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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.

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.

Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier (2018)
Journal Article
Tharwat, A., Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., & Elhoseny, M. (2018). Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 71, 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2018.07.049

Measuring toxicity is one of the most important steps to develop a new drug. During the drug development, animals are widely used to investigate the toxic effects by exposing them to the toxicants. Zebrafish embryo is one of the most suitable animals... Read More about Automated toxicity test model based on a bio-inspired technique and AdaBoost classifier.

Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Hazaimeh, O., Al-Nawashi, M., & Saraee, M. (2019). Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78(6), 7029-7053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-6401-y

In recent years, object detection and classification has been gaining more attention, thus, there are several human object detection algorithms being used to locate and recognize human objects in images. The research of image processing and analyzing... Read More about Geometrical-based approach for robust human image detection.

An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ahangar Asr, A., & Javadi, A. (2018, August). An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils UNSAT2018, Hong Kong, China

Effective stress parameter affects the stress equation and is implemented to calculate the effective stress value which directly influences deformations and failures in unsaturated soils. Evolutionary polynomial regression is a data mining-based tech... Read More about An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils.

Stabilizing biopolymers in water-based drilling fluids at high temperature using antioxidants, a formate salt, and polyglycol (2018)
Journal Article

Biopolymers degrade in water-based drilling fluids when exposed to high temperatures for some time, thus leading to hole-cleaning problems such as stuck pipe. To stabilise biopolymers in drilling fluids, the mechanisms by which they degrade at elevat... Read More about Stabilizing biopolymers in water-based drilling fluids at high temperature using antioxidants, a formate salt, and polyglycol.

Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Cui, S., Belguith, S., Zhang, M., Asghar, M., & Russello, G. (2018, July). Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search. Presented at International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), Hangzhou, China

Outsourcing sensitive data and operations to untrusted cloud providers is considered a challenging issue. To
perform a search operation, even if both the data and the query are encrypted, attackers still can learn which data locations match the quer... Read More about Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search.

Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Oyewale, A., Hughes, C., & Saraee, M. (2018, July). Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm. Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Advances in Information Mining and Management, Barcelona, Spain

In order to succeed in the global competition, organizations need to understand and monitor the rate of data influx. The acquisition of continuous data has been extremely outstretched as a concern in many fields. Recently, frequent patterns in data s... Read More about Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm.

The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems (2018)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. (2019). The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems. Wave Motion, 87, 4-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2018.07.003

In this paper, a new Boundary Integral Equation (BIE) is proposed for solution of the scalar Helmholtz equation. Applications include acoustic scattering problems, as occur in room acoustics and outdoor and underwater sound propagation. It draws toge... Read More about The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems.

An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Oleiwi, H., Wang, Y., Xiang, N., Augusthus Nelson, L., Chen, X., & Shabalin, I. (2018, July). An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement. Presented at Sixth International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, University of Leeds, UK

Electrical resistivity, a measurable parameter of the state of concrete, plays an important role in the assessment of reinforced concrete structures. An experimental study using two-electrode method has been conducted to evaluate the resistivity of P... Read More about An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement.

pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli (2018)
Journal Article
AlRabiah, H., Allwood, J., Correa, E., Xu, Y., & Goodacre, R. (2018). pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE, 13(7), e0200272. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200272

Metabolomics-based approaches were applied to understand interactions of trimethoprim with Escherichia coli K-12 at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC≈0.2, 0.03 and 0.003 mg L-1). Trimethoprim inhibits dihydrofolate reductase and thereby is a... Read More about pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli.

Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems (2018)
Journal Article
Zahedi-Hosseini, F., Scarf, P., & Syntetos, A. (2018). Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 48(Part A), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2018.06.002

We model a joint inspection and spare parts inventory policy for maintaining machines in a parallel system, where simultaneous downtime seriously impacts upon production performance and has a significant financial consequence. This dependency between... Read More about Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems.

High pressure Raman, optical absorption, and resistivity study of SrCrO4 (2018)
Journal Article
Hakeem, M., Jackson, D., Hamlin, J., Errandonea, D., Proctor, J., & Bettinelli, M. (2018). High pressure Raman, optical absorption, and resistivity study of SrCrO4. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(13), 7550-7557. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00268

We studied the electronic and vibrational properties of monazite-type SrCrO4 under compression. The study extended the pressure range of previous studies from 26 to 58 GPa. The existence of two previously reported phase transitions was confirmed at 9... Read More about High pressure Raman, optical absorption, and resistivity study of SrCrO4.

Experimental & numerical simulation of soil boundary conditions under dynamic effects (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Qaftan, O., Weekes, L., Toma-Sabbagh, T., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2018, June). Experimental & numerical simulation of soil boundary conditions under dynamic effects. Presented at 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), Thessaloniki, Greece

When conducting earthquake simulation tests, one of the main concerns is the modelling of boundary effects created by artificial boundaries of a soil model container. The function of this soil container is to hold the soil in place during the excitat... Read More about Experimental & numerical simulation of soil boundary conditions under dynamic effects.

Numerical investigation of unloading effects due to excavation of geometrically non-homogeneous stratified rock masses using finite element analysis (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sauffisseau, R., & Ahangar Asr, A. (2018, June). Numerical investigation of unloading effects due to excavation of geometrically non-homogeneous stratified rock masses using finite element analysis. Presented at 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) & 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7), Glasgow, UK

With the growth of population in the cities and the lack of land nearby, buildings are now reaching heights and depths (basements) demanding larger and deeper foundations. These excavations cause the unloading of the ground in some directions which c... Read More about Numerical investigation of unloading effects due to excavation of geometrically non-homogeneous stratified rock masses using finite element analysis.

Numerical analysis of the influence of cavities on seepage through earth dams (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Alateya, H., & Ahangar Asr, A. (2018, June). Numerical analysis of the influence of cavities on seepage through earth dams. Presented at 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) & 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7), Glasgow, UK

Seepage through earth dams is one of the main reasons of sudden earth dam failures through weakening the earth dam structure and the piping phenomenon. Cavities existence under the hydraulic structures can lead to heavy structural financial damages a... Read More about Numerical analysis of the influence of cavities on seepage through earth dams.

Double-MRT lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection in a C-shaped heat exchanger (2018)
Journal Article
Rahimi, A., Dehghan Saee, A., Baghban, A., Kasaeipoor, A., Ashrafi, H., & Malekshah, E. (2018). Double-MRT lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection in a C-shaped heat exchanger. Powder Technology, 336, 465-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2018.06.012

The hydrothermal analysis of a C-shaped heat exchanger during the natural convection phenomenon is carried out. The heat exchanger is filled with Al2O3-EG/W (60,40 vol%) nanofluid. The thermo-physical properties of nanofluid, thermal conductivity and... Read More about Double-MRT lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection in a C-shaped heat exchanger.

Evaluating the effect of multi-tenancy patterns in containerized cloud-hosted content management system (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Multi-tenancy in cloud computing describes the extent to which resources can be shared while guaranteeing isolation among components (tenants) using these resources. There are three multi-tenancy patterns: shared, tenant-isolated and dedicated compon... Read More about Evaluating the effect of multi-tenancy patterns in containerized cloud-hosted content management system.