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Factors Affecting the Piezoelectric Performance of Ceramic-Polymer Composites: A Comprehensive Review (2021)
Journal Article
Eltouby, P., Shyha, I., Li, C., & Khaliq, J. (2021). Factors Affecting the Piezoelectric Performance of Ceramic-Polymer Composites: A Comprehensive Review. Ceramics International, 47(13), 17813-17825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.03.126

Over the past few decades, piezoelectric materials have emerged as one of the powerful platforms for energy harvesting applications. Nowadays, they offer sustainable solutions for high-performance, low-power electronic devices required in numerous in... Read More about Factors Affecting the Piezoelectric Performance of Ceramic-Polymer Composites: A Comprehensive Review.

A Comprehensive Review on Available/Existing Renewable Energy Systems in Malaysia and Comparison of Their Capability of Electricity Generation in Malaysia (2021)
Book Chapter
Afrouzi, H. N., Wimalaratna, Y. P., Ahmed, J., Mehranzamir, K., Liew, S. C., Wooi, C.-L., & Siddiquea, B. M. (2021). A Comprehensive Review on Available/Existing Renewable Energy Systems in Malaysia and Comparison of Their Capability of Electricity Generation in Malaysia. In L.-S. Wang, W. Cao, & S.-B. Hu (Eds.), Entropy and Exergy in Renewable Energy. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96586

Malaysia is one of the fastest emerging and developing countries in the world. To drive the economical workhorse, large amounts of power is required. The power demand has risen to 156,003 GWh per year in the year 2016, almost 30,000 GWh more than 5 y... Read More about A Comprehensive Review on Available/Existing Renewable Energy Systems in Malaysia and Comparison of Their Capability of Electricity Generation in Malaysia.

Effect of Distance to Trauma Centre, Trauma Centre Level, and Trauma Centre Region on Fatal Injuries among Motorcyclists in Taiwan (2021)
Journal Article
Wiratama, B. S., Chen, P.-L., Chao, C.-J., Wang, M.-H., Saleh, W., Lin, H.-A., & Pai, C.-W. (2021). Effect of Distance to Trauma Centre, Trauma Centre Level, and Trauma Centre Region on Fatal Injuries among Motorcyclists in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), Article 2998. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062998

Background: Studies have suggested that trauma centre-related risk factors, such as distance to the nearest trauma hospital, are strong predictors of fatal injuries among motorists. Few studies have used a national dataset to study the effect of trau... Read More about Effect of Distance to Trauma Centre, Trauma Centre Level, and Trauma Centre Region on Fatal Injuries among Motorcyclists in Taiwan.

User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building (2021)
Journal Article
Pestana, T., Flores-Colen, I., Duarte Pinheiro, M., & Masoud Sajjadian, S. (2021). User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building. Infrastructures, 6(3), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures6030045

A holistic understanding of the correlations between supply and demand in buildings forms the basis for their performance assessment. This paper aims to reinterpret a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that influence users’ satisfaction from di... Read More about User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building.

Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt (2021)
Journal Article
Paterson, W. D., Moss, S. E., Ryan, M., Currie, J., McCafferty, D. J., & Thompson, D. (2021). Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94(3), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1086/713958

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) live in cold temperate or polar seas and molt annually, renewing their fur over a period of approximately four weeks. Epidermal processes at this time require a warm skin and therefore to avoid an excessive energy cost a... Read More about Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt.

Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing (2021)
Book
Stanton, N. A., Revell, K. M. A., & Langdon, P. (Eds.). (2021). Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003050841

Driving automation and autonomy are already upon us and the problems that were predicted twenty years ago are beginning to appear. These problems include shortfalls in expected benefits, equipment unreliability, driver skill fade, and error-inducing... Read More about Designing Interaction and Interfaces for Automated Vehicles: User-Centred Ecological Design and Testing.

Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities (2021)
Book Chapter
Olawumi, T. O., Saka, A. B., Chan, D. W. M., & Jayasena, N. S. (2021). Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities. In E. Manu, & J. Akotia (Eds.), Secondary Research Methods in the Built Environment (147-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003000532-11

Over the years, there has been an increase in research outputs in the built environment leading to the need to make meaning out of this increasingly large corpus of research. The use of manual desktop review has been criticised for its lack of rigour... Read More about Scientometric review and analysis: A case example of smart buildings and smart cities.

A circular economy: where will it take us? (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, J., & Pomponi, F. (2021). A circular economy: where will it take us?. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00013-4

The avalanche of environmental challenges, from local to global and back, has prompted responses at all levels from personal to inter-governmental. The results of these responses have fallen in the range between useful and counterproductive, with man... Read More about A circular economy: where will it take us?.

A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools (2021)
Journal Article
Salemdeeb, R., Saint, R., Clark, W., Lenaghan, M., Pratt, K., & Millar, F. (2021). A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools. Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 3, Article 100019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resenv.2021.100019

Environmental footprinting, underpinned by systematic life-cycle thinking, is increasingly seen as a critical concept for designing policies to fight climate change. The holistic nature of a life-cycle approach, built using the principles of Life Cyc... Read More about A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools.

Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia (2021)
Journal Article
Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2021). Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia. Building and Environment, 195, Article 107746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107746

Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This goal is particularly important in global cities where public places are shared with diverse communities. The suc... Read More about Effects of cultural diversity and climatic background on outdoor thermal perception in Melbourne city, Australia.