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This is the age of the architectural, not architecture (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, June). This is the age of the architectural, not architecture. Presented at Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis, Cambridge, United Kingdom

This is the age of the architectural, not architecture. The architectural is a praxis for making the social by covering and uncovering black boxes of flows and intensities. Architecture is ideology! The architectural in “architectural research” is no... Read More about This is the age of the architectural, not architecture.

What can an MRAP do? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, June). What can an MRAP do?. Poster presented at Doing Architectural Research: Socio-political Perspectives on Theories, Methodologies & Praxis, Cambridge, United Kingdom

My research traces the U.S. military’s interest in and definition of “the urban” in terms of survivability (of soldiers, force, and system of systems) from military action and natural phenomena. I follow MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle... Read More about What can an MRAP do?.

Numerical analysis of small scale axial and radial turbines for solar powered Brayton cycle application (2017)
Journal Article
Daabo, A. M., Mahmoud, S., Al-Dadah, R. K., Al Jubori, A. M., & Bhar Ennil, A. (2017). Numerical analysis of small scale axial and radial turbines for solar powered Brayton cycle application. Applied Thermal Engineering, 120, 672-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.125

In the current work two types of turbines, axial and radial turbine, with their three configurations, Single Stage Axial, Dual Stage Axial and Single Stage Radial turbines, for solar Brayton cycle applications have been parametrically investigated wi... Read More about Numerical analysis of small scale axial and radial turbines for solar powered Brayton cycle application.

Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development (2017)
Journal Article
Kong, F., Ban, Y., James, P., & Dronova, I. (2017). Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development. Environmental Modelling and Software, 95, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.021

Mitigating the impact of increasing impervious surfaces on stormwater runoff by low impact development (LID) is currently being widely promoted at site and local scales. In turn, the series of distributed LID implementations may produce cumulative ef... Read More about Modeling stormwater management at the city district level in response to changes in land use and low impact development.

ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition (2017)
Journal Article
Arends, J., Baracos, V., Bertz, H., Bozzetti, F., Calder, P., Deutz, N., …Weimann, A. (2017). ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition. Clinical Nutrition, 36(5), 1187-1196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2017.06.017

Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for malnutrition because both the disease and its treatments threaten their nutritional status. Yet cancer-related nutritional risk is sometimes overlooked or under-treated by clinicians, patients, a... Read More about ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition.

Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Babaie, M., Deka, E., Ameri, R., Siteisamtinieri, S., Bodisco, T., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2017, June). Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving. Poster presented at 2017 Cambridge Particle Meeting, Cambridge

Diesel engines are known to have good fuel economy that makes them to be the ideal source of power when it comes to mining, transportation, excavation, drilling and even for domestic use. The increase use of diesel engines has however introduced the... Read More about Particle emissions of a diesel car during real world urban driving.

Unsteady viscous flow driven by the combined effects of peristalsis and electro-osmosis (2017)
Journal Article
Tripathi, D., Bushan, S., & Beg, O. (2017). Unsteady viscous flow driven by the combined effects of peristalsis and electro-osmosis. Alexandria engineering journal : AEJ, 57(3), 1349-1359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2017.05.027

Electrokinetic transport of fluids through micro-channels by micro-pumping and micro- peristaltic pumping has stimulated considerable interest in biomedical engineering and other areas of medical technology. Deeper elucidation of the fluid dynamics o... Read More about Unsteady viscous flow driven by the combined effects of peristalsis and electro-osmosis.

Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Parnell, S., van den Bosch, F., Gottwald, T., & Gilligan, C. (2017). Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 55, 591-610. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035334

The rise in emerging pathogens and strains has led to increased calls for more effective surveillance in plant health. We show how epidemiological insights about the dynamics of disease spread can improve the targeting of when and where to sample. We... Read More about Surveillance to inform control of emerging plant diseases : an epidemiological perspective.

Design of a high altitude long endurance flying-wing solar-powered unmanned air vehicle (2017)
Journal Article
Alsahlani, A., Johnston, L., & Atcliffe, P. (2017). Design of a high altitude long endurance flying-wing solar-powered unmanned air vehicle. https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201709003

The low-Reynolds number environment of high-altitude flight places severe demands on the aerodynamic design and stability and control of a high altitude, long endurance unmanned air vehicle (HALE UAV). The aerodynamic efficiency of a flying-wing conf... Read More about Design of a high altitude long endurance flying-wing solar-powered unmanned air vehicle.

A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research (2017)
Journal Article
Caravaggi, A., Banks, P., Burton, A., Finlay, C., Haswell, P., Hayward, M., …Sollmann, R. (2017). A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3(3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.48

An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant challenges. Remote-sensing camera traps are becoming increasingly popular surve... Read More about A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research.

Design of a variable stiffness soft dexterous gripper (2017)
Journal Article
Al Abeach, L., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2017). Design of a variable stiffness soft dexterous gripper. Soft Robotics, 4(3), 274-284. https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2016.0044

This article presents the design of a variable stiffness, soft, three fingered dexterous gripper. The gripper uses two designs of McKibben muscles. Extensor muscles which increase in length when pressurised are used to form the fingers of the gripper... Read More about Design of a variable stiffness soft dexterous gripper.

Forecasting price movements using technical indicators : investigating the impact of varying input window length (2017)
Journal Article
Shynkevich, Y., McGinnity, M., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & Li, Y. (2017). Forecasting price movements using technical indicators : investigating the impact of varying input window length. Neurocomputing, 264, 71-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2016.11.095

The creation of a predictive system that correctly forecasts future changes of a stock price is crucial for investment management and algorithmic trading. The use of technical analysis for financial forecasting has been successfully employed by many... Read More about Forecasting price movements using technical indicators : investigating the impact of varying input window length.

Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies (2017)
Journal Article
Cresswell, T., Metian, M., Golding, L., & Wood, M. (2017). Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 178-9, 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.017

The use of live animal gamma radioisotope tracer techniques in the field of ecotoxicology allows laboratory studies to accurately monitor contaminant biokinetics in real time for an individual organism. However, methods used in published studies for... Read More about Aquatic live animal radiotracing studies for ecotoxicological applications : addressing fundamental methodological deficiencies.

Systolic [Ca2+ ]i regulates diastolic levels in rat ventricular myocytes (2017)
Journal Article
Sankaranarayanan, R., Kistamas, K., Greensmith, D., Venetucci, L., & Eisner, D. (2017). Systolic [Ca2+ ]i regulates diastolic levels in rat ventricular myocytes. Journal of Physiology, 595(16), 5545-5555. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP274366

[Ca2+]i must be low enough in diastole so that the ventricle is relaxed and can refill with blood. Interference with this will impair relaxation. The factors responsible for regulation of diastolic [Ca2+]i, in particular the relative roles of the sar... Read More about Systolic [Ca2+ ]i regulates diastolic levels in rat ventricular myocytes.

Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Al-Noori, A., Duncan, P., & Li, F. (2017). Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments. In Proceedings: 2017 AES International Conference on Audio Forensics. Audio Engineering Society

Reliability of Speaker Recognition (SR) is crucial for critical applications, especially in adverse acoustic conditions. Ambient noises and their variations represent a significant challenge for such applications. In this paper, a new technique is... Read More about Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments.

Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Doncel, B., Gonzalez, A., & Elkadi, H. (2017, June). Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures, Portugal

This paper discusses the concept and the process of the rehabilitation and conservation works of San Juan de Dios Hospital in Velez-Malaga. The building represents a significant landmark in the history of the city and part of its intangible heritage.... Read More about Design and inclusiveness in restoring cultural built heritage : 15th hospital in Velez-Malaga.

Accessible broadcast audio personalisation for hard of hearing listeners (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ward, L. (2017, June). Accessible broadcast audio personalisation for hard of hearing listeners. Presented at TVX 2017, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Improvements to the accessibility of broadcast audio for Hard of Hearing listeners is needed. However, an understanding of what constitutes accessible and intelligible audio for this viewer group remains undetermined. This doctoral work begins to add... Read More about Accessible broadcast audio personalisation for hard of hearing listeners.

Domestic building fabric performance : closing the gap between the in situ measured and modelled performance (2017)
Journal Article
Marshall, A., Fitton, R., Swan, W., Farmer, D., Johnston, D., Benjaber, M., & Ji, Y. (2017). Domestic building fabric performance : closing the gap between the in situ measured and modelled performance. Energy and Buildings, 150, 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.06.028

There is a growing body of evidence available to indicate that there is often a discrepancy between the in situ measured thermal performance of a building fabric and the steady-state predicted performance of that fabric, even when the building fabric... Read More about Domestic building fabric performance : closing the gap between the in situ measured and modelled performance.

Computer modelling of electro-osmotically augmented three-layered microvascular peristaltic blood flow (2017)
Journal Article
Tripathi, D., Borode, A., Jhorar, R., Beg, O., & Tiwari, A. (2017). Computer modelling of electro-osmotically augmented three-layered microvascular peristaltic blood flow. Microvascular Research, 114, 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2017.06.004

A theoretical study is presented here for the electro-osmosis modulated peristaltic three-layered capillary flow of viscous fluids with different viscosities in the layers. The layers considered here are the core layer, the intermediate layer and the... Read More about Computer modelling of electro-osmotically augmented three-layered microvascular peristaltic blood flow.