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Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction (2012)
Book Chapter
Anumba, C., Aziz, Z., & Ruikar, D. (2012). Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction. In C. Anumba, & X. Wang (Eds.), Mobile and Pervasive Computing in Construction (11-25). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118422281.ch2

This chapter discusses the integrated use of mobile communication technologies and the Semantic Web to provide context-aware information and services within the construction sector. Emerging technologies such as Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11, 4G, Web Services a... Read More about Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction.

Excellence, relevance and the construction of regional science policy : science frictions and fictions in the North West of England (2012)
Book Chapter
Perry, B. (2012). Excellence, relevance and the construction of regional science policy : science frictions and fictions in the North West of England. In R. Pinheiro, P. Benneworth, & G. Jones (Eds.), Universities and regional development: A critical assessment of tensions and contradictions (105-123). London: Routledge

Like many developed and developing economies around the globe, the UK has embraced the concept of the knowledge economy as a route to economic prosperity and growth. e roles that universities can play in national economic development, through collabo... Read More about Excellence, relevance and the construction of regional science policy : science frictions and fictions in the North West of England.

The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations (2012)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2012). The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations. In M. Nevell, & T. Wyke (Eds.), Bridgewater 250. The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (93-104). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

The book chapter reviews nearly two decades of archaeological resesearch along the Cheshire extension of the Bridgewater Canal, opened in 1776. This includes studies of Cornbrook Weir, the Dunham Aqueduct, Runcorn terminus and the surviving buildings... Read More about The Bridgewater in Cheshire: Recent archaeological investigations.

The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse? (2012)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2012). The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse?. In Bridgewater 250. The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (83-92). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This article studies the archaeology and development of the Grocers' Warehouse at the Castelfield terminus of the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester. Built around 1770 it argues that it was the first canal warehouse to use internal split-level loading a... Read More about The grocers’ warehouse, Castlefield: the first true canal warehouse?.

Urbanisation and climate change (2012)
Book Chapter
Hammond, F., Gyau, K., & Adiaba, S. (2012). Urbanisation and climate change. In C. Booth, F. Hammond, J. Lamond, & D. Proverbs (Eds.), Solutions to Climate Change Challenges in the Built Environment. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing / Wiley

Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions (2012)
Book Chapter
Sadek, J., Chakkour, F., & Meziane, F. (2012). Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions. In Natural Language Processing and Information Systems (385-390). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31178-9_52

In the current study we aim at exploiting discourse structure of Arabic text to automatically finding answers to non-factoid questions (”Why” and ”How to”). Our method is based on Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) that many studies have shown to be a... Read More about Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions.

Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications (2012)
Book Chapter
Irshad, A., Yates, H., & Glarvey, P. (2012). Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications. In Proceedings of the 3rd CSE Postgraduate Research Doctoral School Conference (14-16). University of Salford

In January 2011, a KTP project between Salford University and Nanoco Technologies was initiated to develop alternative, more efficient commercially viable routes to heavy metal-free quantum dots (QDs) allowing the exploitation of developing markets i... Read More about Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications.

An investigation of the performance of informative samples preservation methods (2012)
Book Chapter
Xiong, J., & Li, Y. (2012). An investigation of the performance of informative samples preservation methods. In Z. Qian, L. Cao, W. Su, T. Wang, & H. Yang (Eds.), Recent Advances in Computer Science and Information Engineering (13-18). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25781-0_3

Instance-based learning algorithms make prediction/generalization based on the stored instances. Storing all instances of large data size applications causes huge memory requirements and slows program execution speed; it may make the prediction proce... Read More about An investigation of the performance of informative samples preservation methods.

From interpretation to action; unique adequacy as a common standard for the evaluation of research in the built environment (2012)
Book Chapter
built environment. In S. Pink, & D. Tutt (Eds.), Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry (141-159). Abingdon: Routledge

The development of ethnographic work in construction management in recent years has been associated with a growing challenge to the dominant positivist paradigm within the subject area. Ethnography, with its emphasis on shared meaning and its cons... Read More about From interpretation to action; unique adequacy as a common standard for the evaluation of research in the built environment.

From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment (2012)
Book Chapter
Rooke, J., & Rooke, C. (2012). From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment. In S. Pink, D. Tutt, & A. Dainty (Eds.), Ethnographic research in the construction industry (141-159). Abingdon: Routledge

The development of ethnographic work in construction management in recent years has been associated with a growing challenge to the dominant positivist paradigm within the subject area. Ethnography, with its emphasis on shared meaning and its conseq... Read More about From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment.

Successes and failures in plant-insect interactions: Is it possible to stay one step ahead of the insects? (2012)
Book Chapter
Gatehouse, A., & Ferry, N. (2012). Successes and failures in plant-insect interactions: Is it possible to stay one step ahead of the insects?. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3873-7_4

Home Arthropod-Plant Interactions Chapter Successes and Failures in Plant-Insect Interactions: Is it Possible to Stay One Step Ahead of the Insects? Angharad Gatehouse & Natalie Ferry Chapter First Online: 01 January 2012 1567 Accesses Par... Read More about Successes and failures in plant-insect interactions: Is it possible to stay one step ahead of the insects?.

Project management of post disaster reconstruction (2011)
Book Chapter
Kulatunga, U. (2011). Project management of post disaster reconstruction. In R. Amaratunga, & R. Haigh (Eds.), Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment : Rebuilding for Resilience. Wiley-Blackwell