An MHD couple stress fluid due to a perforated sheet undergoing linear stretching with heat transfer (2016)
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Hill, A. A., Mahabaleshwar, U. S., Sarris, I. E., Hill, A. A., Lorenzini, G., & Pop, I. (2017). An MHD couple stress fluid due to a perforated sheet undergoing linear stretching with heat transfer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 105, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.09.040

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd We investigate an MHD couple stress liquid due to a perforated sheet undergoing linear stretching with radiation. The liquid is initially at rest with its activity is restricted by pulling the two sheet ends with parallel and iden... Read More about An MHD couple stress fluid due to a perforated sheet undergoing linear stretching with heat transfer.

Automated construction of variable density navigable networks in a 3D indoor environment for emergency response (2016)
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Boguslawski, P., Mahdjoubi, L., Zverovich, V., & Fadli, F. (2016). Automated construction of variable density navigable networks in a 3D indoor environment for emergency response. Automation in Construction, 72(2), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2016.08.041

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Widespread human-induced or natural threats on buildings and their users have made preparedness and rapid response crucial issues for saving human lives. The ability to identify the paths of egress during an emergency is critical... Read More about Automated construction of variable density navigable networks in a 3D indoor environment for emergency response.

A low frequency persistent reservoir of a genomic island in a pathogen population ensures island survival and improves pathogen fitness in a susceptible host (2016)
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Neale, H., Laister, R., Payne, J., Preston, G., Jackson, R., & Arnold, D. L. (2016). A low frequency persistent reservoir of a genomic island in a pathogen population ensures island survival and improves pathogen fitness in a susceptible host. Environmental Microbiology, 18(11), 4144-4152. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13482

The co-evolution of bacterial plant pathogens and their hosts is a complex and dynamic process. Host resistance imposes stress on invading pathogens that can lead to changes in the bacterial genome enabling the pathogen to escape host resistance. We... Read More about A low frequency persistent reservoir of a genomic island in a pathogen population ensures island survival and improves pathogen fitness in a susceptible host.

A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms (2016)
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Li, X., Ouelhadj, D., Song, X., Jones, D., Wall, G., Howell, K. E., …Pertin, E. (2016). A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms. Renewable Energy, 99, 784-799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.07.037

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) for maintenance cost optimisation at an Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The DSS is designed for use by multiple stakeholders in the OWF sector with the overall goal of informing mainte... Read More about A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms.

A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC (2016)
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Mohammed, A., Wang, Q., & Li, X. (2017). A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC. International Journal of Food Properties, 20(5), 1145-1158. https://doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2016.1203933

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In recent years, trade of Halal foods is spreading at a rapid pace. Additionally, Halal food consumers have become increasingly concerned about the integrity of Halal-food related products in terms of production,... Read More about A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC.

Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief (2016)
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Alem, D., Clark, A., & Moreno, A. (2016). Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief. European Journal of Operational Research, 255(1), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.04.041

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Emergency logistics in disasters is fraught with planning and operational challenges, such as uncertainty about the exact nature and magnitude of the disaster, a lack of reliable information about the locatio... Read More about Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief.

On the stability and uniqueness of the flow of a fluid through a porous medium (2016)
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Hill, A. A., Hill, A. A., Rajagopal, K. R., & Vergori, L. (2016). On the stability and uniqueness of the flow of a fluid through a porous medium. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 67(3), 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-016-0645-z

© 2016, The Author(s). In this short note, we study the stability of flows of a fluid through porous media that satisfies a generalization of Brinkman’s equation to include inertial effects. Such flows could have relevance to enhanced oil recovery an... Read More about On the stability and uniqueness of the flow of a fluid through a porous medium.

Double-diffusive Hadley-Prats flow in a porous medium subject to gravitational variation (2016)
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Matta, A., Narayana, P. A., & Hill, A. A. (2016). Double-diffusive Hadley-Prats flow in a porous medium subject to gravitational variation. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 102, 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.10.034

© 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. A model for double-diffusive porous Hadley-Prats flow under the effect of a variable gravity field is explored. Both linear instability and nonlinear stability analyses are performed to assess the suit... Read More about Double-diffusive Hadley-Prats flow in a porous medium subject to gravitational variation.

Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes (2016)
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Zverovich, V., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., Fadli, F., & Barki, H. (2016). Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 31(8), 617-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12197

The extreme importance of emergency response in complex buildings during natural and human-induced disasters has been widely acknowledged. In particular, there is a need for efficient algorithms for finding safest evacuation routes, which would take... Read More about Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes.

Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments (2016)
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Henderson, K. L., Weir, I. S., Rhys Gwynllyw, D., Gwynllyw, R., Weir, I., & Henderson, K. (2016). Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 35(1), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrv018

© The Author 2015. We demonstrate how the DEWIS e-Assessment system may use embedded R code to facilitate the assessment of students' ability to perform involved statistical analyses. The R code has been written to emulate SPSS output and thus the st... Read More about Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments.

Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code (2016)
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Weir, I., Gwynllyw, R., & Henderson, K. (2017). Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code. MSOR Connections, 15(2), 51-59

We report on the creation of statistics e-assessments using the Dewis system with embedded R code. Dewis is a fully algorithmic open-source e-assessment system designed and developed at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). Dewis’ abi... Read More about Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code.