Enhancing climate resilience of vertical seawall with retrofitting - A physical modelling study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2020.102331
Abstract: Abstract Coastal defence structures are playing a vital role in protecting coastal communities from extreme climatic conditions and flooding. With climate change and sea-level rise in the next decades, the freeboard of existing coastal defences… read more here.
Keywords: vertical seawall; physical modelling; wave overtopping; climate ... See more keywords
A modelling study investigating short and medium-term challenges for COVID-19 vaccination: From prioritisation to the relaxation of measures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101001
Abstract: Background The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines is a multi-faceted challenge whose performance depends on pace of vaccination, vaccine characteristics and heterogeneities in individual risks. Methods We developed a mathematical model accounting for the risk of… read more here.
Keywords: relaxation; control measures; modelling study; coverage ... See more keywords
Experimental and modelling study of fatigue crack initiation in an aluminium beam with a hole under 4-point bending
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.01.001
Abstract: Abstract Slip band formation and crack initiation during cyclic fatigue were investigated by in-situ experiments and non-local CPFEM simulations systematically. Experimental techniques including EBSD, digital image correlation (DIC) and SEM have been used to obtain… read more here.
Keywords: experimental modelling; crack initiation; slip; modelling study ... See more keywords
Experimental and modelling study of industrial phenolic wastewater treatment by packed bed adsorption on coal-based and bagasse-based fly ash
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DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2020.1852976
Abstract: Every year nearly 100 million tons of fly ash is being generated in India and its disposing consumes large land volumes. Fly ash can be used as a good adsorbent to clean flue gases as… read more here.
Keywords: study industrial; experimental modelling; industrial phenolic; phenolic wastewater ... See more keywords
Financial scenario modelling: a study of UK universities
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DOI: 10.1080/1360080x.2021.1888846
Abstract: ABSTRACT Financial scenario modelling appears to offer the potential to help universities cope with an uncertain funding environment. By means of a questionnaire survey of UK universities, supported by interviews with members of finance departments,… read more here.
Keywords: scenario modelling; finance; study universities; modelling study ... See more keywords
Impacts of a delayed and slow-paced vaccination on cases and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: a modelling study
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0275
Abstract: In Brazil, vaccination has always cut across party political and ideological lines, which has delayed its start and brought the whole process into disrepute. Such divergences put the immunization of the population in the background… read more here.
Keywords: cases deaths; second dose; modelling study; vaccination ... See more keywords
The global return on investment from preventing and treating adolescent mental disorders and suicide: a modelling study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007759
Abstract: Introduction Despite the high burden of mental disorders among adolescents and the potentially lifelong consequences of these conditions, access to mental health services remains insufficient for adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries. We conducted an… read more here.
Keywords: health; modelling study; return investment; investment ... See more keywords
Translating the WHO 25×25 goals into a UK context: the PROMISE modelling study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012805
Abstract: Objective Model the impact of targets for obesity, diabetes, raised blood pressure, tobacco use, salt intake, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol use, as outlined in the Global Non-Communicable Disease Action Plan 2013–2020, on mortality and… read more here.
Keywords: target; mortality; modelling study; morbidity ... See more keywords
Analysis of the potential for point-of-care test to enable individualised treatment of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant and susceptible strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a modelling study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015447
Abstract: Objective To create a mathematical model to investigate the treatment impact and economic implications of introducing an antimicrobial resistance point-of-care test (AMR POCT) for gonorrhoea as a way of extending the life of current last-line… read more here.
Keywords: point care; treatment; care test; modelling study ... See more keywords
Is a novel diagnostic pathway for cardiology outpatient clinics in Singapore lower cost than existing practice: a cost modelling study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050553
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the potential for change to costs from a decision to adopt a novel diagnostic pathway for referrals to cardiology outpatients with symptoms of chest pain. Design Costs modelling study using existing observational… read more here.
Keywords: novel diagnostic; diagnostic pathway; practice; modelling study ... See more keywords
A modelling study highlights the power of detecting and isolating asymptomatic or very mildly affected individuals for COVID-19 epidemic management
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09843-7
Abstract: Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases is a powerful tool for the design of management policies and a fundamental part of the arsenal currently deployed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. We present a compartmental model… read more here.
Keywords: management; modelling study; highlights power; study highlights ... See more keywords