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Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Ramsden, S. (2020). Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom. Energy research & social science ERSS, 70, Article 101786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101786

This article explores the impacts of a charity project which aimed to help people vulnerable to fuel poverty improve their energy efficiency and reduce energy costs, through providing energy monitors and advice at a household-level. The research make... Read More about Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom.

Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood (2020)
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Ramirez, J. A., Zischg, A. P., Schürmann, S., Zimmermann, M., Weingartner, R., Coulthard, T., & Keiler, M. (2020). Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood. Anthropocene, 32, Article 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100266

Landscape Evolution Models (LEMs) simulate the movement of water and sediment over the landscape. Although much progress has been made in the development of LEMs, few have been tested in rivers subject to anthropogenic impacts that produce high energ... Read More about Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood.

Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta (2020)
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Bussi, G., Darby, S. E., Whitehead, P. G., Jin, L., Dadson, S. J., Voepel, H. E., Vasilopoulos, G., Hackney, C. R., Hutton, C., Berchoux, T., Parsons, D. R., & Nicholas, A. (2021). Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta. The Science of the total environment, 755(1), Article 142468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142468

The livelihoods of millions of people living in the world's deltas are deeply interconnected with the sediment dynamics of these deltas. In particular a sustainable supply of fluvial sediments from upstream is critical for ensuring the fertility of d... Read More about Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta.

A bigger splat: The catastrophic geology of a 1.2-b.y.-old terrestrial megaclast (2020)
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Killingback, Z., Holdsworth, R. E., Walker, R. J., Nielsen, S., Dempsey, E., & Hardman, K. (2020). A bigger splat: The catastrophic geology of a 1.2-b.y.-old terrestrial megaclast. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G48079.1

Rockfalls are relatively little described from the ancient geological record, likely due to their poor preservation potential. At Clachtoll, northwest Scotland, a megaclast (100 m × 60 m × 15 m) of Neoarchean Lewisian gneiss with an estimated mass of... Read More about A bigger splat: The catastrophic geology of a 1.2-b.y.-old terrestrial megaclast.

Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle (2020)
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Yang, H., Li, J., Wang, Q., Wu, L., Reyes Rodríguez-Sanchez, M., Santana, D., & Pei, G. (2020). Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle. Energy Conversion and Management, 225, Article 113430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113430

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd A novel solar power tower system that integrates with the cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle is proposed to tackle the challenges of a simple supercritical carbon dioxide system in solar power systems... Read More about Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle.

Intelligent IoT Framework for Indoor Healthcare Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Patient (2020)
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Raza, M., Awais, M., Singh, N., Imran, M., & Hussain, S. (2021). Intelligent IoT Framework for Indoor Healthcare Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Patient. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 39(2), 593-602. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsac.2020.3021571

Parkinson's disease is associated with high treatment costs, primarily attributed to the needs of hospitalization and frequent care services. A study reveals annual per-person healthcare costs for Parkinson's patients to be $21,482, with an additiona... Read More about Intelligent IoT Framework for Indoor Healthcare Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Patient.

Author Correction: Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (3129), 10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x) (2020)
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Heijnen, M. S., Clare, M. A., Cartigny, M. J., Talling, P. J., Hage, S., Lintern, D. G., Stacey, C., Parsons, D. R., Simmons, S. M., Chen, Y., Sumner, E. J., Dix, J. K., & Clarke, J. E. (2020). Author Correction: Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (3129), 10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x). Nature communications, 11(1), Article 4425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18394-9

© 2020, The Author(s). The original version of this Article contained an error in the labelling of the cross-section in Fig. 2g and the vertical axis in Fig. 2b. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Effect of Nutrient Enrichment and Turbidity on Interactions Between Microphytobenthos and a Key Bivalve: Implications for Higher Trophic Levels (2020)
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Hope, J. A., Hewitt, J., Pilditch, C. A., Savage, C., & Thrush, S. F. (in press). Effect of Nutrient Enrichment and Turbidity on Interactions Between Microphytobenthos and a Key Bivalve: Implications for Higher Trophic Levels. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00695

© Copyright © 2020 Hope, Hewitt, Pilditch, Savage and Thrush. Benthic diatoms are a high-quality food resource providing essential fatty acids to benthic grazers. Different stressors may alter the proportion of diatoms and other microalgae and thus c... Read More about Effect of Nutrient Enrichment and Turbidity on Interactions Between Microphytobenthos and a Key Bivalve: Implications for Higher Trophic Levels.

A new range-extending record of the invasive sea squirt S. clava in the north of Scotland (2020)
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Want, A., & Kakkonen, {. E. (2021). A new range-extending record of the invasive sea squirt S. clava in the north of Scotland. Marine Biodiversity Records, 14, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00211-x

A new record of an individual of the invasive sea squirt, Styela clava, is reported from Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland. This represents a 1.54° latitudinal extension (168 km) from the previous northern-most record in UK waters. Diver surveys of hard... Read More about A new range-extending record of the invasive sea squirt S. clava in the north of Scotland.

Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels (2020)
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Vitale, A. J., García, M. H., Fernández, R., Vitale, A., Parker, G., & Garcia, M. (2020). Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 59(2), 298-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020.1780489

We present an experimental analysis of hydraulic roughness variations due to changes in alluvial cover in a mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channel with larger bedrock roughness than alluvial roughness. Three sets of experiments were conducted in a... Read More about Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels.

A chronological review of advances in solar assisted heat pump technology in 21st century (2020)
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Badiei, A., Golizadeh Akhlaghi, Y., Zhao, X., Shittu, S., Xiao, X., Li, J., Fan, Y., & Li, G. (2020). A chronological review of advances in solar assisted heat pump technology in 21st century. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 132, Article 110132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110132

This paper presents a comprehensive review on developments and advances of Solar Assisted Heat Pump technology reported in 21st century. Combination of thermal and photovoltaic solar collectors with heat pumps has been widely used in recent decades f... Read More about A chronological review of advances in solar assisted heat pump technology in 21st century.

Turbulence Processes within Turbidity Currents (2020)
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Wells, M. G., & Dorrell, R. M. (2021). Turbulence Processes within Turbidity Currents. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 53(1), 59-83. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-010719-060309

Sediment-laden gravity currents, or turbidity currents, are density-driven flows that transport vast quantities of particulate material across the floor of lakes and oceans. Turbidity currents are generated by slope failure or initiated when a sedime... Read More about Turbulence Processes within Turbidity Currents.

Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2 (2020)
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Montazersadgh, F., Zhang, H., Alkayal, A., Buckley, B., Kolosz, B. W., Xu, B., & Xuan, J. (2021). Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 15(1), 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-020-1945-6

Utilizing CO2 in an electro-chemical process and synthesizing value-added chemicals are amongst the few viable and scalable pathways in carbon capture and utilization technologies. CO2 electro-reduction is also counted as one of the main options enta... Read More about Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2.

Evaluate the validity of the empirical correlations of clearance and friction coefficients to improve a scroll expander semi-empirical model (2020)
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Kutlu, C., Erdinc, M. T., Li, J., Su, Y., Pei, G., Gao, G., & Riffat, S. (2020). Evaluate the validity of the empirical correlations of clearance and friction coefficients to improve a scroll expander semi-empirical model. Energy, 202, Article 117723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117723

This study presents a scroll expander modelling methodology for small scale power generation systems by combining scroll geometry and semi-empirical model. Although the semi-empirical model is quite popular, its dependence on several experimentally-d... Read More about Evaluate the validity of the empirical correlations of clearance and friction coefficients to improve a scroll expander semi-empirical model.

Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change (2020)
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Li, C., Wang, M., Liu, K., & Coulthard, T. J. (2020). Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change. Journal of hydrology, 590, Article 125244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125244

The Wenchuan earthquake caused rapid and gradual changes to the local geomorphology in the earthquake-stricken area. Extreme rainfall events can have strong impacts on local geomorphic evolution and alter the risks of subsequent geohazards and floodi... Read More about Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change.

Temperature-dependent performance of amorphous silicon photovoltaic/thermal systems in the long term operation (2020)
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Ren, X., Li, J., Jiao, D., Gao, D., & Pei, G. (2020). Temperature-dependent performance of amorphous silicon photovoltaic/thermal systems in the long term operation. Applied energy, 275, Article 115156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115156

The influences of temperature on the performance of amorphous silicon (a-Si) solar cells and photovoltaic (PV) systems are extensively studied in the literature. The benefit from thermal annealing effect at a higher temperature than ambient has been... Read More about Temperature-dependent performance of amorphous silicon photovoltaic/thermal systems in the long term operation.

Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience: Rainfall flooding in the city of Arnhem (2020)
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Forrest, S. A., Trell, E.-M., & Woltjer, J. (2020). Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience: Rainfall flooding in the city of Arnhem. Cities, 105, Article 102843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102843

This paper critically analyses socio-spatial inequalities associated with the shift towards flood resilience in flood risk management (FRM) and pays particular attention to the notion of ‘living with floods’ and its implications for citizens. Living... Read More about Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience: Rainfall flooding in the city of Arnhem.

Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution (2020)
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Heijnen, M. S., Clare, M. A., Cartigny, M. J. B., Talling, P. J., Hage, S., Lintern, D. G., Stacey, C., Parsons, D. R., Simmons, S. M., Chen, Y., Sumner, E. J., Dix, J. K., & Hughes Clarke, J. E. (2020). Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution. Nature communications, 11(1), Article 3129. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x

Submarine channels are the primary conduits for terrestrial sediment, organic carbon, and pollutant transport to the deep sea. Submarine channels are far more difficult to monitor than rivers, and thus less well understood. Here we present 9 years of... Read More about Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution.