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Microphone handling noise database (2015)
Dataset
Kendrick, P., Jackson, I., Fazenda, B., Cox, T., & Li, F. Microphone handling noise database. [Dataset]

Microphone handling noise can reduce the quality of audio recordings. A perceptual study into this effect has been carried out and the subjective response quantified. This database contains audio recordings of handling noises from 8 different micro... Read More about Microphone handling noise database.

Determining temporal sampling schemes for passive acoustic studies in different tropical ecosystems (2015)
Journal Article
acoustic studies in different tropical ecosystems. Tropical Conservation Science, 8(1), 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291500800117

Among different approaches to exploring and describing the ecological complexity of natural environments, soundscape analyses have recently provided useful proxies for understanding and interpreting dynamic patterns and processes in a landscape. Nev... Read More about Determining temporal sampling schemes for passive acoustic studies in different tropical ecosystems.

Regulation and innovation in new build housing : insights into the adoption and diffusion of micro-generation technologies (2015)
Book Chapter
Abbott, C., Sexton, M., & Barlow, C. (2015). Regulation and innovation in new build housing : insights into the adoption and diffusion of micro-generation technologies. In F. Orstavik, A. Dainty, & C. Abbott (Eds.), Construction Innovation (79-88). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118655689.ch6

Most countries in Europe have set targets to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency. In these countries, renewable energy from micro-generation technology (MGT) is an important part of the low carbon agenda. Little is known about the... Read More about Regulation and innovation in new build housing : insights into the adoption and diffusion of micro-generation technologies.

Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science (2015)
Book Chapter
Roberts, D., Garcia Jimenez, A., Dodiya, J., Wolff, R., Fairchild, A., & Fernando, T. (2015). Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science. In T. Hollerer, V. Interrante, A. Lecuyer, & J. Swan (Eds.), 2015 IEEE VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE (275-276). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2015.7223402

We introduce the collaborative telepresence workspaces for SPACE operation and science that are under development in the European research project CROSS DRIVE. The vision is to give space mission controllers and scientists the impression of “beaming... Read More about Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science.

Current position and associated challenges of BIM education in UK higher education (2015)
Report
Underwood, J., Ayoade, O., Khosrowshahi, F., Greenwood, D., Pittard, S., & Garvey, R. (2015). Current position and associated challenges of BIM education in UK higher education

In May 2011 the Cabinet Office published the Government Construction Strategy, announcing the Government’s intention to require collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being digital) on its projects by 201... Read More about Current position and associated challenges of BIM education in UK higher education.

Overcoming the challenges facing lean construction practice in the UK contracting organizations (2015)
Journal Article
practice in the UK contracting organizations. International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (Online), 4(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2015.002

Despite the benefits realized from Lean construction practice over the past two decades, the uptake of the Lean concept in the UK seems to be sparse. The UK contracting organizations engaged in Lean construction practice are faced with challenges t... Read More about Overcoming the challenges facing lean construction practice in the UK contracting organizations.

Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Hayes, S., Fischer, T. B., & Urmila, J. (2015). Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333215500167

In this paper we briefly review the state of academic research in the UK in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Through consideration of the number of articles related to EIA and SEA publis... Read More about Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK.

Traffic microsimulation (2015)
Journal Article
Yousif, S. (2015). Traffic microsimulation. Traffic technology international, Feb, 28-34

Dr Saad Yousif discusses traffic microsimulation with Lauren Ansell of Traffic Technology International magazine.

Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case (2015)
Journal Article
Nawi, M., Mydin, M., Kamaruddeen, A., Lee, A., & Ibrahim, S. (2015). Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 9(7), 110-112

In embracing globalisation, it is necessary for all industries, including the AEC/FM industry, to be equipped with relevant technology. One such technology available for the sector is the industrialised building system (IBS). Since 1998, a substantia... Read More about Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case.

PSA : a hybrid feature selection approach for Persian text classification (2015)
Journal Article
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & Nadi, S. (2015). PSA : a hybrid feature selection approach for Persian text classification. Journal of computing and security (Online), 1(4), 261-272

In recent decades, as enormous amount of data being accumulated, the number of text documents is increasing vastly. E-mails, web pages, texts, news and articles are only part of this grow. Thus the need for text mining techniques, including automatic... Read More about PSA : a hybrid feature selection approach for Persian text classification.

Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Mei, T., Zhang, J., & Li, H. (2016). Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 65(3), 1121-1129. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2015.2407575

This paper presents a design methodology for the development of self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for rail vehicles. It firstly investigates the energy flows in the active lateral secondary suspensions and analyzes the conditions for... Read More about Self-powered active lateral suspension for railway vehicles.

Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments (2015)
Journal Article
Yan, H., Huang, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226(66), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2296-7

Suspended sediments can decrease the apparent bio-concentration factor of organic pollutants through adsorption. However, whether this process also weakens the toxicity of organic pollutants to non-target aquatic organisms is not clear. Therefore, na... Read More about Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments.

The quantification of representative sequences pipeline for amplicon sequencing : case study on within-population ITS1 sequence variation in a microparasite infecting Daphnia (2015)
Journal Article
Gonzalez Tortuero, E., Rusek, J., Petrusek, A., Gießler, S., Lyras, D., Grath, S., …Wolinska, J. (2015). The quantification of representative sequences pipeline for amplicon sequencing : case study on within-population ITS1 sequence variation in a microparasite infecting Daphnia. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15(6), 1385-1395. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12396

Next generation sequencing (NGS) platforms are replacing traditional molecular biology protocols like cloning and Sanger sequencing. However, accuracy of NGS platforms has rarely been measured when quantifying relative frequencies of genotypes or tax... Read More about The quantification of representative sequences pipeline for amplicon sequencing : case study on within-population ITS1 sequence variation in a microparasite infecting Daphnia.

Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (2015)
Journal Article
Kather, R., Drijfhout, F., & Martin, S. (2015). Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Chemoecology, 25(4), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-015-0191-8

In social insects, the integrity of a colony is maintained by recognising and removing aliens. Nest-mates use chemical cues on the cuticle of the individual they encounter to determine whether or not it is part of the colony. Parasites have evolved t... Read More about Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.

The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Barrett, P., Davies, F., Zhang, Y., & Barrett, L. (2015). The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis. Building and Environment, 89, 118-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.02.013

Assessments have been made of 153 classrooms in 27 schools in order to identify the impact of the physical classroom features on the academic progress of the 3766 pupils who occupied each of those specific spaces. This study confirms the utility o... Read More about The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis.

Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Jin, L., Li, S., Xie, J., Yang, F., Duan, J., …Wang, H. (2015). Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 31(6), 634-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2014.12.003

Two types of ordered InP nanowire arrays have been prepared on the same anodic aluminum oxide template by a template-assisted metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition technique. When using template with an appropriate pore size, free-standing wires... Read More about Fabrication of two types of ordered InP Nanowire Arrays on a single anodic aluminum oxide template and its application in solar cells.

The learner experience of student-led international group project work in software engineering (2015)
Conference Proceeding
McDermott, R., Bass, J., & Prakash Lalchandani, J. (2015). The learner experience of student-led international group project work in software engineering. . https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2014.7044181

Software development has become increasingly globalized because of technological innovation, the evolution of work and business processes, as well as prevailing educational systems and national policies [1]. This paper addresses the challenges faced... Read More about The learner experience of student-led international group project work in software engineering.