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Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps (2014)
Journal Article
Grebby, S. (2014). Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.002

Change in urban land use and impervious surface cover are valuable sources of information for determining the environmental impacts of urban development. However, our understanding of these impacts is limited due to the general lack of historical dat... Read More about Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps.

Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system (2014)
Journal Article
Amami, M. M., Smith, M. J., & Kokkas, N. (2014). Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XL-3/W1, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-3-W1-1-2014

Mobile mapping systems (MMS) can be used for several purposes, such as transportation, highway infrastructure mapping and GIS data collecting. However, the acceptance of these systems is not wide spread and their use is still limited due the high cos... Read More about Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system.

Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Sabry, M., Eames, P., Singh, H., & Wu, Y. (2014). Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation. Solar Energy, 103, 200-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.016

A numerical investigation of the performance of a multi paned smart window integrated with water-cooled high efficiency third generation GaAsP/InGaAs QWSC (∼32% efficiency) solar cells illuminated by two-axis tracking solar concentrators at 500× in t... Read More about Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation.

Understanding the performance of zero velocity updates in MEMS-based pedestrian navigation (2014)
Journal Article
Abdulrahim, K., Moore, T., Hide, C., & Hill, C. (2014). Understanding the performance of zero velocity updates in MEMS-based pedestrian navigation

Zero Velocity Update (ZUPT) is an important update to aid an autonomous inertial pedestrian navigation. The objectives of this paper are to briefly revisit the concept of ZUPT and its importance, testing it on real walking pedestrian and comparing it... Read More about Understanding the performance of zero velocity updates in MEMS-based pedestrian navigation.

Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device (2014)
Journal Article
Lang, A. R., Martin, J. L., Sharples, S., & Crowe, J. A. (2014). Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device. Patient Preference and Adherence, 2014(8), https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S59423

Purpose: This study investigates the psychosocial aspects of adolescent medical device use and the impact on adolescent adherence and goals for the transitional years between child and adulthood.

Patients and methods: Interviews were carried out w... Read More about Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device.

Broadband, mid-infrared emission from Pr3+ doped GeAsGaSe chalcogenide fiber, optically clad (2014)
Journal Article
Sójka, L., Tang, Z., Furniss, D., Sakr, H., Oladeji, A., Bereś-Pawlik, E., …Sujecki, S. (2014). Broadband, mid-infrared emission from Pr3+ doped GeAsGaSe chalcogenide fiber, optically clad. Optical Materials, 36(6), 1076-1082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.01.038

We present a study of mid-infrared photoluminescence in the wavelength range 3.5–5.5lm emitted from Pr3+: GeAsGaSe core/GeAsGaSe cladding chalcogenide fiber. The Pr3+doped fiber optic preform is fabricated using extrusion and is successfully drawn to... Read More about Broadband, mid-infrared emission from Pr3+ doped GeAsGaSe chalcogenide fiber, optically clad.

New method for target identification in a foliage environment using selected bispectra and chaos particle swarm optimisation‐based support vector machine (2014)
Journal Article
You, M., & Jiang, T. (2014). New method for target identification in a foliage environment using selected bispectra and chaos particle swarm optimisation‐based support vector machine. IET Signal Processing, 8(1), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-spr.2012.0389

In this study, a novel method for target identification in a foliage environment is presented. This method is based on the ultra wideband (UWB) wireless sensor networks (WSNs) model, and the foliage environment is specially considered. The data used... Read More about New method for target identification in a foliage environment using selected bispectra and chaos particle swarm optimisation‐based support vector machine.

A novel photonic crystal band-pass filter using degenerate modes of a point-defect microcavity for terahertz communication systems (2014)
Journal Article
Chun-Ping, C., Anada, T., Greedy, S., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2014). A novel photonic crystal band-pass filter using degenerate modes of a point-defect microcavity for terahertz communication systems. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 56(4), 792-797. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.28204

Compact devices are important for the realization of terahertz communications systems. This article proposes a novel photonic crystal-based device for realizing microminiature, high-selectivity high Q band-pass filters (BPF) and the design of a dual-... Read More about A novel photonic crystal band-pass filter using degenerate modes of a point-defect microcavity for terahertz communication systems.

Factors influencing brightness and beam quality of conventional and distributed Bragg reflector tapered laser diodes in absence of self-heating (2014)
Journal Article
Kaunga-Nyirenda, S. N., Bull, S., Lim, J. J., Hasler, K.-H., Fricke, J., & Larkins, E. C. (2014). Factors influencing brightness and beam quality of conventional and distributed Bragg reflector tapered laser diodes in absence of self-heating. IET Optoelectronics, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-opt.2013.0082

In this study, the authors examine some of the factors affecting the brightness and the beam quality of high-power tapered lasers. The large volume resonators required to achieve a high-power, high-brightness operation make the beam quality sensitive... Read More about Factors influencing brightness and beam quality of conventional and distributed Bragg reflector tapered laser diodes in absence of self-heating.

Analytical modeling of split-phase synchronous reluctance machines (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tessarolo, A., Bruzzese, C., Degano, M., & Branz, L. (2014). Analytical modeling of split-phase synchronous reluctance machines. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2014.7048967

Synchronous reluctance (SynRel) motors with rotor flux barriers are gaining increasing attractiveness in automotive applications thanks to their cheap, rugged and magnet-free rotor construction. When equipped with a split-phase stator winding and sup... Read More about Analytical modeling of split-phase synchronous reluctance machines.

Copper based TiO2 honeycomb monoliths for CO2 photoreduction (2014)
Journal Article
Ola, O., & Mercedes Maroto-Valer, M. (2014). Copper based TiO2 honeycomb monoliths for CO2 photoreduction. Catalysis Science and Technology, 4(6), 1631-1637. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cy00991b

The direct photoreduction of CO2via catalytic conversion of copper supported on TiO2 based monolithic structures is a means by which solar fuels can be produced. Copper based monolithic structures with varying loadings were synthesized through a sol–... Read More about Copper based TiO2 honeycomb monoliths for CO2 photoreduction.

Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties (2014)
Journal Article
Ijije, H. V., Sun, C., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties. Carbon, 73, 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.02.052

Carbon was deposited on a mild steel cathode during electrolysis in the molten mixture of Li2CO3 and K2CO3 (mole ratio: 62:38) under CO2 or mixed N2 and CO2 atmospheres at 3.0–5.0 V and 540–700 °C. In a three-electrode cell, cyclic voltammetry was ap... Read More about Indirect electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon nanopowders in molten alkali carbonates: Process variables and product properties.

What the drivers do and do not tell you: using verbal protocol analysis to investigate driver behaviour in emergency situations (2014)
Journal Article
Banks, V. A., Harvey, C., & Stanton, N. A. (2014). What the drivers do and do not tell you: using verbal protocol analysis to investigate driver behaviour in emergency situations. Ergonomics, 57(3), 332-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2014.884245

Although task analysis of pedestrian detection can provide us with useful insights into how a driver may behave in emergency situations, the cognitive elements of driver decision-making are less well understood. To assist in the design of future Adva... Read More about What the drivers do and do not tell you: using verbal protocol analysis to investigate driver behaviour in emergency situations.

Evaluation of InSAR and TomoSAR for monitoring deformations caused by mining in a mountainous area with high resolution satellite-based SAR (2014)
Journal Article
Liu, D., Shao, Y., Liu, Z., Riedel, B., Sowter, A., Niemeier, W., & Bian, Z. (2014). Evaluation of InSAR and TomoSAR for monitoring deformations caused by mining in a mountainous area with high resolution satellite-based SAR. Remote Sensing, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6021476

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) have shown numerous applications for subsidence monitoring. In the past 10 years, the Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PSI) and Small BAsel... Read More about Evaluation of InSAR and TomoSAR for monitoring deformations caused by mining in a mountainous area with high resolution satellite-based SAR.

Stratified spin-up in a sliced, square cylinder (2014)
Journal Article
Munro, R. J., & Foster, M. R. (in press). Stratified spin-up in a sliced, square cylinder. Physics of Fluids, 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4864266

We previously reported experimental and theoretical results on the linear spin-up of a linearly stratified, rotating fluid in a uniform-depth square cylinder [M. R. Foster and R. J. Munro, “The linear spin-up of a stratified, rotating fluid in a squa... Read More about Stratified spin-up in a sliced, square cylinder.

The computational fluid dynamics modelling of the autorotation of square, flat plates (2014)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, D., Kakimpa, B., & Owen, J. S. (2014). The computational fluid dynamics modelling of the autorotation of square, flat plates. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.12.006

This paper examines the use of a coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) – Rigid Body Dynamics (RBD) model to study the fixed-axis autorotation of a square flat plate. The calibration of the model against existing wind tunnel data is described. Du... Read More about The computational fluid dynamics modelling of the autorotation of square, flat plates.

On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V (2014)
Journal Article
Simonelli, M., Tse, Y. Y., & Tuck, C. (2014). On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2218-0

Selective laser melting (SLM) has been shown to be an attractive manufacturing route for the production of α/β titanium alloys. The relationship between the SLM process parameters and the microstructure of titanium alloys has been the object of sever... Read More about On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V.

Behaviour of rehabilitated RC beams with self-compacting concrete jacketing – Analytical model and test results (2014)
Journal Article
Chalioris, C. E., Thermou, G. E., & Pantazopoulou, S. J. (2014). Behaviour of rehabilitated RC beams with self-compacting concrete jacketing – Analytical model and test results. Construction and Building Materials, 55, 257-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.01.031

The use of thin reinforced self-compacting concrete jackets as a method to repair and strengthen under-designed flexural concrete members is investigated by means of experimental and analytical studies. The experimental component comprises 20 beam te... Read More about Behaviour of rehabilitated RC beams with self-compacting concrete jacketing – Analytical model and test results.