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Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kuharat, S., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

The interest in sustainable and renewable energy systems has witnessed significant expansion in the 21st century. Space solar power (SSP) collectors have multiple advantages over earth-based solar power plants. They receive more sun light, are unaffe... Read More about Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure.

Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Beg, O., Kuharat, S., Mehmood, R., Tabassum, R., & Babaie, M. (2018, August). Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

In the current work we study numerically the time-independent twodimensional, non-aligned (oblique) slip flow of copper metal-doped water-based nano-polymeric sol gels under radiative heat flux. Reynolds temperature-dependent viscosity model is emplo... Read More about Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation.

Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kadir, A., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Modern gas turbine blades experience significant thermal loading during expected life cycles. Temperatures can attain in excess of 1000 Celsius. It is therefore necessary to coat the blades with thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) which also provide prot... Read More about Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion.

CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Beg, O., Zubair, A., Kuharat, S., & Babaie, M. (2018, August). CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Heat transfer is one of the most critical aspects of the rocket propulsion design process. According to released heat, thermal loads are extremely large, and thermal insulation is frequently necessary in the motor combustion chambers and nozzles. In... Read More about CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications.

Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kuharat, S., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

A numerical study of convective heat transfer in an annular pipe solar collector system is conducted. The inner tube contains pure water and the annular region contains nanofluid. Three-dimensional steady-state incompressible laminar flow comprising... Read More about Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector.

Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kadir, A., Mishra, S., Shamshuddin, M., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Rotating disk bio-reactors are fundamental to numerous medical and chemical engineering processes including oxygen transfer, chromatography, purification and swirl-assisted pumping. The modern upsurge in biologically-enhanced engineering devices has... Read More about Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk.

A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting (2018)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., Cao, Y., Ding, X., Zhai, J., Liu, J., Luo, Y., …Zou, K. (2018). A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting. Expert systems with applications, 114, 588-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.08.025

Tourist arrival and tourist demand forecasting are a crucial issue in tourism economy and the community economic development as well. Tourist demand forecasting has attracted much attention from tourism academics as well as industries. In recent year... Read More about A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting.

Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems (2018)
Journal Article
Pozo, M., Chiky, R., Meziane, F., & Métais, E. (2018). Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems. Informatics, 5(3), 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics5030035

This paper focuses on the new users cold-start issue in the context of recommender systems. New users who do not receive pertinent recommendations may abandon the system. In order to cope with this issue, we use active learning techniques. These meth... Read More about Exploiting past users’ interests and predictions in an active learning method for dealing with cold start in recommender systems.

Reliability of and relationship between flight time to contraction time ratio and reactive strength index modified (2018)
Journal Article
McMahon, J., Lake, J., & Comfort, P. (2018). Reliability of and relationship between flight time to contraction time ratio and reactive strength index modified. Sports, 6(3), 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6030081

Countermovement jump (CMJ) force-time testing is commonly used to monitor seasonal alterations in athletes’ CMJ strategy (to infer alterations in neuromuscular function). The flight time to contraction time (FT:CT) ratio and reactive strength index m... Read More about Reliability of and relationship between flight time to contraction time ratio and reactive strength index modified.

A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks (2018)
Journal Article
Nikkhah Bahrami, P., Javadi, H., Dargahi, T., Dehghantanha, A., & Choo, K. (2019). A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 31(22), e4776. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4776

Security in fog computing is multi-faceted, and one particular challenge is establishing a secure communication channel between fog nodes and end devices. This emphasizes the importance of designing efficient and secret key distribution scheme to fac... Read More about A hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme for fog networks.

Validation of gait event detection by centre of pressure during target stepping in healthy and paretic gait (2018)
Journal Article
Van der veen, S., Hammerbeck, U., Baker, R., & Hollands, K. (2018). Validation of gait event detection by centre of pressure during target stepping in healthy and paretic gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 79, 218-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.07.039

Background: Target-stepping paradigms are increasingly used to assess and train gait adaptability. Accurate gait-event detection (GED) is key to locating targets relative to the ongoing step cycle as well as measuring foot-placement error. In the cur... Read More about Validation of gait event detection by centre of pressure during target stepping in healthy and paretic gait.

The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors (2018)
Journal Article
Queiroz, M., & Young, R. (2018). The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors. Animals, 8(139), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8080139

The factors underlying the ‘zoo visit effect’ (changes in animal behaviour/physiology in response to visitor presence) are still poorly understood, despite it being widely investigated. The present study examined the effect of zoo visitors on the beh... Read More about The different physical and behavioural characteristics of zoo mammals that influence their response to visitors.

‘Putting themselves out there’ into the unknown : dance movement psychotherapy as perceived by five educators and three pupils (2018)
Journal Article
Parsons, A., & Dubrow-Marshall, L. (2018). ‘Putting themselves out there’ into the unknown : dance movement psychotherapy as perceived by five educators and three pupils. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 13(4), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2018.1508073

The introduction of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) to a mainstream secondary school in the United Kingdom was explored from the perspectives of some educators (n = 5) and pupil-clients (n = 3) to discover perceptions of, and influences on the pro... Read More about ‘Putting themselves out there’ into the unknown : dance movement psychotherapy as perceived by five educators and three pupils.

Hallux plantar flexor strength in people with diabetic neuropathy: Validation of a simple clinical test (2018)
Journal Article
Healy, A., Naemi, R., Sundar, L., Chatzistergos, P., Ramachandran, A., & Chockalingam, N. (2018). Hallux plantar flexor strength in people with diabetic neuropathy: Validation of a simple clinical test. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 144, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2018.07.038

Aim
To validate the paper grip test for assessing plantar flexion strength of the hallux.

Methods
Plantar flexor strength for 69 people with diabetic neuropathy was assessed: (a) using the paper grip test while simultaneously a plantar pressure... Read More about Hallux plantar flexor strength in people with diabetic neuropathy: Validation of a simple clinical test.

Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, J., Hundley, V., Collins, B., & Ireland, J. (2018). Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1), 328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1950-7

Background
Despite the increasing number of women with disability globally becoming pregnant, there is currently limited research about their experiences. A national survey of women’s experience of dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth... Read More about Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women.

Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform (2018)
Journal Article
Assaf, R., Do, P., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Scarf, P. (2018). Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 232(4), 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X18764061

The degradation process of complex multi-component systems is highly stochastic in nature. A major side effect of this
complexity is that components of such systems may have unexpected reduced life and faults and failures that decrease
the reliabil... Read More about Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform.

How to prepare and deliver a good presentation : general principles for success (2018)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2018). How to prepare and deliver a good presentation : general principles for success. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 12(8), 394-397. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2018.12.8.394

The author has more than 14 years' experience in higher education, supporting students in delivering presentations for assessment and in marking across all levels up to masters, and as an external examiner. This article examines and highlights the ge... Read More about How to prepare and deliver a good presentation : general principles for success.

Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., Mercer, C., & Hogg, P. (2018). Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 49(4), 406-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2018.06.005

Objectives: To use the initial mean glandular dose (MGD) arising from the first screening mammogram to estimate the individual total screening lifetime effective risk.
Methods: Organ doses from FFDM screening exposures (craniocaudal and mediolatera... Read More about Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram.