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Developing microfluidic platforms for rapid identification of new targets for neurodegenerative disorders
Pacheco Torres, Paloma; Kaye, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Dimitriadi, Maria; Tan, Christabel (2023-10-19) -
Development and characterisation of a Y2Ti2O7-based glass-ceramic as a potential oxidation protective coating for titanium suboxide (TiOx)
D' Isanto, Fabiana; Smeacetto, Federico; Martin, Hans-Peter; Sedlak, Richard; Lisnichuk, Maksym; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Salvo, Milena (2021-07-15)A silica-based glass-ceramic, with Y2Ti2O7 as the major crystalline phase, is designed, characterised and tested as an oxidation-protective coating for a titanium suboxide (TiOx) thermoelectric material at temperatures of ... -
Development of a CFD Model for the Estimation of Windage Losses Inside the Narrow Air Gap of an Enclosed High-Speed Flywheel
Eltaweel, Mahmoud; Kalyvas, Christos; CHEN, Yong Kang; Herfatmanesh, Mohammad Reza (Springer Nature, 2023-08-12)Concerns over global warming and the need to reduce carbon emissions have prompted the development of novel energy recovery systems. During urban driving, a significant amount of energy is lost due to continuous braking, ... -
Development of a New Dislodgeable Foliar Residue Analytical Laboratory Method for Pesticides
Badawy, Mohamed; Murnane, Darragh; Lewis, Kathy; Morgan, Neil (2022-10-11)The dislodgeable foliar residue (DFR) is the amount of pesticide that exists on foliage after the pesticide has dried and which could dislodge to the skin or clothes of workers and is a key parameter for non-dietary risk ... -
Development of a New Factor for Hot Gas Ingestion Through Rim Seal
Liu, D; Tao, Z; Luo, X; Wu, Hongwei; Yu, X (2015-12-04)This article presents a further investigation on the mechanism of hot gas ingestion by exploring the ingress with complicated cavity generated by the rotor-mounted cylinder protrusion. During the experiment, a cavity with ... -
Development of a new Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composite (UHPFRCC) for impact and blast protection of structures
Nicolaides, Demetris; Kanellopoulos, Antonis; Petrou, Michael A; Savva, Pericles; Mina, Anna (2015-07-30)Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites (UHPFRCCs) represent a class of cement composites which have superior characteristics in terms of material properties. Their mechanical and fracture behaviour ... -
Development of an Affordable MGT-CHP for Domestic Applications
Hosseini, Vahid; Madani, Hossein; Hatami, Sara; Izadi, Ali; Sarkandi, Mohamad Ali; Chizari, Mahmoud (Springer Nature, 2023-08-12)The micro gas turbine (MGT) is considered one of the main solutions for the future power generation system to provide secure and stable energy. Thanks to its multi-fuel capability and high values of power-to-weight ratio, ... -
Development of an automated smart trap for wheat pathogens
Kaye, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Baxter, Richard; Munro, Ian; Tracey, Mark; Day, Rodney; McCluskey, Daniel (2017-03-16)National surveys show fungicide use on wheat continues to increase despite fluctuations in disease pressure, reaching a 30 year high in 2012 (Defra). Septoria tritici is the most significant foliar disease in UK wheat ... -
Development of new graphene/epoxy nanocomposites and study of cure kinetics, thermal and mechanical properties
Rehman, Sheikh; Akram, Sufyan; Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Elmarakbi, Ahmed; Karagiannidis, Panagiotis G. (2020-12-01)New graphene/polymer nanocomposites were prepared using graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and the epoxy system Epilok 60–566/Curamine 32–494. The GNPs were first dispersed into the curamine hardener using bath ultrasonication, ... -
Development of uhpfrcc with the use of materials a vailable in Cyprus
Nicolaides, Demetris; Kanellopoulos, Antonis; Michael, Antonis; Christou, Petros (Czech Concrete Society, 2011)The aim of the specific study is to present the results of an extended work on the development of an UHPFRCC with the use of materials available in Cyprus. The fundamental idea for the development of this high performance ... -
Dielectrophoretic collection of airborne particles
Chung, Etelka; Heidari Koochi, Milad; Weerasiri, Lanka; Munro, Ian; Johnston, Ian; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Coudron, Loic (2024-06-06)Aim: To investigate dielectrophoresis as a mechanism for collection of bioaerosols. -
The discovery of a massive supercluster at z = 0.9 in the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey
Swinbank, A.M.; Edge, A.C.; Smail, I.; Stott, J.P.; Bremer, M.; Sato, Y.; van Breukelen, C.; Jarvis, M.J.; Waddington, I.; Clewley, L.; Bergeron, J.; Cotter, G.; Dye, S.; Geach, James; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Hirst, P.; Ivison, R.J.; Rawlings, S.; Simpson, C.; Smith, G.P.; Verma, A.; Yamada, T. (2007) -
Discovery of a new nearby globular cluster with extreme kinematics located in the extension of a halo stream
Minniti, Dante; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Gómez, Matías; Smith, Leigh C.; Lucas, Philip W.; Ramos, R. Contreras (2021-06-01)Context. We report the discovery of VVV-CL160, a new nearby globular cluster (GC) with extreme kinematics, located in the Galactic plane at l = 10.1477 deg, b = 0.2999 deg. Aims. We aim to characterize the physical properties ... -
Discovery of new globular clusters in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
Minniti, D.; Ripepi, V.; Fernández-Trincado, J. G.; Alonso-García, J.; Smith, L. C.; Lucas, P. W.; Gómez, M.; Pullen, J. B.; Garro, E. R.; Cádiz, F. Vivanco; Hempel, M.; Rejkuba, M.; Saito, R. K.; Palma, T.; Clariá, J. J.; Gregg, M.; Majaess, D. (2021-03-12)Context. Globular clusters (GCs) are witnesses of the past accretion events onto the Milky Way. In particular, the GCs of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy are important probes of an on-going merger. Aims. Our main goal ... -
Disease management in oilseed rape: insights into the Brassica napus-Pyrenopeziza brassicae pathosystem
Karandeni Dewage, Chinthani Shanika; Qi, Aiming; Stotz, Henrik; Huang, Yongju; Fitt, Bruce (AFCP, 2021-06-16) -
Distribution and Biodiversity of Seed-Borne Pathogenic and Toxigenic Fungi of Maize in Egypt and Their Correlations with Weather Variables
Qi, Aiming; M. Shabana, Yasser; M. Ghoneem, Khalid; M. Rashad, Younes; S. Arafat, Nehal; Fitt, Bruce; Richard, Benjamin (2022-09-08)Studies of the biodiversity of plant pathogenic and toxigenic fungi are attracting great attention to improve the predictability of their epidemics and the development of their control programs. Two hundred maize grain ... -
Dual independent displacement-amplified micropumps with a single actuator
Tracey, M.C.; Johnston, I. D.; Davis, J. B.; Tan, C. K. L. (2006-08)We report a dual-micropump structure operated by a single actuator element. The constituent micropumps are a form of micro throttle pump (MTP) comprising a narrow flow channel incorporating two microthrottles. We term this ... -
Durability of similar self-compacting concrete batches produced in two different EU laboratories
Sfikas, Ioannis P.; Kanellopoulos, Antonis; Trezos, Konstantinos G.; Petrou, Michael F. (2013)The present study intends to evaluate the sensitivity of self-compacting concrete (SCC) mixtures, cast in two different laboratories of the European Union, with a focus on rheological parameters, mechanical characteristics ... -
Durability performance of self-compacting concrete
Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Petrou, Michael F.; Ioannou, Ioannis (2012-12)Although self compacting concrete (SCC) is currently used in many countries, there is a fundamental lack of the intrinsic durability of the material itself. This article presents the outcomes from a research program on ... -
Durability restoration of cementitious composites via micro encapsulated mineral repair agents
Litina, C.; Kanellopoulos, A.; Al-Tabbaa, A. (CRC Press/Balkema, 2016)This research proposes and evaluates an embedded self-sustained restoration system based on the trigger-release of microencapsulated repair agents within the concrete matrix. Micron-sized polymeric capsules carrying a ...