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Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland (2022)
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Olowosegun, A., Babajide, N., Akintola, A., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (2022). Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland. Accident analysis and prevention, 169, Article 106610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106610

This paper investigates the determinants of injury severities in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents at signalised and unsignalised junctions, and at physically-controlled and human-controlled crossings in Scotland. The accident data were drawn from t... Read More about Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland.

A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications (2022)
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Faouri, Y. S., Ahmad, S., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications. Electronics, 11(5), Article 821. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050821

To support various fifth generation (5G) wireless applications, a small, printed bowtie-shaped microstrip antenna with meandered arms is reported in this article. Because it spans the broad legal range, the developed antenna can serve or reject a var... Read More about A Novel Meander Bowtie-Shaped Antenna with Multi-Resonant and Rejection Bands for Modern 5G Communications.

Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective (2022)
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Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2022). Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective. Energy nexus: water, food and power, 6, Article 100058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100058

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used as a viable tool to accelerate infrastructural development in many countries. In recent years, the repercussions of climate change have heightened the need to adopt cleaner energy sources such as sola... Read More about Public-Private Partnership in Ghana's Solar Energy Industry: The History, Current State, Challenges, Prospects and Theoretical Perspective.

Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK (2022)
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Semple, T., & Fountas, G. (2023). Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 12(1), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2021.12.001

This paper provides an integrated analytical framework to investigate the demographic and behavioural factors that significantly influence public support for pedestrianisation. Pedestrianisation is often introduced by local authorities with the inten... Read More about Demographic and Behavioural Factors Affecting Public Support for Pedestrianisation in City Centres: The Case of Edinburgh, UK.

Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland (2022)
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Muneer, T., & Dowell, R. (2022). Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 17, 469-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctac012

Depleting energy resources, enhancing energy security and energy access and approaching climate change related challenges are some of the present day challenges. Against this backdrop, renewable energy (RE)-based farming has been a topic of serious d... Read More about Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland.

Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials (2022)
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Yadav, A., Kumar, P., Rawat, D., Garg, S., Mukherjee, P., Farooqi, F., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., Sharma, R. S., & Mishra, V. (2022). Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials. Science of the Total Environment, 826, Article 154038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154038

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) exhibit tremendous potential in the sustainable management of dye wastewater via degrading azo dyes while generating electricity. The past decade has witnessed advances in MFC configurations and materials; however, compreh... Read More about Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials.

Bus Franchising in English and Scottish regions – viable solution or unfeasible instrument? (2022)
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Villa i Aguilar, X., Rye, T., McTigue, C., & Cowie, J. (2022). Bus Franchising in English and Scottish regions – viable solution or unfeasible instrument?. Transport Policy, 120, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.02.011

Much research surrounds the move from publicly owned and operated bus markets to publicly controlled and privately operated markets, or in the case of Great Britain, a fully deregulated market. Little research however exists concerning the counter mo... Read More about Bus Franchising in English and Scottish regions – viable solution or unfeasible instrument?.

A CFD Analysis for Novel Close-Ended Deflector for Vertical Water Turbines (2022)
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Al-quraishi, M. B. Z. Y., Sarip, S., Mad Kaidi, H., Ardila-Rey, J. A., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2022). A CFD Analysis for Novel Close-Ended Deflector for Vertical Water Turbines. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 2790. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052790

The effects of climate change are growing more and more evident, and this is caused by the increase in CO2 emissions. Fossil fuel exhaustion and the need for electricity in remote areas have encouraged researchers to advance and develop the renewable... Read More about A CFD Analysis for Novel Close-Ended Deflector for Vertical Water Turbines.

Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms (2022)
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Mora, L., Deakin, M., Zhang, X., Batty, M., de Jong, M., Santi, P., & Appio, F. P. (2022). Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms. Routledge

This book enhances the reader’s understanding of the theoretical foundations, sociotechnical assemblage, and governance mechanisms of sustainable smart city transitions. Drawing on empirical evidence stemming from existing smart city research, the bo... Read More about Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms.

Survey data on public perceptions towards flying cars and flying taxi services (2022)
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Eker, U., Fountas, G., Ahmed, S. S., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2022). Survey data on public perceptions towards flying cars and flying taxi services. Data in Brief, 41, Article 107981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.107981

An online survey was conducted to evaluate public perceptions towards an emerging transportation technology, namely the flying car, which is expected to join the existing traffic fleet within the following decades. Responses from 692 survey participa... Read More about Survey data on public perceptions towards flying cars and flying taxi services.

Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries (2022)
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Arumughan, J., Vijayakrishnan, M. K., Palaniswamy, K., Alam, T., Kumaresan, T., Angappamudaliar, S. K. P., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries. Materials Letters, 315, Article 131939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.131939

The limited energy performance of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) prevents their commercialization on a large scale. Active research is conducted aiming enhancement of electrochemical properties of VRFBs, nanotechnology is constantly penetratin... Read More about Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries.

A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems (2022)
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Zhang, Y., Vand, B., & Baldi, S. (2022). A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems. Buildings, 12(2), Article 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12020238

The Energy Management System (EMS) is an efficient technique to monitor, control and enhance the building performance. In the state-of-the-art, building performance analysis is separated into building simulation and control management: this may cause... Read More about A Review of Mathematical Models of Building Physics and Energy Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Integrated Energy Management Systems.

A novel dynamic gesture understanding algorithm fusing convolutional neural networks with hand-crafted features (2022)
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Liu, A., Song, S., Yang, L., Bian, G., & Yu, H. (2022). A novel dynamic gesture understanding algorithm fusing convolutional neural networks with hand-crafted features. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 83, Article 103454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvcir.2022.103454

Dynamic gestures have attracted much attention in recent years due to their user-friendly interactive characteristics. However, accurate and efficient dynamic gesture understanding remains a challenge due to complex scenarios and motion information.... Read More about A novel dynamic gesture understanding algorithm fusing convolutional neural networks with hand-crafted features.

Approach to breech face impression comparison based on the robust estimation of a correspondence function (2022)
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Zhang, H., Zaman Robin, A. U., Zhu, J., Lu, C., Fang, C., & Shyha, I. (2022). Approach to breech face impression comparison based on the robust estimation of a correspondence function. Forensic Science International, 333, Article 111229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111229

Forensic firearm analysis concerns an attempt to determine if ammunition is associated with a specific firearm based on tool-marks produced by it. A feature-based method using the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) and RANdom SAmple Consensus (... Read More about Approach to breech face impression comparison based on the robust estimation of a correspondence function.

Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture (2022)
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Jowkar, M., Temeljotov-Salajb, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Støre-Valen, M. (2022). Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture. Construction Management and Economics, 40(3), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2027485

Retrofit of existing housing increases the possibility of meeting Sustainable Development Goals. Improving quality of life, minimising energy consumption and increasing productivity in buildings process with the aim of affordable housing (social, env... Read More about Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture.

Beyond recycling: an LCA-based decision-support tool to accelerate Scotland's transition to a circular economy (2022)
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Salemdeeb, R., Saint, R., Pomponi, F., Pratt, K., & Lenaghan, M. (2022). Beyond recycling: an LCA-based decision-support tool to accelerate Scotland's transition to a circular economy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 13, Article 200069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200069

Resources and waste strategies have recently seen a shift in focus from weight-based recycling targets to impact-driven policies. To support this transition, numerous decision-support tools were developed to help identify waste streams with the highe... Read More about Beyond recycling: an LCA-based decision-support tool to accelerate Scotland's transition to a circular economy.

Wireless Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Based on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR): A Review Case Study (2022)
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Abdul-Al, M., Amar, A. S., Elfergani, I., Littlehales, R., Parchin, N., Al-Yasir, Y., See, C. H., Zhou, D., Binti Zainal Abidin, Z., Alibakhshikenari, M., Zebiri, C., Elmegri, F., Abusitta, M., Ullah, A., Abdussalam, F. M., Rodriguez, J., McEwan, N. J., Noras, J., Hodgetts, R., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). Wireless Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Based on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR): A Review Case Study. Electronics, 11(4), Article 511. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11040511

Employing Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) in new wireless communication and sensing technologies has substantially increased the level of human exposure to EMF waves. This paper presents a useful insight into the interaction of electromagnetic fields w... Read More about Wireless Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Based on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR): A Review Case Study.

The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine (2022)
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Gil-Moreno, D., Ridley-Ellis, D., O'Ceallaigh, C., & Harte, A. M. (2022). The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 80, 585-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-022-01787-6

The correct characterisation of wood properties is fundamental for the best utilisation of resources. In Europe, grading is defined by strength classes that are determined based on either bending or tension tests. The European standards give equation... Read More about The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine.