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Numerical investigation into the effects of geometrical alterations in cut-off walls on seepage through water-retaining structures (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Thomas, A. J., & Asr, A. A. (2023, April). Numerical investigation into the effects of geometrical alterations in cut-off walls on seepage through water-retaining structures. Paper presented at 2023 Annual Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics., University of Warwick

In this paper numerical analysis has been conducted to expand existing research on cut-off walls from previous studies such as [1],[2]. This study is aimed at studying a unique geometric alignment design that accommodates ‘branches’ on either side of... Read More about Numerical investigation into the effects of geometrical alterations in cut-off walls on seepage through water-retaining structures.

Mixed convection Casson polymeric flow from a nonlinear stretching surface with radiative flux and non‐Fourier thermal relaxation effects: Computation with CSNIS (2023)
Journal Article
Shahid, A., Wei, W., Bhatti, M. M., Bég, O. A., Beg, O., Bég, T. A., & Beg, T. (2023). Mixed convection Casson polymeric flow from a nonlinear stretching surface with radiative flux and non‐Fourier thermal relaxation effects: Computation with CSNIS. ZAMM, https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.202200519

Thermal non-Newtonian polymer coating flows is growing as a major area in materials processing. Inspired by new developments in this field which require more sophisticated mathematical models, the current investigation examines the laminar viscopla... Read More about Mixed convection Casson polymeric flow from a nonlinear stretching surface with radiative flux and non‐Fourier thermal relaxation effects: Computation with CSNIS.

Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent (2023)
Journal Article
Wanelik, K. M., Begon, M., Bradley, J. E., Friberg, I. M., Taylor, C. H., Jackson, J. A., & Paterson, S. (2023). Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent. Molecular Ecology, 32(13), 3471-3482. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16950

Individuals differ in the nature of the immune responses they produce, affecting dis-ease susceptibility and ultimately health and fitness. These differences have been hypothesized to have an origin in events experienced early in... Read More about Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent.

Interfacial chemistry in the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 over C-Supported Cu-Based systems (2023)
Journal Article
Gianolio, D., Higham, M., Quesne, M., Aramini, M., Xu, R., Large, A., …Arrigo, R. (2023). Interfacial chemistry in the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 over C-Supported Cu-Based systems. ACS catalysis, 13,

Operando soft and hard X-ray spectroscopic techniques were used in combination with plane-wave density functional theory (DFT) simulations to rationalize the enhanced activities of Zn-containing Cu nanostructured electrocatalysts in the electrocataly... Read More about Interfacial chemistry in the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 over C-Supported Cu-Based systems.

Experimental study of the effect of tack coats on interlayer bond strength of pavement (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Wang, A., & Wang, Y. (in press). Experimental study of the effect of tack coats on interlayer bond strength of pavement. Sustainability, 15(8), 6600. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086600

The performance and lifetime of the flexible asphalt pavement are mainly dependent on the interfacial bond strength between layer courses. To enhance the bond between layers, adhesive materials, such as tack coats, are used. The tack coat itself is a... Read More about Experimental study of the effect of tack coats on interlayer bond strength of pavement.

Agentless approach for security information and event management in industrial IoT (2023)
Journal Article
Zahid, H., Hina, S., Hayat, M., & Shah, G. (in press). Agentless approach for security information and event management in industrial IoT. Electronics, 12(8), 1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12081831

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides ease of real-time communication in homes, industries, health care, and many other dependable and interconnected sectors. However, in recent years, smart infrastructure, including cyber-physical industries, has wi... Read More about Agentless approach for security information and event management in industrial IoT.

Innovative Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Water Level Sensors for Enhanced Early Detection and Warning of Floods (2023)
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Tawalbeh, R., Alasali, F., Ghanem, Z., Alghazzawi, M., Abu-Raideh, A., & Holderbaum, W. (2023). Innovative Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Water Level Sensors for Enhanced Early Detection and Warning of Floods. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020026

In considering projections that flooding will increase in the future years due to factors such as climate change and urbanization, the need for dependable and accurate water sensors systems is greater than ever. In this study, the performance of four... Read More about Innovative Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Water Level Sensors for Enhanced Early Detection and Warning of Floods.

Fetal bone development in the black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) determined by ultrasound (2023)
Journal Article
Pombo, A. L. G., Monteiro, F. O. B., da Silva, G. P., Pereira, T. H. D. S., Matos, S. E. R. D., de Lima, A. R., …Mayor, P. (2023). Fetal bone development in the black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) determined by ultrasound. #Journal not on list, 2, 100029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.therwi.2023.100029

This study describes the bone development during the intrauterine phase of the black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa), discussing its relationship with the species’ adaptive strategies and comparing it with other precocial and altricial species. We ana... Read More about Fetal bone development in the black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) determined by ultrasound.

Review of the effects of enclosure complexity and design on the behaviour and physiology of zoo animals (2023)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C. S., Cipreste, C. F., Pizzutto, C. S., & Young, R. J. (2023). Review of the effects of enclosure complexity and design on the behaviour and physiology of zoo animals. Animals, 13(8), 1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13081277

The complexity of the habitat refers to its physical geometry, which includes abiotic and biotic elements. Habitat complexity is important because it allows more species to coexist and, consequently, more interactions to be established among them. Th... Read More about Review of the effects of enclosure complexity and design on the behaviour and physiology of zoo animals.

RSM-based sensitivity analysis of hybrid nanofluid in an enclosure filled with non-Darcy porous medium by using LBM method (2023)
Journal Article
Venkatadri, K., Öztop, H. F., Prasad, V. R., Parthiban, S., & Beg, O. (2024). RSM-based sensitivity analysis of hybrid nanofluid in an enclosure filled with non-Darcy porous medium by using LBM method. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A Applications, 85(6), 875-899. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2023.2193708

The present analysis is performed to investigate the free convection MHD non-Darcy flow in hybrid nanofluid (TiO2/Cu-water) occupying a differentially heated square closed space. The non-dimensional governing equations for mass, momentum and energy... Read More about RSM-based sensitivity analysis of hybrid nanofluid in an enclosure filled with non-Darcy porous medium by using LBM method.

Shear behavior and damage evolution of the interface between rough rock and cemented tailings backfill (2023)
Journal Article
Xiu, Z., Meng, F., Wang, F., Wang, S., Ji, Y., & Hou, Q. (in press). Shear behavior and damage evolution of the interface between rough rock and cemented tailings backfill. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 125, 103887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.103887

The shear behavior of the interface between rock and cemented tailings backfill (CTB) is extremely critical to the backfill design and stability of the backfilled underground mined-out areas. The corresponding shear behavior and surface damage can be... Read More about Shear behavior and damage evolution of the interface between rough rock and cemented tailings backfill.

Co-infections mask pathogen-specific associations with the gut microbiota in wild voles (2023)
Journal Article
Schmid, D. W., & Risely, A. (2023). Co-infections mask pathogen-specific associations with the gut microbiota in wild voles. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(4), 790-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13906

Research Highlight: Brila, I., Lavirinienko, A., Tukalenko, E., Kallio, E. R., Mappes, T. & Watts, P. C. (2022). Idiosyncratic effects of coinfection on the association between systemic pathogens and the gut microbiota of a wild rodent, the bank vole... Read More about Co-infections mask pathogen-specific associations with the gut microbiota in wild voles.

Local non-similar solution for non-isothermal electro-conductive radiative stretching boundary layer heat transfer with aligned magnetic field (2023)
Journal Article
Ferdows, M., Barman, A., Beg, O., Shamshuddin, M., & Sun, S. (2023). Local non-similar solution for non-isothermal electro-conductive radiative stretching boundary layer heat transfer with aligned magnetic field. Applied Sciences, 13(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074592

The continuous two-dimensional boundary layer heat transfer in an electroconductive Newtonian fluid from a stretching surface that is biased by the magnetic field aligned with thermal radiation is the subject of this study. The effects of magnetic... Read More about Local non-similar solution for non-isothermal electro-conductive radiative stretching boundary layer heat transfer with aligned magnetic field.

Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review (2023)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (in press). Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211767

The rapid increase in the use of engineered nanoparticles in different industrial applications makes risk assessment on human health, ecosystem and the environment necessary. Health, safety and environmental (HSE) risks of a technology are an insep... Read More about Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review.

Threat modeling in smart firefighting systems: aligning MITRE ATT&CK Matrix and NIST security controls (2023)
Journal Article
Zahid, S., Mazhar, M., Abbas, S., Hanif, Z., Hina, S., & Shah, G. (in press). Threat modeling in smart firefighting systems: aligning MITRE ATT&CK Matrix and NIST security controls. Internet of Things, 22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2023.100766

Industrial automation technologies are envisioned as multi-device systems that are constantly interacting with one another and with enterprise systems. In these industrial systems, the industrial internet of things (IIoT) significantly improves syste... Read More about Threat modeling in smart firefighting systems: aligning MITRE ATT&CK Matrix and NIST security controls.

Homotopy analysis of mixed convection flow of a magnetized viscoelastic nanofluid from a stretching surface in non-Darcy porous media with revised Fourier and Fickian approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Beg, A., Nasir, M., Waqas, M., & Zamri, N. (2023). Homotopy analysis of mixed convection flow of a magnetized viscoelastic nanofluid from a stretching surface in non-Darcy porous media with revised Fourier and Fickian approaches. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2023.2178824

This article addresses theoretically the mixed convection hydromagnetic flow of electrically conducting viscoelastic nanofluid from a vertical permeable stretching sheet in a non-Darcy porous medium with Cattaneo–Christov double diffusion model to... Read More about Homotopy analysis of mixed convection flow of a magnetized viscoelastic nanofluid from a stretching surface in non-Darcy porous media with revised Fourier and Fickian approaches.

Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & Jensen, G. (2023, April). Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits. Poster presented at 64th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC 2023), University of the West of England and University of Bristol, UK

The Newton-Raphson (NR) method is a well-known iterative scheme for approximating the roots of functions. Deployed on the complex plane, ₵, perhaps its most famous application is to finding the cube roots of –1. One often regards any specific outco... Read More about Dynamics on ₵ with generalized Newton-Raphson maps: Julia sets, uncertainty dimension, and periodic orbits.

Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., & McAteer, É. (2023, April). Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes. Presented at 64th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC 2023), University of the West of England and University of Bristol, UK

Cnoidal waves are periodic solutions to certain classes of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). They are fundamental excitations in theories of waves and their more familiar localized counterparts––solitons––typically emerge as limits.... Read More about Vector cnoidal waves in spatiotemporal propagation: exact solutions beyond slowly-varying envelopes.