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Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alvi, J. Z., Imran, M., Pei, G., Li, J., Gao, G., & Alvi, J. Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage. Presented at 4th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Milan, Italy

A thermodynamic comparison between a novel direct solar ORC system (DSOS) and indirect solar ORC system (ISOS) is carried out in this study. A phase change material (PCM) heat storage unit is integrated with both systems to ensure the stability of po... Read More about Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage.

Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dethlefs, N., & Turner, A. (2017, September). Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks. Presented at 14th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL 2017, Lyon, France

This paper describes how the recurrent connectionist architecture epiNet, which is capable of dynamically modifying its topology, is able to provide a form of transparent execution. EpiNet, which is inspired by eukaryotic gene regulation in nature, i... Read More about Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks.

Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Somehsaraei, H. N., Ali, U., Font-Palma, C., Majoumerd, M. M., Akram, M., Pourkashanian, M., & Assadi, M. (2017, June). Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models. Presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

The growing global energy demand is facing concerns raised by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, predominantly CO2. Despite substantial progress in the field of renewable energy in recent years, quick balancing responses and back-up services are st... Read More about Evaluation of a micro gas turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture for exhaust gas recirculation potential with two experimentally validated models.

Model-connected safety cases (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Retouniotis, A., Papadopoulos, Y., Sorokos, I., Parker, D., Matragkas, N., & Sharvia, S. Model-connected safety cases

© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG. We propose the concept of a model-connected safety case that could simplify certification of complex systems. System design models support the synthesis of both the structure of the safety case and the ev... Read More about Model-connected safety cases.

Impact of WHELD intervention on neuropsychiatric symptoms, antipsychotic use and quality of life in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster- randomized trial (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, F., Ballard, C., Fossey, J., Corbett, A., Orrell, M., Romeo, R., Moniz-Cook, E., Woods, B., & Whitaker, R. Impact of WHELD intervention on neuropsychiatric symptoms, antipsychotic use and quality of life in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster- randomized trial

Digital three-dimensional automation of the modified Huddart and Bodenham scoring system for patients with cleft lip and palate (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ma, X., Martin, C., McIntyre, G., Lin, P., & Mossey, P. Digital three-dimensional automation of the modified Huddart and Bodenham scoring system for patients with cleft lip and palate

© Copyright 2017 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: The modified Huddart and Bodenham scoring system assesses maxillary arch constriction and surgical outcomes in cleft lip and palate. This project automates modified Huddart a... Read More about Digital three-dimensional automation of the modified Huddart and Bodenham scoring system for patients with cleft lip and palate.

Assessing machine learning algorithms for self-management of asthma (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kocsis, O., Arvanitis, G., Lalos, A., Moustakas, K., Sont, J. K., Honkoop, P. J., Chung, K. F., Bonini, M., Usmani, O. S., Fowler, S., & Simpson, A. (2017, June). Assessing machine learning algorithms for self-management of asthma. Presented at The 6th IEEE International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering - EHB 2017, Sinaia, Romania

© 2017 IEEE. Control and monitoring of asthma progress is highly important for patient's quality of life and healthcare management. Emerging tools for self-management of various chronic diseases have the potential to support personalized patient guid... Read More about Assessing machine learning algorithms for self-management of asthma.

Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M., Hassan, S., Ahmed, S. I., & Iqbal, J. (2017). Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism. In Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems (C-CODE) (380-385). https://doi.org/10.1109/C-CODE.2017.7918961

This paper highlights the importance of an autonomous navigation scheme for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) operating under a complex operational scenario that requires obstacle detection. The proposed scheme is based on the construction and investi... Read More about Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism.

Computational and Field Test Analysis of Thermal Comfort Performance of User-controlled Thermal Department in an Open Plan Office (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shahzad, S., Hughes, B., Calautit, J. K., & Nasir, D. S. (2017). Computational and Field Test Analysis of Thermal Comfort Performance of User-controlled Thermal Department in an Open Plan Office. Energy procedia, 105, 2635-2640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.761

In this study, a thermal Department prototype was developed that allowed personal control over the temperature settings of the back-rest and the seat. Limited research focuses on different methods to provide individual user control over the thermal e... Read More about Computational and Field Test Analysis of Thermal Comfort Performance of User-controlled Thermal Department in an Open Plan Office.

Effect of Urban Street Canyon Aspect Ratio on Thermal Performance of Road Pavement Solar Collectors (RPSC) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nasir, D. S., Hughes, B. R., Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., & Shahzad, S. (2017). Effect of Urban Street Canyon Aspect Ratio on Thermal Performance of Road Pavement Solar Collectors (RPSC). Energy procedia, 105, 4414-4419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.936

Studies on RPSC (road pavement solar collectors) have shown the potential of reducing the urban heat island effect by dissipating the heat from the pavement for energy harness. In our previous work, performance analysis of RPSC system was carried out... Read More about Effect of Urban Street Canyon Aspect Ratio on Thermal Performance of Road Pavement Solar Collectors (RPSC).

Thermal Comfort and Indoor air Quality Analysis of a Low-energy Cooling Windcatcher (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., Shahzad, S., Nasir, D. S., & Hughes, B. R. (2017). Thermal Comfort and Indoor air Quality Analysis of a Low-energy Cooling Windcatcher. Energy procedia, 105, 2865-2870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.634

The aim of this work was to investigate the performance of a roof-mounted cooling windcatcher integrated with heat pipes using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and field test analysis. The windcatcher model was incorporated to a 5m x 5m x3 m test r... Read More about Thermal Comfort and Indoor air Quality Analysis of a Low-energy Cooling Windcatcher.

Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of supervised exercise, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or combined treatment for patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mazari, F. A., Khan, J. A., Samuel, N., Smith, G., Carradice, D., McCollum, P., & Chetter, I. Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of supervised exercise, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or combined treatment for patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease

Background: To compare the long-term outcomes of angioplasty (PTA), supervised exercise (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA+SEP) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) due to femoropopliteal disease. Methods: Patients recruited to PTA, SEP and... Read More about Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of supervised exercise, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or combined treatment for patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease.

Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheah, L. A., Gilbert, J. M., Gonzalez, J. A., Bai, J., Ell, S. R., Green, P. D., & Moore, R. K. Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement. Presented at International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies BIOSTEC 2016: Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Rome, Italy

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017, Silent Speech Interfaces (SSIs) are alternative assistive speech technologies that are capable of restoring speech communication for those individuals who have lost their voice due to laryngectomy or disea... Read More about Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement.

Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gonzalez, J. A., Cheah, L. A., Gilbert, J. M., Bai, J., Ell, S. R., Green, P. D., & Moore, R. K. Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion. Presented at Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies 9th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2016, Rome, Italy

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. In this work, we present a silent speech system that is able to generate audible speech from captured movement of speech articulators. Our goal is to help laryngectomy patients, i.e. patients who have lost... Read More about Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion.

MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, M. I., Ajwad, S. A., Irfan, M., & Iqbal, J. (2017). MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator. In Proceedings. 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology — FIT 2016 (136-141). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2016.033

Pressing demands of accuracy, repeatability, reliability and productivity in today's robotic applications has highlighted significance of modern control techniques. This research proposes two non-linear design techniques, Model Predictive Control (MP... Read More about MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator.

Competition and cooperation in pickup and multiple delivery problems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mourdjis, P., Polack, F., Cowling, P., Chen, Y., & Robinson, M. (2017). Competition and cooperation in pickup and multiple delivery problems. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 695, 142-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53982-9_9

Logistics is a highly competitive industry; large hauliers use their size to benefit from economies of scale while small logistics companies are often well placed to service local clients. To obtain economies of scale, small hauliers may seek to coop... Read More about Competition and cooperation in pickup and multiple delivery problems.

Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Fanan, A., & Ammar, M. (2016, November). Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. Presented at 24th Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2016

© 2016 IEEE. Cognitive radio (CR) has been proposed as a solution to the spectrum scarcity problem, which is aggravated by emergence of bandwidth-hungry and feature-rich wireless applications. Selection of appropriate antennas for cognitive radio app... Read More about Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.