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Untangling multi-stakeholder perspectives in digital mental healthcare (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vallejos, E. P., Nilsson, T., Siebers, O., Siebert, P., Craven, M., & Fuentes, C. (2019, May). Untangling multi-stakeholder perspectives in digital mental healthcare. Presented at 4th Symposium on Computing and Mental Health (CMH 2019), Glasgow, Scotland

Digital mental healthcare constitutes a complex area for development of novel technological solutions. Designers are frequently forced to deal with requirements posed by a range of different stakeholders with particular needs, goals and interests whi... Read More about Untangling multi-stakeholder perspectives in digital mental healthcare.

Reduced Order Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Nuzzo, S., Spagnolo, C., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2019, April). Reduced Order Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines. Presented at 2019 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), Athens, Greece

© 2019 IEEE. In recent years, electrical machines are employed in an ever-increasing number of safety-critical applications, which require high power density, along with a demanding level of reliability and/or fault-tolerance capability. Multi-phase... Read More about Reduced Order Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines.

Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey (2019)
Journal Article
Stringer, P., Sharples, S., Thomson, B. J., & Garibaldi, J. M. (2019). Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey. BMC Medical Genomics, 12, Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-019-0499-2

Background
Genomic services are increasingly accessible to young adults starting their independent lives with responsibility for their self-care, yet their attitudes to sharing genomic information remain under-researched. This study explored attitud... Read More about Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey.

The effect of frequency on both the debris and the development of the tribologically transformed structure during fretting wear of a high strength steel (2019)
Journal Article
Kirk, A. M., Shipway, P. H., Sun, W., & Bennett, C. J. (2019). The effect of frequency on both the debris and the development of the tribologically transformed structure during fretting wear of a high strength steel. Wear, 426-427(Part A), 694-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.12.035

It is well established that damage to the first bodies in fretting wear gives rise to a hard and brittle tribologically transformed structure (TTS) which can influence both wear and fatigue. While the existence and significance of TTS has been establ... Read More about The effect of frequency on both the debris and the development of the tribologically transformed structure during fretting wear of a high strength steel.

Try to see it my way: exploring the co-design of visual presentations of well-being through a workshop process (2019)
Journal Article
Craven, M. P., Goodwin, R., Rawsthorne, M., Butler, D., Waddingham, P., Brown, S., & Jamieson, M. (2019). Try to see it my way: exploring the co-design of visual presentations of well-being through a workshop process. Perspectives in Public Health, 139(3), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913919835231

Aims: A 10-month project funded by the NewMind network sought to develop the specification of a visualisation toolbox that could be applied on digital platforms (web- or app- based) to support adults with lived experience of mental health difficultie... Read More about Try to see it my way: exploring the co-design of visual presentations of well-being through a workshop process.

Gas rising through a large diameter column of very viscous liquid: flow patterns and their dynamic characteristics (2019)
Journal Article
Hasan, A. H., Mohammed, S. K., Pioli, L., Hewakandamby, B. N., & Azzopardi, B. J. (2019). Gas rising through a large diameter column of very viscous liquid: flow patterns and their dynamic characteristics. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 116, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2019.04.001

Gas-liquid flows are affected strongly by both the liquid and gas properties and the pipe diameter, which control features and the stability of flow patterns and their transitions. For this reason, empirical models describing the flow dynamics can be... Read More about Gas rising through a large diameter column of very viscous liquid: flow patterns and their dynamic characteristics.

All-optical difference engine for in-process defect inspection for roll-to-roll printed electronics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feng, X., Su, R., Happonen, T., Liu, J., & Leach, R. (2018, August). All-optical difference engine for in-process defect inspection for roll-to-roll printed electronics. Presented at 10th International Symposium on Precision Engineering Measurements and Instrumentation (ISPEMI 2018), Kunming, China

© 2019 SPIE. The increasing capabilities of roll-to-roll (R2R) printing processes present challenges for quality control, requiring inprocess inspection of large substrates with high resolution at high speed. In this paper, an all-optical difference... Read More about All-optical difference engine for in-process defect inspection for roll-to-roll printed electronics.

Progress in low-field benchtop NMR spectroscopy in chemical and biochemical analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Grootveld, M., Percival, B., Gibson, M., Osman, Y., Edgar, M., Molinari, M., Mather, M. L., Casanova, F., & Wilson, P. B. (2019). Progress in low-field benchtop NMR spectroscopy in chemical and biochemical analysis. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1067, 11-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2019.02.026

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. The employment of spectroscopically-resolved NMR techniques as analytical probes have previously been both prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging in view of the large sizes of high-field facilities. However, with re... Read More about Progress in low-field benchtop NMR spectroscopy in chemical and biochemical analysis.

Helmholtz Cage Design and Validation for Nanosatellites HWIL Testing (2019)
Journal Article
da Silva, R. C., Ishioka, I. S. K., Cappelletti, C., Battistini, S., & Borges, R. A. (2019). Helmholtz Cage Design and Validation for Nanosatellites HWIL Testing. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 55(6), 3050-3061. https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2019.2898309

This paper deals with the design, realization and testing of an Earth magnetic field simulator, that allows to validate hardware in the loop algorithms, as well as to test new actuators. The design is driven by typical small satellites functional req... Read More about Helmholtz Cage Design and Validation for Nanosatellites HWIL Testing.

Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture (2019)
Journal Article
Erans, M., Nabavi, S. A., & Manović, V. (2019). Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture. Energy Conversion and Management, 1, Article 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2019.100007

A novel polygeneration concept, which has been proposed recently, comprises a fuel-cell calciner integrated system in order to produce electricity and lime which can be used for direct air capture (DAC) to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. However, the... Read More about Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture.

Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Choong, G. Y. H., De Focatiis, D. S. A., Lidgett, M. J., Thornton, M. J., & Clifford, M. J. Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics. Presented at Proceedings of the Europe/Africa Conference Dresden 2017 – Polymer Processing Society PPS, Dresden, Germany

In this work, we investigate the relationship between the timescales available for polymer mobility during processing and post-processing and the electrical resistivity of melt-processed thermoplastics filled with carbon nanoparticles. Post-process a... Read More about Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics.

Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Zhu, C., Parsons, A., Rudd, C., Ahmed, I., & Sharmin, N. (2019). Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses. Biomedical Glasses, 5(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1515/bglass-2019-0005

Four phosphate-based glass formulations in the system P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx, referred to as P45Znx (x = 0, 5, 10 and 15 mol%), were prepared using a melt quenching process. The effect of ZnO addition on density, molar volume, thermal properties and... Read More about Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses.

The identification of failure initiation hotspots in idealised composite material component models using a “bottom-up database” method (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zou, X., Yan, S., Rouse, J., Matveev, M., Li, S., Jones, I. A., Hamadi, M., & Fouinneteau, M. (2018, June). The identification of failure initiation hotspots in idealised composite material component models using a “bottom-up database” method. Presented at ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, Athens, Greece

© CCM 2020 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials. All rights reserved. Idealisations are inevitable for finite element simulations of complex composite structures especially airframes, where laminates are commonly modelled using shell ele... Read More about The identification of failure initiation hotspots in idealised composite material component models using a “bottom-up database” method.

A novel approach for rational determination of warm mix asphalt production temperatures (2018)
Journal Article
Abed, A., Thom, N., & Grenfell, J. (2019). A novel approach for rational determination of warm mix asphalt production temperatures. Construction and Building Materials, 200, 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.12.082

Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) has been developed to minimise environmental impact of asphalt by reducing production temperatures of this material. This study provides a new approach to design WMA production temperatures by two methods. First, aggregate coat... Read More about A novel approach for rational determination of warm mix asphalt production temperatures.

Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection (2018)
Journal Article
Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chu, J., Chen, X., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2019). Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection. Energy and Buildings, 183, 592-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.038

The membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system has high energy efficiency without the traditional liquid system carry-over problem. The performance of such a system strongly depends on solution's temperature and concentration, which have... Read More about Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection.

Possible benefits of capillary flow glazing in translucent wall elements (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nestle, N., Pulbere, S., & Alston, M. (2018, November). Possible benefits of capillary flow glazing in translucent wall elements. Presented at FAÇADE 2018 Final conference of COST TU1403 “Adaptive Facades Network”

In many cases, artificial lighting and cooling are the two main factors for energy consumption in office buildings. This is even true for fully glazed buildings where directly transmitted natural light often needs to be controlled by shading in order... Read More about Possible benefits of capillary flow glazing in translucent wall elements.

Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1 (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mazzucchelli, E. S., Romano, R., Aelenei, L., Da, M., Gomes, G., Karlessi, T., Alston, M., & Aelenei, D. (2018, November). Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1. Presented at FAÇADE 2018 Final conference of COST TU1403 “Adaptive Facades Network”

Buildings often adopt strategies based on the integration of solutions and technologies in façades capable of changing their behaviour in time to improve energy efficiency and comfort. Considering that the envelope is the main parameter that influenc... Read More about Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1.