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Preparation and electrochemical performance of Li<inf>x</inf>MnO <inf>2</inf> materials by a reduction and lithiation method (2013)
Journal Article
Lehr, J., Dose, W., Yakovleva, M., & Donne, S. (2013). Preparation and electrochemical performance of LixMnO 2 materials by a reduction and lithiation method. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 160(9), A1358-A1363. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.005309jes

The preparation of LixMnO2 materials via a novel reduction and lithiation method is reported. The effect of lithium concentration, lithiation temperature and lithiation time on the composition, structure and electrochemical performance of the resulti... Read More about Preparation and electrochemical performance of Li<inf>x</inf>MnO <inf>2</inf> materials by a reduction and lithiation method.

A peculiar faunivorous metatherian from the early Eocene of Australia (2013)
Journal Article
Beck, R. (2013). A peculiar faunivorous metatherian from the early Eocene of Australia. Acta palaeontologica Polonica, 60(1), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2013.0011

I describe Archaeonothos henkgodthelpi gen. et. sp. nov., a small (estimated body mass ~40-80g) tribosphenic metatherian from the early Eocene Tingamarra Fauna of southeastern Queensland, Australia. This taxon, known only from a single isolated upper... Read More about A peculiar faunivorous metatherian from the early Eocene of Australia.

Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. (2013, June). Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model. Presented at 21st International Congress on Acoustics, 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Montreal

Prediction models are at the heart of modern acoustic engineering and are used in a diverse range of applications from refining the acoustic design of classrooms and concert halls to predicting how noise exposure varies through an urban environment.... Read More about Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model.

Improving the Libyan customers' trust and acceptance for online banking technology (2013)
Thesis
Mohamed, A. Improving the Libyan customers' trust and acceptance for online banking technology. (Thesis). University of Salford

The technology of online banking for customers refers to several types of banking activities through which bank customers can get information and carry out most retail banking services. Libyan banks continue to conduct most of their banking transacti... Read More about Improving the Libyan customers' trust and acceptance for online banking technology.

Timperley old hall: Rediscovering a moated site (2013)
Book
Nevell, M., North, P., & Pierce, D. (2013). Timperley old hall: Rediscovering a moated site. Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology

Timperley Old Hall moat is one of the oldest inhabited places in Trafford, Greater Manchester. Stone tools indicate prehistoric activity in the Neolithic and early Bronze Ages. The site was re-used again, briefly, in the mid-Saxon period. From the 13... Read More about Timperley old hall: Rediscovering a moated site.

SME buying behaviour : Literature review and an application agenda (2013)
Journal Article
Ozmen, E., Oner, M., Khosrowshahi, F., & Underwood, J. (2013). SME buying behaviour : Literature review and an application agenda. Marketing Review, 13(2), 207-227. https://doi.org/10.1362/146934713X13699019904768

SMEs have been recognised as important actors of commercial activity, especially in the second half of the 20th century. Although understanding customer potential has been named a top priority among many sectors, we have a limited body of knowledge r... Read More about SME buying behaviour : Literature review and an application agenda.

Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the taught curriculum : Supporting BIM implementation and adoption through the development of learning outcomes within the UK academic context for built environment programmes (2013)
Report
Underwood, J., Khosrowshahi, F., Pittard, S., Greenwood, D., & Platts, T. (2013). Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the taught curriculum : Supporting BIM implementation and adoption through the development of learning outcomes within the UK academic context for built environment programmes

This report considers the impact that building information modelling (BIM) is having on the learning needs of undergraduates and postgraduates; in particular those programmes within the built environment and architectural schools and faculties. With... Read More about Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the taught curriculum : Supporting BIM implementation and adoption through the development of learning outcomes within the UK academic context for built environment programmes.

A survey on media independent handover (MIH) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) in heterogeneous wireless networks (2013)
Journal Article
Khattab, O., & Alani, O. (2013). A survey on media independent handover (MIH) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) in heterogeneous wireless networks. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 20(3), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-013-0213-9

One challenge of wireless networks integration is to provide ubiquitous wireless access abilities and seamless handover for mobile communication devices between different types of technologies (3GPP and non-3GPP), such as Global System for Mobile Com... Read More about A survey on media independent handover (MIH) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) in heterogeneous wireless networks.

Can captive-bred American bullfrogs learn to avoid a model avian predator? (2013)
Journal Article
Teixeira, B., & Young, R. (2013). Can captive-bred American bullfrogs learn to avoid a model avian predator?. Acta ethologica, 17(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0150-8

Animals that are isolated from their natural predators may lose the ability to express antipredator behavior. The aim of this study was to test whether it would be possible to train captive-bred North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) to avoid a... Read More about Can captive-bred American bullfrogs learn to avoid a model avian predator?.

A time dependent kinetic small angle neutron scattering study of a novel YFe phase (2013)
Journal Article
Simmons, L., Bentley, P., Al-Jawad, M., & Kilcoyne, S. (2013). A time dependent kinetic small angle neutron scattering study of a novel YFe phase. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 25(25), https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/25/255401

Crystallization of amorphous Y67Fe33 into the YFe2 C15 Laves phase via a novel 'YFe' intermediate phase has been observed through to completion using time-resolved small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The nucleation and growth kinetics of the phase... Read More about A time dependent kinetic small angle neutron scattering study of a novel YFe phase.

Storyboarding for visual analytics (2013)
Journal Article
Walker, R., Cenydd, L., Pop, S., Miles, H., Hughes, C., Teahan, W., & Roberts, J. (2015). Storyboarding for visual analytics. Information Visualization, 14(1), 27-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473871613487089

Analysts wish to explore different hypotheses, organize their thoughts into visual narratives and present their findings. Some developers have used algorithms to ascertain key events from their data, while others have visualized different states of... Read More about Storyboarding for visual analytics.

Augmented and virtual reality based approaches in minimally invasive surgery training (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Rahman, M. A., Mahmud, P., & Mashuk, M. (2013). Augmented and virtual reality based approaches in minimally invasive surgery training. In 2013 International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision (ICIEV). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEV.2013.6572714

Continuing development in surgical techniques has elevated the level of sophistication in surgery. In order to reduce trauma to healthy tissue of the patient body, scientists are continuously trying different technologies in surgery. Minimally Invasi... Read More about Augmented and virtual reality based approaches in minimally invasive surgery training.

Lower expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and higher expression of arginase in rat alveolar macrophages are linked to their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii infection. (2013)
Journal Article
ZJ, Z., J, Z., J, W., Z, L., T, W., SQ, Y., …ZR, L. (2013). Lower expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and higher expression of arginase in rat alveolar macrophages are linked to their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii infection. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063650

Rats are naturally resistant to Toxoplasma gondii infection, particularly the RH strain, while mice are not. Previous studies have demonstrated that inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase-1 of rodent peritoneal macrophages are linked to... Read More about Lower expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and higher expression of arginase in rat alveolar macrophages are linked to their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii infection..

From source to brain : modelling sound propagation and localisation in rooms (2013)
Thesis
Sheaffer, J. From source to brain : modelling sound propagation and localisation in rooms. (Thesis). University of Salford

Human localisation of sound in enclosed spaces is a cross-disciplinary research topic, with important applications in auditory science, room acoustics, spatial audio and telecommunications. By combining an accelerated model of $3$D sound propagation... Read More about From source to brain : modelling sound propagation and localisation in rooms.

Minimising flood risk accumulation through effective private and public sector engagement (2013)
Report
Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. (2013). Minimising flood risk accumulation through effective private and public sector engagement

Flooding is a global problem affecting both developing and developed countries. Academics and practitioners in climate science frequently argue that changing climatic conditions are likely to worsen the length and severity of these flood events, whi... Read More about Minimising flood risk accumulation through effective private and public sector engagement.

The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content (2013)
Journal Article
Gaulton, R., Danson, F., Ramirez Cardozo, F., & Gunawan, O. (2013). The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content. Remote Sensing of Environment, 132, 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.01.001

Vegetation moisture content is an important early indicator of forest drought stress, disease and fire risk. Existing remote sensing techniques to measure biochemical properties of vegetation, such as Equivalent Water Thickness (EWT), are limited by... Read More about The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content.

Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2013, May). Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection. Presented at 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2013, Mashhad, Iran

With the enormous growth of online reviews in Internet, sentiment analysis has received more and more attention in information retrieval and natural language processing community. Up to now there are very few researches conducted on sentiment analysi... Read More about Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection.

Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ramezani, R., Saraee, M., & Nematbakhsh, M. (2013, May). Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach. Presented at 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2013, Mashhad, Iran

Linked Data is used in the Web to create typed links between data from different sources. Connecting diffused data by using these links provides new data which could be employed in different applications. Association Rules Mining (ARM) is a data mini... Read More about Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach.

Health impacts of wind turbines (2013)
Report
von Hünerbein, S., Moorhouse, A., Fiumicelli, D., & Baguley, D. (2013). Health impacts of wind turbines

This report presents the results of a rapid, desk based analysis of peer reviewed UK and international literature from the last four years on the effects of wind turbines on human health. The review covers literature specified by the Scottish governm... Read More about Health impacts of wind turbines.