Quad notched-band UWB BPF based on quintuple-mode resonator by Borhani, Seyyed Jamal, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The MMR is fed through asymmetric interdigital coupled-lines feed to produce controllable notched-band. …”
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Effect of manganese and nickel on the cleavage fracture strength of ferritic weld metal by Sandford, Andrew Robert Brian.

“…This was calculated by reference to slip line field theory from the fracture load at the test temperature where fracture was first coincident with general yielding. …”
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Partners in national cyber security strategy? : An analysis of cyber security strategies of Ministry of Defence and police in UK by Onugha, Chikaodi Viola

“…The research also found that the Cyber Security Strategy is mainly state centric while policing is human centric in approach, this accounts for the challenges in bringing the policing cyber strategy in line with the National cyber strategy. The research concludes that an increase in education and expertise of both forces will help enhance bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships in the race to make the UK cyberspace safe.…”
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Comparison of intelligent approaches for cycle time prediction in injection moulding of a medical device product by Kariminejad, Mandana, Tormey, David, Huq, Saif, Morrison, Jim, McAfee, Marion

“…The strengths and limitations of the approaches are presented and the further research and development needed to ensure practical on-line use of these methods for dynamic process optimisation in the industrial process are discussed…”
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Development of new data partitioning and allocation algorithms for query optimization of distributed data warehouse systems by Abdalla, Hassan Ismail

“…However, although data warehousing and on-line analytical processing (OLAP) are essential elements of decision support, the OLAP query response time is strongly affected by the volume of data need to be accessed from storage disks. …”
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Low SAR PIFA Antenna for Wideband Applications by Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Mansouri, Zahra, Sharma, Sachin, Zarrabi, Ferdows, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The parametric studies clarified the effect of the stub line and via's on voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR).…”
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Development of refrigeration simulation to enhance teaching and learning for commercial refrigeration system by Yunus, Faizal Amin Nur, Mohd Nazri, Khairul Akmal, Rahim, Mohd Bekri, Razali, Nizamuddin, Abdul Rahman, Khairul Anuar, Rozali, Zulfadli, Gerijih, Debie Devisser

“…The lack of teaching aids in line with current needs and technology becomes a necessity in ensuring the existence of new products or innovations of existing products. …”
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Development of compact dual-band monopole antenna for LTE application by Raheem, Mustafa Sattar

“…This research project is about the miniaturized monopole antenna design, which has operating frequencies of 2.1 GHz and 3.5 for LTE mid-bands and high-bands communication systems. The proposed mender line radiation element is miniaturized the antenna size of 20×13×1.6 mm3. …”
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Quantitative infrared thermography resolved leakage current problem in cathodic protection system by B. M. Shariff, M. Riduan, Abdullah, Mohammad Faiz Liew, B. A. Latiff, M. Yusop, B. Hj. Mat Nor, Rosly

“…The traditional method called line current measurement is still valid effective. …”
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Novel metamaterial frequency discriminating devices for next generation wireless communication systems by Ahmed, Kafil Uddin

“…This was achieved using stepped impedance lines (SIL). No isolators were necessary using the proposed technique. …”
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Role of the gidan-gaado in sustainable urbanization by Muhammad, Umar Faruq

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A Broadband Out-of-Phase Gysel Power Divider Based on a Dual-Band Circuit With a Single Fixed Isolation Resistor by Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad Hadi, Rahimi, Marzieh Salar, Malakooti, Seyed-Ali, Afzali, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Based on the double-sided parallel-strip lines with an inserted conductor as a virtual ground, a high power divider with dual-band/broadband response and frequencyindependent 180 degree phase difference between the output ports is implemented in this paper. …”
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Multiband antenna for portable device applications by Honarvar, M. Amin, Hamidi, Naeemehsadat, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The proposed antenna consists of a combination of E-shaped and C-shaped radiators that are excited via a common microstrip feed-line. Embedded in the ground-plane are included an open- and short-ended slots whose purpose is to enhance the antenna's impedance match and increase the number of bands in which the antenna can operate. …”
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Mutual-coupling isolation using embedded metamaterial EM bandgap decoupling slab for densely packed array antennas by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Khalily, Mohsen, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed MTM-EMBG structure is a cross-shaped microstrip transmission line on which are imprinted two outward facing E-shaped slits. …”
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An innovative and simpleiImpedance matching network using stacks of metasurface sheets to suppress the mismatch between antennas and RF front-end transceivers circuits by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The MTS based impedance matching network is modeled as a transmission-line loaded with shunt and series capacitances and inductances, respectively. …”
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Applicability of industry 4.0 technologies in the adoption of global reporting initiative standards for achieving sustainability by Narula, Sanjiv, Puppala, Harish, Kumar, Anil, Frederico, Guilherme, Dwivedy, Maheshwar, Prakash, Surya, Wankhede, Vishal A.

“…It epitomizes the global best practice of triple bottom line, i.e., economic, environmental, and social impacts. …”
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Constant domain-regulated antibody catalysis by Sapparapu, Gopal, Planque, Stephanie, Mitsuda, Yukie, McLean, Gary R., Nishiyama, Yasuhiro, Paul, Sudhir

“…The findings indicate a favorable effect of the remote IgM constant domain scaffold on the integrity of the V-domain catalytic site and provide a structural basis for conceiving antibody catalysis as a first line immune function expressed at high levels prior to development of mature IgG class antibodies.…”
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The way forward for the origin of life: prions and prion-like molecules first hypothesis by Jheeta, Sohan, Chatzitheodoridis, Elias, Devine, Kevin G., Block, Janice

“…This genetics-first hypothesis asserts that an “RNA-world era” came before protein-based chemical evolution and rests on a singular premise that molecules such as RNA, acetyl-CoA, and NAD are relics of a long line of chemical evolutionary processes preceding the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). …”
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Social workers' experience of work under changing administrative forms: an empirical and theoretical critique of Braverman by Davies, Linda

“…Although social workers may wish to reduce the uncertainty surrounding child abuse practice, and despite management's desire to limit practitioner discretion, there remains an inevitable core of uncertainty in the nature of the work which generates the requirement for judgment on the part of the front-line worker. Braverman's approach proved too deterministic to cope with these questions. …”
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Transition rate diagrams - a new approach to the study of selective excitation processes: the spectrum of manganese in a Grimm-type glow discharge by Weiss, Zdeněk, Steers, Edward B. M., Pickering, Juliet C., Mushtaq, Sohail

“…A list of important Mn I and Mn II lines excited in the glow discharge plasma is given.…”