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Electromagnetic Field Computation for Power Transmission Lines Using Quasi-Static Sub-Gridding Finite-Difference Time-Domain Approach (2013)
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Ramli, K. N., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Atojoko, A., Noras, J. M., & Excell, P. S. (2014). Electromagnetic Field Computation for Power Transmission Lines Using Quasi-Static Sub-Gridding Finite-Difference Time-Domain Approach. Electromagnetics, 34(1

A new approach to the modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation and penetration in and around electrically small objects is presented. The traveling electromagnetic wave from a source is simulated by the finite-difference time-domain solution of M... Read More about Electromagnetic Field Computation for Power Transmission Lines Using Quasi-Static Sub-Gridding Finite-Difference Time-Domain Approach.

Simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery: Optimal integration between heat and work (2013)
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Onishi, V. C., Ravagnani, M. A. S. S., & Caballero, J. A. (2014). Simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery: Optimal integration between heat and work. AIChE journal, 60(3), 893-908. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14314

The optimal integration between heat and work may significantly reduce the energy demand and consequently the process cost. This article introduces a new mathematical model for the simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger networks (HENs), in which th... Read More about Simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery: Optimal integration between heat and work.

Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands (2013)
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Climente-Alarcon, V., Antonino-Daviu, J. A., Vedreno-Santos, F., & Puche-Panadero, R. (2013). Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 49(6), 2576-2582. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.20

In recent years, the study of transients of induction motors for diagnosis purposes has gained strength in order to overcome some inherent problems of the classical diagnosis of such machines, which uses Fourier analysis of steady-state quantities. N... Read More about Vibration Transient Detection of Broken Rotor Bars by PSH Sidebands.

The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. (2013)
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Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2013). The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. Transport Policy, 30, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.010

The port regionalisation concept extended earlier spatial models of port development with a focus on institutional relationships governing the complexity of inland connections. The concept accounts for the fact that modern ports operate in an increas... Read More about The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation..

Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model (2013)
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Auernhammer, J. M., & Hall, H. (2014). Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model. Journal of Information Science, 40(2), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551513508356

This paper draws on findings from an in-depth case study of practices related to the meeting of organisational goals pertinent to knowledge creation, creativity and innovation performance. Overall a mixed methods approach that used both quantitative... Read More about Organizational culture in knowledge creation, creativity and innovation: Towards the Freiraum model.

A novel mortality model for acute alcoholic hepatitis including variables recorded after admission to hospital (2013)
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Mazzocco, T., Hussain, A., Hussain, S., & Shah, A. A. (2014). A novel mortality model for acute alcoholic hepatitis including variables recorded after admission to hospital. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 44, 132-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbio

Severe forms of alcoholic hepatitis in patients with alcoholic liver disease are associated with high mortality; it is therefore vital to identify those patients at greatest risk of mortality in 28 days as they may benefit from aggressive interventio... Read More about A novel mortality model for acute alcoholic hepatitis including variables recorded after admission to hospital.

Financial anatomy of E4 Helsinki-Lahti shadow toll PPP-project (2013)
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Leviäkangas, P., Wigan, M., & Haapasalo, H. (2013). Financial anatomy of E4 Helsinki-Lahti shadow toll PPP-project. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 3(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-04-2012-0017

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the returns to the investors and the state in private finance of road infrastructure. It uses an empirical case of the E4 Helsinki-Lahti road, which was built in 1995-1999 in Finland as the first... Read More about Financial anatomy of E4 Helsinki-Lahti shadow toll PPP-project.

Blue sky thinking? (2013)
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Hamoudi, J., & Cruickshank, P. (2013). Blue sky thinking?. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 18-22

Review of the results of research into the factors that influence legal firms considering whether to adopt cloud-based IT solutions. The article can be read for free here: http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/58-11/1013300.aspx

Structural design with Accoya wood (2013)
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Crawford, D., Bongers, F., Alexander, J., Marcroft, J., Bongers, F., Alexander, J., …Hairstans, R. (2013). Structural design with Accoya wood. International Wood Products Journal, 4(3), 172-176. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042645313y.0000000041

The benefits from acetylation of wood to enhance resistance against fungal decay and dimensional stability have been known for many years. Since 2007 Accsys Technologies has been commercially producing Accoya wood that is based on acetylation of Radi... Read More about Structural design with Accoya wood.

A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material (2013)
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Manjakkal, L., Cvejin, K., Kulawik, J., Zaraska, K., & Szwagierczak, D. (2013). A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material. Nano Hybrids, 5, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/nh.5.1

Fresh water deficiency caused by climate change calls for employing novel measures to ensure safety of drinking water supply. Wireless sensor networks can be used for monitoring hydrological conditions across wide area, allowing flow forecasting and... Read More about A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material.

The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes. (2013)
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Ghashat, H., & Cullinane, K. (2013). The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 8, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.03.005

The landlord and regulatory functions at Libya's container ports are currently administered and controlled by a national port authority, while the Socialist Ports Company is responsible for operational functions. This paper comprehensively describes... Read More about The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes..

Activity profiles of soccer players during the 2010 world cup. (2013)
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Clemente, F. M., Couceiro, M. S., Lourenço Martins, F. M., Ivanova, M. O., & Mendes, R. (2013). Activity profiles of soccer players during the 2010 world cup. Journal of Human Kinetics, 38, 201-211. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2013-0060

The main objective of this study was to analyse the distance covered and the activity profile that players presented at the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Complementarily, the distance covered by each team within the same competition was analysed. For the p... Read More about Activity profiles of soccer players during the 2010 world cup..

Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system (2013)
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Wei, Z., Bobbili, P. R., Senthilarasu, S., Shimell, T., & Upadhyaya, H. M. (2014). Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system. Surface and Coatings Technology, 241, 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat

Substantial efforts have been made globally towards improving Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell efficiencies with several organisations successfully exceeding the 20% barrier on a research level using the three-stage CIGS process, but commercial mass... Read More about Design and optimisation of process parameters in an in-line CIGS evaporation pilot system.

Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling (2013)
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Mahdjoubi, L., Moobela, C., & Laing, R. (2013). Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1272-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.09.003

There is an opportunity for real-estate services sector to deliver more accurate, faster and quality building surveys and information models. This paper reports on a study, designed to establish automated procedures for the development of a digital m... Read More about Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling.

Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system (2013)
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Abu-Bakarab, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., Mallick, T. K., …Rahim, R. A. (2014). Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on t

This short communication paper focuses on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme in the United Kingdom (UK); and in particular, on its implication on domestic installations of solar thermal systems (STSs). First, a short review on the STS in the U... Read More about Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system.

Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations (2013)
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Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2013). Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 439(12), 3659-3698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2013.09.032

We derive an error bound in the gap metric for positive real balanced truncation and positive real singular perturbation approximation. We prove these results by working in the context of dissipative driving-variable systems, as in behavioral and sta... Read More about Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations.

Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments (2013)
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Abel, A., & Hussain, A. (2014). Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments. Cognitive Computation, 6(2), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-013-9231-2

In recent years, the established link between the various human communication production domains has become more widely utilised in the field of speech processing. In this work, we build on previous work by the authors and present a novel two-stage a... Read More about Novel Two-Stage Audiovisual Speech Filtering in Noisy Environments.

Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. (2013)
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Cooke, L., & Hall, H. (2013). Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. Journal of Documentation, 69(6), 786-806. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2012-0124

Purpose: This paper reviews the value of Social Network Analysis (SNA) as a method appropriate to LIS research. SNA is used to investigate the effectiveness of a framework of methods adopted by the DREaM project to develop researcher-practitioner net... Read More about Facets of DREaM: a social network analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community..

MIMO Discrete Wavelet Transform for the Next Generation Wireless Systems (2013)
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Asif, R., Ghazaany, T. S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Noras, J. M., Jones, S. M. R., Rodriguez, J., & See, C. H. (2013). MIMO Discrete Wavelet Transform for the Next Generation Wireless Systems. International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering a

Study is presented into the performance of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and MIMO-DWT with transmit beamforming. Feedback loop has been used between the equalizer at the transmitter to the receiver which provided t... Read More about MIMO Discrete Wavelet Transform for the Next Generation Wireless Systems.

Approaches to the classification of high entropy file fragments. (2013)
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Penrose, P., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2013). Approaches to the classification of high entropy file fragments. Digital Investigation, 10(4), 372-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2013.08.004

In this paper we propose novel approaches to the problem of classifying high entropy file fragments. We achieve 97% correct classification for encrypted fragments and 78% for compressed. Although classification of file fragments is central to the sci... Read More about Approaches to the classification of high entropy file fragments..