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Advanced coatings through pulsed magnetron sputtering (2004)
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Kelly, P., Hisek, J., Zhou, Y., Pilkington, R., & Arnell, R. (2004). Advanced coatings through pulsed magnetron sputtering. Surface Engineering, 20(3), 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1179/026708404225010702

Pulsed magnetron sputtering (PMS) has become established as the process of choice for the deposition of dielectric materials for many applications. The process is attractive because it offers stable arc free operating conditions during the deposi... Read More about Advanced coatings through pulsed magnetron sputtering.

A document management methodology based on similarity contents (2004)
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Meziane, F., & Rezgui, Y. (2004). A document management methodology based on similarity contents. Information Sciences, 158, 15-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2003.08.009

The advent of the WWW and distributed information systems have made it possible to share documents between different users and organisations. However, this has created many problems related to the security, accessibility, right and most importantly t... Read More about A document management methodology based on similarity contents.

Think-maps: teaching design thinking in design education (2004)
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Oxman, R. (2004). Think-maps: teaching design thinking in design education. Design Studies, 25(1), 63-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-694X%2803%2900033-4

A pedagogical framework for design learning and design teaching termed Think-Maps is introduced, presented and demonstrated. In this framework, domain knowledge becomes explicit as a significant component to be taught and transferred in design educat... Read More about Think-maps: teaching design thinking in design education.

Detection of high levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in natural urban populations of mus domesticus (2004)
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Marshall, P., Hughes, J., Murphy, G., Williams, R., Smith, J., Murphy, R., & Hide, G. (2004). Detection of high levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in natural urban populations of mus domesticus. Parasitology, 128(1), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182003004189

The relative importance of different transmission routes of Toxoplasma gondii has been a matter for debate. This ubiquitous parasite is generally thought to be transmitted by infective oocysts excreted by the definitive host, the cat. Ingestion of un... Read More about Detection of high levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in natural urban populations of mus domesticus.

IFC implementation in lifecycle costing (2004)
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Fu, C., Aouad, G., Marshall-Ponting, A., Lee, A., & Wu, S. (2004). IFC implementation in lifecycle costing. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 11(4), 42-54

Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is always a major concern in the Architecture, Engineering and Coustruction (AEC) industry. This paper presents the implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology in the development of a lifecycle cost-estim... Read More about IFC implementation in lifecycle costing.

A process-driven IT training model for construction: core development issues (2004)
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Goulding, J., & Alshawi, M. (2004). A process-driven IT training model for construction: core development issues. Construction innovation (London. Online), 4(4), 243-254. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417504ci078oa

Information technology (IT) has often been cited as being able to create competitive advantage. However, the degree of leverage is often dependent upon several factors, not least the type and level of IT training provided, resources available, mana... Read More about A process-driven IT training model for construction: core development issues.

Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony (2004)
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Beyh, S., & Kagioglou, M. (2004). Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony

Over the past decades, construction firms have been using several off-the-shelf telecommunication tools and techniques to provide the communication means necessary to their mobile personnel on the jobsite. It is obvious that two-way radio transceiver... Read More about Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony.

Global Project Collaboration in the Construction Industry: Standardisation and Integration (2004)
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Faraj, I., & Alshawi, M. (2004). Global Project Collaboration in the Construction Industry: Standardisation and Integration. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 20(1/3), 26-41

Collaborative working in construction is becoming widely spread as many activities are performed globally with actors based in various geographical locations. A number of technologies have evolved over the last few years that make it possible to expl... Read More about Global Project Collaboration in the Construction Industry: Standardisation and Integration.

The scope for agreement in statutory party wall procedures (2004)
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Chynoweth, P. (2004). The scope for agreement in statutory party wall procedures. Construction Law Journal, 20(6), 319-332

Statutory party wall procedures are now an almost inevitable feature of city centre construction projects. They involve the service of notices and the appointment of surveyors who publish awards to resolve a variety of construction-related issues aff... Read More about The scope for agreement in statutory party wall procedures.

Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies (2004)
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Cox, T., D'Antonio, P., & Avis, M. (2004). Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 52(6), 640-651

Modes in small rooms may lead to uneven frequency responses and extended sound decays at low frequencies. In critical listening environments, this often causes unwanted coloration effects, which can be detrimental to the sound quality. Choosing an ap... Read More about Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies.

Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions (2004)
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Davis, M., Benito, G., Sheel, D., & Pemble, M. (2004). Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 10(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.200306260

Using combustion chemical vapour deposition, layers of molybdenum and tungsten oxides have been deposited on glass and silicon at low temperatures. Inexpensive ammonium salts of molybdate and metatungstate ions were used as precursors and were delive... Read More about Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions.

Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice (2004)
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Chynoweth, P. (2004). Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice. Structural survey, 22(3), 131. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800410549026

This study introduces a series of articles which respond to Pitts' call for a debate into current rights to light practice. It summarises relevant areas of law as well as current measurement and valuation practices in this area. Describes the Waldram... Read More about Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice.

Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems (2004)
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Latif-Shabgahi, G., Bass, J., & Bennett, S. (2004). Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems. Computer Journal, 47(3), 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/47.3.299

Voting algorithms are used to arbitrate between the variant results in fault-tolerant systems. Traditional voters produce incorrect outputs in multiple error conditions. This paper introduces a class of voters, called predictor voters, which can reso... Read More about Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems.

Legacy systems: Must history repeat itself? (2003)
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Kulonda, D., Arif, M., & Luce, J. (2003). Legacy systems: Must history repeat itself?. Journal of knowledge management practice,

Legacy software systems are notorious for repeating the mistakes of the past. However, it is entirely possible that the solutions to problems might be available in their past. Maintaining a Lessons Learned (LL) database and consulting it regularly... Read More about Legacy systems: Must history repeat itself?.

Do domestic pigs in controlled environments contrafreeload? (2003)
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Young, R., & Lawrence, A. (2003). Do domestic pigs in controlled environments contrafreeload?. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 6(4), 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327604jaws0604_5

Many experiments report that animals will work (lever press) for food in the presence of freely available identical food. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of applied ethologists because it seems to prove that animals have a need to express... Read More about Do domestic pigs in controlled environments contrafreeload?.

An essential role in molting and morphogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans for ACN-1, a novel member of the angiotensis-converting enzyme family that lacks a metallopeptidase active site (2003)
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Brooks, D., Appleford, P., Murray, L., & Isaac, R. (2003). An essential role in molting and morphogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans for ACN-1, a novel member of the angiotensis-converting enzyme family that lacks a metallopeptidase active site. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(52), 52340-52346. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M308858200

Genome sequence analyses predict many proteins that are structurally related to proteases but lack catalytic residues, thus making functional assignment difficult. We show that one of these proteins (ACN-1), a unique multi-domain angiotensin-converti... Read More about An essential role in molting and morphogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans for ACN-1, a novel member of the angiotensis-converting enzyme family that lacks a metallopeptidase active site.

Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index. (2003)
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Danson, F., Rowland, C., & Baret, F. (2003). Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(23), 4891-4905. https://doi.org/10.1080/0143116031000070319

This paper outlines the strategies available for estimating the biophysical properties of crop canopies from remotely sensed data. Spectral reflectance and biophysical data were obtained over 132 plots of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera) a... Read More about Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index..

Constructing a gazebo: supporting teamwork in a tightly coupled, distributed task in virtual reality (2003)
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Roberts, D., Wolff, R., Otto, O., & Steed, A. (2003). Constructing a gazebo: supporting teamwork in a tightly coupled, distributed task in virtual reality. https://doi.org/10.1162/105474603322955932

Many tasks require teamwork. Team members may work concurrently, but there must be some occasions of coming together. Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) allow distributed teams to come together across distance to share a task. Studies of CVE s... Read More about Constructing a gazebo: supporting teamwork in a tightly coupled, distributed task in virtual reality.