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Waveguides in Ni-doped glass and glass–ceramic written with a 1 kHz femtosecond laser (2014)
Journal Article
femtosecond laser. Optical Materials, 36(6), 1604-1608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.04.042

We report waveguides in Ni-doped Li2O–Ga2O3–SiO2 (Ni:LGS) glass and glass–ceramic (GC) fabricated with a femtosecond (fs) laser with repetition rate of 1 kHz. When the glass is annealed to form a GC, the waveguides are erased. However, in the GC th... Read More about Waveguides in Ni-doped glass and glass–ceramic written with a 1 kHz femtosecond laser.

Impacts of UVB provision and dietary calcium content on serum vitamin D3, growth rates, skeletal structure and coloration in captive oriental fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis) (2014)
Journal Article
Michaels, C., Antwis, R., & Preziosi, R. (2015). Impacts of UVB provision and dietary calcium content on serum vitamin D3, growth rates, skeletal structure and coloration in captive oriental fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis). Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 99(2), 391-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12203

Many amphibian species are dependent on ex situ conservation interventions for their long?term persistence. However, projects have been jeopardised by husbandry issues involving poor calcium metabolism and nutritional metabolic bone disease (NMBD). H... Read More about Impacts of UVB provision and dietary calcium content on serum vitamin D3, growth rates, skeletal structure and coloration in captive oriental fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis).

Neural correlates of emotional responses to music : An EEG study (2014)
Journal Article
Daly, I., Malik, A., Hwang, F., Roesch, E., Weaver, J., Kirke, A., …Nasuto, S. (2014). Neural correlates of emotional responses to music : An EEG study. Neuroscience Letters, 573, 52-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2014.05.003

This paper presents an EEG study into the neural correlates of music-induced emotions. We presented participants with a large dataset containing musical pieces in different styles, and asked them to report on their induced emotional responses. We... Read More about Neural correlates of emotional responses to music : An EEG study.

Response of vegetables to cadmium-enriched soil (2014)
Journal Article
Ebrazi Bakhshayesh, B., Delkash, M., & Scholz, M. (2014). Response of vegetables to cadmium-enriched soil. Water, 6(5), 1246-1256. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6051246

Environmental and water pollution through heavy metals is a growing concern. The recycling of untreated wastewater, which is often contaminated with heavy metals, for agricultural applications is becoming more popular. However, information on the amo... Read More about Response of vegetables to cadmium-enriched soil.

Assessing the vulnerability of coastal infrastructure to sea level rise using multi-criteria analysis in Scarborough, Maine (USA) (2014)
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Johnston, A., Slovinsky, P., & Yates, K. (2014). Assessing the vulnerability of coastal infrastructure to sea level rise using multi-criteria analysis in Scarborough, Maine (USA). Ocean and Coastal Management, 95, 176-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.04.016

Sea level rise and climate change will have widespread impacts on coastal towns and cities, many of which have seen dramatic increases in development over recent decades. In addition to potential private property damage, the critical public infrastru... Read More about Assessing the vulnerability of coastal infrastructure to sea level rise using multi-criteria analysis in Scarborough, Maine (USA).

Putting policy initiatives into practice : adopting an “honest broker” approach to adapting small businesses against flooding (2014)
Journal Article
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, H. (2014). Putting policy initiatives into practice : adopting an “honest broker” approach to adapting small businesses against flooding. Structural survey, 32(2), 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-01-2013-0011

Purpose: Amidst the current economic climate, which places many constraints on expensive flood defence schemes, the policy makers tend to favour schemes that are sympathetic to the needs of small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs) and which prom... Read More about Putting policy initiatives into practice : adopting an “honest broker” approach to adapting small businesses against flooding.

Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gerlein, E., McGinnity, T., Belatreche, A., Coleman, S., & Li, Y. (2014, May). Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA). Presented at 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Paris

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have been recognised as a promising solution to address complex problems in many areas. However such systems are extremely hungry in terms of computational resources. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offer great perfor... Read More about Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA).

Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

Technology transfer (TT) within construction has emerged as an important business activity across many developing countries across the globe including Ghana. For several years TT from developed countries has been viewed as a key element in addressin... Read More about Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors.

E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance, Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

This paper reports on a questionnaire survey undertaken to evaluate e-Business use in the Ghanaian construction industry. The views of construction professionals and local construction firms in Ghana were consulted in this questionnaire survey. Add... Read More about E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers.

Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes (2014)
Journal Article
Farina, A., James, P., Bobryk, C., Pieretti, N., Lattanzi, E., & McWilliam, J. (2014). Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystems, 17(4), 923-944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-014-0365-0

Low cost (audio) recorders (LCRs) represent a new opportunity to investigate the sonic complexity of both natural and urban ecosystems. LCRs are inexpensive sampling audio recorders which have the external shape of a universal serial bus (USB) flash... Read More about Low cost (audio) recording (LCR) for advancing soundscape ecology towards the conservation of sonic complexity and biodiversity in natural and urban landscapes.

Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kaushik, A., Keraminiyage, K., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Hope, G. (2014, May). Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry. Presented at CIB- International Conference on Construction in Changing World, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are unique research programmes designed to bring innovation by joint effort of academia and industry to provide innovation in technology, process and management for the UK Industry. This paper describes an underg... Read More about Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry.

The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Allali, B., Keraminiyage, K., & Kulatunga, U. (2014, May). The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya. Presented at CIB 2014 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Knowledge is seen as a crucial factor behind sustainable advantage and success for Information Communication Technology (ICT) business organizations. Consequently, sharing knowledge (SK) has been considered as a main element of success, which is clos... Read More about The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya.

The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ulutas, D., Giritli, H., & McDermott, P. (2014, May). The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry. Presented at CIB International Conference 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved to an important agenda for many industries and its scope has been widened from the responsible business to strategic decisions. The increasing importance of CSR affects business relations because orga... Read More about The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry.

A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2014, May). A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study. Presented at CIB International Conference 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Extant literature highlights the increasing inability of Project-Based Organisations (PBOs) to meet infrastructure client’s expectations, particularly as it concerns the delivery of socio-economic outcomes during the delivery process. Viability is de... Read More about A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study.

An assessment of the causes and effects of abandonment of development projects on real property values in Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
development projects on real property values in Nigeria. Impact : international journal of research in applied, natural and social sciences, Vol 2(5), 25-36

The prevalent and incessant abandonment of development projects are alarming that it creates several negative effects to real property values, as well as, to the owners, residents, the built environment and the economy as a whole. The purpose of th... Read More about An assessment of the causes and effects of abandonment of development projects on real property values in Nigeria.

Double cation formation from the Photo-Fragmentation of the closo-Carboranes (2014)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Ruhl, E., Hitchcock, A., McIlroy, D., Bozek, J., Tyliszczak, T., …Dowben, P. (2014). Double cation formation from the Photo-Fragmentation of the closo-Carboranes. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 228(4-5), 421-436. https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2014-0447

Time-of-flight mass analysis with multi-stop coincidence detection has been used to study the multi-cation ionic fragmentation via fission of three isomeric carborane icosahedral cage compounds closo-1,2-orthocarborane, closo-1,7-metacarborane, closo... Read More about Double cation formation from the Photo-Fragmentation of the closo-Carboranes.

Gene-rich large deletions are overrepresented in POAG patients of Indian and Caucasian origins (2014)
Journal Article
Kaurani, L., Vishal, M., Kumar, D., Sharma, A., Mehani, B., Sharma, C., …Mukhopadhyay, A. (2014). Gene-rich large deletions are overrepresented in POAG patients of Indian and Caucasian origins. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-14339

PURPOSE: Large copy number variations (CNV) can contribute to increased burden for neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we analyzed the genome-wide burden of large CNVs > 100 kb in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), a neurodegenerative diseas... Read More about Gene-rich large deletions are overrepresented in POAG patients of Indian and Caucasian origins.

Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland (2014)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2014). Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(1), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000027

This article summarises the findings from a recent archaeological excavation of the former Wearside Pottery in Sunderland, which provided a valuable opportunity to study the buried remains of a 20th-century potworks. Sunderland has a rich heritage of... Read More about Wearside pottery : a 20th-century potworks in Sunderland.

Priority index on road sections for noise action plan (Índice para determinación de la prioridad de actuación en los tramos de carretera de un plan de acción contra el ruido) (2014)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Ramos-Ridao, A., Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2014). Priority index on road sections for noise action plan (Índice para determinación de la prioridad de actuación en los tramos de carretera de un plan de acción contra el ruido)

It is well known that the road traffic noise is one of the most important contributors to the environmental impact generated by roads. There no exists hitherto any regulated guidance or procedure that establishes how to undertake a well-founded pri... Read More about Priority index on road sections for noise action plan (Índice para determinación de la prioridad de actuación en los tramos de carretera de un plan de acción contra el ruido).