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Interoperability of the future factory: an overview of concepts and research challenges (2020)
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Xu, L., Vrieze, P. D., Yu, H., Phalp, K., & Bai, Y. (2020). Interoperability of the future factory: an overview of concepts and research challenges. International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 13(1), 3-27. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmm

Interoperability is a key factor in implementing a virtual factory. In European Union context interoperability is the ability of organisations to interact towards mutually beneficial goals, involving the sharing of information and knowledge between t... Read More about Interoperability of the future factory: an overview of concepts and research challenges.

Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation (2020)
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Kermadi, M., Salam, Z., Eltamaly, A. M., Ahmed, J., Mekhilef, S., Larbes, C., & Berkouk, E. M. (2020). Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation. IET Renewable Powe

This review covers global maximum power point tracking (GMPPT) methods for photovoltaic (PV) systems under partial shading conditions. Unlike the previous review works that primarily focused on soft computing and hybrid GMPPT, this study gives exclus... Read More about Recent developments of MPPT techniques for PV systems under partial shading conditions: a critical review and performance evaluation.

A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020). A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2)

Nowadays, reducing pollution, saving mother Earth had become everyone’s responsibility. However, the great improvement in technologies leads to large energy demands. Many countries have tried to find renewable energy as their alternative energy sourc... Read More about A comprehensive investigation of suitable biomass raw materials and biomass conversion technology in Sarawak, Malaysia.

An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M., Khandakar, A., Tabassum, M., Ashraf, A., & Ahmed, J. (2020). An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia. International Journal of Technology, 1(2), 4-27

In hot humid countries like Malaysia, a comfortably thermal environment is what people look for. To achieve such conditions, a technique called passive cooling must be the optimal choice. Many other techniques have been investigated over the years an... Read More about An Investigation of Passive Cooling in a Building in Malaysia.

Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations (2020)
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Kashem, S. B. A., Chowdhury, M. E., Khandakar, A., Ahmed, J., Ashraf, A., & Shabrin, N. (2020). Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(5

Wind power generation is playing a pivotal role in adopting renewable energy sources in many countries. Over the past decades, we have seen steady growth in wind power generation throughout the world. This article aims to summarize the operation, con... Read More about Wind Power Integration with Smart Grid and Storage System: Prospects and Limitations.

Annual energy output simulation of an optical concentrator based PV system for energy security (2020)
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Foster, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Freier, D., Deciga-Gusi, J., Abu-Bakar, S., …Ardila-Rey, J. (2020). Annual energy output simulation of an optical concentrator based PV system for energy security. IOP Conference Series: Materials Sci

Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system is an application of PV devices introduced with the aim of reducing the cost of BIPV systems through the use of an optical element to concentrate or focus the solar radiation from a large area, into a smaller a... Read More about Annual energy output simulation of an optical concentrator based PV system for energy security.

Dynamic observers for unknown populations (2020)
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Guiver, C., Poppelreiter, N., Rebarber, R., Tenhumberg, B., & Townley, S. (2021). Dynamic observers for unknown populations. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 26(6), 3279-3302. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2020232

Dynamic observers are considered in the context of structured population modeling and management. Roughly, observers combine a known measured variable of some process with a model of that process to asymptotically reconstruct the unknown state variab... Read More about Dynamic observers for unknown populations.

Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation (2020)
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Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Mora, L. (2020). Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation. Journal of Urban Technology, 27(4), 59-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1868738

This paper closes a gap in the literature on smart cities relating to the metrics of future Internet-based developments. It achieves this by presenting the findings of a case study that overcomes the methodological shortcomings that otherwise exist i... Read More about Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation.

Do High Visibility Crosswalks Improve Pedestrian Safety? A Correlated Grouped Random Parameters Approach Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data (2020)
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Sonduru Pantangi, S., Shahriar Ahmed, S., Fountas, G., Majka, K., & Ch. Anastasopoulos, P. (2021). Do High Visibility Crosswalks Improve Pedestrian Safety? A Correlated Grouped Random Parameters Approach Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data. Analytic Met

In this study, the effectiveness of High-Visibility Crosswalks (HVCs) in improving pedestrian safety at urban settings is assessed using SHRP2 (Second Strategic Highway Research Program) Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data. Various HVCs located at... Read More about Do High Visibility Crosswalks Improve Pedestrian Safety? A Correlated Grouped Random Parameters Approach Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data.

On the advantages of mixed formulation and higher-order elements for computational morphoelasticity (2020)
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Kadapa, C., Li, Z., Hossain, M., & Wang, J. (2021). On the advantages of mixed formulation and higher-order elements for computational morphoelasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 148, Article 104289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.20

In this paper, we present a mixed displacement–pressure finite element formulation that can successively model compressible as well as truly incompressible behaviour in growth-induced deformations significantly observed in soft materials. Inf–sup sta... Read More about On the advantages of mixed formulation and higher-order elements for computational morphoelasticity.

Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses (2020)
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Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Ghadikolaei, R. S., Modabber, H. V., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses. Proce

The ever-increasing world population, change in lifestyle, and limited natural water and energy resources have made industrial seawater desalination plants the leading contenders for cost-efficient freshwater production. In this study, the integratio... Read More about Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses.

Performance of a new hybrid cutting-abrasive tool for the machining of fibre reinforced polymer composites (2020)
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Shyha, I., Huo, D., Hesamikojidi, P., Eldessouky, H., & El-Sayed, M. A. (2021). Performance of a new hybrid cutting-abrasive tool for the machining of fibre reinforced polymer composites. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112, 11

A new hybrid cutting-abrasive machining tool (turn-grind) is detailed for high-quality machining of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, comprising single point carbide inserts electroplated with multi-layers of diamond abrasives 120 μm grain s... Read More about Performance of a new hybrid cutting-abrasive tool for the machining of fibre reinforced polymer composites.

On the global attractor of delay differential equations with unimodal feedback not satisfying the negative Schwarzian derivative condition (2020)
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Franco, D., Guiver, C., Logemann, H., & Perán, J. (2020). On the global attractor of delay differential equations with unimodal feedback not satisfying the negative Schwarzian derivative condition. Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential

We study the size of the global attractor for a delay differential equation with unimodal feedback. We are interested in extending and complementing a dichotomy result by Liz and Röst, which assumed that the Schwarzian derivative of the nonlinear fee... Read More about On the global attractor of delay differential equations with unimodal feedback not satisfying the negative Schwarzian derivative condition.

Singular Integral Formulations for Electrodynamic Analysis of Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna Array (2020)
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Aïssa, S., See, C. H., Althuwayb, A. A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Huynen, I., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2021). Singular Integral Formulations for Electrodynamic Analysis of Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna Array. IEEE Antennas

In this paper, a set of singular integral formulations are derived to calculate the surface impedance matrix on the antenna array elements. The proposed mathematical model enables electrodynamic analysis of antenna arrays designed using metamaterial-... Read More about Singular Integral Formulations for Electrodynamic Analysis of Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna Array.

Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective (2020)
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Mora, L., Deakin, M., Zhang, X., Batty, M., de Jong, M., Santi, P., & Appio, F. P. (2021). Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/106

This Special Issue begins with a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some of the foundational assumptions underpinning transition management and syste... Read More about Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective.

Green-building information modelling (Green-BIM) assessment framework for evaluating sustainability performance of building projects: a case of Nigeria (2020)
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Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2021). Green-building information modelling (Green-BIM) assessment framework for evaluating sustainability performance of building projects: a case of Nigeria. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 17(5-6), 458-47

There is a research gap in the use of digital systems to aid the sustainability performance assessment of buildings, which informs the development of the green-BIM assessment (GBA) framework in this paper. The study employed a conceptual framework de... Read More about Green-building information modelling (Green-BIM) assessment framework for evaluating sustainability performance of building projects: a case of Nigeria.

Experimental and analytical investigation on flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms (2020)
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Deng, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, H., Corigliano, A., Lam, A. C., Hansapinyo, C., & Yang, Z. (2021). Experimental and analytical investigation on flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms. Composite Structures, 257, Arti

This investigation aims to study the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with near-surface mounted (NSM) carbon fibre reinforced polymer prestressed concrete prisms (CFRP-PCPs). Eight RC beams were tested under monotonic... Read More about Experimental and analytical investigation on flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms.

An Improved Genetic-Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling (2020)
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Wu, P., Yang, Q., Chen, W., Mao, B., & Yu, H. (2020). An Improved Genetic-Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling. Complexity, 2020, Article 3450180. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/3450180

Due to the NP-hard nature, the permutation flowshop scheduling problem (PFSSP) is a fundamental issue for Industry 4.0, especially under higher productivity, efficiency, and self-managing systems. This paper proposes an improved genetic-shuffled frog... Read More about An Improved Genetic-Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling.

All-Optical Planar Polymer Waveguide-Based Biosensor Chip Designed for Smartphone-Assisted Detection of Vitamin D (2020)
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Walter, J., Alwis, L. S. M., Roth, B., & Bremer, K. (2020). All-Optical Planar Polymer Waveguide-Based Biosensor Chip Designed for Smartphone-Assisted Detection of Vitamin D. Sensors, 20(23), Article 6771. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236771

An all-optical plasmonic sensor platform designed for smartphones based on planar-optical waveguide structures integrated in a polymer chip is reported for the first time. To demonstrate the applicability of the sensor system for biosensing purposes,... Read More about All-Optical Planar Polymer Waveguide-Based Biosensor Chip Designed for Smartphone-Assisted Detection of Vitamin D.

Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq) (2020)
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Mustafa, M., Ali, S., Snape, J. R., & Vand, B. (2020). Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq). Energy Reports, 6, 571-580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.11.011

Energy consumption in cooling the buildings and occupant’s thermal comfort is significant, and any techniques to reduce this can bring great benefits, both locally in terms of reducing the need for expensive infrastructure and globally in terms of re... Read More about Investigations towards lower cooling load in a typical residential building in Kurdistan (Iraq).