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Techno-economic analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based energy systems for decarbonising residential power and heat in the United Kingdom (2024)
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This study examines the feasibility of using hydrogen as a clean energy source for residential consumers in the UK through a low-carbon energy hub. Two cases were compared: a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) integrated combined heat and power (CHP) syste... Read More about Techno-economic analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based energy systems for decarbonising residential power and heat in the United Kingdom.

60 GHz FMCW Millimeter Wave Radar Assisted With Dual-Layer Wideband Flexible Metasurface for Accurate Wrist Pulse Monitoring (2024)
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This letter presents a novel passive focusing metasurface designed for wrist pulse detection within the 60 GHz millimeter wave frequency range, incorporating a dual-layer transmitarray antenna. The proposed metasurface demonstrates exceptional polari... Read More about 60 GHz FMCW Millimeter Wave Radar Assisted With Dual-Layer Wideband Flexible Metasurface for Accurate Wrist Pulse Monitoring.

Transitioning or tinkering at a net-zero economy? Introducing an assessment framework for industrial cluster decarbonisation in the United Kingdom (2024)
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Decarbonising industrial clusters globally is crucial in combating climate change and is integral to the United Kingdom's ambition of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050. The absence of holistic frameworks that provide a nuanced understanding of the... Read More about Transitioning or tinkering at a net-zero economy? Introducing an assessment framework for industrial cluster decarbonisation in the United Kingdom.

Passive Sensing Using Multiple Types of Communication Signal Waveforms for Internet-of-Everything (2024)
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Communication-Efficient Design for Quantized Decentralized Federated Learning (2024)
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Decentralized federated learning (DFL) is a variant of federated learning, where edge nodes only communicate with their one-hop neighbors to learn the optimal model. However, as information exchange is restricted in a range of one-hop in DFL, ineffic... Read More about Communication-Efficient Design for Quantized Decentralized Federated Learning.

Technoeconomic, environmental and multi criteria decision making investigations for optimisation of off-grid hybrid renewable energy system with green hydrogen production (2024)
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The current study presents a comprehensive investigation of various energy system configurations for a remote village community in India with entirely renewable electricity. Excess electricity generated by the systems has been stored using two types... Read More about Technoeconomic, environmental and multi criteria decision making investigations for optimisation of off-grid hybrid renewable energy system with green hydrogen production.

3D isogeometric indirect BEM solution based on virtual surface sources on the boundaries of Helmholtz acoustic problems (2024)
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A solution for 3D Helmholtz acoustic problems is introduced based on an indirect boundary element method (indirect BEM) coupled with isogeometric analysis (IGA). The novelty of this work arises from using virtual surface sources placed directly on th... Read More about 3D isogeometric indirect BEM solution based on virtual surface sources on the boundaries of Helmholtz acoustic problems.

Techno-economic and environmental analyses of a solar-assisted Stirling engine cogeneration system for different dwelling types in the United Kingdom (2024)
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In this study, a hybrid cogeneration system that combines photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors with a Stirling engine, and a battery-pack-based energy option is proposed for residential applications. The system’s purpose is to fulfil the electrical... Read More about Techno-economic and environmental analyses of a solar-assisted Stirling engine cogeneration system for different dwelling types in the United Kingdom.

On the implementation of a material point‐based arc‐length method (2024)
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Summary: The material point method is a versatile technique which can be used to solve various types of solid mechanics problems, especially those involving large deformations. However, the capability of the material point method to track a load‐disp... Read More about On the implementation of a material point‐based arc‐length method.

Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays (2024)
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Engineered soil barriers have been proposed to prevent rainwater infiltration into the underlying soil, thus improving stability of sloping ground. The use of engineered barriers on flat ground as means of preventing flooding has also been explored.... Read More about Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays.

Influence of loading rate on bond shear strength of autoclaved aerated concrete masonry (2024)
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This study aims to investigate the bond shear strength of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) masonry, focusing on the influence of pre-compression and load rates. Experimental results show that the bond shear strength of AAC masonry increases with inc... Read More about Influence of loading rate on bond shear strength of autoclaved aerated concrete masonry.

Preliminary assessment of series of landslides and related damage by heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, India, during July 2023 (2024)
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A fully coupled dynamic water-mooring line system: Numerical implementation and applications (2024)
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Several numerical challenges exist in the analysis of water-mooring line systems which require robust, yet practical, methods to address this type of fully coupled nonlinear dynamic problems. The present study proposes a novel class of numerical tech... Read More about A fully coupled dynamic water-mooring line system: Numerical implementation and applications.

SecureFlow: Knowledge and data-driven ensemble for intrusion detection and dynamic rule configuration in software-defined IoT environment (2024)
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There is a massive growth in the rate of heterogeneous devices configured in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment for efficient communication. The IoT devices are limited in resources, and there are no defined protocols in terms of security durin... Read More about SecureFlow: Knowledge and data-driven ensemble for intrusion detection and dynamic rule configuration in software-defined IoT environment.

What can a morphometric study of unoperated children teach us about the natural history of metopic synostosis? (2024)
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Outcomes of surgical repair of trigonocephaly are well reported in the literature, but there is a paucity of information on the natural history of unoperated children. The authors evaluated a group of unoperated children with metopic synostosis to de... Read More about What can a morphometric study of unoperated children teach us about the natural history of metopic synostosis?.

RF Energy Harvesting Techniques for Battery-less Wireless Sensing, Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things: A Review (2024)
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As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand, the demand for the use of energy-efficient circuits and battery-less devices has grown rapidly. Battery-less operation, zero maintenance and sustainability are the desired features of IoT devices i... Read More about RF Energy Harvesting Techniques for Battery-less Wireless Sensing, Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things: A Review.

The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems (2024)
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The market for wearable electronic devices is experiencing significant growth and increasing potential for the future. Researchers worldwide are actively working to improve these devices, particularly in developing wearable electronics with balanced... Read More about The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems.

The slip surface mechanism of delayed failure of the Brumadinho tailings dam in 2019 (2024)
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The 2019 Feijão dam failure in Brumadinho, Brazil, claimed 270 lives and caused enormous environmental damage. A special feature of this failure was that it took place three years after the tailings disposal was terminated, which should have allowed... Read More about The slip surface mechanism of delayed failure of the Brumadinho tailings dam in 2019.

Chemically processed CdTe thin films for potential applications in solar cells - Effect of Cu doping. (2024)
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Thin films of cadmium telluride (CdTe) have attained the attention of researchers due to the potential application in solar cells. However, cost-effective fabrication of solar cells based on thin films along with remarkable efficiency and control ove... Read More about Chemically processed CdTe thin films for potential applications in solar cells - Effect of Cu doping..

A Design Methodology for Sensing-Ready Concentric Rings-Based Chipless RFID Tags With Effective Spectrum Use and High Coding Capacity (2024)
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This paper introduces an innovative strategy for the development of sensing-ready concentric rings-based chipless radio frequency identification (CRFID) tags. Our approach is marked by the novel use of exponentially increasing spacing, a significant... Read More about A Design Methodology for Sensing-Ready Concentric Rings-Based Chipless RFID Tags With Effective Spectrum Use and High Coding Capacity.