Outputs (14837)

Performance measurement in facilities management - the case of outsourced service contracts (2012)
Thesis

Performance measurement is common practice and a well-researched topic in many
disciplines including Facilities Management (FM). This thesis focuses on FM service
performance and specifically addresses an identified gap in knowledge about measureme... Read More about Performance measurement in facilities management - the case of outsourced service contracts.

A framework to assess the sustainability of an employee suggestion system in the UAE organizations (2012)
Thesis

Employee Suggestion Systems (ESS) is a tool widely used by the corporations to
elicit employees' creative ideas. It will elicit suggestions from employees, classify
them, and dispatch them to the "experts" for evaluation. After this, the suggestion... Read More about A framework to assess the sustainability of an employee suggestion system in the UAE organizations.

E-readiness in construction : readiness of UK construction organisations (2012)
Thesis

In today's economic climate, competitive advantage can be achieved by focusing on
issues such as providing high quality services and products with minimal cost, having
the flexibility to predict and respond to market needs, or through the efficient... Read More about E-readiness in construction : readiness of UK construction organisations.

Host parasite interaction in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (2012)
Thesis

Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is far more common in developed countries
as compared to the developing world, where infection with intestinal parasites is common.
The hygiene hypothesis suggests lack of infection predisposes to the... Read More about Host parasite interaction in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease.

Using recorded sound spectra profile as input data for real-time short-term urban road-traffic-flow estimation (2012)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2012). Using recorded sound spectra profile as input data for real-time short-term urban road-traffic-flow estimation. Science of the Total Environment, 435-43, 270-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.014

Road traffic has a heavy impact on the urban sound environment, constituting the main source of noise and
widely dominating its spectral composition. In this context, our research investigates the use of recorded
sound spectra as input data for the... Read More about Using recorded sound spectra profile as input data for real-time short-term urban road-traffic-flow estimation.

Research on cracking load computing method for Open-spandrel hingeless arch bridges (2012)
Journal Article
Hu, C., Li, L., Wang, J., Zhu, J., & Lu, X. (2012). Research on cracking load computing method for Open-spandrel hingeless arch bridges. Huadong Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 29(4), 5-11

Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion: II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons (2012)
Journal Article
II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons. Physical Review A, 86(2), 023839. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023839

A simple scalar model for describing spatiotemporal dispersion of pulses, beyond the classic “slowly-varying envelopes + Galilean boost” approach, is studied. The governing equation has a cubic nonlinearity and we focus here mainly on contexts with... Read More about Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion: II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons.

Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion: II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons (2012)
Journal Article
II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons. Physical Review A, 86(2), 023839. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023839

A simple scalar model for describing spatiotemporal dispersion of pulses, beyond the classic “slowly-varying envelopes + Galilean boost” approach, is studied. The governing equation has a cubic nonlinearity and we focus here mainly on contexts with... Read More about Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion: II. Modulational instabilities and dark Kerr solitons.

Computational fluid dynamics analysis of multi-element, high-lift aerofoil sections at transonic manoeuvre conditions (2012)
Journal Article
Johnston, L. (2012). Computational fluid dynamics analysis of multi-element, high-lift aerofoil sections at transonic manoeuvre conditions. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 226(8), 912-929. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410011417541

The application of a previously-developed computational method to the prediction of high-lift performance for multi-element aerofoil sections operating at transonic flow conditions is described. The flows are computed by solving the Reynolds-averaged... Read More about Computational fluid dynamics analysis of multi-element, high-lift aerofoil sections at transonic manoeuvre conditions.

Blind estimation of reverberation time in classrooms and hospital wards (2012)
Journal Article
Kendrick, P., Shiers, N., Conetta, R., Cox, T., Shield, B., & Mydlarz, C. (2012). Blind estimation of reverberation time in classrooms and hospital wards. Applied Acoustics, 73(8), 770-780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.02.010

This paper investigates blind Reverberation Time (RT) estimation in occupied classrooms and hospital wards. Measurements are usually made while these spaces are unoccupied for logistical reasons. However, occupancy can have a significant impact on... Read More about Blind estimation of reverberation time in classrooms and hospital wards.