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  • Ag/Ag2O confined visible-light driven catalyst for highly efficient selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes in pure water medium at room temperature 
    Yin, Zhengliang; Xie, Liangxu; Cao, Shunsheng; Xiao, Yingguan; Chen, Gang; Jiang, Ying; Wei, Wenxian; Wu, Limin (Elsevier, 2020-04-10)
    Although photocatalysis has attracted tremendous research interest, there still remains critical challenges (e.g., low visible-light quantum efficiency, organic media, etc.), especially for selective hydrogenation of ...
  • Age estimation of Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae using cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and Artificial Neural Networks 
    Moore, H. E.; Butcher, J. B.; Adam, C. D.; Day, C. R.; Falko, P. D. (Elsevier, 2016-09-20)
    Cuticular hydrocarbons were extracted daily from the larvae of two closely related blowflies Calliphora vicina and Calliphora vomitoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The hydrocarbons were then analysed using Gas Chromatography–Mass ...
  • Age related changes of rib cortical bone matrix and the application to forensicage-at-death estimation 
    Bonicelli, Andrea; Zioupos, Peter; Arnold, Emily; Rogers, Keith D.; Xhemali, Bledar; Kranioti, Elena F. (Nature Publishing Group, 2021-01-22)
    Forensic anthropology includes, amongst other applications, the positive identification of unknown human skeletal remains. The first step in this process is an assessment of the biological profile, that is: sex, age, stature ...
  • Age-related changes in femoral head trabecular microarchitecture 
    Greenwood, Charlene; Clement, John; Dicken, Anthony; Evans, Paul; Lyburn, Iain Douglas; Martin, Richard M.; Stone, Nick; Zioupos, Peter; Rogers, Keith (Buck Institute for Age Research, 2017-10-11)
    Osteoporosis is a prevalent bone condition, characterised by low bone mineral density and increased fracture risk. Currently, the gold standard for identifying osteoporosis and increased fracture risk is through quantification ...
  • Age-related trends in the trabecular micro-architecture of the medial clavicle: is it of use in forensic science? 
    McGivern, Hannah; Greenwood, Charlene; Márquez-Grant, Nicholas; Kranioti, Elena F.; Xhemali, Bledar; Zioupos, Peter (Frontiers, 2020-01-22)
    The mechanical and structural properties of bone are known to change significantly with age. Within forensic and archaeological investigations, the medial end of the clavicle is typically used for estimating the age-at-death ...
  • Aged-engineered nanoparticles effect on sludge anaerobic digestion performance and associated microbial communities 
    Eduok, Samuel; Ferguson, Robert M. W.; Jefferson, Bruce; Villa, Raffaella; Coulon, Frederic (Elsevier, 2017-07-23)
    To investigate the potential effect of aged engineered nanoparticles (a-ENPs) on sludge digestion performance, 150 L pilot anaerobic digesters (AD) were fed with a blend of primary and waste activated sludge spiked either ...
  • Ageing bone fractures: the case of a ductile to brittle transition that shifts with age 
    Zioupos, Peter; Kirchner, Helmut O. K.; Peterlik, Herwig (Elsevier, 2019-12-03)
    Human bone becomes increasingly brittle with ageing. Bones also fracture differently under slow and fast loadings, being ductile and brittle, respectively. The effects of a combination of these two factors have never been ...
  • Ageing mitigation for battery energy storage system in electric vehicles 
    Li, Shuangqi; Zhao, Pengfei; Gu, Chenghong; Li, Jianwei; Huo, Da; Cheng, Shuang (IEEE, 2022-09-27)
    Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been extensively investigated to improve the efficiency, economy, and stability of modern power systems and electric vehicles (EVs). However, it is still challenging to widely ...
  • Ageing passenger perceptions of ground access journeys to airports: a survey of UK residents 
    Graham, Anne; Kruse, Willy; Budd, Lucy; Kremarik, Frances; Ison, Stephen (Elsevier, 2022-11-23)
    In common with other developed nations, the UK population is ageing. This has impacts on all areas of economic and social activity, including transport and air travel. This paper aims to provide an initial assessment of ...
  • Agent based modeling of energy networks 
    Gonzalez de Durana, Jose Maria; Barambones, Oscar; Kremers, Enrique; Varga, Liz (Elsevier, 2014-04-03)
    Attempts to model any present or future power grid face a huge challenge because a power grid is a complex system, with feedback and multi-agent behaviors, integrated by generation, distribution, storage and consumption ...
  • An agent-based approach to quantify the uncertainty in product-service system contract decisions: a case study in the machine tool industry 
    Farsi, Maryam; Erkoyuncu, John Ahmet (Elsevier, 2020-12-25)
    Product-service system (PSS) business models appraise the relationship between different stakeholders and focus on a partnership based on profit. Existing literature discusses servitization and the associated cost-benefit ...
  • An agent-based model for energy service companies 
    Robinson, Marguerite; Varga, Liz; Allen, Peter (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2015-04-01)
    The residential housing sector is a major consumer of energy accounting for approximately one third of carbon emissions in the United Kingdom. Achieving a sustainable, low-carbon infrastructure necessitates a reduced and ...
  • An agent-based model for flexible customization in product-service systems 
    Farsi, Maryam; Erkoyuncu, John Ahmet (Elsevier, 2021-02-10)
    Product-Service System (PSS) models offer an integrated service solution to create value for businesses. In the high-value manufacturing sector, value creation for maintaining market competitiveness and improving customer ...
  • An agent-based model for improving museum design to enhance visitor experience. 
    Ji, Yijing (Cranfield UniversitySWEE, 2022-11)
    Museum experience is a multi-layered journey including ontological, sensory, intellectual, aesthetic, and social aspects. In recent years, the museum sector has faced a number of challenges in terms of the need to enhance ...
  • An agent-based model schema to understand how shocks to the household a ect energy consumption behaviour 
    Wood, Katherine (Cranfield University, 2014-12)
    There are many factors which are understood to a ect domestic energy consumption, including: occupant demographics such as age, income and family type, occupant attitudes, peer networks and occupant-building interactions ...
  • Agent-based modeling of the energy network for hybrid cars 
    Gonzalez de Durana, Jose Maria; Barambones, Oscar; Kremers, Enrique; Varga, Liz (Elsevier, 2015-04-17)
    Studies in complex energy networks devoted to the modeling of electrical power grids, were extended in previous work, where a computational multi-layered ontology, implemented using agent-based methods, was adopted. This ...
  • Agent-based modelling for simulation-based design of sustainable faecal sludge management systems 
    Mallory, Adrian; Crapper, Martin; Holm, Rochelle H. (MDPI, 2019-03-28)
    Re-using faecal sludge (FS) to generate value has the potential to contribute towards solving the issue of long term sanitation solutions in growing urban areas across sub-Saharan Africa; however, hitherto, no design tools ...
  • Agent-Based Modelling of O ensive Actors in Cyberspace 
    Sidorenko, Tatjana (2021-12)
    With the rise of the Information Age, there has also been a growing rate of attacks targeting information. In order to better defend against these attacks being able to understand attackers and simulate their behaviour ...
  • AGFORWARD Project Final Report 
    Burgess, Paul; den Herder, M.; Dupraz, C.; Garnett, Kenisha; Giannitsopoulos, Michail; Graves, Anil; Hermansen, J. E.; Kanzler, M.; Liagre, F.; Mirck, J.; Moreno, G.; Mosquera-Losada, M. R.; Palma, João H. N.; Pantera, A.; Plieninger, T. (Cranfield University, 2018-02-28)
    Executive summary: The AGFORWARD project (Grant Agreement N° 613520) had the overall goal to promote agroforestry practices in Europe that will advance sustainable rural development. It had four objectives (described ...
  • AGFORWARD Third Periodic Report: July 2016 to December 2017 
    Burgess, Paul; den Herder, M.; Dupraz, C.; Garnett, Kenisha; Giannitsopoulos, Michail; Graves, Anil; Hermansen, J. E.; Kanzler, M.; Liagre, F.; Moreno, G.; Mosquera-Losada, M. R.; Palma, João H. N.; Pantera, A.; Plieninger, T. (Cranfield University, 2018-03-01)
    Project context The European Union has targets to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and forestry, whilst improving the environment and the quality of rural life. At the same time there is a need to ...