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Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Mei, T., Zhang, J., & Li, H. (2016). Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 65(3), 1121-1129. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2015.2407575

This paper presents a design methodology for the development of self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for rail vehicles. It firstly investigates the energy flows in the active lateral secondary suspensions and analyzes the conditions for... Read More about Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles.

Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments (2015)
Journal Article
Yan, H., Huang, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226(66), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2296-7

Suspended sediments can decrease the apparent bio-concentration factor of organic pollutants through adsorption. However, whether this process also weakens the toxicity of organic pollutants to non-target aquatic organisms is not clear. Therefore, na... Read More about Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments.

Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Jin, L., Li, S., Xie, J., Yang, F., Duan, J., …Wang, H. (2015). Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 31(6), 634-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2014.12.003

Two types of ordered InP nanowire arrays have been prepared on the same anodic aluminum oxide template by a template-assisted metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition technique. When using template with an appropriate pore size, free-standing wires... Read More about Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells.

Novel metered aerosol valve (2015)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Hawthorne, G., & Goldberg, T. (2016). Novel metered aerosol valve. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230(10), 1557-1568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406215572839

The design and performance of a new valving mechanism for portable pressurized spraying devices is described, where
the propellant in the device is a safe gas (so-called compressed gas) propellant rather than the current liquefied gases all
of whic... Read More about Novel metered aerosol valve.

With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., O'Hare, J., Fairchild, A., Campion, S., Moore, C., Aspin, R., …Tecchia, F. (2015). With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 9(3), 562-574. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTSP.2015.2402635

We introduce withyou, our telepresence research platform. A systematic explanation of the theory brings together the linked nature of non-verbal communication and how it is influenced by technology. This leads to functional requirements for teleprese... Read More about With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction.

A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding (2015)
Journal Article
Gromski, P., Muhamadali, H., Ellis, D., Xu, Y., Correa, E., Turner, M., & Goodacre, R. (2015). A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding. Analytica Chimica Acta, 879, 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2015.02.012

The predominance of partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) used to analyze metabolomics datasets (indeed, it is the most well-known tool to perform classification and regression in metabolomics), can be said to have led to the point tha... Read More about A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding.

Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions (2015)
Journal Article
Allwood, J., Chandra, S., Xu, Y., Dunn, W., Correa, E., Hopkins, L., …Bowsher, C. (2015). Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions. Phytochemistry, 115, 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.01.007

The control and interaction between nitrogen and carbon assimilatory pathways is essential in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissue in order to support metabolic processes without compromising growth. Physiological differences between the... Read More about Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions.

Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater (2015)
Journal Article
Dzakpasu, M., Scholz, M., McCarthy, V., & Jordan, S. (2015). Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater. Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12107

This study quantified the contributions of different P removal pathways in an integrated constructed wetland (ICW) treating domestic wastewater. Findings over the study period (February 2008 to March 2012) showed average P retention rates of 31 ± 2 m... Read More about Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater.

Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Isawi, R., Sani, A., Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons. Water Science and Technology, 71(6), 938-946. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.054

The aim was to compare the impact of different design (aggregate size) and operational (contact time, empty time and chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading) variables on the long-term and seasonal performance of vertical-flow constructed wetland filter... Read More about Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons.

Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection (2015)
Journal Article
Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2015). Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(2), 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2315042

Price manipulation refers to the activities of those traders who use carefully designed trading behaviors to manually push up or down the underlying equity prices for making profits. With increasing volumes and frequency of trading, price manipulatio... Read More about Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection.

A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England (2015)
Journal Article
Shield, B., Conetta, R., Dockrell, J., Connolly, D., Cox, T., & Mydlarz, C. (2015). A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904528

An acoustic survey of secondary schools in England has been undertaken. Room acoustic parameters and background noise levels were measured in 185 unoccupied spaces in 13 schools to provide information on the typical acoustic environment of secondary... Read More about A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England.

Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review (2015)
Journal Article
Meyer, D., Chazarenc, F., Claveau-Mallet, D., Dittmer, U., Forquet, N., Molle, P., …Langergraber, G. (2015). Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review. Ecological Engineering, 80, 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.031

During the last two decades a couple of models were developed for constructed wetlands with differing purposes. Meanwhile the usage of this kind of tool is generally accepted, but the misuse of the models still confirms the skepticism. Generally some... Read More about Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review.

Experimental verification of lift enhancement of laminar flow airfoil RG15 in low reynolds number boundary layers (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ariff, O., Salami, E., Teh, W., Sajjad, K., & Go, T. (2015, January). Experimental verification of lift enhancement of laminar flow airfoil RG15 in low reynolds number boundary layers. Presented at 12th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), Islamabad, Pakistan

Dynamic soaring is a cyclic manoeuvre practiced by RC glider pilots and marine avian species which utilises wind gradients on the leeward side of geophysical features to increase flight speed. The technique has been characterized by extraordinary lif... Read More about Experimental verification of lift enhancement of laminar flow airfoil RG15 in low reynolds number boundary layers.

An architecture to support ultrasound report generation and standardisation (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Zulkarnain, N., Crofts, G., & Meziane, F. (2015, January). An architecture to support ultrasound report generation and standardisation. Presented at 8th International Conference on Health Informatics, Lisbon, Portuga

Ultrasound reports are developed in different ways by clinicians and radiologists. These variations in
reporting style, content and format could impact on the value of the report and the way it is interpreted,
which in turn have implications on pa... Read More about An architecture to support ultrasound report generation and standardisation.

EECD : a code dissemination protocol in a WSN-based Home Energy Management System (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, Q., Shen, J., Xiao, B., Wang, B., & Linge, N. (2015, January). EECD : a code dissemination protocol in a WSN-based Home Energy Management System. Presented at 2015 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV USA

A WSN enabled Home Energy Management System (HEMS) can achieve user behaviour change by providing real-time feedback of domestic energy consumption. However, features in collecting nodes within HEMS Systems need to change to allow new working pattern... Read More about EECD : a code dissemination protocol in a WSN-based Home Energy Management System.

Key parameters of air breathing two-stroke combustion engines for integration into small scale UAVs (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ariff, O., Salami, E., & Romli, F. (2015, January). Key parameters of air breathing two-stroke combustion engines for integration into small scale UAVs. Presented at 53rd American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Sciences Conference, Kissimmee, Florida

The advent of low cost civilian small scale UAV has resulted in the extension of the limits of range and endurance. Among the many design parameters, the selection of powerplants and propellers for optimal range and endurance is dependent upon known... Read More about Key parameters of air breathing two-stroke combustion engines for integration into small scale UAVs.

Do on-farm natural, restored, managed and constructed wetlands mitigate agricultural pollution in Great Britain and Ireland? (2015)
Report
Newman, J., Acreman, M., Palmer-Felgate, E., Verhoeven, J., Scholz, M., & Maltby, E. (2015). Do on-farm natural, restored, managed and constructed wetlands mitigate agricultural pollution in Great Britain and Ireland?

Wetlands in agricultural landscapes offer a number of benefits to the landscape function in which they are set, reducing nutrient runoff, providing additional habitat mosaics and offering various ecosystem services. They require careful planning and... Read More about Do on-farm natural, restored, managed and constructed wetlands mitigate agricultural pollution in Great Britain and Ireland?.

Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes (2015)
Book Chapter
Talebi, J., Dehghantanha, A., & Ramlan, M. (2015). Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes. In Computational Forensics (145-162). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20125-2_13

All operating systems are employing some sort of logging mechanism to track and note users activities and Microsoft Windows is not an exception. Log Analysis is one of the important parts of Windows forensics process. The Windows event log system int... Read More about Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes.

Optimization of multi-zone unconventional (shale) gas reservoir using hydraulic fracturing technique (2015)
Journal Article
Amadi, F., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2015). Optimization of multi-zone unconventional (shale) gas reservoir using hydraulic fracturing technique

Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most important stimulation techniques available to the petroleum engineer to extract hydrocarbons in tight gas sandstones. It allows more oil and gas production in tight reservoirs as compared to conventional means.... Read More about Optimization of multi-zone unconventional (shale) gas reservoir using hydraulic fracturing technique.

Integration of Nano CT and SEM in study of Marcellus Shale Heterogeneity (2015)
Journal Article
Amadi, F., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2015). Integration of Nano CT and SEM in study of Marcellus Shale Heterogeneity. Journal of petroleum engineering & technology (Online), 5(3), 39-51

The increase in exploration and production in Shale gas reservoir, and few studies so far reported regarding the general topology of tight reservoir, it is now imperative to critically understand the complexities surrounding the geology of Shale rese... Read More about Integration of Nano CT and SEM in study of Marcellus Shale Heterogeneity.