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Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice (2022)
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Götschi, T., Davis, A., & Racioppi, F. (2022). Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice. Bonn, Germany: WHO Europe

Active travel modes, especially walking and cycling, are now recognized by many as modes that are fully equal to other urban transport modes, integrated in planning frameworks, and adopted as part of the mainstream – not just in trailblazer countries... Read More about Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice.

High-Qf value and temperature stable Zn2+-Mn4+ cooperated modified cordierite-based microwave and millimeter-wave dielectric ceramics (2022)
Journal Article
Xiu, Z., Mao, M., Lu, Z., Huang, Z., Qi, Z., Bafrooei, H. B., Zhou, T., Wang, D., Lin, H., Taheri-nassaj, E., & Song, K. (2022). High-Qf value and temperature stable Zn2+-Mn4+ cooperated modified cordierite-based microwave and millimeter-wave dielectric ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(13), 5712-5717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.082

Cordierite-based dielectric ceramics with a lower dielectric constant would have significant application potential as dielectric resonator and filter materials for future ultra-low-latency 5G/6G millimeter-wave and terahertz communication. In this ar... Read More about High-Qf value and temperature stable Zn2+-Mn4+ cooperated modified cordierite-based microwave and millimeter-wave dielectric ceramics.

A New Beamforming Approach Using 60 GHz Antenna Arrays for Multi-Beams 5G Applications (2022)
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Al-Sadoon, M. A. G., Patwary, M. N., Zahedi, Y., Parchin, N. O., Aldelemy, A., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). A New Beamforming Approach Using 60 GHz Antenna Arrays for Multi-Beams 5G Applications. Electronics, 11(11), Article 1739. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11111739

Recent studies and research have centred on new solutions in different elements and stages to the increasing energy and data rate demands for the fifth generation and beyond (B5G). Based on a new-efficient digital beamforming approach for 5G wireless... Read More about A New Beamforming Approach Using 60 GHz Antenna Arrays for Multi-Beams 5G Applications.

Evaluation of the Effect of a Combined Chemical and Thermal Modification of Wood though the Use of Bicine and Tricine (2022)
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Jones, D., Kržišnik, D., Hočevar, M., Zagar, A., Humar, M., Popescu, C.-M., Popescu, M.-C., Brischke, C., Nunes, L., Curling, S. F., Ormondroyd, G., & Sandberg, D. (2022). Evaluation of the Effect of a Combined Chemical and Thermal Modification of Wood though the Use of Bicine and Tricine. Forests, 13(6), Article 834. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060834

The effects of thermal modification of wood have been well established, particularly in terms of reductions in mechanical performance. In recent years, there has been an increase in studies related to the Maillard reaction. More commonly associated w... Read More about Evaluation of the Effect of a Combined Chemical and Thermal Modification of Wood though the Use of Bicine and Tricine.

Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT)-Substrate Medium Systems (2022)
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Limkatanyu, S., Sae-Long, W., Sedighi, H. M., Rungamornrat, J., Sukontasukkul, P., Imjai, T., & Zhang, H. (2022). Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT)-Substrate Medium Systems. Nanomaterials, 12(10), Article 1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12101740

This paper proposes a novel nanobar-substrate medium model for static and free vibration analyses of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) systems embedded in the elastic substrate medium. The modified strain-gradient elasticity theory is utilized to... Read More about Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT)-Substrate Medium Systems.

Learning-based Robust Bipartite Consensus Control for a Class of Multiagent Systems (2022)
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Zhao, H., Shan, J., Peng, L., & Yu, H. (2023). Learning-based Robust Bipartite Consensus Control for a Class of Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 70(4), 4068-4076. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2022.3174275

This paper studies the robust bipartite consensus problems for heterogeneous nonlinear nonaffine discrete-time multi-agent systems (MASs) with fixed and switching topologies against data dropout and unknown disturbances. At first, the controlled syst... Read More about Learning-based Robust Bipartite Consensus Control for a Class of Multiagent Systems.

Using Deep Neural Networks to Classify Symbolic Road Markings for Autonomous Vehicles (2022)
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Suarez-Mash, D., Ghani, A., See, C. H., Keates, S., & Yu, H. (2022). Using Deep Neural Networks to Classify Symbolic Road Markings for Autonomous Vehicles. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 9(31), Article e2. https://doi.org/10.4108/eetinis.v9i31.985

To make autonomous cars as safe as feasible for all road users, it is essential to interpret as many sources of trustworthy information as possible. There has been substantial research into interpreting objects such as traffic lights and pedestrian i... Read More about Using Deep Neural Networks to Classify Symbolic Road Markings for Autonomous Vehicles.

High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2022)
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Sheikh, M. S., Ghosh, A., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., Ghosh, H., & Sinha, T. (2022). High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Journal of Electronic Materials, 51, 4281-4287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09681-w

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology, with its low-cost simple fabrication process and promising photovoltaic performance, has become a potential candidate for solar energy conversion. Recently, perovskite oxide-based photoanodes, with the pot... Read More about High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

A New mmWave Antenna Array with Wideband Characteristics for Next Generation Communication Systems (2022)
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Munir, M. E., Al Harbi, A. G., Kiani, S. H., Marey, M., Parchin, N. O., Mostafa, H., Iqbal, J., Abbas Khan, M., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). A New mmWave Antenna Array with Wideband Characteristics for Next Generation Communication Systems. Electronics, 11(10), Article 1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11101560

This paper presents a planar multi-circular loop antenna with wide impedance bandwidth for next generation mm-wave systems. The proposed antenna comprises three circular rings with a partial ground plane having a square slot. The resonating structure... Read More about A New mmWave Antenna Array with Wideband Characteristics for Next Generation Communication Systems.

Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications (2022)
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Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., Batili, H., & Toprak, M. (2022). Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 287, Article 126250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126250

An epsilon-negative metamaterial (ENM) containing core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) was designed, where silver (Ag) NPs served as core and silica (SiO2) was used as spacer shell. AgNPs were synthesized in large scale, using microwave-a... Read More about Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications.