Solar-driven semi-conductor photocatalytic water treatment (TiO2, g-C3N4, and TiO2+g-C3N4) of cyanotoxins: proof-of-concept study with microcystin-LR. (2022)
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PESTANA, C.J., HUI, J., CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D., EDWARDS, C., ROBERTSON, P.K.J., IRVINE, J.T.S. and LAWTON, L.A. 2022. Solar-driven semi-conductor photocatalytic water treatment (TiO2, g-C3N4, and TiO2+g-C3N4) of cyanotoxins: proof-of-concept study with microcystin-LR. Chemosphere [online], 310, article 136828. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136828

Cyanobacteria and their toxins are a threat to drinking water safety as increasingly cyanobacterial blooms (mass occurrences) occur in lakes and reservoirs all over the world. Photocatalytic removal of cyanotoxins by solar light active catalysts is a... Read More about Solar-driven semi-conductor photocatalytic water treatment (TiO2, g-C3N4, and TiO2+g-C3N4) of cyanotoxins: proof-of-concept study with microcystin-LR..

Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter. (2022)
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RENGANATHAN, M. and HOSSAIN, M. 2022. Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter. Energies [online], 15(20), articles 7513. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207513

CFD modeling of an innovative wave energy device has been carried out in this study. OpenFoam wave modeling solver interFoam has been employed in order to investigate the energy extraction capability of the wave energy device. The innovative concept... Read More about Numerical analysis of a horizontal pressure differential wave energy converter..

Mechanical properties and weld characteristics of friction stir welding of thermoplastics using heat-assisted tool. (2022)
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SHAH, F., YOUNAS, M., KHAN, M., KHAN, A., KHAN, Z. and KHAN, N. 2023. Mechanical properties and weld characteristics of friction stir welding of thermoplastics using heat-assisted tool. Welding in the world [online], 67(2), pages 309-323. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-022-01385-3

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a welding technique in which a non-consumable rotating tool with a profiled pin is pressed on the adjoining surfaces and transverse along the welding direction to produce a weld trail. The technique was first applied to... Read More about Mechanical properties and weld characteristics of friction stir welding of thermoplastics using heat-assisted tool..

Printed texture guided color feature fusion for impressionism style rendering of oil paintings. (2022)
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GENG, J., MA, L., LI, X., ZHANG, X. and YAN, Y. 2022. Printed texture guided color feature fusion for impressionism style rendering of oil paintings. Mathematics [online], 10(19): advances in computer vision and machine learning, article 3700. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/math10193700

As a major branch of Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR), image stylization mainly uses computer algorithms to render a photo into an artistic painting. Recent work has shown that the ex-traction of style information such as stroke texture and color o... Read More about Printed texture guided color feature fusion for impressionism style rendering of oil paintings..

Scientific model development for machinery safety using machine reliability, integrity and availability. (2022)
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NESAN, K.P., BUANG, A., KANIAPAN, S. and ZAINI, D. 2022. Scientific model development for machinery safety using machine reliability, integrity and availability. International journal of occupational safety and health [online], 12(4), pages 307-315. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v12i4.42147

Machines are equipment that increases productivity and efficiency in a workplace. Machine Reliability, Integrity, and Availability are the most critical factors to ensure machinery safety in a workplace. Throughout this study, a series of reviews of... Read More about Scientific model development for machinery safety using machine reliability, integrity and availability..

The importance of NOx control for peak ozone mitigation based on a sensitivity study using CMAQ‐HDDM‐3D model during a typical episode over the Yangtze River delta region, China. (2022)
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WANG, Y., YALUK, E.A., CHEN, H., JIANG, S., HUANG, L., ZHU, A., XIAO, S., XUE, J., LU, G., BIAN, J., KASEMSAN, M., ZHANG, K., LIU, H., TONG, H., OOI, M.C.G., CHAN, A. and LI, L. 2022. The importance of NOx control for peak ozone mitigation based on a sensitivity study using CMAQ-HDDM-3D model during a typical episode over the Yangtze River delta region, China. Journal of geophysical research: atmospheres [online], 127(9), article e2022JD036555. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jd036555

In recent years, ground-level ozone (O3) has been one of the main pollutants hindering air quality compliance in China's large city-clusters including the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region. In this work, we utilized the process analysis (PA) and the h... Read More about The importance of NOx control for peak ozone mitigation based on a sensitivity study using CMAQ‐HDDM‐3D model during a typical episode over the Yangtze River delta region, China..

Application of pencil lead break (PLB) point source in the detection of interfacial defects in adhesive bonds. (2022)
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PRATHURU, A., FAISAL, N., STEEL, J. and JIHAN, S. 2022. Application of pencil lead break (PLB) point source in the detection of interfacial defects in adhesive bonds. Journal of nondestructive evaluation [online], 41(4), article 65. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-022-00898-7

The presence of kissing bonds (zero-thickness disbond) along the interface of an adhesive bond is highly detrimental to its strength and longevity. The detection of these kind of defects has previously been attempted using several techniques such as... Read More about Application of pencil lead break (PLB) point source in the detection of interfacial defects in adhesive bonds..

Improved compound correction-electrical equivalent circuit modeling and double transform-unscented Kalman filtering for the high-accuracy closed-circuit voltage and state-of-charge co-estimation of whole-life-cycle lithium-ion batteries. (2022)
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WANG, S., TAKYI-ANINAKWA, P., YU, C., JIN, S. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. Improved compound correction-electrical equivalent circuit modeling and double transform-unscented Kalman filtering for the high-accuracy closed-circuit voltage and state-of-charge co-estimation of whole-life-cycle lithium-ion batteries. Energy technology [online], 10(12), article 2200921. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200921

For complex energy storage conditions, it is necessary to monitor the state-of-charge (SOC) and closed-circuit voltage (CCV) status accurately for the reliable power supply application of lithium-ion batteries. Herein, an improved compound correction... Read More about Improved compound correction-electrical equivalent circuit modeling and double transform-unscented Kalman filtering for the high-accuracy closed-circuit voltage and state-of-charge co-estimation of whole-life-cycle lithium-ion batteries..

Water taste and odor (T&O): challenges, gaps and solutions from a perspective of the WaterTOP network. (2022)
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AKCAALAN, R., DEVESA-GARRIGA, R., DIETRICH, A., et al. 2022. Water taste and odor (T&O): challenges, gaps and solutions from a perspective of the WaterTOP network. Chemical engineering journal advances [online], 12, article 100409. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100409

Aesthetic aspects of drinking water, such as Taste and Odor (T&O), have significant effects on consumer perceptions and acceptability. Solving unpleasant water T&O episodes in water supplies is challenging, since it requires experti... Read More about Water taste and odor (T&O): challenges, gaps and solutions from a perspective of the WaterTOP network..

An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline. (2022)
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UMUTEME, O.M., ISLAM, S.Z., HOSSAIN, M. and KARNIK, A. 2022. An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline. Journal of natural gas science and engineering [online], 107, article 104800. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104800

Gas hydrates in pipelines is still a flow assurance problem in the oil and gas industry, and requires a proactive hydrate plugging risk predicting model. As an active area of research, this work has developed a 3D 10m length by 0.0204m diameter horiz... Read More about An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline..

Development and pilot evaluation of an online retrofit decision-making tool for homeowners. (2022)
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SEDDIKI, M., BENNADJI, A., ALABID, J., GRAY, D. and DEVECI, G. 2022. Development and pilot evaluation of an online retrofit decision-making tool for homeowners. Buildings [online], 12(10), article 1513. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101513

Many retrofit projects went wrong in the UK principally because of the application of inappropriate retrofit solutions, which resulted in damp issues, with some leaving houses in worse conditions than pre-retrofit. Various online tools were developed... Read More about Development and pilot evaluation of an online retrofit decision-making tool for homeowners..

Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images. (2022)
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ZHANG, A., SUN, G., PAN, Z., REN, J., JIA, X., ZHANG, C., FU, H. and YAO, Y. 2022. Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article 5542714. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3203488

Integration of spectral and spatial information is extremely important for the classification of high-resolution hyperspectral images (HSIs). Gravitation describes interaction among celestial bodies which can be applied to measure similarity between... Read More about Bayesian gravitation-based classification for hyperspectral images..

Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions. (2022)
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TANG, Y., ZHAO, J., HUANG, H., ZHUANG, J., TAN, Z., HOU, C., CHEN, W. and REN, J. 2022. Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions. International journal of intelligent systems [online], 37(12), pages 12169-12191. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/int.23081

Rice leaf disease (RLD) is one of the major factors that cause the decline in production, and the automatic recognition of such diseases under natural field conditions is of great significance for timely targeted rice management. Although many machin... Read More about Multiscale voting mechanism for rice leaf disease recognition under natural field conditions..

Impact source identification on pipes using acoustic emission energy. (2022)
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ABOLLE-OKOYEAGU, C.J., TORRALBA, J.P., YUHANG, C. and REUBEN, R.L. 2023. Impact source identification on pipes using acoustic emission energy. e-Journal of nondestructive testing [online], 28(1): 56 papers from the 35th European conference on Acoustic emission testing 2022 (EWGAE35) and the 10th International conference on acoustic emission testing 2022 (ICAE10) (EWGAE 2022), 13-16 September 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia, pages 1-12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.58286/27611

Impact is a common source of damage in pipes and pipeline systems and detecting the location and nature of damage is vital for reliability and safety of these systems. The main difficulty in the use of AE technology for such applications is being abl... Read More about Impact source identification on pipes using acoustic emission energy..

A study of gas diffusion characteristics on nano-structured ceramic membranes. (2022)
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OGUNLUDE, P., ABUNUMAH, O. and GOBINA, E. 2022. A study of gas diffusion characteristics on nano-structured ceramic membranes. European journal of formal sciences and engineering [online], 5(2), pages 97-101. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26417/ejef.v4i1.p21-23

The use of membranes for gas upgrading has increasingly become of interest as it has shown great potential for efficient and affective gas purification and a pathway to green energy. The emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere has detrimental... Read More about A study of gas diffusion characteristics on nano-structured ceramic membranes..

Project leadership in the oil and gas industry: the case for path-goal leadership theory. (2022)
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UMUTEME, O.M. and ADEGBITE, W.M. 2022. Project leadership in the oil and gas industry: the case for path-goal leadership theory. International journal of research in business and social science [online], 11(6), pages 184-195. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v11i6.1913

Project leadership is still an active research topic. In the oil and gas industry, mega projects cost millions of dollars to execute, and project delays can lead to avoidable losses when exemplary leadership behaviour is adopted. The challenges impac... Read More about Project leadership in the oil and gas industry: the case for path-goal leadership theory..

Towards an ultra-long lifespan Li-CO2: electron structure and charge transfer pathway regulation on hierarchical architecture. (2022)
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WANG, Y., WANG, J., WANG, J., YANG, M., ZOU, G., LI, L., TSE, J.S., FERNANDEZ, C. and PENG, Q. 2022. Towards an ultra-long lifespan Li-CO2: electron structure and charge transfer pathway regulation on hierarchical architecture. Chemical engineering journal [online], 451(Part 3), article 138953. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138953

Lithium-CO2 batteries are recognized as an essential strategy for efficient carbon sequestration and energy storage to achieve carbon neutrality. Their cycle-ability and polarization voltage, however, are hindered by high decomposition voltage (≈4.3–... Read More about Towards an ultra-long lifespan Li-CO2: electron structure and charge transfer pathway regulation on hierarchical architecture..

Unconventional membranes for direct air carbon capture. (2022)
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GOBINA, E., GIWA, A. and BEN-ARON, A. 2022. Unconventional membranes for direct air carbon capture. Membrane technology [online], 2022(7). Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/S0958-2118(22)70077-8

Carbon capture and storage provide a way of mitigating carbon dioxide emissions whilst enabling the continued use of fossil fuels during the period of energy transition leading to net zero emissions. This article describes research that is being done... Read More about Unconventional membranes for direct air carbon capture..

Sand production due to chemical-rock interaction: a review. (2022)
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PERETOMODE, E., OLUYEMI, G. and FAISAL, N.H. 2022. Sand production due to chemical-rock interaction: a review. Engineering failure analysis [online], 142, article 106745. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106745

Oilfield chemicals are utilized in treating reservoir formations, wellbore completions, wellbore drilling, and to enhance reservoir productivity, which exerts pressure on the formation. Pressure from these processes cause the formation rock to weaken... Read More about Sand production due to chemical-rock interaction: a review..

An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features. (2022)
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LI, J.W., CHEN, R.J., BARMA, S., CHEN, F., PUN, S.H., MAK, P.U., WANG, L.J., ZENG, X.X., REN, J.C. and ZHAO, H.M. 2022. An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features. Cognitive computation [online], 14(6), pages 2260-2273. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-022-10053-z

Emotion can be influenced during self-isolation, and to avoid severe mood swings, emotional regulation is meaningful. To achieve this, efficiently recognizing emotion is a vital step, which can be realized by electroencephalography signals. Previousl... Read More about An approach to emotion recognition using brain rhythm sequencing and asymmetric features..