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Advancement in biomechanics for prosthetic design - review Open

K. Sathish, R S Gokulan, M. Ahmed, Peter Walker, G Vignesvaran · 2025

Prosthetic technology has come a long way over the years, having progressed from rudimentary, mechanical-structure-based models to high-tech biomechanical systems built for high functionality and user comfort. Finite Element Modelling (FEM…

The Legal and Societal Perils of Introducing the Concept of Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada Open

C. S. Kogan, Deidre Butler, Peter Walker, M. Sandler, Carly Baldachin , et al. · 2025

Several civil society groups in Canada advocate for adopting the concept of Anti-Palestinian Racism ( apr ). However, there are significant flaws in both its concept and definition, as well as legal and societal risks in its adoption. apr …

Circular Bio-based Walls: Applications and Challenges Open

Valeria Cascione, Barrie Dams, Matt Roberts, Andrew Shea, Daniel Maskell , et al. · 2025

Circular economy principles can be applied to the construction sector to reduce use of resources, energy consumption and wastes. Bio-based construction materials are particularly suitable to circular building design. Advantages of bio-base…

Towards Circular and Sustainable Insulation Solutions: Resolving Uncertainty in the Thermal Conductivity of Mycelium-Based Composites (MBCs) Open

Joni L. Wildman, Andrew Shea, Daniel A. Henk, Martin Naido, Peter Walker · 2025

Insulation materials are critical for reducing building space heating energy demands and achieving net-zero targets, as well as for improved occupant thermal comfort. However, traditional insulation materials are frequently derived from un…

Using Arts Integration to Improve Student Literacy Open

Melinda Mollette, Crystal Collins, Peter Walker · 2024

JSI volume 46 issue 2 Cover and Front matter Open

Umesh Sharma, Michael Arthur‐Kelly, David Paterson, Patrick J. Kelly, Tracey Chamlin , et al. · 2022

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A Review of CPS Design and Vulnerability Analysis Open

Andrea Vilán, Peter Walker · 2022

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) offer a wide array of applications. Integration of various heterogeneous infrastructures that generate data for intelligent analysis is discussed. The objective of this article is to review CPS and provide a di…

Hygrothermal Monitoring of Replacement Infill Panels for Historic Timber-Frame Buildings Open

Christopher Whitman, Oriel Prizeman, Peter Walker, Soki Rhee-Duverne, Iain McCaig · 2022

Energy retrofits aim to improve the thermal performance of buildings’ external envelopes. With buildings of traditional construction there exists the risk that these improvements may lead to interstitial condensation and moisture accumulat…

Elevations in Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin 6 From Neuronal-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Repeated Low-Level Blast Exposed Personnel Open

Katie A. Edwards, Jacqueline Leete, Ethan G. Smith, Alycia Quick, Claire Modica , et al. · 2022

Objective The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if military service members with histories of hundreds to thousands of low-level blast exposures (i. e., experienced breachers) had different levels of serum and neuronal-derived e…

A Pilot Study of Whole-Blood Transcriptomic Analysis to Identify Genes Associated with Repetitive Low-Level Blast Exposure in Career Breachers Open

Rany Vorn, Katie A. Edwards, James Hentig, Sijung Yun, Hyungsuk Kim , et al. · 2022

Repetitive low-level blast exposure is one of the major occupational health concerns among US military service members and law enforcement. This study seeks to identify gene expression using microRNA and RNA sequencing in whole-blood sampl…

Hygrothermal Monitoring of Replacement Infill Panels for Historic Timber-Frame Buildings Open

Christopher Whitman, Oriel Prizeman, Peter Walker, Soki Rhee-Duverne, Iain McCaig · 2022

Energy retrofits aim to improve the thermal performance of buildings’ external envelopes. With buildings of traditional construction there exists the risk that these improvements may lead to interstitial condensation and moisture accumulat…

Hygrothermal monitoring of replacement infill panels for historic timber-frame buildings: initial findings Open

Christopher Whitman, Oriel Prizeman, Peter Walker, Iain McCaig, Soki Rhee-Duverne · 2022

Energy retrofits aim to improve the thermal performance of buildings’ external envelopes. With buildings of traditional construction there exists the risk that these improvements may lead to interstitial condensation and moisture accumulat…

Outcomes of the Expert Workshop on in situ calibration and validation of satellite products of water quality and hydrology (H2020 Water-ForCE) Open

Stefan Simis, Peter Walker, Igor Ogashawara, Carmen Cillero Castro, Alo Laas · 2021

Part of the Water-ForCE effort is the analysis of synergies between research and monitoring communities operating in situ instruments and platforms to collect water quality and hydrological information, and those working on (satel…

Upscaling non-residential bio-based circular construction in the United Kingdom Open

Barrie Dams, Daniel Maskell, Andrew Shea, Stephen Allen, Valeria Cascione , et al. · 2021

Non-residential circular construction projects using bio-based materials have been realised in the United Kingdom. Case studies include the Adnams Distribution Centre, the University of East Anglia’s Enterprise Centre and the British Scien…

Neuronally-derived tau is increased in experienced breachers and is associated with neurobehavioral symptoms Open

Katie A. Edwards, Kisha Greer, Jacqueline Leete, Chen Lai, Christina Devoto , et al. · 2021

Survey response of the H2020 Water-ForCE expert meeting on In situ calibration and validation of satellite products of water quality and hydrology Open

Stefan Simis, Nicola Horsburgh, Peter Walker, Igor Ogashawara, Carmen Cillero Castro , et al. · 2021

These slides provide an overview of the expert survey held in advance of the H2020 Water-ForCE workshop: In situ calibration and validation of satellite products of water quality and hydrology which was held as three virtu…

Survey response of the H2020 Water-ForCE expert meeting on In situ calibration and validation of satellite products of water quality and hydrology Open

Stefan Simis, Nicola Horsburgh, Peter Walker, Igor Ogashawara, Carmen Cillero Castro , et al. · 2021

These slides provide an overview of the expert survey held in advance of the H2020 Water-ForCE workshop: In situ calibration and validation of satellite products of water quality and hydrology which was held as three virtu…

Hygrothermal Monitoring of Replacement Infill Panels for Historic Timber-Frame Buildings: Initial Findings Open

Christopher Whitman, Oriel Prizeman, Peter Walker, Iain McCaig, Soki Rhee-Duverne · 2021

Energy retrofits aim to improve the thermal performance of buildings' external envelopes.With buildings of traditional construction there exists the risk that these improvements may lead to interstitial condensation and moisture accumulati…

Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments Open

Robert J. W. Brewin, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt, Heather A. Bouman, Stefano Ciavatta , et al. · 2021

Lepidolite extraction solid by-product: Mitigation of thallium leaching and utilization of radiogenic strontium isotopes as a tracer Open

Thai T. Phan, Leah Fulton, John Ulkem, Steven J. Aiken, Amber Blackwell , et al. · 2021

The emerging growth of lithium-ion battery usage necessitates the development of unconventional resources for battery grade lithium carbonate. Extraction of lithium from micas such as lepidolite produces several marketable by-products as w…

Federated Learning for Healthcare Informatics Open

Jie Xu, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Chang Su, Peter Walker, Jiang Bian , et al. · 2020

Functional and Structural Neuroimaging Correlates of Repetitive Low-Level Blast Exposure in Career Breachers Open

James R. Stone, Brian Avants, Nicholas J. Tustison, Eric M. Wassermann, Jessica Gill , et al. · 2020

Combat military and civilian law enforcement personnel may be exposed to repetitive low-intensity blast events during training and operations. Persons who use explosives to gain entry (i.e., breach) into buildings are known as "breachers" …

Moisture buffer potential of wall assemblies incorporating hemp-lime Open

Eshrar Latif, Robert Lawrence, Andrew Shea, Peter Walker · 2020

Experiments were carried out according to the NORDTEST protocol to study the moisture buffer value of various wall assemblies incorporating hemp-lime. The following assemblies were tested: a base-case assembly of hemp-lime without any coat…

RRT3: statistical analysis of hemp concrete mechanical properties variability Open

César Niyigena, Sofiane Amziane, Alaa Chateauneuf, Laurent Arnaud, Florence Collet , et al. · 2020

The study has been carried out in the context of a working group within the RILEM Technical Commitee 236-BBM 'Bio-aggregate-based building Materials'. It focusses on statistical analysis of hemp concrete properties. The objective is to det…

Properties of bio-based insulation materials and their potential impact on indoor air quality Open

Daniel Maskell, Carla Ferreira Pinto Da Silva, Keith Mower, Chetas Rana, Andy Dengel , et al. · 2020

Significantly decreasing energy consumption in buildings requires more air-tight construction combined with much higher insulation levels. A potential unintended consequence of this approach has been deterioration in the indoor air quality…

Bio-based plaster for improved indoor air quality Open

Daniel Maskell, Carla Ferreira Pinto Da Silva, Keith Mower, Rana Cheta, Andy Dengel , et al. · 2020

People in industrialised countries spend approximately 80% of their time indoors. As such, the internal environment quality can have a significant impact on occupant health and wellbeing. Additionally, the demand for increased building ene…

Federated Patient Hashing Open

Jie Xu, Zhenxing Xu, Peter Walker, Wang Fei · 2020

Privacy concerns on sharing sensitive data across institutions are particularly paramount for the medical domain, which hinders the research and development of many applications, such as cohort construction for cross-institution observatio…

A Moderate Blast Exposure Results in Dysregulated Gene Network Activity Related to Cell Death, Survival, Structure, and Metabolism Open

Katie A. Edwards, Vida Motamedi, Nicole Danielle Osier, Hyungsuk Kim, Sijung Yun , et al. · 2020

Blast exposure is common in military personnel during training and combat operations, yet biological mechanisms related to cell survival and function that coordinate recovery remain poorly understood. This study explored how moderate blast…

5. "And I Poor Slave Yet": The Precarity of Black Life in New Brunswick, 1766–1835 Open

Shaun Armstead, Brenann Sutter, Peter Walker, Caitlin Reed Wiesner · 2019

Federated Learning for Healthcare Informatics Open

Jie Xu, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Chang Su, Peter Walker, Jiang Bian , et al. · 2019

With the rapid development of computer software and hardware technologies, more and more healthcare data are becoming readily available from clinical institutions, patients, insurance companies and pharmaceutical industries, among others. …

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