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The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. (2013)
Journal Article
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2013). The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation. Transport Policy, 30, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.010

The port regionalisation concept extended earlier spatial models of port development with a focus on institutional relationships governing the complexity of inland connections. The concept accounts for the fact that modern ports operate in an increas... Read More about The role of intermodal transport in port regionalisation..

Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1 (2013)
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., & Stinson, J. (2013). Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1. Inverness, Scotland: Kingdom Housing Association

The HIS comprised of twenty seven homes: twelve flats with communal gardens and fifteen houses with their own gardens. Within each of the blocks all of the tested dwellings varied in terms of size, form and construction technique. New technologies we... Read More about Housing Innovation Showcase 2012: Building Performance Evaluation, Phase 1-Part 1.

COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions. (2013)
Report
Bielefeldt, C., Bak, M., Borkowski, P., Carreno, M., Matthews, B., Stewart, K., Caramanico, G., Cooper, J., Enei, R., Biosca, O., Shibayama, T., de Stasio, C., & Schnell, O. (2013). COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The motivation and the general objectives of the COMPASS project are deeply rooted in the European Transport Policy (ETP) in the first decade of the 21st Century, with a look towards the new challenges of the incoming second deca... Read More about COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport for reducing carbon emissions – Final results and Conclusions..

The dynamic decode-and-forward channel: SNR allocation. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maagh, S., Sharp, J., & Binnie, D. (2013, November). The dynamic decode-and-forward channel: SNR allocation. Presented at 21st Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2013

In the half-duplex relay channel applying the decode-and-forward protocol the relay introduces energy over random time intervals into the channel as observed at the destination. Consequently, during simulation the average signal power seen at the de... Read More about The dynamic decode-and-forward channel: SNR allocation..

Linear quadratic optimal control of a DC motor (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Anuar, K., Abu-Bakar, S. H., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2013, May). Linear quadratic optimal control of a DC motor. Presented at 2013 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (CSUDET), Selangor, Malaysia

This paper introduces a new way of controlling a DC motor, by applying a linear quadratic optimal control. It includes all the experiments that were carried out in the lab to obtain all the parameters of the motor before modelling the motor into a di... Read More about Linear quadratic optimal control of a DC motor.

Nonlinear control of a DC motor (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Bakar, S. H., Anuar, K., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Mas'ud, A. A. (2013, May). Nonlinear control of a DC motor. Presented at 2013 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (CSUDET), Selangor, Malaysia

This paper deals with a nonlinear system where an online nonlinear control is applied to a DC motor. First, nonlinear model of the motor is explained. Next, based on the model, the nonlinearity is simulated using MATLAB. The simulations were on two n... Read More about Nonlinear control of a DC motor.

Structural design with Accoya wood (2013)
Journal Article
Crawford, D., Bongers, F., Alexander, J., Marcroft, J., Bongers, F., Alexander, J., …Hairstans, R. (2013). Structural design with Accoya wood. International Wood Products Journal, 4(3), 172-176. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042645313y.0000000041

The benefits from acetylation of wood to enhance resistance against fungal decay and dimensional stability have been known for many years. Since 2007 Accsys Technologies has been commercially producing Accoya wood that is based on acetylation of Radi... Read More about Structural design with Accoya wood.

Panelist for the "Infrastructure and Climate Change" session. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Susca, T. (2013, November). Panelist for the "Infrastructure and Climate Change" session. Presented at Dahrendorf Symposium 2013: Changing the European Debate: Focus on Climate Change

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A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material (2013)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Cvejin, K., Kulawik, J., Zaraska, K., & Szwagierczak, D. (2013). A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material. Nano Hybrids, 5, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/nh.5.1

Fresh water deficiency caused by climate change calls for employing novel measures to ensure safety of drinking water supply. Wireless sensor networks can be used for monitoring hydrological conditions across wide area, allowing flow forecasting and... Read More about A Low-Cost pH Sensor Based on RuO2 Resistor Material.

The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes. (2013)
Journal Article
Ghashat, H., & Cullinane, K. (2013). The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 8, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.03.005

The landlord and regulatory functions at Libya's container ports are currently administered and controlled by a national port authority, while the Socialist Ports Company is responsible for operational functions. This paper comprehensively describes... Read More about The future governance structure of Libya’s container ports: a survey of stakeholder attitudes..

Compass: Optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions: Handbook of ICT solutions for improving co-modality in passenger transport. (2013)
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Biosca, O., Ulied, A., Caramanico, G., Bielefeldt, C., Calvet, M., Carreras, B., Rodrigo, R., Cooper, J., Fonzone, A., Stewart, K., Condie, H., Schnell, O., Mandel, B., Bak, M., Borkowski, P., Pawlowska, B., Matthews, B., Chen, H., Shibayama, T., Lemmerer, H., …Franchi, L. (2013). Compass: Optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions: Handbook of ICT solutions for improving co-modality in passenger transport. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

The COMPASS Handbook of ICT Solutions puts together a set of 96 solutions applying to urban and metropolitan mobility, long distance passenger transport and also innovative ICT solutions aimed at increasing the quality of transport services in area... Read More about Compass: Optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions: Handbook of ICT solutions for improving co-modality in passenger transport..

COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions - An assessment of the potential impact of ICT solutions on a co-modal transport system. (2013)
Report
Biosca, O., Ulied, A., Bielefeldt, C., Calvet, M., Larrea, E., de Stasio, C., Schnell, O., Mandel, B., Bak, M., Borkowski, P., Matthews, B., Chen, H., Shibayama, T., Lemmerer, H., Enei, R., Cooper, J., Fonzone, A., & Stewart, K. (2013). COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions - An assessment of the potential impact of ICT solutions on a co-modal transport system. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This deliverable is the synthesis of the work carried out in WP6 of the COMPASS project, centred on the assessment of ITS transport solutions to improve co-modality in Europe. A framework for the assessment of solutions is provided in chapter 1 of... Read More about COMPASS: optimised co-modal passenger transport fro reducing carbon emissions - An assessment of the potential impact of ICT solutions on a co-modal transport system..

Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling (2013)
Journal Article
Mahdjoubi, L., Moobela, C., & Laing, R. (2013). Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1272-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.09.003

There is an opportunity for real-estate services sector to deliver more accurate, faster and quality building surveys and information models. This paper reports on a study, designed to establish automated procedures for the development of a digital m... Read More about Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling.

Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system (2013)
Journal Article
Abu-Bakarab, S. H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Munir, A. B., Yasin, S. H. M., Mallick, T. K., McLennan, C., & Rahim, R. A. (2014). Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system. Energy Policy, 65, 552-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.018

This short communication paper focuses on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme in the United Kingdom (UK); and in particular, on its implication on domestic installations of solar thermal systems (STSs). First, a short review on the STS in the U... Read More about Financial analysis on the proposed renewable heat incentive for residential houses in the United Kingdom: A case study on the solar thermal system.

Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations (2013)
Journal Article
Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2013). Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 439(12), 3659-3698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2013.09.032

We derive an error bound in the gap metric for positive real balanced truncation and positive real singular perturbation approximation. We prove these results by working in the context of dissipative driving-variable systems, as in behavioral and sta... Read More about Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations.

A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, J., & Salam, Z. (2013). A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm. In 4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (558-562). https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635669

This paper presents a novel approach to determine the maximum power point (MPP) in Photovoltaic (PV) System using the Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm. In CS, three samples of voltage are generated randomly over the span of the PV voltage. Based on the L... Read More about A soft computing MPPT for PV system based on Cuckoo Search algorithm.

Comparison of multilevel PWM versus interleaved based sinewave shaping for two-stage current source inverters used in PV applications (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadopoulos, S., & Klumpner, C. (2013). Comparison of multilevel PWM versus interleaved based sinewave shaping for two-stage current source inverters used in PV applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/epe.2013.6634633

This paper investigates the advantages of using interleaved based direct sinusoidal current shaping techniques as alternative to 5-level Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) when used in conjunction to a two stage Current Source Inverter (CSI) in PV applicat... Read More about Comparison of multilevel PWM versus interleaved based sinewave shaping for two-stage current source inverters used in PV applications.