The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women

Montgomery, G.; Abt, G.; Dobson, C.; Smith, T.; Evans, W.; Ditroilo, M.

doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.12.004

Towards sustainable methanol from industrial CO2 sources (2019)
Book Chapter
Douven, S., Benkoussas, H., Font-Palma, C., & Léonard, G. (2019). Towards sustainable methanol from industrial CO2 sources. In M. North, & P. Styring (Eds.), Carbon Dioxide Utilization : Volume 2 : Transformations (361-384). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110665147-019

This chapter discusses the opportunity of using CO2 from industrial sources to produce sustainable methanol. Some important industrial sectors that could be seen as potential sources of CO2 are reviewed: ammonia, steel, ethanol, ethylene, natural gas... Read More about Towards sustainable methanol from industrial CO2 sources.

Automated dynamic thermal simulation of houses and housing stocks using readily available reduced data (2019)
Journal Article
Allinson, D., Lomas, K. J., Badiei, A., Allinson, D., & Lomas, K. J. (2019). Automated dynamic thermal simulation of houses and housing stocks using readily available reduced data. Energy and Buildings, 203, Article 109431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109431

This paper describes a new method to swiftly model the dynamics of heating energy demand and indoor air temperatures of houses and housing stocks. The Reduced data Energy Model (RdDEM) provides a cost-effective alternative to steady-state modelling b... Read More about Automated dynamic thermal simulation of houses and housing stocks using readily available reduced data.

Insertion loss of asymmetrical balconies on a building facąde (2019)
Journal Article
Tang, S. K., Ho, C. Y., & Chan, W. Y. (2019). Insertion loss of asymmetrical balconies on a building facąde. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(3), 1580-1594. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5125135

The acoustical insertion loss of asymmetrical balconies on high-rise buildings was studied experimentally using a 1:3 scaled down model in the present study. Four balcony forms featured by the presence of a full-height side-wall were included. A line... Read More about Insertion loss of asymmetrical balconies on a building facąde.

Recent Advances in Hybrid Optical Materials: Integrating Nanoparticles within a Glass Matrix (2019)
Journal Article
Wei, Y., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Zhao, J. (. (2019). Recent Advances in Hybrid Optical Materials: Integrating Nanoparticles within a Glass Matrix. Advanced Optical Materials, 7(21), Article 1900702. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201900702

Abstract Glass containing optically active nanoparticles have been manufactured for centuries. However, only in the early 1900s, the invention of ultramicroscope and development of Mie theory paved the way to discovering the occurrence of nanoparticl... Read More about Recent Advances in Hybrid Optical Materials: Integrating Nanoparticles within a Glass Matrix.

Investigation of bubble behavior with phase change under the effect of noncondensable gas (2019)
Journal Article
Jia, H., Xiao, X., & Kang, Y. (2019). Investigation of bubble behavior with phase change under the effect of noncondensable gas. Chemical engineering science, 207, 631-643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2019.07.003

An Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian based numerical method is proposed to study the phase change bubble under the effect of noncondensable gas (NCG). In order to validate the underlying mathematical model, benchmark tests, including the bubble growth in... Read More about Investigation of bubble behavior with phase change under the effect of noncondensable gas.

Active cancellation of sound generated by finite length coherent line sources using piston-like secondary source arrays (2019)
Journal Article
Hu, Q., & Tang, S. K. (2019). Active cancellation of sound generated by finite length coherent line sources using piston-like secondary source arrays. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(6), 3647-3655. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5112761

The active cancellation of the sound generated by finite length coherent line sources is investigated numerically in the present study. A secondary source consists of a central circular core enclosed within an annulus is proposed. It is demonstrated... Read More about Active cancellation of sound generated by finite length coherent line sources using piston-like secondary source arrays.

Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review (2019)
Journal Article
Font-Palma, C. (2019). Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review. C - An Open Access Journal of Carbon Research, 5(2), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5020027

Environmental concerns, caused by greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere and overrunning of nutrients and pathogens to water bodies, have led to reducing direct spread onto the land of cattle manure. In addition, this practice can be a source of... Read More about Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review.

Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process (2019)
Journal Article
Willson, P., Lychnos, G., Clements, A., Michailos, S., Font-Palma, C., Diego, M. E., …Howe, J. (2019). Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 86, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.001

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd A novel Advanced Cryogenic Carbon Capture (A3C) process is being developed using low cost but high intensity heat transfer to achieve high CO2 capture efficiencies with a much reduced energy consumption and process equipment size.... Read More about Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process.

A model to predict acoustic resonant frequencies of distributed Helmholtz resonators on gas turbine engines (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Rubini, P., Qin, Q., & Houston, B. (2019). A model to predict acoustic resonant frequencies of distributed Helmholtz resonators on gas turbine engines. Applied Sciences, 9(7), Article 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9071419

© 2019 by the authors. Helmholtz resonators, traditionally designed as a narrow neck backed by a cavity, are widely applied to attenuate combustion instabilities in gas turbine engines. The use of multiple small holes with an equivalent open area to... Read More about A model to predict acoustic resonant frequencies of distributed Helmholtz resonators on gas turbine engines.

Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites – effects of delayed moulding on Charpy impact properties (2019)
Journal Article
Qin, Y., & Fancey, K. S. (2019). Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites – effects of delayed moulding on Charpy impact properties. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 121, 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.03.014

Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites (VPPMCs) are produced by subjecting fibres to creep, then releasing the creep load before moulding. Previous work has demonstrated mechanical property improvements up to ~50% from nylon 6,6 fib... Read More about Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites – effects of delayed moulding on Charpy impact properties.

Empirical prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows (2019)
Journal Article
Li, X., Tong, Y. G., Tang, S. K., & Lau, K. K. (2019). Empirical prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 151, 45-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2019.03.004

A parametric study on the traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows was carried out experimentally in this investigation in an attempt to establish a simple empirical model for predicting this transmission loss. A total of fourteen full s... Read More about Empirical prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows.

Understanding the Highly Dynamic Phenomena in Ultrasonic Melt Processing by Ultrafast Synchrotron X-ray Imaging (2019)
Book Chapter
Mi, J., Eskin, D., Connolley, T., & Fezzaa, K. (2019). Understanding the Highly Dynamic Phenomena in Ultrasonic Melt Processing by Ultrafast Synchrotron X-ray Imaging. In C. Chesonis (Ed.), Light Metals 2019 (1539-1544). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_194

In this paper, we present some highlighted findings from our recent research on real-time and in situ studies of the fundamentals of ultrasonic melt processing, including (1) ultrasonic bubble implosion, oscillation in liquid and semi-liquid (semi-so... Read More about Understanding the Highly Dynamic Phenomena in Ultrasonic Melt Processing by Ultrafast Synchrotron X-ray Imaging.

Synchrotron X-ray real-time studies of the nucleation and growth of intermetallic phases in solidification (2019)
Book Chapter
Mi, J. (2019). Synchrotron X-ray real-time studies of the nucleation and growth of intermetallic phases in solidification. In M. Tiryakioğlu, W. Griffiths, & M. Jolly (Eds.), Shape Casting : 7th International Symposium Celebrating Prof. John Campbell's 80th Birthday (65-71). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06034-3_6

In this paper, real-time, direct observation of the nucleation of primary Al 2 Cu phases on entrained oxide films during the solidification of an Al-35%Cu alloy, and the change of growth mode from planner to dendritic type structure of Al 3 Ni phases... Read More about Synchrotron X-ray real-time studies of the nucleation and growth of intermetallic phases in solidification.

Rheological Characteristics of Molten Salt Seeded with Al2O3 Nanopowder and Graphene for Concentrated Solar Power (2019)
Journal Article
Xiao, X., Zhang, G., Ding, Y., & Wen, D. (2019). Rheological Characteristics of Molten Salt Seeded with Al2O3 Nanopowder and Graphene for Concentrated Solar Power. Energies, 12(3), Article 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12030467

HITEC salt (NaNO2-NaO3-KNO3) and solar salt (NaO3-KNO3) are typical molten salts used in concentrated solar power. Adding nanoparticles is an effective method to improve the thermo-physical properties of pure salt. It is indispensable to experimental... Read More about Rheological Characteristics of Molten Salt Seeded with Al2O3 Nanopowder and Graphene for Concentrated Solar Power.

The effect of beat interval on ventricular repolarisation in atrial fibrillation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Al-Karadi, M. S., Wilkinson, A. J., & Langley, P. (2019). The effect of beat interval on ventricular repolarisation in atrial fibrillation. . https://doi.org/10.22489/CinC.2018.294

© 2018 Creative Commons Attribution. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterised by rapid beat interval changes. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of such changes on ECG ventricular repolarisation characteristics. In 10 AF recordings b... Read More about The effect of beat interval on ventricular repolarisation in atrial fibrillation.

Solidification Processing of Metallic Alloys Under External Fields (2018)
Book
Eskin, D. G., & Mi, J. (Eds.). (2018). Solidification Processing of Metallic Alloys Under External Fields. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94842-3

Modelling noise annoyance responses to combined sound sources and views of sea, road traffic, and mountain greenery (2018)
Journal Article
Chau, C. K., Leung, T. M., Xu, J. M., & Tang, S. K. (2018). Modelling noise annoyance responses to combined sound sources and views of sea, road traffic, and mountain greenery. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(6), 3503-3513. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5083833

This paper studies the effect of human perception of visual and audio settings in an urban environment on annoyance. Video clips were projected onto a window panel of a living room to simulate neighborhood views containing different percentages of se... Read More about Modelling noise annoyance responses to combined sound sources and views of sea, road traffic, and mountain greenery.

Enhancement of wave energy absorption efficiency via geometry and power take-off damping tuning (2018)
Journal Article
Jin, S., Patton, R. J., & Guo, B. (2019). Enhancement of wave energy absorption efficiency via geometry and power take-off damping tuning. Energy, 169, 819-832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.074

In this work a three dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model has been constructed based on a 1/50 scale heaving point absorber wave energy converter (PAWEC). The CFD model is validated first via wave tank tests and then is applied in this... Read More about Enhancement of wave energy absorption efficiency via geometry and power take-off damping tuning.

Fundamental studies of ultrasonic melt processing (2018)
Journal Article
Eskin, D. G., Tzanakis, I., Wang, F., Lebon, G. S., Subroto, T., Pericleous, K., & Mi, J. (2019). Fundamental studies of ultrasonic melt processing. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 52, 455-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.12.028

Ultrasonic (cavitation) melt processing attracts considerable interest from both academic and industrial communities as a promising route to provide clean, environment friendly and energy efficient solutions for some of the core issues of the metal c... Read More about Fundamental studies of ultrasonic melt processing.

The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women (2018)
Journal Article
Montgomery, G., Abt, G., Dobson, C., Smith, T., Evans, W., & Ditroilo, M. (2019). The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 44, 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.12.004

High impact exercise can reduce postmenopausal bone loss, however stimulus frequency (loading cycles per second) can affect osteogenesis. We aimed to examine the effect of stimulus frequency on the mechanical loading of four common osteoporosis preve... Read More about The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women.

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