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Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., & Stephenson, P. (2014, September). Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes. Presented at 30th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Portsmouth

Embedding the principles of sustainable development and sustainable communities into social housing organisations represents one of the biggest challenges faced by the sector over the last decade. The increasing recognition of the limitations and fai... Read More about Identifying project success criteria for UK social housing asset management schemes.

Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., Boothman, J., & Scott, A. (2014, September). Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions. Presented at 30th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Portsmouth, UK

Following the calls from the OECD and the James Review for the increase in the use of standardisation and modern methods of construction in the delivery of new school buildings. The paper sought to appraise the views of both construction and educatio... Read More about Delivering school buildings using off-site construction : stakeholders' perceptions.

Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, M., Haleem, A., & Arif, M. (2014). Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry. ITSEC international journal of engineering sciences, 1(1), 13-18

Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) is attracting more and more researcher due to its rugged and robust construction and applications in industrial environments. SRM are most widely used in contrast to induction machines, brushless dc motors, or othe... Read More about Validating Rationales in Green Supply Chain Management: A SEM Analysis of Technological Policies for Indian Automotive Industry.

Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors (2014)
Journal Article
Akre, V., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2014). Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors. AIMS International journal of management, 8(3), 233-249

Open Source Software (OSS) is a phenomenon that has caused turbulence in the smooth sail of the Software Development Bandwagon. The OSS movement was initiated by special interest groups of hackers and developers who perceived the closed source tra... Read More about Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in estimating importance of Open Source Software (OSS) user acceptance factors.

Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland (2014)
Journal Article
Hayes, S., Barker, A., & Jones, C. (2014). Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333214500252

The impact of flood events in the UK has drawn attention to limitations associated with traditional flood defence regimes. In recognition of this there has been a significant level of advocacy for a systems based approach which assumes a greater role... Read More about Flood management consideration in sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in England and Scotland.

Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement (2014)
Journal Article
Haron, A., Marshall-Ponting, A., Nawi, M., & Ismail, M. (2014). Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement. American-Eurasian journal of sustainable agriculture, 8(7), 85-91

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is defined as an approach to building design and construction through modeling technology, associated set of processes and people to produce, communicate and analyse building information models. Although the pote... Read More about Building information modelling : a case study approach to identify readiness criteria for process requirement.

Feature selection in meta learning framework (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shilbayeh, S., & Vadera, S. (2014, August). Feature selection in meta learning framework. Presented at The Science and Information Conference, Science and Information Conference

Feature selection is a key step in data mining. Unfortunately, there is no single feature selection method that is always the best and the data miner usually has to experiment with different methods using a trial and error approach, which can be time... Read More about Feature selection in meta learning framework.

Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Fedorenko, Y., Gwilliam, G., Homewood, K., Hinder, S., Gholipour, B., …Curry, R. (2014). Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices. Applied Physics Letters, 105, 083506. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894245

We report amorphous GaLaSO-based resistive switching devices, with and without Pb-implantation before deposition of an Al active electrode, which switch due to deposition and dissolution of Al metal filaments. The devices set at 2–3 and 3–4V with r... Read More about Ion-implantation-enhanced chalcogenide-glass resistive-switching devices.

Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Khattab, O., & Alani, O. (2014, August). Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks. Presented at Science and Information Conference, London

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 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wo... Read More about Algorithm for seamless vertical handover in heterogeneous mobile networks.

The role of non-thermal plasma technique in NOx treatment : a review (2014)
Journal Article
Talebizadeh, P., Babaie, M., Brown, R., Rahimzadeh, H., Ristovski, Z., & Arai, M. (2014). The role of non-thermal plasma technique in NOx treatment : a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 40, 886-901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.194

Non-thermal plasma (NTP) has been introduced over the past several years as a promising method for nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal. The intent, when using NTP, is to selectively transfer input electrical energy to the electrons, and to not expend this i... Read More about The role of non-thermal plasma technique in NOx treatment : a review.

Toward transductive learning classifiers for non-stationary EEG (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Raza, H., Prasad, G., Li, Y., & Cecotti, H. (2014, August). Toward transductive learning classifiers for non-stationary EEG. Presented at 36th Annual International Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA

A major challenge in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is the immanent non-stationarities in EEG data. Statistical properties of the signals may shift from inter-or-intra session transfer that often led to d... Read More about Toward transductive learning classifiers for non-stationary EEG.

Changes in music tempo entrain movement related brain activity (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Daly, I., Hallowell, J., Hwang, F., Kirke, A., Malik, A., Roesch, E., …Nasuto, S. (2014, August). Changes in music tempo entrain movement related brain activity. Presented at 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Chicago, IL, USA

The neural mechanisms of music listening and appreciation are not yet completely understood. Based on the apparent relationship between the beats per minute (tempo) of music and the desire to move (for example feet tapping) induced while listening to... Read More about Changes in music tempo entrain movement related brain activity.

A field test of a model for the stability of androdioecy in the freshwater shrimp, Eulimnadia texana (2014)
Journal Article
Weeks, S., Benvenuto, C., Reed, S., Duff, R., Duan, Z., & David, P. (2014). A field test of a model for the stability of androdioecy in the freshwater shrimp, Eulimnadia texana. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(10), 2080-2095. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12459

The evolution of hermaphroditism from dioecy is a poorly studied transition. Androdioecy (the coexistence of males and hermaphrodites) has been suggested as an intermediate step in this evolutionary transition or could be a stable reproductive mode.... Read More about A field test of a model for the stability of androdioecy in the freshwater shrimp, Eulimnadia texana.

Non-financial compensation, social housing and urban design quality : beyond “Perequazione” (2014)
Journal Article
Trillo, C. (2015). Non-financial compensation, social housing and urban design quality : beyond “Perequazione”. European Planning Studies, 23(8), 1627-1645. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2014.942598

This paper investigates the use of public–private non-financial compensation in urban planning, aimed at achieving social housing goals. In so doing, it aims: first, to explain the current situation of housing policy in Italy and how it relates to th... Read More about Non-financial compensation, social housing and urban design quality : beyond “Perequazione”.

The relevance of taxation in middle income economies (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Orchieng, M., & Poon, J. (2014, August). The relevance of taxation in middle income economies. Presented at 4th Chartered Institute of Taxation Ghana (CITG) Annual International Tax Conference, Accra, Ghana

Characterization of cellulolytic activity in the gut of the terrestrial land slug Arion ater : Biochemical identification of targets for intensive study (2014)
Journal Article
Joynson, R., Swamy, A., Bou, P., Chapuis, A., & Ferry, N. (2014). Characterization of cellulolytic activity in the gut of the terrestrial land slug Arion ater : Biochemical identification of targets for intensive study. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 177, 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2014.08.003

The level of cellulolytic activity in different areas of the gut of the terrestrial slug Arion ater was assayed at different temperatures and pH values. To do this, crude gut proteins were isolated and assayed using modified dinitrosalicylic acid red... Read More about Characterization of cellulolytic activity in the gut of the terrestrial land slug Arion ater : Biochemical identification of targets for intensive study.

Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems (2014)
Journal Article
Williams, D., Kirke, A., Miranda, E., Roesch, E., Daly, I., & Nasuto, S. (2015). Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems. Psychology of Music, 43(6), 831-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735614543282

There has been a significant amount of work implementing systems for algorithmic composition with the intention of targeting specific emotional responses in the listener, but a full review of this work is not currently available. This gap creates a s... Read More about Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems.

Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish (2014)
Journal Article
Shum, P., Pampoulie, C., Sacchi, C., & Mariani, S. (2014). Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish. PeerJ, 2, e525. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525

Despite the striking physical and environmental gradients associated with depth variation in the oceans, relatively little is known about their impact on population diversification, adaptation and speciation. Changes in light associated with increasi... Read More about Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish.

Can enrichment make Brazilian tapir spend more time on view to the public? (2014)
Journal Article
more time on view to the public?. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 18, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2014.945177

One common visitor complaint in zoos is that the nonhuman animals are not visible. This problem needs to be resolved without compromising the animals’ welfare; environmental enrichment could solve the problem. This study investigated whether enrich... Read More about Can enrichment make Brazilian tapir spend more time on view to the public?.