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Use of screencasting to facilitate engineering course delivery (2015)
Journal Article
Hampson, P. (2015). Use of screencasting to facilitate engineering course delivery. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 43(3), 191-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306419015603877

The use of technology to enhance learning opportunities is increasing and interventions such as screencasting can have benefits in providing the student with a flexible learning resource. Within this study, a screencast tutorial was produced for engi... Read More about Use of screencasting to facilitate engineering course delivery.

Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry (2015)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Mohammed, A., & Gupta, A. (2015). Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry. Construction innovation (London. Online), 15(3), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-03-2014-0018

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to understand and facilitate more knowledge sharing (KS) among construction companies in Jordan. Sixteen cultural variables that affect KS were identified through self-administered questionn... Read More about Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry.

The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system (2015)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2015). The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 32(2), 182-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-02-2013-0035

Purpose – Although the corporations widely use the suggestion schemes to elicit the creative ideas of their employee, sustaining a suggestion scheme is still a challenge. Employee suggestion schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illust... Read More about The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system.

Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes (2015)
Book Chapter
Talebi, J., Dehghantanha, A., & Ramlan, M. (2015). Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes. In Computational Forensics (145-162). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20125-2_13

All operating systems are employing some sort of logging mechanism to track and note users activities and Microsoft Windows is not an exception. Log Analysis is one of the important parts of Windows forensics process. The Windows event log system int... Read More about Introducing and analysis of the Windows 8 event log for forensic purposes.

Molecular dynamics simulation of radiation damage cascades in diamond (2015)
Dataset
Marks, N., Buchan, J., Robinson, M., Christie, H., Ross, D., & Roach, D. (2015). Molecular dynamics simulation of radiation damage cascades in diamond. [Dataset]

Radiation damage cascades in diamond are studied by molecular dynamics simulations employing the Environment Dependent Interaction Potential for carbon. Primary knock-on atom (PKA) energies up to 2.5 keV are considered and a uniformly distributed set... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulation of radiation damage cascades in diamond.

Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region (2015)
Journal Article
Al Hmoudi, A., El, R., & Aziz, Z. (2015). Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region. Journal of geodesy and geomatics engineering, 2, 73-81. https://doi.org/10.17265/2332-8223/2015.06.002

The Arab region’s coastal zones are of immense importance. Almost all Arab countries need to build up resilience for vulnerable communities and carry out proactive planning for integrated coastal zone management and development of early warning syste... Read More about Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region.

Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in the hymenoptera : a meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Kather, R., & Martin, S. (2015). Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in the hymenoptera : a meta-analysis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(10), 871-883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0631-5

Chemical communication is the oldest form of communication, spreading across all organisms of life. In insects, cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) function as the chemical recognition cues for the recognition of mates, species and nest-mates in social inse... Read More about Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in the hymenoptera : a meta-analysis.

Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services) (2015)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2015). Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget
(An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services). Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 4(3),

The paper identifies the economic impact of excluding disabled customers from goods and services offered at locations which are dependent upon tourist income. The economic value and spending power of disabled members of society is established. Sta... Read More about Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services).

Development of novel heterocyclic compounds as vascular targeting agents (2015)
Thesis
Killoran, P. Development of novel heterocyclic compounds as vascular targeting agents. (Thesis)

In chapter one the biology of cancer is introduced along with a brief history of drug treatment and the status quo of cancer therapeutics. This includes a general overview of cancer prevalence, carcinogenesis, and biochemistry. The main targets for c... Read More about Development of novel heterocyclic compounds as vascular targeting agents.

Warburton. Glimpses of rural life : the archaeology and history of a Cheshire village (2015)
Book
Nevell, M., Carney, M., Cracknell, J., Hill, C., & Jubb, D. (2015). M. Nevell (Ed.), Warburton. Glimpses of rural life : the archaeology and history of a Cheshire village. Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

Warburton lies in an ancient landscape, on the border of East Cheshire and Trafford,Greater Manchester, in North West England. Today it is best known for the busy tollbridge that crosses the now dry river bed of the Mersey, and its two parish church... Read More about Warburton. Glimpses of rural life : the archaeology and history of a Cheshire village.

System design and implementation of a novel robot for apple harvest (2015)
Journal Article
Luo, H., & Wei, G. (2015). System design and implementation of a novel robot for apple harvest. INMATEH - Agricultural Engineering (Online), 46(2), 85-94

The mechanical design of a novel robot system for apple harvest in orchards is introduced in this paper. A description of the working environment is first provided. The robot system is operated in a master–slave manner, which is widely used in surgic... Read More about System design and implementation of a novel robot for apple harvest.

Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches (2015)
Journal Article
Attlee, A., Reed, M., Carter, C., Scott, A., Vella, S., Hardman, M., & Neumann, R. (2015). Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches. https://doi.org/10.1079/pavsnnr201510024

Benefits provided by the natural environment that support future human wellbeing are increasingly being compromised by human activities. Consequently, the effects of socio-economic and environmental drivers on the future provision of these “ecosystem... Read More about Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches.

Natures buildings as trees : biologically inspired glass as an energy system (2015)
Journal Article
Alston, M. (2015). Natures buildings as trees : biologically inspired glass as an energy system. Optics and Photonics Journal, 5(136), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.4236/opj.2015.54013

The adaptive capacity in creating intelligent glass surfaces will be investigated using the principles of solar absorbance and active fluidic conductivity management as an energy system. To act as a thermal adsorption layer by applying bio-logically... Read More about Natures buildings as trees : biologically inspired glass as an energy system.

Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions (2015)
Journal Article
Abbott, C., & Powell, J. (2015). Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions. European Journal of Innovation Management, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-05-2015-0039

In this special edition of the European Journal of Innovation Management we focus on knowledge exchange and innovation. In particular, the papers concentrate on those aspects of education and development that lead to improved innovation and specifica... Read More about Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions.

An advanced shape-fitting algorithm applied to quadrupedal mammals : improving volumetric mass estimates (2015)
Journal Article
Brassey, C., & Gardiner, J. (2015). An advanced shape-fitting algorithm applied to quadrupedal mammals : improving volumetric mass estimates. Royal Society Open Science, 2(8), 150302. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150302

Body mass is a fundamental physical property of an individual and has enormous bearing upon ecology and physiology. Generating reliable estimates for body mass is therefore a necessary step in many palaeontological studies. Whilst early reconstru... Read More about An advanced shape-fitting algorithm applied to quadrupedal mammals : improving volumetric mass estimates.

The multi-level governance of science policy in England - selected reading (2015)
Book Chapter
Perry, B. (2015). The multi-level governance of science policy in England - selected reading. In I. Bache (Ed.), Multi-level Governance : Essential Readings. Edward Elgar

The term ‘multi-level governance’ (MLG) has emerged from its origins in EU studies in the early 1990s to become a commonly used description of politics and policy-making in a range of settings. This collection brings together seminal papers covering... Read More about The multi-level governance of science policy in England - selected reading.

A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling (2015)
Book Chapter
Hussain, M., Ahangar Asr, A., Chen, Y., & Javadi, A. (2015). A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling. In A. Gandomi Conor Ryan, A. Alavi, & R. Conor (Eds.), Handbook of Genetic Programming Applications (483-499). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20883-1_19

In many cases, models based on certain laws of physics can be developed to describe the behaviour of physical systems. However, in case of more complex phenomena with less known or understood contributing parameters or variables the physics-based mod... Read More about A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling.

Glucocorticoid resistance in COPD patients and lung cancer (2015)
Thesis
Almusrati, W. (in press). Glucocorticoid resistance in COPD patients and lung cancer. (Dissertation). University of Salford

COPD is linked to inflammatory mediators that orchestrate the disease progression, mainly in the small airways and in parenchymal tissue. Inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines, chemokines and oxygen free radicals, orchestrate the inflammatory res... Read More about Glucocorticoid resistance in COPD patients and lung cancer.