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Heritage building information modelling (2017)
Book
(2017). Y. Arayici, J. Counsell, L. Mahdjoubi, G. Nagy, S. Hawas, & K. Dweidar (Eds.), Heritage building information modelling. London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315628011

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being debated, tested and implemented wherever you look across the built environment sector. This book is about Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM), which necessarily differs from the commonplace app... Read More about Heritage building information modelling.

Large-scale physical modelling of soil-filled masonry arch bridges (2017)
Journal Article
masonry arch bridges. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 18(2), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1680/jphmg.16.00037

The presence of soil backfill has been shown to have a significant influence on the load-carrying capacity of masonry arch bridges, with the soil fill providing a number of important functions, including inter alia, the distribution of surface load... Read More about Large-scale physical modelling of soil-filled masonry arch bridges.

Covert deformed wing virus infections have long-term deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival (2017)
Journal Article
deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1848), 20162149. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2149

Several studies have suggested that covert stressors can contribute to bee colony declines. Here we provide a novel case study and show using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology that covert deformed wing virus (DWV) infections... Read More about Covert deformed wing virus infections have long-term deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival.

A convolutional neural network to classify American Sign Language fingerspelling from depth and colour images (2017)
Journal Article
Ameen, S., & Vadera, S. (2017). A convolutional neural network to classify American Sign Language fingerspelling from depth and colour images. Expert Systems, 34(3), e12197. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12197

Sign language is used by approximately 70 million1 people throughout the world, and an automatic tool for interpreting it could make a major impact on communication between those who use it and those who may not understand it. However, computer inte... Read More about A convolutional neural network to classify American Sign Language fingerspelling from depth and colour images.

Key conceptual and practical considerations of LTA in term of LTS (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L., & AL-Mimar, H. (2017, February). Key conceptual and practical considerations of LTA in term of LTS. Presented at 7th International Scientific Forum, ISF, Oxford, UK

This paper is based on the assumption that the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) and the Land Tenure Security (LTS) are necessary to safeguard and protect the people rights and hence to provide the security of tenures. In this paper, Iraqi objectives... Read More about Key conceptual and practical considerations of LTA in term of LTS.

Analytical study of electro-osmosis modulated capillary peristaltic hemodynamics (2017)
Journal Article
Tripathi, D., Bushan, S., & Beg, O. (2017). Analytical study of electro-osmosis modulated capillary peristaltic hemodynamics. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 17(3), 1750052. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021951941750052X

A mathematical model is developed to analyse electro-kinetic effects on unsteady peristaltic transport of blood in cylindrical vessels of finite length. The Newtonian viscous model is adopted. The analysis is restricted under Debye-Hückel linearizati... Read More about Analytical study of electro-osmosis modulated capillary peristaltic hemodynamics.

Stochastic analysis of a deterministic and seasonally forced SEI model for improved disease spread simulation (2017)
Journal Article
Sohail, A., Li, Z., Iftikhar, M., Mohamed, M., & Beg, O. (2017). Stochastic analysis of a deterministic and seasonally forced SEI model for improved disease spread simulation. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 17(4), 1750067. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219519417500671

The geographic distribution of different viruses has developed widely, giving rise to an escalating number of cases during the past two decades. The deterministic Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious (SEI) models can demonstrate the spatio-temporal dynam... Read More about Stochastic analysis of a deterministic and seasonally forced SEI model for improved disease spread simulation.

Numerical study of nonlinear heat transfer from a wavy surface to a high permeability medium with pseudo-spectral and smoothed particle methods (2017)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Motsa, S., Beg, T., Abbas, A., Kadir, A., & Sohail, A. (2017). Numerical study of nonlinear heat transfer from a wavy surface to a high permeability medium with pseudo-spectral and smoothed particle methods. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 3(4), 3593-3613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-017-0318-4

Motivated by petro-chemical geological systems, we consider the natural convection boundary layer flow from a vertical isothermal wavy surface adjacent to a saturated non-Darcian high permeability porous medium. High permeability is considered to rep... Read More about Numerical study of nonlinear heat transfer from a wavy surface to a high permeability medium with pseudo-spectral and smoothed particle methods.

Potential technologies to 5G network : challenges and opportunities (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Falahy, N., & Alani, O. (2017). Potential technologies to 5G network : challenges and opportunities. IT Professional, 19(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2017.9

Recently, there has been a substantial growth in mobile data traffic due to the widespread of data hungry devices such as smart handsets and laptops. This has encouraged researchers and system designers to develop a further efficient network design.... Read More about Potential technologies to 5G network : challenges and opportunities.

Technologies for 5G networks : challenges and opportunities (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Falahy, N., & Alani, O. (2017). Technologies for 5G networks : challenges and opportunities. IT Professional, 19(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2017.9

Mobile data traffic has grown substantially owing to the widespread use of data-hungry devices such as smart handsets and laptops. This has encouraged researchers and system designers to develop more efficient network designs. The authors review the... Read More about Technologies for 5G networks : challenges and opportunities.

Detection of glycosylation and iron-binding protein modifications using Raman spectroscopy (2017)
Journal Article
Ashton, L., Brewster, V., Correa, E., & Goodacre, R. (2017). Detection of glycosylation and iron-binding protein modifications using Raman spectroscopy. Analyst, 5, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AN02516A

In this study we demonstrate the use of Raman spectroscopy to determine protein modifications as a result of glycosylation and iron binding. Most proteins undergo some modifications after translation which can directly affect protein function. Identi... Read More about Detection of glycosylation and iron-binding protein modifications using Raman spectroscopy.

Inhibition of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) using gene silencing, crenolanib besylate, or imatinib mesylate hampers the malignant phenotype of mesothelioma cell lines (2017)
Journal Article
Melaiu, O., Catalano, C., De Santi, C., Cipollini, M., Figlioli, G., Pellè, L., …Landi, S. (2017). Inhibition of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) using gene silencing, crenolanib besylate, or imatinib mesylate hampers the malignant phenotype of mesothelioma cell lines. Genes and Cancer, 8(1-2), 438-452. https://doi.org/10.18632/genesandcancer.129

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a cancer of the pleural cavity resistant to chemotherapy. The identification of novel therapeutic targets is needed to improve its poor prognosis. Following a review of literature and a screening of specimens w... Read More about Inhibition of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) using gene silencing, crenolanib besylate, or imatinib mesylate hampers the malignant phenotype of mesothelioma cell lines.

Testing the potential of combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy with different virtual reality displays - Oculus Rift and oCtAVE (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Landowska, A., Royle, W., Eachus, P., & Roberts, D. (2017, February). Testing the potential of combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy with different virtual reality displays - Oculus Rift and oCtAVE. Presented at International AR & VR Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom

The aim of this pilot study was to assess the pros and cons of combining mobile neuroimaging with two different styles of highly immersive displays: one that is worn on the head; and the other that is entered. Specifically wearable Functional Near In... Read More about Testing the potential of combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy with different virtual reality displays - Oculus Rift and oCtAVE.

Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display (2017)
Presentation / Conference
O'Hare, J., Fairchild, A., Wolff, R., & Roberts, D. (2017, February). Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display. Presented at International AR & VR Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom

The concept of supporting ad hoc or dynamic membership tele-present meetings through pulling up a chair is novel. In real world business situations, people pull up a chair after catching the eye of someone already seated. Telethrone is a situated dis... Read More about Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display.

Capuchin monkey biogeography : understanding Sapajus Pleistocene range expansion and the current sympatry between Cebus and Sapajus (2017)
Journal Article
Lima, M., Buckner, J., Silva-Júnior, J., Aleixo, A., Martins, A., Boubli, J., …Lynch Alfaro, J. (2017). Capuchin monkey biogeography : understanding Sapajus Pleistocene range expansion and the current sympatry between Cebus and Sapajus. Journal of Biogeography, 44(4), 810-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12945

Aim: Our aim was to examine gracile capuchin (Cebus) and robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) diversification, with a focus on recent Sapajus expansion within Amazonia. We wanted to reconstruct the biogeographical history of the clade using statistical... Read More about Capuchin monkey biogeography : understanding Sapajus Pleistocene range expansion and the current sympatry between Cebus and Sapajus.

Swimming dynamics of a micro-organism in a couple stress fluid : a rheological model of embryological hydrodynamic propulsion (2017)
Journal Article
Ali, N., Sajid, M., Abbas, Z., & Beg, O. (2017). Swimming dynamics of a micro-organism in a couple stress fluid : a rheological model of embryological hydrodynamic propulsion. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219519417500543

Mathematical simulations of embryological fluid dynamics are fundamental to improving clinical understanding of the intricate mechanisms underlying sperm locomotion. The strongly rheological nature of reproductive fluids has been established for a nu... Read More about Swimming dynamics of a micro-organism in a couple stress fluid : a rheological model of embryological hydrodynamic propulsion.

Guanylate-binding Protein 1 (GBP1) contributes to the immunity of human mesenchymal stromal cells against toxoplasma gondii (2017)
Journal Article
Qin, A., Lai, D., Liu, Q., Huang, W., Wu, Y., Chen, X., …Xiang, A. (2017). Guanylate-binding Protein 1 (GBP1) contributes to the immunity of human mesenchymal stromal cells against toxoplasma gondii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(6), 1365-1370. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619665114

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have recently been shown to play important roles in mammalian host defenses against intracellular pathogens, but the molecular mechanism still needs to be clarified. We confirmed that human MSCs (hMSCs) pre-stimulated... Read More about Guanylate-binding Protein 1 (GBP1) contributes to the immunity of human mesenchymal stromal cells against toxoplasma gondii.

Experimental study and modelling of the thermal conductivity of sandy soils of different porosities and water contents (2017)
Journal Article
and water contents. Applied Sciences, 7(2), 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7020119

This paper at first reports an experimental work to test the thermal conductivity of formulated sandy soil specimens of different porosities and water contents. Both needle probe and hot-plate methods were conducted and compared. It has been confirme... Read More about Experimental study and modelling of the thermal conductivity of sandy soils of different porosities and water contents.