• Temporal optimization for affordable and resilient Passivhaus dwellings in the social housing sector 

  Forde, Joe; Hopfe, Christina J.; McLeod, Robert S.; Evins, Ralph (Applied Energy, 2020)

  Scarcity of affordable energy efficient dwellings is a defining characteristic of the global housing crisis. In many countries this problem has been exacerbated by single objective cost-models which favour the homogeneous ...
• Influence of cellulose fiber addition on self-healing and water permeability of concrete 

  Singh, Harshbab; Gupta, Rishi (Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2020)

  Crack formation under tensile forces is a major weakness of concrete. Cracks make concrete vulnerable to extreme environment due to ingress of water and harmful compounds from surrounding environment. Even though concrete ...
• Modeling the negative capacitance effect in dispersive organic materials using modified Drude theory 

  Wu, You-Lin; Lin, Jing-Jenn; Kwok, H.L. (Solid State Electronics Letters, 2019)

  Frequency- and mobility-dependent admittance have been observed in organic polymer light-emitting diodes. In this paper, we developed a model to describe this dispersive behavior using a modified Drude theory. In this ...
• Reply to Comment on “Enumeration of Escherichia coli in Probiotic Products. Microorganisms 2019, 7, 437” 

  Zimmer, Camille; Dorea, Caetano C. (Microorganisms, 2020)
• Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Melt Flows during the TSSG Process of SiC Crystal for the Influence of Input Parameters of RF-Coils and an External Rotating Magnetic Field 

  Wang, Lei; Takehara, Yuto; Sekimoto, Atsushi (Crystals, 2020)

  Three-dimensional numerical simulations were conducted for the Top-Seeded Solution Growth (TSSG) process of silicon carbide (SiC) crystals. We investigated the influence of coils frequency and peak current, and an applied ...
• From Dermal Patch to Implants—Applications of Biocomposites in Living Tissues 

  Valente, Karolina Papera; Brolo, Alexandre; Suleman, Afzal (Molecules, 2020)

  Composites are composed of two or more materials, displaying enhanced performance and superior mechanical properties when compared to their individual components. The use of biocompatible materials has created a new category ...
• A Simple Off-Grid Incubator for Microbiological Water Quality Analysis 

  Bernardes, Carolina; Bernardes, Ricardo; Zimmer, Camille; Dorea, Caetano C. (Water, 2020)

  There is a need for accessible and low-cost microbiological water quality testing in contexts where diarrheal illness is a major public health concern. In most cases, the quantification of Escherichia coli and other microbial ...
• Measurement and Modelling of Moisture Sorption Isotherm and Heat of Sorption of Fresh Feces 

  Remington, Claire; Bourgault, Catherine; Dorea, Caetano C. (Water, 2020)

  The drying (or dewatering) of fresh feces and fecal sludge is a productive step in the management of sanitation, waste treatment, and resource recovery services. An improved understanding of fresh feces and fecal sludge ...
• Intestinal Parasites, Anemia and Nutritional Status in Young Children from Transitioning Western Amazon 

  Marques, Rejane C.; Bernardi, José V. E.; Dorea, Caetano C.; Dórea, José G. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)

  Young children are particularly vulnerable to the chronic sequelae of anemia, including poor nutritional status. The aim of this study was to assess intestinal parasitic-infections and nutritional status (anemia and linear ...
• Flame-Assisted Spray Pyrolysis Using an Annular Flame Nozzle with Decoupled Velocity Control 

  Rukosuyev, Maxym; Baqar, Syed; Nam, Jungsoo; Yun, Huitaek; Byung-Guk Jun, Martin (Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 2018)

  Flame spray pyrolysis, widely used in chemical industries, is a technology to synthesize nanoparticles. While the flame spray pyrolysis uses fuels as a solution liquid, the flame-assisted spray pyrolysis method uses aqueous ...
• Invisible water security: Moisture recycling and water resilience 

  Keys, Patrick W.; Porkka, Miina; Wang-Erlandsson, Lan; Fetzer, Ingo; Gleeson, Tom; Gordon, Line J. (Water Security, 2019)

  Water security is key to planetary resilience for human society to flourish in the face of global change. Atmospheric moisture recycling – the process of water evaporating from land, flowing through the atmosphere, and ...
• Computing L1 Straight-Line Fits to Data 

  Barrodale, I (2020-01-23)

  In 1971 Frank D.K. Roberts and I developed the BR algorithm ([i],[ii]), complete with Fortran code [iii], for calculating L1 solutions to overdetermined systems of m linear equations in n unknown parameters2. The challenge ...
• Best Rational Approximation and Strict Quasi-Convexity 

  Barrodale, I (1971)

  If a continuous function is strictly quasi-convex on a convex set $\Gamma $, then every local minimum of the function must be a global minimum. Furthermore, every local maximum of the function on the interior of $\Gamma $ ...
• An Improved Algorithm for Discrete L1 Linear Approximation 

  Barrodale, I; Roberts, F.D.K. (MRC Technical Summary Report #1172, 1972)

  By modifying the simplex method of linear programming, we are able to present an algorithm for $l_1 $-approximation which appears to, be superior computationally to any other known algorithm for this problem.
• Computing L1 Straight-Line Fits to Data (Part 1) 

  Barrodale, I (2020-01-04)

  This report outlines improvements to an old algorithm for fitting L1 straight lines to data. The improvements are designed to accommodate L1 line fitting to much larger data sets than previously practical. The algorithmic ...
• Effects of Extensive Green Roofs on Energy Performance of School Buildings in Four North American Climates 

  Mahmoodzadeh, Milad; Mukhopadhyaya, Phalguni; Valeo, Caterina (Water, 2019)

  A comprehensive parametric analysis was conducted to evaluate the influence of the green roof design parameters on the thermal or energy performance of a secondary school building in four distinctively different climate ...
• Design of a SIW Variable Phase Shifter for Beam Steering Antenna Systems 

  Hesari, Sara Salem; Bornemann, Jens (Electronics, 2019)

  This paper proposes a new beam steering antenna system consisting of two variable reflection-type phase shifters, a 3 dB coupler, and a 90° phase transition. The entire structure is designed and fabricated on a single layer ...
• Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species 

  Quiñonez-Piñón, M. Rebeca; Valeo, Caterina (Forests, 2019)

  This paper presents a scaling approach for estimating sapwood area at the stand level using knowledge obtained for individual trees of five boreal species: Populus tremuloides (Michx.), Pinus contorta (Doug. ex Loud. var. ...
• Efficiencies and Work Losses for Cycles Interacting with Reservoirs of Apparent Negative Temperatures 

  Struchtrup, Henning (Entropy, 2019)

  Inverted quantum states of apparent negative temperature store the work required for their creation [Struchtrup. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2018, 120, 250602]. Thermodynamic cycles operating between a classical reservoir and an ...
• Iterative Trajectory Optimization for Physical-Layer Secure Buffer-Aided UAV Mobile Relaying 

  Shen, Lingfeng; Wang, Ning; Ji, Xiang; Mu, Xiaomin; Cai, Lin (Sensors, 2019)

  With the fast development of commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, there are increasing research interests on UAV communications. In this work, the mobility and deployment flexibility of UAVs are exploited ...

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