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The tale of an ecological whodunit (2022)
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Portus, R. (2022). The tale of an ecological whodunit. BeeCraft Magazine,

This article considers how the colony collapse disorder crisis framed the decline of honeybee populations as an ecological whodunit. The work examines how this framing led to global interest in the bee decline, and has since encouraged significant ac... Read More about The tale of an ecological whodunit.

Road pavement thickness and construction depth optimization using treated and untreated artificially-synthesized expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index (2022)
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Amakye, S. Y., Abbey, S. J., Booth, C. A., & Oti, J. (2022). Road pavement thickness and construction depth optimization using treated and untreated artificially-synthesized expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index. Materials, 15(8), Article 2773. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15082773

Road pavement thickness and their depth of construction take a chunk of the overall cost of road construction. This has called for a need for reduced road pavement thickness by improving the engineering properties of subgrade such as the California b... Read More about Road pavement thickness and construction depth optimization using treated and untreated artificially-synthesized expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index.

Development of hybrid optimization algorithm for structures furnished with seismic damper devices using the particle swarm optimization method and gravitational search algorithm (2022)
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Ayyash, N., & Hejazi, F. (2022). Development of hybrid optimization algorithm for structures furnished with seismic damper devices using the particle swarm optimization method and gravitational search algorithm. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 21(2), 455-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-022-2088-1

Previous studies about optimizing earthquake structural energy dissipation systems indicated that most existing techniques employ merely one or a few parameters as design variables in the optimization process, and thereby are only applicable only to... Read More about Development of hybrid optimization algorithm for structures furnished with seismic damper devices using the particle swarm optimization method and gravitational search algorithm.

Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification (2022)
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Li, G., Choi, B., Xu, J., Bhowmick, S. S., Chun, K. P., & Wong, G. L. H. (2022). Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 34(3), 1149-1163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2020.2995870

Time-series shapelets are discriminative subsequences, recently found effective for time series classification (tsc). It is evident that the quality of shapelets is crucial to the accuracy of tsc. However, major research has focused on building accur... Read More about Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification.

Toward the sustainable use of groundwater springs: a case study from Namibia (2022)
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Soetaert, F., Wanke, H., Dupuy, A., Lusuekikio, V., Gaucher, E. C., Bordmann, V., …Franceschi, M. (2022). Toward the sustainable use of groundwater springs: a case study from Namibia. Sustainability, 14(7), Article 3995. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073995

The water supply in drylands mainly relies on groundwater, making it a crucial resource. Springs in southern Africa are often underutilized, and are neither protected nor monitored. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate their quality in a sampl... Read More about Toward the sustainable use of groundwater springs: a case study from Namibia.

The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre (2022)
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Little, H., Fogg-Rogers, L., & Sardo, A. M. (2022). The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 21(2), Article A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21020201

Traditionally, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures have always adopted a deficit model for communication, with one or two invited scientists giving lectures to an audience present at the Royal Institution (Ri) and, since 1936, an audience watc... Read More about The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre.

Parameter-based seismic vulnerability assessment of Mexican historical buildings: Insights, suitability, and uncertainty treatment (2022)
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Ramírez Eudave, R., Ferreira, T. M., & Vicente, R. (2022). Parameter-based seismic vulnerability assessment of Mexican historical buildings: Insights, suitability, and uncertainty treatment. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 74, Article 102909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102909

The seismic vulnerability assessment of large sets of constructions is meaningful for anticipating post-earthquake scenarios in the context of loss prevention and resilience. These activities must overcome several difficulties related to the size and... Read More about Parameter-based seismic vulnerability assessment of Mexican historical buildings: Insights, suitability, and uncertainty treatment.

Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring (2022)
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Deanna, R., Merkle, B., Chun, K. P., Navarro-Rosenblatt, D., Baxter, I., Oleas, N., …Auge, G. (2022). Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 1681. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28667-0

Mentor relationships are crucial to retention, success, and wellbeing of women and underrepresented minority scientists in academia. A network of diverse mentors may support achieving long-term career goals, advancement, and retention of both mentors... Read More about Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring.

Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks* (2022)
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De Laurentis, C. (2023). Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks*. Landscape Research, 48(2), 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2022.2047910

Reconfiguring energy infrastructure networks to accommodate the expansion of renewable energy can have specific regional manifestations with regional advocacy being used to promote innovations and solutions on the ground. The paper introduces the ana... Read More about Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks*.

The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments (2022)
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West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, Article 754597. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.754597

Drought events are influenced by a combination of both climatic and local catchment characteristics. In Great Britain the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been recognised as the leading mode of climate variability, and studies have also note... Read More about The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments.

On the use of web mapping platforms to support the seismic vulnerability assessment of old urban areas (2022)
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Columbro, C., Eudave, R. R., Ferreira, T. M., Lourenço, P. B., & Fabbrocino, G. (2022). On the use of web mapping platforms to support the seismic vulnerability assessment of old urban areas. Remote Sensing, 14(6), Article 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14061424

European countries are affected by various levels of seismic hazard, including many areas with medium to high seismicity. Heavy damage over large areas has been observed in past earthquakes in these countries, particularly in masonry buildings locate... Read More about On the use of web mapping platforms to support the seismic vulnerability assessment of old urban areas.

Assessing and Managing Risk in Historic Urban Areas: Current Trends and Future Research Directions (2022)
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Ferreira, T. M., & Ramírez Eudave, R. (2022). Assessing and Managing Risk in Historic Urban Areas: Current Trends and Future Research Directions. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10(March 2022), Article 847959. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.847959

Historic urban centres are, almost by definition, risk-prone areas. The buildings in the historical sites are often highly vulnerable to natural and human-made hazards, not only due to their construction and material characteristics but also because... Read More about Assessing and Managing Risk in Historic Urban Areas: Current Trends and Future Research Directions.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain (2022)
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West, H., White, P., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain. Atmosphere, 13(3), Article 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13030429

It has long been understood that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a key driver of regional climate in Great Britain and across Europe. However, studies have also noted that there is spatio-temporal variability in NAO-rainfall signatures which... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain.

Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments (2022)
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West, H., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67(5), 676-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2038791

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection is often cited as the leading mode of climate variability in Great Britain. The NAO has been found to produce significant rainfall deviations that vary in space and time. This study sought to analys... Read More about Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments.

Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery (2022)
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Williams, S., Webber, A. D., McEwen, L. J., Gorell Barnes, L., Deave, T., Gopinath, D., …Fogg-Rogers, L. (2022). Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery. SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529601602

The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic—Children’s Lockdown Experience Applied to Recovery) project aims to explore younger children’s experiences of lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to inform their recovery and resilience to future social s... Read More about Voices in a pandemic: Listening to the voices of children in a pandemic through arts-based, deep mapping methods adapted for online delivery.

Development of floating rubber-concrete isolation slab system for 3D vibrations (2022)
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Fayyadh, N. K., Hejazi, F., & Chong, T. (2022). Development of floating rubber-concrete isolation slab system for 3D vibrations. Journal of Building Engineering, 51, 104246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104246

Nowadays by implementing of various machineries and equipment, the structures are subjected to multidirectional vibrations as combination of vertical and horizontal cyclic oscillations. The slabs are the main structural components, imposed to the dyn... Read More about Development of floating rubber-concrete isolation slab system for 3D vibrations.

Plasticity model for partially prestressed concrete (2022)
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Hafezolghorani, M., Hejazi, F., Jaffar, M. S., & Adeli, H. (2022). Plasticity model for partially prestressed concrete. Structures, 38, 630-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.02.008

Recently, the partially prestressed concrete (PPC) has been widely used as an effective construction technique for structures to reduce yielding and damages. However, there is no proper analytical model for PPC frame elements (beam-column members) to... Read More about Plasticity model for partially prestressed concrete.

Groundwater recharge over the past 100 years: Regional spatiotemporal assessment and climate change impact over the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, Canada (2022)
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Boumaiza, L., Walter, J., Chesnaux, R., Lambert, M., Jha, M. K., Wanke, H., …Stumpp, C. (2022). Groundwater recharge over the past 100 years: Regional spatiotemporal assessment and climate change impact over the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, Canada. Hydrological Processes, 36(3), Article e14526. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14526

Proper knowledge of potential groundwater recharge (PGR) and its spatiotemporal distribution are essential for sustainable groundwater management, especially within the context of climate change. Here, a robust GIS-based water budget framework was de... Read More about Groundwater recharge over the past 100 years: Regional spatiotemporal assessment and climate change impact over the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, Canada.

Influence of landscape moisture sources and topography on rock weathering patterns associated with wildfire (2022)
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Mol, L., & Grenfell, M. (2022). Influence of landscape moisture sources and topography on rock weathering patterns associated with wildfire. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(7), 1761-1777. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5345

From 9 March 2015, a wildfire burned an area of 25.7 km2, or approximately half of the Jonkershoek catchment (Western Cape, South Africa), over the course of 3 days. During this period, large areas of fynbos and commercial forest plantations were raz... Read More about Influence of landscape moisture sources and topography on rock weathering patterns associated with wildfire.