Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (3996)

Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Siraj, R., McKeever, T., Gibson, J., Gordon, A., & Bolton, C. (2021). Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 177, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106288

Background: Although cognitive impairment and dementia are common comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), estimates of incidence following a diagnosis of COPD are inconclusive. Objective: To determine the incidenc... Read More about Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study.

SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations (2020)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., & Lawson, G. (2022). SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations. IEEE Internet Computing, 26(3), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2020.3047349

Injection molding is widely used to produce plastic components with large lot size. However, guaranteeing consistency and quality of parts in injection molding is challenging. Failures occur due to variation during injection cycles. Thus, real-time d... Read More about SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations.

Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters (2020)
Journal Article
Harikumaran, J., Migliazza, G., Buticchi, G., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Costabeber, A., …Galea, M. (2021). Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2020.3047201

Aircraft electrification has been a major trend in aviation industry for past 20 years. Given the increasing electrical power requirement for future more electric aircraft and hybrid electric aircraft, research efforts has been ongoing in high power... Read More about Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters.

Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5 (2020)
Journal Article
Ji, Q., Xu, Z., Gao, X., Cheng, Y., Wan, X., Zuo, X., …Xia, Y. (2021). Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5. SCIENCE CHINA Materials, 64(5), 1071-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1532-0

Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO) have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety, high capacity and rapid ion intercalation. However, the intrinsic low electron conductivity plagues t... Read More about Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5.

Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19 (2020)
Journal Article
Lucas, B., & Landman, T. (2021). Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19. Journal of Risk Research, 24(3-4), 314-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1864009

In addition to the public health crisis visited upon the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has created unique uncertainties for organisations engaged with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), spanning a range of matters, such as mainta... Read More about Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19.

Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method (2020)
Journal Article
Ryley, M. S., Withnall, M., Irons, T. J. P., Helgaker, T., & Teale, A. M. (2021). Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(1), 459-475. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09502

We present a Gaussian-basis implementation of orbital-free density-functional theory (OF-DFT) in which the trust-region image method (TRIM) is used for optimization. This second-order optimization scheme has been constructed to provide benchmark all-... Read More about Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method.

Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors (2020)
Journal Article
Abeywardena, C. L., Vanheusden, F. J., Walker, K. F., Arm, R., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors. Sensors, 21(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010048

Daily fetal movement counting based on maternal perception is widely deployed to monitor fetal wellbeing. However, the counting performed by the mother is prone to errors for various reasons. There are limited devices on the market that can provide r... Read More about Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors.

MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke (2020)
Journal Article
Kadir, R. R. A., Alwjwaj, M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2020). MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-020-01028-5

Stroke continues to be the third-leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The limited availability of diagnostic tools approved therapeutics and biomarkers that help monitor disease progression or predict future events remain as the major cha... Read More about MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke.

New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature (2020)
Journal Article
Velickovic, K., Lugo Leija, H., McGinlay, S., Symonds, M., & Sottile, V. (2020). New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature. Biocell, 44(4), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.012942

Temperature is a key regulator of brown adipose tissue (BAT) function, acting through central sensory inputs to influence metabolism and energy storage. Although animal models have produced a wealth of information on the pathways, effectors and respo... Read More about New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature.

A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day (2020)
Book
Kapcia, A. (2021). A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

A study of the evolution of the Cuban Revolution from 1959, which (a) puts the changing system into a historical perspective which highlights both its nationalist roots, the pre-1959 weaknesses of a colonial and then neo-colonial state, and the role... Read More about A short history of revolutionary Cuba: revolution, power, authority and the state from 1959 to the present day.

Multiscale VEM for the Biot consolidation analysis of complex and highly heterogeneous domains (2020)
Journal Article
Sreekumar, A., Triantafyllou, S. P., Bécot, F., & Chevillotte, F. (2021). Multiscale VEM for the Biot consolidation analysis of complex and highly heterogeneous domains. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 375, Article 113543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113543

We introduce a novel heterogeneous multi-scale method for the consolidation analysis of two-dimensional porous domains with a complex micro-structure. A two-scale strategy is implemented wherein an arbitrary polygonal domain can be discretized into c... Read More about Multiscale VEM for the Biot consolidation analysis of complex and highly heterogeneous domains.

Moving Through and Moving Away: (Higher) Education Strategies of Hungarian Students (2020)
Journal Article
Hordosy, R., & Szanyi-F., E. (2021). Moving Through and Moving Away: (Higher) Education Strategies of Hungarian Students. Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 6(4), 34-62. https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v6i4.600

© 2020, INTERSECTIONS. EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS. All Rights Reserved The existence of persistent and entrenched inequalities within the Hungarian education system is revealed in international comparison, thereby highlighting the... Read More about Moving Through and Moving Away: (Higher) Education Strategies of Hungarian Students.

Nanoscale “Earthquake” Effect Induced by Thin Film Surface Acoustic Waves as a New Strategy for Ice Protection (2020)
Journal Article
Yang, D., Tao, R., Hou, X., Torun, H., McHale, G., Martin, J., & Fu, Y. (2021). Nanoscale “Earthquake” Effect Induced by Thin Film Surface Acoustic Waves as a New Strategy for Ice Protection. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(2), Article 2001776. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202001776

Ice accretion often poses serious operational and safety challenges in a wide range of industries, such as aircraft, wind turbines, power transmission cables, oil field exploration and production, as well as marine transport. Great efforts have been... Read More about Nanoscale “Earthquake” Effect Induced by Thin Film Surface Acoustic Waves as a New Strategy for Ice Protection.

The problem of reference change (2020)
Book Chapter
Noonan, H. (2020). The problem of reference change. In H. Geirsson, & S. Biggs (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of linguistic reference (600). Routledge

Transmission, Tropism, and Biological Impacts of Torix Rickettsia in the Common Bed Bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) (2020)
Journal Article
Thongprem, P., Evison, S. E. F., Hurst, G. D. D., & Otti, O. (2020). Transmission, Tropism, and Biological Impacts of Torix Rickettsia in the Common Bed Bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 608763. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.608763

The torix group of Rickettsia have been recorded from a wide assemblage of invertebrates, but details of transmission and biological impacts on the host have rarely been established. The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) is a hemipteran insect which... Read More about Transmission, Tropism, and Biological Impacts of Torix Rickettsia in the Common Bed Bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).

Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, X., Gao, Y., Atkin, J., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA. . https://doi.org/10.23919/icems50442.2020.9290968

This paper presents a Neural Network (NN)-based weighting factor (WF) selection method for the multi-objective cost function in Model Predictive Control (MPC). MPC is adopted for scheduling the loads and charging/discharging the battery intelligently... Read More about Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA.

Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Aboelhassan, A., Diab, A. M., Galea, M., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms. In 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1379-1384). https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9291218

© 2020 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Many issues can degrade the electrical drive performance such as cross-coupling, time delay, external disturbances, and parameter variation. The Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) PI Current Contr... Read More about Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms.

Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Gargalis, L., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Rocca, R., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., & Galea, M. (2020). Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology. In 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (263-268). https://doi.org/10.23919/icems50442.2020.9290893

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is an emerging technology that is gaining considerable research interest in recent years. In particular, metal printing methodologies might be successfully employed in developing lightweight and... Read More about Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.

Electrical Machines for the More Electric Aircraft: Partial Discharges Investigation (2020)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Zhao, W., Zhang, H., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2021). Electrical Machines for the More Electric Aircraft: Partial Discharges Investigation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 57(2), 1389-1398. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2020.3046434

Modern electrical machines employed in transportation applications are required to provide high performance in terms of power (and torque) density. At the same time, being these applications safety-critical, a significant level of reliability and/or... Read More about Electrical Machines for the More Electric Aircraft: Partial Discharges Investigation.