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Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter (2020)
Journal Article
Pitropakis, N., Kokot, K., Gkatzia, D., Ludwiniak, R., Mylonas, A., & Kandias, M. (2020). Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 2(3), 192-215. https://doi.org/10.3390/make203

The proliferation of social media platforms changed the way people interact online. However, engagement with social media comes with a price, the users’ privacy. Breaches of users’ privacy, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal, can reveal how the... Read More about Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter.

Modelling User Preference for Embodied Artificial Intelligence and Appearance in Realistic Humanoid Robots (2020)
Journal Article
Strathearn, C., & Ma, M. (2020). Modelling User Preference for Embodied Artificial Intelligence and Appearance in Realistic Humanoid Robots. Informatics, 7(3), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics7030028

Realistic humanoid robots (RHRs) with embodied artificial intelligence (EAI) have numerous applications in society as the human face is the most natural interface for communication and the human body the most effective form for traversing the manmade... Read More about Modelling User Preference for Embodied Artificial Intelligence and Appearance in Realistic Humanoid Robots.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) human stress level classification based on theta/beta ratio (2020)
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Wen, T. Y., Bani, N. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Mohd Aris, S. A. (2020). Electroencephalogram (EEG) human stress level classification based on theta/beta ratio. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 12(6), 174-180. https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.

Stress analysis by utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) device in conjunction with signal processing techniques has emerged as an important area of research and the efforts are being made on detecting and classifying stress level. Non-invasive EEG... Read More about Electroencephalogram (EEG) human stress level classification based on theta/beta ratio.

Forecasting Flashover Parameters of Polymeric Insulators under Contaminated Conditions Using the Machine Learning Technique (2020)
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Arshad, Ahmad, J., Tahir, A., Stewart, B. G., & Nekahi, A. (2020). Forecasting Flashover Parameters of Polymeric Insulators under Contaminated Conditions Using the Machine Learning Technique. Energies, 13(15), Article 3889. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13153

There is a vital need to understand the flashover process of polymeric insulators for safe and reliable power system operation. This paper provides a rigorous investigation of forecasting the flashover parameters of High Temperature Vulcanized (HTV)... Read More about Forecasting Flashover Parameters of Polymeric Insulators under Contaminated Conditions Using the Machine Learning Technique.

Chaos-Based Confusion and Diffusion of Image Pixels Using Dynamic Substitution (2020)
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Qayyum, A., Ahmad, J., Boulila, W., Rubaiee, S., Arshad, Masood, F., Khan, F., & Buchanan, W. J. (2020). Chaos-Based Confusion and Diffusion of Image Pixels Using Dynamic Substitution. IEEE Access, 8, 140876-140895. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.301

The evolution of wireless and mobile communication from 0G to the upcoming 5G gives riseto data sharing through the Internet. This data transfer via open public networks are susceptible to severaltypes of attacks. Encryption is a method that can prot... Read More about Chaos-Based Confusion and Diffusion of Image Pixels Using Dynamic Substitution.

Distributed Model-Free Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Unknown Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Switching Topology (2020)
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Zhao, H., Peng, L., & Yu, H. (2020). Distributed Model-Free Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Unknown Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Switching Topology. Sensors, 20(15), Article 4164. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20154164

This paper proposes a distributed model-free adaptive bipartite consensus tracking (DMFABCT) scheme. The proposed scheme is independent of a precise mathematical model, but can achieve both bipartite time-invariant and time-varying trajectory trackin... Read More about Distributed Model-Free Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Unknown Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Switching Topology.

Upgrading biogas to a biomethane by use of nano-structured ceramic membranes (2020)
Journal Article
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Orakwe, I., Shehu, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Gobina, E. (2020). Upgrading biogas to a biomethane by use of nano-structured ceramic membranes. Detritus: Multidisciplinary journal for Waste Resources and Residues, 12, 73-77. http

In order to meet the demands of growing economies while considering environmental implications, the use of clean and renewable sources of energy has increasingly become of interest. Biogas utilisation is a means by which these rising needs can be met... Read More about Upgrading biogas to a biomethane by use of nano-structured ceramic membranes.

Semantic-Aware Real-Time Correlation Tracking Framework for UAV Videos (2020)
Journal Article
Xue, X., Li, Y., Yin, X., Shang, C., Peng, T., & Shen, Q. (2022). Semantic-Aware Real-Time Correlation Tracking Framework for UAV Videos. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 52(4), 2418-2429. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2020.3005453

Discriminative correlation filter (DCF) has contributed tremendously to address the problem of object tracking benefitting from its high computational efficiency. However, it has suffered from performance degradation in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)... Read More about Semantic-Aware Real-Time Correlation Tracking Framework for UAV Videos.

High-Gain On-Chip Antenna Design on Silicon Layer With Aperture Excitation for Terahertz Applications (2020)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Khalily, M., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Denidni, T. A., & Limiti, E. (2020). High-Gain On-Chip Antenna Design on Silicon Layer With Aperture Excitation for Terahertz Applications. IEEE Antennas and Wire

This article investigates the feasibility of designing a high-gain on-chip antenna on silicon technology for sub-terahertz applications over a wide frequency range. High-gain is achieved by exciting the antenna using an aperture fed mechanism to coup... Read More about High-Gain On-Chip Antenna Design on Silicon Layer With Aperture Excitation for Terahertz Applications.

Circular cities: the case of Singapore (2020)
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Carrière, S., Weigend Rodriguez, R., Pey, P., Pomponi, F., & Ramakrishna, S. (2020). Circular cities: the case of Singapore. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(4), 491-507. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2019-0137

Circular Economy (CE), as a new economic paradigm has gained traction in recent years. Cities’ role in driving CE forward has been perceived as being increasingly important to achieve Sustainable Development (SD). For this reason, there is an urgency... Read More about Circular cities: the case of Singapore.

Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications (2020)
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Wang, D., Chen, J., Wang, G., Lu, Z., Sun, S., Li, J., …Reaney, I. M. (2020). Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(11), 6237-6244. https://doi.org

Cold sintered, Li2MoO4-based ceramics have recently been touted as candidates for electronic packaging and low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology but MoO3 is an expensive and endangered raw material, not suited for large scale commerciali... Read More about Cold sintered LiMgPO4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications.

The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption (2020)
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Shahriar Ahmed, S., Hulme, K., Fountas, G., Eker, U., Benedyk, I., Still, S., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2020). The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption. Frontiers in Built Environment, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00106

In recent years, our surface transportation infrastructure is suffering from overuse, extreme traffic congestion, and roadway disrepair. Instead of following the traditional infrastructure expansion policy, current transportation research focuses on... Read More about The Flying Car – Challenges and Strategies towards Future Adoption.

Effect of using an infrared filter on the performance of a silicon solar cell for an ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic system (2020)
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Ahmed, A., Alzahrani, M., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Effect of using an infrared filter on the performance of a silicon solar cell for an ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic system. Materials Letters, 277, Article 128332. https://

It is well known that increasing the concentration ratio of concentrator photovoltaics has a positive impact on the power output of the system but can reduce the solar cells performance due to the heightened temperatures. In this paper, we introduce... Read More about Effect of using an infrared filter on the performance of a silicon solar cell for an ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic system.

Ultrathin Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor Chips with Bending-Induced Performance Enhancement (2020)
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Vilouras, A., Christou, A., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Ultrathin Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor Chips with Bending-Induced Performance Enhancement. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2(8), 2601-2610. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00489

Flexible multifunctional sensors on skin or wearables are considered highly suitable for next-generation noninvasive health care devices. In this regard, the field-effect transistor (FET)-based chemical sensors such as ion-sensitive FETs (ISFETs) are... Read More about Ultrathin Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor Chips with Bending-Induced Performance Enhancement.

Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review (2020)
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Roy, A., Ghosh, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review. Buildings, 10(7), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10070129

The rapid efficiency enhancement of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) make it a promising photovoltaic (PV) research, which has now drawn attention from industries and government organizations to invest for further development of PSC technology. PSC tech... Read More about Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review.

High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process (2020)
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Onyianta, A. J., O’Rourke, D., Sun, D., Popescu, C., & Dorris, M. (2020). High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process. Cellulose, 27(14), 7997-8010. https://doi.org/

Homogeneous high aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) were prepared from Laminaria hyperborea (LH) seaweed cellulose without any initial mechanical, biological or chemical pre-treatments. Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometry revealed tha... Read More about High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process.

Hierarchical Radar Data Analysis for Activity and Personnel Recognition (2020)
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Li, X., Li, Z., Fioranelli, F., Yang, S., Romain, O., & Kernec, J. L. (2020). Hierarchical Radar Data Analysis for Activity and Personnel Recognition. Remote Sensing, 12(14), Article 2237. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12142237

Radar-based classification of human activities and gait have attracted significant attention with a large number of approaches proposed in terms of features and classification algorithms. A common approach in activity classification attempts to find... Read More about Hierarchical Radar Data Analysis for Activity and Personnel Recognition.

Global socio-economic losses and environmental gains from the Coronavirus pandemic (2020)
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Lenzen, M., Li, M., Malik, A., Pomponi, F., Sun, Y., Wiedmann, T., …Yousefzadeh, M. (2020). Global socio-economic losses and environmental gains from the Coronavirus pandemic. PLOS ONE, 15(7), Article e0235654. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02356

On 3 April 2020, the Director-General of the WHO stated: “[COVID-19] is much more than a health crisis. We are all aware of the profound social and economic consequences of the pandemic (WHO, 2020)”. Such consequences are the result of counter-measur... Read More about Global socio-economic losses and environmental gains from the Coronavirus pandemic.

Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics (2020)
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Hussain, F., Khesro, A., Lu, Z., Alotaibi, N., Mohamad, A. A., Wang, G., …Zhou, D. (2020). Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics. Frontiers in Materials, 7, Article 160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00160

B-site doping in potassium sodium niobate (KNN) with Mn2+ (Mn′′′Nb) and Ti4+ (Ti′Nb) dopants were soluble but prevented KNN from achieving a high relative density, while Sn4+ (Sn′Nb) was not soluble in the structure as evidenced by second phase peaks... Read More about Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics.

Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs (2020)
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Wang, C., Zhao, T., Yu, H., Li, E., Tian, X., & Ding, S. (2021). Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechani

The capacities of parallel mechanisms are limited by their height for the narrow space applications, such as the shipboard stability platforms, household simulators, aerospace mechanisms, etc. This paper proposes a novel foldable six-DOF parallel man... Read More about Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs.