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The female perspective of mating in A. femoralis, a territorial frog with paternal care – A spatial and genetic analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Ringler, E., Ringler, M., Jehle, R., & Hödl, W. (2012). The female perspective of mating in A. femoralis, a territorial frog with paternal care – A spatial and genetic analysis. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e40237. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040237

The adaptive significance of sequential polyandry is a challenging question in evolutionary and behavioral biology. Costs and benefits of different mating patterns are shaped by the spatial distribution of individuals and by genetic parameters such... Read More about The female perspective of mating in A. femoralis, a territorial frog with paternal care – A spatial and genetic analysis.

Low frequency sound propagation in activated carbon (2012)
Journal Article
Bechwati, F., Avis, M., Bull, D., Cox, T., Hargreaves, J., Moser, D., …Venegas, R. (2012). Low frequency sound propagation in activated carbon. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4725761

Activated carbon can adsorb and desorb gas molecules onto and off its surface. Research has examined whether this sorption affects low frequency sound waves, with pressures typical of audible sound, interacting with granular activated carbon. Imped... Read More about Low frequency sound propagation in activated carbon.

Improving hospital environments for people with dementia: Listening event report (2012)
Report
Yates-Bolton, N., Yates, K., Williamson, T., Newton, R., & Codinhoto, R. (2012). Improving hospital environments for people with dementia: Listening event report

Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), Technical report 6 : determination of exposure-response relationships (2012)
Report
Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Condie, J., Sica, G., Koziel, Z., Evans, T., …Waddington, D. (2012). Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), Technical report 6 : determination of exposure-response relationships

This technical report presents the development of exposure-response relationships for the human response to vibration in residential environments. The data used to formulate the relationships presented in this report are those which were collected fo... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), Technical report 6 : determination of exposure-response relationships.

Human response to vibration in residential environments, technical report 1 : measurement of vibration exposure (2012)
Report
Peris, E., Sica, G., Woodcock, J., Koziel, Z., Elliott, A., Venegas Castillo, R., …Waddington, D. (2012). Human response to vibration in residential environments, technical report 1 : measurement of vibration exposure

The Technical Report 1 describes the research undertaken to develop a method by which human exposure to vibration in residential environments can be assessed. That work has been carried out by the University of Salford supported by the Department of... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments, technical report 1 : measurement of vibration exposure.

Differences in iNOS and arginase expression and activity in the macrophages of rats are responsible for the resistance against T. gondii infection (2012)
Journal Article
Gruner, A., Li, Z., Zhao, Z., Zhu, X., Ren, Q., Nie, F., …Lun, Z. (2012). Differences in iNOS and arginase expression and activity in the macrophages of rats are responsible for the resistance against T. gondii infection. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e35834. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035834

Toxoplasma gondii infects humans and warm blooded animals causing devastating disease worldwide. It has long been a mystery as to why the peritoneal macrophages of rats are naturally resistant to T. gondii infection while those of mice are not. Her... Read More about Differences in iNOS and arginase expression and activity in the macrophages of rats are responsible for the resistance against T. gondii infection.

Detection of Trypanosoma lewisi from wild rats in Southern China and its genetic diversity based on the ITS1 and ITS2 sequences (2012)
Journal Article
Tang, H., Lan, Y., Wen, Y., Zhang, X., Desquesnes, M., Yang, T., …Lun, Z. (2012). Detection of Trypanosoma lewisi from wild rats in Southern China and its genetic diversity based on the ITS1 and ITS2 sequences. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 12(5), 1046-1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2012.02.018

Trypanosoma lewisi has widely been considered as a non-pathogenic rat trypanosome. However, more and more cases of humans infected with T. lewisi have been reported around the world, indicating that it can infect humans in some undetermined circums... Read More about Detection of Trypanosoma lewisi from wild rats in Southern China and its genetic diversity based on the ITS1 and ITS2 sequences.

Making cities resilient (2012)
Journal Article
Haigh, R., & Amaratunga, R. (2012). Making cities resilient. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(2),

Managing disaster knowledge : identification of knowledge factors and challenges (2012)
Journal Article
factors and challenges. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(3), 237-252. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901211263620

Multifaceted facade textures for 3D city models (2012)
Thesis
Bogdahn, J. Multifaceted facade textures for 3D city models. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Three-dimensional digital representations of cities are widely used today, from urban planning to navigation systems, emergency response and to energy and flood simu- lations. Many of these scenarios can be served by one multipurpose 3D city mode... Read More about Multifaceted facade textures for 3D city models.

The utilisation of new ICT services in academic libraries in the state of Kuwait : an interpretive case study (2012)
Thesis
Ghuloum, H. The utilisation of new ICT services in academic libraries in the state of Kuwait : an interpretive case study. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Information and communication Technology (ICT) holds the key to the success of modernising information services. Hence, ICT services impacted on every sphere of academic library activity as well as presenting an opportunity to provide value-added... Read More about The utilisation of new ICT services in academic libraries in the state of Kuwait : an interpretive case study.

Stakeholders' requirements and perceptions of corporate environmental disclosure in Libya (2012)
Thesis
Ishwerf, A. Stakeholders' requirements and perceptions of corporate environmental disclosure in Libya. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study emphasises on examining various stakeholder groups' perceptions and requirements and represents an attempt to fill a gap in the CED literature where the views of non-managerial and non-financial stakeholders are largely absent. The stud... Read More about Stakeholders' requirements and perceptions of corporate environmental disclosure in Libya.

Technology transfer strategies and practices in Nigerian construction organisations (2012)
Thesis
Odigie, H. Technology transfer strategies and practices in Nigerian construction organisations. (Thesis). University of Salford

There is no doubt that Technology Transfer (TT) activity from the transferees' view point is an important issue when it comes to economic development, especially in developing countries. This present study is concerned with Technology Transfer Str... Read More about Technology transfer strategies and practices in Nigerian construction organisations.

Spontaneous spatial fractal pattern formation in absorptive systems (2012)
Journal Article
Huang, J. G., Christian, J. M., & McDonald, G. S. (2012). Spontaneous spatial fractal pattern formation in absorptive systems. Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 21(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021886351250018X

We predict, for the first time to our knowledge, that purely-absorptive nonlinearity can support spontaneous spatial fractal pattern formation. A passive optical ring cavity with a thin slice of saturable absorber is analyzed. Linear stability analys... Read More about Spontaneous spatial fractal pattern formation in absorptive systems.

Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion : I. Bright Kerr solitons and cnoidal waves (2012)
Journal Article
I. Bright Kerr solitons and cnoidal waves. Physical Review A, 86(2), 023838. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023838

We propose a simple scalar model for describing pulse phenomena beyond the conventional slowly-varying envelope approximation. The generic governing equation has a cubic nonlinearity and we focus here mainly on contexts involving anomalous group-vel... Read More about Wave envelopes with second-order spatiotemporal dispersion : I. Bright Kerr solitons and cnoidal waves.

A multi-functional collaborative design environment (2012)
Thesis
Wu, K. A multi-functional collaborative design environment. (Thesis). University of Salford

Typical construction projects involving a large number of stakeholders working together require a tremendous amount of collaboration amongst them. In order to reduce the cost and length of the project life cycle undertaken by the design team and... Read More about A multi-functional collaborative design environment.

The Code for Sustainable Homes : what are the innovation implications for the social housing development sector? (2012)
Thesis
Barlow, C. The Code for Sustainable Homes : what are the innovation implications for the social housing development sector?. (Thesis). University of Salford

The research considers the capacity of the social housing development sector to generate or accelerate innovation to meet the Code for Sustainable Homes, the national standard detailing targets for the sustainability of new housing, within project an... Read More about The Code for Sustainable Homes : what are the innovation implications for the social housing development sector?.

ApRemodel : a study of non-technical innovation in multi-occupancy sustainable retrofit housing projects (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Swan, W., Abbott, C., & Barlow, C. (2012, January). ApRemodel : a study of non-technical innovation in multi-occupancy sustainable retrofit housing projects. Presented at Retrofit 2012, Salford

The ApRemodel project is a study of multi-occupancy retrofit in the Finnish context. As part of the study a research project was commissioned to identify and compare innovative practice with regards to non-technical issues being addressed in retrofit... Read More about ApRemodel : a study of non-technical innovation in multi-occupancy sustainable retrofit housing projects.

From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment (2012)
Book Chapter
Rooke, J., & Rooke, C. (2012). From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment. In S. Pink, D. Tutt, & A. Dainty (Eds.), Ethnographic research in the construction industry (141-159). Abingdon: Routledge

The development of ethnographic work in construction management in recent years has been associated with a growing challenge to the dominant positivist paradigm within the subject area. Ethnography, with its emphasis on shared meaning and its conseq... Read More about From interpretation to action; standards for evaluating ethnography in the built environment.

A new method for compressing massive RFID data to achieve efficient mining (2012)
Journal Article
Hafezi, L., Saraee, M., & Montazeri, M. (2012). A new method for compressing massive RFID data to achieve efficient mining. International journal of computer theory and engineering (Print), 4(5), 694-696. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJCTE.2012.V4.559

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been used for many purposes and has had effective results. This technology eases and accelerates many applications, but it has proposed a challenge, and that is the production of such a volume of d... Read More about A new method for compressing massive RFID data to achieve efficient mining.