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Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context (2022)
Journal Article
Abuzukhar, M., Hardman, M., & Clark, A. (2022). Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context. Current journal of applied science and technology, 41(35), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i353956

Waste tyres represent one of the environmentally damaging fractions of the solid waste stream in Tunisia, where the problem of inefficient waste tyre management is endemic. This is easily identified by the piles of accumulating tyre waste located on... Read More about Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context.

Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China (2022)
Journal Article
Tsang, C., Spentzou, E., J. Lomas, K., & He, M. (2022). Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AE.1943-5568.0000568

China’s Hot Summer and Cold Winter zone, with a 550 million population, accounts for 45% of China’s building energy consumption; as such, building retrofits could offer substantial energy savings. This paper presents results from a dynamic thermal mo... Read More about Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China.

Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium (2022)
Journal Article
Umavathi, J. C., Beg, O., Beg, T., & Kadir, A. (2023). Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 43(5), 764-796. https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2022.2122928

Medical engineering is increasingly deploying nanotechnology and bio-inspired designs in the 21st century. Motivated by studying the spin coating of bio-nanofluid materials, gyrotactic bioconvection nanofluid swirling coating flow from a spinning d... Read More about Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium.

Machine learning-based optimized link state routing protocol for D2D communication in 5G/B5G (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Bunu, S., Saraee, M., & Alani, O. (2022, September). Machine learning-based optimized link state routing protocol for D2D communication in 5G/B5G. Presented at The 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICELTICs) 2022, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Device to Device (D2D) communication in Fifth Generation (5G) and unavoidable in Beyond Fifth Generation (B5G) technology is designed to increase network capacity by offloading backhaul links and base stations traffic and improving the performanc... Read More about Machine learning-based optimized link state routing protocol for D2D communication in 5G/B5G.

An investigation into the impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on soundscape perception in urban environments (2022)
Thesis
Nicholls, R. An investigation into the impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on soundscape perception in urban environments. (Dissertation). University of Salford

A 'Surface-based' Geometrical Acoustic formulation within a Galerkin Boundary Element framework (2022)
Thesis
Emthyas, A. A 'Surface-based' Geometrical Acoustic formulation within a Galerkin Boundary Element framework. (Dissertation). University of Salford

As sound propagates within a room, it experiences high-order reflection, diffraction, and scattering. This causes the reflection density to increase over time, such that the sound field becomes diffuse and chaotic. Under these conditions, there is li... Read More about A 'Surface-based' Geometrical Acoustic formulation within a Galerkin Boundary Element framework.

Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest (2022)
Journal Article
Yoh, N., Clarke, J., López-Baucells, A., Mas, M., Bobrowiec, P., Rocha, R., & Meyer, C. (2022). Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0274637. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274637

Edge effects, abiotic and biotic changes associated with habitat boundaries, are key drivers of community change in fragmented landscapes. Their influence is heavily modulated by matrix composition. With over half of the world’s tropical forests pred... Read More about Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest.

Local and landscape scale effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in the Amazon (2022)
Thesis
Rowley, S. Local and landscape scale effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in the Amazon. (Dissertation). The University of Salford

Deforestation is the main driver of the biodiversity crisis. Resulting landscapes are left fragmented with isolated remnant forest patches embedded in a human-modified matrix which has the propensity to regenerate into successional forest. The Biolog... Read More about Local and landscape scale effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in the Amazon.

Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti (2022)
Journal Article
Logan, R. A. E., Quek, S., Muthoni, J. N., von Eicken, A., Brettell, L. E., Anderson, E. R., …Patterson, E. I. (2022). Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(18), https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01062-22

Cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) is an insect-specific flavivirus (ISF) found in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. ISFs have demonstrated the ability to modulate the infection or transmission of arboviruses such as dengue, West Nile, and Zika viruses. It is th... Read More about Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti.

Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Persoiu, I., Sipos, G., Radoane, M., Hutchinson, S., Michczyńska, D., & Persoiu, A. (2022). Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe. Geomorphology, 417, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108450

The Someș fluvial fan is located in the NW extremity of the Great Hungarian Plain (Pannonian Basin). It was formed by the left-side tributaries of the Tisa River (a tributary of the Danube) as they developed westward, following the avulsion of the ma... Read More about Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe.

Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Dai, L., Long, H., Woods, M., & Fois, F. (2022). Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 241-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.020

Globalization has deeply changed the rural socio-economic form and spatial pattern, and caused a comprehensive and profound transformation of rural industries. By establishing a theoretical analysis framework for industrial transformation, this paper... Read More about Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China.

A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection (2022)
Journal Article
Nandanwar, L., Shivakumara, P., A. Jalab, H., W. Ibrahim, R., Raghavendra, R., Pal, U., …Blumenstein, M. (2022). A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2022.3204390

Detecting forged handwriting is important in a wide variety of machine learning applications, and it is challenging when the input images are degraded with noise and blur. This article presents a new model based on conformable moments (CMs) and deep... Read More about A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection.

Editorial: The role of rivers in the origins, evolution, adaptation, and distribution of biodiversity (2022)
Journal Article
Naka, L. N., Werneck, F. P., Rosser, N., Pil, M. W., & Boubli, J. P. (2022). Editorial: The role of rivers in the origins, evolution, adaptation, and distribution of biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1035859

Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques (2022)
Journal Article
Rajarajeswari, P., Santhi, K., Saraswathi, R., & Beg, O. (2022). Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, https://doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2022.2120829

During the emergence of a novel pandemic, predictive modelling process is more important in the phase of public health planning and response. Relating models to data provides a view into unseen variables, such as the occurrence of cryptic transmiss... Read More about Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques.

Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees (2022)
Journal Article
Luis, A., Grindrod, I., Webb, G., Piñeiro, A., & Martin, S. (2022). Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees. Scientific reports, 12(1), 15597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19871-5

The Varroa destructor ectoparasitic mite has spread globally and in conjunction with Deformed Wing Virus has killed millions of honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies. This has forced Northern hemisphere beekeepers into using miticides to avoid mass colo... Read More about Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees.

The Esports Metaverse (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, September). The Esports Metaverse. Presented at Host City, Glasgow

Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects (2022)
Journal Article
Ferdows, M., Tazin, T., Beg, O., & Beg, T. (2022). Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects. ASME open journal of engineering, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055278

Modern magnetic nanomaterials are increasingly embracing new technologies including smart coatings, intelligent lubricants, and functional working fluids in energy systems. Motivated by studying the manufacturing magnetofluid dynamics of electrocondu... Read More about Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects.

Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects (2022)
Journal Article
Ferdows, M., Tazin, T., Beg, O., & Bég, T. (2022). Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects. ASME open journal of engineering, 1, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055278

Modern magnetic nanomaterials are increasingly embracing new technologies including smart coatings, intelligent lubricants, and functional working fluids in energy systems. Motivated by studying the manufacturing magnetofluid dynamics of electrocondu... Read More about Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects.

Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective (2022)
Journal Article
Liang, W., Qian, Z., Chen, W., Song, H., Cao, Y., Wei, G., …Ren, L. (2022). Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.950110

Prosthetic knees are state-of-the-art medical devices that use mechanical mechanisms and components to simulate the normal biological knee function for individuals with transfemoral amputation. A large variety of complicated mechanical mechanisms and... Read More about Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective.

Deep learning-based predictions of process parameters for thick composites laminates manufacturing (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ammasai Sengodan, G., Hoang Luong, M., & A Ponnusami, S. (2022, September). Deep learning-based predictions of process parameters for thick composites laminates manufacturing

In a composite manufacturing process, the tool geometry and thermal characteristics of the bagging materials dictate the heat transfer mechanism. The temperature distribution, resin chemical kinetics and residual thermal strains determine the cured p... Read More about Deep learning-based predictions of process parameters for thick composites laminates manufacturing.