All Outputs (359)

A data mining tool for detecting and predicting abnormal behaviour of railway tunnels (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The UK railway network is subjected to an electrification process that aims to electrify most of the network by 2020. This upgrade will improve the capacity, reliability and efficiency of the transportation system by providing cleaner, quicker and mo... Read More about A data mining tool for detecting and predicting abnormal behaviour of railway tunnels.

Understanding technology adoption and use by healthcare proferssionals using models of technology acceptance and q-methodology (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This study explores the use of models of technology acceptance (TAM and UTAUT) to understand technology adoption and use among healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the clinical area in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Six themes were developed from both model... Read More about Understanding technology adoption and use by healthcare proferssionals using models of technology acceptance and q-methodology.

GNSS and Earth Observation for Structural Health Monitoring  (GeoSHM) of the Forth Road Bridge (2017)
Conference Proceeding

A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper introduces a comparison study of measuring the airtightness of a house sized test chamber using the novel pulse technique and the standard blower door method in a controlled environment. Eight different testing plates have been applied to... Read More about A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment.

Design and development of a high-density, high-speed 10 kV SiC MOSFET module (2017)
Conference Proceeding

High-density packaging of fast-switching power semiconductors typically requires low parasitic inductance, high heat extraction, and high thermo-mechanical reliability. High-density packaging of high-voltage power semiconductors, such as 10 kV SiC MO... Read More about Design and development of a high-density, high-speed 10 kV SiC MOSFET module.

A new analysis for finding the optimum power rating of low voltage distribution power electronics based on statistics and probabilities (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The continuing trend toward heavier load and high penetration of Distribution Generation (DG) units in low voltage rural distribution feeders requires power electronic-based solution alternatives for voltage regulation purposes. The design of power e... Read More about A new analysis for finding the optimum power rating of low voltage distribution power electronics based on statistics and probabilities.

Unfolding the interplay of self-identity and expressions of territoriality in location-based social networks (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Self-identity in mobile location-based social networks (LBSN) is a relatively underexplored topic. In this paper, we present our initial understandings on the role that LBSN play in the self-identity of its users and introduce a relationship between... Read More about Unfolding the interplay of self-identity and expressions of territoriality in location-based social networks.

Limits, stability and disturbance rejection analysis of voltage control loop strategies for grid forming converters in DC and AC microgrids with high penetration of constant power loads (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper extensively analyzes the operation limits, system stability and disturbance rejection capability of the voltage control loops used in master-slave AC and DC Microgrids (MGs). Two different control schemes are studied analytically, simulat... Read More about Limits, stability and disturbance rejection analysis of voltage control loop strategies for grid forming converters in DC and AC microgrids with high penetration of constant power loads.

Vehicle incident hot spots identification: An approach for big data (2017)
Conference Proceeding

In this work we introduce a fast big data approach for road incident hot spot identification using Apache Spark. We implement an existing immuno-inspired mechanism, namely SeleSup, as a series of MapReduce-like operations. SeleSup is composed of a nu... Read More about Vehicle incident hot spots identification: An approach for big data.

EMC-oriented multi-conductor equivalent circuit cable models for spice, including transfer impedance coupling and incident field excitation (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper describes the development and application of sophisticated multi-conductor cable bundle models for Spice simulation. The cable models developed include frequency dependent parameters, transfer impedance coupling and incident plane wave exc... Read More about EMC-oriented multi-conductor equivalent circuit cable models for spice, including transfer impedance coupling and incident field excitation.

Integrated design of motor drives using random heuristic optimization for aerospace applications (2017)
Conference Proceeding

High power density for aerospace motor drives is a key factor in the successful realization of the More Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept. An integrated system design approach offers optimization opportunities, which could lead to further improvements... Read More about Integrated design of motor drives using random heuristic optimization for aerospace applications.

Machine learning and statistical approaches to classification – a case study (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The advent of information technology has led to the proliferation of data in disparate databases. Organisations have become data rich but knowledge poor. Users need efficient analysis tools to help them understand their data, predict future trends an... Read More about Machine learning and statistical approaches to classification – a case study.

SAS – SST simulations of the flow and heat transfer inside a square ribbed duct with artificial forcing (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Scale Resolving Simulations (SRS) are emerging as a promising compromise of cost and accuracy for industrial simulations of flows inside turbine blade cooling systems as they represent a necessary increase of accuracy with respect to Reynolds Average... Read More about SAS – SST simulations of the flow and heat transfer inside a square ribbed duct with artificial forcing.

Modelling of multimode selenide-chalcogenide glass fibre based mir spontaneous emission sources (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Chalcogenide glass fibres have been demonstrated as a suitable medium for the realisation of spontaneous emission sources for mid-infrared photonics applications with a particular emphasis on sensor technology. Such sources give a viable alternative... Read More about Modelling of multimode selenide-chalcogenide glass fibre based mir spontaneous emission sources.

Modelling chaos in asymmetric optical fibres (2017)
Conference Proceeding

A ray dynamical approach is developed for the study of large-core asymmetric step index fibres (SIF), especially those made from chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) which can exhibit very high refractive index, large numerical aperture, and which are transpa... Read More about Modelling chaos in asymmetric optical fibres.

Efficient deformable motion correction for 3-D abdominal MRI using manifold regression (2017)
Conference Proceeding

We present a novel framework for efficient retrospective respiratory motion correction of 3-D abdominal MRI using manifold regression. K-space data are continuously acquired under free breathing using the stack-of-stars radial gold-en-angle trajector... Read More about Efficient deformable motion correction for 3-D abdominal MRI using manifold regression.

Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 15 wt.% HCl by durum wheat (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The toxicity of most commercial corrosion inhibitors and strict environmental legislations have required the development of environmentally-friendly, cheap and non-toxic inhibitors. The use of natural products, especially of plant origin as corrosion... Read More about Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 15 wt.% HCl by durum wheat.

An analysis of Type F2 software measurement standards for profile surface texture parameters [Abstract] (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Use of optical fibres for multi-parameter monitoringin electrical AC machines (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper describes a new approach to multi-parameter monitoring for electrical AC machines. It is demonstrated that speed, torque and temperature can be measured using optical fibres incorporating sensors in the form of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs)... Read More about Use of optical fibres for multi-parameter monitoringin electrical AC machines.

Optimal secure quantum teleportation of coherent states of light (2017)
Conference Proceeding

We investigate quantum teleportation of ensembles of coherent states of light with a Gaussian distributed displacement in phase space. Recently, the following general question has been addressed in [P. Liuzzo-Scorpo et al., arXiv:1705.03017]: Given a... Read More about Optimal secure quantum teleportation of coherent states of light.