Special issue: Advances in machining of composite materials II

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 3(3/4) 2008

• EDM machinability and frictional behaviour of ZrO2-TiCN composites
• Effect of tool wear progression on cutting forces and surface quality during cutting metal matrix composites
• Modelling the machinability of self-lubricated aluminium/alumina/graphite hybrid composites using a fuzzy subtractive clustering-based system identification method
• Electrodischarge drilling of microholes in aluminium matrix composites
• Surface characteristics of Al-(SiC)p metal matrix composites by roller burnishing process
• Experimental investigation and optimisation in EDM of Al 6063 SiCp metal matrix composite
• Study into causes of damage to carbon epoxy composite material during the drilling process
• Experimental and analytical study of the influence of HexFit® glass fibre composite manufacturing process on delamination during drilling
• Drilling of e-glass fibre reinforced polymer composite
• Experimental investigation on drilling temperature of composites
• Experimental investigation on machining of filament wound GFRP pipe by cemented carbide (K20) cutting tool
• Optimisation of surface finish in abrasive water jet cutting of Kevlar composites using hybrid Taguchi and response surface method

Special issue: Model-driven development of executable business processes

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management 3(2) 2008

This Special Issue contains reworked and extended papers from the XML4BPM 2006 workshop held in Passau, Germany on 22 February 2006.

• Automated derivation of executable business processes from choreographies in virtual organisations
• On the transformation of control flow between block-oriented and graph-oriented process modelling languages
• Using event-driven process chains for model-driven development of business applications
• Assessment of business process information security
• BPEL4WS unit testing: framework and implementation

Special issue: Intelligent internet-based systems: emerging technologies and programming techniques

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology 3(3) 2008

Three papers are extended version of papers presented at the 4th IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI, 2007) in the special session Intelligent Internet Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications (IIS-ETA).

• User keyword preference: the Nwords and Rwords experiments
• Intelligent content personalisation in internet TV using MPEG-21
• IP-based content delivery over Next Generation Networks
• Efficient service provisioning through dynamic service task assignment in a multi-domain distributed computing environment
• A negotiation strategy for the Temporal Resource Reallocation Problem in multi-agent systems

Special issue: Denoising

International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering 1(2) 2008

• Image denoising with second-order wedgelets
• AQM-based audio steganalysis and its realisation through rule induction with a genetic learner
• Improved feature detection in ECG signals through denoising
• Denoising and feature extraction for control chart pattern recognition in autocorrelated processes
• Using denoising to improve image fusion performance
• Medical feature based qualitative evaluation of denoising techniques for ultrasound liver images
• Variational phase unwrapping and wavelet denoising of interferometric SAR data using Mumford-Shah framework

Special issue: Advances in hard turning

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 4(1) 2008

• 3D cutting force analysis in worn-tool finish hard turning
• Numerical modelling of 3D hard turning using arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian finite element method
• Process simulations for 3D turning using uniform and variable microgeometry PCBN tools
• Influence of cutting tool constitutive parameters on residual stresses induced by hard turning
• Wear behaviour of mixed ceramic tools and deterioration of surface finish in the machining of an AISI 5140 hardened alloy steel
• The effectiveness of coatings when turning hardened cold work tool steel AISI D2 (60 HRC)
• Modelling of tool wear and surface roughness in hard turning using regression and artificial neural network
• Modelling of machining parameters and cooling conditions in hard turning of AISI p-20 tool steel using response surface methodology and desirability graphs
• Optimisation of process parameters in solid lubricant (MoS2) assisted machining of AISI 1040 steel by response surface methodology

Special issue: Children's health and the environment

International Journal of Environment and Health 2(3/4) 2008

• Environmental threats to children's health – a global problem
• The PRONET project: pollution reduction options network to enhance implementation of successful transport and indoor environment practices in Europe
• Children's Environmental Health National Profile: a multisectorial stakeholder collaboration experience in Argentina
• Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particles and postnatal indoor air quality on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in the first two years of life
• Smoking relapse prevention intervention: a study of postpartum women in Lodz, Poland
• Designing and building healthy places for children
• Household factors influencing lung function in Austrian school children
• The relationship between asthma and ambient air pollutants among primary school students in Durban, South Africa
• Respiratory symptoms of school children and their home environment in Northern Transdanubia, Hungary
• German Environmental Survey IV: environmental tobacco smoke exposure of German children
• Andre Conrad, Margarete Seiwert, Christine Schulz, Kerstin Becker, Detlef Ullrich, Marike Asthma in children: seasonal variations
• Development neurotoxicity: implications of methylmercury research
• Perinatal dioxin exposure in The Netherlands – a long-term follow-up
• Environmental exposure to platinum group elements released by automotive catalytic converters: the risk for children
• Heavy metal poisoning from Ayurvedic traditional medicines: an emerging problem?

Special issue: Recent developments in laser nanomanufacturing and nanoparticles

International Journal of Nanoparticles 1(3) 2008

• The use of portable particle measurement devices to characterise airborne particles generated in various settings
• Synthesis of tungsten oxide nanostructures by laser pyrolysis
• Bonex Wakufwa Mwakikunga, Andrew Forbes, Elias Sideras-Haddad, Rudolph Marthinus Femtosecond laser dressing of the surfaces of porous alumina grinding wheels
• Pulsed laser liquid-solid interaction synthesis of Pt, Au, Ag and Cu nanosuspensions and their stability
• Finite element thermal analysis of micro-EDM
• Computational analysis of the machining of laser-hardened D2 tool steel

Special issue: Simulation and analysis on durability loads and ride comfort in vehicle development

International Journal of Vehicle Design 47(1-4) 2008

• A validated simulation method for describing the effect of road-excited vibrations on the development of a vehicle
• Streamlining automotive product development using neural networks
• Optimisation of suspension parameters based on simulation of ride comfort in vehicle development
• Dynamic analyses of roll plane interconnected hydro-pneumatic suspension systems
• Vehicle ride evaluation based on a time-domain variable speed driving pattern
• Parametric uncertainty analysis of vehicle suspensions
• Simulation and experimental verification of solenoid valve characteristics for semi-active dampers
• Damping requirement of a suspension seat subject to low frequency vehicle vibration and shock
• Synthesis of a semi-active suspension seat for attenuation of Whole-Body Vibration and shock
• Multi-mode and rubber-damped Torsional Vibration Absorbers for engine crankshaft systems
• An efficient powertrain simulation model for vehicle performance
• Modelling of dynamic performances for Hydraulic Engine Mounts using fractional derivative and optimisation of Powertrain Mounting Systems
• Road profile estimation in heavy vehicle dynamics simulation
• Evaluation of road load classification for fatigue assessments
• The derivation of structural usage profiles for vehicles from failure statistics
• A technique for developing a high accuracy durability test for a Light Truck on a Six Degree-of-Freedom Road Test Simulator
• Rigid-elastic coupling modelling of air suspension and fatigue life prediction of its key part for heavy-duty truck

Special issue: Recent advances in exergy research

International Journal of Exergy 5(5/6) 2008

Papers from the 3rd International Energy, Exergy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-3), held in Evora, Portugal, 1-5 July 2007.

• Recent developments in exergy analysis and exergoeconomics
• Optimal use of energy systems and processes
• Exergy cost of mineral resources
• Energy and exergy analysis of an Automobile Heat Pump system
• Exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of an Aircraft Jet Engine (AJE)
• Functional exergy efficiency and exergy consumption behaviour for air-to-air heat exchangers operating at near-environmental temperatures
• Analysis of buildings' energy consumption by means of exergy method
• Exergy analysis of a diffusion absorption refrigeration system
• Exergy analysis of BIGGT and EFGT cycles
• Energy analysis of Brayton combined cycles
• Effect of Non-Condensable Gases on geothermal power plant performance. Case study: Kizildere Geothermal Power Plant-Turkey

Special issue: Intellectual capital and regional development

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 1(2) 2008

Papers originally presented at the 2007 International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD 2007) held in Matera, Italy, 22-23 June 2007.

• Assessing organisational renewal capability
• Intellectual capital management practices in Finnish companies
• The impact of intellectual capital on regional development: an RCA application
• Knowledge gatekeepers and technology districts development: a system dynamics modelling
• 'Localness' is good for business? An intellectual capital-based perspective in the Italian food industry

Special issue: Application of biosorbents on wastewater treatment

International Journal of Environment and Pollution 34(1-4) 2008

Part I

• Bibliometric analysis of biosorption technology in water treatment research from 1991 to 2004
• Biosorption study in a mining wastewater reservoir
• Removal of cadmium from contaminated waters using saltbush (Atriplex canescens) biomass: identification of Cd binding sites
• Treatment of tannery wastewater in a hybrid biological reactor
• Biosorption of lead onto mimosa tannin resin: equilibrium and kinetic studies
• Removal of acid dyes from aqueous solutions using orange peel as a sorbent material
• Removal and recovery of uranium (VI) using a fungal based low-cost biosorbent Ganoderma lucidum
• Adsorption of aniline onto hexagonal mesoporous silicate monoliths (HOM-2)
• Adsorption of anionic dyes on Fe(III)-loaded collagen fibre from aqueous solution
• Biosorption kinetics and isotherms of copper (II) ions from aqueous solution and application of the MATLAB
• Slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric determination of palladium in water using biosorption with inactive baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Biosorption of acid dye on Pueraria lobata ohwi. Equilibrium and kinetic modelling

Part II

• Biosorption of chlorophenols: a review
• Biosorption of Pb(II) from synthetic wastewater onto Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Quaternised biomass as anion exchanger for the removal of fluoride from water
• The kinetics of copper sorption onto yohimbe bark wastes
• Metal ions biosorption from dilute aqueous solution
• Ethylenediamine modified rice hull as a sorbent for the removal of Basic Blue 3 and Reactive Orange 16
• Adsorption of model textile dyes from aqueous solutions using agricultural wastes as adsorbents: equilibrium, kinetics and fixed bed column study
• Use of various agricultural wastes for the removal of heavy metal ions
• Optimisation of cell surface and structural components for improving adsorption capacity of Pseudomonas putida 5-x to Cu2+
• Biosorption of Ag+ from aqueous solution by Streptomyces rimosus biomass
• Adsorption of Acid Yellow 99 onto DEDMA-sepiolite from aqueous solutions

Part III

• A methodological approach for dynamic modelling of membrane integrated biosorption: a case study on Sphaerotilus natans as biosorbent
• Biosorption performance of red and green marine macroalgae for removal of trace cadmium and nickel from wastewater
• Biosorption of lead(II) by free and immobilised fungal biomass of Phanerochaete chrysosporium: a comparative study
• Removal of Ni2+ from aqueous solution by rice bran
• Interactions of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cr(VI) with Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf powder: kinetics and thermodynamics
• Effect of sludge age on heavy metal biosorption by selector activated sludge
• Carboxylic acids-modified palm stones as sorbents for metal ions using single and multi-metal aqueous solutions
• Innovative use of silvichemical biomass and its derivatives for heavy metal sorption from wastewater
• Adsorption of C.I. Basic Blue 9 on chitosan-based materials
• Kinetic biosorption study of cadmium onto coconut copra meal as biosorbent

Special issue: Emerging technologies and methodologies for power systems reliability and security assessment

International Journal of Reliability and Safety 2(1/2)

• Data-driven calibration of power conductors thermal model for overhead lines overload protection
• Voltage security assessment and optimal load shedding of power system using the case-based reasoning approach
• Fast voltage contingency analysis of power systems using model trees
• Testing of complex IEC 61850 based substation automation systems
• Basic fault tree analysis for use in protection reliability
• Adequacy assessment of composite power generation and transmission systems with wind energy
• Theoretical and practical aids for the proper selection of reliability models for power system components
• Application of a semi-Markov model and a simulated annealing algorithm for the selection of an optimal maintenance policy for power equipment
• Strategies to meet grid challenges for safety and reliability

Special issue: Energy conservation and the built environment

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy 6(5/6) 2008

• Effect of outdoor air parameters on energy consumption with heat-pipe used in air-handling unit
• Methodology for calculating the energy consumption of air-conditioner in residential Building of China
• Energy and exergy utilisation in the Greek building sector
• Measures to weaken the influence of solar radiation on peak cooling load in office buildings
• A mathematical modelling of the intensity of contaminants (CO2) on occupancy level of a space in continuous use
• The impact of human motion on TVOCs distribution for three ventilation modes
• Impact of surface roughness on particle penetration through building envelope leakage
• Evaluation of convective heat and mass transfer in Open Sun and Green House Drying
• Mathematical modelling of lead assimilation by printing press operators in a poor indoor air quality environment
• Influence of absorber mass transfer effectiveness on performance of R 134a-DMAC based single, double and half-effect absorption cooling systems
• Numerical investigation on gas flow and pressure drop for 90° rectangular ventilation bends in low Reynolds number
• Experimental study of a novel thermoelectric domestic-ventilator with heat recovery
• Optimal Power Flow under Variable Wind Generation

Special issue: Advances in Wireless and Optical Communications Networks

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems 1(3) 2008

Extended versions of selected papers from the Fourth IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2007) held in Singapore, 2-4 July 2007.

• Single-hop all-to-all broadcast in optical star networks with breakdown or power-off transceivers
• Periodically scheduled burst flows in optical burst switching networks
• A light-weight performance model for optical buffers
• Ultra-wideband (UWB) CMOS power amplifier design and implementation
• A cross-layering based autonomic approach for QoS support in heterogeneous wireless networks
• Design and analysis of surface emitting distributed feedback laser for radio over fiber (ROF)
• Applying OOK modulation in OFDM to reduce the ICI due to CFO and IQ imbalance

Newly announced journal: International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management

International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management - to begin publication in 2010 - will reflect a broad understanding of complexity in leadership and management in order to provide a wide platform for academic and practitioner discussions to create knowledge and exchange new ideas on this rapidly emerging domain. In particular, the journal will explore and examine how various concepts such as chaos, complex adaptive dynamics, collective intelligence, connectivity, autopoiesis, self-organisation, emergence, uncertainty, edge of chaos and potential dissipation may help to generate new and effective leadership and management theories, strategies and practices.
The journal will complement the forthcoming title: International Journal of Complexity in Applied Science and Engineering

First issue: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance

International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance publishes research focusing on behavioural issues in accounting and finance across financial markets, corporate or governmental contexts in different countries. It welcomes theoretical or empirical papers demonstrating how human behaviour affects accounting or finance or vice-versa. The scope of the journal is broad. It includes behavioural research in major disciplines in accounting such as financial accounting, management accounting, and auditing, and in finance such as corporate, investments and financial markets.

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First issue: International Journal of Power Electronics

International Journal of Power Electronics presents important results of work in this field, whether in the form of modelling, simulation, analysis, fundamental research, development, application, design or real-time implementation. The scope of the journal is broad, encompassing all aspects of power electronics.

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First issue: International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems

International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems reports current developments from interdisciplinary theoretical studies, computational algorithm development, and applications of mechatronic systems. It particularly welcomes papers on those emerging methodologies and techniques which bridge theoretical studies and applications in all mechatronic systems. Novel quantitative engineering and science studies will also be considered.
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First issue: International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms publishes applications and case studies in the area of advanced intelligence paradigms among professionals in education and research. The thrust of the journal is to publish papers dealing with the design, development, testing, implementation and management of advanced intelligent systems and also to provide practical guidelines in the development and management of these systems.
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First issue: International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence

International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence publishes articles that link current practice and theory in the business forecasting field. This includes new forecasting domains (e.g. rule-based forecasting, fuzzy logic forecasting, spline regression forecasting, etc.) and the growing area of business/marketing intelligence involving environmental scanning, “brain" monitoring, innovative intelligence methodologies, competition, strategic decision support systems, etc.

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