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Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques (2016)
Journal Article
Sugar-Gabor, O., Simon, A., Koreanschi, A., & Botez, R. (2016). Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 230(7), 1164-1180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410015605548

In this paper, we present a morphing wing concept of the airfoil of the S4 unmanned aerial system, the new optimization methodology and the results obtained for multiple flight conditions. The reduction of the airfoil drag coefficient has been achiev... Read More about Aerodynamic performance improvement of the UAS-S4 Ehecatl morphing airfoil using novel optimization techniques.

Peristaltic transport of bi-viscosity fluids through a curved tube : a mathematical model for intestinal flow (2016)
Journal Article
Tripathi, D., Akbar, N., Khan, Z., & Beg, O. (2016). Peristaltic transport of bi-viscosity fluids through a curved tube : a mathematical model for intestinal flow. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 230(9), 817-828. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411916658318

The human intestinal tract is a long curved tube constituting the final section of the digestive system in which nutrients and water are mostly absorbed. Motivated by the dynamics of chyme in the intestine, a mathematical model is developed to simula... Read More about Peristaltic transport of bi-viscosity fluids through a curved tube : a mathematical model for intestinal flow.

Measuring the embodied carbon content of concrete paving (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Nicholls, R., & Richardson, C. (2016, September). Measuring the embodied carbon content of concrete paving. Presented at International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference, Leeds, UK

This paper summarises the outcomes of a PhD research project by Richardson (2009) to measure the embodied carbon content of concrete paving and to reveal the barriers to its accurate measurement. This is a current area of research due to the concerns... Read More about Measuring the embodied carbon content of concrete paving.

Optimizing handover of as-built data using BIM for highways (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bayar, M., Aziz, Z., Tezel, B., Arayici, Y., & Biscaya, S. (2016, September). Optimizing handover of as-built data using BIM for highways. Presented at 1st International (UK) BIM Academic Forum Conference, Glasgow UK

An efficient maintenance of the UK’s transportation network is of critical importance to the country’s economy and among the top priorities of the government and public agencies (e.g. Network Rail, Highways England). The public transportation agencie... Read More about Optimizing handover of as-built data using BIM for highways.

Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Stowell, D., Wood, M., Stylianou, Y., & Glotin, H. (2016, September). Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge. Presented at 26th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Salerno, Italy

Many biological monitoring projects rely on acoustic detection of birds. Despite increasingly large datasets, this detection is often manual or semi-automatic, requiring manual tuning/postprocessing. We review the state of the art in automatic bird s... Read More about Bird detection in audio : a survey and a challenge.

An evolutionary computation approach to intelligent music production informed by experimentally gathered domain knowledge (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2016, September). An evolutionary computation approach to intelligent music production informed by experimentally gathered domain knowledge. Presented at 2nd AES Workshop on Intelligent Music Production (WIMP), London, UK

A novel methodology for intelligent music production has been developed using evolutionary computation. Mixes are generated by exploration of a “mix-space”, which consists of a series of inter-channel volume ratios, allowing efficient generation of r... Read More about An evolutionary computation approach to intelligent music production informed by experimentally gathered domain knowledge.

The occurrence of ecto-parasitic Leptus sp. mites on Africanised honey bees (2016)
Journal Article
Martin, S., & Correia-Oliveira, E. (2016). The occurrence of ecto-parasitic Leptus sp. mites on Africanised honey bees. Journal of Apicultural Research, 55(3), 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1228214

Honey bee-mite-pathogen associations have led to the widespread collapse of Apis mellifera colonies in various parts of the world. The global trade in bees continues to expose honey bees to new pests and pathogens. Here we highlight to the beekeeping... Read More about The occurrence of ecto-parasitic Leptus sp. mites on Africanised honey bees.

“Omics”-Informed drug and biomarker discovery : opportunities, challenges and future perspectives (2016)
Journal Article
Matthews, H., Hanison, J., & Nirmalan, N. (2016). “Omics”-Informed drug and biomarker discovery : opportunities, challenges and future perspectives. Proteomes, 4(3), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes4030028

The pharmaceutical industry faces unsustainable program failure despite significant increases in investment. Dwindling discovery pipelines, rapidly expanding R&D budgets and increasing regulatory control, predict significant gaps in the future drug m... Read More about “Omics”-Informed drug and biomarker discovery : opportunities, challenges and future perspectives.

Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Sheng, D., Ross, K., & Toll, D. (2016). Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils. E3S Web of Conferences, 9(2016), #11005. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160911005

A recently proposed water retention model has been further developed for the application on unsaturated deformable soils. The physical mechanisms underpinning the water retention characteristic of soils was at first described in terms of traditional... Read More about Modelling of the water retention characteristic of deformable soils.

Post-glacial colonisation of Europe by the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus : evidence of a northern refugium and dispersal with humans (2016)
Journal Article
Herman, J., Jóhannesdóttir, F., Jones, E., McDevitt, A., Michaux, J., White, T., …Searle, J. (2016). Post-glacial colonisation of Europe by the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus : evidence of a northern refugium and dispersal with humans. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 120(2), 313-332. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12882

The wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus is an opportunistic rodent that is found throughout most of the European mainland. It is present on many islands around the margins of the continent and in northern Africa. The species has been the subject of prev... Read More about Post-glacial colonisation of Europe by the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus : evidence of a northern refugium and dispersal with humans.

The peril of proportions: robust niche indices for categorical data (2016)
Journal Article
Pierotti, M. E., Martín-Fernández, J. A., & Barceló-Vidal, C. (2017). The peril of proportions: robust niche indices for categorical data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8(2), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12656

Indices of niche breadth and niche overlap for categorical data are typically expressed in terms of proportions of resources use. These are unit-sum constrained data; hence, direct application of standard general linear modelling methods to such indi... Read More about The peril of proportions: robust niche indices for categorical data.

Predicting binaural speech intelligibility from signals estimated by a blind source separation algorithm (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, Q., Tang, Y., Jackson, P., & Wang, W. (2016, September). Predicting binaural speech intelligibility from signals estimated by a blind source separation algorithm. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2016, San Francisco, USA

State-of-the-art binaural objective intelligibility measures (OIMs) require individual source signals for making intelligibility predictions, limiting their usability in real-time online operations. This limitation may be addressed by a blind source... Read More about Predicting binaural speech intelligibility from signals estimated by a blind source separation algorithm.

Glimpse-based metrics for predicting speech intelligibility in additive noise conditions (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Tang, Y., & Cooke, M. (2016, September). Glimpse-based metrics for predicting speech intelligibility in additive noise conditions. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2016, San Francisco, USA

The glimpsing model of speech perception in noise operates by recognising those speech-dominant spectro-temporal regions, or glimpses, that survive energetic masking; hence, a speech recognition component is an integral part of the model. The current... Read More about Glimpse-based metrics for predicting speech intelligibility in additive noise conditions.

A collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings within the context of a neighbourhood (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., Wu, K., Ghazirmirsaeid, S., Klobut, K., Mäkeläinen, T., & Hukkalainen, M. (2016, September). A collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings within the context of a neighbourhood. Presented at 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, Limassol, Cypruse

This positioning paper explains our approach to creating a collaborative environment to assist multi-disciplinary teams in designing better energy efficient buildings with consideration of their neighborhoods. A scenario-driven approach was used he... Read More about A collaborative environment for energy-efficient buildings within the context of a neighbourhood.

Energy matching and trading within green building neighbourhoods based on stochastic approach considering uncertainty (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ghazimirsaeid, S., Fernando, T., & Marzband, M. (2016, September). Energy matching and trading within green building neighbourhoods based on stochastic approach considering uncertainty. Presented at 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, Limassol, Cypruse

Non-dispatchable generation resources can be installed as small scale generation units that environmentally and economically could be competitive with conventional power generation. To reach this aim, a hybrid system including several types of... Read More about Energy matching and trading within green building neighbourhoods based on stochastic approach considering uncertainty.

Meltwater temperature in streams draining from Alpine glaciers (2016)
Thesis
Williamson, R. Meltwater temperature in streams draining from Alpine glaciers. (Thesis). University of Salford

Thermal conditions in river water are of importance as they influence water quality, chemical processes, ecology, and biological conditions in rivers. In meltwater streams draining from Alpine glaciers, temperatures measured close to glacier termini... Read More about Meltwater temperature in streams draining from Alpine glaciers.

Acid-base properties of N-doped carbon nanotubes : a combined temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and 2-propanol reaction investigation (2016)
Journal Article
Ortega, K., Arrigo, R., Frank, B., Schlögl, R., & Trunschke, A. (2016). Acid-base properties of N-doped carbon nanotubes : a combined temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and 2-propanol reaction investigation. Chemistry of Materials, 28(19), 6826-6839. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01594

Chemical and electronic properties of N-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) synthesized by NH3 treatment of preoxidized CNTs at 300, 500, and 700°C have been investigated by a set of surface sensitive techniques. Temperature-programmed desorpt... Read More about Acid-base properties of N-doped carbon nanotubes : a combined temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and 2-propanol reaction investigation.