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Using eulerlets to model steady uniform flow past a circular cylinder (2018)
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Chadwick, E., Christian, J., & Chalasani, K. (2018). Using eulerlets to model steady uniform flow past a circular cylinder. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 27(5-6), 469-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2018.1550960

Consider uniform, steady flow past a circular cylinder at Reynolds numbers 26, 36 and 40 before the flow becomes unsteady. Model the flow by using eulerlets, new Green’s functions for Euler flow. This is the first time this eulerlet model has been us... Read More about Using eulerlets to model steady uniform flow past a circular cylinder.

A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms (2018)
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Xiu, H., Wang, K., Wei, G., Ren, L., & Dai, J. (2020). A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 234(1), 241-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406218816343

This paper, for the first time, presents an overconstrained spatial eight-bar linkage and its application to the synthesis of a group of Fulleroid-like deployable platonic mechanisms. Structure of the proposed eight-bar linkage is introduced, and con... Read More about A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms.

Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft (2018)
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Schafer, A., Barrett, S., Doyme, K., Dray, L., Gnadt, A., Self, R., …Torija Martinez, A. (2019). Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft. Nature Energy, 4(2), 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0294-x

Ever since the Wright brothers’ first powered flight in 1903, commercial aircraft have relied on liquid hydrocarbon fuels. However, the need for greenhouse gas emission reductions along with recent progress in battery technology for automobiles has... Read More about Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft.

Local dynamic stability of the locomotion of lower extremity joints and trunk during backward upslope walking (2018)
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upslope walking. Journal of Motor Behavior, 51(6), 587-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2018.1538096

Backward slope walking was considered as a practical rehabilitation and training skill. However, its gait stability has been hardly studied, resulting in its limited application as a rehabilitation tool. In this study, the effect of walking directio... Read More about Local dynamic stability of the locomotion of lower extremity joints and trunk during backward upslope walking.

A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia (2018)
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Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 39(11), 2142-2172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1508992

This article provides an investigation into claims that paramilitary violence in Colombia can pose a threat to the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. These claims highlight the capacity for paramilita... Read More about A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia.

Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study. (2018)
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Manskow, U., Arntzen, C., Damsgård, E., Braine, M., Sigurdardottir, S., Andelic, N., …Anke, A. (2018). Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 951. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3773-7

Background Family member’s experience and satisfaction of health care in the acute care and in-patient rehabilitation are important indicators of the quality of health care services provided to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The... Read More about Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study..

Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) (2018)
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Foster, C. (2018). Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs). Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 14(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-04-2018-0023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate professional quality of life of mental health nursing staff working within an Adolescent PICU setting. Professional quality of life is important, as there is a correlation between staff wellbeing... Read More about Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs).

Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach (2018)
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Basha, H., Reddy, G., Narayanan, N., & Beg, O. (2019). Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 277(Mar 19), 434-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.11.165

The present work describes numerical simulations of the supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress fluid flow from a vertical cylinder using the equation of state approach. Redlich-Kwong (RK-EOS) and Van der Waals (VW-EOS) equations... Read More about Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach.

Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement (2018)
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Zhang, S., Cheng, Y., Oladokun, M., & Lin, Z. (2019). Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement. Building and Environment, 149, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.041

The conventional control method of a collective ventilation (e.g., stratum ventilation) controls the averaged thermal environment in the occupied zone to satisfy the averaged thermal preference of a group of occupants. However, the averaged thermal e... Read More about Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement.

Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England (2018)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Schofield, L., & Williamson, R. (2018). Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England. CATENA, 174(Mar 19), 490-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.018

Regime analysis suggests that temperate alluvial watercourses overtop their banks on average once every 1.5 years transferring water and sediment across the valley floor to form floodplains helping maintain a strong hydrological connection between in... Read More about Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England.

Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning (2018)
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Scanlan, J., Li, F., Umnova, O., Rakoczy, G., Lövey, N., & Scanlan, P. (2018). Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning. Bioengineering, 5(4), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5040107

Osteoporosis is an asymptomatic bone condition that affects a large proportion of the elderly population around the world, resulting in increased bone fragility and increased risk of fracture. Previous studies had shown that the vibroacoustic respons... Read More about Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning.

Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology (2018)
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Ajala, M., Khan, M., Shafie, A., Salami, M., Mohamad Nor, M., & Oladokun, M. (2018). Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology. Cogent Engineering, 5(1), 1555744. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1555744

A carbon dioxide gas-powered pneumatic actuation has been proposed as a suitable power source for an autonomous firefighting robot (CAFFR), which is designed to operate in an indoor fire environment in our earlier study. Considering the consumption r... Read More about Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology.

A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications (2018)
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Rahimi, A., Dehghan Saee, A., Kasaeipoor, A., & Hasani Malekshah, E. (2018). A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(3), 834-877. https://doi.org/10.1108/hff-06-2018-0272

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comprehensive review of some latest studies devoted to natural convection phenomenon in the enclosures because of its significant industrial applications. Design/methodology/approach: Geometri... Read More about A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications.

Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen (2018)
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Millins, C., Dickinson, E., Isakovic, P., Gilbert, L., Wojciechowska, A., Paterson, V., …Biek, R. (2018). Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11(2018), 621. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2

Background Landscape structure can affect pathogen prevalence and persistence with consequences for human and animal health. Few studies have examined how reservoir host species traits may interact with landscape structure to alter pathogen communi... Read More about Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen.

Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer (2018)
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Manzoor, N., Maqbool, K., Beg, O., & Shaheen, S. (2018). Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 48(2), 556-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21394

Physiological transport phenomena often feature ciliated internal walls. Heat, momentum and multi-species mass transfer may arise and additionally non-Newtonian biofluid characteristics are common in smaller vessels. Blood (containing hemoglobin) or... Read More about Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer.

Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves (2018)
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Khan, A., Sohail, A., Beg, O., & Tariq, R. (2018). Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 44(1), 663-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3649-5

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the propagation of magneto-thermo-elastic waves in a rotating monoclinic system. The system is electrically conducting in the presence of an applied magnetic field. A general dispersion relation is obtaine... Read More about Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves.

The blind men and the elephant (2018)
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MacVane Phipps, F. (2018). The blind men and the elephant. International Journal of Health Governance, 23(4), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-12-2018-071

An old folk tale describes five blind men encountering an elephant. One grasps the tail, another feels the tusk, the third explores the flank while the last men encounter an ear and the elephant’s trunk. Each man describes a very different animal, ye... Read More about The blind men and the elephant.

The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area (2018)
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Allely, C., & Dubin, L. (2018). The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 9(4), 129-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-06-2018-0008

Purpose As recently highlighted by Creaby-Attwood and Allely (2017) it is crucial that the possible innate vulnerabilities that contributed to sexual offending behaviour in an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are taken into consid... Read More about The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area.