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Peristaltic pumping of magnetic nanofluids with thermal radiation and temperature-dependent viscosity effects : modelling a solar magneto-biomimetic nanopump (2018)
Journal Article
Prakash, J., Siva, E., Tripathi, D., Kuharat, S., & Beg, O. (2019). Peristaltic pumping of magnetic nanofluids with thermal radiation and temperature-dependent viscosity effects : modelling a solar magneto-biomimetic nanopump. Renewable Energy, 133, 1308-1326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.08.096

Nanofluids have shown significant promise in the thermal enhancement of many industrial systems. They have been developed extensively in energy applications in recent years. Solar energy systems are one of the most promising renewables available to h... Read More about Peristaltic pumping of magnetic nanofluids with thermal radiation and temperature-dependent viscosity effects : modelling a solar magneto-biomimetic nanopump.

Exploration of time delay and cost overrun in Libyan public housing projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is great concern in Libya about the delays in public sector projects. Libyan construction projects habitually deviate from estimated timelines and financial profiles. Such frequent failures impose a financial burden on the state and causes sign... Read More about Exploration of time delay and cost overrun in Libyan public housing projects.

Classification of advance malware for autonomous vehicles by using stochastic logic (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Alsadat tabatabaei, S., Saraee, M., & Dehghantanha, A. (2018, September). Classification of advance malware for autonomous vehicles by using stochastic logic. Presented at 11th IEEE International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering DeSE2018, Cambridge, UK

Connectivity of vehicles allows the seamless power of communication over the internet but is not without its cyber
risks. Many IoT communication systems - such as vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-roadside - may require latencies
below a few tens of... Read More about Classification of advance malware for autonomous vehicles by using stochastic logic.

Listening to black students… a critical review of practice education (2018)
Book Chapter

In Higher Education Institutions we embrace the notion of having a diverse and international presence in our Universities, the University of Salford strives towards, ‘Aligning our offer to best support students to secure a place at the University and... Read More about Listening to black students… a critical review of practice education.

Depth-averaged simulation of flows in asymmetric compound channels with smooth and rough narrow floodplains (2018)
Journal Article
narrow floodplains. Australasian Journal of Water Resource, 22(2), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2018.1509766

Depth-averaged hydrodynamic models are predominantly used in numerical simulations of
compound channel flows. One of the most popular methods for the depth-averaged simulation
is Shiono and Knight method (SKM). This method accounts for the effects... Read More about Depth-averaged simulation of flows in asymmetric compound channels with smooth and rough narrow floodplains.

Diabetes self-management system : review of existing systems and potential enhancements (2018)
Presentation / Conference
systems and potential enhancements. Presented at 11th IEEE International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE2018), Cambridge, UK

Diabetes is a global pandemic with growing devastating human, social and economic impacts. By 2025 it is estimated that in the UK five million people will be diagnosed with diabetes and by 2030 diabetes will claim three lives every ten minutes. Accor... Read More about Diabetes self-management system : review of existing systems and potential enhancements.

Sedentary behaviour, Work and Health-Related Outcomes (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Clarke-Cornwell, A. (2018, September). Sedentary behaviour, Work and Health-Related Outcomes

Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space (2018)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., & Hancock, D. (2018). Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space. Journal of Fandom Studies, 6(3), 301-318. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.6.3.301_1

This article considers cosplayers’ use and transformation of urban space. Cosplay provides an important subcultural embodiment of contemporary popular culture, through which we can learn a great deal about contemporary forms of fandom, participatory... Read More about Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes. (2018)
Journal Article
Żebrowska, A., Hall, B., Maszczyk, A., Banaś, R., & Urban, J. (2018). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 144, 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2018.08.018

Aims
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an important risk factor for cognitive decline and motor dysfunction due to progressive muscular atrophy. Chronic hyperglycemia may be responsible for impaired vascular function, loss of muscle mass, and morp... Read More about Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes..

“No one ever sees the Angel" : adapting The Phantom of the Opera (2018)
Book Chapter

Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers (2018)
Journal Article
Armstrong, R., Brogden, C., Milner, D., Norris, D., & Greig, M. (2018). Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers. Medical problems of performing artists, 33(3), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2018.3032

OBJECTIVE: Dance is associated with a high risk of injury, with fatigue identified as a contributing factor. Functional movement screening (FMS) has been used to identify alterations in normal movement which may contribute to injury risk, though this... Read More about Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers.

Energy and climate policies in China and India : a two-level comparative study (2018)
Book

The book explores the proactive and reactive features of China and India's domestic and foreign policies to address two intertwined challenges: first, China and India have taken policy measures that accord with their own domestic priorities; second,... Read More about Energy and climate policies in China and India : a two-level comparative study.

A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women (2018)
Journal Article

Objective
(1) To identify whether an online training intervention could increase midwifery students’ knowledge of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and intentions to use them in practice. (2) To identify students’ views and current experiences of t... Read More about A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women.

Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process (2018)
Journal Article
Ravindrababu, S., Govdeli, Y., Wong, Z. W., & Kayacan, E. (2018). Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 34, 659-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.07.007

The principal objective of this study is to provide an insight into the simulation of fused deposition modeling (FDM) parts considering the influence of build and print orientations. The elastic modulus, strength and Poisson's ratio at different buil... Read More about Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process.

Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media (2018)
Book

With digital technologies blurring media boundaries, this book provides a detailed analysis of how the Internet is producing a convergence of the press, audio-visual and online media. Based on extensive empirical analysis, the authors analyse over 25... Read More about Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media.

Hierarchical multi-tenancy in business to businesssoftware services (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The introduction of cloud computing has changed the provisioning and consumption of IT resources. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications provide functionality using internet connectivity and enable centralised management of executable code resourc... Read More about Hierarchical multi-tenancy in business to businesssoftware services.

Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events (2018)
Journal Article
Laser-Maira, J., Petersen, G., Stephens, H., & Peach, D. (2018). Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events. Sociální práce (On-line), 7, 76-86

OBJECTIVES: This investigation centres on how the mentally ill with a forensic admission compare to the mentally ill with a civil admission, and investigates who inpatients with a forensic and civil admission are, and how the risk factors and negativ... Read More about Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events.

From ARMS to brains - from the Acorn RISC machine to Spiking Neural Network Architecture (2018)
Journal Article

In May 2018, Prof Steve Furber CBE FRS FREng DFBCS FIET CITP CEng spoke to Manchester Branch BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. This article is a summary of Prof Furber's contribution.

Enhancing sound attenuation in permeable heterogeneous materials via diffusion processes (2018)
Journal Article
Venegas, R., & Boutin, C. (2018). Enhancing sound attenuation in permeable heterogeneous materials via diffusion processes. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 104(4), 623-635. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919202

This paper illustrates the concept of inducing multiple local non-equilibrium pressure states in permeable rigid frame
materials by means of introducing specific geometrical patterns or material heterogeneities locally. This
results in enhanced sou... Read More about Enhancing sound attenuation in permeable heterogeneous materials via diffusion processes.

Participant based distributed slack power flow model and calculation of participant based loss factors using the concept of market center (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The transmission loss factors play a vital role in determining the loss component of the Locational Marginal Price. If single slack bus power flow approach is used, then the component for loss in Locational Marginal Price is found to vary exorbitantl... Read More about Participant based distributed slack power flow model and calculation of participant based loss factors using the concept of market center.