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Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate (2018)
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Adesokan, D., Fleming, I., Hammerlindl, A., & McDougall, J. (2019). Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 42(5), 1336-1358. https://doi.org/10.1520/gtj20170091

Laboratory testing of a mass of large particle sized Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) to assess performance related properties such as void ratio, compressive creep and hydraulic conductivity under large loads poses a number of experimental challenges. L... Read More about Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate.

Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property (2018)
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Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 74, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2018.10.01

This paper studies the dynamic frictional interactions of the underactuated vibro-driven capsule systems with the viscoelastic property. Frictional dynamics of the capsule systems is an active research domain, while the online implementation and cont... Read More about Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property.

Energy consumption and modelling of the climate control system in the electric vehicle (2018)
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Doyle, A., & Muneer, T. (2018). Energy consumption and modelling of the climate control system in the electric vehicle. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0144598718806458

With the introduction of electric vehicles in the automobile market, limited information is available on how the battery’s energy consumption is distributed. This paper focuses on the energy consumption of the vehicle when the heating and cooling sy... Read More about Energy consumption and modelling of the climate control system in the electric vehicle.

Enhancement of Albedo for Solar Energy Gain with Particular Emphasis on Overcast Skies (2018)
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Gul, M., Kotak, Y., Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2018). Enhancement of Albedo for Solar Energy Gain with Particular Emphasis on Overcast Skies. Energies, 11(11), 2881. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112881

In the absence of ground reflected radiation measured data, an average albedo value of 0.2, which describes the reflective properties of the bare ground is generally used. The variation of albedo based on different foreground surfaces and under diffe... Read More about Enhancement of Albedo for Solar Energy Gain with Particular Emphasis on Overcast Skies.

Legal and regulatory development of nuclear energy in Bangladesh (2018)
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Karim, R., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Karim, M. E., Munir, A. B., Sifat, I. M., Abu-Bakar, S. H., …Muhtazaruddin, M. N. (2018). Legal and regulatory development of nuclear energy in Bangladesh. Energies, 11(10), Article 2847. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11102847

The adequacy of legal and regulatory framework relating to nuclear energy in Bangladesh has sparked many questions since the government took the formal decision to establish a nuclear power plant (NPP) at Rooppur. Consequently, the government has tak... Read More about Legal and regulatory development of nuclear energy in Bangladesh.

Parked electric car's cabin heat management using photovoltaic powered ventilation system (2018)
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Kolhe, M., Adhikari, S., & Muneer, T. (2019). Parked electric car's cabin heat management using photovoltaic powered ventilation system. Applied Energy, 233-234, 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.012

This paper explores the use of electric car roof mounted photovoltaic (PV) powered ventilation for cabin heat management/ventilation. A fully-functional Renault Zoe electric car has been used for performance evaluation of parked electric car ventila... Read More about Parked electric car's cabin heat management using photovoltaic powered ventilation system.

Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN (2018)
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van der Lee, T., Liotta, A., & Exarchakos, G. (2019). Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN. Future Generation Computer Systems, 93, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.10.014

Highlights • This study presents the complete and slotted interference graph model. • The service uses the complete interference graph to evaluate the network. • Slotted interference graphs are used to reschedule problematic connections. • Rea... Read More about Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN.

Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture Radars (2018)
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd‐Alhameed, R., Khalily, M., …Limiti, E. (2018). Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture

The paper presents a technique to enhance the isolation between adjacent radiating elements that is common in densely packed antenna arrays. Such antennas provide frequency beam‐scanning capability needed in multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) syst... Read More about Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture Radars.

Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions (2018)
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Scardapane, S., Van Vaerenbergh, S., Hussain, A., & Uncini, A. (2020). Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 4(2), 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1109/tetci

Complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs) are a powerful modeling tool for domains where data can be naturally interpreted in terms of complex numbers. However, several analytical properties of the complex domain (such as holomorphicity) make the design... Read More about Complex-Valued Neural Networks With Nonparametric Activation Functions.

A case study of PV output power degradation rates in Oman. (2018)
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Honnurvali, M., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Umar, T., & Nazeema, N. (2019). A case study of PV output power degradation rates in Oman. IET Renewable Power Generation, 13(2), 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.5457

To meet the increase in peak electricity demand and to reduce fossil fuel emissions in Oman and as an initiative taken by the government, by 2030, 15% (3000 MW) of the total energy mix (20,000 MW) should be generated from renewable energy resources l... Read More about A case study of PV output power degradation rates in Oman..

When Universal Access is not quite universal enough: Case studies and lessons to be learned (2018)
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Keates, S. (2020). When Universal Access is not quite universal enough: Case studies and lessons to be learned. Universal Access in the Information Society, 19, 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-018-0636-2

While the theory of designing for Universal Access is increasingly understood, there remain persistent issues over realising products and systems that meet the goal of being accessible and usable by the broadest possible set of users. Clearly product... Read More about When Universal Access is not quite universal enough: Case studies and lessons to be learned.

How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study (2018)
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Mora, L., Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Angelidou, M. (2019). How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Urban Technology, 26(2), 89-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2018.152

Overcoming the dichotomous nature of smart city research is fundamental to providing cities with a clear understanding of how smart city development should be approached. This paper introduces a research methodology for conducting the multiple-case s... Read More about How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study.

Study on isolation improvement between closely‐packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal metamaterial electromagnetic bandgap structures (2018)
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd‐Alhameed, R., Hussein Ali, A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Study on isolation improvement between closely‐packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal metamaterial electromagnetic bandgap stru

A decoupling metamaterial (MTM) configuration based on fractal electromagnetic‐bandgap (EMBG) structure is shown to significantly enhance isolation between transmitting and receiving antenna elements in a closely‐packed patch antenna array. The MTM‐E... Read More about Study on isolation improvement between closely‐packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal metamaterial electromagnetic bandgap structures.

A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations (2018)
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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A. Y., Ekonomou, E., Alsarhan, A., Nasser, Y., Mackenzie, L. M., & Boukerche, A. (2019). A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations. Communicatio

Driven by the special requirements of the Low-power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), the IPv6 Routing Protocol for LLNs (RPL) was standardized by the IETF some six years ago to tackle the routing issue in such networks. Since its introduction, however, num... Read More about A Survey of Limitations and Enhancements of the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks: A Focus on Core Operations.

A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter (2018)
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Alqarafi, A., Adeel, A., Hawalah, A., Swingler, K., & Hussain, A. (2018). A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 589-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00563-4_57

In the literature, limited work has been conducted to develop sentiment resources for Saudi dialect. The lack of resources such as dialectical lexicons and corpora are some of the major bottlenecks to the successful development of Arabic sentiment an... Read More about A Semi-supervised Corpus Annotation for Saudi Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter.

A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings (2018)
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Ieracitano, C., Mammone, N., Bramanti, A., Hussain, A., & Morabito, F. (2019). A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings. Neurocomputing, 323, 96-107. https://doi.or

A data-driven machine deep learning approach is proposed for differentiating subjects with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Healthy Control (HC), by only analyzing noninvasive scalp EEG recordings. The methodology here pr... Read More about A Convolutional Neural Network approach for classification of dementia stages based on 2D-spectral representation of EEG recordings.

Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure (2018)
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Taylor, M. D., Edgar, A., & Raine, M. (2019). Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure. Infrastructure Asset Management, 6(2), 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.17.00014

A defective pavement surface discourages cyclists from selecting certain routes, and vibration exposure is a noticeable consequence of reduced path surface quality. Current asset management practice includes walkover surveys and cyclists reporting... Read More about Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure.

Tuning the Conductivity of Nanocomposites through Nanoparticle Migration and Interface Crossing in Immiscible Polymer Blends: A Review on Fundamental Understanding (2018)
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Salehiyan, R., & Ray, S. S. (2019). Tuning the Conductivity of Nanocomposites through Nanoparticle Migration and Interface Crossing in Immiscible Polymer Blends: A Review on Fundamental Understanding. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 304(2), Arti

This article critically reviews the detailed fundamental understanding of the influence of conductive nanoparticle migration on the localization, and hence, electrical conductivity of immiscible polymer blend nanocomposites. Three types of conductive... Read More about Tuning the Conductivity of Nanocomposites through Nanoparticle Migration and Interface Crossing in Immiscible Polymer Blends: A Review on Fundamental Understanding.

Biomimetic pupils for augmenting eye emulation in humanoid robots (2018)
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Strathearn, C., & Ma, M. (2018). Biomimetic pupils for augmenting eye emulation in humanoid robots. Artificial Life and Robotics, 23(4), 540-546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-018-0482-6

Contemporary approaches in the development of humanoid robots continually neglect holistic nuances, particularly in ocular prosthetic design. The standard solid glass and acrylic eye construction techniques implemented in humanoid robot design presen... Read More about Biomimetic pupils for augmenting eye emulation in humanoid robots.

Analysis of accident injury-severity outcomes: The zero-inflated hierarchical ordered probit model with correlated disturbances (2018)
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Fountas, G., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2018). Analysis of accident injury-severity outcomes: The zero-inflated hierarchical ordered probit model with correlated disturbances. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 20, 30-45

In accident injury-severity analysis, an inherent limitation of the traditional ordered probit approach arises from the a priori consideration of a homogeneous source for the accidents that result in a no-injury (or zero-injury) outcome. Conceptually... Read More about Analysis of accident injury-severity outcomes: The zero-inflated hierarchical ordered probit model with correlated disturbances.