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Single-Element and MIMO Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas with Negligible Back Radiation for 5G Mid-Band Handsets (2022)
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Alnahwi, F. M., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). Single-Element and MIMO Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas with Negligible Back Radiation for 5G Mid-Band Handsets. Sensors, 22(8), Article 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22083067

In this paper, single-element and MIMO microstrip antenna with two pairs of unequal slits is proposed as a circularly polarized antenna with negligible back radiation for 5G mid-band handsets. The unequal pairs of slits are engraved on the antenna pa... Read More about Single-Element and MIMO Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas with Negligible Back Radiation for 5G Mid-Band Handsets.

Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute (2022)
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Fountas, G., Olowosegun, A., & Basbas, S. (2022). Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute. Safety, 8(2), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety8020029

School travel has been a significant source of safety concerns for children, parents, and public authorities. It will continue to be a source of concerns as long as severe accidents continue to emerge during pupils’ commute to school. This study prov... Read More about Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute.

Neutron Spectroscopy Evidence for a Possible Magnetic-Field-Induced Gapless Quantum-Spin-Liquid Phase in a Kitaev Material α-RuCl3 (2022)
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Zhao, X., Ran, K., Wang, J., Bao, S., Shangguan, Y., Huang, Z., Liao, J., Zhang, B., Cheng, S., Xu, H., Wang, W., Dong, Z.-Y., Meng, S., Lu, Z., Yano, S.-I., Yu, S.-L., Li, J.-X., & Wen, J. (2022). Neutron Spectroscopy Evidence for a Possible Magnetic-Field-Induced Gapless Quantum-Spin-Liquid Phase in a Kitaev Material α-RuCl3. Chinese Physics Letters, 39(5), Article 057501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/39/5/057501

As one of the most promising Kitaev quantum-spin-liquid (QSL) candidates, α-RuCl3 has received a great deal of attention. However, its ground state exhibits a long-range zigzag magnetic order, which defies the QSL phase. Nevertheless, the magnetic or... Read More about Neutron Spectroscopy Evidence for a Possible Magnetic-Field-Induced Gapless Quantum-Spin-Liquid Phase in a Kitaev Material α-RuCl3.

Accelerated Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) (2022)
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Ghani, A., Aina, A., See, C. H., Yu, H., & Keates, S. (2022). Accelerated Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Electronics, 11(7), Article 1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11071148

Early detection and diagnosis of COVID-19, as well as exact separation of non-COVID-19 cases in a non-invasive manner in the earliest stages of the disease, are critical concerns in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) ba... Read More about Accelerated Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).

Eye-Tracking Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (2022)
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Edughele, H. O., Zhang, Y., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Vien, Q., Morris-Cafiero, H., & Opoku Agyeman, M. (2022). Eye-Tracking Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. IEEE Access, 10, 41938-41958. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3164075

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in the loss of muscle control. For individuals with ALS, where mobility is limited to the move... Read More about Eye-Tracking Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas: Case Studies of High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur (2022)
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Firrdhaus Mohd Sahabuddin, M., Aminuddin, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Shukri, S. M. (2022). Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas: Case Studies of High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 30(2), 1623-1640. https://doi.org/10.47836/pjst.30.2.42

Air pollution is one factor that contributes to serious health issues in developing countries. The Malaysian Environmental Department has measured that particulate matter in urban areas is significantly higher than other parts of the country. Thus, t... Read More about Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas: Case Studies of High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur.

Comparing building performance of supermarkets under future climate change: UK case study (2022)
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Hasan, A. U., Bahadori-Jahromi, A., Mylona, A., Ferri, M., & Zhang, H. (2022). Comparing building performance of supermarkets under future climate change: UK case study. Advances in Energy Research, 8(1), 73-93. https://doi.org/10.12989/eri.2022.8.0.000

Focus on climate change and extreme weather conditions has received considerable attention in recent years. Civil engineers are now focusing on designing buildings that are more eco-friendly in the face of climate change. This paper describes the res... Read More about Comparing building performance of supermarkets under future climate change: UK case study.

Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables (2022)
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Natarajan, S. K., Elangovan, E., Elavarasan, R. M., Balaraman, A., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 40478-40506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19714-w

India is one of the highly developing countries in the world and it has the second-largest agricultural source of income, which covers 61% of the entire income of the country. The most valuable income group, by giving the appropriate training in this... Read More about Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables.

Design of an Analog RFID-Based UHF Band Tag Antenna with Opened Circuited L-shaped Stubs for the Applications in Localization (2022)
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Jouali, R., Aoutoul, M., Ouahmane, . H., Ahmad, S., Had, A., El Moukhtafi, F., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). Design of an Analog RFID-Based UHF Band Tag Antenna with Opened Circuited L-shaped Stubs for the Applications in Localization. Electronics, 11(7), Article 1027. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11071027

This paper presents a new analog design of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna with a long-read range oriented to localization applications. The actual work focuses on the analog input characterization of antenna impedance by studying... Read More about Design of an Analog RFID-Based UHF Band Tag Antenna with Opened Circuited L-shaped Stubs for the Applications in Localization.

A Study of Zero Bid Wind Farm for Future Scotland’s Energy Demands—A New Approach (2022)
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Stoddart, C., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Anderson, M., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Ayub, A. S., Mohd Sahabuddin, M. F., Rahmat, M. K., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., & Zulkipli, M. (2022). A Study of Zero Bid Wind Farm for Future Scotland’s Energy Demands—A New Approach. Applied Sciences, 12(7), Article 3326. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073326

Offshore wind is in a rapid transitional phase, pushed worldwide by efforts of those to reduce climate change. Wind power is becoming a commercialised, unsubsidised competitive form of low carbon generation of renewable energy. Marketplaces reflect t... Read More about A Study of Zero Bid Wind Farm for Future Scotland’s Energy Demands—A New Approach.

Effects of Biological and Chemical Degradation on the Properties of Scots Pine Wood—Part I: Chemical Composition and Microstructure of the Cell Wall (2022)
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Broda, M., Popescu, C., Curling, S. F., Ilie Timpu, D., & Ormondroyd, G. A. (2022). Effects of Biological and Chemical Degradation on the Properties of Scots Pine Wood—Part I: Chemical Composition and Microstructure of the Cell Wall. Materials, 15(7), Article 2348. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15072348

Research on new conservation treatment for archaeological wood requires large amounts of wooden material. For this purpose, artificial wood degradation (biological—using brown-rot fungus Coniophora puteana, and chemical—using NaOH solution) under lab... Read More about Effects of Biological and Chemical Degradation on the Properties of Scots Pine Wood—Part I: Chemical Composition and Microstructure of the Cell Wall.

Oscillating Water Column Geometrical Factors and System Performance: A Review (2022)
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Yacob, D. H., Sarip, S., Kaidi, H. M., Ardila-Rey, J. A., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2022). Oscillating Water Column Geometrical Factors and System Performance: A Review. IEEE Access, 10, 32104-32122. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3160713

Ocean waves that impact along the coast are among the most promising renewable energy sources that can be extracted from the environment. The ocean’s energy can be extracted by a few methods and converted from kinetic energy into electrical energy us... Read More about Oscillating Water Column Geometrical Factors and System Performance: A Review.

Strength Grading of Timber in the UK and Ireland in 2021 (2022)
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Ridley-Ellis, D., Gil-Moreno, D., & Harte, A. M. (2022). Strength Grading of Timber in the UK and Ireland in 2021. International Wood Products Journal, 13(2), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2022.2050549

This paper summarises the state of the art for strength grading of construction timber grown in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It includes the latest approvals based on recent research on spruce, larch and Douglas-fir. It lists the f... Read More about Strength Grading of Timber in the UK and Ireland in 2021.

DATASET: The impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour, transport, lifestyles and residential location choices in Scotland (2022)
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Downey, L., Fonzone, A., & Fountas, G. (2022). DATASET: The impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour, transport, lifestyles and residential location choices in Scotland. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2022.2853752

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute has been undertaking a study, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), into its impact on transport and travel in Scotland. As part of this research... Read More about DATASET: The impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour, transport, lifestyles and residential location choices in Scotland.

Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection (2022)
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Franco, F. F., Hogg, R. A., & Manjakkal, L. (2022). Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection. Biosensors, 12(3), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12030174

Electrochemical voltammetric sensors are some of the most promising types of sensors for monitoring various physiological analytes due to their implementation as non-invasive and portable devices. Advantages in reduced analysis time, cost-effectivene... Read More about Cu2O-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Non-Invasive and Portable Glucose Detection.

Influence of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on Bond-Slip Reponses between Fiber and Geopolymer Mortar (2022)
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Intarabut, D., Sukontasukkul, P., Phoo-n gernkham, T., Zhang, H., Yoo, D.-Y., Limkatanyu, S., & Chindaprasirt, P. (2022). Influence of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on Bond-Slip Reponses between Fiber and Geopolymer Mortar. Nanomaterials, 12(6), Article 943. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12060943

In this study, the influence of graphene oxide nanoparticles on the bond-slip behavior of fiber and fly ash-based geopolymer paste was examined. Geopolymer paste incorporating a graphene oxide nanoparticles solution was cast in half briquetted specim... Read More about Influence of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on Bond-Slip Reponses between Fiber and Geopolymer Mortar.

Dual-Band Phased Array 5G Mobile-Phone Antenna with Switchable and Hemispherical Beam Pattern Coverage for MIMO-Diversity Communications (2022)
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Parchin, N. O., Dardeer, O. M., Amar, A. S. I., Hwang See, C., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). Dual-Band Phased Array 5G Mobile-Phone Antenna with Switchable and Hemispherical Beam Pattern Coverage for MIMO-Diversity Communications. The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 36(12), 1602–1609. https://doi.org/10.13052/2021.ACES.J.361212

A new design of dual-band antenna array with 3D-coverage beam steering characteristic for millimeter-wave (MM-Wave) communications is proposed in this manuscript. The antenna covers frequency bands of 18 GHz and 28 GHz. Its configuration contains thr... Read More about Dual-Band Phased Array 5G Mobile-Phone Antenna with Switchable and Hemispherical Beam Pattern Coverage for MIMO-Diversity Communications.

A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications (2022)
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M. Fakharian, M., Alibakhshikenari, . M., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 4044. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07866-1

An offset quad-element, two-port, high-gain, and multiband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) planar antenna based on a log-periodic dipole array (LPDA) for Ku/K-band wireless communications is proposed, in this paper. A single element antenna has... Read More about A High Gain Multiband Offset MIMO Antenna Based on a Planar Log-Periodic Array for Ku/K-band Applications.

Distributed Event-triggered Bipartite Consensus for Multi-agent Systems Against Injection Attacks (2022)
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Zhao, H., Shan, J., Peng, L., & Yu, H. (2023). Distributed Event-triggered Bipartite Consensus for Multi-agent Systems Against Injection Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 19(4), 5377-5386. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2022.3157595

This paper studies fully distributed data-driven problems for nonlinear discrete-time multi-agent systems (MASs) with fixed and switching topologies preventing injection attacks. We first develop an enhanced compact form dynamic linearization model b... Read More about Distributed Event-triggered Bipartite Consensus for Multi-agent Systems Against Injection Attacks.

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.