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Experimental Validation Of The Distributed Drag Method For Simulating Large Marine Current Turbine Arrays Using Porous Fences, D. S. Coles, L. S. Blunden, A. S. Bahaj Jan 2016

Experimental Validation Of The Distributed Drag Method For Simulating Large Marine Current Turbine Arrays Using Porous Fences, D. S. Coles, L. S. Blunden, A. S. Bahaj

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Differences In The Timing Of Cardio-Respiratory Development Determine Whether Marine Gastropod Embryos Survive Or Die In Hypoxia., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, John I. Spicer, Simon D. Rundle Jan 2016

Differences In The Timing Of Cardio-Respiratory Development Determine Whether Marine Gastropod Embryos Survive Or Die In Hypoxia., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, John I. Spicer, Simon D. Rundle

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Physiological plasticity of early developmental stages is a key way by which organisms can survive and adapt to environmental change. We investigated developmental plasticity of aspects of the cardio-respiratory physiology of encapsulated embryos of a marine gastropod,Littorina obtusata, surviving exposure to moderate hypoxia (PO2 =8 kPa) and compared the development of these survivors with that of individuals that died before hatching. Individuals surviving hypoxia exhibited a slower rate of development and altered ontogeny of cardio-respiratory structure and function compared with normoxic controls (PO2 >20 kPa). The onset and development of the larval and adult hearts were delayed in chronological time …


Dynamics Of Rip Currents Associated With Groynes — Field Measurements, Modelling And Implications For Beach Safety, Tim Scott, Martin Austin, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell Jan 2016

Dynamics Of Rip Currents Associated With Groynes — Field Measurements, Modelling And Implications For Beach Safety, Tim Scott, Martin Austin, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Modelling The Alongshore Variability Of Optimum Rip Current Escape Strategies On A Multiple Rip-Channelled Beach, Bruno Castelle, R. Jak Mccarroll, Robert W. Brander, Timothy Scott, Benjamin Dubarbier Jan 2016

Modelling The Alongshore Variability Of Optimum Rip Current Escape Strategies On A Multiple Rip-Channelled Beach, Bruno Castelle, R. Jak Mccarroll, Robert W. Brander, Timothy Scott, Benjamin Dubarbier

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


A Suspect-Oriented Intelligent And Automated Computer Forensic Analysis, Fahdi M Al, N. L. Clarke, F. Li, S. M. Furnell Jan 2016

A Suspect-Oriented Intelligent And Automated Computer Forensic Analysis, Fahdi M Al, N. L. Clarke, F. Li, S. M. Furnell

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Activity Recognition Using Wearable Computing, Neamah Al-Naffakh, Nathan Clarke, Paul Dowland, Fudong Li Jan 2016

Activity Recognition Using Wearable Computing, Neamah Al-Naffakh, Nathan Clarke, Paul Dowland, Fudong Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Optimizing The Design Of A Reproduction Toxicity Test With The Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis., S Charles, V Ducrot, D Azam, R Benstead, D Brettschneider, Schamphelaere K De, Goncalves S Filipe, Jw Green, H Holbech, Th Hutchinson, D Faber, F Laranjeiro, P Matthiessen, L Norrgren, J Oehlmann, Rz Evelyn, A Seeland-Fremer, M Teigeler, Jp Thome, Kaplon M Tobor, L Weltje, L Lagadic Jan 2016

Optimizing The Design Of A Reproduction Toxicity Test With The Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis., S Charles, V Ducrot, D Azam, R Benstead, D Brettschneider, Schamphelaere K De, Goncalves S Filipe, Jw Green, H Holbech, Th Hutchinson, D Faber, F Laranjeiro, P Matthiessen, L Norrgren, J Oehlmann, Rz Evelyn, A Seeland-Fremer, M Teigeler, Jp Thome, Kaplon M Tobor, L Weltje, L Lagadic

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper presents the results from two ring-tests addressing the feasibility, robustness and reproducibility of a reproduction toxicity test with the freshwater gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (RENILYS strain). Sixteen laboratories (from inexperienced to expert laboratories in mollusc testing) from nine countries participated in these ring-tests. Survival and reproduction were evaluated in L. stagnalis exposed to cadmium, tributyltin, prochloraz and trenbolone according to an OECD draft OECD Test Guideline. In total, 49 datasets were analysed to assess the practicability of the proposed experimental protocol, and to estimate the between-laboratory reproducibility of toxicity endpoint values. The statistical analysis of count data (number of …


The Influence Of Physical Cohesion On Scour Around A Monopile, Rj Schindler, S Stripling, Rjs Whitehouse, Jm Harris Jan 2016

The Influence Of Physical Cohesion On Scour Around A Monopile, Rj Schindler, S Stripling, Rjs Whitehouse, Jm Harris

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Guest Editorial: Characterisation Of Crack Tip Fields, L Susmel, Mn James, Y Hong, F Iacoviello Jan 2016

Guest Editorial: Characterisation Of Crack Tip Fields, L Susmel, Mn James, Y Hong, F Iacoviello

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Guest Editorial: Characterisation Of Crack Tip Fields 3, L Susmel, Mn James, Y Hong, F Iacoviello Jan 2016

Guest Editorial: Characterisation Of Crack Tip Fields 3, L Susmel, Mn James, Y Hong, F Iacoviello

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Changes In The Eeg Amplitude As A Biomarker For Early Detection Of Alzheimer's Disease., Ali H. Al-Nuaimi, Emmanuel Jammeh, Lingfen Sun, Emmanuel Ifeachor Jan 2016

Changes In The Eeg Amplitude As A Biomarker For Early Detection Of Alzheimer's Disease., Ali H. Al-Nuaimi, Emmanuel Jammeh, Lingfen Sun, Emmanuel Ifeachor

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The rapid increase in the number of older people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia represents one of the major challenges to the health and social care systems. Early detection of AD makes it possible for patients to access appropriate services and to benefit from new treatments and therapies, as and when they become available. The onset of AD starts many years before the clinical symptoms become clear. A biomarker that can measure the brain changes in this period would be useful for early diagnosis of AD. Potentially, the electroencephalogram (EEG) can play a valuable role in …


A Forensic Acquisition And Analysis System For Iaas, Saad Alqahtany, Nathan Clarke, Steven Furnell, Christoph Reich Jan 2016

A Forensic Acquisition And Analysis System For Iaas, Saad Alqahtany, Nathan Clarke, Steven Furnell, Christoph Reich

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Continuous And Transparent Multimodal Authentication: Reviewing The State Of The Art, Abdulwahid Al Abdulwahid, Nathan Clarke, Ingo Stengel, Steven Furnell, Christoph Reich Jan 2016

Continuous And Transparent Multimodal Authentication: Reviewing The State Of The Art, Abdulwahid Al Abdulwahid, Nathan Clarke, Ingo Stengel, Steven Furnell, Christoph Reich

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Crack Path And Fracture Analysis In Fsw Of Small Diameter 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes Under Tension-Torsion Loading, E Maggiolini, R Tovo, L Susmel, Mn James, Dg Hattingh Jan 2016

Crack Path And Fracture Analysis In Fsw Of Small Diameter 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes Under Tension-Torsion Loading, E Maggiolini, R Tovo, L Susmel, Mn James, Dg Hattingh

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This paper reports part of the work done in a research project aimed at developing an optimised process to join 38 mm diameter tubes of 6082-T6 aluminium alloy using friction stir welding (FSW), and then to determine the fatigue performance under tension, torsion and tension–torsion loading conditions. The final outcome of the project is intended to be guidance for fatigue design of small diameter aluminium tubes joined by FSW, and this paper presents information on crack path and defects under the various loading conditions. Crack path analysis was performed using both low magnification stereo microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, in …


A Parallel Evolutionary Approach To Solving Systems Of Equations In Polycyclic Groups, Matthew J. Craven, Daniel Robertz Jan 2016

A Parallel Evolutionary Approach To Solving Systems Of Equations In Polycyclic Groups, Matthew J. Craven, Daniel Robertz

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

AbstractThe Anshel–Anshel–Goldfeld (AAG) key exchange protocol is based upon the multiple conjugacy problem for a finitely-presented group. The hardness in breaking this protocol relies on the supposed difficulty in solving the corresponding equations for the conjugating element in the group. Two such protocols based on polycyclic groups as a platform were recently proposed and were shown to be resistant to length-based attack. In this article we propose a parallel evolutionary approach which runs on multicore high-performance architectures. The approach is shown to be more efficient than previous attempts to break these protocols, and also more successful. Comprehensive data of experiments …


Semiautomatic Friction Stir Welding Of 38 Mm Od 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes, Dg Hattingh, Welligh Lg Von, D Bernard, L Susmel, R Tovo, Mn James Jan 2016

Semiautomatic Friction Stir Welding Of 38 Mm Od 6082-T6 Aluminium Tubes, Dg Hattingh, Welligh Lg Von, D Bernard, L Susmel, R Tovo, Mn James

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This paper describes the development of a semi-automated friction stir welding (FSW) technique for joining 38 mm nominal outer diameter (OD) tubes of 6082-T6 aluminium alloy with 3.5 mm nominal wall thickness. The technique incorporates a retracting tool in order to avoid leaving a substantial hole in the joint line after extracting the tool at the end of the welding process. This is one of very first applications of FSW to small diameter tubular geometries to be reported in the open literature and the technique is capable of producing small-scale production runs (circa 100) of welded tube specimens with consistent …


Marine Renewable Energy Seascape, Alistair G.L. Borthwick Jan 2016

Marine Renewable Energy Seascape, Alistair G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Simultaneous Removal Of Cr(Vi) And 4-Chlorophenol Through Photocatalysis By A Novel Anatase/Titanate Nanosheet Composite: Synergetic Promotion Effect And Autosynchronous Doping, Wen Liu, Weiling Sun, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Ting Wang, Fan Li, Yidong Guan Jan 2016

Simultaneous Removal Of Cr(Vi) And 4-Chlorophenol Through Photocatalysis By A Novel Anatase/Titanate Nanosheet Composite: Synergetic Promotion Effect And Autosynchronous Doping, Wen Liu, Weiling Sun, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Ting Wang, Fan Li, Yidong Guan

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


An Advanced Micro-Bio-Loop To Produce Biogas, Qiang Jin, Alistair G.L. Borthwick Jan 2016

An Advanced Micro-Bio-Loop To Produce Biogas, Qiang Jin, Alistair G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Efficient Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater Using Boron-Doped Diamond Anode, Yunlong Li, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yujiao Long Jan 2016

Efficient Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater Using Boron-Doped Diamond Anode, Yunlong Li, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yujiao Long

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Watershed-Scale Environmental Risk Assessment Of Accidental Water Pollution: The Case Of Laoguan River, China, R. Z. Liu, K Zhang, Zj Zhang, A. G.L. Borthwick Jan 2016

Watershed-Scale Environmental Risk Assessment Of Accidental Water Pollution: The Case Of Laoguan River, China, R. Z. Liu, K Zhang, Zj Zhang, A. G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


A "Mental Models" Approach To The Communication Of Subsurface Hydrology And Hazards, H Gibson, I Stewart, S Pahl, A Stokes Jan 2016

A "Mental Models" Approach To The Communication Of Subsurface Hydrology And Hazards, H Gibson, I Stewart, S Pahl, A Stokes

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Communicating information about geological and hydrological hazards relies on appropriately worded communications targeted at the needs of the audience. But what are these needs and how does the geoscientist discern them? This paper adopts a psychological "mental models" approach to assess the public perception of the geological subsurface and surveys three communities in the south-west of England about their attitudes and representations of the geological subsurface. The findings reveal important preconceptions and misconceptions regarding the impact of hydrological systems and hazards on the geological subsurface, notably in terms of the persistent conceptualisation of underground rivers and the inferred relations between …


Droidscribe: Classifying Android Malware Based On Runtime Behavior, Santanu Kumar Dash, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Salahuddin Khan, Kimberly Tam, Mansour Ahmadi, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro Jan 2016

Droidscribe: Classifying Android Malware Based On Runtime Behavior, Santanu Kumar Dash, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Salahuddin Khan, Kimberly Tam, Mansour Ahmadi, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The Android ecosystem has witnessed a surge in malware, which not only puts mobile devices at risk but also increases the burden on malware analysts assessing and categorizing threats. In this paper, we show how to use machine learning to automatically classify Android malware samples into families with high accuracy, while observing only their runtime behavior. We focus exclusively on dynamic analysis of runtime behavior to provide a clean point of comparison that is dual to static approaches. Specific challenges in the use of dynamic analysis on Android are the limited information gained from tracking low-level events and the imperfect …


Learning Organizations: Panacea Or Irrelevance?, Rod Sheaff Jan 2016

Learning Organizations: Panacea Or Irrelevance?, Rod Sheaff

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Innovation And Model Organisms For The Environmental Hazard Assessment Of Engineered Nanomaterials, Rd Handy Jan 2016

Innovation And Model Organisms For The Environmental Hazard Assessment Of Engineered Nanomaterials, Rd Handy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Verifying Inevitability Of Oscillation In Ring Oscillators Using The Deductive Sos-Qe Approach, Hafiz Ul Asad, Kevin D. Jones Jan 2016

Verifying Inevitability Of Oscillation In Ring Oscillators Using The Deductive Sos-Qe Approach, Hafiz Ul Asad, Kevin D. Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

A study presents a deductive approach to verify the AGI of oscillations in an ring oscillator (RO). The study is inspired by the Lyapunov theory of stability for dynamical systems and uses a certificate-based deductive approach to verify the inevitability of oscillations in ROs. It defines the verification task as a conjunction of several subproperties whose verification is delegated to the existence of several Lyapunov-like certificates.


From Characterising Three Years Of Hri To Methodology And Reporting Recommendations, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, S Lemaignan, T Belpaeme Jan 2016

From Characterising Three Years Of Hri To Methodology And Reporting Recommendations, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, S Lemaignan, T Belpaeme

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research requires the integration and cooperation of multiple disciplines, technical and social, in order to make progress. In many cases using different motivations, each of these disciplines bring with them different assumptions and methodologies. We assess recent trends in the field of HRI by examining publications in the HRI conference over the past three years (over 100 full papers), and characterise them according to 14 categories. We focus primarily on aspects of methodology. From this, a series of practical recommendations based on rigorous guidelines from other research fields that have not yet become common practice in HRI …


A Dynamic Perspective On Diverse Teams: Moving From The Dual-Process Model To A Dynamic Coordination-Based Model Of Diverse Team Performance, Kannan Srikanth, Sarah Harvey, Randall Peterson Jan 2016

A Dynamic Perspective On Diverse Teams: Moving From The Dual-Process Model To A Dynamic Coordination-Based Model Of Diverse Team Performance, Kannan Srikanth, Sarah Harvey, Randall Peterson

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The existing literature on diverse teams suggests that diversity is both helpful to teams in making more information available and encouraging creativity and damaging to teams in reducing cohesion and information sharing. Thus the extant literature suggests that diversity within teams is a double-edged sword that leads to both positive and negative effects simultaneously. This literature has not, however, fully embraced the increasing calls in the broader groups literature to take account of time in understanding how groups function [e.g. Cronin, M. A., Weingart, L. R., & Todorova, G. (2011). Dynamics in groups: Are we there yet? The Academy of …


Water Demand Forecasting In Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates, Hebah Ibrahim Younis Jan 2016

Water Demand Forecasting In Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates, Hebah Ibrahim Younis

Theses

Al-Ain city is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the third in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Currently, desalination plants are the only source of municipal water in Al-Ain city with an average daily supply of 170 MIG. The expected natural population growth, in addition to future projects, will certainly put additional stress on the water resources in the city. Therefore, Al-Ain city seems to be in an urgent need for estimations of future water demands for achieving sustainable development. The main aim of this thesis is to introduce a water demand forecasting model to …