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A feasibility study for the development of sustainable theoretical framework for smart water-energy bathroom unit (2022)
Thesis
Oye, T. K. A feasibility study for the development of sustainable theoretical framework for smart water-energy bathroom unit. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2952381

One of the major issues facing the world in the 21st century is climate change. However, sustainability has become a crucial concept to combat extreme consumption and utilization of environmental resources leading to climate change. The bathroom has... Read More about A feasibility study for the development of sustainable theoretical framework for smart water-energy bathroom unit.

Experimental study on the torsional mechanics of laminated structural glass beams (2022)
Thesis
Uheida, K. Experimental study on the torsional mechanics of laminated structural glass beams. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2967284

This thesis presents an experimental study on the torsional-mechanical behaviours of laminated structural glass beams. Glass structures are in increasing demand due to many favourable characteristics such as high compressive strength, flexibility, ae... Read More about Experimental study on the torsional mechanics of laminated structural glass beams.

Electrochemical and physicochemical degradability evaluation of printed flexible carbon electrodes in seawater (2022)
Journal Article
Franco, F. F., Dervin, S., & Manjakkal, L. (2022). Electrochemical and physicochemical degradability evaluation of printed flexible carbon electrodes in seawater. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 920, Article 116592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116592

The environmental impact of metals and non-degradable plastics in printed electrodes has highlighted the need of employing sustainable materials in environmental monitoring. In this work, we developed a new sustainable graphite-based paste (G-PE) pri... Read More about Electrochemical and physicochemical degradability evaluation of printed flexible carbon electrodes in seawater.

High Q×f values of Zn-Ni co-modified LiMg0.9Zn0.1-x Ni x PO4 microwave dielectric ceramics for 5G/6G LTCC modules (2022)
Journal Article
Li, S., Li, C., Mao, M., Song, K., Iqbal, Y., Khesro, A., Faouri, S. S., Lu, Z., Liu, B., Sun, S., & Wang, D. (2022). High Q×f values of Zn-Ni co-modified LiMg0.9Zn0.1-x Ni x PO4 microwave dielectric ceramics for 5G/6G LTCC modules. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(13), 5684-5690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.06.083

In this work, Zn-Ni co-modified LiMg0.9Zn0.1-xNixPO4 (x = 0–0.1) microwave dielectric ceramics were fabricated using a solid state synthesis route. Rietveld refinement of the XRD data revealed that all ceramic samples have formed a single phase with... Read More about High Q×f values of Zn-Ni co-modified LiMg0.9Zn0.1-x Ni x PO4 microwave dielectric ceramics for 5G/6G LTCC modules.

Numerical analysis of zero-carbon HCCI engine fuelled with steam diluted H2/H2O2 blends (2022)
Journal Article
Fernie, O., Megaritis, T., Ganippa, L. C., & Tingas, E. (2022). Numerical analysis of zero-carbon HCCI engine fuelled with steam diluted H2/H2O2 blends. Fuel, 326, Article 125100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125100

The addition of hydrogen peroxide and steam to a hydrogen-fuelled HCCI engine was investigated at various fuel lean conditions ( = 0.2–0.6) and compression ratios (15–20) using a 0-dimensional numerical model. The use of hydrogen peroxide as an ignit... Read More about Numerical analysis of zero-carbon HCCI engine fuelled with steam diluted H2/H2O2 blends.

Glucose level detection using millimetre-wave metamaterial-inspired resonator (2022)
Journal Article
Qureshi, S. A., Abidin, Z. Z., Elamin, N. I. M., A. Majid, H., Ashyap, A. Y. I., Nebhen, J., Kamarudin, M. R., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). Glucose level detection using millimetre-wave metamaterial-inspired resonator. PLOS ONE, 17(6), Article e0269060. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269060

Millimetre-wave frequencies are promising for sensitive detection of glucose levels in the blood, where the temperature effect is insignificant. All these features provide the feasibility of continuous, portable, and accurate monitoring of glucose le... Read More about Glucose level detection using millimetre-wave metamaterial-inspired resonator.

The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Public Transport Use In Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Downey, L., Fonzone, A., Fountas, G., & Semple, T. (2022). The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Public Transport Use In Scotland. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 163, 338-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.06.005

This paper examines the determinants of changes in future public transport use in Scotland after the COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was distributed to 994 Scottish residents in order to identify travel habits, attitudes and preferences du... Read More about The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Public Transport Use In Scotland.

Barriers to circular economy adoption and concomitant implementation strategies in building construction and demolition waste management: A PRISMA and interpretive structural modeling approach (2022)
Journal Article
Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W., & Olawumi, T. O. (2022). Barriers to circular economy adoption and concomitant implementation strategies in building construction and demolition waste management: A PRISMA and interpretive structural modeling approach. Habitat International, 126(August), 102615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102615

Waste generated by building construction and demolition (BCD) activities contributes to the major proportion of urban solid waste. A large amount of the waste is still sent to the landfill or downcycled globally. The adoption of circular economy (CE)... Read More about Barriers to circular economy adoption and concomitant implementation strategies in building construction and demolition waste management: A PRISMA and interpretive structural modeling approach.

Seismic barriers filled with solid elastic and granular materials: Comparative analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Bratov, V., Kuznetsov, S., & Morozov, N. (2022). Seismic barriers filled with solid elastic and granular materials: Comparative analysis. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(9), 1761-1770. https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865221104235

A comparative study of the vertical seismic barriers intended for protecting from Rayleigh seismic waves and filled with (1) homogeneous linearly elastic materials and (2) granular metamaterials, is done by the finite-element (FE) modeling. The granu... Read More about Seismic barriers filled with solid elastic and granular materials: Comparative analysis.

An equivalence framework for an age-structured multi-stage representation of the cell cycle (2022)
Journal Article
Kynaston, J. C., Guiver, C., & Yates, C. A. (2022). An equivalence framework for an age-structured multi-stage representation of the cell cycle. Physical Review E, 105(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.064411

We develop theoretical equivalences between stochastic and deterministic models for populations of individual cells stratified by age. Specifically, we develop a hierarchical system of equations describing the full dynamics of an age-structured multi... Read More about An equivalence framework for an age-structured multi-stage representation of the cell cycle.

Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse — Three methods and five case studies (2022)
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Sandin, Y., Shotton, E., Cramer, M., Sandberg, K., Walsh, S. J., González-Alegre, V., Östling, J., Cristescu, C., Íñiguez-González, G., Llana, D. F., Carlsson, A., Uí Chúláin, C., Jackson, N., García Barbero, M., & Zabala Mejia, A. (2022). Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse — Three methods and five case studies. ForestValue

There is a need for a shift towards circular economy in the construction sector and design philosophies as Design for Deconstruction and Reuse (DfDR) and Design for Adaptability (DfA) are being developed as means to design out waste and enhance resou... Read More about Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse — Three methods and five case studies.

Effect of graphene oxide nanoparticles on blast load resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete (2022)
Journal Article
Jamnam, S., Maho, B., Techaphatthanakon, A., Ruttanapun, C., Aemlaor, P., Zhang, H., & Sukontasukkul, P. (2022). Effect of graphene oxide nanoparticles on blast load resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 343, Article 128139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128139

Concrete structures may occasionally be subjected to both intentional or unintentional explosions which could cause casualties and damage to properties. Advance research on protective structures are important to enhance blast resistance of materials,... Read More about Effect of graphene oxide nanoparticles on blast load resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete.

Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle: A boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations (2022)
Journal Article
Padrino, J. C., Sprittles, J. E., & Lockerby, D. A. (2022). Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle: A boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations. Physics of Fluids, 34(6), Article 062011. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091041

We develop a novel boundary integral formulation for the steady linearized form of Grad's 13-moment (G13) equations applied to a uniform flow of rarefied gas past solid objects at low Mach numbers. Changing variables leads to a system of boundary int... Read More about Efficient simulation of rarefied gas flow past a particle: A boundary element method for the linearized G13 equations.

A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world (2022)
Journal Article
Sohail, M., Afrouzi, H. N., Mehranzamir, K., Ahmed, J., Mobin Siddique, M. B., & Tabassum, M. (2022). A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world. Results in Engineering, 16, Article 100481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100481

Energy crises, increasing electricity prices, and having no access to the grid electricity are the leading issues in developing countries of Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Developing hybrid renewable energy systems in off-grid or grid... Read More about A comprehensive scientometric analysis on hybrid renewable energy systems in developing regions of the world.

DTWN: Q-learning-based Transmit Power Control for Digital Twin WiFi Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Çakır, L. V., Huseynov, K., Ak, E., & Canberk, B. (2022). DTWN: Q-learning-based Transmit Power Control for Digital Twin WiFi Networks. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 9(31), Article e5. https://doi.org/10.4108/eetinis.v9i31.1059

Interference has always been the main threat to the performance of traditional WiFi networks and next-generation moving forward. The problem can be solved with transmit power control(TPC). However, to accomplish this, an information-gathering process... Read More about DTWN: Q-learning-based Transmit Power Control for Digital Twin WiFi Networks.

Event-Triggered Distributed Data-Driven Iterative Learning Bipartite Formation Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multiagent Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Zhao, H., Yu, H., & Peng, L. (2024). Event-Triggered Distributed Data-Driven Iterative Learning Bipartite Formation Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 35(1), 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3174885

In this study, we investigate the event-triggering time-varying trajectory bipartite formation tracking problem for a class of unknown nonaffine nonlinear discrete-time multiagent systems (MASs). We first obtain an equivalent linear data model with a... Read More about Event-Triggered Distributed Data-Driven Iterative Learning Bipartite Formation Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multiagent Systems.

The de-industrialisation discourse and the loss of modern industrial heritage in the Arab world: Jordan as a case study (2022)
Journal Article
Jarrar, N., & Jaradat, S. (2024). The de-industrialisation discourse and the loss of modern industrial heritage in the Arab world: Jordan as a case study. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, 14(4), 581-599. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-03-2021-0037

Purpose
Industrial heritage is considered an essential part of cultural heritage in the world. This heritage suffers from continued marginalisation in the Arab world, particularly in Jordan, where many industrial heritage sites have not been protect... Read More about The de-industrialisation discourse and the loss of modern industrial heritage in the Arab world: Jordan as a case study.

Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells (2022)
Journal Article
Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446(5), Article 137378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137378

Designing alternatives to TiO2 electron-transport layers (ETLs) for facile electron extraction and transport to enhance the efficiency of n-i-p structured carbon perovskite solar cells (CPSC) is still a less explored research interest. In this work,... Read More about Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells.

Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice (2022)
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Götschi, T., Davis, A., & Racioppi, F. (2022). Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice. Bonn, Germany: WHO Europe

Active travel modes, especially walking and cycling, are now recognized by many as modes that are fully equal to other urban transport modes, integrated in planning frameworks, and adopted as part of the mainstream – not just in trailblazer countries... Read More about Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice.