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Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China (2009)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Lomas, K., & Cook, M. (2009). Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China. Building and Environment, 44(11), 2245-2255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.02.015

Buildings and their related activities are responsible for a large portion of the energy consumed in China. It is therefore worthwhile to investigate methods for improving the energy efficiency of buildings. This paper describes a low energy building... Read More about Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China.

Daylight for sustainable development of historic sites (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Elkadi, H. (2009, November). Daylight for sustainable development of historic sites. Presented at The 43rd International Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Conference, Tasmania, Australia

Expectation as a factor in the perception of soundscapes (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bruce, N., Davies, W., & Adams, M. (2009, October). Expectation as a factor in the perception of soundscapes. Presented at Euronoise 2009, Edinburgh, U.K

This paper discusses how expectation and experience form a contributory factor in the perception of soundscapes. The research used fieldwork carried out in London and Manchester, and also a soundscape simulator in a laboratory. Through the use of an... Read More about Expectation as a factor in the perception of soundscapes.

A positive soundscape evaluation system (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W., Adams, M., Bruce, N., Cain, R., Jennings, P., Carlyle, A., …Plack, C. (2009, October). A positive soundscape evaluation system. Presented at Euronoise 2009, Edinburgh, U.K

Current policy on environmental sound is largely based on noise control. There is considerable interest in exploiting the soundscape concept to provide a more sophisticated way of managing our acoustic environment. For this to happen, a tool for asse... Read More about A positive soundscape evaluation system.

Measuring and mapping soundscape speech intelligibility (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W., Mahnken, P., Gamble, P., & Plack, C. (2009, October). Measuring and mapping soundscape speech intelligibility. Presented at Euronoise 2009, Edinburgh, U.K

More than one factor analysis of soundscape perception has concluded that speech communication is a significant contributor to the overall perceived quality of urban soundscapes. While not everything that is perceptually significant in real soundscap... Read More about Measuring and mapping soundscape speech intelligibility.

Aerodynamic analysis of transonic manoeuvre devices using an unstructured-grid, Navier-Stokes flow solver (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L. (2009, October). Aerodynamic analysis of transonic manoeuvre devices using an unstructured-grid, Navier-Stokes flow solver. Presented at CEAS 2009 European Air and Space Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom

The viscous, transonic flow development around the SKF 1.1 supercritical aerofoil section, in clean configuration and equipped with either a trailing-edge flap or a leading-edge slat, is computed using an unstructured-grid based flow solver for the R... Read More about Aerodynamic analysis of transonic manoeuvre devices using an unstructured-grid, Navier-Stokes flow solver.

Model to predict the level and the temporal and spectral composition of the sound pressure in urban soundscapes based on neural networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Ruiz, D., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2009, October). Model to predict the level and the temporal and spectral composition of the sound pressure in urban soundscapes based on neural networks. Presented at Euronoise 2009, Edinburgh, U.K

Environmental noise is a factor with a significant impact on personal well-being. One of the principal challenges of urban planning is the creation of soundscapes capable of providing inhabitants with a high quality of life. In the framework of the... Read More about Model to predict the level and the temporal and spectral composition of the sound pressure in urban soundscapes based on neural networks.

Data mining cardiovascular risk factors (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Kajabadi, A., Saraee, M., & Asgari, S. (2009, October). Data mining cardiovascular risk factors. Presented at International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, 2009. AICT 2009., Baku, Azerbaija

Nowadays, medical centers collect various data in different diseases. Investigating these data and obtaining useful results and patterns with respect to the diseases are the aims of using these data. Great amount of these data and confusions results... Read More about Data mining cardiovascular risk factors.

Towards the best management of SuDS treatment trains (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bastien, N., Arthur, S., Scholz, M., & Wallace, S. (2009, October). Towards the best management of SuDS treatment trains. Presented at 13th International Diffuse Pollution Conference (IWA DIPCON 2009), Seoul, Korea

Classification and optimisation of flood retention structures (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Robinson, M., Scholz, M., Carfrae, J., & Bastien, N. (2009, October). Classification and optimisation of flood retention structures. Presented at 13th International Diffuse Pollution Conference (IWA DIPCON 2009), Seoul, Korea

Ultrabroad emission from a bismuth doped chalcogenide glass (2009)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Akada, T., Suzuki, T., Ohishi, Y., & Hewak, D. (2009). Ultrabroad emission from a bismuth doped chalcogenide glass. Optics express, 17(22), 19345-19355. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.019345

We report emission from a bismuth doped chalcogenide glass which is flattened, has a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 600 nm, peaks at 1300 nm and covers the entire telecommunications window. At cryogenic temperatures the FWHM reaches 850 nm.... Read More about Ultrabroad emission from a bismuth doped chalcogenide glass.

Compositional optimization of bismuth-doped yttria–alumina–silica glass (2009)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Suzuki, T., & Ohishi, Y. (2009). Compositional optimization of bismuth-doped yttria–alumina–silica glass. Optical Materials, 32(2), 368-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2009.09.004

We fabricated three series of glasses in which the Y2O3, Bi2 O3 and Al2O3 contents of Bi-doped Y2O3:Al2O3:SiO2 glass were varied. We optimized the content of each component based on quantum efficiency (QE) and other optical properties. The strengt... Read More about Compositional optimization of bismuth-doped yttria–alumina–silica glass.

GAPs in the study of zoo and wild animal welfare (2009)
Journal Article
Goulart, V., Azevedo, P., van de Schepop, J., Teixeira, C., Barcante, L., Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2009). GAPs in the study of zoo and wild animal welfare. Zoo Biology, 28(6), 561-573. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20285

To investigate the science of animal welfare for zoo and wild animals in the period from 1966 to 2007, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of abstracts downloaded from The Web of Science© database using the keyword combination “Animal welfare, Zoo*... Read More about GAPs in the study of zoo and wild animal welfare.

BIM implementation for an architectural practice (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Arayici, Y., Coates, S., Koskela, L., Kagioglou, M., Usher, C., & O’Reilly, K. (2009, October). BIM implementation for an architectural practice. Presented at 26th International Conference on IT in construction, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Design needs to be completed in a multidisciplinary environment. Severe issues about data acquisition and management arise during the design development due to the complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity. BIM is a foundational tool for a team based lea... Read More about BIM implementation for an architectural practice.

Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness (2009)
Journal Article
Hide, G., & Tait, A. (2009). Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness. Parasitology, 136(12), 1491-500. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182009990333

Human sleeping sickness in Africa, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. raises a number of questions. Despite the widespread distribution of the tsetse vectors and animal trypanosomiasis, human disease is only found in discrete foci which periodically g... Read More about Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness.

T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective. (2009)
Journal Article
Shablak, A., Hawkins, R., Rothwell, D., & Elkord, E. (2009). T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective. Clinical Cancer Research, 15(21), 6503-6510. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1605

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) remains a challenging malignancy to treat. Cancer immunotherapies have been extensively explored in melanoma and RCC as they poorly respond to conventional cytotoxic agents but show responses to a variety of imm... Read More about T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective..