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Spatial morphology and urban heat island: comparative case studies (2020)
Book Chapter

Urbanisation is a process associated with the global industrial and technological development. Globally, this process causes a continuous change of the land cover and increases the urban areas. Scholars from various disciplines address these changes... Read More about Spatial morphology and urban heat island: comparative case studies.

Deformed wing virus prevalence and load in honeybees in South Africa (2020)
Journal Article
de Souza, F., Allsopp, M., & Martin, S. (2021). Deformed wing virus prevalence and load in honeybees in South Africa. Archives of Virology, 166, 237-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04863-5

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is an emerging honeybee pathogen that has appeared across the globe in the past 40 years.
When transmitted by the parasitic varroa mite, it has been associated with the collapse of millions of colonies throughout the
North... Read More about Deformed wing virus prevalence and load in honeybees in South Africa.

An investigation of models of community-based low-carbon distributed energy systems in Nigeria (2020)
Thesis

This thesis undertakes research into community-based low-carbon distributed energy systems in Nigeria. It focuses the socio-technical factors of the development and operation of community energy systems, ranging from increasing population and economi... Read More about An investigation of models of community-based low-carbon distributed energy systems in Nigeria.

Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming (2020)
Journal Article

Voice-over-Voice (VoV) is a common mixing practice observed in news reports and docu- mentaries, where a foreground voice is mixed on top of a background voice, e.g., to translate an interview. This is achieved by ducking the background voice so that... Read More about Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming.

Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past (2020)
Book Chapter
Nevell, R., & Nevell, M. (2020). Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past. In K. Gleave, H. Williams, & P. Clarke (Eds.), Public Archaeologies of Frontiers and Borderlands (108-128). Archaeopress

In 2018 a survey by English Heritage found that children’s memories of historic sites, specifically castles, are more likely to derive from film and television than visiting a castle. Ideas about the past become influenced by popular culture. Despite... Read More about Breaking down barriers : the role of public archaeology and heritage interpretation in shaping perceptions of the past.

A beach festival isn't a sound idea to fish (2020)
Journal Article

Chaotic scattering : uncertainty and fractals from reflections (2020)
Journal Article
Christian, J. (2020). Chaotic scattering : uncertainty and fractals from reflections. Chalkdust (Online), 12, 11-18

James M Christian reflects on chaos

Geometry model for marker-based localisation (2020)
Thesis
Bou Said Yssa, A. Geometry model for marker-based localisation. (Thesis). University Of Salford

This work presents a novel approach for position estimation from monocular
vision. It has been shown that vision systems have great capability in reaching precise and accurate measurements and are becoming the state-of-the-art in
navigation. Naviga... Read More about Geometry model for marker-based localisation.

Personal data sovereignty : a sustainable interface layer for a human centered data ecosystem (2020)
Thesis
Lockwood, M. Personal data sovereignty : a sustainable interface layer for a human centered data ecosystem. (Thesis). University of Salford

The reality of ubiquitous computing and exponential personal data generation challenges the notion of privacy, as Surveillance Capitalism and Nation State endeavour to record and analyse personal data with the objective of leveraging influence and co... Read More about Personal data sovereignty : a sustainable interface layer for a human centered data ecosystem.

Experimental investigation of sodium surfactin as potential methane-water hydrate formation inhibitor (2020)
Thesis
Suleiman, S. Experimental investigation of sodium surfactin as potential methane-water hydrate formation inhibitor. (Thesis). University of Salford

The leading technologies employed in gas processing operations, including gas pipeline transport, are generally chemical based technologies. Chemical based substances are widely used as surfactants in these operations, including hydrate formation pre... Read More about Experimental investigation of sodium surfactin as potential methane-water hydrate formation inhibitor.

Investigating naturally evolved Varroa destructor resistance in Apis mellifera honey bees : host behavioural traits and parasite reproductive biology (2020)
Thesis
biology. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor remains a major threat to Apis mellifera honey bees amidst ongoing colony losses throughout the Northern Hemisphere. While the vast majority of colonies still require artificial treatments to control their mit... Read More about Investigating naturally evolved Varroa destructor resistance in Apis mellifera honey bees : host behavioural traits and parasite reproductive biology.

The role of passive surveillance and citizen science in plant health (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, N., Pérez-Sierra, A., Crow, P., & Parnell, S. (2020). The role of passive surveillance and citizen science in plant health. CABI agriculture and bioscience, 1(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-020-00016-5

The early detection of plant pests and diseases is vital to the success of any eradication or control programme, but the resources for surveillance are often limited. Plant health authorities can however make use of observations from individuals and... Read More about The role of passive surveillance and citizen science in plant health.

An evaluation of architects' readiness for conducting energy modelling using BIM tools to achieve high energy performance buildings in the UK and Canada (2020)
Thesis
Karjalian Chaijani, M. An evaluation of architects' readiness for conducting energy modelling using BIM tools to achieve high energy performance buildings in the UK and Canada. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Buildings, consume more than 30% of the world's energy and is the world's largest energy
consuming sector, contributing nearly a quarter of the total global greenhouse gas emissions.
Global warming is the result of emission of greenhouse gases, and... Read More about An evaluation of architects' readiness for conducting energy modelling using BIM tools to achieve high energy performance buildings in the UK and Canada.

Numerical simulation and energy flux vector visualization of radiative-convection heat transfer in a porous triangular enclosure (2020)
Journal Article
Venkatadri, K., Beg, O., Rajarajeswari, P., Prasad, V., Rao, A., & Khan, M. (2020). Numerical simulation and energy flux vector visualization of radiative-convection heat transfer in a porous triangular enclosure. Journal of Porous Media, 23(12), 1187-1199. https://doi.org/10.1615/JPorMedia.2020033653

A detailed theoretical examination laminar natural convection heat flow in a triangular porous cavity with significant radiative heat transfer and porosity variation is presented. Twodimensional laminar incompressible flow is considered with the left... Read More about Numerical simulation and energy flux vector visualization of radiative-convection heat transfer in a porous triangular enclosure.

RNAseq of Deformed wing virus and other honey bee-associated viruses in eight insect taxa with or without Varroa infestation (2020)
Journal Article
Brettell, L., Schroeder, D., & Martin, S. (2020). RNAseq of Deformed wing virus and other honey bee-associated viruses in eight insect taxa with or without Varroa infestation. Viruses, 12(11), e1229. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12111229

The global spread of a parasitic mite (Varroa destructor) has resulted in Deformed wing virus (DWV), a previously rare pathogen, now dominating the viromes in honey bees and contributing to large-scale honey bee colony losses. DWV can be found in div... Read More about RNAseq of Deformed wing virus and other honey bee-associated viruses in eight insect taxa with or without Varroa infestation.

An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel (2020)
Thesis
Chalasani, K. An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel. (Thesis). University of Salford

The application of manoeuvrability problems in aerodynamics mainly works for Reynolds average Navier-Stokes equations particularly for a uniform, steady flow past a fixed body. Further, consider large Reynolds number such that the flow is not turbule... Read More about An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel.

Image-Based Plant Disease Identification by Deep Learning Meta-Architectures (2020)
Journal Article
Saleem, M. H., Khanchi, S., Potgieter, J., & Arif, K. M. (2020). Image-Based Plant Disease Identification by Deep Learning Meta-Architectures. Plants, 9(11), 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111451

The identification of plant disease is an imperative part of crop monitoring systems. Computer vision and deep learning (DL) techniques have been proven to be state-of-the-art to address various agricultural problems. This research performed the comp... Read More about Image-Based Plant Disease Identification by Deep Learning Meta-Architectures.

Entropy generation in magnetohydrodynamic radiative non-Newtonian dissipative convection flow from an inclined plane : numerical study (2020)
Journal Article
Gaffar, S., Rehman, K., Beg, O., & Prasad, V. (2020). Entropy generation in magnetohydrodynamic radiative non-Newtonian dissipative convection flow from an inclined plane : numerical study. Nanoscience and Technology: An International Journal, 11(4), 297-326. https://doi.org/10.1615/NanoSciTechnolIntJ.2020033849

A theoretical model is developed to study entropy generation in non-Newtonian
magnetohydrodynamic thermal convection from an inclined plate as a simulation of electroconductive polymer materials processing of relevance to automotive coating applicat... Read More about Entropy generation in magnetohydrodynamic radiative non-Newtonian dissipative convection flow from an inclined plane : numerical study.

Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in the production of concrete blocks (2020)
Journal Article
Ferriz-Papi, J., & Thomas, S. (2020). Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in the production of concrete blocks. Journal of Construction Materials, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.36756/JCM.v2.1.6

The construction industry generates large amounts of waste, usually mixed, which can be composed of
different origin materials, most of them catalogued as non-hazardous. The European Union targets for
this waste for 2020 have been already achieved... Read More about Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in the production of concrete blocks.

Urban flooding in Britain: an approach to comparing ancient and contemporary flood exposure (2020)
Journal Article
O’Shea, T., & Lewin, J. (2020). Urban flooding in Britain: an approach to comparing ancient and contemporary flood exposure. Natural Hazards, 104, 581-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04181-8

Using modified UK Environment Agency Flood Estimation Handbook techniques, inundation extent and likely flood hydrographs for 0.1% probability annual return periods are compared for twelve Roman town sites in the UK, both at the present day and for s... Read More about Urban flooding in Britain: an approach to comparing ancient and contemporary flood exposure.