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DL-ReSuMe : a delay learning-based remote supervised method for spiking neurons (2015)
Journal Article
Taherkhani, A., Belatreche, A., Li, Y., & Maguire, L. (2015). DL-ReSuMe : a delay learning-based remote supervised method for spiking neurons. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(12), 3137-3149. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2015.2404938

Recent research has shown the potential capability of spiking neural networks (SNNs) to model complex information processing in the brain. There is biological evidence to prove the use of the precise timing of spikes for information coding. However,... Read More about DL-ReSuMe : a delay learning-based remote supervised method for spiking neurons.

Perceptual thresholds for the effects of room modes as a function of modal decay (2015)
Journal Article
of modal decay. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(3), 1088-1098. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4908217

Room modes cause audible artifacts in listening environments. Modal control approaches have
emerged in scientific literature over the years and, often, their performance is measured by criteria
that may be perceptually unfounded. Previous research... Read More about Perceptual thresholds for the effects of room modes as a function of modal decay.

A record “longest echo” within the Inchindown oil despository (2015)
Journal Article
Cox, T., & Kilpatrick, A. (2015). A record “longest echo” within the Inchindown oil despository. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137, 1602-1604. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4908218

In 2013, Guinness World Records awarded tank number 1 at the Inchindown oil despository, Ross-shire, Scotland, the record for the “longest echo” at 75 s. Guinness World Records calls it the longest echo because that was the name of the record that wa... Read More about A record “longest echo” within the Inchindown oil despository.

Nature of the N-Pd interaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalysts (2015)
Journal Article
Arrigo, R. (2015). Nature of the N-Pd interaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalysts. ACS catalysis, 5(5), 2740-2753. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b00094

In this work, the geometric and electronic structure of N species in N-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) is derived by X-ray photoemission (XPS) and absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) of the N 1s core excitation. Substitutional N species in pyridine-like... Read More about Nature of the N-Pd interaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalysts.

Actin depolymerisation and crosslinking join forces with myosin II to contract actin coats on fused secretory vesicles (2015)
Journal Article
Miklavc, P., Ehinger, K., Sultan, A., Felder, T., Paul, P., Gottschalk, K., & Frick, M. (2015). Actin depolymerisation and crosslinking join forces with myosin II to contract actin coats on fused secretory vesicles. Journal of Cell Science, 128(6), 1193-1203. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.165571

In many secretory cells actin and myosin are specifically recruited to the surface of secretory granules following their fusion with the plasma membrane. Actomyosin-dependent compression of fused granules is essential to promote active extrusion of c... Read More about Actin depolymerisation and crosslinking join forces with myosin II to contract actin coats on fused secretory vesicles.

Modelling the response of single passive piles subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS (2015)
Journal Article
subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS. International journal of engineering research and technology (Ahmedabad), 4(3), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.17577/IJERTV4IS030269

Response of single pile subjected to lateral displacements of soil mass using 3D finite element software (PLAXIS) is studied. Embedded pile feature in which the pile composed of beam elements with special interface elements to represent pile-soil int... Read More about Modelling the response of single passive piles subjected to lateral soil movement using PLAXIS.

Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types : treating cancer like an infectious disease (2015)
Journal Article
Lamb, R., Ozsvari, B., Lisanti, C., Tanowitz, H., Howell, A., Martinez-Outschoorn, U., …Lisanti, M. (2015). Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types : treating cancer like an infectious disease. Oncotarget, 6(7), 4569-84. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.3174

Here, we propose a new strategy for the treatment of early cancerous lesions and advanced metastatic disease, via the selective targeting of cancer stem cells (CSCs), a.k.a., tumor-initiating cells (TICs). We searched for a global phenotypic characte... Read More about Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types : treating cancer like an infectious disease.

An evolutionary approach to modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils (2015)
Journal Article
Ahangar Asr, A., Javadi, A., & Khalili, N. (2015). An evolutionary approach to modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 39(5), 539-557. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.2323

A new data mining approach is presented for modelling of the stress-strain and volume change behaviour of unsaturated soils considering temperature effects. The proposed approach is based on the evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR), which unlike... Read More about An evolutionary approach to modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils.

Reversible redox modulation of a lanthanide emissive molecular film (2015)
Journal Article
Lehr, J., Tropiano, M., Beer, P., Faulkner, S., & Davis, J. (2015). Reversible redox modulation of a lanthanide emissive molecular film. Chemical Communications, 51(30), 6515-6517. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc01097g

Herein we demonstrate redox switchable emission from a sensitised, europium–ferrocene containing, molecular film assembled by a novel nitrene-based strategy. Electrochemical modulation of europium emission upon switching the ferrocene moiety's redox... Read More about Reversible redox modulation of a lanthanide emissive molecular film.

A collaborative workspace architecture for strengthening collaboration among space scientists (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Garcia Jimenez, A., Roberts, D., Fernando, T., Bar, C., Wolff, R., Dodiya, J., …Gerndt, A. (2015, March). A collaborative workspace architecture for strengthening collaboration among space scientists. Presented at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Aerospace Conference 2015, Montana, US

Space exploration missions have produced large data of immense value, to both research and the planning and operating of future missions. However, current datasets and simulation tools fragment teamwork, especially across disciplines and geographical... Read More about A collaborative workspace architecture for strengthening collaboration among space scientists.

Artificial Intelligence in Organised Sound (2015)
Journal Article
Miranda, E., & Williams, D. (2015). Artificial Intelligence in Organised Sound. Organised Sound, 20(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771814000454

Artificial Intelligence is a rich and still-developing field with a number of musical applications. This paper surveys the use of Artificial Intelligence in music in the pages of Organised Sound, from the first issue to the latest, at the time of wri... Read More about Artificial Intelligence in Organised Sound.

Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form : evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Heritage, G., Tooth, S., Entwistle, N., & Milan, D. (2015). Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form : evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-141-2015

Rivers in the Kruger National Park, eastern South Africa, are characterised by bedrock-influenced ‘macrochannels’ containing variable alluvial thicknesses and riparian vegetation assemblages. Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers suggests that... Read More about Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form : evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa.

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.