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Infrastructure reconstruction programmes in the conflict affected communities of north and east Sri Lanka, knowledge society or knowledge for society? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Haigh, R., & Amaratunga, R. (2011, December). Infrastructure reconstruction programmes in the conflict affected communities of north and east Sri Lanka, knowledge society or knowledge for society?. Presented at International Conference on the Social Sciences and the Humanities, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Multiobjective optimization for force and moment balance of a four-bar linkage using evolutionary algorithms (2011)
Journal Article
Farmani, M., Jaamialahmadi, A., & Babaie, M. (2011). Multiobjective optimization for force and moment balance of a four-bar linkage using evolutionary algorithms. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 25, 2971-2977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-011-0924-8

In this study, force and moment balance of a planar four-bar linkage is implemented using evolutionary algorithms. In the current problem, the concepts of inertia counterweights and physical pendulum are utilized to complete balance of all mass effec... Read More about Multiobjective optimization for force and moment balance of a four-bar linkage using evolutionary algorithms.

Increased ICaL Underlies Ventricular Action-Potential Prolongation After Spontaneous Ca2+ Release From The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Spontaneous Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SCR) can cause delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs) and triggered activity, contributing to arrhythmogenesis during Ca2+ overload. Excessive beat-to-beat variability of repolarizati... Read More about Increased ICaL Underlies Ventricular Action-Potential Prolongation After Spontaneous Ca2+ Release From The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum.

Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression (2011)
Journal Article
Ahangar-Asr, A., Faramarzi, A., Mottaghifard, N., & Javadi, A. (2011). Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression. Computers and Geosciences, 37(11), 1860-1869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.015

This paper presents a new approach, based on evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR), for prediction of permeability (K), maximum dry density (MDD), and optimum moisture content (OMC) as functions of some physical properties of soil. EPR is a data-d... Read More about Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression.

Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets? (2011)
Journal Article
Duarte, M., Goulart, V., & Young, R. (2012). Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 137(3-4), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.11.013

How to house animals in captivity, so as to maximise their level of well-being, is one of the greatest practical challenges facing animal welfare scientists. Laboratory animal housing can, necessarily, be very restrictive in terms of the facilities b... Read More about Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets?.

Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Elkadi, H., & Al Maiyah, S. (2011, November). Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo. Presented at International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) 17th General Assembly Scientific Symposium, Paris, France

Traditional dwellings located in the hot arid zones of the Arabian regions are well known for their sensitive
architectural response to the region’s climatic conditions and socio-cultural norms. The majority of these dwellings
are well recognized... Read More about Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo.

The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services (2011)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2011, November). The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services. Presented at Conferencia Biodiversidade em Ambiente Urbano, Lisbon

In 1984 E. O. Wilson described the word “biophilia” as “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life”. Had Wilson written this text post 1992 he might have replaced the phrase “the rest of life” with a single word: Bio... Read More about The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services.

Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype (2011)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Nadim, W., Petridis, P., & Alshawi, M. (2012). Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype. Advanced engineering informatics, 26(1), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2011.09.004

The ‘traditional’ construction industry has constantly been challenged to improve its inherent problematic practices. Offsite production (OSP), under the umbrella of modern methods of construction (MMC), has been acknowledged as a means to help impro... Read More about Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype.

Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bostock, C., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons. Presented at 2nd CSE Doctoral School Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

The propagation of a light beam at a single optical frequency – or colour – in a Kerr-type planar waveguide is an elementary configuration in photonics [1,2]. Under two classic assumptions: (i) that the transverse extent of the
beam is much greater... Read More about Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons.

Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., & Pilkington, R. (2011, November). Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application. Presented at 2nd Computing, Science and Engineering Postgraduate Research Doctoral Scholl Conference 2011, University of Salford

This work explores the possibilities of using the pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering (PDMS) process for depositing the buffer layer for copper indium diselenide - CuInSe2 (CIS) - based solar cells. The use of PDMS can give a high plasma density and pro... Read More about Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application.

Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters (2011)
Journal Article

Specific remedial works designed to improve sound installation and reduce the noise level produced by helicopters inside dwellings are described. The theoretical problems and practical solutions to installing high performance acoustic insulation to a... Read More about Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters.

Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ragojapalan, P., & Elkadi, H. (2011, November). Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre. Presented at Building Simulation Conference 2011 (BS 2011), Sydney, Australia

There has been an increasing demand for sports facilities in urban areas recently. As a result of this, more attention is drawn towards not only the energy performance of these building typologies, but also creating a healthy indoor environment for t... Read More about Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre.

Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window (2011)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Ramirez-Hernandez, J., Bodgan, N., Capobianco, J., Vetrone, F., Garcia Sole, J., & Jaque, D. (2012). Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window. Nanoscale, 4(1), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1nr11285f

A new approach to deep tissue imaging is presented based on 8 nm CdTe semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The characteristic 800 nm emission was found to be efficiently excited via two-photon absorption of 900 nm photons. The fact that both excitation... Read More about Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window.

Change management and relocation: a moving experience (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Finch, E. (2011, November). Change management and relocation: a moving experience. Presented at 2º.Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade do Projeto no Ambiente Construído, Rio de Janeiro

Organisational change brings with it a need for facilities changes. Merging, splitting, downsizing, upsizing, adaptations, are all physical manifestations of the need for change. Along with these changes are innumerable human and organizational cha... Read More about Change management and relocation: a moving experience.

Aletheia - An advanced document layout and text ground-truthing system for production environments (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Large-scale digitisation has led to a number of new possibilities with regard to adaptive and learning based methods in the field of Document Image Analysis and OCR. For ground truth production of large corpora, however, there is still a gap in terms... Read More about Aletheia - An advanced document layout and text ground-truthing system for production environments.

Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Chamorro-Posada, P., Sánchez-Curto, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units. Presented at 8th Iberian Meeting on Computational Electromagnetics, Sesimbra, Lisbon, Potugal

We study the performance of a nonparaxial beam propagation method accelerated using massively parallel computation in graphic processing units. The implementation is tested in two different NVIDIA hardware architectures, Tesla and Fermi, and the resu... Read More about Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units.