MAX model of the visual cortex. Presented at 2017 IEEE International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA), Gdynia, Poland

Humans can recognise objects under partial occlusion. Machine-based approaches cannot reliably recognise objects and scenes in the presence of occlusion. This paper investigates the use of the elastic net hierarchical MAX (En-HMAX) model to handle oc... Read More about Processing occlusions using elastic-net hierarchical MAX model of the visual cortex.

A critique of the ventilation system used for public schools around gas flaring sites in the Nigeria Niger Delta area (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ogbonda, U., & Ji, Y. (2017, July). A critique of the ventilation system used for public schools around gas flaring sites in the Nigeria Niger Delta area. Presented at Healthy Buildings Europe 2017, Lublin, Poland

The consideration of ventilation requirements in school buildings has significantly become a critically important factor in the academic performance of pupils in schools. Their health, concentration and performance output have been linked to the amou... Read More about A critique of the ventilation system used for public schools around gas flaring sites in the Nigeria Niger Delta area.

Wettability effects on Bandera Gray Sandstone using biosurfactants (2017)
Journal Article
Ukwungwu, S., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Allison, H., & Goodman, S. (2017). Wettability effects on Bandera Gray Sandstone using biosurfactants. Journal of Engineering Technology, 6(2),

Despite the growing demand for sustainable technologies that enhance residual oil recovery, the environmental and cost benefits of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) have favoured an increased research that is utilising a biosurfactant for oil re... Read More about Wettability effects on Bandera Gray Sandstone using biosurfactants.

Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion (2017)
Journal Article
Ihenacho, P., Burby, M., Nasr, G., & Enyi, G. (2017). Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion. Journal of Engineering Technology, 6(2), 776-783

Stringent environmental regulations and technical requirements of difficult formations such as shale demand the use of functional mud system to complete a well safely and economically. The economic viability of 50/50 oil-water ratio invert emulsion... Read More about Economic evaluation of environmentally friendly vegetable oil-based invert emulsion.