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Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments (2006)
Journal Article
Otto, O., Heldal, I., Wolff, R., & Roberts, D. (2006). Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments. Virtual Reality, 10(2), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-006-0050-6

Creativity is believed to be helped by an uncluttered state of mind known as flow and as the trend grows towards less immersive displays to produce an uncluttered workplace, we ask the question “Does immersion matter to the flow of distributed group... Read More about Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments.

Pertinent background knowledge for learning protein grammars (2006)
Book Chapter
Bryant, C., Fredouille, D., Wilson, A., Jayawickreme, C., Jupe, S., & Topp, S. (2006). Pertinent background knowledge for learning protein grammars. In J. Fürnkranz, T. Scheffer, & M. Spiliopoulou (Eds.), Machine learning: ECML 2006 (54-65). Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11871842_10

We are interested in using Inductive Logic Programming(ILP) to infer grammars representing sets of protein sequences. ILP takes as input both examples and background knowledge predicates. This work is a first step in optimising the choice of backgrou... Read More about Pertinent background knowledge for learning protein grammars.

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2006)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Sun, T., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Teng, J., Liu, X., …McManus, D. (2006). Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84(9), 714-721. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.05.025718

OBJECTIVE: To determine the true community prevalence of human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in a highly endemic region in Ningxia Hui, China, by detecting asymptomatic cases. METHODS: Using hospital records and “AE-r... Read More about Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Ponds, people and the built environment: A socio-ecological perspective of a new town development (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Gledhill, D., James, P., & Davies, D. (2006, September). Ponds, people and the built environment: A socio-ecological perspective of a new town development. Presented at Water and the Landscape, IALE, Oxford Brookes University

Supplementary skills guides for built environment researchers (2006)
Other
Amaratunga, R., & Jeong, K. (2006). Supplementary skills guides for built environment researchers. Netherlands

Deepening specialised knowledge-base and wider skills of researchers in a wider variety of disciplines are prerequisite for developing successful leadership in higher education, the public sector and industry. In response to
this repeated calls for... Read More about Supplementary skills guides for built environment researchers.

Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage (2006)
Journal Article
Scholz, M. (2006). Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 159(3), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2006.159.3.117

The contribution of sustainable drainage systems (Suds) to the overall catchment dynamics of Glasgow and Edinburgh was studied. Seventy-nine sites in Glasgow and 103 sites in Edinburgh were identified for initial investigation, including a site feasi... Read More about Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage.

Book review: Science, culture and society: understanding science in the twenty-first century (2006)
Journal Article
Simpson, V. (2006). Book review: Science, culture and society: understanding science in the twenty-first century. Sociological Research Online, 11(3),

Improved membrane absorbers (2006)
Thesis
Oldfield, R. Improved membrane absorbers. (Dissertation). The University of Salford

This thesis presents research into two novel techniques for improving the low frequency performance, tunability and efficiency of membrane absorbers. The first approach uses a loudspeaker surround as the mounting for the membrane, increasing the movi... Read More about Improved membrane absorbers.

Cultures of glass architecture (2006)
Book
Elkadi, H. (2006). Cultures of glass architecture. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate

When designing, architects are responding to and creating a relationship between identity, culture and architectural style.

This book discusses whether the extent of the use of glass facades has increased, or indeed enhanced, the creation of mean... Read More about Cultures of glass architecture.

The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies (2006)
Journal Article
Abbott, C., Jeong, K., & Allen, S. (2006). The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies. Construction innovation (London. Online), 6(3), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170610710686

There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of innovation for the longterm economic success of businesses. At the same time the construction industry is characterized as being a poor innovator in comparison to other industries. If the universit... Read More about The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies.

Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method (2006)
Journal Article
Bardosova, M., Pemble, M., Povey, I., Tredgold, R., & Whitehead, D. (2006). Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. Applied Physics Letters, 89(9), 093116. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2339031

The Langmuir-Blodgett method was used to engineer photonic crystal thin films of an AB architecture. Structures were studied by transmittance and reflectance spectroscopies. For an AB structure in which the silica particle diameter B is twice that of... Read More about Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method.

Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes (2006)
Journal Article
Campbell, L., Chimedtsogzol, A., & Dyer, A. (2006). Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes. Mineralogical Magazine, 70(4), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1180/0026461067040341

The uptake of inorganic Hg2+ and organometallic CH3Hg+ from aqueous solutions by 11 different natural zeolites has been investigated using a batch distribution coefficient (Kd) method and supported by a preliminary voltammetric study. The effect of m... Read More about Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes.

High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface (2006)
Journal Article
Nasr, G., Sharief, R., & Yule, A. (2006). High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface. Journal of Heat Transfer, 128(8), 752-760. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2217747

A novel technique is described for investigating spray cooling of moving hot surfaces. An experimental investigation is described for vertically downwards water sprays impinging on a horizontal steel annulus of 250 mm diameter with a surface tempera... Read More about High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface.

FM as a social enterprise (2006)
Journal Article
Kasim, R., & Hudson, J. (2006). FM as a social enterprise. Facilities, 24(7-8), 292-299. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770610666143

Purpose ? To consider the extent to which the concept of social enterprise fits within facilities management (FM) thinking in helping to create community benefit in the process of delivering housing market renewal (HMR) in the UK. HMR via its HMR pat... Read More about FM as a social enterprise.

Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges (2006)
Journal Article
Melbourne, C., & Tomor, A. (2006). Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges. Strain, 42(3), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00274.x

There are over 40 000 masonry arch bridges in the UK, 60% of which are over 100 years old. The ever increasing levels of loading and volumes of traffic make it imperative that the condition, life expectancy and load capacity of such bridges are accur... Read More about Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges.

Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty (2006)
Journal Article
Todd, S., & Steele, A. (2006). Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty. Structural survey, 24(4), 300-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800610704436

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the need for the development of a more flexible measure of energy efficiency based on an ever increasing multi-cultural society.
Design/methodology/approach – Outlines the reasons for the prevalence of fuel pov... Read More about Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty.

Flexible text recovery from degraded typewritten historical documents (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Antonacopoulos, A., & Casado Castilla, C. (2006). Flexible text recovery from degraded typewritten historical documents.

A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression (2006)
Journal Article
Bryant, C., Kemp, G., & Cvijovic, M. (2006). A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 3(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.2390/biecoll-jib-2006-31

We have taken a first step towards learning which upstream Open Reading Frames (uORFs) regulate gene expression (i.e., which uORFs are functional) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We do this by integrating data from several resources and combin... Read More about A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression.

Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005) (2006)
Journal Article
Dyer, A. (2006). Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005). Journal of Chemical Physics, 125(077101), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2271989

The molecular sieve zeolite studied in this publication has been incorrectly identified. This means that parts of the discussions and conclusions are open to question. The authors have assumed that the molecular structure of the zeolite is composed o... Read More about Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005).

Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses (2006)
Journal Article
Bingham, P., Hand, R., Forder, S., Lavaysierre, A., Deloffre, F., Kilcoyne, S., & Yasin, I. (2006). Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses. Physics and chemistry of glasses, 47(4), 313-317

Thermal stability, structure and aqueous chemical durability of glasses of nominal composition 60P2O5–40Fe2O3 (mol%)
doped with up to 20% B2O3 have been investigated. B2O3 was substituted for either P2O5 or Fe2O3, or was added on a pro
rata basis.... Read More about Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses.