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Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores (2021)
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Gonciaruk, A., Hall, M. R., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Vane, C. H., Khlobystov, A. N., & Ripepi, N. (2021). Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 3920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83179-z

Gas storage and recovery processes in shales critically depend on nano-scale porosity and chemical composition, but information about the nanoscale pore geometry and connectivity of kerogen, insoluble organic shale matter, is largely unavailable. Usi... Read More about Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores.

Implementation of continuous improvement cells: a case study from the civil infrastructure sector in the UK (2021)
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Tezel, A., Koskela, L., & Tzortzopoulos, P. (2023). Implementation of continuous improvement cells: a case study from the civil infrastructure sector in the UK. Production Planning and Control, 34(1), 68-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1885794

The interest in lean management in the UK’s civil infrastructure sector is on the rise. In parallel with this interest, a team-based, participative management technique called Continuous Improvement (CI) cells has been widely adopted by the sector. T... Read More about Implementation of continuous improvement cells: a case study from the civil infrastructure sector in the UK.

Mathematical modelling of dielectric properties of food with respect to moisture content using adapted water activity equations (2021)
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Renshaw, R. C., Dimitrakis, G. A., & Robinson, J. P. (2021). Mathematical modelling of dielectric properties of food with respect to moisture content using adapted water activity equations. Journal of Food Engineering, 300, Article 110538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2021.110538

There is currently no recognised equation, or set of equations, that can be used to adequately describe moisture dependant dielectrics. This study addresses this issue so that moisture dependant dielectric properties can be directly input into drying... Read More about Mathematical modelling of dielectric properties of food with respect to moisture content using adapted water activity equations.

Current perspectives on acidogenic fermentation to produce volatile fatty acids from waste (2021)
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Ramos-Suarez, M., Zhang, Y., & Outram, V. (2021). Current perspectives on acidogenic fermentation to produce volatile fatty acids from waste. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 20(2), 439-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-021-09566-0

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are key platform chemicals used in a multitude of industries including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture. The current route for VFA production is petrochemical based. VFAs can be biologically produced using... Read More about Current perspectives on acidogenic fermentation to produce volatile fatty acids from waste.

Microstructural characterisation of subsurface deformation and the degradation of Stellite 6 induced by self-mated sliding contact in a simulated PWR environment (2021)
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Carrington, M. J., Daure, J., Ratia-Hanby, V. L., Zhang, D., Shipway, P. H., Stewart, D. A., & McCartney, D. G. (2021). Microstructural characterisation of subsurface deformation and the degradation of Stellite 6 induced by self-mated sliding contact in a simulated PWR environment. Tribology International, 158, Article 106899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2021.106899

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Stellite 6 (Co-29.5%Cr-5%W-1.2%C in wt%) is traditionally used as a hardfacing material in the primary circuit of pressurised water reactors (PWRs) due to its good corrosion and wear resistance in water at up to 300 °C. In this st... Read More about Microstructural characterisation of subsurface deformation and the degradation of Stellite 6 induced by self-mated sliding contact in a simulated PWR environment.

An Autotuning Cable-Driven Device for Home Rehabilitation (2021)
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Rodríguez-León, J. F., Chaparro-Rico, B. D. M., Russo, M., & Cafolla, D. (2021). An Autotuning Cable-Driven Device for Home Rehabilitation. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6680762

© 2021 Jhon F. Rodríguez-León et al. Out of all the changes to our daily life brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most significant ones has been the limited access to health services that we used to take for granted. Thus, in order to preven... Read More about An Autotuning Cable-Driven Device for Home Rehabilitation.

Review of supercritical water gasification with lignocellulosic real biomass as the feedstocks: Process parameters, biomass composition, catalyst development, reactor design and its challenges (2021)
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Lee, C. S., Conradie, A. V., & Lester, E. (2021). Review of supercritical water gasification with lignocellulosic real biomass as the feedstocks: Process parameters, biomass composition, catalyst development, reactor design and its challenges. Chemical Engineering Journal, 415, Article 128837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128837

Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) is a combined thermal decomposition and hydrolysis process for converting wet biomass feedstock with high water content potentially (80 wt%) to syngas. The process bypasses the need for an energy intensive pre-... Read More about Review of supercritical water gasification with lignocellulosic real biomass as the feedstocks: Process parameters, biomass composition, catalyst development, reactor design and its challenges.

A simple equivalent plate model for dynamic bending stiffness of three-layer sandwich panels with shearing core (2021)
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Arasan, U., Marchetti, F., Chevillotte, F., Jaouen, L., Chronopoulos, D., & Gourdon, E. (2021). A simple equivalent plate model for dynamic bending stiffness of three-layer sandwich panels with shearing core. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 500, Article 116025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2021.116025

Equivalent or condensed plate models are being used in various industries to reduce the computation time in finite element modelling. Out of the available equivalent plate models, the model developed by J.L.Guyader in 1978 exhibits high agreement wit... Read More about A simple equivalent plate model for dynamic bending stiffness of three-layer sandwich panels with shearing core.

High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome (2021)
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Menni, C., Louca, P., Berry, S. E., Vijay, A., Astbury, S., Leeming, E. R., Gibson, R., Asnicar, F., Piccinno, G., Wolf, J., Davies, R., Mangino, M., Segata, N., Spector, T. D., & Valdes, A. M. (2021). High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome. BMC Medicine, 19, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01913-w

Background: Chronic inflammation, which can be modulated by diet, is linked to high white blood cell counts and correlates with higher cardiometabolic risk and risk of more severe infections, as in the case of COVID-19.
Methods: Here, we assessed th... Read More about High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome.

Statistical models to provide meaningful information to GNSS users in the presence of ionospheric scintillation (2021)
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Veettil, S. V., & Aquino, M. (2021). Statistical models to provide meaningful information to GNSS users in the presence of ionospheric scintillation. GPS Solutions, 25(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-020-01083-x

Ionospheric scintillation is one of the most challenging problems in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning and navigation. Scintillation occurrence can not only lead to an increase in the probability of losing the GNSS signal lock bu... Read More about Statistical models to provide meaningful information to GNSS users in the presence of ionospheric scintillation.