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Cycles of innovation in managing academic workloads (2010)
Journal Article
Barrett, L., & Barrett, P. (2010). Cycles of innovation in managing academic workloads. Higher Education Quarterly, 64(2), 183-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2009.00436.x

Complexity and demands within higher education are seen to be rising and one response to this has been a movement towards the adoption of more formal approaches to workload management. The objectives of these systems revolve around improving equit... Read More about Cycles of innovation in managing academic workloads.

Classification and assessment of water bodies as adaptive structural measures for flood risk management planning (2010)
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McMinn, W., Yang, Q., & Scholz, M. (2010). Classification and assessment of water bodies as adaptive structural measures for flood risk management planning. Journal of Environmental Management, 91(9), 1855-1863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.04.009

Severe rainfall events have become increasingly common in Europe. Flood defence engineering works are highly capital intensive and can be limited by land availability, leaving land and communities exposed to repeated flooding. Any adaptive drainage s... Read More about Classification and assessment of water bodies as adaptive structural measures for flood risk management planning.

Comparison of planted soil infiltration systems for treatment of log yard runoff (2010)
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Hedmark, A., Scholz, M., Aronsson, P., & Elowson, T. (2010). Comparison of planted soil infiltration systems for treatment of log yard runoff. Water environment research, 82(7), 666-669. https://doi.org/10.2175/106143009X12529484815917

Treatment of log yard runoff is required to avoid contamination of receiving watercourses. The research aim was to assess if infiltration of log yard runoff through planted soil systems is successful and if different plant species affect the treat... Read More about Comparison of planted soil infiltration systems for treatment of log yard runoff.

Constructed wetlands treating runoff contaminated with nutrients (2010)
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Scholz, M., & Hedmark, A. (2010). Constructed wetlands treating runoff contaminated with nutrients. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 205(1-4), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0076-y

The aim was to assess the role of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. in experimental, mature, and temporarily flooded vertical flow wetland filters treating urban runoff rich in organic matter. During the experiment, ammonium chloride wa... Read More about Constructed wetlands treating runoff contaminated with nutrients.

Performance evaluation of integrated constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater (2010)
Journal Article
Kayranli, B., Scholz, M., Mustafa, A., Hofmann, O., & Harrington, R. (2010). Performance evaluation of integrated constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 210(1-4), 435-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0267-6

The performances of a new and a mature integrated constructed wetland (ICW) system treating domestic wastewater were evaluated for the first time. The new ICW in Glaslough (near Monaghan, Ireland) comprises five wetland cells, and the mature syst... Read More about Performance evaluation of integrated constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater.

Experimental determination of the Stokes parameters using a dual photoelastic modulator system (2010)
Journal Article
Guan, W., Cook, P., Jones, G., & Shen, T. (2010). Experimental determination of the Stokes parameters using a dual photoelastic modulator system. Applied Optics, 49(14), 2644-2652. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.002644

We develop a more general methodology for a dual photoelastic modulator (PEM) system that is used for the determination of the Stokes parameters of an arbitrary light beam. This allows for a degree of arbitrariness in the setting of the retardation... Read More about Experimental determination of the Stokes parameters using a dual photoelastic modulator system.

Bright spatial solitons in controlled negative phase metamaterials (2010)
Journal Article
Boardman, A., Mitchell-Thomas, R., King, N., & Rapoport, Y. (2010). Bright spatial solitons in controlled negative phase metamaterials. Optics Communications, 283(8), 1585-1597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.09.024

A fundamental discussion of linearly polarised bright spatial soliton beams that are localised in a planar waveguide is developed in a special way that leads to the introduction of nonlinear diffraction. It is emphasised, throughout, that this kind... Read More about Bright spatial solitons in controlled negative phase metamaterials.

Experimental verification of an Oseen flow slender body theory (2010)
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Chadwick, E., Khan, H., Moatamedi, M., Mappin, M., & Penney, M. (2010). Experimental verification of an Oseen flow slender body theory. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 654, 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112010001333

Consider uniform flow past four slender bodies with elliptical cross-section of constant ellipticity along the length of 0, 0.125, 0.25 and 0.375, respectively, for each body. Here, ellipticity is defined as the ratio of the semiminor axis of the e... Read More about Experimental verification of an Oseen flow slender body theory.

A spacetime cloak, or a history editor (2010)
Journal Article
McCall, M., Favaro, A., Kinsler, P., & Boardman, A. (2010). A spacetime cloak, or a history editor. Journal of Optics, 13(2), 024003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/13/2/024003

We introduce a new type of electromagnetic cloak, the spacetime cloak (STC), which conceals events rather than objects. Non-emitting events occurring during a restricted period are never suspected by a distant observer. The cloak works by locally m... Read More about A spacetime cloak, or a history editor.

Temporal solitons in magnetooptic and metamaterial waveguides (2010)
Journal Article
Boardman, A., Hess, O., Mitchell-Thomas, R., Rapoport, Y., & Velasco, L. (2010). Temporal solitons in magnetooptic and metamaterial waveguides. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 8(4), 228-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2010.05.001

The important topic of temporal soliton propagation in double-negative metamaterials is discussed with an emphasis upon short pulses that exhibit self-steepening controlled by the frequency dependence of the relative permittivity and permeability. In... Read More about Temporal solitons in magnetooptic and metamaterial waveguides.

A Bernoulli principle gripper for handling of planar and 3D (food) products (2010)
Journal Article
Pettersson, A., Ohlsson, T., Caldwell, D., Davis, S., Gray, J., & Dodd, T. (2010). A Bernoulli principle gripper for handling of planar and 3D (food) products. Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 37(6), 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439911011081669

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is the increase the flexibility of robots used for handling of 3D (food) objects handling by the development and evaluation of a novel 3D Bernoulli gripper. Design/methodology/approach – A new gripper technology... Read More about A Bernoulli principle gripper for handling of planar and 3D (food) products.

Developing capacities for disaster risk reduction in the built environment : capacity analysis in Sri Lanka (2010)
Journal Article
Ginige, K., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2010). Developing capacities for disaster risk reduction in the built environment : capacity analysis in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 287-303. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.22

This paper introduces a framework for capacity development for disaster risk reduction in the built environment. The framework was developed as a part of an ongoing research which aims to strengthen the capacities of individuals and institutions in t... Read More about Developing capacities for disaster risk reduction in the built environment : capacity analysis in Sri Lanka.

A haptic surgical simulator for cataract eye surgery using circular wave model (2010)
Thesis
Abulgasem, E. A haptic surgical simulator for cataract eye surgery using circular wave model. (Thesis). University of Salford

Standard surgical training consists of the acquisition of theoretical knowledge complemented with practical observation during surgery and, at some advanced stage, performing the surgical procedures on live patients under the supervision of qualifie... Read More about A haptic surgical simulator for cataract eye surgery using circular wave model.

A new methodology for designing a multi-lingual bio-ontology : an application to Arabic-English bio-information retrieval (2010)
Thesis
Alazemi, A. A new methodology for designing a multi-lingual bio-ontology : an application to Arabic-English bio-information retrieval. (Thesis). University of Salford

Ontologies are becoming increasingly important in the biomedical domain since they enable knowledge sharing in a formal, homogeneous and unambiguous way. Furthermore, biological discoveries are being reported at an extremely rapid rate. This new info... Read More about A new methodology for designing a multi-lingual bio-ontology : an application to Arabic-English bio-information retrieval.

Developing energy-efficient protocol for wireless sensor networks (2010)
Thesis
Al-Chelabi, M. Developing energy-efficient protocol for wireless sensor networks. (Thesis). University of Salford

Buildings are subjected to natural and man-made hazard such as earthquake, fires, etc. during their long-term use. To examine the effects of these hazards, certain types of physical values are necessary to be monitored. Recently, a smart sensor base... Read More about Developing energy-efficient protocol for wireless sensor networks.

Climatic design as a tool to create comfortable, energy-efficient and environmentally wise built environment (Tripoli-Lybia) (2010)
Thesis
Almansuri, A. Climatic design as a tool to create comfortable, energy-efficient and environmentally wise built environment (Tripoli-Lybia). (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Contemporary Libyan architecture has rarely recognized the local climate or renewable energy issues and these subjects are neglected or rarely studied. However, Libyan local vernacular architecture includes traditional solutions that have been tested... Read More about Climatic design as a tool to create comfortable, energy-efficient and environmentally wise built environment (Tripoli-Lybia).