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The passivating effect of cadmium in PbS/CdS colloidal quantum dots probed by nm-scale depth profiling (2017)
Journal Article

Achieving control of the surface chemistry of colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) is essential to fully exploit their properties in solar cells, but direct measurement of the chemistry and electronic structure in the outermost atomic layers is challenging.... Read More about The passivating effect of cadmium in PbS/CdS colloidal quantum dots probed by nm-scale depth profiling.

Oldest Varroa tolerant honey bee population provides insight into the origins of the global decline of honey bees (2017)
Journal Article

The ecto-parasitic mite Varroa destructor has transformed the previously inconsequential Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) into the most important honey bee viral pathogen responsible for the death of millions of colonies worldwide. Naturally, DWV persists a... Read More about Oldest Varroa tolerant honey bee population provides insight into the origins of the global decline of honey bees.

Understanding ethnography through a life course framework : a research journey into alternative spiritual spaces (2017)
Journal Article
Fois, F. (2017). Understanding ethnography through a life course framework : a research journey into alternative spiritual spaces. Area, 49(4), 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12332

Recently scholars have emphasised the importance of looking at the researcher's experience and how positionality, emotions and embodiment shape the ethnographic fieldwork process. Specifically, feminist contributions have shown how the professional a... Read More about Understanding ethnography through a life course framework : a research journey into alternative spiritual spaces.

Electrothermal transport of nanofluids via peristaltic pumping in a finite micro-channel : effects of joule heating and Helmholtz-Smoluchowski velocity (2017)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Tripathi, D., & Sharma, A. (2017). Electrothermal transport of nanofluids via peristaltic pumping in a finite micro-channel : effects of joule heating and Helmholtz-Smoluchowski velocity. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 111, 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.089

The present article studies theoretically the electrokinetic pumping of nanofluids with heat and mass transfer in a micro-channel under peristaltic waves, a topic of some interest in medical nano-scale electro-osmotic devices. The microchannel walls... Read More about Electrothermal transport of nanofluids via peristaltic pumping in a finite micro-channel : effects of joule heating and Helmholtz-Smoluchowski velocity.

Comprehensive survey on quality of service provisioning approaches in cognitive radio networks : part one (2017)
Journal Article
Fakhrudeen, A., & Alani, O. (2017). Comprehensive survey on quality of service provisioning approaches in cognitive radio networks : part one. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 24(4), 356-388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-017-0352-5

Much interest in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) has been raised recently by enabling unlicensed (secondary) users to utilize the unused portions of the licensed spectrum. CRN utilization of residual spectrum bands of Primary (licensed) Networks (PNs... Read More about Comprehensive survey on quality of service provisioning approaches in cognitive radio networks : part one.

Metrology of dye-sensitized solar cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Metrology of dye-sensitised solar cells (Poster Presentation) (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Furnell, L., Holliman, P., Anthony, R., Connell, A., Jones, E., & Kershaw, C. (2017, April). Metrology of dye-sensitised solar cells (Poster Presentation). Poster presented at PVSAT 13 2017 (The 13th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference), Bangor University, Bangor

Greenhouse gases (GHG) performance of refurbishment projects – lessons from UK higher education student accommodation case studies (2017)
Journal Article
Lou, E., Lee, A., & Welfle, A. (2017). Greenhouse gases (GHG) performance of refurbishment projects – lessons from UK higher education student accommodation case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 154, 309-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.226

The student accommodation sector in now the best-performing asset in the UK and US property markets
and this is projected to further accelerate, with building refurbishment of existing student accommodations being the preferred method to satisfy gro... Read More about Greenhouse gases (GHG) performance of refurbishment projects – lessons from UK higher education student accommodation case studies.

Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Jazaairry, A., & Toma-Sabbagh, T. (2017). Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand. Proceedings of the World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, 2(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11159/icgre17.107

Presence of cavities in soils is an important area of interest within the field of geotechnical engineering. A better understanding of the behaviour of such soils, particularly in locations where the presence of gypsum deposits is apparent, will have... Read More about Effect of cavities on the behaviour of model pile under axial loading in sand.

A review on hyperthermia via nanoparticle-mediated therapy (2017)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Sohail, A., Ahmed, Z., Arshad, S., & Sherin, L. (2017). A review on hyperthermia via nanoparticle-mediated therapy. Bulletin du Cancer, 104(5), 452-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bulcan.2017.02.003

Hyperthermia treatment, generated by magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is promising since it is tumour-focused, minimally invasive and uniform. The most unique feature of magnetic nanoparticles is their reaction to and manipulation by a magnetic force wh... Read More about A review on hyperthermia via nanoparticle-mediated therapy.

50 important research questions in microbial ecology (2017)
Journal Article

Microbial ecology provides insights into the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of microbial communities underpinning every ecosystem on Earth. Microbial communities can now be investigated in unprecedented detail, although there is still a wealth... Read More about 50 important research questions in microbial ecology.

Anthropogenic noise reduces bird species richness and diversity in urban parks (2017)
Journal Article
and diversity in urban parks. Ibis, 159(3), 638-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12481

Anthropogenic noise is becoming more prevalent in the world and has been shown to affect many animal species, including birds. The impact of such noise was measured in Neotropical urban parks to assess how the noise affects avifauna diversity and spe... Read More about Anthropogenic noise reduces bird species richness and diversity in urban parks.

Platinum composite nanowires for ultrasensitive mass detection (2017)
Journal Article

Platinum (Pt) composite nanowires were grown on the tip of tungsten (W) microprobes by focused-electron-beam induced chemical vapor deposition (FEB-CVD). An electrical field was used to drive a transversal mechanical vibration of the nanowires. Such... Read More about Platinum composite nanowires for ultrasensitive mass detection.

Handbook of research on machine learning innovations and trends (2017)
Book

Continuous improvements in technological applications have allowed more opportunities to develop automated systems. This not only leads to higher success in smart data analysis, but it increases the overall probability of technological progression.... Read More about Handbook of research on machine learning innovations and trends.

Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Shayya, F. (2017, April). Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self. Presented at PhD By Design Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom

It’s a windy, cold February Saturday at The Imperial War Museum in Manchester. I stand next to a 1979 Leopard patrol vehicle and a WWII T34 tank when a strong, thick, nauseating smell takes me 23 years back to a boyish childhood memory. I recall clim... Read More about Strangely familiar! Or, what the smell of grease revealed about my curious self.

Thermal responses of single zone offices on existing near-extreme summer weather data (2017)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Korolija, I., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Thermal responses of single zone offices on existing near-extreme summer weather data. Building Simulation, 11(1), 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-017-0367-y

There have been a number of attempts in the past to define “near extreme” weather for facilitating overheating analysis in free running buildings. The most recently efforts include CIBSE latest release of Design Summer Year (DSY) weather using multip... Read More about Thermal responses of single zone offices on existing near-extreme summer weather data.

Optimizing oil production in horizontal wells (water/oil cresting in horizontal wells) (2017)
Thesis

In recent years, the application of horizontal wells has been predominant in minimizing cresting scenarios due to significant reservoir exposure of its laterals. Cresting is known to occur in horizontal wells when the pressure drop supersedes the hyd... Read More about Optimizing oil production in horizontal wells (water/oil cresting in horizontal wells).

Neural basis of virtual reality exposure threatment (2017)
Journal Article

Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an increasingly common treatment for a range of anxiety disorder, specific phobias, PTSD and addictions, however neural mechanisms supporting VRET are yet to be understood. This review summarises existing st... Read More about Neural basis of virtual reality exposure threatment.

Triggering and measuring social inhibitory response in humans immersed in interactions with virtual humans (2017)
Journal Article
Ahamba, G., Roberts, D., & Eachus, P. (2017). Triggering and measuring social inhibitory response in humans immersed in interactions with virtual humans. Annual review of cybertherapy and telemedicine (Print), 15, 185-188

The aim of the proposed study is to determine if a virtual human can
evoke a measurable inhibitory response to anti-social stimuli within the prefrontal
cortex. Justification, protocol and demonstrator are described here. The work
follows a previo... Read More about Triggering and measuring social inhibitory response in humans immersed in interactions with virtual humans.

Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling (2017)
Journal Article
Rossington, S. (2017). Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling. ˜The œbiochemist (London. Online), 39(2), 50-51. https://doi.org/10.1042/bio03902050

Within university chemistry departments, organic chemists are formulating reaction pathways which will yield a desired chemical product. In most cases, it is often found that the targeted product exerts some beneficial biological effect towards cellu... Read More about Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling.