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Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Y., An, M., & Wang, L. (2017, October). Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations. Presented at The 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017, Changsha, China

Track assignment plans are often adjusted for the purpose of safety and the minimum delay in real-time conditions, especially in busy complex railway passenger stations. First, taken trains as nodes, tracks as colors, a graph coloring model is design... Read More about Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations.

Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection (2017)
Journal Article
HaddadPajouh, H., Dehghantanha, A., Khayami, R., & Choo, R. (2017). Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection. Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques, 14(3), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11416-017-0307-5

With the increasing market share of Mac OS X operating system, there is a corresponding increase in the number of malicious programs (malware) designed to exploit vulnerabilities on Mac OS X platforms. However, existing manual and heuristic OS X malw... Read More about Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection.

A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices (2017)
Journal Article
Acun, V., & Yilmazer, S. (2018). A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices. Applied Acoustics, 131, 28-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.09.018

This paper presents the findings of a user focused soundscape survey, that took place in a visual task based and a computational task based open-plan office spaces. Aim of this study was to conduct a grounded theory survey which captures individuals’... Read More about A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices.

Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks (2017)
Journal Article
Epiphaniou, G., Karadimas, P., Dhouha Kbaier Ben, I., Al-Khateeb, H., Dehghantanha, A., & Choo, K. (2018). Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks. IEEE Internet of Things, 5(4), 2496-2505. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2017.2764384

The physical attributes of the dynamic vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) propagation channel can be utilised for the generation of highly random and symmetric cryptographic keys. However, in a physical-layer key agreement scheme, non-reciprocity due to inhere... Read More about Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks.

The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Nwachukwu, C., Udeaja, C., Chileshe, N., & Okere, C. (2017). The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 35(4), 304-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-07-2017-0030

Purpose Built heritage or historic assets (BHAs) constructed in the pre-nineteenth century in the UK are perceived to have certain characteristics which instil cultural significance in them and have seen them become valuable to the economy of the cou... Read More about The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK.

Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo (2017)
Journal Article
Nicolaou, N., Malik, A., Daly, I., Weaver, J., Hwang, F., Kirke, A., …Nasuto, S. (2017). Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00502

Beat perception is fundamental to how we experience music, and yet the mechanism behind this spontaneous building of the internal beat representation is largely unknown. Existing findings support links between the tempo (speed) of the beat and enhanc... Read More about Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo.

Automatic ROI detection and classification of the Achilles tendon ultrasound images (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Benrabha, J., & Meziane, F. (2017, October). Automatic ROI detection and classification of the Achilles tendon ultrasound images. Presented at International Conference on Internet of Things and Machine Learning (IML2017), Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ultrasound (US) imaging plays an important role in medical imaging technologies. It is widely used because of its ease of use and low cost compared to other imaging techniques. Specifically, ultrasound imaging is used in the detection of the Achil... Read More about Automatic ROI detection and classification of the Achilles tendon ultrasound images.

Consumers’ trust and popularity of negative posts in social media : a case study on the integration between B2C and C2C business models (2017)
Presentation / Conference
AlSheikh, S., Shaalan, S., & Meziane, F. (2017, October). Consumers’ trust and popularity of negative posts in social media : a case study on the integration between B2C and C2C business models. Presented at 4th International Conference on Behavioural, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing (BESC2017), Krakow, Poland

Trust can be defined as the vulnerability of trustor towards trustee to meet certain expectations. This paper extends the definition of trust to cover digital world and illustrate the trust model used by most of nowadays online stores. The social... Read More about Consumers’ trust and popularity of negative posts in social media : a case study on the integration between B2C and C2C business models.

Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Anthony, R., Holliman, P., Furnell, L., Connell, A., Jones, E., & Kershaw, C. (2017, October). Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Poster presented at Dyenamo DSSC Strikes Back, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells (2017)
Journal Article
Beattie, N., See, P., Zoppi, G., Ushasree, P., Duchamp, M., Farrer, I., …Tomic, S. (2017). Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells. ACS photonics, 4(11), 2745-2750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00673

The efficiency of a solar cell can be substantially increased by opening new energy gaps within the semiconductor band gap. This creates additional optical absorption pathways which can be fully exploited under concentrated sunlight. Here we report a... Read More about Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells.

Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems (2017)
Journal Article
Alasali, F., Haben, S., Becerra, V., & Holderbaum, W. (2017). Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems. Energies, 10(10), 1598. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101598

This article presents a study of optimal control strategies for an energy storage system connected to a network of electrified Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes. The study aims to design optimal control strategies for the power flows associated with th... Read More about Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems.

Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions (2017)
Journal Article
Kazem, S., Chadwick, E. A., & Hatam, A. (2018). Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions. Ain Shams Engineering Journal ASEJ / Ain Shams University, 9(4), 2587-2598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2017.03.013

A class of basis functions so called well-conditioned RBF (WRBFs) has been introduced. This basis has been manipulated by adding cardinal functions to the conditionally negative definite RBFs of order 1, such as Multiquadric functions. The condition... Read More about Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions.

A POS-based preordering approach for English-to-Arabic statistical machine translation (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadj Ameur, M., Guessoum, A., & Meziane, F. (2017, October). A POS-based preordering approach for English-to-Arabic statistical machine translation. Presented at International Conference on Arabic Language Processing (ICALP’17), Fez, Morocco

In this work, we present a POS-based preordering approach that tackles both long- and short-distance reordering phenomena. Syntactic unlexicalized reordering rules are automatically extracted from a parallel corpus using only word alignment and a so... Read More about A POS-based preordering approach for English-to-Arabic statistical machine translation.

Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, L., An, M., Zhang, Y., & Rana, K. (2017, October). Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network. Presented at International Research Conference 2017 : Shaping Tomorrow's Built Environment, University of Salford, UK

The railway infrastructures have been rapidly developed around the world in the recent years. As a consequence, topology structures and operation modes of the railway network are greatly changed to very complicated network systems. Reliability anal... Read More about Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network.

Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species (2017)
Journal Article
Risely, A., Klaassen, M., & Hoye, B. J. (2018). Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(1), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12766

Migratory animals are widely assumed to play an important role in the long-distance dispersal of parasites, and are frequently implicated in the global spread of zoonotic pathogens such as avian influenzas in birds and Ebola viruses in bats. However,... Read More about Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species.

miRNAs in bone metastasis (2017)
Journal Article
Cheung, D., Buzzetti, M., & Di Leva, G. (2017). miRNAs in bone metastasis. Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 12(6), 451-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2017.1383893

Introduction: Bone metastasis is one of the most common forms of metastasis from a number of different primary carcinomas. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, endogenous RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression to control essential pathways, including... Read More about miRNAs in bone metastasis.

Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Monti, D., Sotgia, F., Whitaker-Menezes, D., Tuluc, M., Birbe, R., Berger, A., …Martinez-Outschoorn, U. (2017). Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer. Seminars in Oncology, 44(3), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.10.001

Background High oxidative stress as defined by hydroxyl and peroxyl activity is often found in the stroma of human breast cancers. Oxidative stress induces stromal catabolism, which promotes cancer aggressiveness. Stromal cells exposed to oxidativ... Read More about Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer.

Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study (2017)
Journal Article
Staykova, G., & Underwood, J. (2017). Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 24(6), 968-987. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-08-2016-0179

Purpose – How knowledge exchange can be used for the continuous assessment and improvement of collaborative performance of project-based organisations in construction is explored. Collaboration on construction projects must be facilitated by people a... Read More about Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study.

Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes (2017)
Journal Article
Cawthorn, D., & Mariani, S. (2017). Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes. Scientific reports, 7(12852), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12301-x

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood supply chain fraud are multifaceted problems that demand multifaceted solutions. Here, we investigate the extent to which global fisheries trade data analyses can support effective seafood... Read More about Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes.