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Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe) (2015)
Journal Article
Feurdean, A., Marinova, E., Nielsen, A., Liakka, J., Veres, D., Hutchinson, S., …Hickler, T. (2015). Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe). Journal of Biogeography, 42(5), 951-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12468

Aim The forest steppe of the Transylvanian Plain is a landscape of exceptionally diverse steppe-like and semi-natural grasslands. Is this vegetation a remnant of a once continuous temperate forest extensively cleared by humans, or has the area, sin... Read More about Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe).

Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event (2015)
Journal Article
Symons, J. (2015). Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event. Ethnos, 81(4), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2014.989877

The Manchester parade is a celebration of ‘all things Manchester’. Explicit attempts to nurture and encourage a creative outpouring from community groups are made by event organisers and artists. I found that the parade took its shape from different... Read More about Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event.

3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO (2015)
Journal Article
humanoid robot NAO. Robotics and autonomous systems, 68, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.12.016

Depth estimation is a classical problem in computer vision and after decades of research many methods have been developed for 3D perception like magnetic tracking, mechanical tracking, acoustic tracking, in- ertial tracking, optical tracking using m... Read More about 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO.

Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection (2015)
Journal Article
Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2015). Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(2), 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2315042

Price manipulation refers to the activities of those traders who use carefully designed trading behaviors to manually push up or down the underlying equity prices for making profits. With increasing volumes and frequency of trading, price manipulatio... Read More about Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection.

GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems (2015)
Journal Article
Al-Yasiri, A. (2015). GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems. Computer Science - Research and Development, 30(1), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00450-013-0248-2

Context-aware systems differ in the way they interact with users, the way they interpret the context of their entities and the actions they take. Each system (or system type) is developed in its own way with no common architecture currently available... Read More about GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems.

Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (2015)
Journal Article
Kather, R., Drijfhout, F., Shemilt, S., & Martin, S. (2015). Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(2), 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0548-z

Social insect colonies provide a stable and safe environment for their members. Despite colonies been heavily guarded, parasites have evolved numerous strategies to invade and inhabit these hostile places. Two common strategies are chemical mimicry v... Read More about Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
Journal Article
20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project (2015)
Report
Barrett, P., Zhang, Y., Davies, F., & Barrett, L. (2015). Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project

Based on the results of the HEAD Project (Holistic Evidence and Design), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, clear evidence has been found that well-designed primary schools boost children’s academic performance in readi... Read More about Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project.

Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens (2015)
Journal Article
Woodhams, D., Alford, R., Antwis, R., Archer, H., Becker, M., Belden, L., …et al. (2015). Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. Ecology, 96(2), 595. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1837.1

Microbial symbionts of vertebrate skin have an important function in defense of the host against pathogens. In particular, the emerging chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, causes widespread disease in amphibians but can be inhibited via s... Read More about Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens.

Capacity building to reduce disaster risk in the UK and Malaysia : CARE-RISK : UK- Malaysia Partnership. Book of abstracts (2015)
Other
Kulatunga, U., Tobi, S., & Ingirige, B. (2015). Capacity building to reduce disaster risk in the UK and Malaysia : CARE-RISK : UK- Malaysia Partnership. Book of abstracts

Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment (2015)
Other
Opoku, A., Ahmed, V., & Cruickshank, H. (2015). Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment

Purpose– Adopting sustainable construction practices minimizes the overall environmental impact of the built asset throughout its whole life. Currently, there is demand from key stakeholders in the construction industry for organization to deliver su... Read More about Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment.

Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review (2015)
Journal Article
Harun, A., Bichard, E., & Nawi, M. (2015). Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 735, 247-252. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.735.247

The negative impacts of construction activities can be controlled and reduced through identification of environmental aspects and impacts of construction activities, implementation of the mitigation measures and site monitoring on a regular basis e.g... Read More about Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review.

Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation (2015)
Journal Article
Tezel, B., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., Formoso, C., & Alves, T. (2015). Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation. Journal of Management in Engineering, 31(6), 05015001. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ME.1943-5479.0000354

Visual management (VM) is the managerial strategy of consciously integrating visual tools in workspaces with the aim of increasing transparency on construction sites. Several VM tools and approaches that had been originally developed in the manufactu... Read More about Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation.

Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) (2015)
Journal Article
Guan, W., Ferry, N., Edwards, M., Bell, H., Othman, H., Gatehouse, J., & Gatehouse, A. (2015). Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae). Molecular Breeding, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-015-0220-x

The grain aphid Sitobion avenae (F.) is a major pest of wheat, acting as a virus vector as well as causing direct plant damage. Commonly grown wheat varieties in the UK have only limited resistance to this pest. The present study was carried out to i... Read More about Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae).

A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England (2015)
Journal Article
Shield, B., Conetta, R., Dockrell, J., Connolly, D., Cox, T., & Mydlarz, C. (2015). A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904528

An acoustic survey of secondary schools in England has been undertaken. Room acoustic parameters and background noise levels were measured in 185 unoccupied spaces in 13 schools to provide information on the typical acoustic environment of secondary... Read More about A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England.

The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise (2015)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2015). The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904542

Based on subjective listening trials, Torija and Flindell [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, 1–4 (2014)] observed that low frequency content in typical urban main road traffic noise appeared to make a smaller contribution to reported annoyance than might be... Read More about The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise.

Cloud computing adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis using institutions and capabilities (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Dahiru, A., Bass, J., & Allison, I. K. (2015). Cloud computing adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis using institutions and capabilities. . https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2014.7009019

Cloud computing can provide remote access to computing resources via the internet. It has the potential to transform economic activities considering its inherent pay-per usage model, flexibility and scalability features. This paper uses a socio-techn... Read More about Cloud computing adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis using institutions and capabilities.

Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda (2015)
Journal Article
King, S. (2015). Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 27(5), 887-902. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.74

Social accountability has become an important new buzzword among development actors seeking to understand the forms of state-society synergy that may be supportive of better public services. Advocates suggest demand-side initiatives are key to increa... Read More about Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda.

Effect of chloride passivation on recombination dynamics in CdTe colloidal quantum dots (2015)
Journal Article
Espinobarro-Velazquez, D., Leontiadou, M., Page, R., Califano, M., O'Brien, P., & Binks, D. (2015). Effect of chloride passivation on recombination dynamics in CdTe colloidal quantum dots. ChemPhysChem, 16(6), 1239-1244. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201402753

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) can be used in conjunction with organic charge‐transporting layers to produce light‐emitting diodes, solar cells and other devices. The efficacy of CQDs in these applications is reduced by the non‐radiative recombination... Read More about Effect of chloride passivation on recombination dynamics in CdTe colloidal quantum dots.

Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review (2015)
Journal Article
Meyer, D., Chazarenc, F., Claveau-Mallet, D., Dittmer, U., Forquet, N., Molle, P., …Langergraber, G. (2015). Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review. Ecological Engineering, 80, 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.031

During the last two decades a couple of models were developed for constructed wetlands with differing purposes. Meanwhile the usage of this kind of tool is generally accepted, but the misuse of the models still confirms the skepticism. Generally some... Read More about Modelling constructed wetlands : scopes and aims – a comparative review.