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The need for Kaizen costing in indigenous Nigerian construction firms (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Omotayo, T., & Kulatunga, U. (2015, June). The need for Kaizen costing in indigenous Nigerian construction firms. Presented at International Postgraduate Research Conference 2015, Mediacity University of Salford

The application of adequate cost management methods and techniques before and during construction activities is a major determinant of a project success. Construction cost management methods such as target costing, life cycle costing, activity based... Read More about The need for Kaizen costing in indigenous Nigerian construction firms.

Disruptive innovation : a potential approach to transform public organisations’ performance in Iraq to successfully attract FDI (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Tameemi, K., Alshawi, M., & Ahmed, V. (2015, June). Disruptive innovation : a potential approach to transform public organisations’ performance in Iraq to successfully attract FDI. Presented at The 12th International Post-Graduate Research Conference in the Built Environment, Media City, Manchester

Infrastructure development is considered a key facilitator for achieving economic growth in developing countries and has a direct impact on the growth and overall development of an economy. However, meeting the significant infrastructure investment n... Read More about Disruptive innovation : a potential approach to transform public organisations’ performance in Iraq to successfully attract FDI.

Land tenure security according to land registration systems in Iraq (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2015, June). Land tenure security according to land registration systems in Iraq. Presented at The 12th International Post-Graduate Research Conference 2015 MediaCityUK, Salford. Media city

Land Tenure Security (LTS) is a significant way in which the land users' rights are protected. It can be safeguarded under different forms that are included in various concepts, practices and influences which can be registered and protected officiall... Read More about Land tenure security according to land registration systems in Iraq.

Building information modelling : construction data integration past and present (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Marshall-Ponting, A. (2015, June). Building information modelling : construction data integration past and present. Presented at Management of Technology - Step to Sustainable Production, Brela, Croatia

The UK construction industry has often been criticised for its inefficiencies, adversarial relationships and poor health and safety record. In order to address these problems it has often tried to apply management theory, good practice and technolog... Read More about Building information modelling : construction data integration past and present.

Change management in public agencies to attain low carbon efficiencies (2015)
Journal Article
Ibbottson, K., Farrell, P., & Whittleston, G. (2015). Change management in public agencies to attain low carbon efficiencies

There is great impetus to implement change in all areas of the UK economy. Key aims are to reduce costs and CO2 emissions, and increase efficiency and growth. There are often difficulties in putting change into practice, evidenced by the perceived la... Read More about Change management in public agencies to attain low carbon efficiencies.

Visible spectrum quantum light sources based on InxGa1–xN/GaN Quantum Dots (2015)
Journal Article
Tomic, S., Pal, J., Migliorato, M., Young, R., & Vukmirović, N. (2015). Visible spectrum quantum light sources based on InxGa1–xN/GaN Quantum Dots. ACS photonics, 2(7), 958-963. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00159

We present a method for designing quantum
light sources, emitting in the visible band, using wurtzite
InxGa1−xN quantum dots (QDs) in a GaN matrix. This system
is significantly more versatile than previously proposed
arsenide- and phosphide-based... Read More about Visible spectrum quantum light sources based on InxGa1–xN/GaN Quantum Dots.

Mitochondrial biogenesis is required for the anchorage-independent survival and propagation of stem-like cancer cells (2015)
Journal Article
De Luca, A., Fiorillo, M., Peiris-Pagès, M., Ozsvari, B., Smith, D., Sanchez-Alvarez, R., …Sotgia, F. (2015). Mitochondrial biogenesis is required for the anchorage-independent survival and propagation of stem-like cancer cells. Oncotarget, 6(17), 14777-14795. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4401

Here, we show that new mitochondrial biogenesis is required for the anchorage independent survival and propagation of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs). More specifically, we used the drug XCT790 as an investigational tool, as it functions as a specific... Read More about Mitochondrial biogenesis is required for the anchorage-independent survival and propagation of stem-like cancer cells.

Pruning classification rules with instance reduction methods (2015)
Journal Article
Othman, O., & Bryant, C. (2015). Pruning classification rules with instance reduction methods. International journal of machine learning and computing (Online), 5(3), 187-191. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJMLC.2015.V5.505

Generating classification rules from data often leads to large sets of rules that need to be pruned. A new pre-pruning technique for rule induction is presented which applies instance reduction before rule induction. Training three rule classifiers o... Read More about Pruning classification rules with instance reduction methods.

A laparoscopic grasping tool with force sensing capability (2015)
Journal Article
Lee, D., Kim, U., Gulrez, T., Yoon, W., Hannaford, B., & Choi, H. (2015). A laparoscopic grasping tool with force sensing capability. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(1), 130-144. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2015.2442591

This paper presents a laparoscopic grasping tool for minimally invasive surgery with the capability of multi-axis force sensing. The tool is able to sense three axis Cartesian manipulation force and a single-axis grasping force. The forces are measur... Read More about A laparoscopic grasping tool with force sensing capability.

Microbial contamination of Capsicum annuum irrigated with recycled domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands (2015)
Journal Article
Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Microbial contamination of Capsicum annuum irrigated with recycled domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands. Ecological Engineering, 82, 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.029

Due to water scarcity in many arid countries, there is considerable interest in recycling various wastewater streams such as treated urban wastewater for irrigation in the agricultural sector. The aim was therefore to assess if domestic wastewater tr... Read More about Microbial contamination of Capsicum annuum irrigated with recycled domestic wastewater treated by vertical-flow wetlands.

Ubuntu One investigation : detecting evidences on client machines (2015)
Book Chapter
Shariati, M., Dehghantanha, A., Martini, B., & Choo, K. (2015). Ubuntu One investigation : detecting evidences on client machines. In R. Ko, & R. Choo (Eds.), The Cloud Security Eco-System (429-446). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801595-7.00019-7

STorage as a Service (STaaS) cloud services have been adopted by both individuals and businesses as a dominant technology worldwide. Similar to other technologies, this widely accepted service can be misused by criminals. Investigating cloud platform... Read More about Ubuntu One investigation : detecting evidences on client machines.

Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure (2015)
Journal Article
Hodgkinson, J., Yates, H., & Sheel, D. (2015). Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure. physica status solidi (c), 12(7), 1016-1021. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201510011

The use of atmospheric pressure (AP) CVD to produce
highly developed Transparent Conducting oxides (TCO)
for thin film photovoltaic systems has significant potential
to reduce manufacturing costs and increase the product
scope via in-line process... Read More about Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure.

Tracing the agency of spalling concrete (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Moustaka, A. (2015, June). Tracing the agency of spalling concrete. Presented at International Conference Arquitectonics Network: Architecture, Education and Society, Barcelona

Arriving into Sheffield by train, one is greeted by a vast concrete structure imposing on the urban landscape. Park Hill, a housing estate erected in 1961, once portrayed the vision of a promising future; today, most of it sits in neglect with a smal... Read More about Tracing the agency of spalling concrete.

Post-construction thermal testing : some recent measurements (2015)
Journal Article
Johnston, D., Miles-Shenton, D., Farmer, D., & Brooke-Peat, M. (2015). Post-construction thermal testing : some recent measurements. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 168(3), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.14.00048

In the UK, it has become apparent in recent years that there is often a discrepancy between the steady-state predicted and the measured in situ thermal performance of the building fabric, with the measured in situ performance being greater than that... Read More about Post-construction thermal testing : some recent measurements.

Optimization Of Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Using ANSYS CFX (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Bahr Ennil, A. S., Al-Dadaha, R. K., Mahmouda, S., & Al-Jubori, A. M. (2015). Optimization Of Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Using ANSYS CFX.

Efficient small scale axial air turbine is one of the proposed solutions for improving the overall efficiency of energy recovery cycles based on renewable energy sources. Turbine design requires an intensive CFD simulation and design optimization to... Read More about Optimization Of Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Using ANSYS CFX.

Using local grammar for entity extraction from clinical reports (2015)
Journal Article
Ghoulam, A., Barigou, F., Belalem, G., & Meziane, F. (2015). Using local grammar for entity extraction from clinical reports. International journal of interactive multimedia and artificial intelligence, 3(3), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.9781/ijimai.2015.332

Information Extraction (IE) is a natural language processing (NLP) task whose aim is to analyze texts written in natural language to extract structured and useful information such as named entities and semantic relations linking these entities. Infor... Read More about Using local grammar for entity extraction from clinical reports.

Geographic comparison of plant genera used in frugivory among the pitheciids Cacajao, Callicebus, Chiropotes, and Pithecia (2015)
Journal Article
Boyle, S., Thompson, C., Deluycker, A., Alvarez, S., Alvim, T., Aquino, R., …Caselli, C. (2016). Geographic comparison of plant genera used in frugivory among the pitheciids Cacajao, Callicebus, Chiropotes, and Pithecia. American Journal of Primatology, 78(5), 493-506. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22422

Pitheciids are known for their frugivorous diets, but there has been no broad-scale comparison of fruit genera used by these primates that range across five geographic regions in South America. We compiled 31 fruit lists from data collected from 18 s... Read More about Geographic comparison of plant genera used in frugivory among the pitheciids Cacajao, Callicebus, Chiropotes, and Pithecia.

The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology? (2015)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2015). The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology?. In M. Nevell, & N. Redhead (Eds.), Archaeology for All: Community Archaeology in the Early 21st Century: Participation, Practice and Impact (35-46). University of Salford: Centre for Applied Archaoelogy

The Dig Manchester project was a community archaeology scheme within the city of Manchester, UK, that ran from 2005 to 2009. This paper provides an overview of that project, the precursor to which began life under the banner of ‘Dig Moston’ in 2003 a... Read More about The Dig Manchester Project, 2005-2009 : Redefining community archaeology?.

Independent Component Analysis Methods to Improve Electrocardiogram Patterns Recognition in the Presence of Non-Trivial Artifacts (2015)
Journal Article
Sarfraz, M., Li, F., & Khan, A. (2015). Independent Component Analysis Methods to Improve Electrocardiogram Patterns Recognition in the Presence of Non-Trivial Artifacts. Journal of medical and bioengineering, 4(3), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.12720/jomb.4.3.221-226

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are affected by various kinds of noise and artifacts that may impede correct recognition by automated monitoring or diagnosis systems. Independent component analysis (ICA) is considered as a new technique suitable for... Read More about Independent Component Analysis Methods to Improve Electrocardiogram Patterns Recognition in the Presence of Non-Trivial Artifacts.