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Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels (2024)
Journal Article
Pour Sohrab, A., Huang, Y., & Karadimas, P. (2024). Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels. Wireless Personal Communications, 134, 1231–1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-024-10875-0

A holistic performance analysis and classification of multiport antennas (MPAs) is conducted in this paper. We focus on 5.9 GHz vehicle-to-vehicle communications suited to the emerging technology of intelligent transportation systems. Three-dimension... Read More about Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels.

Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach (2024)
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Abdullah, A., Mohd Saudi, A. S., Shafii, N. Z., Kamarudin, M. K. A., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2024). Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach. Planning Malaysia Journal, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v22i30.1448

One of the most important environmental problems facing the globe today is air pollution. The centre area for the local populace is the Hulu Langat district, which borders Kuala Lumpur, the capital. The purpose of this study is to look at how the amb... Read More about Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach.

Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia (2024)
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Woloshyn, V. E., Illingworth, S., & Obradović-Ratković, S. (2024). Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia. Brock Education, 33(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.26522/BROCKED.V33I1.1118

Academic writing is essential for disciplinary learning, academic success, knowledge creation, social status, and career advancement within academia (Fang, 2021). Academic research, writing, and publishing form the foundations of the majority of acad... Read More about Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia.

A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition (2024)
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Chougule, A., Kolte, S., Chamola, V., & Hussain, A. (2024). A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition. Expert Systems, 41(8), Article e13564. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13564

Face recognition is an essential feature required for a range of computer vision applications such as security, attendance systems, emotion detection, airport check-in, and many others. The super-resolution of subject images is an important and chall... Read More about A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition.

Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair (2024)
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Pianfuengfoo, S., Kongtunjanphuk, S., Zhang, H., & Sukontasukkul, P. (2024). Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair. Heliyon, 10(4), Article e26776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26776

Concrete often suffers cracks due to its low tensile strength. The repair process can vary ranging from surface coating, grouting, and strengthening. Microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation process (MICP) is a process of utilizing non-patho... Read More about Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair.

Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning (2024)
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Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2024). Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning. Organization Studies, 45(6), 801-823. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406241236606

This study addresses the lack of research into social processes of competition in organizations and explores women leaders self-positioning in relation to the discourses of gendered competition and neoliberal competition. The discourses carry contrad... Read More about Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning.

Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles (2024)
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Cirtwill, A. R., Wirta, H., Kaartinen, R., Ballantyne, G., Stone, G. N., Cunnold, H., Tiusanen, M., & Roslin, T. (2024). Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles. Oikos, 2024(4), Article e10301. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10301

Most animal pollination results from plant–insect interactions, but how we perceive these interactions may differ with the sampling method adopted. The two most common methods are observations of visits by pollinators to plants and observations of po... Read More about Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles.

Improved bounds on number fields of small degree (2024)
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Anderson, T. C., Gafni, A., Hughes, K., Lemke Oliver, R. J., Lowry-Duda, D., Thorne, F., Wang, J., & Zhang, R. (in press). Improved bounds on number fields of small degree. Discrete Analysis,

We study the number of degree n number fields with discriminant bounded by X. In this article, we improve an upper bound due to Schmidt on the number of such fields that was previously the best known upper bound for 6 ≤ n ≤ 94.

The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration (2024)
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Pepper, I., Cox, C., Fee, R., Horgan, S., Jarman, R., Jones, M., Policek, N., Rogers, C., & Tattum, C. (online). The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-02-2023-0042

Purpose The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education in the UK focuses on maintaining, enhancing and standardising the quality of higher education. Of significant impact are the development of subject benchmark statements (SBS) by the QA... Read More about The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration.

Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing (2024)
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Lambropoulos, G., Mitropoulos, S., Douligeris, C., & Maglaras, L. (2024). Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing. Computers, 13(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13020054

The widespread adoption of cloud computing has resulted in centralized datacenter structures; however, there is a requirement for smaller-scale distributed infrastructures to meet the demands for speed, responsiveness, and security for critical appli... Read More about Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing.

Suicide prevention: Introducing the Lothian Safekeeping Plan © for parents as a clinical innovation for use alongside safety plans for children and young people (2024)
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Abbott‐Smith, S., Dougall, N., & Ring, N. (2024). Suicide prevention: Introducing the Lothian Safekeeping Plan © for parents as a clinical innovation for use alongside safety plans for children and young people. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 37(1), Article e12455. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12455

Topic: Internationally, preventing suicide in children and young people is a priority and there are a range of preventative approaches available for health professionals to use, including brief interventions. Safety planning is one such brief interve... Read More about Suicide prevention: Introducing the Lothian Safekeeping Plan © for parents as a clinical innovation for use alongside safety plans for children and young people.

Data-based bipartite formation control for multi-agent systems with communication constraints (2024)
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Wang, J., Zhao, H., Yu, H., Yang, R., & Li, J. (2024). Data-based bipartite formation control for multi-agent systems with communication constraints. Science Progress, 107(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504241227620

This article investigates data-driven distributed bipartite formation issues for discrete-time multi-agent systems with communication constraints. We propose a quantized data-driven distributed bipartite formation control approach based on the plant’... Read More about Data-based bipartite formation control for multi-agent systems with communication constraints.

Robust Real-time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement based on DNN and GAN (2024)
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Gogate, M., Dashtipour, K., & Hussain, A. (in press). Robust Real-time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement based on DNN and GAN. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, https://doi.org/10.1109/tai.2024.3366141

The human auditory cortex contextually integrates audio-visual (AV) cues to better understand speech in a cocktail party situation. Recent studies have shown that AV speech enhancement (SE) models can significantly improve speech quality and intellig... Read More about Robust Real-time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement based on DNN and GAN.

British Sign Language Detection Using Ultra-Wideband Radar Sensing and Residual Neural Network (2024)
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Saeed, U., Shah, S. A., Ghadi, Y. Y., Hameed, H., Shah, S. I., Ahmad, J., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2024). British Sign Language Detection Using Ultra-Wideband Radar Sensing and Residual Neural Network. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(7), 11144-11151. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2024.3364389

This study represents a significant advancement in Sign Language Detection (SLD), a crucial tool for enhancing communication and fostering inclusivity among the hearing-impaired community. It innovatively combines radar technology with deep learning... Read More about British Sign Language Detection Using Ultra-Wideband Radar Sensing and Residual Neural Network.

A comparison of dermal toxicity models; assessing suitability for safe(r)-by-design decision-making and for screening nanomaterial hazards (2024)
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McLean, P., Marshall, J., García, A., Beal, D., Katsumiti, A., Carrière, M., & Boyles, M. (2024). A comparison of dermal toxicity models; assessing suitability for safe(r)-by-design decision-making and for screening nanomaterial hazards. Toxicology in Vitro, 97, Article 105792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2024.105792

The objective of Safe-by-Design (SbD) is to support the development of safer products and production processes, and enable safe use throughout a materials' life cycle; an intervention at an early stage of innovation can greatly benefit industry by re... Read More about A comparison of dermal toxicity models; assessing suitability for safe(r)-by-design decision-making and for screening nanomaterial hazards.

A novel medical image data protection scheme for smart healthcare system (2024)
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Rehman, M. U., Shafique, A., Khan, M. S., Driss, M., Boulila, W., Ghadi, Y. Y., Changalasetty, S. B., Alhaisoni, M., & Ahmad, J. (online). A novel medical image data protection scheme for smart healthcare system. CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, https://doi.org/10.1049/cit2.12292

The Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMT) refers to a network of interconnected multimedia devices that communicate with each other over the Internet. Recently, smart healthcare has emerged as a significant application of the IoMT, particularly in the... Read More about A novel medical image data protection scheme for smart healthcare system.

Training future engineers: Integrating Computational Thinking and effective learning methodologies into education (2024)
Journal Article
Herrero‐Álvarez, R., León, C., Miranda, G., & Segredo, E. (2024). Training future engineers: Integrating Computational Thinking and effective learning methodologies into education. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 32(3), Article e22723. https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.22723

This article examines the effectiveness and interest generated among primary and secondary education students through activities aimed at developing Computational Thinking skills, in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The shift to... Read More about Training future engineers: Integrating Computational Thinking and effective learning methodologies into education.

Introduction: Denis Saurat on ‘“The Scottish Renaissance” Group’ (2024)
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Lyall, S. (2024). Introduction: Denis Saurat on ‘“The Scottish Renaissance” Group’. Studies in Scottish literature, 49(1), 183-185. https://doi.org/10.51221/sc.ssl.2024.49.1.11

Provides the biographical context and publication history for Denis Saurat’s essay ‘Le groupe de “la Renaissance Écossaise”’, which included Saurat’s French translation of some MacDiarmid poems, describes the essay’s importance in the history of the... Read More about Introduction: Denis Saurat on ‘“The Scottish Renaissance” Group’.

Introduction: Hugh MacDiarmid at 100 (2024)
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Lyall, S. (2024). Introduction: Hugh MacDiarmid at 100. Studies in Scottish literature, 49(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.51221/sc.ssl.2024.49.1.2

Explains the background for this special issue, Hugh MacDiarmid at 100, in the Scottish Revival Network’s conference in August 2022, which marked the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s first appearance in print under that name in The Scottish Chapbook in... Read More about Introduction: Hugh MacDiarmid at 100.