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Influences on the formation and evolution of Physarum polycephalum inspired emergent transport networks (2011)
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Jones, J. (2011). Influences on the formation and evolution of Physarum polycephalum inspired emergent transport networks. Natural Computing, 10(4), 1345-1369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-010-9223-z

The single-celled organism Physarum polycephalum efficiently constructs and minimises dynamical nutrient transport networks resembling proximity graphs in the Toussaint hierarchy. We present a particle model which collectively approximates the behavi... Read More about Influences on the formation and evolution of Physarum polycephalum inspired emergent transport networks.

The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
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Gray, S., Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Mytton, J., Lease, H., & Joynt, J. (2011). The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review. BMC Public Health, 11(11), 889. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-889

Background: Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is through the inclusion of health... Read More about The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review.

Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions (2011)
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Liu, Z., Smith, L., Sun, J., Smith, M., & Warr, R. (2011). Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6893 LNCS(PART 3), 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23626-6_16

This paper proposes a novel reflectional asymmetry descriptor to quantize the asymmetry of the cutaneous lesions for the discrimination of malignant melanoma from benign nevi. A pigmentation elevation model of the biological indexes is first construc... Read More about Biological indexes based reflectional asymmetry for classifying cutaneous lesions.

Bridging the gap between business process models and service-oriented architectures with reference to the grid environment (2011)
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Khan, Z., Odeh, M., & McClatchey, R. (2011). Bridging the gap between business process models and service-oriented architectures with reference to the grid environment. International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, 2(4), 253-283. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGUC.2011.042943

In recent years, organisations have been seeking technological solutions for enacting their business process models using ad-hoc and heuristic approaches. However, limited results have been obtained due to the expansion of business processes across g... Read More about Bridging the gap between business process models and service-oriented architectures with reference to the grid environment.

On Roman, Global and Restrained Domination in Graphs (2011)
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Zverovich, V., & Poghosyan, A. (2011). On Roman, Global and Restrained Domination in Graphs. Graphs and Combinatorics, 27(5), 755-768. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-010-0992-z

In this paper, we present new upper bounds for the global domination and Roman domination numbers and also prove that these results are asymptotically best possible. Moreover, we give upper bounds for the restrained domination and total restrained do... Read More about On Roman, Global and Restrained Domination in Graphs.

Identification of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of value management studies in construction (2011)
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Lin, G., Shen, G. Q., Sun, M., & Kelly, J. (2011). Identification of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of value management studies in construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(9), 698-706. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CO.1943-7862.0000348

Value management (VM) is widely regarded as a useful tool for management to meet the challenges, such as limited resources and tight schedules arising in the construction industry. A rigorous measurement on the performance of VM studies is likely to... Read More about Identification of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of value management studies in construction.

Views of (distant) bridges. Displacement and the presences of absences in practices of everyday landscape: An autotopographical account (2011)
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Jones, O. Views of (distant) bridges. Displacement and the presences of absences in practices of everyday landscape: An autotopographical account. Manuscript submitted for publication

I seek to contribute to recent discussions of absence, landscape, and memory within cultural geography and beyond, adding differing inflections about the ways in which absences can operate. A series of attachments, tensions and disjunctions relating... Read More about Views of (distant) bridges. Displacement and the presences of absences in practices of everyday landscape: An autotopographical account.

Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime (2011)
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Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., & Knowlen, C. (2011). Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime. European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 55(1), 11102 -11113. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011100087

Computational fluid dynamics solutions of the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations have been used to numerically predict the thrust of a thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime. Studies were focused on a projectile oper... Read More about Numerical study of gaseous reactive flow over a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative velocity regime.

Computational study of hole shape effect on film cooling performance (2011)
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Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2011). Computational study of hole shape effect on film cooling performance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 225(4), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650911399013

Film cooling effectiveness has been studied by using a computational approach based on solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. A wind tunnel test configuration is considered with a total of four cooling hole geometries as a cylindrical... Read More about Computational study of hole shape effect on film cooling performance.

A novel approach to thin-wall machining of aerospace structures- Stability margin prediction using a new damping modelling approach (2011)
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Sim, W. M., Adetoro, O. B., & Wen, P. H. (2011). A novel approach to thin-wall machining of aerospace structures- Stability margin prediction using a new damping modelling approach. Advanced Materials Research, 223, 632-641. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.223.632

The eco-friendly and economic challenges are driving more and more aerostructure components with thin wall and deep pocket features. These features are getting thinner and deeper and become impractical during part manufacturing. Therefore, there is a... Read More about A novel approach to thin-wall machining of aerospace structures- Stability margin prediction using a new damping modelling approach.

Direct numerical simulation of single and multiple square jets in cross-flow (2011)
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Yao, Y., & Maidi, M. (2011). Direct numerical simulation of single and multiple square jets in cross-flow. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 133(3), 031201. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003588

Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) have been carried out for single and multiple square jets issuing normally into a cross-flow, with the primary aim of studying the flow structures and interaction mechanisms associated with the jet in cross-flow (J... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of single and multiple square jets in cross-flow.

Enhanced 3D curvature pattern and melanoma diagnosis (2011)
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Warr, R., Zhou, Y., Smith, M., Smith, L., & Farooq, A. (2011). Enhanced 3D curvature pattern and melanoma diagnosis. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 35(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.10.004

This article describes an enhanced curvature pattern based melanoma diagnosis system using convolution techniques and ensemble classifiers. We extract the 3. D data of melanoma with a photometric stereo device first. Then differential forms of the me... Read More about Enhanced 3D curvature pattern and melanoma diagnosis.

Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research (2011)
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Liu, W., & Winfield, A. F. (2011). Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 35(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2010.08.002

In this paper we describe the implementation of a Linux extension board for the e-puck educational mobile robot, designed to enhance the computation, memory and networking performance of the robot at very low cost. The extension board is based on a 3... Read More about Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research.

Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots (2011)
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Charles Sullivan, J., Pearson, M., Mitchinson, B., Sullivan, J. C., Pipe, A. G., & Prescott, T. J. (2011). Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 366(1581), 3085-3096. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0164

Active vibrissal touch can be used to replace or to supplement sensory systems such as computer vision and, therefore, improve the sensory capacity of mobile robots. This paper describes how arrays of whisker-like touch sensors have been incorporated... Read More about Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots.

Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance (2011)
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Ben-Elia, E., & Ettema, D. (2011). Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14(5), 354-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2011.04.003

In a 13-week field study conducted in The Netherlands, participants were provided with daily rewards - monetary and in-kind, in order to encourage them to avoid driving during the morning rush-hour. Participants could earn a reward (money or credits... Read More about Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance.

A review of novel turbocharger concepts for enhancements in energy efficiency (2011)
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Kusztelan, A., Yao, Y., Marchant, D., & Wang, Y. (2011). A review of novel turbocharger concepts for enhancements in energy efficiency. https://doi.org/10.5383/ijtee.02.02.003

Turbochargers are extensively used throughout the automotive industry as they can enhance the output of an internal combustion (IC) engine without the need to increase its cylinder capacity. The application of such a mechanical device enables automot... Read More about A review of novel turbocharger concepts for enhancements in energy efficiency.