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A stochastic model for railway track asset management (2014)
Journal Article

The determination of the strategy to ensure that the geometry for railway track is kept within acceptable limits, in a cost effective manner, is a complex process. It requires the simultaneous consideration of the activities which govern inspection,... Read More about A stochastic model for railway track asset management.

Impacts of pre-treatment technologies and co-products on greenhouse gas emissions and energy use of lignocellulosic ethanol production (2014)
Journal Article

Life cycle environmental performance of lignocellulosic ethanol produced through different production pathways and having different co-products has rarely been reported in the literature, with most studies focusing on a single pre-treatment and singl... Read More about Impacts of pre-treatment technologies and co-products on greenhouse gas emissions and energy use of lignocellulosic ethanol production.

Experimental investigation of air–water two-phase flow through vertical 90° bend (2014)
Journal Article

The behaviour of two-phase air–water mixture flowing from the horizontal to the vertical through a 90° bend has been investigated experimentally. Cross sectional void fraction at nine positions, three upstream and six downstream of the bend have been... Read More about Experimental investigation of air–water two-phase flow through vertical 90° bend.

Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears (2014)
Journal Article

Polar bears are uniquely adapted to life in the High Arctic and have undergone drastic physiological changes in response to Arctic climates and a hyperlipid diet of primarily marine mammal prey. We analyzed 89 complete genomes of polar bear and brown... Read More about Population genomics reveal recent speciation and rapid evolutionary adaptation in polar bears.

Electro-deposition and re-oxidation of carbon in carbonate containing molten salts (2014)
Journal Article

Forced vibration experiments on flexible piezoelectric devices operating in air and water environments (2014)
Journal Article

Using probabilistic sampling-based sensitivity analyses for indoor air quality modelling (2014)
Journal Article

A review on application of flocculants in wastewater treatment (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 The Institution of Chemical Engineers Flocculation is an essential phenomenon in industrial wastewater treatment. Inorganic coagulants (salts of multivalent metals) are being commonly used due to its low cost and ease of use. However, their ap... Read More about A review on application of flocculants in wastewater treatment.

A Simple Current Control Strategy for a Four-Leg Indirect Matrix Converter (2014)
Journal Article

In this paper the experimental validation of a predictive current control strategy for a four-leg indirect matrix converter is presented. The four-leg indirect matrix converter can supply energy to an unbalanced three-phase load whilst providing a pa... Read More about A Simple Current Control Strategy for a Four-Leg Indirect Matrix Converter.

Persistence of frequency in gas–liquid flows across a change in pipe diameter or orientation (2014)
Journal Article

From a study of the characteristics of structures across a 67/38 mm sudden contraction, using air/silicone oil flows, it has been found that frequencies of the structures (mainly slugs) persist across the contraction. This is in contrast to the veloc... Read More about Persistence of frequency in gas–liquid flows across a change in pipe diameter or orientation.

Real-time Bodily Interactions with Adaptive Architecture (2014)
Presentation / Conference

We introduce the concept of inter-bodily resonance to the field of Adaptive Architecture. This is a model of real-time bodily interaction we believe offers many opportunities for both designing and understanding user experience and interactions of ne... Read More about Real-time Bodily Interactions with Adaptive Architecture.

Expression of different types of [FeFe]-hydrogenase genes in bacteria isolated from a population of a bio-hydrogen pilot-scale plant (2014)
Journal Article

[FeFe]-hydrogenases are the enzymes responsible for high yield H 2 production during dark fermentation in bio-hydrogen production plants. The culturable bacterial population present in a pilot-scale plant efficiently producing H2 from waste materials... Read More about Expression of different types of [FeFe]-hydrogenase genes in bacteria isolated from a population of a bio-hydrogen pilot-scale plant.

Comparison of response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) towards efficient extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua (2014)
Journal Article

The solid-liquid extraction of Artemisia annua remains an important source of artemisinin, the precursor molecule to the most potent anti-malarial drugs available. Industrial manufacturers of artemisinin face many challenges in regards to volatile ma... Read More about Comparison of response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) towards efficient extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua.

Performance of polyethyleneimine–silica adsorbent for post-combustion CO2 capture in a bubbling fluidized bed (2014)
Journal Article

The high performance of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-based solid adsorbent for CO2 capture has been well recognized in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and small-scale fixed bed reactors through the measurements of their equilibrium capacities but has not... Read More about Performance of polyethyleneimine–silica adsorbent for post-combustion CO2 capture in a bubbling fluidized bed.

The validity and reliability of a novel indoor player tracking system for use within wheelchair court sports (2014)
Journal Article

The aim of the current study was to investigate the validity and reliability of a radio- frequency based system for accurately tracking athlete movement within the wheelchair court sports. Four wheelchair specific tests were devised to assess the sys... Read More about The validity and reliability of a novel indoor player tracking system for use within wheelchair court sports.

Impact of dispersive and saturable gain/loss on bistability of nonlinear parity–time Bragg gratings (2014)
Journal Article

We report on the impact of realistic gain and loss models on the bistable operation of nonlinear parity–time (PT) Bragg gratings. In our model we include both dispersive and saturable gain and show that levels of gain/loss saturation can have a signi... Read More about Impact of dispersive and saturable gain/loss on bistability of nonlinear parity–time Bragg gratings.

Assessing the impact of urbanization on storm runoff in a peri-urban catchment using historical change in impervious cover (2014)
Journal Article

his paper investigates changes in storm runoff resulting from the transformation of previously rural landscapes into peri-urban areas. Two adjacent catchments (?5 km2) located within the town of Swindon in the United Kingdom were monitored during 201... Read More about Assessing the impact of urbanization on storm runoff in a peri-urban catchment using historical change in impervious cover.

The role of offshore boundary conditions in the uncertainty of numerical prediction of wave overtopping using non-linear shallow water equations (2014)
Journal Article

The paper examines the variability of wave overtopping parameters predicted by numerical models based on non-linear shallow water equations, due to the boundary conditions obtained from wave energy density spectra. Free surface elevation time series... Read More about The role of offshore boundary conditions in the uncertainty of numerical prediction of wave overtopping using non-linear shallow water equations.

Forehead reflectance photoplethysmography to monitor heart rate: preliminary results from neonatal patients (2014)
Journal Article

Around 5%–10% of newborn babies require some form of resuscitation at birth and heart rate (HR) is the best guide of efficacy. We report the development and first trial of a device that continuously monitors neonatal HR, with a view to deployment in... Read More about Forehead reflectance photoplethysmography to monitor heart rate: preliminary results from neonatal patients.

Toward more realistic viscosity measurements of tyre rubber–bitumen blends (2014)
Journal Article

The measurement of rheological properties of the tyre rubber bitumen blends is often challenging due to presence of suspended tyre rubber’s crumbs. Furthermore, the phase separation during the course of measurements makes the viscosity of these non-h... Read More about Toward more realistic viscosity measurements of tyre rubber–bitumen blends.