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Agile methods in Ethiopia : an empirical study (2017)
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Regassa, Z., Bass, J., & Midekso, D. (2017). Agile methods in Ethiopia : an empirical study. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59111-7_31

This paper provides empirical evidence of agile method adoption in smaller companies in Ethiopia. Agile methods are emerging as best practice for software development in the global north. So, is there evidence that agile methods are being used in Eth... Read More about Agile methods in Ethiopia : an empirical study.

A genetically-informed population viability analysis reveals conservation priorities for an isolated population of Hyla arborea (2017)
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Kirchhoff, J., Krug, A., Pröhl, H., & Jehle, R. (2017). A genetically-informed population viability analysis reveals conservation priorities for an isolated population of Hyla arborea. Salamandra (Frankfurt), 53(2), 171-182

Population Viability Analysis (PVA) is a commonly used tool to predict the fate of endangered populations. However, although amphibians are the most endangered group of vertebrates, PVAs have so far been underrepresented in their conservation managem... Read More about A genetically-informed population viability analysis reveals conservation priorities for an isolated population of Hyla arborea.

Genetic analyses of Chinese isolates of Toxoplasma gondii reveal a new genotype with high virulence to murine hosts (2017)
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Gao, J., Xie, Y., Xu, Z., Chen, H., Hide, G., Yang, T., …Lun, Z. (2017). Genetic analyses of Chinese isolates of Toxoplasma gondii reveal a new genotype with high virulence to murine hosts. Veterinary Parasitology, 241, 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.05.007

A great deal of evidence demonstrates that a strongly clonal population structure of Toxoplasma gondii strains exists in humans and animals in North America and Europe, while the strains from South America are genetically separate and more diverse. P... Read More about Genetic analyses of Chinese isolates of Toxoplasma gondii reveal a new genotype with high virulence to murine hosts.

Season-modulated responses of Neotropical bats to forest fragmentation (2017)
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Ferreira, D., Rocha, R., Lopez-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Carreiras, J., Palmeirim, J., & Meyer, C. (2017). Season-modulated responses of Neotropical bats to forest fragmentation. Ecology and Evolution, 7(11), 4059-4071. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3005

Seasonality causes fluctuations in resource availability, affecting the presence and abundance of animal species. The impacts of these oscillations on wildlife populations can be exacerbated by habitat fragmentation. We assessed differences in bat sp... Read More about Season-modulated responses of Neotropical bats to forest fragmentation.

Implementation and computational aspects of a 3D elastic wave modelling by PUFEM (2017)
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Mahmood, M., Laghrouche, O., Trevelyan, J., & Kacimi, A. (2017). Implementation and computational aspects of a 3D elastic wave modelling by PUFEM. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 49, 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.05.013

This paper presents an enriched finite element model for three dimensional elastic wave problems, in the frequency domain, capable of containing many wavelengths per nodal spacing. This is achieved by applying the plane wave basis decomposition to th... Read More about Implementation and computational aspects of a 3D elastic wave modelling by PUFEM.

1 cm2 CH3NH3PbI3 mesoporous solar cells with 17.8% steady-state efficiency by tailoring front FTO electrodes (2017)
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Afzaal, M., Yates, H., Walter, A., Nicolay, S., & Ballif, C. (2017). 1 cm2 CH3NH3PbI3 mesoporous solar cells with 17.8% steady-state efficiency by tailoring front FTO electrodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(20), 4946-4950. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc01248a

In this article, we investigate the effects of atmospheric-pressure chemical vapour deposited fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films as front electrodes for the fabrication of mesoporous perovskite solar cells with an active area of 1 cm2 and co... Read More about 1 cm2 CH3NH3PbI3 mesoporous solar cells with 17.8% steady-state efficiency by tailoring front FTO electrodes.

Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives (2017)
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Stark, K., Goméz-Ros, J., Vives i Batlle, J., Lindbo Hansen, E., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Kapustka, L., …Hinton, T. (2017). Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 175-6, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.001

Exposure to radiation is a potential hazard to humans and the environment. The Fukushima accident reminded the world of the importance of a reliable risk management system that incorporates the dose received from radiation exposures. The dose to huma... Read More about Dose assessment in environmental radiological protection : state of the art and perspectives.

Mapping the ionic fingerprints of molecular monolayers (2017)
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Lehr, J., Weeks, J., Santos, A., Feliciano, G., Nicholson, M., Davis, J., & Bueno, P. (2017). Mapping the ionic fingerprints of molecular monolayers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(23), 15098-15109. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp01500c

We have previously proposed, and experimentally resolved, an ionic charge relaxation model for redox inactive self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metallic electrodes in contact with a liquid electrolyte. Here we analyse, by capacitance spectroscopy,... Read More about Mapping the ionic fingerprints of molecular monolayers.

Affective Calibration of Musical Feature Sets in an Emotionally Intelligent Music Composition System (2017)
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Williams, D., Kirke, A., Miranda, E., Daly, I., Hwang, F., Weaver, J., & Nasuto, S. (2017). Affective Calibration of Musical Feature Sets in an Emotionally Intelligent Music Composition System. ACM transactions on applied perception, 14(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3059005

Affectively driven algorithmic composition (AAC) is a rapidly growing field that exploits computer-aided composition in order to generate new music with particular emotional qualities or affective intentions. An AAC system was devised in order to gen... Read More about Affective Calibration of Musical Feature Sets in an Emotionally Intelligent Music Composition System.

Narrow lanes and their effect on drivers’ behaviour at motorway roadworks (2017)
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Yousif, S., Nassrullah, Z., & Norgate, S. (2017). Narrow lanes and their effect on drivers’ behaviour at motorway roadworks. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 47, 86-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2017.04.016

In recent years, more use of narrow lanes as a temporary traffic management scheme (TTMS) on UK motorway roadwork sections has been made. The rationale is to free up carriageway space, especially for sites with high traffic demands needing repairs. W... Read More about Narrow lanes and their effect on drivers’ behaviour at motorway roadworks.

Magneto-nanofluid flow with heat transfer past a stretching surface for the new heat flux model using numerical approach (2017)
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Akbar, N., Beg, O., Khan, Z., & Tripathi, D. (2017). Magneto-nanofluid flow with heat transfer past a stretching surface for the new heat flux model using numerical approach. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 27(6), 1215-1230. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-03-2016-0125

Sheet processing of magnetic nanomaterials is emerging as a new branch of smart materials manufacturing. The efficient production of such materials combines many physical phenomena including magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), nanoscale, thermal and mass dif... Read More about Magneto-nanofluid flow with heat transfer past a stretching surface for the new heat flux model using numerical approach.

Growth patterns and properties of aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of CH3NH3PbI3 films in a single step (2017)
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Yates, H., & Afzaal, M. (2017). Growth patterns and properties of aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of CH3NH3PbI3 films in a single step. Surface and Coatings Technology, 321, 336-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.011

In this work, we highlight growth patterns and properties of aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of perovskite, CH3NH3PbI3 thin films. The substrates were distinctly covered with both perovskite and lead iodide thin films which we attribute to... Read More about Growth patterns and properties of aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of CH3NH3PbI3 films in a single step.

Deep learning-based artificial vision for grasp classification in myoelectric hands (2017)
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Ghazaei, G., Alameer, A., Degenaar, P., Morgan, G., & Nazarpour, K. (2017). Deep learning-based artificial vision for grasp classification in myoelectric hands. Journal of Neural Engineering, 14(3), 036025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aa6802

Objective. Computer vision-based assistive technology solutions can revolutionise the quality of care for people with sensorimotor disorders. The goal of this work was to enable trans-radial amputees to use a simple, yet efficient, computer vision sy... Read More about Deep learning-based artificial vision for grasp classification in myoelectric hands.

Recent progress and remaining challenges in organometallic halides based perovskite solar cells (2017)
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Mehmood, U., Al-Ahmed, A., Afzaal, M., Al-Sulaiman, F., & Daud, M. (2017). Recent progress and remaining challenges in organometallic halides based perovskite solar cells. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 78, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.105

The efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), based on thin film organometallic halides/mixed-halides, has rapidly increased from 3.8% in 2009 to 20.1% by 2015. Enhanced efficiency as well as the flexibility in material development and the struc... Read More about Recent progress and remaining challenges in organometallic halides based perovskite solar cells.

Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka (2017)
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Senarath Jayasinghe, R., & Fernando, N. (2017). Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 7(2), 199-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-09-2015-0049

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to establish labour productivity norms (LPNs) on an elemental basis to investigate a measurement for the labour productivity (LP) of aluminium system formwork (ASF) in low-cost housing projects (LHPs) in Sri Lan... Read More about Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka.

Quality of public spaces and sustainable urban development : success and failures in fighting social exclusion (2017)
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Trillo, C. (2017). Quality of public spaces and sustainable urban development : success and failures in fighting social exclusion. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 12(4), 829-838. https://doi.org/10.2495/SDP-V12-N4-829-838

Sustainable Urban Development embeds the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social and economic. The European Commission position on Sustainable Urban Development reflects this concept, recommending an integrated approach paying attenti... Read More about Quality of public spaces and sustainable urban development : success and failures in fighting social exclusion.

Examining the state of public schools in the gas flaring areas of Nigeria (2017)
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Ogbonda, U., & BICHARD, E. (2017). Examining the state of public schools in the gas flaring areas of Nigeria. Asian journal of science and technology, 08, 4574-4579

The Niger Delta region produces over 82.8% of the natural gas that is associated with oil production in Nigeria. Due to economic and political reasons, this gas is not retained for energy use. Instead, it is burned off in the air. The pollution cau... Read More about Examining the state of public schools in the gas flaring areas of Nigeria.

Personalized object-based audio for hearing impaired TV viewers (2017)
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Shirley, B., Meadows, M., Malak, F., Woodcock, J., & Tidball, A. (2017). Personalized object-based audio for hearing impaired TV viewers. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 65(4), 293-303. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2017.0005

Age demographics have led to an increase in the proportion of the population suffering from some form of hearing loss. The introduction of object-based audio to television broadcast has the potential to improve the viewing experience for millions o... Read More about Personalized object-based audio for hearing impaired TV viewers.

Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models? (2017)
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Guillén, J., Baeza, A., Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2017). Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models?. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 175-6, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.04.014

Fungi are used as biomonitors of forest ecosystems, having comparatively high uptakes of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides. However, whilst they are known to accumulate radionuclides they are not typically considered in radiological... Read More about Do fungi need to be included within environmental radiation protection assessment models?.

Adaptation strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change on water resources in arid and semi-arid regions : a case study (2017)
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Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2017). Adaptation strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change on water resources in arid and semi-arid regions : a case study. Water Resources Management, 31(11), 3557-3573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1685-7

Climate change and drought phenomena impacts have become a growing concern for water resources engineers and policy makers, mainly in arid and semi-arid areas. This study aims to contribute to the development of a decision support tool to prepare wat... Read More about Adaptation strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change on water resources in arid and semi-arid regions : a case study.