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Autonomous intelligent cruise control using a novel multiple-controller framework incorporating fuzzy-logic-based switching and tuning (2008)
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Abdullah, R., Hussain, A., Warwick, K., & Zayed, A. (2008). Autonomous intelligent cruise control using a novel multiple-controller framework incorporating fuzzy-logic-based switching and tuning. Neurocomputing, 71(13-15), 2727-2741. https://doi.org/10.10

This paper presents a novel intelligent multiple-controller framework incorporating a fuzzy-logic-based switching and tuning supervisor along with a generalised learning model (GLM) for an autonomous cruise control application. The proposed methodolo... Read More about Autonomous intelligent cruise control using a novel multiple-controller framework incorporating fuzzy-logic-based switching and tuning.

Finite Volume Computational Fluid Dynamics Package for Solving Convective Heat Transfer Cases (2008)
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Junaidi, H., Henderson, D., Grassie, T., Currie, J., & Muneer, T. (2008). Finite Volume Computational Fluid Dynamics Package for Solving Convective Heat Transfer Cases. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 36(2), 92-112. https://doi.

Computational fl uid dynamics (CFD) has brought a step change in the fi eld of fl ow analysis, particularly in the areas of fl uid dynamics and heat transfer, which are intertwined. It has carved a niche in applications where, a decade back, experi... Read More about Finite Volume Computational Fluid Dynamics Package for Solving Convective Heat Transfer Cases.

Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push-pull strategies (2008)
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Pearson, M. (2008). Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push-pull strategies. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59(4), 494-502. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602314

We outline recent work identifying an equilibrium solution in a supply chain network. The solution overcomes some difficulties associated with the bullwhip effect through limited cooperation and coordination along edges (links) in the supply chain ne... Read More about Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push-pull strategies.

User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery (2008)
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Tucker, M., & Smith, A. (2008). User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery. Facilities, 26(5/6), 196-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770810864989

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of user perceptions within an organisational context, and more specifically, how user perceptions are evidenced and positively applied within facilities management (FM). Design/methodolog... Read More about User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery.

Automated responsive web services evolution through generative aspect-oriented component adaptation (2008)
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Liu, X., Feng, Y., & Kerridge, J. (2008). Automated responsive web services evolution through generative aspect-oriented component adaptation. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 31(1/2), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCAT.2008.017721

When building service oriented systems, it is often the case that existing web services do not perfectly match user requirements in target systems. To achieve smooth integration and high reusability of web services, mechanisms to support automated ev... Read More about Automated responsive web services evolution through generative aspect-oriented component adaptation.

A Generalized Modified Suzuki Model with Sectored and Inhomogeneous Diffuse Scattering Component (2008)
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Karadimas, P., & Kotsopoulos, S. A. (2008). A Generalized Modified Suzuki Model with Sectored and Inhomogeneous Diffuse Scattering Component. Wireless Personal Communications, 47(4), 449-469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9493-2

This paper presents a mixture stochastic process by multiplying a Weibull process with a lognormal one. The first one models the possible scattering non-uniformities of the channel, whereas the second accounts for the slow term variations of the loca... Read More about A Generalized Modified Suzuki Model with Sectored and Inhomogeneous Diffuse Scattering Component.

Closed-loop tracking control of a pendulum-riven cart-pole underactuated system (2008)
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Yu, H., Liu, Y., & Yang, T. (2008). Closed-loop tracking control of a pendulum-riven cart-pole underactuated system. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 222(2), 109-125. https://doi.o

This paper investigates a new modelling and control issue: the tracking control problem of underactuated dynamic systems by using a special example – a pendulum-driven cart-pole system. A dynamic model of a pendulum-driven cart-pole system is firstly... Read More about Closed-loop tracking control of a pendulum-riven cart-pole underactuated system.

Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes (2008)
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Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008). Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes. Medical Hypotheses, 70(4), 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.001

We argue that the most ambitious science is intrinsically riskier science, more likely to fail. It is almost always a safer career strategy for the best scientists to seek to extend knowledge more modestly and to build incrementally on existing ideas... Read More about Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes.

Design An Integrated Oscillator/Antenna (2008)
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Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Excell, P., Ghorbani, A., & McEwan, N. (2008). Design An Integrated Oscillator/Antenna. Microwaves & RF, 47(3), 59-66

This design tightly integrated an active oscillator with a microstrip patch antenna for miniaturization in WLAN, Bluetooth, and other 2.45-GHz systems.

Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance (2008)
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Trewin, S., Keates, S., & Moffatt, K. (2008). Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 3(1-2), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483100701273128

Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new click assistance technique, Steady Clicks, designed to help computer users with motor impairments to click more accurately using a mouse. Specifically, Steady Clicks suppresses two types of errors:... Read More about Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance.

Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road (2008)
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Stradling, S. G. (2008). Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road. Behavioural Research in Road Safety, 63-69

Driving:is a skill-based, socially regulated, expressive activity involving balancing capability and task difficulty to avoid loss of control, along with real time negotiation with co-present transient others with whom the driver is presently sharing... Read More about Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road.

Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry (2008)
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Vijaykumar, G., & Chakrabarti, A. (2008). Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8(1), Article 011004. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2840776

Product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of knowledge needs of designers, and many tools and methods have been proposed to support these needs. However, adoption of these methods in industry is minimal. This may be due to an inadeq... Read More about Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry.

Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor (2008)
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Kourkoulis, S., Papanicolopulos, S., Marinelli, A., & Vayas, I. (2008). Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor. Bautechnik / Structural Engineering, 85(2), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1

In restoration works of antique Greek temples individual marble blocks are connected together to form a single element, e.g. an architrave. Due to the demand of reversibility of the intervention, this is done in the Acropolis of Athens by means of ti... Read More about Restaurierung antiker Tempel: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Ausziehverhalten von Verankerungen im Marmor.

Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments (2008)
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Clarke, P., Muneer, T., Davidson, A., & Kubie, J. (2008). Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 222(1), 61-

Growing concerns of global warming has spurred a rapid growth in micro-renewable technologies. Technologies, which can be integrated into building structures, such as photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, are a popular choice with clients and insta... Read More about Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments.

Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. (2008)
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Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. Integration, the VSLI Journal, 41, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2007.02.001

Dual forms of Reed-Muller (DFRM) are implemented in OR/XNOR forms, which are based on the features of coincidence operation. Map folding and transformation techniques are proposed for the conversion between Boolean and DFRM expansions. However, map t... Read More about Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion..

Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future (2008)
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Hart, E., & Timmis, J. (2008). Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future. Applied Soft Computing, 8(1), 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2006.12.004

After a decade of research into the area of artificial immune systems, it is worthwhile to take a step back and reflect on the contributions that the paradigm has brought to the application areas to which it has been applied. Undeniably, there have... Read More about Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future.

Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells (2008)
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Eom, S. H., Senthilarasu, S., Uthirakumar, P., Hong, C., Lee, Y., Lim, J., …Lee, S. (2008). Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Sol

Less-populated and well-isolated ZnO nanorods were prepared from a simple solution method by using polyethylene glycol (PEG) surfactant molecules. The structural and morphological information provided by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission sca... Read More about Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells.

‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA (2008)
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Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008). ‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA. Medical Hypotheses, 70(3), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.

It is sometimes asserted that UK science is thriving, at other times that it has declined. We suggest that both assertions are partly true because the UK is thriving with respect to the volume of ‘normal’ science production but at the same time decli... Read More about ‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA.

Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications (2008)
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Chavhan, S., Senthilarasu, S., & Lee, S. (2008). Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications. Applied Surface Science, 254(15), 4539-4545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.01.054

Herein is a report of a study on a Cd1−xZnxS thin film grown on an ITO substrate using a chemical bath deposition technique. The as-deposited films were annealed in air at 400 °C for 30 min. The composition, surface morphology and structural properti... Read More about Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications.