VOLCO-X: Numerical simulation of material distribution and voids in extrusion additive manufacturing by Rafael Quelho de Macedo, Rafael Thiago Luiz Ferreira, Andy Gleadall, Ian Ashcroft

“…This study presents a modelling concept called VOLCO-X (VOLume COnserving model - eXtended version), which extends a recently developed simulation technique to be able to accurately simulate deposited structures that were not possible with the previous model. …”
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3D printed microfluidic device with integrated optical sensing for particle analysis by Sarah Hampson, William Rowe, Steven Christie, Mark Platt

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Simulation of hydraulic structures in 2D high-resolution urban flood modeling by Yunsong Cui, Qiuhua Liang, Gang Wang, Jiaheng Zhao, Jinchun Hu, Yuehua Wang, Xilin Xia

“…However, direct simulation of hydraulic structures is not a current practice in 2D urban flood modeling. This work aims to develop a robust numerical approach to directly simulate the effects of gate structures in a 2D high-resolution urban flood model. …”
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Building the European Road Safety Observatory. SafetyNet. Deliverable D3.7a Road safety performance indicators: country comparisons by Kerstin Auerbach-Hafen, Francois Riguelle, Vojtech Eksler, Mouloud Haddak, Peter Hollo, Elisabete Arsenio, Joao Cardoso, Sandra Vieira Gomes, Eleonora Papadimitriou, Maarten Amelink, Charles Goldenbeld, Rene Mathijssen, Robert Louwerse, Peter Morsink, Chris Schoon, Alex Van Gent, Sjoerd Houwing, Martijn A. Vis, Victoria Gitelman, Shalom Hakkert, Terje Assum, Terje Page, Lucy Rackliff

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Human skill capturing and modelling using wearable devices by Yuchen Zhao

“…However, when the task is complex, it is difficult to programme a robot to fulfil all the requirements because even a relatively simple task such as a peg-in-hole insertion contains many uncertainties, e.g. clearance, initial grasping position and insertion path. …”
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Laser ablation of polymer waveguide and embedded mirror for optically-enabled printed circuit boards (OEPCB) by Shefiu S. Zakariyah

“…This thesis presents the context of the research and the underlying governing science, i.e. theoretical analysis, involving laser-matter interactions. …”
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Process simulation and optimisation of thin wall injection moulded components by Aravind Mullath

“…Finally a comparison of mechanical properties of the 3 PP grades shows that PP-H has a higher yield stress compared to PP-IC and PP-RC and yield stress is significantly higher (yield strain values are lower) than values quoted by the manufacturer. The PhD study has confirmed the process conditions that are able to optimise all the interactive effects to improve functional properties in high volume parts in the packaging industry.…”
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The role of earthworm communities in soil mineral weathering: a field experiment by D. Carpenter, M.E. Hodson, P. Eggleton, Caroline Kirk

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Engineers as managers: a comparative study of the career experiences of graduate engineers by Steven D. Waller

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Bioprocessing of bacteriophages and bacteriocins: continuous culture and downstream purification by Francesco Mancuso

“…Future industrial demand for large quantities of bacteriophages and bacteriocins imposes the development of a scalable production platform.In this PhD thesis, research on bioprocessing of bacteriophages K and T3 and one bacteriocin belonging to the subcategory of colicins, E9, has been conducted. …”
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Vanadate - based conversion coatings for the aluminium alloy 2014A - T6 by M.I.E. Coward

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Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial by Emily Petherick, S. O'Meara, Kate L. Spilsbury, C.P. Iglesias, E.A. Nelson, D.J. Torgerson

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Lyapunov analysis of the spatially discrete-continuous system dynamics by V.A. Maximenko, Alexander E. Hramov, Alexey A. Koronovskii, V.V. Makarov, Dmitry E. Postnov, Alexander Balanov

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Examining the use of glucose and physical activity self-monitoring technologies in individuals at moderate to high risk of developing type 2 diabetes: randomized trial by Maxine E Whelan, Mark W Orme, Andrew Kingsnorth, Lauren Sherar, Francesca L Denton, Dale Esliger

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Testosterone enables growth and hypertrophy in fusion impaired myoblasts that display myotube atrophy: deciphering the role of androgen and IGF-I receptors by David C. Hughes, Claire E. Stewart, Nicholas Sculthorpe, Hannah F. Dugdale, Farzad Yousefian, Mark Lewis, Adam Sharples

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Prostate cancer: early detection and assessing clinical risk using deep machine learning of high dimensional peripheral blood flow cytometric phenotyping data by Georgina Cosma, Stéphanie E McArdle, Gemma A Foulds, Simon P Hood, Stephen Reeder, Catherine Johnson, Masood A Khan, A Graham Pockley

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Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there by I Fazey, N Schäpke, G Caniglia, A Hodgson, I Kendrick, C Lyon, G Page, J Patterson, C Riedy, T Strasser, S Verveen, D Adams, B Goldstein, M Klaes, G Leicester, A Linyard, A McCurdy, P Ryan, B Sharpe, G Silvestri, AY Abdurrahim, D Abson, OS Adetunji, P Aldunce, C Alvarez-Pereira, JM Amparo, H Amundsen, L Anderson, L Andersson, M Asquith, K Augenstein, J Barrie, D Bent, J Bentz, A Bergsten, C Berzonsky, O Bina, K Blackstock, Joanna Boehnert, H Bradbury, C Brand, J Böhme, MM Bøjer, E Carmen, L Charli-Joseph, S Choudhury, S Chunhachoti-ananta, J Cockburn, J Colvin, ILC Connon, R Cornforth, RS Cox, N Cradock-Henry, L Cramer, A Cremaschi, H Dannevig, CT Day, C de Lima Hutchison, A de Vrieze, V Desai, J Dolley, D Duckett, RA Durrant, M Egermann, E Elsner, C Fremantle, J Fullwood-Thomas, D Galafassi, J Gobby, A Golland, SK González-Padrón, I Gram-Hanssen, J Grandin, S Grenni, J Lauren Gunnell, F Gusmao, M Hamann, B Harding, G Harper, M Hesselgren, D Hestad, CA Heykoop, J Holmén, K Holstead, C Hoolohan, AI Horcea-Milcu, LG Horlings, SM Howden, RA Howell, SI Huque, ML Inturias Canedo, CY Iro, CD Ives, B John, R Joshi, S Juarez-Bourke, DW Juma, BC Karlsen, L Kliem, A Kläy

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How many steps/day are enough for adults? by Catrine Tudor-Locke, Cora L. Craig, Wendy J. Brown, Stacy Clemes, Katrien De Cocker, Billie Giles-Corti, Yoshiro Hatano, Shigeru Inoue, Sandra M. Matsudo, Nanette Mutrie, Jean-Michel Oppert, David A. Rowe, Michael D. Schmidt, Grant M. Schofield, John C. Spence, Pedro J. Teixeira, Mark A. Tully, Steven N. Blair

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One-bit processing for real-time control by Xiaofeng Wu

“…The A/D and D/A converters can be any precision according to the system requirement, e.g. 12-bit in many cases. …”
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Training during the COVID-19 lockdown: knowledge, beliefs, and practices of 12,526 athletes from 142 countries and six continents by Jad Adrian Washif, Abdulaziz Farooq, Isabel Krug, David B Pyne, Evert Verhagen, Lee Taylor, Del P Wong, Iñigo Mujika, Cristina Cortis, Monoem Haddad, Omid Ahmadian, Mahmood Al Jufaili, Ramzi A Al-Horani, Abdulla Saeed Al-Mohannadi, Asma Aloui, Achraf Ammar, Fitim Arifi, Abdul Rashid Aziz, Mikhail Batuev, Christopher Martyn Beaven, Ralph Beneke, Arben Bici, Pallawi Bishnoi, Lone Bogwasi, Daniel Bok, Omar Boukhris, Daniel Boullosa, Nicola Bragazzi, Joao Brito, Roxana Paola Palacios Cartagena, Anis Chaouachi, Stephen S Cheung, Hamdi Chtourou, Germina Cosma, Tadej Debevec, Matthew D DeLang, Alexandre Dellal, Gürhan Dönmez, Tarak Driss, Juan David Peña Duque, Cristiano Eirale, Mohamed Elloumi, Carl Foster, Emerson Franchini, Andrea Fusco, Olivier Galy, Paul B Gastin, Nicholas Gill, Olivier Girard, Cvita Gregov, Shona Halson, Omar Hammouda, Ivana Hanzlíková, Bahar Hassanmirzaei, Thomas Haugen, Kim Hébert-Losier, Hussein Muñoz Helú, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Florentina J Hettinga, Louis Holtzhausen, Olivier Hue, Antonio Dello Iacono, Johanna K Ihalainen, Carl James, Dina C Janse van Rensburg, Saju Joseph, Karim Kamoun, Mehdi Khaled, Karim Khalladi, Kwang Joon Kim, Lian-Yee Kok, Lewis MacMillan, Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Ryo Matsunaga, Shpresa Memishi, Grégoire P Millet, Imen Moussa-Chamari, Danladi Ibrahim Musa, Hoang Minh Thuan Nguyen, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Adam Owen, Johnny Padulo, Jeffrey Cayaban Pagaduan, Nirmala Panagodage Perera, Jorge Pérez-Gómez, Lervasen Pillay, Arporn Popa, Avishkar Pudasaini, Alireza Rabbani, Tandiyo Rahayu, Mohamed Romdhani, Paul Salamh, Abu-Sufian Sarkar, Andy Schillinger, Stephen Seiler, Heny Setyawati, Navina Shrestha, Fatona Suraya, Montassar Tabben, Khaled Trabelsi, Axel Urhausen, Maarit Valtonen, Johanna Weber, Rodney Whiteley, Adel Zrane, Yacine Zerguini, Piotr Zmijewski, Øyvind Sandbakk, Helmi Ben Saad, Karim Chamari

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Aerodynamics of battle damaged finite aspect ratio wings by Mujahid Samad-Suhaeb

“…When an aircraft is aerodynamically or structurally damaged in battle, it may not able to complete the mission and the damage may cause its loss. …”
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An analytical model of the microstructure in near-bamboo interconnects by Vincent Dwyer

“…The importance of developing such a model is that, because of its analytical nature, it may access important areas where statistics are difficult for the simulator, such as rare events—e.g. time-to-first-failure rather than average events such as the mean-time-to-failure—or impossible events such as σd ≠ 0.27. …”
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A methodology to support elbow flesh deformation for ergonomics modelling by Setia Hermawati

“…The review results showed that the new FDM had a level of error < 3mm and was able to recreate flesh deformation around the elbow joint with a representative level of surface realism when compared to the 3D scan data. …”
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A subnanosecond pulsed electric field system for studying cells electropermeabilization by N Ibrahimi, L Vallet, FM Andre, L Ariztia, M Rivaletto, AS De Ferron, Bucur Novac, LM Mir, L Pécastaing

“…This article presents an experimental arrangement which, using 3-D numerical modeling, aims to study biomedical effects using subnanosecond pulsed electric fields (PEFs). …”
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Benefits and obstacles: factors affecting the uptake of CAA in undergraduate courses by John Dermo

“…This research is currently in progress at the University of Bradford as part of the author’s PhD and feeding into the university’s Pathfinder project into e-assessment. …”
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Dynamical density functional theory for the segregation and drying of binary colloidal dispersions by Boshen He

“…Secondly, we consider mixtures of hard disks (i.e. a 2D mixture) with a fixed 2:1 particle size ratio and with an additional attractive interaction between the particles, in order to explore the influence of phase-separation on the final film structure. …”
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The value of computer-based product representations in co-designing with older users by Diane Gyi, Rebecca Cain, Ian Campbell

“…The results indicate that users were able to identify the basic purpose or function of a familiar product from the 2D line drawings. …”
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A two-stage approach for robust HEVC coding and streaming by Joao Carreira, Pedro A.A. Assuncao, Sergio M.M. Faria, Erhan Ekmekcioglu, Ahmet Kondoz

“…Compared to the reference HEVC, the proposed reference picture selection method is able to improve the video quality at low packet loss rates (e.g., 1%) using the same bitrate, achieving quality gains up to 2.3 dB for 10% of packet loss ratio. …”
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Improving human robot collaboration through force/torque based learning for object manipulation by Ali Al-Yacoub, Yuchen Zhao, Will Eaton, Yee Goh, Niels Lohse

“…As traditional programming techniques can struggle with the complexity required, an emerging approach is to learn a skill by observing human demonstration and imitating the motions; commonly known as Learning from Demonstration (LfD). In this work, we present a LfD methodology that combines an ensemble machine learning algorithm (i.e. …”
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An improved MRT lattice Boltzmann model for calculating anisotropic permeability of compressed and uncompressed carbon cloth gas diffusion layers based on x-ray computed micro-tomo... by Yuan Gao, Xiaoxian Zhang, Pratap Rama, Rui Chen, Hossein Ostadi, Kyle Jiang

“…Understanding and then being able to quantify the reduced ability of GDLs to conduct gases due to the compression is hence important in fuel cell design. …”
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‘Metal’-like transport in high-resistance, high aspect ratio two-dimensional electron gases by Dirk Backes, R. Hall, Michael Pepper, Harvey Beere, David A. Ritchie, Vijay Narayan

“…We present a picture within which these observations fit into the more conventional framework of the 2D MIT.…”
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Evaluating the importance of catchment hydrological parameters for urban surface water flood modelling using a simple hydro-inundation model by Dapeng Yu, Tom J. Coulthard

“…This paper uses a hydro-inundation model (FloodMap-HydroInundation2D) to investigate the role of catchment hydrological parameters in urban surface water flooding. …”
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Design and manufacture of functional titanium–palladium devices for the activation of anti-cancer prodrugs by Mohammad Alqahtani

“…Prodrug treatments need an activation agent, i.e. a catalyst, to convert the prodrug delivered to the cancerous cells to an active drug in-situ. …”
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Super-liquid-repellent thin film materials for low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: a comprehensive review of materials for dip-coating by Ronald Muhumuza, Philip C Eames

“…When discharging latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems, performance is influenced by the formation and adherence of a solid layer of phase change material (PCM) on heat eXchange (HX) surfaces. Super‐liquid‐repellent thin films (STFs) may be able to reduce solidifying PCM adhesion on HX surfaces during discharging, delay PCM solidification to lower temperatures, and by modifying nucleation sites potentially enable long‐term seasonal thermal storage. …”
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Effectiveness of the new local safeguarding children boards in England: interim report by Alan France, Emily R. Munro, Jo Meredith, Esmeranda Manful, Jacqueline Beckhelling

“…The functions of the LSCB are as follows: (a) developing policies and procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area of the authority… (b) communicating to persons and bodies in the area of the authority the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, raising their awareness of how this can best be done, and encouraging them to do so; (c) monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of what is done by the authority and their Board partners individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and advising them on ways to improve; (d) participating in the planning of services for children in the area of the authority; (e) undertaking reviews of serious cases and advising the authority and their Board partners on lessons to be learned (The Local Safeguarding Children Board Regulations 2006, Section 5). …”
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Supplementary information files for Super-liquid-repellent thin film materials for low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: A comprehensive review of materials for dip-c... by Ronald Muhumuza, Philip C. Eames

“…CC BY 4.0 © The Authors 2024Supplementary files for article Super-liquid-repellent thin film materials for low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: A comprehensive review of materials for dip-coatingWhen discharging latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems, performance is influenced by the formation and adherence of a solid layer of phase change material (PCM) on heat eXchange (HX) surfaces. Super‐liquid‐repellent thin films (STFs) may be able to reduce solidifying PCM adhesion on HX surfaces during discharging, delay PCM solidification to lower temperatures, and by modifying nucleation sites potentially enable long‐term seasonal thermal storage. …”
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Detection and location of sub-cranial haematomas using mutlifrequency electrical impedance tomograpgy by Toby Williams

“…This design decreases the effect of stray noise along the long electrode-to-hardware wires resulting in a system with an average voltage magnitude SNR of 60 dB and a voltage phase SNR of 70 dB. The testing system necessitates a biofidelic human head phantom model. …”
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Involving users in the design process: the role of product representations in co-designing by Rebecca Cain

“…Limitations were found with existing technology and it was apparent that traditional methods (e. g. hand-drawn sketches and models) were better able to facilitate co-designing at this time than digital methods. …”
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Experimental study of mechanical properties and in vitro degradation of bioresorbable polymers for cardiovascular applications by Raasti Naseem

“…The predominant aim of this PhD project is to assess the mechanical performance experimentally, in-vitro, of a well established, FDA approved scaffold, Absorb (Abbott Vascular, USA) composed of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), at a benchtop level. …”
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Data processing methods for untargeted volatile atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation-mass spectrometry analysis by Kerry Rosenthal

“…Characteristic marker ions were found for both E. coli and S. aureus. A model to distinguish between sample types was able to correctly identify the bacteria samples after sufficient growth (24–48 hours), with similar results obtained across different sampling methods. …”
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Experimental methods for the study of mixed-mode fractures by Matthew R. Eplett

“…In general, the singular-field approach based on 2D elasticity and the finite element method give poor predictions. …”
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A low-volume, low-cost method for Ti-Nb alloys in the selective laser melting process by James Borgman

“…These processes require high volume powder production to be financially viable and, consequently are unsuited for small batches used for R&D or in bespoke alloys, (e.g., the Ti-Nb alloys used in this study). …”
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Managing challenging situations in the coach-athlete dyad: Navigating the grey zone by Katelynn Slade

“…Regardless of relationship quality, coaches and athletes will be faced with these situations and must manage them to be able to move forward, maintain performance, and protect their well-being. …”
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