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Actual Design Space Methodology for Preliminary Design Analysis of Switched Reluctance Machines (2020)
Journal Article
Rocca, R., Giulii Capponi, F., De Donato, G., Papadopoulos, S., Caricchi, F., Rashed, M., & Galea, M. (2021). Actual Design Space Methodology for Preliminary Design Analysis of Switched Reluctance Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 57(1), 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2020.3038352

In the design of modern, high-performance switched reluctance machines, the highly restrictive sets of constraints and requirements severely limit the number of feasible solutions. In order to improve the chances of attaining a successful design, thi... Read More about Actual Design Space Methodology for Preliminary Design Analysis of Switched Reluctance Machines.

Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashyap, A., Abidin, . Z., Dahlan, S. H., Shah, . S., Yee, S., Majid, H., Qureshi, . S., & See, C. H. (2020, September). Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application. Presented at 2020 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

A compact and robust inversely E-shaped antenna (IESA) integrated with electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) is presented for wearable applications at 2.4 GHz. The EBG introduced in this paper to shield the antenna from body effects, due to it... Read More about Compact, Low-profile and Robust Inversely E-shaped Antenna Integrated with EBG Structures for Wearable Application.

Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gureshi, S., Ashyap, . A., Abidin,, Z., Dahlan, S. H., Majid, . H., & See, C. H. (2020, September). Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications. Presented at 2020 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

A novel microwave technology-based biosensor operating at 36 GHz is developed for liquid-sensing properties for 5G applications. The metamaterial resonator in the designed biosensor consists of a single ring connected by two microstrip lines. The ove... Read More about Liquid-Sensing Metamaterial Ring Resonator in Millimeter-wave Band for 5G Applications.

Capitalism and colonial approach reborn? Chinese economic involvement in Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M., Lu, X., & Gertsch, D. (2020). Capitalism and colonial approach reborn? Chinese economic involvement in Africa. Strategic Change, 29(6), 645-648. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2371

Africa needs foreign investment for their economic development. Given the high risk of investing in Africa, it hampers many other potential investors from developed countries. Although China is considered as a developing country, it provides economic... Read More about Capitalism and colonial approach reborn? Chinese economic involvement in Africa.

Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria (2020)
Book Chapter
Moyo, D., & Olowosegun, A. (2021). Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria. In R. Home (Ed.), Land Issues for Urban Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa (281-297). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52504-0_18

Informal public transport (IPT) has emerged as an adaptive alternative to formal public transport in developing countries. Transport sytems are an integral part of land allocation and urban governance in urban development, with positive and negative... Read More about Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Comparison between Single and Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Knapsack Problem and the Travelling Salesman Problem (2020)
Journal Article
Mahrach, M., Miranda, G., León, C., & Segredo, E. (2020). Comparison between Single and Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Knapsack Problem and the Travelling Salesman Problem. Mathematics, 8(11), Article 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8112018

One of the main components of most modern Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (MOEAs) is to maintain a proper diversity within a population in order to avoid the premature convergence problem. Due to this implicit feature that most MOEAs share, t... Read More about Comparison between Single and Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Knapsack Problem and the Travelling Salesman Problem.

An exploratory empirical analysis of willingness to hire and pay for flying taxis and shared flying car services (2020)
Journal Article
Shahriar Ahmed, S., Fountas, G., Eker, U., Still, S. E., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2021). An exploratory empirical analysis of willingness to hire and pay for flying taxis and shared flying car services. Journal of Air Transport Management, 90, Article 101963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.101963

A new transportation mode that can simultaneously operate on land and in the air, namely the flying cars, is anticipated to penetrate the automobile fleet between 2020 and 2025. Due to their flexible mobility patterns and automated operational chara... Read More about An exploratory empirical analysis of willingness to hire and pay for flying taxis and shared flying car services.

Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography (2020)
Journal Article
Patrick-Thomson, H., & Kranert, M. (2021). Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography. Work, Employment and Society, 35(6), 1034-1052. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020952630

While increasing academic attention has been paid to the precariousness of contemporary work, less research has examined how workers organise in response. This article examines how a group of precarious workers—commercial photographers—use an online... Read More about Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography.

Missing the full story: First estimates of carbon deposition rates for the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis (2020)
Journal Article
Lee, H. Z. L., Davies, I. M., Baxter, J. M., Diele, K., & Sanderson, W. G. (2020). Missing the full story: First estimates of carbon deposition rates for the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(11), 2076-2086. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3402

Globally, momentum to restore damaged habitats has been increasing. For example, the number of European shellfish restoration projects has quadrupled in the past 3 years. In line with the increasing focus on both restoration and climate change mitiga... Read More about Missing the full story: First estimates of carbon deposition rates for the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis.

An automated louver with innovative parametrically-angled reflective slats: Prototyping and validation via using parametric control in Grasshopper along with Arduino board (2020)
Journal Article
Eltaweel, A., Su, Y., Hafez, M., & Eltaweel, W. (2021). An automated louver with innovative parametrically-angled reflective slats: Prototyping and validation via using parametric control in Grasshopper along with Arduino board. Energy and Buildings, 231, Article 110614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110614

Energy-saving potential in lighting is significant in office buildings due to their primary occupancy during the daytime. This potential can be realised with an advanced daylighting system being particularly able to deliver more uniform and steadier... Read More about An automated louver with innovative parametrically-angled reflective slats: Prototyping and validation via using parametric control in Grasshopper along with Arduino board.

Historic Environment Scotland Technical Paper 34: Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings (2020)
Report
Stinson, J., Bros Williamson, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. (2020). Historic Environment Scotland Technical Paper 34: Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings. Edinburgh: Historic Environment Scotland

Over the last decade, there has been an increased awareness of the need to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of Scotland’s building stock and to fulfl obligations under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. Since approximately 20% of... Read More about Historic Environment Scotland Technical Paper 34: Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings.

Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography as a biomimetic screening platform for pharmacokinetic profiling of compound libraries in early drug development (2020)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Grumetto, L., Baert, M., & Lynen, F. (2021). Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography as a biomimetic screening platform for pharmacokinetic profiling of compound libraries in early drug development. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1142, 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2020.11.003

A comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography-based biomimetic platform (LCxLC) has been developed and validated for drug diffusion studies. Human serum albumin (HSA) and immobilized artificial membrane (IAM) were thereby used in the first (1... Read More about Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography as a biomimetic screening platform for pharmacokinetic profiling of compound libraries in early drug development.

Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Brzeszczyńska, J., Brzeszczyński, F., Hamilton, D. F., McGregor, R., & Simpson, A. H. R. (2020). Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis. Bone and Joint Research, 9(11), 798-807. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.911.BJR-2020-0178.R1

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that have emerged as potential predictive, prognostic, and therapeutic biomarkers, relevant to many pathophysiological conditions including limb immobilization, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, and c... Read More about Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis.

A Novel Method for Estimating Emissions Reductions Caused by the Restriction of Mobility: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Li, M., Sun, Y.-Y., Malik, A., Lenzen, M., Fountas, G., D'Amico, B., Akizu-Gardoki, O., & Luque Anguita, M. (2021). A Novel Method for Estimating Emissions Reductions Caused by the Restriction of Mobility: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 8(1), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00764

The COVID-19 pandemic is the single largest event in contemporary history for global mobility restriction, with the majority of the world population experiencing various forms of ‘lockdown’. This phenomenon incurred increased teleworking and time spe... Read More about A Novel Method for Estimating Emissions Reductions Caused by the Restriction of Mobility: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aaby, P., Giuffrida, M. V., Buchanan, W. J., & Tan, Z. (2020, August). Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour. Presented at CyberSciTech 2020, Calgary, Canada

In this paper, we present an empirical evaluation of 30 features used in touch-based continuous authentication. It is essential to identify the most significant features for each user, as behaviour is different amongst humans. Thus, a fixed feature s... Read More about Towards Continuous User Authentication Using Personalised Touch-Based Behaviour.

DETAILS: Women and Social Realism (2020)
Digital Artefact
Macinnes, C., Lamb, B., Haillay, S., & Coatman, A. (2020). DETAILS: Women and Social Realism. [Documentary film]

AHRC nominated for best early career research film. Three women filmmakers discuss their own contribution to social realism on screen and their inspirations.