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The impact of social influence and third party endorsement on online shopping in Saudi Arabia (2015)
Journal Article
endorsement on online shopping in Saudi Arabia. Journal of internet and e-business studies, 2015, 146746. https://doi.org/10.5171/2015.146746

It is well documented that social influence and third party endorsements play a significant role in developing trust in E-Commerce. Previous studies have shown that it is relatively true in many countries and across cultures. However, very few studie... Read More about The impact of social influence and third party endorsement on online shopping in Saudi Arabia.

The thrill of the chase: uncovering illegal sport hunting in Brazil through YouTube™ posts (2015)
Journal Article
Rocha El Bizri, H., Morcatty, T., Lima, J., & Valsecchi, J. (2015). The thrill of the chase: uncovering illegal sport hunting in Brazil through YouTube™ posts. Ecology and Society, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07882-200330

The impacts of unregulated sport hunting can severely affect populations of target game species. Because hunting in Brazil is limited by law, obtaining data on illegal sport hunting in this country is challenging. We used an unusual online resource,... Read More about The thrill of the chase: uncovering illegal sport hunting in Brazil through YouTube™ posts.

A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement (2015)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Fitton, R., & Brown, P. (2015). A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 168(3), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.14.00056

There is a growing body of evidence concerning the energy efficiency performance of domestic buildings in the UK, driven by policy-based agenda, such as the need for zero carbon dioxide homes by 2016 for new build homes, and Green Deal and energy com... Read More about A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement.

Cargovibes : human response to vibration due to freight rail traffic (2015)
Journal Article
Waddington, D., Woodcock, J., Smith, M., Janssen, S., & Waye, K. (2015). Cargovibes : human response to vibration due to freight rail traffic. International Journal of Rail Transportation, 3(4), 233-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2015.1076623

The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the research concerning human response to vibration conducted in the EU FP7 CargoVibes project. The European Union funded project CargoVibes involved ten partners from eight nations and ran from Apri... Read More about Cargovibes : human response to vibration due to freight rail traffic.

Resource allocation in LTE-Advanced network: A collaborative market game approach (2015)
Book Chapter
Egena, O., & Alani, O. (2015). Resource allocation in LTE-Advanced network: A collaborative market game approach. In 2015 7th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference (CEEC) (99-104). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEEC.2015.7332707

The essence of high Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning in any network is centred on optimization which can be approached from different perspectives depending on the network operator's target and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) parameter tweaking... Read More about Resource allocation in LTE-Advanced network: A collaborative market game approach.

Role of organizational culture in partnering : the experience of consultant firms in the Malaysian construction industry (2015)
Journal Article
Akmar Abdul Nifaa, F., Ahmed, V., & Abdul Rahima, S. (2015). Role of organizational culture in partnering : the experience of consultant firms in the Malaysian construction industry. Jurnal Teknologi, 77(5), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6110

As a new integrated procurement approach, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) has been introduced as an alternative towards improving sustainability and integrated construction performance. Currently, however, most of the project procurement or method... Read More about Role of organizational culture in partnering : the experience of consultant firms in the Malaysian construction industry.

Design 3D on-line gaming environment for learning how to design green buildings (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bassanino, M., Fernando, T. P., Campion, S., Alkandari, A., Ghazimirsaeid, S., & Masior, J. (2015, September). Design 3D on-line gaming environment for learning how to design green buildings. Presented at ILTT Conference, London

This paper presents an approach for using e-learning to design a training environment for both students and professionals to learn ‘how to design Green Buildings’ developed as part of the D4E European project. The idea of the training environment i... Read More about Design 3D on-line gaming environment for learning how to design green buildings.

Antibacterial efficacy of a cetylpyridinium chloride-based mouthrinse against Fusobacterium nucleatum and in vitro plaques (2015)
Journal Article
Latimer, J., Munday, J., Buzza, K., Sreenivasan, P., & McBain, A. (2015). Antibacterial efficacy of a cetylpyridinium chloride-based mouthrinse against Fusobacterium nucleatum and in vitro plaques. American journal of dentistry, 28 Spe, 9A-13A

PURPOSE To assess the antimicrobial effects of a fluoride-free and alcohol-free mouthrinse containing 0.075% CPC (test rinse, TR) compared with an otherwise-identical CPC-free control rinse (CR). METHODS Activity against laboratory cultures... Read More about Antibacterial efficacy of a cetylpyridinium chloride-based mouthrinse against Fusobacterium nucleatum and in vitro plaques.

Tungsten- and cobalt-dominated heavy metal contamination of mangrove sediments in Shenzhen, China (2015)
Journal Article
Xu, S., Lin, C., Qiu, P., Song, Y., Yang, W., Xu, G., …Niu, A. (2015). Tungsten- and cobalt-dominated heavy metal contamination of mangrove sediments in Shenzhen, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 100(1), 562-566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.031

A baseline investigation into heavy metal status in the mangrove sediments was conducted in Shenzhen, China where rapid urban development has caused severe environmental contamination. It is found that heavy metal contamination in this mangrove wetla... Read More about Tungsten- and cobalt-dominated heavy metal contamination of mangrove sediments in Shenzhen, China.

Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks? (2015)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Weston, R. (2015). Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks?. Journal of Transport Geography, 48, 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.009

This paper deals with the significant leisure travel sector, focusing on the attitudes of organised walking groups towards public transport use. A series of interviews with walking group leaders explored the design of organised walks, and factors af... Read More about Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks?.

A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes (2015)
Journal Article
Noyes, H., Daly, D., Goodhead, I., Kay, S., Kemp, S., Kenny, J., …Hall, N. (2015). A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 642. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1818-4

Background Almost all genome sequencing projects neglect the fact that diploid organisms contain two genome copies and consequently what is published is a composite of the two. This means that the relationship between alternate alleles at two or... Read More about A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes.

An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Li, H., Zhang, J., & Mei, T. (2015). An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles. Vehicle System Dynamics, 53(10), 1439-1454. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2015.1050964

In this paper, an analytical design approach for the development of self-powered active suspensions is investigated and is applied to optimise the control system design for an active lateral secondary suspension for railway vehicles. The conditions f... Read More about An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles.

A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications (2015)
Thesis
Hughes, T. (in press). A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications. (Thesis). University of Salford

Domestic energy consumption has increasingly become a cause for concern for governments, energy suppliers, and individual householders. Issues surrounding gas and electricity used in the home relate to the increasing cost of fuel, the rise in the in... Read More about A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications.

Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Noralfishah, S., Thayaparan, M., Haidaliza, M., & Kulatunga, U. (2015, August). Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals. Presented at The 11th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (I3R2): Complex Disasters and Disaster Risk Management, University of Seoul, Korea

This paper aims to study and explore post disaster flood event at a public hospital in Malaysia. A literature review and content analysis on newspaper articles were conducted to evaluate post disaster flood impacts at public hospitals in Malaysia. In... Read More about Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals.

Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells (2015)
Journal Article
Lamb, R., Ozsvari, B., Bonuccelli, G., Smith, D., Pestell, R., Martinez-Outschoorn, U., …Lisanti, M. (2015). Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells. Oncotarget, 6(26), 21892-21905. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.5260

Tumor cell metabolic heterogeneity is thought to contribute to tumor recurrence, distant metastasis and chemo-resistance in cancer patients, driving poor clinical outcome. To better understand tumor metabolic heterogeneity, here we used the MCF7 brea... Read More about Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells.

The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony (2015)
Journal Article
Duarte, M., Sousa-Lima, R., Young, R., Farina, A., Vasconcelos, M., Rodrigues, M., & Pieretti, N. (2015). The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony. Biological Conservation, 191, 623-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.006

The sound produced by human-made machinery (technophony) is known to exert negative effects on animal communication and well-being. Mining is an important economic activity in Brazil, which is often conducted close to forested areas and produces a... Read More about The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony.