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Solar Concentrator: The next-generation solar photovoltaic system (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2017, December). Solar Concentrator: The next-generation solar photovoltaic system. Presented at Recent advances in Energy Conservation Techniques for Buildings Workshop, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Olayinka, O. (2017). Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 6(6), 3496-3508

This paper aims to examine FM functions that relate to sustainable building (SB) throughout the phases of the building life-cycle. Many building designers progressively work towards achieving a sustainable environment in order to attain high level of... Read More about Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings.

A psychology of User Experience: Involvement, affect and aesthetics (2017)
Book
Turner, P. (2017). A psychology of User Experience: Involvement, affect and aesthetics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70653-5

It is well-established that while cognitive psychology provides a sound foundation for an understanding of our interactions with digital technology, this is no longer sufficient to make sense of how we use and experience the personal, relational and... Read More about A psychology of User Experience: Involvement, affect and aesthetics.

Stability studies of different AC collection network topologies in wind farms (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Chen, D., & Anaya-Lara, O. (2017). Stability studies of different AC collection network topologies in wind farms. In 5th IET International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG) 201

In this paper, the stability of different wind farm collection network topologies have been studied. As the wind farm becomes larger, the inter-array network becomes larger so that the impedance of overall system is increased. This means that the int... Read More about Stability studies of different AC collection network topologies in wind farms.

eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users (2017)
Report
Reeves, A., Morton, A., & Bull, R. (2017). eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users. European Commission

This short report provides an overview of key concepts related to behaviour change initiatives to save energy in buildings. It draws upon the teaching and research experience of the authors, along with initial findings from a review of literature whi... Read More about eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users.

A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation (2017)
Journal Article
Khan, F. A., Ahmed, J., Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., & Khan, M. A. (2017). A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation. Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 33(6), 3753-3765. https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-17656

Internet is used as the main source of communication throughout the world. However due to public nature of internet data are always exposed to different types of attacks. To address this issue many researchers are working in this area and proposing d... Read More about A novel image encryption based on Lorenz equation, Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation.

A comparative study of the effects of cone-plate and parallel-plate geometries on rheological properties under oscillatory shear flow (2017)
Journal Article
Song, H. Y., Salehiyan, R., Li, X., Lee, S. H., & Hyun, K. (2017). A comparative study of the effects of cone-plate and parallel-plate geometries on rheological properties under oscillatory shear flow. Korea-Australia rheology journal, 29(4), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13367-017-0028-9

In this study, the effects of cone-plate (C/P) and parallel-plate (P/P) geometries were investigated on the rheological properties of various complex fluids, e.g. single-phase (polymer melts and solutions) and multiphase systems (polymer blend and na... Read More about A comparative study of the effects of cone-plate and parallel-plate geometries on rheological properties under oscillatory shear flow.

Evaluation of Suitability of a Parametrically Controlled Louvers for Various Orientations throughout a Year Comparing to an Existing Case (2017)
Journal Article
Eltaweel, A., & Su, Y. (2017). Evaluation of Suitability of a Parametrically Controlled Louvers for Various Orientations throughout a Year Comparing to an Existing Case. Buildings, 7(4), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings7040109

Nowadays, daylighting systems and shading devices are controlled automatically to achieve their optimum benefits. For more comprehensive accuracy, parametric control was recently used to manage complex parameters with more accuracy. Such a system was... Read More about Evaluation of Suitability of a Parametrically Controlled Louvers for Various Orientations throughout a Year Comparing to an Existing Case.

Experimental Analysis of System Parameters for Minimum Cutting Fluid Consumption when Machining Ti-6Al-4V Using a Novel Supply System (2017)
Journal Article
Gariani, S., Shyha, I., Inam, F., & Huo, D. (2018). Experimental Analysis of System Parameters for Minimum Cutting Fluid Consumption when Machining Ti-6Al-4V Using a Novel Supply System. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 95, 2795-2809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1216-y

This paper presents the development of a new controlled cutting fluid impinging supply system (Cut-list) to deliver an accurate quantity of cutting fluid into machining zones through precisely oriented coherent round nozzles. The performance of the n... Read More about Experimental Analysis of System Parameters for Minimum Cutting Fluid Consumption when Machining Ti-6Al-4V Using a Novel Supply System.

Home grown timber now and in the future. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2017, November). Home grown timber now and in the future. Presented at WTS British Timber Seminar

Presentation to the wood technology society "British Timber Seminar" at IOM3, November 2017

Blockchain and Git repositories for sticky policies protected OOXML. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spyra, G., Buchanan, W. J., & Ekonomou, E. (2017, November). Blockchain and Git repositories for sticky policies protected OOXML. Presented at FTC 2017 - Future Technologies Conference 2017

The paper discuss possible cloud-based Information Rights Management (IRM) model extension with enhanced accountability for both a sticky policy and an attached data. This work compliments research on secure data sharing with Office Open XML (OOX... Read More about Blockchain and Git repositories for sticky policies protected OOXML..

Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Cambria, E., Hussain, A., & Vinciarelli, A. (2017). Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 8(4), 426-427. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2017.2763218

This special section focuses on the introduction, presentation, and discussion of novel techniques that further develop and apply affective reasoning tools and techniques for big social data analysis. A key motivation for this special section, in par... Read More about Affective Reasoning for Big Social Data Analysis.

Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V., Labarta, J., Caballero, J., & Antunes, C. (2017, November). Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives. Paper presented at 18th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry - EMEC18: Chemistry Towards an Infinite Environment, Porto, Portugal

Wastewater management is nowadays one of the major concerns faced by the shale gas industry to improve its cost-effectiveness, while preserving the human health and environment. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations usually demand e... Read More about Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives.

Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Reyes-Labarta, J., Caballero, J., & Antunes, C. (2017). Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty.

In this work, a new stochastic-fuzzy-based modelling approach is introduced for the robust optimization of shale gas wastewater management under multiple sources of uncertainty. Different management alternatives are considered to deal with the wastew... Read More about Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty.

Quantum Encrypted Signals on Multiuser Optical Fiber Networks: Simulation Analysis of Next Generation Services and Technologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asif, R. (2017, November). Quantum Encrypted Signals on Multiuser Optical Fiber Networks: Simulation Analysis of Next Generation Services and Technologies. Presented at IEEE Network of the Future (NoF) conference, London, UK

Data encryption is gaining much attention these days from the research community and industry for transmitting secure information over access networks, i.e. 'fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)' networks and data centers. It is important that the newly designed... Read More about Quantum Encrypted Signals on Multiuser Optical Fiber Networks: Simulation Analysis of Next Generation Services and Technologies.

Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mirza, N. S., King, P. J. B., Romdhani, I., Abdelshafy, M. A., & Alghamdi, A. A. (2017, October). Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks. Presented at 2017 IEEE 13th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)

The route recovery algorithm is a crucial part of an ad hoc routing protocol. Designing an efficient and fast route recovery mechanism scheme without incurring extra overheads or delays to repair the broken link is a desirable goal for any routing pr... Read More about Reliable multipath multi-channel route migration over multi link-failure in wireless ad hoc networks.

Geospatial Map of the Global Research on Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Generating and converting KML files to Map (2017)
Data
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2017). Geospatial Map of the Global Research on Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Generating and converting KML files to Map. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17632/sv23pvr252.1

The animated map is handy for academics and practitioners, as a more dynamic alternative to scientific databases such as Scopus or ISI Web of Science in the quest to ease the identification of sustainability research publications within a city or reg... Read More about Geospatial Map of the Global Research on Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Generating and converting KML files to Map.

Sensing domestic energy use (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davison, B. (2017, November). Sensing domestic energy use. Paper presented at U!REKA 2017: Towards and Education and Research Strategy, Edinburgh

Building accurate models of domestic energy use is difficult because of a lack of reliable representative data. This paper outlines a strategy for recruiting home owners to provide data from actual dwellings. Sensor networks are deployed to provide b... Read More about Sensing domestic energy use.