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VQProtect: Lightweight Visual Quality Protection for Error-Prone Selectively Encrypted Video Streaming (2022)
Journal Article
Shifa, A., Abdullah, S., Kanwal, N., Fleury, M., Gillani, S., & Asghar, M. (2022). VQProtect: Lightweight Visual Quality Protection for Error-Prone Selectively Encrypted Video Streaming. Entropy, 755 - 755. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24060755

Mobile multimedia communication requires considerable resources such as bandwidth and efficiency to support Quality-of-Service (QoS) and user Quality-of-Experience (QoE). To increase the available bandwidth, 5G network designers have incorporated Cog... Read More about VQProtect: Lightweight Visual Quality Protection for Error-Prone Selectively Encrypted Video Streaming.

An analytic derivation of the bifurcation conditions for localization in hyperelastic tubes and sheets (2022)
Journal Article
Fu. (2022). An analytic derivation of the bifurcation conditions for localization in hyperelastic tubes and sheets. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-022-01748-2

We provide an analytic derivation of the bifurcation conditions for localized bulging in an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness and axisymmetric necking in a hyperelastic sheet under equibiaxial stretching. It has previously been s... Read More about An analytic derivation of the bifurcation conditions for localization in hyperelastic tubes and sheets.

Elastodynamics of a coated half-space under a sliding contact (2022)
Journal Article
Bratov, V., Kaplunov, J., Lapatsin, S., & Prikazchikov, D. (2022). Elastodynamics of a coated half-space under a sliding contact. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865221094425

The paper deals with elastic wave propagating in a layer on a half-space induced by a vertical force. The focus is on the effect of a sliding contact along the interface and its comparative study with a perfect one. The effective boundary conditions... Read More about Elastodynamics of a coated half-space under a sliding contact.

Bayesian Inversion with Open-Source Codes for Various One-Dimensional Model Problems in Computational Mechanics (2022)
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Noii, N., Khodadadian, A., Ulloa, J., Aldakheel, F., Wick, T., François, S., & Wriggers, P. (2022). Bayesian Inversion with Open-Source Codes for Various One-Dimensional Model Problems in Computational Mechanics. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 29(6), 4285-4318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-022-09751-6

The complexity of many problems in computational mechanics calls for reliable programming codes and accurate simulation systems. Typically, simulation responses strongly depend on material and model parameters, where one distinguishes between backwar... Read More about Bayesian Inversion with Open-Source Codes for Various One-Dimensional Model Problems in Computational Mechanics.

Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering. Information and Software Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2022.106840

Context: Other disciplines commonly employ secondary studies to address the needs of practitioners and policy-makers. Since being adopted by software engineering in 2004, many have been undertaken by researchers. Objective: To assess how the role of... Read More about Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering.

Ethical funding for trustworthy AI: proposals to address the responsibilities of funders to ensure that projects adhere to trustworthy AI practice (2022)
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(2022). Ethical funding for trustworthy AI: proposals to address the responsibilities of funders to ensure that projects adhere to trustworthy AI practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-021-00069-w

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>AI systems that demonstrate significant bias or lower than claimed accuracy, and resulting in individual and societal harms, continue to be reported. Such reports beg the question as to why such systems contin... Read More about Ethical funding for trustworthy AI: proposals to address the responsibilities of funders to ensure that projects adhere to trustworthy AI practice.

Skew left braces and isomorphism problems for Hopf-Galois structures on Galois extensions (2022)
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Koch, A., & Truman, P. J. (2022). Skew left braces and isomorphism problems for Hopf-Galois structures on Galois extensions. Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 22(05), Article ARTN 2350118. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219498823501189

Given a finite group G, we study certain regular subgroups of the group of permutations of G, which occur in the classification theories of two types of algebraic objects: skew left braces with multiplicative group isomorphic to G and Hopf-Galois str... Read More about Skew left braces and isomorphism problems for Hopf-Galois structures on Galois extensions.

Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks (2022)
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Wootton, A. J., Day, C., & Haycock, P. W. (2022). Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks. Structural Health Monitoring, 21(6), 2910-2921. https://doi.org/10.1177/14759217221080718

The degradation of roads is an expensive problem: in the United Kingdom alone, £27 billion was spent on road repairs between 2013 and 2019. One potential cost-saver is the early, non-destructive detection of faults. There are many available technique... Read More about Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks.

MacularNet: Towards Fully Automated Attention-Based Deep CNN for Macular Disease Classification (2022)
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Mandal, B. (2022). MacularNet: Towards Fully Automated Attention-Based Deep CNN for Macular Disease Classification. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-022-01024-0

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In this work, we propose an attention-based deep convolutional neural network (CNN) model as an assistive computer-aided tool to classify common types of macular diseases: age-related macular degeneration, dia... Read More about MacularNet: Towards Fully Automated Attention-Based Deep CNN for Macular Disease Classification.

Towards Uniform Online Spherical Tessellations (2022)
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Bell, P., & Potapov, I. (2022). Towards Uniform Online Spherical Tessellations. Discrete and Computational Geometry, 67(4), 1124-1146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-022-00384-x

The problem of uniformly placing points onto a sphere finds applications in many areas. For example, points on the sphere correspond to unit quaternions as well as to the group of rotations SO(3) and the online version of generating uniform rotations... Read More about Towards Uniform Online Spherical Tessellations.

LoRa-LiSK: A Lightweight Shared Secret Key Generation Scheme for LoRa Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Junejo, A. K., Benkhelifa, F., Wong, B., & Mccann, J. A. (2022). LoRa-LiSK: A Lightweight Shared Secret Key Generation Scheme for LoRa Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(6), 4110-4124. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2021.3103009

Physical-layer security (PLS) schemes use the randomness of the channel parameters, namely, channel state information (CSI) and received signal strength indicator (RSSI) to generate the secret keys. There has been limited work in PLS schemes in long-... Read More about LoRa-LiSK: A Lightweight Shared Secret Key Generation Scheme for LoRa Networks.

Can edge waves be generated by wind? (2022)
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Shrira, V. I., Sheremet, A., Troitskaya, Y. I., & Soustova, I. A. (2022). Can edge waves be generated by wind?. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.1141

Edge waves, the infragravity waves trapped by near-shore topography, are important in morphodynamics and flooding on mildly sloping beaches. Edge waves are usually generated by swell via triad interactions. Here, we examine the possibility that edge... Read More about Can edge waves be generated by wind?.

A Survey of Modern Deep Learning based Object Detection Models (2022)
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Zaidi, S., Ansari, M., Aslam, A., Kanwal, N., Asghar, M., & Lee, B. (2022). A Survey of Modern Deep Learning based Object Detection Models. Digital Signal Processing, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2022.103514

Object Detection is the task of classification and
localization of objects in an image or video. It has gained
prominence in recent years due to its widespread applications.
This article surveys recent developments in deep learning based
object d... Read More about A Survey of Modern Deep Learning based Object Detection Models.

Attention Mechanism Guided Deep Regression Model for Acne Severity Grading (2022)
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Alzahrani, S., Al-Bander, B., & Al-Nuaimy, W. (2022). Attention Mechanism Guided Deep Regression Model for Acne Severity Grading. Computers, 11(3), 31 - 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11030031

<jats:p>Acne vulgaris is the common form of acne that primarily affects adolescents, characterised by an eruption of inflammatory and/or non-inflammatory skin lesions. Accurate evaluation and severity grading of acne play a significant role in precis... Read More about Attention Mechanism Guided Deep Regression Model for Acne Severity Grading.

Homogenized equation of second-order accuracy for conductivity of laminates (2022)
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Kaplunov, J., Prikazchikova, L., & Panasenko, G. (2022). Homogenized equation of second-order accuracy for conductivity of laminates. Applicable Analysis, 101(11), 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036811.2022.2027387

The high order homogenization techniques potentially generate the so-called infinite order homogenized equations. Since long ago, the coefficients at higher order derivatives in these equations have been calculated within various refined theories for... Read More about Homogenized equation of second-order accuracy for conductivity of laminates.

Axisymmetric necking versus Treloar–Kearsley instability in a hyperelastic sheet under equibiaxial stretching (2022)
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Fu. (2022). Axisymmetric necking versus Treloar–Kearsley instability in a hyperelastic sheet under equibiaxial stretching. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865211072897

We consider bifurcations from the homogeneous solution of a circular or square hyperelastic sheet that is subjected to equibiaxial stretching under either force- or displacement-controlled edge conditions. We derive the condition for axisymmetric nec... Read More about Axisymmetric necking versus Treloar–Kearsley instability in a hyperelastic sheet under equibiaxial stretching.

Stabilisation of exact coherent structures in two-dimensional turbulence using time-delayed feedback (2022)
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Lucas, D., & Yasuda, T. (2022). Stabilisation of exact coherent structures in two-dimensional turbulence using time-delayed feedback. Physical Review Fluids, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.014401

Time-delayed feedback control, attributed to Pyragas (1992 Physics Letters 170(6) 421-428), is a method known to stabilise periodic orbits in low dimensional chaotic dynamical systems. A system of the form $\dot{\mathbf{x}}(t)=f(\mathbf{x})$ has an a... Read More about Stabilisation of exact coherent structures in two-dimensional turbulence using time-delayed feedback.