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Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester (2012)
Journal Article
Willmott, H., Miller, I., & Jackson, C. (2012). Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Industrial Archaeology Review, 34(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072812Z.0000000003

Excavations by Oxford Archaeology North in 2003 revealed extensive structural remains of the former Percival, Vickers and Co. Ltd glass works, one of the principal 19th-century glass manufactories in Manchester. A detailed account of the excavated re... Read More about Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

A new swarm optimal collective searching behaviour framework using decision-making under risk (2012)
Thesis
Al-Dulaimy, A. A new swarm optimal collective searching behaviour framework using decision-making under risk. (Thesis). University of Salford

Swarm Intelligence (SI) is a recent computational intelligence technique which mimics and makes use of the collective behaviour of flocks of birds or schools of fish for solving search and optimization problems. There are several decision-making mo... Read More about A new swarm optimal collective searching behaviour framework using decision-making under risk.

Investigating the use of omega three fish oils as protective agents against cytokine-induced skeletal muscle damage (2012)
Thesis
Whittingham-Dowd, J. Investigating the use of omega three fish oils as protective agents against cytokine-induced skeletal muscle damage. (Thesis). University of Salford

Introduction Muscle injury and disease impacts on the lives of adults and children, contributing to severe morbidity and increased mortality e.g. Muscular dystrophy affects over 70,000 people UK wide (Muscular Dystrophy UK). Treatment of muscle di... Read More about Investigating the use of omega three fish oils as protective agents against cytokine-induced skeletal muscle damage.

An implementation roadmap for knowledge sharing for small and micro companies (SMC) in Ireland (2012)
Thesis
Scully, R. An implementation roadmap for knowledge sharing for small and micro companies (SMC) in Ireland. (Thesis). University of Salford

Knowledge is the prime source of competitive advantage among small and micro construction consultancy companies (SMCCC) in Ireland today. The context and structure of the thesis is presented and explained. The literature review will discuss how a... Read More about An implementation roadmap for knowledge sharing for small and micro companies (SMC) in Ireland.

Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery (2012)
Thesis
Janardhan, V. Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery. (Thesis). University of Salford

Vegetation canopies represent the interface between the atmosphere and the biosphere and play an important role in determining energy and mass exchange. Accurate characterisation of vegetation canopy characteristics is therefore important to under... Read More about Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery.

Positively charged silver nanoparticles and their effect on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of dye-labelled oligonucleotides (2012)
Journal Article
van Lierop, D., Krpetic, Z., Guerrini, L., Larmour, I., Dougan, J., Faulds, K., & Graham, D. (2012). Positively charged silver nanoparticles and their effect on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of dye-labelled oligonucleotides. Chemical Communications, 48(66), 8192. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31731A

Improved positively charged nanoparticles are described to provide a simplified SERS substrate for DNA detection. Complete flocculation of the nanoparticles is prevented due to the controlled analyte induced aggregation. This provides a stable aggreg... Read More about Positively charged silver nanoparticles and their effect on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of dye-labelled oligonucleotides.

Thermal lithiation of manganese dioxide : effect of low lithium concentration (x ≤ 0.3 in Li <inf>x</inf>MnO <inf>2</inf>) on structure and electrochemical performance (2012)
Journal Article
Lehr, J., Dose, W., Yakovleva, M., & Donne, S. (2012). Thermal lithiation of manganese dioxide : effect of low lithium concentration (x ≤ 0.3 in Li xMnO 2) on structure and electrochemical performance. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159(6), A904-A908. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.115206jes

The Electrochemical Society, find out more Thermal Lithiation of Manganese Dioxide: Effect of Low Lithium Concentration (x ≤ 0.3 in LixMnO2) on Structure and Electrochemical Performance Joshua Lehr1, Wesley M. Dose1, Marina Yakovleva2 and S... Read More about Thermal lithiation of manganese dioxide : effect of low lithium concentration (x ≤ 0.3 in Li <inf>x</inf>MnO <inf>2</inf>) on structure and electrochemical performance.

An air spring (2012)
Patent
Coakley, J., & Elliott, A. (2012). An air spring

There is provided an air spring (1) for supporting a load, the air spring (1) comprises a chamber (50) for holding a pressurised gas in use, a load-bearing surface (10) arranged to transmit a force from a load in use to the pressurised gas held in th... Read More about An air spring.

Optimization of the BIM authoring tool in architectural practice : a case study approach (2012)
Journal Article
Coates, S., & Arayici, Y. (2012). Optimization of the BIM authoring tool in architectural practice : a case study approach. International journal of 3-D information modeling (Online), 1(2), 30-45. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2012040103

Construction companies are facing barriers and challenges in Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption as there is no clear guidance or best practice studies from which they can learn and build up their capacity for BIM use to increase productivi... Read More about Optimization of the BIM authoring tool in architectural practice : a case study approach.

‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch (2012)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2012). ‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch. Journal of Architecture, 17(2), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2012.678645

In 1928 the Austrian architect and engineer Franz Löwitsch (1894–1946) published the article ‘Sensation of Space and Modern Architecture’ in Imago, the psychoanalytical journal edited by Sigmund Freud. Based on Richard Semon's theories of Mneme, whic... Read More about ‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch.

Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sharp, C., Waddington, D., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Peris, E., & Moorhouse, A. (2012, April). Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories. Presented at Acoustics 2012 Nantes Conference, Nantes, France

The human response to railway noise has been well researched; however, there is a need to further research the human response to railway vibration, freight in particular. To facilitate this, two algorithms have been constructed with the aim of sortin... Read More about Two algorithms for the sorting of unknown train vibration signals into freight and passenger train categories.

A listener-centred approach to soundscape evaluation (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Foale, K., & Davies, W. (2012, April). A listener-centred approach to soundscape evaluation. Presented at Acoustics 2012, Nantes

I am conducting a Grounded Theory study into measuring opinions of urban soundscapes. Participants are given a small portable recording device and asked to keep a sound diary for two weeks. At the end of the two weeks, they are given a 60-minute in... Read More about A listener-centred approach to soundscape evaluation.

Unique magnetic properties and magnetization reversal process of CoFe2O4 nanotubes fabricated by electrospinning (2012)
Journal Article
Fu, J., Zhang, J., Peng, P., Zhao, J., Tan, G., Mellors, N., …Han, W. (2012). Unique magnetic properties and magnetization reversal process of CoFe2O4 nanotubes fabricated by electrospinning. Nanoscale, 4, 3932-3936. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2nr30487b

CoFe2O4 nanotubes have been directly fabricated by single-capillary spinneret electrospinning. The external diameter of the CoFe2O4 nanotubes ranges from 60 nm to 160 nm. The morphology and structure characterizations show that individual CoFe2O4 n... Read More about Unique magnetic properties and magnetization reversal process of CoFe2O4 nanotubes fabricated by electrospinning.

Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study (2012)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Bendi, D., Toma-Sabbagh, T., & Sutrisna, M. (2012). Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study. Construction innovation (London. Online), 12(2), 133-155. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171211215912

Purpose – The growth of Indian economy has brought with it significant increase in construction activities. These increased construction activities have further highlighted the problem of waste generation on construction sites. The purpose of this pa... Read More about Construction waste management in India : an exploratory study.

Apoptin induces apoptosis by changing the equilibrium between the stability of TAp73 and DNp73 isoforms through ubiquitin ligase PIR2 (2012)
Journal Article
Taebunpakul, P., Sayan, B., Flinterman, M., Klanrit, P., Gaken, J., Odell, E., …Tavassoli, M. (2012). Apoptin induces apoptosis by changing the equilibrium between the stability of TAp73 and DNp73 isoforms through ubiquitin ligase PIR2. Apoptosis, 17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-012-0720-7

Apoptin, a protein derived from the chicken anaemia virus, induces cell death in various cancer cells but shows little or no cytotoxicity in normal cells. The mechanism of apoptin-induced cell death is currently unknown but it appears to induce apopt... Read More about Apoptin induces apoptosis by changing the equilibrium between the stability of TAp73 and DNp73 isoforms through ubiquitin ligase PIR2.

Interval estimations for parameters of Gompertz model with time-dependent covariate and right censored data (2012)
Journal Article
Kiani, K., Arasan, J., & Midi, H. (2012). Interval estimations for parameters of Gompertz model with time-dependent covariate and right censored data. Sains malaysiana, 41(4), 471-480

There are numerous parametric models for analyzing survival data such as exponential, Weibull, log-normal and gamma. One of such models is the Gompertz model which is widely used in biology and demography. Most of these models are extended to new for... Read More about Interval estimations for parameters of Gompertz model with time-dependent covariate and right censored data.

An evaluative framework to measure the maturity of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) from user perspectives (2012)
Thesis
Akre, V. An evaluative framework to measure the maturity of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) from user perspectives. (Thesis). University of Salford

Free/Open Source (F/OSS) refers to software that is available for free download and is usually packaged along with its source code. The F/OSS phenomenon has gathered an immense impetus in the past one or two decades. F/OSS differs from commercial o... Read More about An evaluative framework to measure the maturity of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) from user perspectives.

Environmental management and corporate social responsibility in corporate organisations - an integrated management system and balanced scorecard framework for corporate sustainability (2012)
Thesis
Lau, W. Environmental management and corporate social responsibility in corporate organisations - an integrated management system and balanced scorecard framework for corporate sustainability. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research investigated environmental management and corporate social responsibility practices to identify the implementation and operational problems that organisations face in setting up and operating their systems. The aim was to develop an i... Read More about Environmental management and corporate social responsibility in corporate organisations - an integrated management system and balanced scorecard framework for corporate sustainability.

Social cliques in male northern muriquis Brachyteles hypoxanthus (2012)
Journal Article
Tokuda, M., Boubli, J., Izar, P., & Strier, K. (2012). Social cliques in male northern muriquis Brachyteles hypoxanthus. Current Zoology, 58(2), 342-352. https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/58.2.342

Analyses of spatial relationships and social interactions provide insights into the social structure of animal societies and the ways in which social preferences among and between dyads affect higher order social relationships. In this paper we descr... Read More about Social cliques in male northern muriquis Brachyteles hypoxanthus.

Does people’s knowledge about an endangered bird species differ between rural and urban communities? The case of the Greater Rhea (Rhea americana, Rheidae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2012)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., Silva, K., Ferraz, J., Tinoco, H., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2012). Does people’s knowledge about an endangered bird species differ between rural and urban communities? The case of the Greater Rhea (Rhea americana, Rheidae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. #Journal not on list, 20(47), 8-18