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Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) (2015)
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Cherrington, R., Hughes, D. J., Senthilarasu, S., & Goodship, V. (2015). Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Energy Technology, 3(8), 866-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201500096

This work reports on the formulation of suitable ink for inkjet printing of TiO2 by investigating the critical parameters of particle size, pH, viscosity, and stability. Aqueous suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles (Degussa, P25) were prepared with the... Read More about Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Characterization of Effects of Silica Nanoparticles on (80/20) PP/PS Blends via Nonlinear Rheological Properties from Fourier Transform Rheology (2015)
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Salehiyan, R., Song, H. Y., Choi, W. J., & Hyun, K. (2015). Characterization of Effects of Silica Nanoparticles on (80/20) PP/PS Blends via Nonlinear Rheological Properties from Fourier Transform Rheology. Macromolecules, 48(13), 4669-4679. https://doi.or

Effects of silica nanoparticles with different natures (hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity) on (80/20) PP/PS blends were investigated via linear and nonlinear rheological properties. The hydrophilic silica nanoparticle was fumed silica OX50 while the... Read More about Characterization of Effects of Silica Nanoparticles on (80/20) PP/PS Blends via Nonlinear Rheological Properties from Fourier Transform Rheology.

Identifying governance relationships between intermodal terminals and logistics platforms. (2015)
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Monios, J. (2015). Identifying governance relationships between intermodal terminals and logistics platforms. Transport Reviews, 35(6), 767-791. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2015.1053103

Governance theory examines different ways of managing resources and relationships in order to achieve a desired outcome. This paper applies governance theory to intermodal terminals and logistics platforms, extending previous work on ownership to inc... Read More about Identifying governance relationships between intermodal terminals and logistics platforms..

Evaluation of solar modelling techniques through experiment on a 627 kWp photo-voltaic solar power plant at Edinburgh College—Midlothian Campus, Scotland. (2015)
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Jeffrey, M., Kelly, I., Muneer, T., & Smith, I. (2015). Evaluation of solar modelling techniques through experiment on a 627 kWp photo-voltaic solar power plant at Edinburgh College—Midlothian Campus, Scotland. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energ

The accuracy and applicability of existing methods of solar resource modelling and solar photovoltaic module performance are investigated in the case of a ground array installation at Edinburgh College, Midlothian Campus, the principal derived quanti... Read More about Evaluation of solar modelling techniques through experiment on a 627 kWp photo-voltaic solar power plant at Edinburgh College—Midlothian Campus, Scotland..

An approach to unified cloud service access, manipulation and dynamic orchestration via semantic cloud service operation specification framework (2015)
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Fang, D., Liu, X., Romdhani, I., & Pahl, C. (2015). An approach to unified cloud service access, manipulation and dynamic orchestration via semantic cloud service operation specification framework. Journal of cloud computing: advances, systems and applica

Cloud computing offers various computational resources via convenient on-demand service provision. Currently, heterogeneous services and cloud resources are usually utilized and managed through diverse service portals. This significantly limits the e... Read More about An approach to unified cloud service access, manipulation and dynamic orchestration via semantic cloud service operation specification framework.

A model of bus bunching under reliability-based passenger arrival patterns (2015)
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Fonzone, A., Schmöcker, J., & Liu, R. (2015). A model of bus bunching under reliability-based passenger arrival patterns. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 59, 164-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2015.05.020

If bus service departure times are not completely unknown to the passengers, non-uniform passenger arrival patterns can be expected. We propose that passengers decide their arrival time at stops based on a continuous logit model that considers the ri... Read More about A model of bus bunching under reliability-based passenger arrival patterns.

Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis (2015)
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O’Malley, C., Piroozfar, P., Farr, E. R. P., & Pomponi, F. (2015). Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society, 19, 222-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.05.009

Urbanisation may have been shown to have no effect on climate change, but some researchers suggest that cities are fully capable of responding to it. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) represent dense urban areas within cities where the temperature is recorde... Read More about Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis.

Autoignition dynamics of DME/air and EtOH/air homogeneous mixtures (2015)
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Tingas, E. A., Kyritsis, D. C., & Goussis, D. A. (2015). Autoignition dynamics of DME/air and EtOH/air homogeneous mixtures. Combustion and Flame, 162(9), 3263-3276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.05.016

The autoignition kinetics of DME/air and EtOH/air stoichiometric mixtures are compared with the use of algorithmic tools from the CSP method at a range of initial conditions that refers to the operation of reciprocating engines. DME and EtOH are two... Read More about Autoignition dynamics of DME/air and EtOH/air homogeneous mixtures.

Discourse, speculation and mltidisciplinarity: designing urban futures. (2015)
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Helgason, I., Smyth, M., Rosenbak, S., & Mitrovic, I. (2015). Discourse, speculation and mltidisciplinarity: designing urban futures. Nordic design research conference, 1-10

This paper presents a design case study of a summer school that brought together a multi-disciplinary group of early-career professionals to explore ideas relating to new technologies in an urban context. The organisers of the summer school took an e... Read More about Discourse, speculation and mltidisciplinarity: designing urban futures..

Timber gridshells: Numerical simulation, design and construction of a full scale structure (2015)
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D'Amico, B., Kermani, A., Zhang, H., Pugnale, A., Colabella, S., & Pone, S. (2015). Timber gridshells: Numerical simulation, design and construction of a full scale structure. Structures, 3, 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2015.05.002

Timber gridshell structures, such as the Multihalle for the federal garden festival in Mannheim or the Downland Museum, have been the result of a creative–generative process that indissolubly ‘welded’ the structural contribution to that of form exp... Read More about Timber gridshells: Numerical simulation, design and construction of a full scale structure.

Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells (2015)
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Fernández, E. F., Cruz, F. A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2015). Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5(4), 1150-1157. https://doi.org/10.110

The increasing environmental concerns on photovoltaic (PV) materials have attracted much attention to environment-friendly materials for solar energy conversion. In this paper, the environment-friendly materials based on dye-sensitized solar cells (D... Read More about Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells.

Characterization of Heat Transfer Fluids by Surface Tension and Contact Angle Measurements (2015)
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Nnyigide, O. S., Salehiyan, R., & Xialoei, L. (2015). Characterization of Heat Transfer Fluids by Surface Tension and Contact Angle Measurements. International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering, 5(5), 29-37

It is required in heat transfer applications that a coolant fluid makes and retains contact with the surface being cooled. This phenomenon is called surface wettability. Surface tension and contact angle measurements are effective tools used to measu... Read More about Characterization of Heat Transfer Fluids by Surface Tension and Contact Angle Measurements.

Scalpel and Metaphor: The Ceremony of Organ Harvest in Gothic Science Fiction (2015)
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Wasson, S. (2015). Scalpel and Metaphor: The Ceremony of Organ Harvest in Gothic Science Fiction. Gothic Studies, 17(1), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.7227/GS.17.1.8

In organ transfer, tissue moves through a web of language. Metaphors reclassify the tissue to enable its redeployment, framing the process for practitioners and public. The process of marking off tissue as transferrable in legal and cultural terms pa... Read More about Scalpel and Metaphor: The Ceremony of Organ Harvest in Gothic Science Fiction.

Nonlinear behavior of PP/PS blends with and without clay under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) flow (2015)
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Salehiyan, R., Song, H. Y., & Hyun, K. (2015). Nonlinear behavior of PP/PS blends with and without clay under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) flow. Korea-Australia rheology journal, 27(2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13367-015-0010-3

Dynamic oscillatory measurement, i.e., small amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS) and large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) test was used to investigate linear and non-linear viscoelastic properties of Polypropylene (PP)/Polystyrene (PS) blends with... Read More about Nonlinear behavior of PP/PS blends with and without clay under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) flow.

Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction (2015)
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Li, J., Kizilcec, R., Bailenson, J., & Ju, W. (2016). Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction. Computers in Human Behavior, 55, 1222-1230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.005

One emerging convention in video lectures is to show presentation slides with an inset video of the instructor’s head. Substituting a robot or a digital agent for the video of the instructor could radically decrease production time and cost; thus, th... Read More about Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction.

Finite-element view-factor computations for radiant energy exchanges (2015)
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Muneer, T., Ivanova, S. M., Kotak, Y., & Gul, M. S. (2015). Finite-element view-factor computations for radiant energy exchanges. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7(3), Article 033108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921387

Radiation heat transfer has very many applications within the building services sector. CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) Guide A provides the physics background and the relevant mathematical functions for radiant energy ex... Read More about Finite-element view-factor computations for radiant energy exchanges.

Performance analysis of a novel rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (2015)
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Abu-Bakar, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mallick, T. K., Munir, A. B., …Yunus, N. M. (2015). Performance analysis of a novel rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator. Applied Energy, 154, 221-231. https://d

The low-concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) system has been identified as one of the potential solutions in lowering the overall installation cost of a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system. This paper evaluates the performance of a novel type... Read More about Performance analysis of a novel rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator.

Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soils improved with stone columns (2015)
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Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J., & Sagaseta, C. (2015). Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soils improved with stone columns. Canadian geotechnical journal. Revue canadienne de géotechnique, 52(12), 1968-1980. https://doi.org/10.1

Stone columns are frequently employed to improve the bearing capacity of soft soils, to reduce settlements, and to increase the speed of consolidation. Their behaviour depends on several factors, such as the density of the aggregate that forms the co... Read More about Influence of gravel density in the behaviour of soft soils improved with stone columns.

An Experimental Comparison of Chaotic and Non-chaotic Image Encryption Schemes (2015)
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Ahmad, J., Hwang, S. O., & Ali, A. (2015). An Experimental Comparison of Chaotic and Non-chaotic Image Encryption Schemes. Wireless Personal Communications, 84(2), 901-918. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2667-9

During last few years, transmission of digital multimedia data (images, audios and videos) over Internet, wireless cell phones, television broadcasting etc., has been significantly evolved. The provision of security to store and transmit data with co... Read More about An Experimental Comparison of Chaotic and Non-chaotic Image Encryption Schemes.

Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age (2015)
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Duff, A. S. (2015). Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 13(2), 146-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/jices-10-2014-0049

Purpose This paper retrieves relevant aspects of the work of idealist thinker T.H. Green in order to improve comprehension of, and policy responses to, various dilemmas facing contemporary ‘information societies’. Design/methodology/approach The... Read More about Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age.