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Educating tomorrow design and construction economists (2015)
Book Chapter
Udeaja, C., Ekundayo, D., Zhou, L., Pearson, J., & Perera, S. (2015). Educating tomorrow design and construction economists. In H. Robinson, B. Symonds, B. Gilbertson, & B. Ilozor (Eds.), Design economics for the built environment :impact of sustainability on project evaluation. Wiley Blackwell

Re-using knowledge and leveraging technology to reduce project design and construction costs, in Design Economics for the Built Environment (2015)
Book Chapter
Robinson, H., & Udeaja, C. (2015). Re-using knowledge and leveraging technology to reduce project design and construction costs, in Design Economics for the Built Environment. In H. Robinson, B. Symonds, B. Gilbertson, & B. Ilozor (Eds.), Design economics for the built environment : impact of sustainability on project evaluation. Wiley Blackwell

Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites (2015)
Journal Article
Harun, A., & Bichard, E. (2015). Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites. International journal of innovative research in science engineering and technology (Print), 4(5), 3139-3146. https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092

The use of Mobile Environmental Information System (MEIS) which integrates the use of mobile web,
devices and wireless sensor networks has the potential to enhance environmental information management and
communication processes among users and pla... Read More about Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites.

Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK (2015)
Journal Article
Opoku, A., Cruickshank, H., & Ahmed, V. (2015). Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 5(2), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2013-0074

Purpose

– Sustainable construction project delivery should be supported by committed and inspirational leadership, with a clear understanding of the sustainability challenge. Construction organizations need intra-organizational leadership that pro... Read More about Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK.

A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania (2015)
Journal Article
Onac, B., Hutchinson, S., Geantă, A., Forray, F., Wynn, J., Giurgiu, A., & Coroiu, I. (2015). A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania. Quaternary Research, 83(3), 437-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.01.007

We provide sedimentological, geochemical, mineral magnetic, stable carbon isotope, charcoal, and pollen-based
evidence froma guano/clay sequence in Gaura cuMuscă Cave (SWRomania), fromwhichwe deduced that from
~1230 BC to ~AD 1240 climate oscillate... Read More about A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania.

Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey (2015)
Journal Article
May, T. (2015). Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey. Sociological Review, 63(2), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288

The article examines methodological and theoretical issues related to the GBCS. It acknowledges its importance for the public profile of sociology, whilst arguing that it needs to develop a better sense of what it stands for not only in terms of unde... Read More about Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey.

Earthworks control automation (2015)
Report
Kirchbach, K., Aziz, Z., & Tezel, B. (2015). Earthworks control automation

Earthwork processes are influenced by a wide range of factors, including varying soil and weather conditions, machine related factors, traffic conditions, local site constraints and other human related factors. Dumpers and bulldozers are heavy duty e... Read More about Earthworks control automation.

Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report (2015)
Report
Tezel, B., & Aziz, Z. (2015). Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report

Visual Management (VM) is a fundamental element of the lean production system that relies on the effectiveness of sensory communication to realise the lean production/construction goals. VM can be implemented by following certain frameworks in an inc... Read More about Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report.

A practical model for ensemble estimation of QoS and QoE in VoIP services via fuzzy inference systems and fuzzy evidence theory (2015)
Journal Article
Mansouri, T., Nabavi, A., Ravasan, A., & Ahangarbahan, H. (2016). A practical model for ensemble estimation of QoS and QoE in VoIP services via fuzzy inference systems and fuzzy evidence theory. Telecommunication Systems, 61(4), 861-873. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-015-0041-6

Nowadays, there is an increasing number of Voices over IP (VoIP) services offered in telecommunication networks with specific quality requirements. Such requirements impact upon both the objective quality of service (QoS) of the end-to end connection... Read More about A practical model for ensemble estimation of QoS and QoE in VoIP services via fuzzy inference systems and fuzzy evidence theory.