All Outputs (576)

Urban Hedges as Noise Barriers: Does Plant Species Choice Affect Insertion Loss? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Noise in urban environments is responsible for annoyance and adverse health effects. Noise barriers are used to mitigate noise and are effective when properly designed and installed, but provide little visual or biodiversity benefit. Hedges are frequ... Read More about Urban Hedges as Noise Barriers: Does Plant Species Choice Affect Insertion Loss?.

FE Modelling Tibia Bone Vibration - The Influence of Shape, Twist, and Size (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The vibration response of bone has the potential to be used as a measure of bone strength for Osteoporosis detection. Modelling the vibration response requires capturing the shape of the long bones which have several complicated features. Yet modelli... Read More about FE Modelling Tibia Bone Vibration - The Influence of Shape, Twist, and Size.

Prediction of Radiated Structural Noise Using Decomposed Vibro-Acoustic Frequency Response Functions (2024)
Journal Article
Barton, L., Elliott, A., & Smith, J. (in press). Prediction of Radiated Structural Noise Using Decomposed Vibro-Acoustic Frequency Response Functions. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.1125

The manner in which a system radiates noise is dependent upon the resonant behaviour and the forced vibration of the structure. It has been shown previously that the modes of such a system can be identified by performing a singular value decompositio... Read More about Prediction of Radiated Structural Noise Using Decomposed Vibro-Acoustic Frequency Response Functions.

Nonlinear behaviour of lossy acoustic black holes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sound absorption properties of acoustic black holes are studied for high pressure amplitudes. The absorbers consist of thin circular plates, each with a central perforation, separated by annular air cavities. Radius of the perforation of each plate d... Read More about Nonlinear behaviour of lossy acoustic black holes.

sUAS noise characterisation during hovering operations (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the framework of the EPSRC - UK DroneNoise project, a multi-channel methodology for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) noise measurement was applied under controlled conditions. The measurement campaign was carried out during August 2022 in Edze... Read More about sUAS noise characterisation during hovering operations.

Genomic Architecture Predicts Tree Topology, Population Structuring, and Demographic History in Amazonian Birds (2024)
Journal Article
Thom, G., Moreira, L. R., Batista, R., Gehara, M., Aleixo, A., & Smith, B. T. (in press). Genomic Architecture Predicts Tree Topology, Population Structuring, and Demographic History in Amazonian Birds. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(1), evae002. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae002

Geographic barriers are frequently invoked to explain genetic structuring across the landscape. However, inferences on the spatial and temporal origins of population variation have been largely limited to evolutionary neutral models, ignoring the pot... Read More about Genomic Architecture Predicts Tree Topology, Population Structuring, and Demographic History in Amazonian Birds.

Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi-permeable sphere enclosing a solid core (2024)
Journal Article
Selvi, R., & Beg, A. (2024). Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi-permeable sphere enclosing a solid core. ZAMM, https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.202300225

The focus of this article is to study theoretically the steady-axisymmetric creeping flow dynamics of a couple stress fluid external to a semi-permeable sphere containing a solid core. This problem is motivated by emulsion hydrodynamics in chemical e... Read More about Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi-permeable sphere enclosing a solid core.

Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi‐permeable sphere enclosing a solid core (2024)
Journal Article
Selvi, R., & Beg, A. (2024). Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi‐permeable sphere enclosing a solid core. ZAMM, 104(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.202300225

AbstractThe focus of this article is to study theoretically the steady‐axisymmetric creeping flow dynamics of a couple stress fluid external to a semi‐permeable sphere containing a solid core. This problem is motivated by emulsion hydrodynamics in ch... Read More about Mathematical modelling of couple stress fluid flow around a semi‐permeable sphere enclosing a solid core.

Comparing different approaches of agent-based occupancy modelling for predicting realistic electricity consumption in office buildings (2024)
Journal Article

Having a good grasp on modelling the dynamics of occupants for estimating electricity consumption in office buildings is a vital asset for realistic predictions. Nowadays, agent-based models are widely used for this purpose. Previous approaches to mo... Read More about Comparing different approaches of agent-based occupancy modelling for predicting realistic electricity consumption in office buildings.

Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., Hubbard, L., & Watson, H. (2024). Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom. Professional Geographer, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2286591

Post-COVID policymaking has accelerated investment and support for urban greening initiatives. Even prior to the pandemic, we witnessed across the globe an ever-increasing appetite for the idea of bringing nature into the city through parks, allotmen... Read More about Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom.

Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics Contemporary Perspectives from Italy (2024)
Book
Forino, G. (Ed.). (2024). Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics Contemporary Perspectives from Italy. Bristol University Press

From earthquakes to oil spills, Italy is recurrently affected by different kinds of disasters. This book brings a critical perspective to post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, which can impact in both the short- and long- term upon society, poli... Read More about Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics Contemporary Perspectives from Italy.

Host- plasmid network structure in wastewater is linked to antimicrobial resistance genes (2024)
Journal Article
Risely, A., Newbury, A., Stalder, T., Simmons, B. I., Top, E. M., Buckling, A., & Sanders, D. (in press). Host- plasmid network structure in wastewater is linked to antimicrobial resistance genes. Nature Communications, 15(1), 555. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44827-w

As mobile genetic elements, plasmids are central for our understanding of antimicrobial resistance spread in microbial communities. Plasmids can have varying fitness effects on their host bacteria, which will markedly impact their role as antimicrobi... Read More about Host- plasmid network structure in wastewater is linked to antimicrobial resistance genes.

Participant Response Data (2024)
Data

Participant response data from the experiment

Audio Stimuli (2024)
Digital Artefact
Green, N., Martinez, A. J. T., & Romero, C. R. (2024). Audio Stimuli. [Audio]

Drone / UAS Noise stimuli used for Listening Experiment

Sound and Sound Quality Metric Data (2024)
Data

Sound and Sound Quality Metric information about the audio stimuli used within the listening experiment

Retrofit assessment: Getting it right from the start (2024)
Journal Article
Fitton, R., & Swan, W. (2024). Retrofit assessment: Getting it right from the start. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 12(3), 208-217

The UK has some of the oldest buildings in Europe. They are also some of the worst performing in terms of energy performance. In tandem with these issues the UK has committed to making a substantial reduction in CO2 emissions. UK homes are currently... Read More about Retrofit assessment: Getting it right from the start.

An artificial intelligence-based decision support system for early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (2024)
Journal Article

People with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) might struggle with sadness, restlessness, or difficulty speaking, chewing, or swallowing. A diagnosis can be challenging because there is no specific PD test. It is diagnosed by doctors using a... Read More about An artificial intelligence-based decision support system for early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.

Neoclassical influences in the Architectural Language of the Greek Church of the Annunciation, Manchester (2024)
Journal Article

The Greek Church in Manchester stands as a unique
sample of 19th‐century Neoclassical architecture, created by the
cityʹs Greek community. This paper focuses on its design concept
and features, the architectural expression, ornamentation, and
fi... Read More about Neoclassical influences in the Architectural Language of the Greek Church of the Annunciation, Manchester.

Secondary forest buffers the effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bat species following 30 years of passive forest restoration (2024)
Journal Article
Rowley, S., López-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Bobrowiec, P. E. D., & Meyer, C. F. J. (2024). Secondary forest buffers the effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bat species following 30 years of passive forest restoration. Restoration Ecology, e14093. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14093

Passive forest restoration can buffer the effects of habitat loss on biodiversity. We acoustically surveyed aerial insectivorous bats in a whole‐ecosystem fragmentation experiment in the Brazilian Amazon over a 2‐year period, across 33 sites, compris... Read More about Secondary forest buffers the effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bat species following 30 years of passive forest restoration.

Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report (2024)
Report
Fitton, R., Diaz, H., Farmer, D., Henshaw, G., Sitmalidis, A., & Swan, W. (2024). Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report. Salford: ERDF & Innovate UK

This report examines the fabric thermal performance of a prototype home (The Future Home, or TFH) built by Bellway Homes. The home was designed and built to meet the anticipated Future Homes Standard in terms of fabric performance. The research was c... Read More about Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report.