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A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Zurfi, A., Meziane, F., & Aspin, R. (2019, April). A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour. Presented at 3rd IEEE International Conference on Bio-Engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2019), Paris, France

Glioma grading is vital for therapeutic planning where the higher level of glioma is associated with high mortality. It is a challenging task as different glioma grades have mixed morphological characteristics of brain tumour. A computer-aided diagno... Read More about A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour.

Mixed income housing (MIH) (2019)
Book Chapter
Trillo, C. (2019). Mixed income housing (MIH). In W. Filho, A. Azul, L. Brandli, P. Özuyar, & T. Wall (Eds.), Sustainable Cities and Communities. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_77-1

Mixed Income Housing (MIH) is the outcome of a deliberate effort to build a mixed-income development, usually including a variety of housing typologies, sometime combined with the goal of creating a mixed-tenure development. International consensus o... Read More about Mixed income housing (MIH).

Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments (2019)
Book Chapter
Alameer, A., Degenaar, P., & Nazarpour, K. (2019). Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments. In K. Arai, & S. Kapoor (Eds.), CVC 2019: Advances in Computer Vision (437-490). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17798-0_38

Object recognition is a challenging problem in high-level vision. Models that perform well for the outdoor domain, perform poorly in the indoor domain and the reverse is also true. This is due to the dramatic discrepancies of the global properties of... Read More about Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments.

The biochemical role of the human NEIL1 and NEIL3 DNA glycosylases on model DNA replication forks (2019)
Journal Article
Albelazi, M., Martin, P., Mohammed, S., Mutti, L., Parsons, J., & Elder, R. (2019). The biochemical role of the human NEIL1 and NEIL3 DNA glycosylases on model DNA replication forks. Genes, 10(4), 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10040315

Endonuclease VIII-like (NEIL) 1 and 3 proteins eliminate oxidative DNA base damage and psoralen DNA interstrand crosslinks through initiation of base excision repair. Current evidence points to a DNA replication associated repair function of NEIL1 an... Read More about The biochemical role of the human NEIL1 and NEIL3 DNA glycosylases on model DNA replication forks.

The theory and application of eulerlets (2019)
Journal Article
Chadwick, E., Christian, J., Kapoulas, A., & Chalasani, K. (2019). The theory and application of eulerlets. Physics of Fluids, 31(4), 047106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5088132

Consider a fixed body in a uniform flow field in the limit as the Reynolds number approaches infinity and the flow field remains steady. Instead of using standard techniques and theory for describing the problem, a new method is employed based upon t... Read More about The theory and application of eulerlets.

Rotor-position detection in permanent-magnet wheel motor to ensure smooth startup from standstill (2019)
Journal Article
Qu, K., Li, W., Xu, G., Mei, T., Cao, J., Zhang, Y., & Hu, H. (2019). Rotor-position detection in permanent-magnet wheel motor to ensure smooth startup from standstill. IEEE Access, 7, 54179-54191. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2912445

In this paper, an innovative rotor-position-detection method for a permanent-magnet wheel motor (PMWM) that operates from standstill to low speed is presented. The neutral voltage, which is sensed through phaseshifted pulse width modulation, overcome... Read More about Rotor-position detection in permanent-magnet wheel motor to ensure smooth startup from standstill.

Echinococcosis transmission on the Tibetan Plateau (2019)
Journal Article
Craig, P., Giraudoux, P., Wang, Z., & Wang, Q. (2019). Echinococcosis transmission on the Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Parasitology, 104, 165-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2019.03.001

Since the mid-1990s detailed studies and field investigations on the Tibetan Plateau have revealed human echinococcosis to be an under-reported major public health problem, particularly in the dominant pastoral communities in the eastern and central... Read More about Echinococcosis transmission on the Tibetan Plateau.

Development of a microsimulation model for motorway roadworks with narrow lanes (2019)
Journal Article
Nassrullah, Z., & Yousif, S. (2020). Development of a microsimulation model for motorway roadworks with narrow lanes. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 21(4), 1536-1546. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2019.2910159

This paper presents a newly developed microsimulation model for motorway roadwork sections to evaluate the efficiency of different temporary traffic management schemes (TTMSs) such as the use of narrow lanes, offside and inside lane closures. The eff... Read More about Development of a microsimulation model for motorway roadworks with narrow lanes.

Doxycycline, Azithromycin and vitamin C (DAV) : a potent combination therapy for targeting mitochondria and eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs) (2019)
Journal Article
Fiorillo, M., Tóth, F., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2019). Doxycycline, Azithromycin and vitamin C (DAV) : a potent combination therapy for targeting mitochondria and eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs). Aging, 11(8), 2202-2216. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101905

Here, we devised a new strategy for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs), via a "synthetic-metabolic" approach, involving two FDA-approved antibiotics and a dietary vitamin supplement. This approach was designed to induce a "rho-zero-like" phenotype... Read More about Doxycycline, Azithromycin and vitamin C (DAV) : a potent combination therapy for targeting mitochondria and eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs).

Phytoremediation performance of floating treatment wetlands with pelletized mine water sludge for synthetic greywater treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Abed, S., Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2019). Phytoremediation performance of floating treatment wetlands with pelletized mine water sludge for synthetic greywater treatment. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 17(2), 581-608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-019-00372-z

Buckets containing floating reed ( ) simulated floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) and were used to improve the remediation performance of synthetic greywater (SGW). The aim of the study was to investigate the behaviour of FTWs for treatment of key co... Read More about Phytoremediation performance of floating treatment wetlands with pelletized mine water sludge for synthetic greywater treatment.

Rail accident analysis using large-scale investigations of train derailments on switches and crossings : comparing the performances of a novel stochastic mathematical prediction and various assumptions (2019)
Journal Article
Dindar, S., Kaewunruen, S., & An, M. (2019). Rail accident analysis using large-scale investigations of train derailments on switches and crossings : comparing the performances of a novel stochastic mathematical prediction and various assumptions. Engineering Failure Analysis, 103, 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2019.04.010

Each day tens of turnout-related derailment occur across the world. Not only is the prediction of them quite complex and difficult, but this also requires a comprehensive range of applications, and managing a well-designed geographic information syst... Read More about Rail accident analysis using large-scale investigations of train derailments on switches and crossings : comparing the performances of a novel stochastic mathematical prediction and various assumptions.

A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Irshaidat, M., Soufian, M., Al-Ibadi, A., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2019, April). A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation. Presented at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019), Seoul, Korea

Rehabilitation interventions play a vital role especially in most post-stroke care. Many rehabilitation robotic devices have been designed and developed to assist many individuals suffering from stroke or similar disabling illness and living with... Read More about A novel elbow pneumatic muscle actuator for exoskeleton arm in post-stroke rehabilitation.

The role of sky view factor and urban street greenery in human thermal comfort and heat stress in a desert climate (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmadi Venhari, A., Tenpierik, M., & Taleghani, M. (2019). The role of sky view factor and urban street greenery in human thermal comfort and heat stress in a desert climate. Journal of Arid Environments, 166(Jul 19), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.009

The aim of this study was to understand the effect of urban street greenery type and arrangements on thermal comfort and heat stress in summer. Field measurements and computer simulations were carried out on East-West (E-W) and North-South (N-S) ori... Read More about The role of sky view factor and urban street greenery in human thermal comfort and heat stress in a desert climate.

Modelling of the effect of scale on the compressibility parameters of fine-grained soils (2019)
Journal Article
Rosine Larissa, T., Toma-Sabbagh, T., & Uzomah, V. (2019). Modelling of the effect of scale on the compressibility parameters of fine-grained soils. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 14(4), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/17486025.2019.1597282

The effect of sample scale represents a challenge when obtaining engineering parameters in the laboratory compared to those obtained in the field. This study aimed at contributing to existing knowledge numerically using the finite element software PL... Read More about Modelling of the effect of scale on the compressibility parameters of fine-grained soils.

Digital Health Innovation Ecosystems: Identifying key participants, benefits, challenges and guidelines for the Namibian context (2019)
Journal Article
Iyawa, G., Herselman, M., & Botha, A. (2019). Digital Health Innovation Ecosystems: Identifying key participants, benefits, challenges and guidelines for the Namibian context. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040101

The purpose of this paper was to identify key participants, benefits, and challenges of a digital health innovation ecosystem in Namibia. The paper also aimed to identify strategies for implementing digital health innovation ecosystems in Namibia. Th... Read More about Digital Health Innovation Ecosystems: Identifying key participants, benefits, challenges and guidelines for the Namibian context.

Mathematical modelling of two-fluid electro-osmotic peristaltic pumping of an Ellis fluid in an axisymmetric tube (2019)
Journal Article
Ali, N., Hussain, S., Ullah, K., & Beg, O. (2019). Mathematical modelling of two-fluid electro-osmotic peristaltic pumping of an Ellis fluid in an axisymmetric tube. European Physical Journal Plus, 134(Apr 19), 141. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2019-12488-2

This article explores analytically the dynamics of two-fluid electro-osmotic peristaltic flow through a cylindrical tube. The rheology of the fluid in the central core (inner region or core region) is captured through the Ellis equation. The region a... Read More about Mathematical modelling of two-fluid electro-osmotic peristaltic pumping of an Ellis fluid in an axisymmetric tube.

The joint influence of cavities presence and rapid drawdown condition on discharge rate through earth dams (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ateya, H., & Ahangar Asr, A. (2019, April). The joint influence of cavities presence and rapid drawdown condition on discharge rate through earth dams. Presented at 26th Annual Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics (UKACM), City University London, UK

Seepage measurement and control is one of the most significant considerations in designing and safety of earth dams. This numerical study aims to simulate the influence of cavities presence on seepage through earth dams taking into account rapid dr... Read More about The joint influence of cavities presence and rapid drawdown condition on discharge rate through earth dams.

Unsteady MHD non-Newtonian (rheological) heat transfer nanofluids with entropy generation analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Shukla, N., Rana, P., & Beg, O. (2019). Unsteady MHD non-Newtonian (rheological) heat transfer nanofluids with entropy generation analysis. Nonlinear Engineering, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/nleng-2017-0177

A theoretical study of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer stagnation point flow, heat and mass transfer of a second grade electrically-conducting nanofluid from a horizontal stretching sheet with thermal slip and second order slip velocity e... Read More about Unsteady MHD non-Newtonian (rheological) heat transfer nanofluids with entropy generation analysis.

Development of a hybrid FE-SEA-experimental model (2019)
Journal Article
Clot, A., Meggitt, J., Langley, R., Elliott, A., & Moorhouse, A. (2019). Development of a hybrid FE-SEA-experimental model. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 452(Jul 19), 112-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2019.03.027

The vibro-acoustic response of complex structures with uncertain properties is a problem of great concern for modern industries. In recent years, much research has been devoted to the prediction of this response in the mid-frequency range where, beca... Read More about Development of a hybrid FE-SEA-experimental model.