The Nigeria's highway infrastructure are currently being procured and maintained using
the traditional Design, Bid Build (DBB) method. The procurement method and funding
mechanism appeared not to have produced the desired result of timely and cost...
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infrastructure development and sustainability in Nigeria.
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Optical and electronic properties of bismuth-implanted glasses
Journal Article
Photoluminescence (PL) and excitation spectra of Bi melt-doped oxide and chalcogenide glasses are very similar, indicating the same Bi center is present. When implanted with Bi, chalcogenide, phosphate and silica glasses, and BaF2 crystals, all displ... Read More about Optical and electronic properties of bismuth-implanted glasses.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of bisindenoisoquinolines as topoisomerase I inhibitors
Journal Article
The indenoisoquinolines represent a class of non-camptothecin topoisomerase I (Top1) inhibitors that exert cytotoxicity by trapping the covalent complex formed between DNA and Top1 during relaxation of DNA supercoils. As an ongoing evaluation of Top1... Read More about Synthesis and biological evaluation of bisindenoisoquinolines as topoisomerase I inhibitors.
Mainstreaming women in disaster risk reduction in the built environment
Thesis
Natural disasters have long-term implications on sustainable development. They mainly destroy the built environment thereby hindering economic and social development, and causing environment degradation. Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into the... Read More about Mainstreaming women in disaster risk reduction in the built environment.
The context of this study is a Housing Market Renewal project (HMR) in a South Asian lowincome
home-owning community, in a small town in northern England. Its focus is an
investigation into perceived inequalities and discriminatory practices in a p... Read More about A critical analysis of the Housing Market Renewal project, with a special focus on the stakeholder power relations and perceived inequalities and discriminatory practices in a private sector regeneration project.
Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The media industry is currently being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalization (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). We investigate the... Read More about Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media.
Traditional emergency service major incident table top training exercises are presented via ‘low-technology’ means, such as plastic bricks and paper maps, or ‘front-loaded’ via slides presented by an instructor. The purpose of this research was to de... Read More about Electronic table top exercises for major incident training : from pragmatic pilot to multicentre controlled trial.
An empirical study of quality culture in the construction industry : A GCC Context
Thesis
Keywords: Quality, quality culture, construction industry, organisational culture, GCC, construction, critical success factors, strategy, management, leadership, continuity, infrastructure
Quality has proven to be an effective management concept in... Read More about An empirical study of quality culture in the construction industry : A GCC Context.
Managing housing needs in post conflict housing reconstruction
Thesis
Conflicts bring deaths and disabilities, population displacements, destruction of properties and changes to societies. Conflicts also devastate the economy, health, education and institutions. Within this context post conflict reconstruction contrib... Read More about Managing housing needs in post conflict housing reconstruction.
Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches
Journal Article
Radiological doses to terrestrial wildlife were examined in this model inter-comparison study that emphasised factors causing variability in dose estimation. The study participants used varying modelling approaches and information sources to estimate... Read More about Assessing doses to terrestrial wildlife at a radioactive waste disposal site: Inter-comparison of modelling approaches.
OBJECTIVE: OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 are major hepatic drug transporters whilst OATP1A2 is mainly located in the brain but is also located in liver and several other organs. These transporters affect the distribution and clearance of many endobiotics and x... Read More about HIV protease inhibitors are substrates for OATP1A2, OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 and lopinavir plasma concentrations are influenced by SLCO1B1 polymorphisms.
Nanoscale characterization and magnetic property of NiCoCu/Cu multilayer nanowires
Journal Article
NiCo/Cu multilayer nanowires have been successfully fabricated by a pulse electrodeposition technique using anodic aluminum oxide templates, and their chemistry, crystal structure and
magnetic properties characterized at the nanoscale. It was found... Read More about Nanoscale characterization and magnetic property of NiCoCu/Cu multilayer nanowires.
Three-dimensional imaging of magnetic domains
Journal Article
Magnetic domains have been the subject of much scientific investigation since their theoretical
existence was first postulated by P.-E. Weiss over a century ago. Up to now, the threedimensional
(3D) domain structure of bulk magnets has never been o... Read More about Three-dimensional imaging of magnetic domains.
BeReal – A benefits realisation process from planning to delivery: effective benefits realisation
Book
Delivering sustainable reform within an ever changing
external environment, usually reliant on a range of
stakeholders stakeholders, requires a different way of thinking, a
better understanding of the drivers of benefits realisation
and more effe... Read More about BeReal – A benefits realisation process from planning to delivery: effective benefits realisation.
An MVA-based vaccine targeting the oncofetal antigen 5T4 in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases
Journal Article
We investigated the use of a therapeutic vaccine, TroVax in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases. Systemic immunity generated by vaccination before and after resection of metastases was measured in addition to... Read More about An MVA-based vaccine targeting the oncofetal antigen 5T4 in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases.
London’s hydrogen economy: negotiating the ‘global’, the ‘regional’ and the ‘local’
Preprint / Working Paper
Emerging UK hydrogen economies: policy/urban and regional infrastructure ‘drivers’
Preprint / Working Paper
The lifecycle of a digital historical document: structure and content
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper describes the lifecycle of a digital historical document, from template-based structure definition through to content extraction from the scanned pages and its final reconstitution as an electronic document (combining content and semantic... Read More about The lifecycle of a digital historical document: structure and content.
Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper comes as an update to the simplified airport noise model RANE (Rapid Aviation Noise Evaluator) adding capability of including fully non-isotropic noise sources. RANE v2 is developed as a part of multidisciplinary acoustic assessment of nov... Read More about Closed-form analytical approach for calculating noise contours of directive aircraft noise sources.