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  • Packaging and configuration design aspects of UCAV concept synthesis and optimization 
    Niyomthai, Nattapol (2002-11)
    Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) escapes the bounds of conventional ideas and opens a big window of new opportunities in combat aircraft design. A conceptual design methodology was produced to investigate the packaging ...
  • Pair-Activity Analysis from Video Using Qualitative Trajectory Calculus 
    Alzoubi, A; Al-Diri, B; Pike, T; Kleinhappel, T; Dickinson, P (IEEE, 2017-05-08)
    The automated analysis of interacting objects or people from video has many uses, including the recognition of activities, and identification of prototypical or unusual behaviors. Existing techniques generally use temporal ...
  • PANACEA: an automated misinformation detection system on COVID-19 
    Zhao, Runcong; Arana-Catania, Miguel; Zhu, Lixing; Kochkina, Elena; Gui, Lin; Zubiaga, Arkaitz; Procter, Rob; Liakata, Maria; He, Yulan (Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023-05-04)
    In this demo, we introduce a web-based misinformation detection system PANACEA on COVID-19 related claims, which has two modules, fact-checking and rumour detection. Our fact-checking module, which is supported by novel ...
  • The pandemic consumer response: a stockpiling perspective and shopping channel preferences 
    Papagiannidis, Savvas; Alamanos, Eleftherios; Bourlakis, Michael; Dennis, Charles (Wiley, 2022-06-02)
    Covid-19 has changed consumer behaviour, probably forever. Initial consumer stockpiling led to stockouts, threat and uncertainty for consumers. To overcome shortages, consumers expanded their use of channels and many ...
  • Paper device combining CRISPR/Cas12a and reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater 
    Cao, Haorui; Mao, Kang; Ran, Fang; Xu, Pengqi; Zhao, Yirong; Zhang, Xiangyan; Zhou, Hourong; Yang, Zhugen; Zhang, Hua; Jiang, Guibin (American Chemical Society, 2022-08-30)
    Wastewater-based surveillance of the COVID-19 pandemic holds great promise; however, a point-of-use detection method for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater is lacking. Here, a portable paper device based on CRISPR/Cas12a and ...
  • Paper-based devices as a new tool for rapid and on-site monitoring of "superbugs" 
    Li, Wenliang; Coulon, Frederic; Singer, Andrew; Zhu, Yong-Guan; Yang, Zhugen (American Chemical Society, 2021-08-31)
    Infectious diseases are currently a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, with approximately 700 000 deaths each year worldwide.(1) Viruses, bacteria, and fungi have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial ...
  • Paper-based devices for rapid diagnosis and wastewater surveillance 
    Pan, Yuwei; Mao, Kang; Hui, Qinxin; Wang, Baojun; Cooper, Jonathan; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2022-09-06)
    Infectious diseases are a global concern for public health resulting in high rates of infection with subsequent health and socio-economic impacts through resulting morbidity and mortality. The emergence of such diseases ...
  • Paper-based devices for rapid diagnostics and testing sewage for early warning of COVID-19 outbreak 
    Hui, Qingxin; Pan, Yuwei; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2020-11-29)
    oronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, evolved into a global pandemic in 2020, and the outbreak has taken an enormous toll on individuals, families, communities and societies around the world. One practical ...
  • Paper-based microfluidic aptasensors 
    Ming, Tao; Luo, Jinping; Liu, Juntao; Sun, Shuai; Xing, Yu; Wang, Hao; Xiao, Guihua; Deng, Yu; Cheng, Yan; Yang, Zhugen; Jin, Hongyan; Cai, Xinxia (Elsevier, 2020-10-04)
    For in-situ disease markers detection, point-of-care (POC) diagnosis has great advantages in speed and cost compared with traditional techniques. The rapid diagnosis, prognosis, and surveillance of diseases can significantly ...
  • Paper-based microfluidics for rapid diagnostics and drug delivery 
    Mao, Kang; Min, Xiaocui; Zhang, Hua; Cao, Haorui; Guo, Yongkun; Yang, Zhugen (Elsevier, 2020-03-10)
    Paper is a common material that is promising for constructing microfluidic chips (lab-on-a-paper) for diagnostics and drug delivery for biomedical applications. In the past decade, extensive research on paper-based ...
  • Paper-based nanosensors to evaluate community-wide illicit drug use for wastewater-based epidemiology 
    Mao, Kang; Yang, Zhugen; Zhang, Hua; Li, Xiqing; Cooper, Jonathan M. (Elsevier, 2020-10-23)
    Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a powerful technique for monitoring illicit drugs of abuse in the community. Here, we report on a surface-enhanced Raman scattering/spectroscopy (SERS) sensor for the sensitive and ...
  • The Paradox of Power in CSR: A Case Study on Implementation 
    Bondy, Krista (Springer Netherlands, 2008-10)
    Purpose Although current literature assumes positive outcomes for stakeholders resulting from an increase in power associated with CSR, this research suggests that this increase can lead to conflict within organizations, ...
  • Parallel driving in CPSS: a unified approach for transport automation and vehicle intelligence 
    Wang, Fei-Yue; Zheng, Nan-Ning; Cao, Dongpu; Martinez, Clara Marina; Li, Li; Liu, Teng (IEEE, 2017-09-15)
    The emerging development of connected and automated vehicles imposes a significant challenge on current vehicle control and transportation systems. This paper proposes a novel unified approach, Parallel Driving, a cloud-based ...
  • A parallel generalized relaxation method for high-performance image segmentation on GPUs 
    D’Ambra, Pasqua; Filippone, Salvatore (Elsevier, 2015-05-01)
    Fast and scalable software modules for image segmentation are needed for modern high-throughput screening platforms in Computational Biology. Indeed, accurate segmentation is one of the main steps to be applied in a basic ...
  • Parallel unstructured solvers for linear partial differential equations 
    Becker, Dulcenéia (Cranfield University, 2006-05)
    This thesis presents the development of a parallel algorithm to solve symmetric systems of linear equations and the computational implementation of a parallel partial differential equations solver for unstructured meshes. ...
  • Parameter development for the MIG welding of high strength aerospace aluminium alloys 
    Thomas, A. W. (Cranfield University, 2000-10)
    Both dip and pulsed modes of metal transfer were investigated to establish which method produced the better bead geometry and penetration on 2024 and 2014 aluminium alloys using 2319 filler wire. The MIG electrode ...
  • Parameter estimation for non-linear systems: an application to vehicle dynamics 
    Pedchote, C. (Engineering Systems Department, 2009-10-28)
    This work presents an investigation into the parameter estimation of suspension components and the vertical motions of wheeled vehicles from experimental data. The estimation problems considered were for suspension ...
  • Parameter estimation in equivalent circuit analysis of dielectric cure monitoring signals using genetic algorithms. 
    Kazilas, Michalis C.; Skordos, Alexandros A.; Partridge, Ivana K. (Taylor & Francis, 2005-04-01)
    This communication concerns the treatment of dielectric data obtained from experiments following the chemical hardening process (cure) in thermosetting resins. The aim is to follow, in real time, the evolution of the ...
  • Parameter identification applied to aircraft 
    Klein, V. (Cranfield University, 1973-10)
    All three steps in the identification, namely characterization parameter estimation and verification are considered and applied to the determination of aircraft parameters from flight data. The estimation procedure ...
  • Parameter space of atomic layer deposition of ultra-thin oxides on graphene 
    Aria, Adrianus Indrat; Nakanishi, Kenichi; Xiao, Long; Braeuninger-Weimer, Philipp; Sagade, Abhay A.; Alexander-Webber, Jack; Hofmann, Stephan (ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016-10-10)
    Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ultrathin aluminum oxide (AlOx) films was systematically studied on supported chemical vapor deposition (CVD) graphene. We show that by extending the precursor residence time, using either ...