All Outputs (181)

Performance measurement in facilities management and its relationships with management theory and motivation (2002)
Journal Article
Amaratunga, R., & Baldry, D. (2002). Performance measurement in facilities management and its relationships with management theory and motivation. Facilities, 20(10), 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770210443009

The application of performance measurement procedures can provide major benefits to organisations. The broad performance measurement need for management applies in a facilities management (FM) context when FM is considered as a subset of general mana... Read More about Performance measurement in facilities management and its relationships with management theory and motivation.

Growth factors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: relative roles (2002)
Journal Article
Allen, J., & Spiteri, M. (2002). Growth factors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: relative roles. Respiratory Research, 3(1), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/rr162

Treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients has evolved very slowly; the fundamental approach of corticosteroids alone or in combination with other immunosuppressive agents has had little impact on long-term survival. The continued use of cor... Read More about Growth factors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: relative roles.

Effects of silver sulphadiazine on the production of exoproteins by staphylococcus aureus (2002)
Journal Article
Edwards-Jones, V., & Foster, H. (2002). Effects of silver sulphadiazine on the production of exoproteins by staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 51(1), 50-55

The effects of subinhibitory concentrations of silver sulphadiazine (AgSD) on exoprotein production in Staphylococcus aureus strains T1, T4, RN4282 and RN 4282agr were studied. AgSD markedly increased levels of toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST)-1 in... Read More about Effects of silver sulphadiazine on the production of exoproteins by staphylococcus aureus.

Combined ultrasound and serologic screening for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in central China (2002)
Journal Article
Bartholomot, G., Harraga, S., Vuitton, D., Shi, D., Giraudoux, P., Barnish, G., …Craig, P. (2002). Combined ultrasound and serologic screening for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in central China

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, is a zoonotic helminthic disease that can mimic malignancy. In the 1970s, foci of the disease were found in central China. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalenc... Read More about Combined ultrasound and serologic screening for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in central China.

Incorporation of helium-implant-induced cavities near the active regions of metal-oxide-semiconductor devices: effects on dc electrical characteristics (2002)
Journal Article
Terry, J., Haworth, L., Gundlach, A., Stevenson, J., Vishnyakov, V., & Donnelly, S. (2002). Incorporation of helium-implant-induced cavities near the active regions of metal-oxide-semiconductor devices: effects on dc electrical characteristics. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.1445163

Cavities, formed by helium implantation and subsequent annealing, have proved to be effective at trapping metal impurities within silicon. This has led to interest in their use as proximity gettering sites. In this investigation, cavity populations w... Read More about Incorporation of helium-implant-induced cavities near the active regions of metal-oxide-semiconductor devices: effects on dc electrical characteristics.

Some comments on the dispersion relation for periodically layered pre-stressed elastic media (2002)
Journal Article
Rogerson, G., & Sandiford, K. (2002). Some comments on the dispersion relation for periodically layered pre-stressed elastic media. International Journal of Engineering Science, 40(1), 23-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7225%2801%2900051-9

In this paper the dispersion relation associated with harmonic waves propagating in a periodically layered structure is derived and analysed. Specifically, the structure is made up of repeating unit cells, with each layer composed of an incompressibl... Read More about Some comments on the dispersion relation for periodically layered pre-stressed elastic media.

Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach (2002)
Journal Article
Amaratunga, R., Sarshar, M., & Baldry, D. (2002). Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach. Business Process Management Journal, 8(4), 318-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150210434982

Considers the application of structured process improvement for construction environments (SPICE) as a process improvement technique and its extension into the context of facilities management (FM). SPICE is a research project that developed a step-w... Read More about Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach.

Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation (2002)
Journal Article
Alshawi, M., & Faraj, I. (2002). Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation. Construction innovation (London. Online), 2(1), 33-51. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417502ci020oa

There have been major efforts to develop the technology for integrated construction environments and the mechanisms needed to improve the collaboration between construction professionals. Evidently, the development and usage of such an environment is... Read More about Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation.

Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making (2002)
Journal Article
Lombardi, P., & Brandon, P. (2002). Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2(1-3), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2002.000777

The new agenda of sustainability requires a change in emphasis and a change in the criteria through which sustainability is evaluated in planning and design. It requires the adoption of a suitable framework which enables decision makers (designers, p... Read More about Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making.

Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction, (2002)
Journal Article
Anumba, C., Baugh, C., & Khalfan, M. (2002). Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction,. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 102(5), 260 -270. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570210428294

The construction industry is plagued by fragmentation of the functions carried out by the various disciplines involved in a project, particularly between the design and construction teams. Concurrent engineering (CE) is seen as a possible means of ov... Read More about Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction,.

The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry (2002)
Journal Article
McDermott, P., Swan, W., & Wood, G. (2002). The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry. Business Ethics: A European Review, 11(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8608.00254

As inter-organisational relations represent an increasingly important element in business the ability to build sustainable relationships becomes a key skill. To achieve sustainable relationships parties need to move from a low trust/low ethics base t... Read More about The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry.

Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction (2002)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., & Alshawi, M. (2002). Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction. Construction Management and Economics, 20(6), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190210151069

This paper considers the generic processes involved in structuring an information technology (IT) training strategy to meet a construction organization's business strategy. It identifies and discusses how generic and specific IT training needs can be... Read More about Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction.

A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST (2002)
Journal Article
Bentivegna, V., Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Lombardi, P., Mitchell, G., & Nijkamp, P. (2002). A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST. Building Research and Information, 30(2), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210110101185

The concepts and visions of sustainable development that have emerged in the post-Brundtland era are explored in
terms laying the foundations for a common vision of sustainable urban development (SUD). The described vision and
methodology for SUD r... Read More about A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST.

An assessment of collaboration, supported by electronic communications (2002)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A., Bentivegna, V., & Cooper, I. (2002). An assessment of collaboration, supported by electronic communications

The development and piloting of a training web site for health and safety enforcement officers (2002)
Journal Article
Ford, N., & Murphy, R. (2002). The development and piloting of a training web site for health and safety enforcement officers. British Journal of Educational Technology, 33(1), 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8535.00239

This paper evaluates the development and piloting of a training web site for Local Authority (LA) based health and safety enforcement officers and reviews the technique of knowledge elicitation as a means of informing training content. The research w... Read More about The development and piloting of a training web site for health and safety enforcement officers.

Technical design issues of linking geospatial technology for 3D visualisation, interaction and analysis (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Song, Y., Fernando, T., Hamilton, A., Trodd, N., Zhang, X., & Yao, J. (2002, January). Technical design issues of linking geospatial technology for 3D visualisation, interaction and analysis. Presented at GIS Research UK: 10th Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, UK

Whole-life costing in construction - a state of the art review (2002)
Journal Article
Kishk, M., Al-Hajj, A., Pollock, R., Bakis, N., Aouad, G., & Bakis, N. (2002). Whole-life costing in construction - a state of the art review

This report is a state of the art review of whole life costing in the construction industry. It is the first of a series reporting on-going research undertaken within the research project ‘Developing an integrated database for whole life costing appl... Read More about Whole-life costing in construction - a state of the art review.

Improving the business process of reactive maintenance projects (2002)
Journal Article
Ali, K., Sun, M., Petley, G., & Barrett, P. (2002). Improving the business process of reactive maintenance projects. Facilities, 20(7/8), 251-261. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770210435161

This paper examines the business process of reactive maintenance projects and proposes an improvement through information technology. Among the major problems that have been revealed from the process analysis are getting the right problem for the rig... Read More about Improving the business process of reactive maintenance projects.

A method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents (2002)
Book Chapter
Meziane, F., & Rezgui, Y. (2002). A method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents. In B. Andersson, M. Bergholtz, & P. Johannesson (Eds.), Natural language processing and information systems (85-96). Bonne, Germany: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36271-1

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 method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents.

An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce (2002)
Book Chapter
Kasiran, M., & Meziane, F. (2002). An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce. In H. Yin, N. Allinson, R. Freeman, J. Keane, & S. Hubbard (Eds.), Intelligent data engineering and automated learning (243-248). Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45675-9

eCommerce is a faceless business arrangement where the process of creating trust towards merchants, hereby referred to as merchant trust, is still a big challenge. Merchant trust framework can be created by using factors such as existence, affiliatio... Read More about An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce.