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Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK (2006)
Journal Article
Hunt, D. V. L., Jefferson, I., Jankovic, L., & Hunot, K. (2006). Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 159(4), 155-168. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2006.159.4.155

Eastside, a 130 ha brownfield site located to the eastern side of Birmingham's city centre, is undergoing social, economic and environmental changes, driven mainly through public and private investment estimated to be worth £6 billion. The regenerati... Read More about Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK.

Parametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band (2006)
Journal Article
Jiang, R., Saperstein, R., Alic, N., Nezhad, M., McKinstrie, C., Ford, J., …Radic, S. (2006). Parametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18(23), 2445-2447. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2006.885591

The feasibility of distant wavelength conversion in photonic crystal fiber was explored. The one-pump parametric architecture was used to demonstrate translation from the conventional (1550 nm) to visible (500 nm) band. Experimental results are repor... Read More about Parametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band.

Optofluidic plasmonics (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Tetz, K., Pang, L., Nezhad, M., & Fainman, Y. (2006). Optofluidic plasmonics. In Optofluidics. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683338

In this manuscript we describe the manipulation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes excited in a two dimensional periodic nanohole array scattering structure by tuning the fluid over the metal surface. We describe the fabrication processes for m... Read More about Optofluidic plasmonics.

Nanophotonics for information systems integration (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Fainman, Y., Tetz, K., Rokitski, R., Levy, U., Tsai, C.-H., Chen, C.-H., …Abashin, M. (2006). Nanophotonics for information systems integration. . https://doi.org/10.1364/NANO.2006.NThB1

Optical technology plays an increasingly important role in numerous information system applications, including optical communications, storage, signal processing, biology, medicine, and sensing. However, with these rapid technological advances, there... Read More about Nanophotonics for information systems integration.

375 THz parametric translation of modulated signal from 1550nm to visible band (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Jiang, R., Saperstein, R., Alic, N., Nezhad, M., McKinstrie, C., Ford, J., …Radic, S. (2006). 375 THz parametric translation of modulated signal from 1550nm to visible band. . https://doi.org/10.1109/OFC.2006.216052

Record parametric frequency-translation of NRZ-modulated signal over 375THz is demonstrated using silica-PCF. The 1550-nm band is mapped to visible 500-nm spectral window, proving the feasibility of all-fiber universal band translator. Both single-ch... Read More about 375 THz parametric translation of modulated signal from 1550nm to visible band.

Helmholtz-Manakov solitons (2006)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Helmholtz-Manakov solitons. Physical Review E, 74(6), 066612. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066612

A novel spatial soliton-bearing wave equation is introduced, the Helmholtz-Manakov (H-M) equation, for describing the evolution of broad multi-component self-trapped beams in Kerr-type media. By omitting the slowly-varying envelope approximation, the... Read More about Helmholtz-Manakov solitons.

Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids (2006)
Journal Article
Pierotti, M. E., & Seehausen, O. (2007). Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01206.x

Disruptive sexual selection on colour patterns has been suggested as a major cause of diversification in the cichlid species flock of Lake Victoria. In Neochromis omnicaeruleus, a colour and sex determination polymorphism is associated with a polymor... Read More about Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids.

Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons (2006)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/39/50/004

A wide variety of different physical systems can be described by a relatively small set of universal equations. For example, small-amplitude nonlinear Schrödinger dark solitons can be described by a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. Reductive perturb... Read More about Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons.

Security and special operations: SOE and M15 during the Second World War (2006)
Book
Murphy, C. (2006). Security and special operations: SOE and M15 during the Second World War. Palgrave Macmillan

Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Hanby, V., Cook, M., Infield, D., Ji, Y., Loveday, D., & Mei, L. (2006, December). Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds. Presented at The 7th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium

The paper describes a modeling study of heat transfer and buoyancy-driven airflow in double skin facades consisting of a glass outer layer, a control device (venetian blind) and a double-glazed inner skin. The modeling study was based on two approach... Read More about Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds.

One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles (2006)
Journal Article
Nolan, M., Pemble, M., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2006). One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles. Thin Solid Films, 515(4), 1956-1962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.07.182

In this work we describe a two stage chemical-vapour-deposition based route to growing nanoparticle containing thin films. As a model we describe titanium dioxide film formation on glass substrates. The process involves using a gas-to-particle conver... Read More about One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles.

Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024 (2006)
Journal Article
Preston, R., Shercliff, H., Withers, P., Hughes, D., Smith, S., & Webster, P. (2006). Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024

Residual strains have been measured in a tungsten inert gas (TIG) butt-welded 2024 aluminum alloy plate using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Novel two-dimensional strain maps spanning the entire plate reveal steep gradients in residual stress and pro... Read More about Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024.

Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience (2006)
Journal Article
Adams, M., Cox, T., Moore, G., Croxford, B., & Refaee, M. (2006). Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience. Urban Studies, 43(13), 2385-2398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980600972504

This paper introduces regulatory components influencing city soundscapes in Europe and the UK, illustrating the abatement approach taken within noise policy, demonstrating the importance of individual experience in assessing the soundscapes of urban... Read More about Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience.

Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration (2006)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., & Gamito, P. (2006). Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration. Surveying and built environment, 17(2), 7-28

The renovation and refurbishment market is rapidly expanding in the construction industry. The regeneration and transformation of cities from the industrial age (unsustainable) to the knowledge age (sustainable) is essentially a "whole life cycle" pr... Read More about Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration.

Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice (2006)
Journal Article
Lu, S., & Sexton, M. (2006). Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190600879109

Small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms (SCKIPSFs) are becoming increasingly important agents of innovation within the construction industry. The nature and process of innovation in SCKIPSFs, however, is generally considered... Read More about Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice.

Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense? (2006)
Journal Article
Miller, C. (2006). Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?. Legal Studies, 26(4), 544-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2006.00029.x

The approach adopted by epidemiologists when attributing a causal mechanism to an observed statistical association is contrasted with the common law of causation in personal injury cases. By recognising the need to distinguish between probabilistic m... Read More about Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?.

Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics (2006)
Journal Article
Li, Y., McLean, D., Bandar, Z., O'Shea, J., & Crockett, K. (2006). Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 18(8), 1138-1150. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2006.130

Sentence similarity measures play an increasingly important role in text-related research and applications in areas such as text mining, Web page retrieval, and dialogue systems. Existing methods for computing sentence similarity have been adopted fr... Read More about Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics.

Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Mihindu, S. (2006, November). Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities. Poster presented at Intuition, 3rd Workshop, Fellbach, Germany

Intuition Knowledge Base Software Tool (IKBST) is a centralised, Web-based tool for managing distributed VR related knowledge content and development work. It runs on an application server and an underlying database (PostgreSQL). For optimum security... Read More about Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities.

Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J. (2006, November). Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim. Presented at Symposium on sustainability and value through construction procurement, CIB W092, Digital World Centre, Salford

A short transcript from a meeting between a contractor and employer's representatives is presented and analysed to reveal some of the conversational methods employed in the negotiation. A key sequence is analysed to show how the refusal to grant a cl... Read More about Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim.

Contracts and production (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Howell, G., & Lichtig, W. (2006, November). Contracts and production. Presented at CIB W92 Symposium on Sustainability and Value through Construction Procurement, Digital World Centre, Salford Quays

It is argued that a change in the prevailing theory of production is also influencing how contracts, especially in construction, are being conceived. It is contended that the
theoretical shift in question, both in production and contracting, concern... Read More about Contracts and production.