School of Science, Engineering & Environment

Enabling technologies for developing next-generation learning object repository for construction (2012)
Journal Article
Raju, P., & Ahmed, V. (2012). Enabling technologies for developing next-generation learning object repository for construction. Automation in Construction, 22, 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2011.07.008

The development of learning objects which are smaller chunks of learning content is often time consuming and expensive. Recent efforts in producing learning objects that are reusable and sharable were not very successful due to the lack of interopera... Read More about Enabling technologies for developing next-generation learning object repository for construction.

Exploring how information exchanges can be enhanced through cloud BIM (2012)
Journal Article
Redmond, A., Hore, A., Alshawi, M., & Westwood, R. (2012). Exploring how information exchanges can be enhanced through cloud BIM. Automation in Construction, 24, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2012.02.003

The properties of BIM are; parametric modelling providing tabular views of components and characteristic interaction with elements, for example if a pitch roof changes so do the walls and bi-directional co-ordination enabling virtual simulations of p... Read More about Exploring how information exchanges can be enhanced through cloud BIM.

Impact of integrating disaster risk reduction philosophies into infrastructure reconstruction projects in Sri Lanka (2012)
Journal Article
Palliyaguru, R., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2012). Impact of integrating disaster risk reduction philosophies into infrastructure reconstruction projects in Sri Lanka. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 18(5), 685-700. https://doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2012.723322

Major impacts on infrastructures due to natural and man-made hazards could result in secondary and additional impacts, compounding the problem for those communities already affected by the hazard. Integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) philosop... Read More about Impact of integrating disaster risk reduction philosophies into infrastructure reconstruction projects in Sri Lanka.

Post-disaster construction & demolition debris management : a Sri Lanka case study (2012)
Journal Article
Karunasena, G., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2012). Post-disaster construction & demolition debris management : a Sri Lanka case study. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 18(4), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2012.699913

The increasing nature of impacts from disasters has made post disaster management a key area of concern. The management of disaster waste is revealed as an area of least concern yet it presents momentous challenges for those with inadequate capacitie... Read More about Post-disaster construction & demolition debris management : a Sri Lanka case study.

Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery (2012)
Journal Article
Al-Moustafa, T., Armitage, R., & Danson, F. (2012). Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 127, 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.034

This paper tests the application of airborne hyperspectral image data for estimating live vegetation fuel moisture content (FMC) in a Calluna vulgaris-dominated semi-natural upland area in the United Kingdom. Airborne hyperspectral imagery was collec... Read More about Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery.

PPARγ as a molecular target of EPA anti-inflammatory activity during TNF-α-impaired skeletal muscle cell differentiation (2012)
Journal Article
Magee, P., Pearson, S., Whittingham-Dowd, J., & Allen, J. (2012). PPARγ as a molecular target of EPA anti-inflammatory activity during TNF-α-impaired skeletal muscle cell differentiation. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 23(11), 1440-1448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.09.005

Activated skeletal muscle satellite cells facilitate muscle repair or growth through proliferation, differentiation and fusion into new or existing myotubes. Elevated levels of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) impair this... Read More about PPARγ as a molecular target of EPA anti-inflammatory activity during TNF-α-impaired skeletal muscle cell differentiation.

Intraspecific variability in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma chilonis : can we predict the outcome of hybridization? (2012)
Journal Article
Benvenuto, C., Tabone, E., Vercken, E., Sorbier, N., Colombel, E., Warot, S., …Ris, N. (2012). Intraspecific variability in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma chilonis : can we predict the outcome of hybridization?. Evolutionary Applications, 5(5), 498-510. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00279.x

In the framework of biological control, the selection of effective natural enemies
determines the ﬁnal pest control. Thus, the genetic improvement of biocontrol
agents could enhance the efﬁciency of biocontrol programs. Although promising,
this ap... Read More about Intraspecific variability in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma chilonis : can we predict the outcome of hybridization?.

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