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Potential of social media to determine hay fever seasons and drug efficacy (2014)
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Kyriacou, & De Quincey. (2014). Potential of social media to determine hay fever seasons and drug efficacy

This working paper describes an exploratory study that has collected and analysed over 130,000 UK geolocated tweets from June 2012 to April 2013 that contained instances of the words “hayfever” and “hay fever”. Preliminary results indicate that the t... Read More about Potential of social media to determine hay fever seasons and drug efficacy.

Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing (2014)
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Channon. (2014). Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing. Microbial Cell, 250 - 252. https://doi.org/10.15698/mic2014.07.158

We do not need to rehearse the grim story of the global rise of antibiotic resistant microbes. But what if it were possible to control the rate with which antibiotic resistance evolves by de novo mutation? It seems that some bacteria may already do e... Read More about Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing.

The Reign of EVs?: An Economic Analysis from Consumer's Perspective (2014)
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Fan. (2014). The Reign of EVs?: An Economic Analysis from Consumer's Perspective. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1109/mele.2014.2312459

Traditionally, petroleum (oil) has been the main source of energy for the U.S. national economy and transportation sector. In 2010, 83% of all the energy required by the United States was provided by fossil fuel sources. The energy use in the United... Read More about The Reign of EVs?: An Economic Analysis from Consumer's Perspective.

Toward Unified Security and Privacy Protection for Smart Meter Networks (2014)
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Fan. (2014). Toward Unified Security and Privacy Protection for Smart Meter Networks. IEEE Systems Journal, 641 - 654. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2013.2260940

The management of security and privacy protection mechanisms is one fundamental issue of future smart grid and metering networks. Designing effective and economic measures is a non-trivial task due to a) the large number of system requirements and b)... Read More about Toward Unified Security and Privacy Protection for Smart Meter Networks.

Long-wave asymptotic theories: the connection between functionally graded waveguides and periodic media (2014)
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Kaplunov. (2014). Long-wave asymptotic theories: the connection between functionally graded waveguides and periodic media. Wave Motion, 581 - 588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2013.09.007

This article explores the deep connections that exist between the mathematical representations of dynamic phenomena in functionally graded waveguides and those in periodic media. These connections are at their most obvious for low-frequency and long-... Read More about Long-wave asymptotic theories: the connection between functionally graded waveguides and periodic media.

Tuning receiver characteristics in bacterial quorum communication: An evolutionary approach using standard virtual biological parts (2014)
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Hallinan, J. S., Gilfellon, O., Misirli, G., & Wipat, A. (2014). Tuning receiver characteristics in bacterial quorum communication: An evolutionary approach using standard virtual biological parts. IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, https://doi.org/10.1109/cibcb.2014.6845520

Populations of bacteria acting in collaboration can produce complex behaviors which are not achievable by individual cells. There has, consequently, been considerable interest in the engineering of bacterial populations. Here we describe an approach... Read More about Tuning receiver characteristics in bacterial quorum communication: An evolutionary approach using standard virtual biological parts.

The perturbation of electromagnetic fields at distances that are large compared with the object's size (2014)
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Ledger, P. D., & Lionheart, W. R. B. (2015). The perturbation of electromagnetic fields at distances that are large compared with the object's size. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 80(3), 865-892. https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxu009

We rigorously derive the leading-order terms in asymptotic expansions for the scattered electric and magnetic fields in the presence of a small object at distances that are large compared with its size. Our expansions hold for fixed wavenumber when t... Read More about The perturbation of electromagnetic fields at distances that are large compared with the object's size.

Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell-cell interactions (2014)
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Channon, A. (2014). Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell-cell interactions. Nature communications, 3742 -?. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4742

Variation of mutation rate at a particular site in a particular genotype, in other words mutation rate plasticity (MRP), can be caused by stress or ageing. However, mutation rate control by other factors is less well characterized. Here we show that... Read More about Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell-cell interactions.

Stability of pear-shaped configurations bifurcated from a pressurized spherical balloon (2014)
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Fu, Y., & Xie, Y. (2014). Stability of pear-shaped configurations bifurcated from a pressurized spherical balloon. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 33 - 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2014.03.007

It is well-known that for most spherical rubber balloons the pressure versus volume curve associated with uniform inflation is N-shaped (the pressure increases rapidly to a maximum, falls to a minimum, and subsequently increases monotonically), and t... Read More about Stability of pear-shaped configurations bifurcated from a pressurized spherical balloon.

Stability of an inflated hyperelastic membrane tube with localized wall thinning (2014)
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Il'ichev, A., & Fu, Y. (2014). Stability of an inflated hyperelastic membrane tube with localized wall thinning. International Journal of Engineering Science, 53 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2014.02.031

It is now well-known that when an infinitely long hyperelastic membrane tube free from any imperfections is inflated, a transcritical-type bifurcation may take place that corresponds to the sudden formation of a localized bulge. When the membrane tub... Read More about Stability of an inflated hyperelastic membrane tube with localized wall thinning.

Label free cell tracking in 3-D tissue engineering constructs with high resolution imaging (2014)
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Smith, W., Lam, K., Dempsey, K., Mazzocchi-Jones, D., Richardson, J., & Yang, Y. (2014). Label free cell tracking in 3-D tissue engineering constructs with high resolution imaging. Proceedings of SPIE, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039354

Within the field of tissue engineering there is an emphasis on studying 3-D live tissue structures. Consequently, to investigate and identify cellular activities and phenotypes in a 3-D environment for all in vitro experiments, including shape, migra... Read More about Label free cell tracking in 3-D tissue engineering constructs with high resolution imaging.

M2M Communications for E-Health and Smart Grid: An Industry and Standard Perspective (2014)
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Fan. (2014). M2M Communications for E-Health and Smart Grid: An Industry and Standard Perspective. IEEE Wireless Communications, 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2014.6757898

An overview of several standardization activities for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications is presented, analyzing some of the enabling technologies and applications of M2M in industry sectors such as Smart Grid and e-Health. This summary and over... Read More about M2M Communications for E-Health and Smart Grid: An Industry and Standard Perspective.

A residential PHEV load coordination mechanism with renewable sources in smart grids (2014)
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Fan. (2014). A residential PHEV load coordination mechanism with renewable sources in smart grids. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 511 -521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.10.002

A high penetration of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to stress and overload in distribution systems when uncoordinated charging is considered. Thus, coordination mechanisms to manage PHEV charging during peak periods are needed. Th... Read More about A residential PHEV load coordination mechanism with renewable sources in smart grids.

Using Hidden Markov Model to Detect Macro-economic Risk Level (2013)
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Zhu, Y., & Cheng, J. (2013). Using Hidden Markov Model to Detect Macro-economic Risk Level. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research (RIBER), 2(1), 238-249

In this paper, inspired by Moody’s BET model, a stochastic hidden Markov model is constructed to detect the macro-economic risk states hidden in the corporate default data. The observed default statistics are from four geographic regions, namely Asia... Read More about Using Hidden Markov Model to Detect Macro-economic Risk Level.

An hp-fem framework for the simulation of electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials (2013)
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Jin, D., Ledger, P., & Gil, A. (2014). An hp-fem framework for the simulation of electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials. Computers and Structures, 133, 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2013.10.009

The physical understanding of coupled electro-magneto-mechanics has long been a topic of particular importance for scientists. However, it is only in more recent times that the computational mechanics community has been involved, due to the particula... Read More about An hp-fem framework for the simulation of electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials.

QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks (2013)
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De Paola, A., Lo Re, G., Milazzo, F., & Ortolani, M. (2013). QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/165732

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a fundamental building block of many pervasive applications. Nevertheless the use of such technology raises new challenges regarding the development of reliable and fault-tolerant systems. One of the most critical... Read More about QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks.