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3D measuring tool for estimating femoroacetabular impingement.
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Hughes, C., & John, N. 3D measuring tool for estimating femoroacetabular impingement. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-209-7-202

Osteoarthritis of the hip is commonly caused by the repetitive contact between abnormal skeletal prominences between the anterosuperior femoral head-neck junction and the rim of the acetabular socket. Current methods for estimating femoroacetabular i... Read More about 3D measuring tool for estimating femoroacetabular impingement..

Creating smart and healthy cities by exploring the potentials of emerging technologies and social innovation for urban efficiency : lessons from the innovative city of Boston
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Agbali, M., Trillo, C., Fernando, T., & Arayici, Y. Creating smart and healthy cities by exploring the potentials of emerging technologies and social innovation for urban efficiency : lessons from the innovative city of Boston

The wide-spread adoption of the Smart City concept has introduced a new era of computing paradigm with opportunities for city administrators and stakeholders in various sectors to re-think the concept of urbanization and development of healthy cities... Read More about Creating smart and healthy cities by exploring the potentials of emerging technologies and social innovation for urban efficiency : lessons from the innovative city of Boston.

Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gyau, K. Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 204, 225-237. https://doi.org/10.2495/SC160191

Equity has resurfaced as an essential concept of good governance to achieve sustainable urban land development in the developing world particularly Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, formal urban land development system in SSA has largely proven inef... Read More about Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana
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Baffour Awuah, K., Hammond, F., Lamond, J., & Booth, C. Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana. Geoforum, 51, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.09.019

The urban land use planning literature is rife with criticism of the deficiency of planning regimes in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, little is known of the magnitude of the economic impact of these land use planning regimes, leading to a lack of cle... Read More about Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana.

Outlanders in an unusual habitat : Holothuria mammata (Grube, 1840) behaviour on seagrass meadows from Ria Formosa (S Portugal)
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Siegenthaler, A., Canovas, F., & Wanguemert, M. Outlanders in an unusual habitat : Holothuria mammata (Grube, 1840) behaviour on seagrass meadows from Ria Formosa (S Portugal). Turkish journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 17(5), https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v17_5_19

Holothuria mammata is one of the new target species from the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Usually, it inhabits rocky bottoms, staying in crevices and holes during the day and leaving them in the night for feeding on sandy bottoms. However, it can be f... Read More about Outlanders in an unusual habitat : Holothuria mammata (Grube, 1840) behaviour on seagrass meadows from Ria Formosa (S Portugal).

Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options
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Wang, Q., Huang, Y., Huang, L., Yu, W., He, W., Zhong, B., …Wu, W. (2014). Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 3(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-9957-3-3

Objective: Echinococcosis is a major parasitic zoonosis of public health importance in western China. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Health estimated that 380,000 people had the disease in the region. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is highly co-endemic... Read More about Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options.

Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward
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Ochieng, E., Melaine, Y., Potts, S., Zuofa, T., Egbu, C., Price, A., & Ruan, X. (2014). Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 39, 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.105

The majority of our energy demand is satisfied by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas. This has resulted in our fossil fuel resources being vastly reduced and has increased the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere which is c... Read More about Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward.

Single-phase bimetallic system for the selective oxidation of glycerol to glycerate
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Prati, L., Villa, A., Su, D., Wang, D., Krpetic, Z., & Porta, F. Single-phase bimetallic system for the selective oxidation of glycerol to glycerate. Studies in surface science and catalysis, 162, 553-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2991%2806%2980952-3

Au-Pd bimetallic systems on carbon, (Pd@Au)/C (1) and Pd@Au/C (2), have been prepared by using metallic colloidal solutions, following two different procedures. The total metal loading was 1%wt and Au/Pd molar ratio 6/4. The catalytic activities have... Read More about Single-phase bimetallic system for the selective oxidation of glycerol to glycerate.

Steady-state transport phenomena on induced magnetic field modeling for convective chemically reacting fluid with viscous dissipative heat
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Ahmed, S., & Beg, O. (in press). Steady-state transport phenomena on induced magnetic field modeling for convective chemically reacting fluid with viscous dissipative heat. Heat Transfer Research, https://doi.org/10.1615/HeatTransRes.2016008487

Closed form solutions are presented for the steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) buoyancydriven convection flow, heat and mass transfer from a semi-infinite vertical surface with wall transpiration, first order chemical reaction, viscous heating, Ohmic h... Read More about Steady-state transport phenomena on induced magnetic field modeling for convective chemically reacting fluid with viscous dissipative heat.

Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms
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Dietl, P., Liss, B., Felder, E., Miklavc, P., & Wirtz, H. Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 25(001), 001-012. https://doi.org/10.1159/000272046

A major function of the pulmonary alveolar type II cell is the secretion of surfactant, a lipoprotein-like substance, via exocytosis of secretory vesicles termed lamellar bodies (LBs). The process of surfactant secretion is remarkable in several aspe... Read More about Lamellar body exocytosis by cell stretch or purinergic stimulation : possible physiological roles, messengers and mechanisms.

Mobile network evolution within the UK
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Sutton, A., & Linge, N. Mobile network evolution within the UK. ˜The œjournal (Institute of Telecommunications Professionals), 9(2), 10-16

In the first few seconds of 1985, Michael Harrison telephoned his Father, Sir Ernest Harrison, using a Panasonic VM1 handset. This call to the Chairman of Vodafone was in effect the first one to be made on the UK’s newly launched mobile phone netwo... Read More about Mobile network evolution within the UK.

Using blind signal processing algorithms to remove wind noise from environmental noise assessments : a wind turbine amplitude modulation case study
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Kendrick, P., von Hünerbein, S., & Cox, T. Using blind signal processing algorithms to remove wind noise from environmental noise assessments : a wind turbine amplitude modulation case study. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 138(3), 1731-1732. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4933451

Microphone wind noise can corrupt outdoor measurements and recordings. It is a particular problem for wind turbine measurements because these cannot be carried out when the wind speed is low. Wind shields can be used, but often the sound level from... Read More about Using blind signal processing algorithms to remove wind noise from environmental noise assessments : a wind turbine amplitude modulation case study.

From macroscopic to microscopic glimpse-based models of intelligibility prediction
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Cooke, M., Tang, Y., & Toth, M. (in press). From macroscopic to microscopic glimpse-based models of intelligibility prediction. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 139(4), 2187-2187. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4950509

Miller and Licklider's explorations of the intelligibility of temporally interrupted speech, and later studies extending their findings to the spectro-temporal plane, have shown how the twin factors of sparseness and redundancy confer a high degree o... Read More about From macroscopic to microscopic glimpse-based models of intelligibility prediction.

An exploration of the technical and economic feasibility of a low powered DC voltage mains power supply in the domestic arena
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Kinn, M. (2009). An exploration of the technical and economic feasibility of a low powered DC voltage mains power supply in the domestic arena

This paper explores the feasibility of supplying electrical power to modern homes using a DC voltage mains within the house. A bottom-up approach is adopted in the design of the DC supply, starting with known domestic loads to build a power usage p... Read More about An exploration of the technical and economic feasibility of a low powered DC voltage mains power supply in the domestic arena.

4th Workshop on Theory, Modelling and Computational Methods for Semiconductors (TMCSIV)
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Tomic, S., Probert, M., Migliorato, M., & Pal, J. 4th Workshop on Theory, Modelling and Computational Methods for Semiconductors (TMCSIV). Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 526, 011001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/526/1/011001

These conference proceedings contain the written papers of the contributions presented at the 4th International Conference on Theory, Modelling and Computational Methods for Semiconductor materials and nanostructures. The conference was held at the M... Read More about 4th Workshop on Theory, Modelling and Computational Methods for Semiconductors (TMCSIV).

The essential features of the Iraqi current land tenure authorities
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Al-ossmi, L. The essential features of the Iraqi current land tenure authorities. Manuscript submitted for publication

This Paper represents the attempt to evaluate the essential features of the Iraqi Land tenure Authorities (ILA) under the current situation in Iraq in order to develop an effective management and monitoring for the Land Tenure Security (LTS). The mea... Read More about The essential features of the Iraqi current land tenure authorities.