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Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height (2007)
Journal Article
Davies, F., Middleton, D., & Bozier, K. (2007). Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height. Atmospheric Environment, 41(19), 4040-4049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.015

An urban field trial has been undertaken with the aim of assessing the performance of the boundary layer height (BLH) determination of two models: the Met Office Unified Model (UM) and a Gaussian-type plume model, ADMS. Pulsed Doppler lidar data were... Read More about Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height.

mi-guide: a wireless context driven information system for museum visitors (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Linge, N., Bates, D., Holgate, R., Parsons, D., Webb, P., Hay, D., & Ward, D. (2007, June). mi-guide: a wireless context driven information system for museum visitors. Presented at 1st International Joint Workshop on Wireless Ubiquitous Computing (WUC 2007), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

The growth in wireless and mobile communications technologies offers many new opportunities for museums who are constantly striving to improve their overall visitor experience. There is considerable interest in the use of context-aware services to t... Read More about mi-guide: a wireless context driven information system for museum visitors.

Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic user interface feedback for online hotel bookings (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Murano, P., Gee, A., & O'Brian Holt, P. (2007, June). Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic user interface feedback for online hotel bookings. Presented at Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems ICEIS (5) 2007, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

This paper describes an experiment and its results concerning research that has been going on for a number of years in the area of anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The main aims of the research have been to examine the effectiveness and user... Read More about Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic user interface feedback for online hotel bookings.

Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review (2007)
Journal Article
Tzoulas, K., Korpela, K., Venn, S., Yli-Pelkonen, V., Kazmierczak, A., Niemela, J., & James, P. (2007). Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 81(3), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.001

Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being. The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework of... Read More about Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review.

Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy? (2007)
Journal Article
Craig, H., Isaac, R., & Brooks, D. (2007). Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy?. Trends in Parasitology, 23(6), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2007.04.003

Replacement of the nematode cuticle with a newly synthesized cuticle (a process known as moulting) occurs four times during larval development. Therefore, the key components of this essential developmental process represent attractive targets for new... Read More about Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy?.

Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding (2007)
Journal Article
Ragazzon, P., Garbett, N., & Chaires, J. (2007). Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding. Methods, 42(2), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.09.010

Competition dialysis is a powerful new tool for the discovery of ligands that bind to nucleic acids with structural- or sequence-selectivity. The method is based on firm thermodynamic principles and is simple to implement. In the competition dialysis... Read More about Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding.

Use of molecular tools to investigate the prevalence and transmission routes of Toxoplasma in woodmice and humans (2007)
Thesis
Gerwash, O. Use of molecular tools to investigate the prevalence and transmission routes of Toxoplasma in woodmice and humans. (Thesis). University of Salford

Toxoplasma gondii is an important pathogen of humans and domestic livestock and is a major cause of abortion. It is widely distributed amongst mammals and birds and the epidemiology of human disease is complex due to the interactions between human... Read More about Use of molecular tools to investigate the prevalence and transmission routes of Toxoplasma in woodmice and humans.

The role of women in construction industry development: The UK Perspective (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Amaratunga, R., Haigh, R., Shanmugam, M., Elvitigalage Dona, N., & Ruddock, P. (2007, May). The role of women in construction industry development: The UK Perspective. Presented at CIB World Building Congress 2007, Cape Town, South Africa

The UK construction industry is suffering from severe skill shortages. It is also suffering recruitment problems with its traditional male workforce. The constant reliance on a limited recruitment base disadvantages the industry by disregarding half... Read More about The role of women in construction industry development: The UK Perspective.

A good practice guide on the sources and magnitude of uncertainty arising in the practical measurement of environmental noise (2007)
Book
Craven, N., & Kerry, G. (2007). A good practice guide on the sources and magnitude of uncertainty arising in the practical measurement of environmental noise. University of Salford

A brief introduction to measurement uncertainty, uncertainty budgets, and inter-comparison exercises (repeated measurements), is provided in Chapter 2. The procedure forformulating an uncertainty budget and evaluating magnitudes is outlined in greate... Read More about A good practice guide on the sources and magnitude of uncertainty arising in the practical measurement of environmental noise.

Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers (2007)
Journal Article
Krima, N., Wood, G., Aouad, G., & Hatush, Z. (2007). Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers. Construction Management and Economics, 25(5), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190701247883

In the Libyan construction industry, the supervising engineer plays an important role in checking time schedules and protecting the client from delays and associated claims but there is no existing means of determining their proficiency in performing... Read More about Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers.

Models and metaphors : some applications of complexity theory for design, construction and property management (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J., Molloy, E., Sinclair, M., Koskela, L., Kagioglou, M., Siriwardena, M., & Siemieniuch, C. (2007, May). Models and metaphors : some applications of complexity theory for design, construction and property management. Presented at CIB World Building Congress: Construction for Development, Cape Town International Conference Centre

Complexity thinking may have both modelling and metaphorical applications in the design, construction and servicing of the built environment. In production theory, queuing and variation have been central in generating improvement initiatives. The com... Read More about Models and metaphors : some applications of complexity theory for design, construction and property management.

Virtualised e-infrastructure that facilitate collaborative work among distributed communities (2007)
Book Chapter
Mihindu, S. (2007). Virtualised e-infrastructure that facilitate collaborative work among distributed communities. In Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC’07), (218-229). University of Salford

Collaborative activities among distributed communities are very much relying on their existing ICT infrastructure. Since different communities inherently use different computer technologies that suit their individual requirements, it is highly possib... Read More about Virtualised e-infrastructure that facilitate collaborative work among distributed communities.

Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys (2007)
Journal Article
Zhao, X., Mellors, N., & Lord, D. (2007). Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys. Journal of Applied Physics, 101(9), 09C513. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2711701

Iron-gallium alloys can produce magnetostrictions of ~400 ppm and might serve as mechanically robust actuator/sensing materials. However, for polycrystalline Fe-Ga alloys, the magnetostrictive performance decreases with the increasing deviations from... Read More about Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys.

Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces (2007)
Journal Article
McDonald, G., Chamorro-Posada, P., & Sanchez-Curto, J. (2007). Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces. Optics Letters, 32(9), 1126-1128. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.001126

The evolution of Helmholtz solitons at the interface separating two Kerr-type media is described by means of a generalized nonlinear Helmholtz equation. The bright soliton solution for this equation and arbitrary media properties are presented. Numer... Read More about Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces.