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A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage (2022)
Journal Article
Holmes, A., & Buchanan, W. J. (2023). A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 44, Article 301486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301486

Organised crime and cybercriminals use Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency, to launder money and move it across borders with impunity. The UK and other countries have legislation to recover the proceeds of crime from criminals. Recent UK case law has r... Read More about A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage.

Canonical cortical graph neural networks and its application for speech enhancement in audio-visual hearing aids (2022)
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Passos, L. A., Papa, J. P., Hussain, A., & Adeel, A. (2023). Canonical cortical graph neural networks and its application for speech enhancement in audio-visual hearing aids. Neurocomputing, 527, 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2022.11.081

Despite the recent success of machine learning algorithms, most models face drawbacks when considering more complex tasks requiring interaction between different sources, such as multimodal input data and logical time sequences. On the other hand, th... Read More about Canonical cortical graph neural networks and its application for speech enhancement in audio-visual hearing aids.

Achieving high open circuit voltage for hole transport layer free ambient perovskite solar cells utilizing electric double layer effect (2022)
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Sadhukhan, P., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Mallick, T. K., Das, S., & Sundaram, S. (2023). Achieving high open circuit voltage for hole transport layer free ambient perovskite solar cells utilizing electric double layer effect. Solar Energy Materials and Solar

One of the features of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) that make them stand out among all photovoltaics (PVs) is their high open-circuit voltage (VOC). Owing to their simple manufacturing process, low cost of components, and good stability, carbon elec... Read More about Achieving high open circuit voltage for hole transport layer free ambient perovskite solar cells utilizing electric double layer effect.

Ellipse Encoding for Arbitrary-Oriented SAR Ship Detection Based on Dynamic Key Points (2022)
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Gao, F., Huo, Y., Sun, J., Yu, T., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2022). Ellipse Encoding for Arbitrary-Oriented SAR Ship Detection Based on Dynamic Key Points. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, Article 5240528. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgr

In recent years, there has been growing interest in developing oriented bounding box (OBB)-based deep learning approaches to detect arbitrary-oriented ship targets in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. However, most existing OBB-based detection m... Read More about Ellipse Encoding for Arbitrary-Oriented SAR Ship Detection Based on Dynamic Key Points.

A survey of intelligent load monitoring in IoT-enabled distributed smart grids (2022)
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Gan, J., Zeng, L., Liu, Q., & Liu, X. (2023). A survey of intelligent load monitoring in IoT-enabled distributed smart grids. International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 42(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijahuc.2023.127781

Power load monitoring has been a research hotspot since a few years ago. With development of artificial intelligence, construction of smart grid has become the most important part of power load monitoring. At the same time, task scheduling mechanism... Read More about A survey of intelligent load monitoring in IoT-enabled distributed smart grids.

Barriers to BIM for facilities management adoption in Nigeria: a multivariate analysis (2022)
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Ikediashi, D. I., Ansa, O. A., Ujene, A. O., & Akoh, S. R. (online). Barriers to BIM for facilities management adoption in Nigeria: a multivariate analysis. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-04-2022

Purpose Building information modelling (BIM) has been established in the literature as a successful platform that creates an intelligent virtual model for processing data from conceptual design through construction to operational stage of a facility... Read More about Barriers to BIM for facilities management adoption in Nigeria: a multivariate analysis.

Preparation of Elastomeric Nanocomposites Using Nanocellulose and Recycled Alum Sludge for Flexible Dielectric Materials (2022)
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Sun, D., Saw, B. L., Onyianta, A. J., Wang, B., Wilson, C., O'Rourke, D., …Lu, Z. (2023). Preparation of Elastomeric Nanocomposites Using Nanocellulose and Recycled Alum Sludge for Flexible Dielectric Materials. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, 13(01),

Flexible dielectric materials with environmental-friendly, low-cost and high-energy density characteristics are in increasing demand as the world steps into the new Industrial 4.0 era. In this work, an elastomeric nanocomposite was developed by incor... Read More about Preparation of Elastomeric Nanocomposites Using Nanocellulose and Recycled Alum Sludge for Flexible Dielectric Materials.

Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones (2022)
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Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. S., Darwish, M., Moussa, K. H., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., … Mohamed, H. G. (2022). Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones. IEEE Access, 10, 1

In this manuscript, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array system with identical compact antenna elements providing wide radiation and diversity function is introduced for sub 6 GHz fifth-generation (5G) cellular applications. The intr... Read More about Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones.

A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS (2022)
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Murias, J. G., Levick, D., & McKeown, S. (2023). A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 44, Article 301485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301485

This work builds on existing research in streamed video reconstruction on the Android OS, which previously demonstrated that caching occurs in most cases for the Chrome and Firefox Web browsers. Prior work also outlined that streaming application cac... Read More about A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS.

Energy storage properties in Nd doped AgNbTaO3 lead-free antiferroelectric ceramics with Nb-site vacancies (2022)
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Lu, Z., Sun, D., Wang, G., Zhao, J., Zhang, B., Wang, D., & Shyha, I. (2023). Energy storage properties in Nd doped AgNbTaO3 lead-free antiferroelectric ceramics with Nb-site vacancies. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, 13(01), Article 2242006. https://doi

It is crucial to discover lead-free materials with ultrahigh recoverable energy density (Wrec) that can be employed in future pulse power capacitors. In this work, a high Wrec of 4.51 J/cm3 was successfully obtained in lead-free Nd-doped AgNb0.8Ta0.... Read More about Energy storage properties in Nd doped AgNbTaO3 lead-free antiferroelectric ceramics with Nb-site vacancies.

Use of Cement Mortar Incorporating Superabsorbent Polymer as a Passive Fire-Protective Layer (2022)
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Jamnam, S., Sua-iam, G., Maho, B., Pianfuengfoo, S., Sappakittipakorn, M., Zhang, H., …Sukontasukkul, P. (2022). Use of Cement Mortar Incorporating Superabsorbent Polymer as a Passive Fire-Protective Layer. Polymers, 14(23), Article 5266. https://doi.or

Concrete structures, when exposed to fire or high temperatures for a certain time, could suffer partial damage or complete structural failure. Passive fire-protective coating materials are an al-ternative way to prevent or delay damage to concrete st... Read More about Use of Cement Mortar Incorporating Superabsorbent Polymer as a Passive Fire-Protective Layer.

Accelerating neural network architecture search using multi-GPU high-performance computing (2022)
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Lupión, M., Cruz, N. C., Sanjuan, J. F., Paechter, B., & Ortigosa, P. M. (2023). Accelerating neural network architecture search using multi-GPU high-performance computing. Journal of Supercomputing, 79, 7609-7625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-022-0496

Neural networks stand out from artificial intelligence because they can complete challenging tasks, such as image classification. However, designing a neural network for a particular problem requires experience and tedious trial and error. Automating... Read More about Accelerating neural network architecture search using multi-GPU high-performance computing.

Quantum Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Neural Architecture Search on Image Classification (2022)
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Jin, J., Zhang, Q., He, J., & Yu, H. (2022). Quantum Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Neural Architecture Search on Image Classification. Electronics, 11(23), Article 3969. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11233969

Deep neural networks have proven to be effective in solving computer vision and natural language processing problems. To fully leverage its power, manually designed network templates, i.e., Residual Networks, are introduced to deal with various visio... Read More about Quantum Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Neural Architecture Search on Image Classification.

Assessment of symmetries and asymmetries on barriers to circular economy adoption in the construction industry towards zero waste: A survey of international experts (2022)
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Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W., Olawumi, T. O., & Saka, A. B. (2023). Assessment of symmetries and asymmetries on barriers to circular economy adoption in the construction industry towards zero waste: A survey of international experts. Building and Environme

This study evaluates simultaneously the symmetries and asymmetries on the classification of barriers to circular economy (CE) adoption in the building construction industry (BCI) of developing and developed economies. This is crucial because the vagu... Read More about Assessment of symmetries and asymmetries on barriers to circular economy adoption in the construction industry towards zero waste: A survey of international experts.

Fusing external knowledge resources for natural language understanding techniques: A survey (2022)
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Wang, Y., Wang, W., Chen, Q., Huang, K., Nguyen, A., De, S., & Hussain, A. (2023). Fusing external knowledge resources for natural language understanding techniques: A survey. Information Fusion, 92, 190-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.11.025

Knowledge resources, e.g. knowledge graphs, which formally represent essential semantics and information for logic inference and reasoning, can compensate for the unawareness nature of many natural language processing techniques based on deep neural... Read More about Fusing external knowledge resources for natural language understanding techniques: A survey.

Internet of drones security: taxonomies, open issues, and future directions (2022)
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Derhab, A., Cheikhrouhou, O., Allouch, A., Koubaa, A., Qureshi, B., Ferrag, M. A., …Khan, F. A. (2023). Internet of drones security: taxonomies, open issues, and future directions. Vehicular Communications, 39, Article 100552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have recently become one of the most important technological breakthroughs. They have opened the horizon for a vast array of applications and paved the way for a diversity of innovative solutions... Read More about Internet of drones security: taxonomies, open issues, and future directions.

Wave-Net: A lightweight deep network for retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images (2022)
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Liu, Y., Shen, J., Yang, L., Yu, H., & Bian, G. (2023). Wave-Net: A lightweight deep network for retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 152, Article 106341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.106341

Accurate segmentation of retinal vessels from fundus images is fundamental for the diagnosis of numerous diseases of eye, and an automated vessel segmentation method can effectively help clinicians to make accurate diagnosis for the patients and prov... Read More about Wave-Net: A lightweight deep network for retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images.

Low‐gain integral control for a class of discrete‐time Lur'e systems with applications to sampled‐data control (2022)
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Guiver, C., Rebarber, R., & Townley, S. (2023). Low‐gain integral control for a class of discrete‐time Lur'e systems with applications to sampled‐data control. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 33(3), 1410-1437. https://doi.org/

We study low-gain (P)roportional (I)ntegral control of multivariate discrete-time, forced Lur’e systems to solve the output-tracking problem for constant reference signals. We formulate an incremental sector condition which is sufficient for a usual... Read More about Low‐gain integral control for a class of discrete‐time Lur'e systems with applications to sampled‐data control.

An Efficient Optimization of Battery-Drone-Based Transportation Systems for Monitoring Solar Power Plant (2022)
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Jemmali, M., Bashir, A. K., Boulila, W., Melhim, L. K. B., Jhaveri, R. H., & Ahmad, J. (2023). An Efficient Optimization of Battery-Drone-Based Transportation Systems for Monitoring Solar Power Plant. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System

Nowadays, developing environmental solutions to ensure the preservation and sustainability of natural resources is one of the core research topics for providing a better life quality. Using renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, is one of th... Read More about An Efficient Optimization of Battery-Drone-Based Transportation Systems for Monitoring Solar Power Plant.