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A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange (2016)
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Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2016). A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange. Educational Alternatives, 14, 357-366

The present article describes a possible pedagogical approach for delivering a module in inter-surface radiation exchange that will encompass the following applications and will also lend to other potential applications which may be identified by the... Read More about A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange.

Influence of geotextile encasement on the behaviour of stone columns: Laboratory study (2016)
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Miranda, M., Da Costa, A., Castro, J., & Sagaseta, C. (2017). Influence of geotextile encasement on the behaviour of stone columns: Laboratory study. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 45(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.08.004

This paper presents a study of the influence of the geotextile encasement on the behaviour of soft soils improved with fully penetrating encased columns. This influence is analysed by means of measuring soil-column stress distribution, pore pressures... Read More about Influence of geotextile encasement on the behaviour of stone columns: Laboratory study.

Will quantum computers be the end of public key encryption? (2016)
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Buchanan, W., & Woodward, A. (2016). Will quantum computers be the end of public key encryption?. Journal of Cyber Security Technology, 1(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/23742917.2016.1226650

The emergence of practical quantum computers poses a significant threat to the most popular public key cryptographic schemes in current use. While we know that the well-understood algorithms for factoring large composites and solving the discrete log... Read More about Will quantum computers be the end of public key encryption?.

Relationship between particle focusing and dimensionless numbers in elasto-inertial focusing (2016)
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Song, H. Y., Lee, S. H., Salehiyan, R., & Hyun, K. (2016). Relationship between particle focusing and dimensionless numbers in elasto-inertial focusing. Rheologica Acta, 55(11), 889-900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-016-0962-3

We performed particle focusing in viscoelastic fluids in a straight square microchannel based on elasto-inertial focusing. Probability distribution functions (PDFs) were obtained at various flow rates (40–320 μl/h) for a broad range of medium viscoel... Read More about Relationship between particle focusing and dimensionless numbers in elasto-inertial focusing.

Power analysis attacks on the AES-128 S-box using differential power analysis (DPA) and correlation power analysis (CPA) (2016)
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Lo, O., Buchanan, W. J., & Carson, D. (2016). Power analysis attacks on the AES-128 S-box using differential power analysis (DPA) and correlation power analysis (CPA). Journal of Cyber Security Technology, 1(2), 88-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/23742917.2016.1231523

This article demonstrates two fundamental techniques of power analysis, differential power analysis (DPA) and correlation power analysis (CPA), against a modern piece of hardware which is widely available to the public: the Arduino Uno microcontrolle... Read More about Power analysis attacks on the AES-128 S-box using differential power analysis (DPA) and correlation power analysis (CPA).

Translation between existing and proposed harmonized airborne sound insulation descriptors: A statistical approach based on in-situ measurements (2016)
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Monteiro, C., Machimbarrena, M., Tarrero, A. I., & Smith, R. S. (2017). Translation between existing and proposed harmonized airborne sound insulation descriptors: A statistical approach based on in-situ measurements. Applied Acoustics, 116, 94-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.09.017

A standard defining a common acoustic classification scheme for dwellings is under development by ISO TC42/SC2/WG29 based on the outcomes of European project COST Action TU0901. The proposal stands on the assumption that in the long term many countri... Read More about Translation between existing and proposed harmonized airborne sound insulation descriptors: A statistical approach based on in-situ measurements.

A compact and broadband balun design for LTE applications (2016)
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Elfergani, I. T. E., Hussaini, A. S., Rodriguez, J., Ali, A. H., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2016). A compact and broadband balun design for LTE applications. Progress in electromagnetics research B: PIER B, 67, 85-95. https://doi.org/10.2528/pierc

In this paper, a compact wideband planar balun is studied and investigated. The proposed balun comprises a broadband Wilkinson divider followed by non-coupled lines to attain wideband 180° phase shift. Due to the inherent broadband characteristics of... Read More about A compact and broadband balun design for LTE applications.

Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator (2016)
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Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Sweet, T., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., …Knox, A. (2016). Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator. Solar Energy, 137, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2

It is known that compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) can improve electrical performance of a photovoltaic (PV) flat-plate system. However, a lumped electrical model of a PV cell/module with CPC for assessing performance under different operating... Read More about Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator.

Unsupervised home monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms using body-worn accelerometers (2016)
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Fisher, J. M., Hammerla, N. Y., Ploetz, T., Andras, P., Rochester, L., & Walker, R. W. (2016). Unsupervised home monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms using body-worn accelerometers. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 33, 44-50. https://doi.or

Introduction Current PD assessment methods have inherent limitations. There is need for an objective method to assist clinical decisions and to facilitate evaluation of treatments. Accelerometers, and analysis using artificial neural networks (ANN),... Read More about Unsupervised home monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms using body-worn accelerometers.

A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids (2016)
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Dettmer, W., Kadapa, C., & Perić, D. (2016). A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 311, 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.08.027

In this work, an immersed boundary finite element method is proposed which is based on a hierarchically refined cartesian b-spline grid and employs the non-symmetric and penalty-free version of Nitsche’s method to enforce the boundary conditions. The... Read More about A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids.

A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials (2016)
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Turner, P., & Nottale, L. (2016). A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 29(12), 3113-3118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3756-z

We review recent theoretical developments, which suggest that a set of shared principles underpin macroscopic quantum phenomena observed in high temperature superconducting materials, room temperature coherence in photosynthetic processes and the eme... Read More about A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials.

An adaptive approach to better load balancing in a consumer-centric cloud environment (2016)
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Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016). An adaptive approach to better load balancing in a consumer-centric cloud environment. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 62(3), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1109/tce.2016.7613190

Pay-as-you-consume, as a new type of cloud computing paradigm, has become increasingly popular since a large number of cloud services are gradually opening up to consumers. It gives consumers a great convenience, where users no longer need to buy the... Read More about An adaptive approach to better load balancing in a consumer-centric cloud environment.

Estimation Accuracy on Execution Time of Run-Time Tasks in a Heterogeneous Distributed Environment (2016)
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Liu, Q., Cai, W., Jin, D., Shen, J., Fu, Z., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016). Estimation Accuracy on Execution Time of Run-Time Tasks in a Heterogeneous Distributed Environment. Sensors, 16(9), 1386. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091386

Distributed Computing has achieved tremendous development since cloud computing was proposed in 2006, and played a vital role promoting rapid growth of data collecting and analysis models, e.g., Internet of things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Big Data An... Read More about Estimation Accuracy on Execution Time of Run-Time Tasks in a Heterogeneous Distributed Environment.

Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems (2016)
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Nanaki, E., Koroneos, C., Roset, J., Susca, T., Christensen, T., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., …López-Jiménez, P. A. (2017). Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems. Sustainable Cities and Society, 28, 42-52. https://doi.or

The transportation sector is one of the largest sources of EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2011, transportation represented approximately 25 percent of total EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions of roa... Read More about Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems.

TD-ERCS map-based confusion and diffusion of autocorrelated data (2016)
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Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., & Khan, M. A. (2017). TD-ERCS map-based confusion and diffusion of autocorrelated data. Nonlinear Dynamics, 87(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-016-3028-2

In this article, we proposed a new scheme to encrypt highly autocorrelated image pixel data. In existing literature, single substitution was used to break autocorrelation in images. To get better results, instead of single substitution box, some rese... Read More about TD-ERCS map-based confusion and diffusion of autocorrelated data.

Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say? (2016)
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Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say?. Journal of Environmental Management, 181, 687-700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.036

Of all industrial sectors, the built environment puts the most pressure on the natural environment, and in spite of significant efforts the International Energy Agency suggests that buildings-related emissions are on track to double by 2050. Whilst o... Read More about Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say?.

A longitudinal building fabric and energy performance analysis of two homes built to different energy principles (2016)
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Bros-Williamsom, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. I. (2016). A longitudinal building fabric and energy performance analysis of two homes built to different energy principles. Energy and Buildings, 130, 578-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.052

This paper reports on the building performance monitoring and annual energy demand of two homes built side-by-side over an occupancy period of three years. The study compares the results from on-site monitoring against the assumed parameters and calc... Read More about A longitudinal building fabric and energy performance analysis of two homes built to different energy principles.

Optogenetics in silicon: A neural processor for predicting optically active neural networks (2016)
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Luo, J., Nikolic, K., Evans, B. D., Dong, N., Sun, X., Andras, P., …Degenaar, P. (2017). Optogenetics in silicon: A neural processor for predicting optically active neural networks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 11(1), 15-27. htt

We present a reconfigurable neural processor for real-time simulation and prediction of opto-neural behaviour. We combined a detailed Hodgkin-Huxley CA3 neuron integrated with a four-state Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) model into reconfigurable silicon h... Read More about Optogenetics in silicon: A neural processor for predicting optically active neural networks.

A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment (2016)
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Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Fu, Z., Liu, X., & Linge, N. (2016). A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment. Security and Communication Networks, 9(17), 4002-4012. https://d

A heterogeneous cloud system, for example, a Hadoop 2.6.0 platform, provides distributed but cohesive services with rich features on large-scale management, reliability, and error tolerance. As big data processing is concerned, newly built cloud clus... Read More about A speculative approach to spatial-temporal efficiency with multi-objective optimization in a heterogeneous cloud environment.

Capturing the conditions that introduce systematic variation in bike-sharing travel behavior using data mining techniques (2016)
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Bordagaray, M., dell’Olio, L., Fonzone, A., & Ibeas, Á. (2016). Capturing the conditions that introduce systematic variation in bike-sharing travel behavior using data mining techniques. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 71, 231-2

The potential of smart-card transactions within bike-sharing systems (BSS) is still to be explored. This research proposes an original offline data mining procedure that takes advantage of the quality of these data to analyze the bike usage casuistry... Read More about Capturing the conditions that introduce systematic variation in bike-sharing travel behavior using data mining techniques.