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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.

Genetic and migratory evidence for sympatric spawning of tropical pacific eels from Vanuatu (2015)
Journal Article
Schabetsberger, R., Økland, F., Kalfatak, D., Sichrowsky, U., Tambets, M., Aarestrup, K., …Quarterly, G. (2015). Genetic and migratory evidence for sympatric spawning of tropical pacific eels from Vanuatu. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521, 171-187. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11138

The spawning areas of tropical anguillid eels in the South Pacific are poorly known, and more information about their life histories is needed to facilitate conservation. We genetically characterized 83 out of 84 eels caught on Gaua Island (Vanuatu)... Read More about Genetic and migratory evidence for sympatric spawning of tropical pacific eels from Vanuatu.

Recent sediment accumulation rates in contrasting lakes in the Carpathians (Romania) : Impacts of shifts in socio-economic regime (2015)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, S., Akinyemi, F., Mındrescu, M., Begy, R., & Feurdean, A. (2016). Recent sediment accumulation rates in contrasting lakes in the Carpathians (Romania) : Impacts of shifts in socio-economic regime. Regional Environmental Change, 16(2), 501-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0764-7

Longer-term environmental studies are increasingly used to better understand contemporary ecosystems conditions and for forecasting their future trajectories. Here, we use radiometric measurements and the characterisation of sediment properties from... Read More about Recent sediment accumulation rates in contrasting lakes in the Carpathians (Romania) : Impacts of shifts in socio-economic regime.

Novel metered aerosol valve (2015)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Yule, A., Hawthorne, G., & Goldberg, T. (2016). Novel metered aerosol valve. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 230(10), 1557-1568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406215572839

The design and performance of a new valving mechanism for portable pressurized spraying devices is described, where
the propellant in the device is a safe gas (so-called compressed gas) propellant rather than the current liquefied gases all
of whic... Read More about Novel metered aerosol valve.

Immunology in wild nonmodel rodents : an ecological context for studies of health and disease (2015)
Journal Article
Jackson, J. (2015). Immunology in wild nonmodel rodents : an ecological context for studies of health and disease. Parasite Immunology, 37(5), 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/pim.12180

Transcriptomic methods are set to revolutionize the study of
the immune system in naturally occurring nonmodel organisms.
With this in mind, the present article focuses on ways in which the use of ‘nonmodel’ rodents (not the familiar laboratory spe... Read More about Immunology in wild nonmodel rodents : an ecological context for studies of health and disease.

Ocean zoning for conservation, fisheries and marine renewable energy : assessing trade-offs and co-location opportunities (2015)
Journal Article
Yates, K., Schoeman, D., & Klein, C. (2015). Ocean zoning for conservation, fisheries and marine renewable energy : assessing trade-offs and co-location opportunities. Journal of Environmental Management, 152, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.045

Oceans, particularly coastal areas, are getting busier and within this increasingly human-dominated seascape, marine biodiversity continues to decline. Attempts to maintain and restore marine biodiversity are becoming more spatial, principally throug... Read More about Ocean zoning for conservation, fisheries and marine renewable energy : assessing trade-offs and co-location opportunities.

With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., O'Hare, J., Fairchild, A., Campion, S., Moore, C., Aspin, R., …Tecchia, F. (2015). With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 9(3), 562-574. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTSP.2015.2402635

We introduce withyou, our telepresence research platform. A systematic explanation of the theory brings together the linked nature of non-verbal communication and how it is influenced by technology. This leads to functional requirements for teleprese... Read More about With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction.

A surrogate model for simulation–optimization of aquifer systems subjected to seawater intrusion (2015)
Journal Article
Hussain, M., Javadi, A., Ahangar Asr, A., & Farmani, R. (2015). A surrogate model for simulation–optimization of aquifer systems subjected to seawater intrusion. Journal of Hydrology, 523, 542-554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.079

This study presents the application of Evolutionary Polynomial Regression (EPR) as a pattern recognition system to predicate the behavior of nonlinear and computationally complex aquifer systems subjected to
seawater intrusion (SWI). The developed E... Read More about A surrogate model for simulation–optimization of aquifer systems subjected to seawater intrusion.

Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter] (2015)
Journal Article
Pedreschi, D., Mariani, S., & Hawkins, B. (2015). Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter]. Journal of Biogeography, 42(3), 607-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12472

n our recent study of the population genetics of pike (Esox lucius) in Ireland (Pedreschi et al., Journal of Biogeography, 41, 548-560), we reported the existence of two main demographic units and showed that these may correspond to two independent a... Read More about Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter].