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Morphing wing application on Hydra Technologies UAS-S4 (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Segui, M., Sugar-Gabor, O., Koreanschi, A., & Botez, R. (2017, February). Morphing wing application on Hydra Technologies UAS-S4. Presented at IASTED Modelling, Identification and Control 2017 Conference, Innsbruck, Austria

This paper presents the aerodynamic results of a morphing wing study performed on the UAS S4 Éhecatl from Hydra Technologies. Only the cruise phase of the aircraft was considered (constant altitude and constant speed). The difference, from an aerodyn... Read More about Morphing wing application on Hydra Technologies UAS-S4.

An introduction to graphene and carbon nanotubes (2017)
Book
Proctor, J., Melendrez Armada, D., & Vijayaraghavan, A. (2017). An introduction to graphene and carbon nanotubes. Boca Raton: CRC Press

Carbon nanotubes and graphene have been the subject of intense scientific research since their relatively recent discoveries. This book introduces the reader to the science behind these rapidly developing fields, and covers both the fundamentals and... Read More about An introduction to graphene and carbon nanotubes.

Optimizing the deployment of cloud-hosted application components for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Charles Ochei, L., Petrovski, A., & Bass, J. (2017). Optimizing the deployment of cloud-hosted application components for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2016.7854180

The sharing of components of a cloud-hosted application and the underlying cloud resources between tenants have the potential to reduce resource consumption and running cost per tenant. However, this sharing may allow the behaviour of one component t... Read More about Optimizing the deployment of cloud-hosted application components for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation.

Experimenting with docker: Linux container and baseos attack surfaces (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mohallel, A. A., Bass, J., & Dehghantaha, A. (2017). Experimenting with docker: Linux container and baseos attack surfaces. . https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2016.7854163

Linux containers showed great superiority when compared to virtual machines and hypervisors in terms of networking, disk and memory management, start-up and compilation speed, and overall processing performance. In this research, we are questioning w... Read More about Experimenting with docker: Linux container and baseos attack surfaces.

Object-based reverberation for spatial audio (2017)
Journal Article
Coleman, P., Franck, A., Jackson, P., Hughes, R., Remaggi, L., & Melchior, F. (2017). Object-based reverberation for spatial audio. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 65(1/2), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0059

Object-based audio is gaining momentum as a means for future audio content to be more immersive, interactive, and accessible. Recent standardization developments make recommendations for object formats; however, the capture, production, and reproduct... Read More about Object-based reverberation for spatial audio.

Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube (2017)
Journal Article
Akbar, N., Butt, A., Tripathi, D., & Beg, O. (2017). Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube. Pramana, 88(52), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-016-1354-z

The present investigation focuses on a mathematical study of creeping viscous flow induced by metachronal wave propagation in a horizontal ciliated tube containing porous media. Creeping flow limitations are imposed i.e. inertial forces are small com... Read More about Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube.

Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable (2017)
Journal Article
Gunton, R., van Asperen, E., Basden, A., Bookless, D., Araya, Y., Hanson, D., …Jones, G. (2017). Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(4), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002

The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of... Read More about Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable.

Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet (2017)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Thumma, T., & Kadir, A. (2017). Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 232, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.02.032

This paper numerically investigates radiative magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection boundary layer flow of nanofluids over a nonlinear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet in the presence of heat source/sink and viscous dissipation. The Rosseland appro... Read More about Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet.

Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis (2017)
Journal Article
Xie, Y., Gao, J., Wu, Y., Tang, P., Hide, G., Lai, D., & Lun, Z. (2017). Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2009-8

BACKGROUND: Human trichomoniasis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases with more than 200 million cases worldwide. It has caused a series of health problems to patients. For prevention and control of... Read More about Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis.

NADH autofluorescence, a new metabolic biomarker for cancer stem cells : identification of Vitamin C and CAPE as natural products targeting “stemness” (2017)
Journal Article
Bonuccelli, G., De Francesco, E., de Boer, R., Tanowitz, H., & Lisanti, M. (2017). NADH autofluorescence, a new metabolic biomarker for cancer stem cells : identification of Vitamin C and CAPE as natural products targeting “stemness”. Oncotarget, 2017(8), 20667-20678. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.15400

Here, we assembled a broad molecular “tool-kit” to interrogate the role of metabolic heterogeneity in the propagation of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs). First, we subjected MCF7 cells to “metabolic fractionation” by flow cytometry, using fluorescent... Read More about NADH autofluorescence, a new metabolic biomarker for cancer stem cells : identification of Vitamin C and CAPE as natural products targeting “stemness”.

Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill (2017)
Journal Article
Miller, I., & Glithero, J. (2017). Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill. Industrial Archaeology Review, 38(2), 98-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2016.1266214

This article describes the archaeological recording of Richard Arkwright's mill on Shudehill in Manchester. This complex marked an important moment in the development of the mechanisation of the cotton industry in Britain. After initial but ultimatel... Read More about Richard Arkwright's Shudehill Mill : the archaeology of Manchester's first steampowered cotton mill.

Formulating a global identifier based on actor relationship for the Internet of Things (2017)
Journal Article
Majeed, A., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2017). Formulating a global identifier based on actor relationship for the Internet of Things. Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Internet), 190, 79-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52727-7_10

The Internet of Things (IoT) promising a new generation of services been offered to a human being through a world of interconnected objects (called “things”) that may use different communication technologies. Objects, in IoT, are seamlessly connected... Read More about Formulating a global identifier based on actor relationship for the Internet of Things.

Last 1000 years of environmental history in Southern Bucovina, Romania : a high resolution multi-proxy lacustrine archive (2017)
Journal Article
Florescu, G., Hutchinson, S., Kern, Z., Mîndrescu, M., Cristea, I., Mihăilă, D., …Feurdean, A. (2017). Last 1000 years of environmental history in Southern Bucovina, Romania : a high resolution multi-proxy lacustrine archive. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 473, 26-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.047

Geo-ecological and landscape change studies at a local scale are scarce in Central-Eastern Europe and particularly in Romania. However, this focus is directly relevant to ecosystems and humans as both are dependent on local environmental changes. W... Read More about Last 1000 years of environmental history in Southern Bucovina, Romania : a high resolution multi-proxy lacustrine archive.

Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of a wind turbine blade composite spar cap (2017)
Journal Article
Ammasai Sengodan, G., Joshi, S., & Chen, Z. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of a wind turbine blade composite spar cap. Journal of Composite Materials, 51(27), https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317693909

A scaled, 7.5-mm thick, unidirectional glass/epoxy wind turbine spar cap cured in a vacuum-assisted oven was found to have attained non-uniform thickness along its length. Edge deformations were severe, leading to noticeable edge curvature even at th... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of a wind turbine blade composite spar cap.

Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of glass/epoxy wind turbine blade spar cap (2017)
Journal Article
Ammasai Sengodan, G., Joshi, S., & Chen, Z. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of glass/epoxy wind turbine blade spar cap. Journal of Composite Materials, 51(27), https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317693909

A scaled, 7.5-mm thick, unidirectional glass/epoxy wind turbine spar cap cured in a vacuum-assisted oven was found to have attained non-uniform thickness along its length. Edge deformations were severe, leading to noticeable edge curvature even at th... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of process-induced deformations of glass/epoxy wind turbine blade spar cap.

Professional competency-based analysis of continuing tensions between education and training in higher education (2017)
Journal Article
Perera, S., Babatunde, S., Pearson, J., & Ekundayo, D. (2017). Professional competency-based analysis of continuing tensions between education and training in higher education. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 7(1), 92-111. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-04-2016-0022

Purpose The education and training of construction graduates are highly influenced by the higher education institutions which produced them and the relevant professional bodies, which set the competencies that guide both academic and industrial lear... Read More about Professional competency-based analysis of continuing tensions between education and training in higher education.

Sound absorption and reflection from a resonant metasurface : homogenization model with experimental validation (2017)
Journal Article
Schwan, L., Umnova, O., & Boutin, C. (2017). Sound absorption and reflection from a resonant metasurface : homogenization model with experimental validation. Wave Motion, 72, 154-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2017.02.004

Efficient manipulation of sound waves by some resonant acoustic metasurface designs has recently been reported in the literature. This paper presents a general theoretical framework for the description of sound wave interaction with the resonant meta... Read More about Sound absorption and reflection from a resonant metasurface : homogenization model with experimental validation.

Improving the cost estimates of complex projects in the project-based industries (2017)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Herszon, L. (2017). Improving the cost estimates of complex projects in the project-based industries. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 7(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-10-2016-0050

Purpose Project-based industries face major challenges in controlling project cost and completing within the budget. This is a critical issue as it often connects to the main objectives of any project. However, accurate estimation at the beginni... Read More about Improving the cost estimates of complex projects in the project-based industries.

A cognitive framework for the categorisation of auditory objects in urban soundscapes (2017)
Journal Article
Woodcock, J., Davies, W., & Cox, T. (2017). A cognitive framework for the categorisation of auditory objects in urban soundscapes. Applied Acoustics, 121, 56-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.01.027

Categorisation is a fundamental cognitive process that plays a central role in everyday behaviour and action. Whereas previous studies have investigated the categorisation of isolated everyday sounds, this paper presents an experiment to investiga... Read More about A cognitive framework for the categorisation of auditory objects in urban soundscapes.

Contaminated sediment dynamics in peatland headwater catchments (2017)
Journal Article
headwater catchments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17(11), 2637-2647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1674-8

Purpose Despite substantial research into Pb storage in peatlands, formal description of the mechanisms of contaminated sediment mobilisation is limited. This study explores the controlling factors of contaminated sediment dynamics in an eroding... Read More about Contaminated sediment dynamics in peatland headwater catchments.