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Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change (2022)
Journal Article
De Marco, A., Sicard, P., Feng, Z., Agathokleous, E., Alonso, R., Araminiene, V., …Paoletti, E. (2022). Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change. Global Change Biology, 28(17), 5062-5085. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16278

Although it is an integral part of global change, most of the research addressing the effects of climate change on forests have overlooked the role of environmental pollution. Similarly, most studies investigating the effects of air pollutants on for... Read More about Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change.

Callout analysis in relation to wild birds in a tropical city: implications for urban species management (2022)
Journal Article
Hinchcliffe, D., Young, R., & Teixeira, C. (2022). Callout analysis in relation to wild birds in a tropical city: implications for urban species management. Urban Ecosystems, 25(6), 1643-1652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01256-1

Urbanisation is changing landscapes at an unprecedented rate, which consequently changes species compositions. We investigate problems faced by urban birds in a neotropical city by analysing the responses made to callouts by the environmental police... Read More about Callout analysis in relation to wild birds in a tropical city: implications for urban species management.

Complexation, retention and release pattern of arsenic from humic/fulvic acid extracted from zinc and iron enriched vermicompost (2022)
Journal Article
Sengupta, S., Bhattacharyya, K., Mandal, J., & Chattopadhyay, A. (2022). Complexation, retention and release pattern of arsenic from humic/fulvic acid extracted from zinc and iron enriched vermicompost. Journal of Environmental Management, 318, 115531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115531

Arsenic (As) is a highly poisonous heavy metal with major environmental ramifications. Inorganic components such as zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), as well as organic vermicompost, have been used as management solutions, with limited attempts of using them... Read More about Complexation, retention and release pattern of arsenic from humic/fulvic acid extracted from zinc and iron enriched vermicompost.

To pet or to enrich? Increasing dogs’ welfare in veterinary clinics/shelters: a pilot study (2022)
Journal Article
Lopes, J., Daud, N., Young, R., & de Azevedo, C. (2022). To pet or to enrich? Increasing dogs’ welfare in veterinary clinics/shelters: a pilot study. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 52, 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2022.05.005

Undesirable and problematic behaviors such as an increase in aggressiveness and attempts to escape are frequently provoked when a pet dog is maintained for long periods in stressful environments such as veterinary clinics or shelters. Environmental e... Read More about To pet or to enrich? Increasing dogs’ welfare in veterinary clinics/shelters: a pilot study.

Varietal differences influence arsenic and lead contamination of rice grown in mining impacted agricultural fields of Zamfara State, Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Bakare, W., Rahman, M., Rahman, M., Siddique, A., Oku, E., …Mondal, D. (2022). Varietal differences influence arsenic and lead contamination of rice grown in mining impacted agricultural fields of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Chemosphere, 305, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135339

In Zamfara state, Nigeria, rice is cultivated in fields contaminated with Pb (lead) from artisanal and illicit mining activities. Rice grown in such contaminated agricultural areas risks not only Pb contamination but also contamination from other tox... Read More about Varietal differences influence arsenic and lead contamination of rice grown in mining impacted agricultural fields of Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Effect of repurposed drugs on the cellular properties of childhood cancer: in vitro & in silico studies (2022)
Thesis
Begum, S. Effect of repurposed drugs on the cellular properties of childhood cancer: in vitro & in silico studies. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Rhabdoid tumours (RT) are a rare form of childhood cancer which is known to affect infants under the age of 1 year. Survival rate is a major problem with only 31% of those who are diagnosed living to 1 years old. In this research extracranial RT from... Read More about Effect of repurposed drugs on the cellular properties of childhood cancer: in vitro & in silico studies.

Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris (2022)
Journal Article
Jean-Joseph, H., Dooey, G., & Kotrschal, K. (2022). Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Animal Behaviour, 190, 41-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.05.009

Owing to domestication, dog behaviour differs from wolf behaviour, which should also affect time budgets. At the Wolf Science Center, wolves and mongrel dogs are raised and kept in a similar way; thus, it is an ideal place to compare the time budgets... Read More about Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris.

Mitigation of lead toxicity in Vigna radiata genotypes by silver nanoparticles (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, F., Aqeel, M., Maqsood, M., Khalid, N., Irshad, M., Ibrahim, M., …Lam, S. (2022). Mitigation of lead toxicity in Vigna radiata genotypes by silver nanoparticles. Environmental Pollution, 308, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119606

Heavy metal (HM) contamination of the soil through anthropogenic activities influences the living systems and drastically impacts food chain. This study examined the application of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in two genotypes (G1 and G2) of Mung bea... Read More about Mitigation of lead toxicity in Vigna radiata genotypes by silver nanoparticles.

Numerical simulation of film cooling over flat plate (2022)
Book Chapter
Bahr Ennil, A., & Elfaghi, A. M. (2022). Numerical simulation of film cooling over flat plate. In New Approaches in Engineering Research Vol. 12 (10-16). Trans Tech Publications. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/naer/v12/8210D

The commercial CFD Ansys Fluent program is used to explore the effect of film cooling across a flat plate. The coolant supply tube and the primary mixing zone are included in the computational domain. For blowing ratios of 0.33, 0.5, and 1.67, and a... Read More about Numerical simulation of film cooling over flat plate.

A heuristic approach on predictive maintenance techniques : limitations and scope (2022)
Journal Article
Shukla, K., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2022). A heuristic approach on predictive maintenance techniques : limitations and scope. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 14(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/16878132221101009

In view of the trend towards Industry 4.0, intelligent predictive monitoring and decision-making processes have become a crucial requirement in today’s manufacturing industries to safeguard data exchange and industrial assets from damage that would t... Read More about A heuristic approach on predictive maintenance techniques : limitations and scope.

A systematic literature review on phishing email detection using natural language processing techniques (2022)
Journal Article
Salloum, S., Gaber, T., Vadera, S., & Shaalan, K. (2022). A systematic literature review on phishing email detection using natural language processing techniques. IEEE Access, 10, 65703-65727. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3183083

Phishing is the most prevalent method of cybercrime that convinces people to provide sensitive information; for instance, account IDs, passwords, and bank details. Emails, instant messages, and phone calls are widely used to launch such cyber-attacks... Read More about A systematic literature review on phishing email detection using natural language processing techniques.

Aeroacoustic design and optimisation of an all-electric ducted fan propulsion module for low-noise impact (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Casagrande Hirono, F., Torija Martinez, A., Elliott, A., Taylor, J., Grimshaw, S., & Lefas, D. (2022, June). Aeroacoustic design and optimisation of an all-electric ducted fan propulsion module for low-noise impact. Presented at 28th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics 2022 Conference, Southampton, UK

This paper discusses the aeroacoustic aspects of the design, construction and testing of an all-electric ducted fan propulsion module for future electric aircraft. An overview of the propulsor aerodynamic design is provided. Acoustic measurements mad... Read More about Aeroacoustic design and optimisation of an all-electric ducted fan propulsion module for low-noise impact.

Generation of noise exposure contours for eVTOL aircraft including transition (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Amargianitakis, D., Self, R., Proenca, A., Torija Martinez, A., & Synodinos, A. (2022, June). Generation of noise exposure contours for eVTOL aircraft including transition. Presented at 28th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics 2022 Conference, Southampton, UK

With the advent of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) sector, a wide variety of concepts have emerged in academic studies and industry preliminary designs. The majority of these concepts sport Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) capabilities taking advanta... Read More about Generation of noise exposure contours for eVTOL aircraft including transition.

TRANSFER LEARNING APPROACH FOR CLASSIFICATION OF WIDELY USED SPICES (2022)
Journal Article
Sundaram, A., Masud, A., Almarhoon, A., & Sarmah, B. (2022). TRANSFER LEARNING APPROACH FOR CLASSIFICATION OF WIDELY USED SPICES. #Journal not on list, 19(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.53370/001c.35690

People around the world relish variety of food that are flavourful. Spices add flavours to the food without adding any fat or calories. People have used spices for many centuries and are an integral part of our food. In addition to aroma, spices also... Read More about TRANSFER LEARNING APPROACH FOR CLASSIFICATION OF WIDELY USED SPICES.

Thermal effects on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in peristaltic blood flow : mathematical modelling (2022)
Journal Article
Tripathi, D., Bhandari, D., & Beg, O. (2022). Thermal effects on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in peristaltic blood flow : mathematical modelling. Physics of Fluids, 34(6), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0095286

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel viral species that has been identified as a highly infectious disease.
Scientists have endeavored to collect essential information to characterize better the behaviour of
this virus including droplet transmission and airborne... Read More about Thermal effects on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in peristaltic blood flow : mathematical modelling.

Methods for pruning deep neural networks (2022)
Journal Article
Vadera, S., & Ameen, S. (2022). Methods for pruning deep neural networks. IEEE Access, 63280- 63300. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3182659

This paper presents a survey of methods for pruning deep neural networks. It begins by
categorising over 150 studies based on the underlying approach used and then focuses on three categories:
methods that use magnitude based pruning, methods that... Read More about Methods for pruning deep neural networks.

Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies (2022)
Journal Article
Jackson, J., Antwis, R., Beresford, N. A., & Wood, M. (2022). Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(7), 1546-1553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13743

Anthropogenic releases of radiation are of ongoing importance for environmental protection, but the radiation doses at which natural systems begin to show effects are controversial. More certainty is required in this area to achieve optimal regulatio... Read More about Some observations on meaningful and objective inference in radioecological field studies.

Evaluation of small extracellular vesicular microRNAs as biomarkers for exposure of nicotine and E-liquids on human lung cells (2022)
Thesis
for exposure of nicotine and E-liquids on human lung cells. (Thesis). University of Salford

Nicotine intake and E-Cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) can cause pulmonary disease with damaging health effects. In this study, we explored miRNAs from small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) for nicotine and E-liquid-associ... Read More about Evaluation of small extracellular vesicular microRNAs as biomarkers for exposure of nicotine and E-liquids on human lung cells.