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Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap (2006)
Journal Article
Rezgui, Y., & Zarli, A. (2006). Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(7), 767-776. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9364%282006%29132%3A7%28767%29

The paper provides a synthesis of the construction industry needs and requirements in relation to the adoption and use of information and communication technologies ICT. This is based, on the one hand, on existing research and technology development... Read More about Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap.

A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty (2006)
Journal Article
Tsagarakis, N., Gray, J., Caldwell, D., Zannoni, C., Petrone, M., Testi, D., & Viceconti, M. (2006). A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty. IEEE MultiMedia, 13(3), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMUL.2006.55

Multimodal environments help fuse a diverse range of sensory modalities, which is particularly important when integrating the complex data involved in surgical preoperative planning. The authors apply a multimodal interface for preoperative planning... Read More about A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty.

Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04) (2006)
Journal Article
Meziane, F., & Métais, E. (2006). Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04). Data and Knowledge Engineering, 58(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2005.05.005

The International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems is nearing its 10th birthday and has gained in maturity and in the quality of the papers submitted. In the early years, the conference was mainly concerned with th... Read More about Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04).

SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Bradley, S., Mursch-Radlgruber, E., & von Hünerbein, S. (2006, July). SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position. Presented at International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

A method is described for real-time visualisation of aircraft wing-tip vortices based on measurement data from a line array of SODARs. Every 2 s a ‘snapshot’ is taken of the atmospheric vertical velocity field above the SODARs. This
provides a grid... Read More about SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position.

Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
von Hünerbein, S., Antoniou, I., Jorgensen, H., Kindler, D., & Bradley, S. (2006, July). Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications. Presented at International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Traditionally SODAR wind profilers have been assumed to be largely self-calibrated, with measurement errors mostly random. However, increasing demand for accuracy in applications such as wind energy demand robust calibration and intercomparison proce... Read More about Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications.

Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Mbanaso, U., Cooper, G., Chadwick, D., & Proctor, S. (2006, June). Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML. Presented at WOWMOM 2006: Seventh IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Nowadays many organizations share sensitive services
through open network systems and this raises the need
for an authorization framework that can interoperate
even when the parties have no pre-existing
relationships. Trust Negotiation is the pro... Read More about Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML.

Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP (2006)
Journal Article
Dyer, A., Heywood, B., & Szyrokyj, N. (2006). Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 92(1-3), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2005.12.014

The synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP is a bulk chemical used as a detergent additive. This work examines the uptake of silver and manganese cations, as relevant to its potential slow-release antifungicidal/bacteriological application.

Silver uptak... Read More about Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP.

Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke (2006)
Journal Article
Tyson, S., Chillala, J., Hanley, M., Selley, A., & Tallis, R. (2006). Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28(11), 715-719. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280500301584

Objective. To assess the distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke and the factors associated with weakness.
Method. The design was a prospective cross-sectional survey. A consecutive sample of 75 patients (37 (49%) men,... Read More about Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke.

Credibility, applicability and context (2006)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2006, June). Credibility, applicability and context. Presented at Theorizing Qualitative Research: Paradigms and Methods, Cardiff

Climatic variation and runoff in mountain basins with differing proportions of glacier cover (2006)
Journal Article
Collins, D. (2006). Climatic variation and runoff in mountain basins with differing proportions of glacier cover. Water Policy, 37(4-5), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2006.017

Records of discharge from partially-glacierised basins in the upper Rhône catchment, Switzerland, were examined together with air temperature and precipitation data in order to assess impacts of climatic fluctuation and percentage glacierisation of b... Read More about Climatic variation and runoff in mountain basins with differing proportions of glacier cover.

Regional differences in response of flow in glacier-fed Himalayan rivers to climatic warming (2006)
Journal Article
Rees, H., & Collins, D. (2006). Regional differences in response of flow in glacier-fed Himalayan rivers to climatic warming. Hydrological Processes, 20(10), 2157-2169. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6209

River flow from glacierized areas in the Himalaya is influenced both by intra-annual variations in precipitation and energy availability, and by longer term changes in storage of water as glacier ice. High specific discharge from ice melt often domin... Read More about Regional differences in response of flow in glacier-fed Himalayan rivers to climatic warming.

The implementation of third party endorsement as knowledge repository agent for creating trust in Malaysian's electronic banking industries (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Kasiran, M., Ahmad, F., & Meziane, F. (2006, June). The implementation of third party endorsement as knowledge repository agent for creating trust in Malaysian's electronic banking industries. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Computing and Informatics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Internet banking is a faceless banking arrangement where trust is still a major problem. This problem has been addressed through the implementation of third party endorsement on the bank's Websites. This endorsement acts as a knowledge repository on... Read More about The implementation of third party endorsement as knowledge repository agent for creating trust in Malaysian's electronic banking industries.

ANN based Z-bus loss allocation for pool dispatch in deregulated power system (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Arunachalam, S., Ramesh Babu, M., Mohanadasse, K., & Ramamoorthy, S. (2006). ANN based Z-bus loss allocation for pool dispatch in deregulated power system. . https://doi.org/10.1109/POWERI.2006.1632578

This paper presents a procedure for ANN based Z-bus loss allocation for pool dispatch in a deregulated power system. The procedure is based on the network Z-bus matrix; although all required computations exploit the sparse Y-bus matrix. One innovativ... Read More about ANN based Z-bus loss allocation for pool dispatch in deregulated power system.

Leadership in construction partnering projects : research methodological perspective (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Thurairajah, N., Haigh, R., & Amaratunga, R. (2006, June). Leadership in construction partnering projects : research methodological perspective. Presented at ARCOM Doctoral workshop, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of partnering in construction. Central to any successful partnering arrangement is the change in cultural and behavioural characteristics towards mutual trust and understanding. According t... Read More about Leadership in construction partnering projects : research methodological perspective.

Can cities and regions shape hydrogen economies? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2006, June). Can cities and regions shape hydrogen economies?. Presented at Analysing Social Dimensions of Emerging Hydrogen Economies, Manchester

A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire (2006)
Journal Article
Miller, I., Wood, P., & Bradley, J. (2006). A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire. #Journal not on list, 30, 21-48. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106336

Excavation along a gas pipeline route through central Lancashire has revealed a previously unknown pottery production site of 13th to 15th century date. The site, which lies south of the river Ribble, comprised oval gullies, representing possible tru... Read More about A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire.

A Comparison of the Performance of 'Pruned Tree' versus 'Stack" Algorithms for Look-Ahead Sigma delta Modulators (2006)
Journal Article
Angus, J. (2006). A Comparison of the Performance of 'Pruned Tree' versus 'Stack" Algorithms for Look-Ahead Sigma delta Modulators. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 54(6), 477-494

Look-ahead Sigma-Delta modulators look forward k samples before deciding to output a “one” or a “zero”. The Viterbi algorithm is then used to search the trellis of the exponential number of possibilities that such a procedure generates. This paper de... Read More about A Comparison of the Performance of 'Pruned Tree' versus 'Stack" Algorithms for Look-Ahead Sigma delta Modulators.