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WiFreeze: Multiresolution Scalograms for Freezing of Gait Detection in Parkinson’s Leveraging 5G Spectrum with Deep Learning (2019)
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Tahir, A., Ahmad, J., Shah, S. A., Morison, G., Skelton, D. A., Larijani, H., Abbasi, Q. H., Imran, M. A., & Gibson, R. M. (2019). WiFreeze: Multiresolution Scalograms for Freezing of Gait Detection in Parkinson’s Leveraging 5G Spectrum with Deep Learning. Electronics, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8121433

Freezing of Gait (FOG) is an episodic absence of forward movement in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients and represents an onset of disabilities. FOG hinders daily activities and increases fall risk. There is high demand for automating the process of F... Read More about WiFreeze: Multiresolution Scalograms for Freezing of Gait Detection in Parkinson’s Leveraging 5G Spectrum with Deep Learning.

Ductility improvements of PLA-based binary and ternary blends with controlled morphology using PBAT, PBSA, and nanoclay (2019)
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Nofar, M., Salehiyan, R., Ciftci, U., Jalali, A., & Durmuş, A. (2020). Ductility improvements of PLA-based binary and ternary blends with controlled morphology using PBAT, PBSA, and nanoclay. Composites Part B: Engineering, 182, Article 107661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107661

In this study, binary and ternary immiscible blends of polylactide (PLA) with poly[(butylene adipate)-co-terephthalate] (PBAT) and poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) were prepared through an injection-molding (IM) process. Blend nanocomposi... Read More about Ductility improvements of PLA-based binary and ternary blends with controlled morphology using PBAT, PBSA, and nanoclay.

Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review (2019)
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Kenisarin, M. M., Mahkamov, K., Costa, S. C., & Makhkamova, I. (2020). Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review. Journal of Energy Storage, 27, Article 101082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.101082

To date, numerous phase change materials (PCM) have been developed for application in latent heat storage systems. There are many issues in the process from the development of PCM to using them in storage systems, which should be resolved. The proble... Read More about Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review.

A Secure Occupational Therapy Framework for Monitoring Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life (2019)
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Abdur Rahman, M., Rashid, M. M., Le Kernec, J., Philippe, B., Barnes, S. J., Fioranelli, F., Yang, S., Romain, O., Abbasi, Q. H., Loukas, G., & Imran, M. (2019). A Secure Occupational Therapy Framework for Monitoring Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life. Sensors, 19(23), Article 5258. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19235258

Once diagnosed with cancer, a patient goes through a series of diagnosis and tests, which are referred to as “after cancer treatment”. Due to the nature of the treatment and side effects, maintaining quality of life (QoL) in the home environment is a... Read More about A Secure Occupational Therapy Framework for Monitoring Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life.

Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs (2019)
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Alsarhan, A., Kilani, Y., Al-Dubai, A., Zomaya, A. Y., & Hussain, A. (2020). Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(2), 1568-1581. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2956228

Different studies have recently emphasized the importance of deploying clustering schemes in Vehicular ad hoc Network (VANET) to overcome challenging problems related to scalability, frequent topology changes, scarcity of spectrum resources, maintain... Read More about Novel Fuzzy and Game Theory Based Clustering and Decision Making for VANETs.

Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building (2019)
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Vand, B., Martin, K., Jokisalo, J., Kosonen, R., & Hast, A. (2020). Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 26(3), 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2019.1693207

This study examines the influence of demand-response control strategies on thermal conditions, indoor air CO2 concentration, and heating energy cost and consumption in an educational office building heated by a district heating system in a cold clima... Read More about Demand response potential of district heating and ventilation in an educational office building.

MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features (2019)
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Saha, R., Geetha, G., Kumar, G., Kim, T., & Buchanan, W. J. (2019). MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features. IEEE Access, 7, 172045-172054. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2956160

The Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) has been one of the most popular stream ciphers for providing symmetric key encryption, and is now proposed as an efficient cipher within light-weight cryptography. As an algorithm it has been considered to be one of the fas... Read More about MRC4: A Modified RC4 Algorithm using Symmetric Random Function Generator for Improved Cryptographic Features.

Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems (2019)
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Quazzane, K., & Limiti, E. (2020). Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 14(3), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0362

A metamaterial photonic bandgap (MTM-PBG) periodic structure is used as a decoupling frame to improve the isolation between transmit–receive (T/R) sections of densely packed array antenna in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multiple-input multiple-... Read More about Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems.

Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market (2019)
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Mowbray, J., & Hall, H. (2020). Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market. Journal of Documentation, 76(2), 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2019-0086

Purpose - Although social networks are considered influential to employment outcomes, little is known about the behavioural manifestation of networking during job search. To address this, the study presented here examined the role of networking among... Read More about Networking as an information behaviour during job search: an study of active jobseekers in the Scottish youth labour market.

Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing (2019)
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Hemaida, A., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing. Solar Energy, 195, 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.024

A new class of smart window technologies are gaining interest as they have the functionality to control dynamic solar radiation, shading, ventilation and energy production. They are capable of improving buildings’ energy performance by adapting to di... Read More about Evaluation of thermal performance for a smart switchable adaptive polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing.

The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (2019)
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Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., Alsaad, H., Amin, R., Ampatzi, E., Arsano, A. Y., Azadeh, M., Azar, E., Bahareh, B., Batagarawa, A., Becker, S., Buonocore, C., Cao, B., Choi, J., Chun, C., Daanen, H., …Zomorodian, Z. S. (2019). The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data, 6(1), Article 289. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes fo... Read More about The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy (2019)
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Kumar, R., Binetti, L., Nguyen, H. T., Alwis, L. S. M., Agrawal, A., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2019). Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 17469. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53621-4

Knowledge of the distribution of the aspect ratios (ARs) in a chemically-synthesized colloidal solution of Gold Nano Rods (GNRs) is an important measure in determining the quality of synthesis, and consequently the performance of the GNRs generated f... Read More about Determination of the Aspect-ratio Distribution of Gold Nanorods in a Colloidal Solution using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy.

Teaching the process of building an Intrusion Detection System using data from a small-scale SCADA testbed (2019)
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Maglaras, L., Cruz, T., Ferrag, M. A., & Janicke, H. (2020). Teaching the process of building an Intrusion Detection System using data from a small-scale SCADA testbed. Internet Technology Letters, 3(1), Article e132. https://doi.org/10.1002/itl2.132

Security of Critical National Infrastructures (CNI) is one of the major concerns to countries both in a European and in a worldwide level. Training on scenarios that involve such systems is important to the effective handling of incidents. Experienti... Read More about Teaching the process of building an Intrusion Detection System using data from a small-scale SCADA testbed.

Estimating the Relative Speed of RF Jammers in VANETs (2019)
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Kosmanos, D., Argyriou, A., & Maglaras, L. (2019). Estimating the Relative Speed of RF Jammers in VANETs. Security and Communication Networks, 2019, Article 2064348. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2064348

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) aim at enhancing road safety and providing a comfortable driving environment by delivering early warning and infotainment messages to the drivers. Jamming attacks, however, pose a significant threat to their perform... Read More about Estimating the Relative Speed of RF Jammers in VANETs.

Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems (2019)
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Goh, K., Gupta, N., Honnuravali, M., & Umar, T. (2020). Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems. Proceedings of the ICE - Energy, 173(3), 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1680/jener.19.00061

Generating energy needs by means of renewable sources is a vital strategy for all the GCC countries. Photovoltaic systems in the GCC have been a primary choice of renewable sources due to regional weather and high levels of irradiance. However, the u... Read More about Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems.

Algorithmic Analysis of Chemical Dynamics of the Autoignition of NH3–H2O2/Air Mixtures (2019)
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Khalil, A. T., Manias, D. M., Tingas, E., Kyritsis, D. C., & Goussis, D. A. (2019). Algorithmic Analysis of Chemical Dynamics of the Autoignition of NH3–H2O2/Air Mixtures. Energies, 12(23), Article 4422. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12234422

The dynamics of a homogeneous adiabatic autoignition of an ammonia/air mixture at constant volume was studied, using the algorithmic tools of Computational Singular Perturbation. Since ammonia combustion is characterized by both unrealistically long... Read More about Algorithmic Analysis of Chemical Dynamics of the Autoignition of NH3–H2O2/Air Mixtures.

A Secure and Robust Image Hashing Scheme Using Gaussian Pyramids (2019)
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Bashir, I., Ahmed, F., Ahmad, J., Boulila, W., & Alharbi, N. (2019). A Secure and Robust Image Hashing Scheme Using Gaussian Pyramids. Entropy, 21(11), Article 1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/e21111132

Image hash is an alternative to cryptographic hash functions for checking integrity of digital images. Compared to cryptographic hash functions, an image hash or a Perceptual Hash Function (PHF) is resilient to content preserving distortions and sens... Read More about A Secure and Robust Image Hashing Scheme Using Gaussian Pyramids.

A Cognitively Inspired System Architecture for the Mengshi Cognitive Vehicle (2019)
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Zhang, X., Zhou, M., Liu, H., & Hussain, A. (2020). A Cognitively Inspired System Architecture for the Mengshi Cognitive Vehicle. Cognitive Computation, 12(1), 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-019-09692-6

This paper introduces the functional system architecture of the Mengshi intelligent vehicle, winner of the 2018 World Intelligent Driving Challenge (WIDC). Different from traditional smart vehicles, a cognitive module is introduced in the system arch... Read More about A Cognitively Inspired System Architecture for the Mengshi Cognitive Vehicle.

O-ADPI: Online Adaptive Deep-Packet Inspector Using Mahalanobis Distance Map for Web Service Attacks Classification (2019)
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Kakavand, M., Mustapha, A., Tan, Z., Foroozana, S., & Arulsamy, L. (2019). O-ADPI: Online Adaptive Deep-Packet Inspector Using Mahalanobis Distance Map for Web Service Attacks Classification. IEEE Access, 7, 167141-167156. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2953791

Most active research in Host and Network Intrusion Detection Systems are only able to detect attacks of the computer systems and attacks at the network layer, which are not sufficient to counteract SOAP/REST or XML/JSON-related attacks. In dealing wi... Read More about O-ADPI: Online Adaptive Deep-Packet Inspector Using Mahalanobis Distance Map for Web Service Attacks Classification.

Expanding the portfolio of tribo-positive materials: aniline formaldehyde condensates for high charge density triboelectric nanogenerators (2019)
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Zhao, P., Soin, N., Kumar, A., Shi, L., Guan, S., Tsonos, C., Yu, Z., Ray, S. C., McLaughlin, J. A., Zhu, Z., Zhou, E., Geng, J., See, C. H., & Luo, J. (2020). Expanding the portfolio of tribo-positive materials: aniline formaldehyde condensates for high charge density triboelectric nanogenerators. Nano Energy, 67, Article 104291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104291

The rapid uptake of energy harvesting triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) for self-powered electronics requires the development of high-performance tribo-materials capable of providing large power outputs. This work reports on the synthesis and use... Read More about Expanding the portfolio of tribo-positive materials: aniline formaldehyde condensates for high charge density triboelectric nanogenerators.