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Data-Driven Model for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Embankments Based on Visual Data Features (2018)
Journal Article
Tinoco, J., Gomes Correia, A., Cortez, P., & Toll, D. G. (2018). Data-Driven Model for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Embankments Based on Visual Data Features. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(4), Article 04018027. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29cp.1943-5487.0000770

Keeping large-scale transportation infrastructure networks, such as railway networks, operational under all conditions is one of the major challenges today. The budgetary constraints for maintenance purposes and the network dimension are two of the m... Read More about Data-Driven Model for Stability Condition Prediction of Soil Embankments Based on Visual Data Features.

Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes (2018)
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Zappalá, D., Bezziccheri, M., Crabtree, C., & Paone, N. (2018). Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes. Measurement Science and Technology, 29(6), Article 065207. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aab74a

Non-intrusive, reliable and precise torque measurement is critical to dynamic performance monitoring, control and condition monitoring of rotating mechanical systems. This paper presents a novel, contactless torque measurement system consisting of tw... Read More about Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes.

Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks (2018)
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Brigham, K., Gupta, S., & Brigham, J. C. (2018). Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 34(8), Article e3094. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3094

Infants born prematurely are particularly susceptible to respiratory illness due to underdeveloped lungs, which can often result in fatality. Preterm infants in acute stages of respiratory illness typically require mechanical ventilation assistance,... Read More about Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks.

Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore (2018)
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Toll, D. G., Rahim, M. S. M., Karthikeyan, M., & Tsaparas, I. (2019). Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore. Environmental Geotechnics, 6(6), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.15.00071

The modelling of soil–atmosphere interactions for slopes requires a proper understanding of the relevant soil parameters (soil water retention curve and the permeability function). This paper reports on numerical investigations of an instrumented res... Read More about Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore.

Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process (2018)
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Jeong, Y., Lee, H., Pearson, C., & Petty, M. (2018). Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 10(5-6), 754-760. https://doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2018.2717

A photolithographic process for the fabrication of short channel solution-processed zinc oxide transistors (ZnO TFTs) was optimized. To avoid damage to the ZnO film by the photolithography, a bottom gate, bottom contact (BG-BC) device structure was a... Read More about Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process.

A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure (2018)
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Dawson, R. J., Thompson, D., Johns, D., Wood, R., Darch, G., Chapman, L., …Hall, J. W. (2018). A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2121), Article 20170298. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0298

Extreme weather causes substantial adverse socio-economic impacts by damaging and disrupting the infrastructure services that underpin modern society. Globally, $2.5tn a year is spent on infrastructure which is typically designed to last decades, ove... Read More about A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure.

Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies (2018)
Journal Article
Heron, J. W., Jiang, J., Sun, H., Gezerlis, V., & Doukoglou, T. (2018). Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies. IEEE Access, 6, 22930-22937. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2831254

Smart grids are the next generation of power distribution network, using information and communications technologies to increase overall energy efficiency and service quality of the power grid. One big challenge in building a smart grid is the fast g... Read More about Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies.

Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors (2018)
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De Sanctis, A., Amit, I., Hepplestone, S. P., Craciun, M. F., & Russo, S. (2018). Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors. Nature Communications, 9, Article 1652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04099-7

The control of charges in a circuit due to an external electric field is ubiquitous to the exchange, storage and manipulation of information in a wide range of applications. Conversely, the ability to grow clean interfaces between materials has been... Read More about Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors.

Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (2018)
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Inderberg, T. H. J., Tews, K., & Turner, B. (2018). Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 42, 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.006

Prosuming – where private households use photovoltaics to produce electricity at home – has proliferated across Western countries, but growth rates have varied significantly. Focusing on Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom, this article explores t... Read More about Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom.