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The application of visible wavelength reflectance hyperspectral imaging for the detection and identification of blood stains (2014)
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Li, B., Beveridge, P., O'Hare, W. T., & Islam, M. (2014). The application of visible wavelength reflectance hyperspectral imaging for the detection and identification of blood stains. Science and Justice, 54(6), 432-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2014.05.003

© 2014 Forensic Science Society. Current methods of detection and identification of blood stains rely largely on visual examination followed by presumptive tests such as Kastle-Meyer, Leuco-malachite green or luminol. Although these tests are useful,... Read More about The application of visible wavelength reflectance hyperspectral imaging for the detection and identification of blood stains.

Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanowires for nanogenerator: Effect of gold electrode on the output voltage of nanogenerator (2014)
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Mansoor, A., Iqbal, M., Kiely, J., & Luxton, R. (2014). Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanowires for nanogenerator: Effect of gold electrode on the output voltage of nanogenerator. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 21(6), 672-676

A low temperature hydrothermal technique is developed to grow ZnO (diameter 100 nm) nanowires for high output nanogenerator. Vertically aligned ZnO nanowires are grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated poly ethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. Morp... Read More about Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanowires for nanogenerator: Effect of gold electrode on the output voltage of nanogenerator.

Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring DNA methylation across the lifecourse: Findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (2014)
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Smith, G. D., Smith, A. D., Richmond, R. C., Simpkin, A. J., Woodward, G., Gaunt, T. R., …Relton, C. L. (2015). Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring DNA methylation across the lifecourse: Findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Human Molecular Genetics, 24(8), 2201-2217. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu739

© The Author 2014. Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been found to influence newborn DNA methylation in genes involved in fundamental developmental processes. It is pertinent to understand the degree to which the offspring methylomeis sensitive t... Read More about Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring DNA methylation across the lifecourse: Findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

Dynamic electrical reconfiguration for improved capacitor charging in microbial fuel cell stacks (2014)
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Papaharalabos, G., Greenman, J., Stinchcombe, A., Horsfield, I., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Dynamic electrical reconfiguration for improved capacitor charging in microbial fuel cell stacks. Journal of Power Sources, 272, 34-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.07.187

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioelectrochemical device that uses anaerobic bacteria to convert chemical energy locked in biomass into small amounts of electricity. One viable way of increasing energy extraction is by stacking multiple MFC units a... Read More about Dynamic electrical reconfiguration for improved capacitor charging in microbial fuel cell stacks.

A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality (2014)
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Di Lorenzo, M., Thomson, A. R., Schneider, K., Cameron, P. J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 62, 182-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.06.050

The heavy use of chemicals for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes has increased the risk of freshwater contamination worldwide. Consequently, the demand for efficient new analytical tools for on-line and on-site water quality monitoring h... Read More about A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality.

Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation (2014)
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Merino-Jimenez, I., Janik, M. J., Ponce De Leon, C., & Walsh, F. C. (2014). Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation. Journal of Power Sources, 269, 498-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.06.140

A Pd-Ir alloy (1:1) coated on microfibrous carbon (11 μm diameter) supported on a titanium plate was evaluated as an electrode for the anodic oxidation of borohydride. The hydrogen generated, due to the parallel reaction of borohydride hydrolysis, wa... Read More about Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation.

Controlling for peak power extraction from microbial fuel cells can increase stack voltage and avoid cell reversal (2014)
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Boghani, H. C., Papaharalabos, G., Michie, I., Fradler, K. R., Dinsdale, R. M., Guwy, A. J., …Premier, G. C. (2014). Controlling for peak power extraction from microbial fuel cells can increase stack voltage and avoid cell reversal. Journal of Power Sources, 269, 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.06.059

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are bioelectrochemical systems which can degrade organic materials and are increasingly seen as potential contributors to low carbon technologies, particularly in energy recovery from and treatment of wastewaters. The theo... Read More about Controlling for peak power extraction from microbial fuel cells can increase stack voltage and avoid cell reversal.

The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes (2014)
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Santoro, C., Babanova, S., Artyushkova, K., Atanassov, P., Greenman, J., Cristiani, P., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21796-21802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.167

© 2014 Cost-effective activated carbon (AC) material was investigated for the development of gas-diffusion cathode employed in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating different feeding solutions. The electrocatalytic activi... Read More about The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes.

An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region (2014)
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Ahmad, J., Sun, J., Smith, L., & Smith, M. (2014). An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region. Pattern Recognition Letters, 50, 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2013.09.005

© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Although photometric stereo offers an attractive technique for acquiring 3D data using low-cost equipment, inherent limitations in the methodology have served to limit its practical application, particularly... Read More about An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region.

6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction (2014)
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Jafari, A., & Ryu, J. H. (2015). 6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction. Intelligent Service Robotics, 8(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-014-0161-y

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This paper extends previously proposed memory-based passivity approach (MBPA) to 6 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) haptic interactions. By introducing 6-DOF virtual proxy and virtual object, connected with haptic i... Read More about 6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction.

The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods (2014)
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Walsh, E., Budd, C. J., Russell, R. D., & Walsh, E. (2015). The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 282, 113-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.11.007

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. The principles of mesh equidistribution and alignment play a fundamental role in the design of adaptive methods, and a metric tensor and mesh metric are useful theoretical tools for understanding a method's level of mesh alignmen... Read More about The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods.

Effect of fibre wrinkling to the spring-in behaviour of L-shaped composite materials (2014)
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Çinar, K., & Ersoy, N. (2015). Effect of fibre wrinkling to the spring-in behaviour of L-shaped composite materials. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 69, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.10.025

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. To determine the amount of deformation resulting from fibre wrinkling at corner regions, a set of experiments have been conducted. As known in the conventional lay-up method, the prepregs are laid sequentiall... Read More about Effect of fibre wrinkling to the spring-in behaviour of L-shaped composite materials.

Scaling of fracture response in over-height compact tension tests (2014)
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Xu, X., Wisnom, M. R., Mahadik, Y., & Hallett, S. R. (2015). Scaling of fracture response in over-height compact tension tests. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 69, 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.11.002

An experimental investigation into in-plane scaled Over-height Compact Tension (OCT) [45/90/-45/0]4s carbon/epoxy laminates was carried out to study the scaling of fracture response. The dimensions of the baseline specimens were scaled up and down by... Read More about Scaling of fracture response in over-height compact tension tests.

Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Evaluation in Glass/Epoxy Composites Using Acoustic Emission and Finite Element Methods (2014)
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Saeedifar, M., Fotouhi, M., Najafabadi, M. A., & Toudeshky, H. H. (2015). Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Evaluation in Glass/Epoxy Composites Using Acoustic Emission and Finite Element Methods. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 24(1), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-014-1291-2

© 2014, ASM International. Delamination is one of the most common modes of failure in laminated composites and it leads to the loss of structural strength and stiffness. In this paper, mode I, mode II, and mixed of these pure modes were investigated... Read More about Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Evaluation in Glass/Epoxy Composites Using Acoustic Emission and Finite Element Methods.

Capability-oriented robot architecture for maritime autonomy (2014)
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Insaurralde, C. C., & Petillot, Y. R. (2015). Capability-oriented robot architecture for maritime autonomy. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 67, 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.10.003

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Advanced ocean systems are increasing their capabilities and the degree of autonomy more and more in order to perform more sophisticated maritime missions. Remotely operated vehicles are no longer cost-effect... Read More about Capability-oriented robot architecture for maritime autonomy.

A fast fault classification technique for power systems (2014)
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Nouri, H., & Wang, C. (2014). A fast fault classification technique for power systems. https://doi.org/10.15662/ijareeie.2014.0311065

This paper proposes a fast fault classification technique using three phase current signals for power systems. Digital Fourier Transform, the ‘Least Square’ method or the Kalman Filtering technique are used to extract fundamental frequency components... Read More about A fast fault classification technique for power systems.

High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell (2014)
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Ieropoulos, I. A., Taghavi, M., Greenman, J., Beccai, L., Mattoli, V., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell. ChemElectroChem, 1(11), 1994-1999. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402131

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The current study addresses the development of a flexible microbial fuel cell (MFC) in a tubular configuration. Nafion tubing is employed as a one-compartment MFC and is used as the membrane and th... Read More about High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell.

Systematic review of thermoplastic masks versus alternative immobilisation methods in head and neck irradiation (2014)
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Goldsworthy, S., Latour, J., Regan, C., McGrail, S., Bennett, C., Cramp, M., …Jankowska, P. (2014). Systematic review of thermoplastic masks versus alternative immobilisation methods in head and neck irradiation. https://doi.org/10.15124/CRD42014013800

Is a thermoplastic mask versus an alternative immobilisation effective in increasing reproducibility and comfort in head and neck patients receiving radiotherapy?

BIST methodology, architecture and circuits for pre-bond TSV testing in 3D stacking IC systems (2014)
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Wang, C., Zhou, J., Weerasekera, R., Zhao, B., Liu, X., Royannez, P., & Je, M. (2015). BIST methodology, architecture and circuits for pre-bond TSV testing in 3D stacking IC systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 62(1), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2014.2354752

© 2004-2012 IEEE. This paper presents a built-in self test (BIST) methodology, architecture and circuits for testing Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) in 3D-IC systems prior to stacking in order to improve 3D-IC yield and reduce overall test cost. A scan s... Read More about BIST methodology, architecture and circuits for pre-bond TSV testing in 3D stacking IC systems.

Performance maps for a bio-inspired robotic condylar hinge joint (2014)
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Burgess, S. C., & Etoundi, A. C. (2014). Performance maps for a bio-inspired robotic condylar hinge joint. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(11), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4028168

© 2014 by ASME. This paper presents performance charts that map the design space of a bio-inspired robotic condylar hinge joint. The joint mimics the design of the human knee joint by copying the condylar surfaces of the femur and tibia and by copyin... Read More about Performance maps for a bio-inspired robotic condylar hinge joint.