• On the utilisation of nonlinear plasticity models in military aircraft fatigue estimation: a preliminary comparison 

  Agius, Dylan J.; Wallbrink, Chris; Hu, Weiping; Kajtaz, Mladenko; Wang, Chun; Kourousis, Kyriakos I. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Strain-life methodologies are commonly employed for fatigue estimation in military aircraft structures. These methodologies rely on models describing the elastoplastic response of the material under cycling. Despite the ...
• Role of myeloid regulatory cells (MRCs) in maintaining tissue homeostasis and promoting tolerance in autoimmunity, inflammatory disease and transplantation 

  Amodio, Giada; Cichy, Joanna; Conde, Patricia; Matteoli, Gianluca; Moreau, Aurélie; Ochando, Jordi; Oral, Barbaros H.; Pekarova, Michaela; Ryan, Elizabeth J.; Roth, Johannes; Sohrabi, Yahya; Cuturi, Maria‑Cristina; Gregori, Silvia (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018)

  Myeloid cells play a pivotal role in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. In inflammation, autoimmunity, and after transplantation, myeloid cells have contrasting roles: on the one hand they initiate the immune ...
• Process simulation and evaluation of ethane recovery process using Aspen-HYSYS 

  Rezakazemi, Mashallah; Rahmanian, Nejat; Jamil, Hassan; Shirazian, Saeed (AIDIC: The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering, 2018)

  In this work, the process of ethane recovery plant was simulated for the purpose of Front End Engineering Design. The main objective is to carry out a series of simulation using Aspen HYSYS to compare recovery of ethane ...
• Measurement and computer simulation of catholyte stability in vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) 

  Buckley, Noel; Oboroceanu, Daniela; Quill, Nathan; Lenihan, Catherine; Ní Eidhin, Deirdre; Albu, Sergiu P.; Lynch, Robert P. (Electrochemical Society, 2018)

  Based on careful experimental measurements, a model for the stability of vanadium flow battery (VFB) catholytes was developed which quantifies their precipitation behavior as a function of temperature and composition. The ...
• Regional mechanical and biochemical properties of the porcine cortical meninges 

  Walsh, Darragh R.; Ross, Aisling M.; Malijauskaite, Sigita; Flanagan, Brendan D.; Newport, David; McGourty, Kieran D.; Mulvihill, John J. (Elsevier, 2018)

  The meninges are pivotal in protecting the brain against traumatic brain injury (TBI), an ongoing issue in most mainstream sports. Improved understanding of TBI biomechanics and pathophysiology is desirable to improve ...
• Removal of phenol and chlorine from wastewater using steam activated biomass soot and tire carbon black 

  Trubetskaya, Anna; Kling, Jens; Ershag, Olov; Attard, Thomas; Schröder, Elisabeth (Elsevier, 2019)

  This study aims to demonstrate a novel method for removing toxic chemicals using soot produced from wood and herbaceous biomass pyrolyzed in a drop tube reactor and tire pyrolytic carbon black. The influence of ash content, ...
• Characterization of renewable reductants and charcoal-based pellets for the use in ferroalloy industries 

  Surup, Gerrit; Vehus, Tore; Eidem, Per-Anders; Trubetskaya, Anna; Nielsen, Henrik Kofoed (Elsevier, 2019)

  This study investigates the effect of high-temperature pyrolysis and post-treatment processes on spruce and oak charcoal yields and CO2 reactivity in a slow pyrolysis reactor. Post-treatment processes such as co-pyrolysis ...
• Dependence of heterogeneous nucleation on hydrogen bonding lifetime and complementarity 

  Verma, Vivek; Zeglinski, Jacek; Hudson, Sarah P.; Davern, Peter; Hodnett, Benjamin K. (Amcerican Chemical Society, 2018)

  The crystallization of seven active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) (acetaminophen (AAP), carbamazepine (CBMZ), caffeine (CAF), phenylbutazone (PBZ), risperidone (RIS), clozapine base (CPB), and fenofibrate (FF)) was ...
• Physiological cyclic hydrostatic pressure induces osteogenic lineage commitment of human bone marrow stem cells: a systematic study 

  Stavenschi, Elena; Corrigan, Michele A.; Johnson, Gillian P.; Riffault, Mathieu; Hoey, David A. (BMC, 2018)

  Background: Physical loading is necessary to maintain bone tissue integrity. Loading-induced fluid shear is recognised as one of the most potent bone micromechanical cues and has been shown to direct stem cell osteogenesis. ...
• Investigation of temperature dependence of microfibre coil resonators 

  Yin, Yu; Yu, Jibo; Jiang, Yuxuan; Li, Shi; Ren, Jing; Farrell, Gerald; Lewis, Elfed; Wang, Pengfei (IEEE Computer Society, 2018)

  The temperature-sensitive performance of a microfibre coil resonator (MCR) is thoroughly investigated. The MCR is fabricated by wrapping a microfibre on a PMMA rod coated with a UV-curable low refractive index epoxy. The ...
• Timing resolution for an optical fibre-based detector in a 74 MeV proton therapy beam 

  Penner, C.; Hoehr, C.; Lindsay, C.; Dunzenli, C.; O'Keeffe, Sinead (IOP Publishing, 2018)

  A Terbium activated Gadolinium Oxysulfide (Gd2O2S:Tb)-filled optical fibre sensor was developed and tested as a proton therapy beam dosimeter on a 74 MeV proton beam. Tests were carried out at the TRIUMF proton therapy ...
• Hybrid cloud computing QoS glitches 

  Luxmi Dhirani, Lubna; Newe, Thomas; Nizamani, Shahzad (IEEE Computer Society, 2018)

  The Hybrid Cloud Computing model has been growing extensively due to its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) architecture, customisation and cost benefits. The hybrid cloud services are measured based on the Quality of ...
• Integrating learners into the assessment process using adaptive comparative judgement with an ipsative approach to identifying competence based gains relative to student ability levels 

  Seery, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey; Delahunty, Thomas; Canty, Donal (Springer, 2018)

  Educational assessment has profound effects on the nature and depth of learning that students engage in. Typically there are two core types discussed within the pertinent literature; criterion and norm referenced assessment. ...
• Influence maximization in noisy networks 

  Erkol, Şirag; Faqeeh, Ali; Radicchi, Filippo (IOP Publishing, 2018)

  We consider the problem of identifying the most influential nodes for a spreading process on a network when prior knowledge about structure and dynamics of the system is incomplete or erroneous. Specifically, we perform a ...
• Mathematical modelling and simulation of a spray fluidized bed granulator 

  Kaur, Gurmeet; Singh, Mehakpreet; Kumar, Jitendra; De Beer, Thomas; Nopens, Ingmar (MDPI, 2018)

  In this present work, a study of the modelling and simulation for a top-sprayed fluidized bed granulator (SFBG) is presented, which is substantially used by the pharmaceutical industry to prepare granules. The idea is ...
• An investigation of security conversations in stack overflow: perceptions of security and community involvement 

  Lopez, Tamara; Tun, Thein Than; Bandara, Arosha K.; Levine, Mark; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Sharp, Helen (Association for Computing Machinery, 2018)

  Developers turn to Stack Overflow and other on-line sources to find solutions to security problems, but little is known about how they engage with and guide one another in these environments or the perceptions of software ...
• Cuff pressure algometry in patients with chronic pain as guidance for circumferential tissue compression for wearable soft exoskeletons: a systematic review 

  Kermavnar, Tjaša; Power, Valerie; de Eyto, Adam; O'Sullivan, Leonard (Mary Ann Liebert, 2018)

  In this article, we report on a systematic review of the literature on pressure-pain thresholds induced and assessed by computerized cuff pressure algometry (CPA). The motivation for this review is to provide design guidance ...
• Experimental study and multiscale modelling of the high temperature deformation of tempered martensite under multiaxial loading 

  Meade, E.D.; Sun, F.; Tiernan, Peter; O'Dowd, Noel P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  The microstructural deformation of ex-service 9Cr-1Mo steel, with a tempered martensitic microstructure, has been examined in this study, through the combined use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and multiscale ...
• APTES duality and nanopore seed regulation in homogeneous and nanoscale-controlled reduction of Ag shell on SiO2 microparticle for quantifiable single particle SERS 

  Rice, Daragh; Mouras, Rabah; Gleeson, Matthew; Liu, Ning; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Soulimane, Tewfik; Silien, Christophe (American Chemical Society, 2018)

  Noble-metal nanoparticles size and packing density are critical for sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and controlled preparation of such films required to achieve reproducibility. Provided that they are ...
• High sensitivity temperature sensor based on singlemode no-core-singlemode fibre structure and alcohol 

  Tian, Ke; Farrell, Gerald; Wang, Xianfan; Xin, Yifan; Du, Yanqiu; Yang, Wenlei; Liang, Haidong; Lewis, Elfed; Wang, Pengfei (Elsevier, 2018)

  A high sensitivity temperature sensor based on a singlemode-no-core-singlemode (SNCS) fibre structure and surrounded with alcohol within a silica capillary is described. In this investigation, no-core fibre (NCF) is used ...

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