All Outputs (478)

Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement (2022)
Book Chapter
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, D. (2022). Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement. In Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience (213-235). Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818639-8.00014-4

Abstract: Resettlement failure is a continuing concern within the field of postdisaster housing. There is a growing body of literature that recognizes dissatisfaction in many resettlement schemes around the world. However, a systematic understand... Read More about Dissatisfaction after postdisaster resettlement.

Urban green infrastructures: an assessment of urban bird diversity, abundance and behaviour associated with green walls and street trees in Manchester and Salford, UK. (2022)
Thesis
Morton, L. Urban green infrastructures: an assessment of urban bird diversity, abundance and behaviour associated with green walls and street trees in Manchester and Salford, UK. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Urbanisation is a worldwide process with serious wellbeing impacts on people and wildlife. Reconciliation ecology, a novel approach to conservation, is particularly relevant for urban conservation as new habitats can be established and maintained. St... Read More about Urban green infrastructures: an assessment of urban bird diversity, abundance and behaviour associated with green walls and street trees in Manchester and Salford, UK..

Correction: Alasali et al. Forecasting and Modelling the Uncertainty of Low Voltage Network Demand and the Effect of Renewable Energy Sources. Energies 2021, 14, 2151 (2022)
Journal Article
Alasali, F., Foudeh, H., Mousa Ali, E., Nusair, K., & Holderbaum, W. (2022). Correction: Alasali et al. Forecasting and Modelling the Uncertainty of Low Voltage Network Demand and the Effect of Renewable Energy Sources. Energies 2021, 14, 2151. Energies, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062157

Urban district heating network delivery: a socio-technical analysis of large-scale district heating network implementation in urban environments (2022)
Thesis
Adeniyi, I. Urban district heating network delivery: a socio-technical analysis of large-scale district heating network implementation in urban environments. (Thesis). University of Salford

The aim of this study is to explore the implementation of large-scale city-based district heating (DH) networks from a socio-technical perspective with a view to identifying key success factors and effective governing measures that can overcome the m... Read More about Urban district heating network delivery: a socio-technical analysis of large-scale district heating network implementation in urban environments.

Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, T., Rajmohan, R., Pavithra, M., Ajagbe, S., Hodhod, R., & Gaber, T. (2022). Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning. Electronics, 11(6), 904. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11060904

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is on a global scale and that wearing a face mask at work is the only effective way to avoid becoming infected with the virus. The pandemic made governments... Read More about Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning.

GameLab (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Miah, A. GameLab. Exhibited at Manchester. 11 March 2022 - 13 March 2022. (Unpublished)

Demonstration of research into virtual reality

Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling (2022)
Journal Article
Elnagar, A., Alnazzawi, N., Afyouni, I., Shahin, I., Bou Nassif, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 29, 100913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2022.100913

This study makes use of a cohesive yet innovative research model to identify the determinants of the adoption of smart watches using constructs from the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and constructs of smartwatches, including effectiveness, conten... Read More about Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling.

Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia (2022)
Journal Article
Brown, C., Hardman, M., Davies, N., & Armitage, R. (2022). Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia. Future Transportation, 2(1), 300-309

Having been widely acknowledged as enabling access to education, employment, leisure and social activities, transport choices are also the cause of many challenges cities face. Recognising that change is needed, planners and policymakers are consider... Read More about Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia.

Esports and Our Phygital Future (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, March). Esports and Our Phygital Future. Presented at Digital City Festival, Manchester

The Digital City Festival was a fantastic array of conversations about all things digital. My talk covered esports and where the technology is taking us

Determining the spatial and temporal trends of mesophotic fish biodiversity and reef-scale calcification using novel approaches (2022)
Thesis
Noyes, T. (2022). Determining the spatial and temporal trends of mesophotic fish biodiversity and reef-scale calcification using novel approaches. (Thesis). University of Salford

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) occur in the middle to lower photic zone (~30–150 m) of tropical and subtropical regions and are often extensions of shallow reef communities. Mesophotic reefs have been traditionally understudied primarily due to i... Read More about Determining the spatial and temporal trends of mesophotic fish biodiversity and reef-scale calcification using novel approaches.

Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma (2022)
Journal Article
Meirson, T., Pentimalli, F., Cerza, F., Baglio, G., Gray, S., Correale, P., …Mutti, L. (2022). Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Jama Network Open, 5(3), e221490. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.1490

Importance: Some recently proposed frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) are very costly, yet their impact on quality of life and overall survival of these patients remains arguable. Given the high social toll of this aggressiv... Read More about Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles (2022)
Journal Article
Minelli, C., Wywijas, M., Bartczak, D., Cuello-Nuñez, S., Infante, H. G., Deumer, J., …Shard, A. (2022). Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 14(12), 4690-4704. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07775a

This study compared results of nanoparticle number concentration measurements collected from 74 instruments hosted across 50 laboratories, providing users with useful discussion and reference data to assess and benchmark their measurement capability.

Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon (2022)
Journal Article
Hazard, Q., Sabino-Pinto, J., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Meyer, C., & Rocha, R. (2022). Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon. Mammalian Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00242-6

Mammals tend to align their most energetically demanding phenological events with periods of peak resource availability. Their reproductive phenology is influenced by local resource availability, potentially leading to geographical variation in their... Read More about Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon.

A lean strategic FM service model based on the digital twin (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Mbabu, A., Underwood, J., & Munir, M. (2022). A lean strategic FM service model based on the digital twin. In ECPPM 2022 - eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction 2022. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003354222-31

The construction industry is committed to improving whole-life performance and minimising waste in building delivery and operations. The construction industry continues to explore Lean and now the digital twin concept from more productive cross-secto... Read More about A lean strategic FM service model based on the digital twin.

Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise (2022)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Nicholls, R. (2022). Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063152

Novel electric air transportation is emerging as an industry that could help to improve the lives of people living in both metropolitan and rural areas through integration into infrastructure and services. However, as this new resource of accessibili... Read More about Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise.

Factors affecting risk perception during terrorist attacks (2022)
Journal Article
Al-Dahash, H., Kulatunga, U., & Allali, B. (2022). Factors affecting risk perception during terrorist attacks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102870

The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk perception of a community when responding immediately after a terrorist attack in Iraq. Primary data has been collected through intensive interviews with 10 respondents, all of whom participated in... Read More about Factors affecting risk perception during terrorist attacks.

A systematic review of research on cheating in online exams from 2010 to 2021 (2022)
Journal Article
Noorbehbahani, F., Mohammadi, A., & Aminazadeh, M. (2022). A systematic review of research on cheating in online exams from 2010 to 2021. Education and Information Technologies, 27(6), 8413-8460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-10927-7

In recent years, online learning has received more attention than ever before. One of the most challenging aspects of online education is the students' assessment since academic integrity could be violated due to various cheating behaviors in online... Read More about A systematic review of research on cheating in online exams from 2010 to 2021.

Design, development, and clinical validation of a two degrees of freedom compliant ankle-foot prosthesis based on a 4-4r parallel mechanism (2022)
Journal Article
Xiu, H., Han, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Liang, W., Wei, G., …Ren, L. (2022). Design, development, and clinical validation of a two degrees of freedom compliant ankle-foot prosthesis based on a 4-4r parallel mechanism. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 172, 104818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2022.104818

Compared with active prostheses, passive compliant ankle prostheses offer the advantages of reduced energy consumption, a lighter weight, a simple structure, and lower costs. However, although various commercial products are available, these designs... Read More about Design, development, and clinical validation of a two degrees of freedom compliant ankle-foot prosthesis based on a 4-4r parallel mechanism.

Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches (2022)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., & Buffel, T. (2022). Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 34(2), 254-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571

Despite the identification of social inclusion as a key objective of age-friendly policies and programs, there is limited research evidence as to either the extent to which this has been achieved or how it might be realized. Gaps remain in our unders... Read More about Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches.

Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka (2022)
Journal Article
Dasandara, M., Ingirige, B., Kulatunga, U., & Fernando, T. (2023). Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 28(2), 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfmpc-12-2021-0069

Purpose: Climate change mitigation and adaptation play an important role in overcoming the climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka today. Many initiatives have been undertaken to implement different policies and plans in this regard, which requir... Read More about Climate financing barriers and strategies: the case of Sri Lanka.