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Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client (2016)
Book Chapter
Underwood, J., Chomeniuk, J., Brady, L., & Woodcock, D. (2016). Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client. In S. Perera, B. Ingirige, K. Ruikar, & O. Obonyo (Eds.), Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315690698

May 2011 witnessed the UK Government’s commitment to support a transformation of the construction industry through the launch of their Construction Strategy (2011), which mandates BIM (Level 2) on all public procured projects by 2016. Since its launc... Read More about Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client.

Different types of small RNAs in protozoa (2016)
Book Chapter
Zheng, L., Liao, J., Wen, Y., Hide, G., Qu, L., & Lun, Z. (2016). Different types of small RNAs in protozoa. In A. Leitao, & F. Enguita (Eds.), Non-coding RNAs and inter-kingdom communication (177-196). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39496-1_11

The origin and evolution of small RNA molecules is a long-standing mystery. The protozoa represent the earliest eukaryotes and encompass rich diverse genetic resources. However, there are many contradictions and disputes prevalent in studies on proto... Read More about Different types of small RNAs in protozoa.

Aerodynamic analysis of upper surface wing morphing efficiency for the S4 Éhecatl unmanned aerial system (2016)
Book Chapter
Sugar-Gabor, O., Koreanschi, A., & Botez, R. (2016). Aerodynamic analysis of upper surface wing morphing efficiency for the S4 Éhecatl unmanned aerial system. In Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2016 International Conference on 7-10 June 2016 (185-194). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS.2016.7502530

This paper investigates the aerodynamic performance improvement of the Hydra Technologies S4 Unmanned Aerial System using a morphing wing concept. A part of the wing's upper surface is morphed, as function of the flight condition, in order to increas... Read More about Aerodynamic analysis of upper surface wing morphing efficiency for the S4 Éhecatl unmanned aerial system.

Towards successful implementation of ICT in Saudi schools (literature review) (2016)
Book Chapter
(literature review). In 12th International postgraduate research conference 2015 : Book of abstracts, 10-12 June 2015, MediaCityUK, University of Salford. Salford: University of Salford. School of Construction and Property Management

In the last few decades, the massive advances in information and communication technology (ICT) encouraged many countries all over the world to integrate technology tools into classrooms. Computers, the internet, interactive whiteboards, mobile devic... Read More about Towards successful implementation of ICT in Saudi schools (literature review).

Relationship between hedonic preference and audio quality in tests of music production quality (2016)
Book Chapter
Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2016). Relationship between hedonic preference and audio quality in tests of music production quality. In 2016 Eighth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) (1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/QoMEX.2016.7498937

In many subjective listening tests, audio is evaluated on either "quality" or "preference". These terms are often conflated. Little evidence has been gathered which explains the subtle differences between these terms in audio perception --- we may no... Read More about Relationship between hedonic preference and audio quality in tests of music production quality.

Mobile computing applications within construction (2016)
Book Chapter
Aziz, Z., Harun, N., & Alaboud, N. (2016). Mobile computing applications within construction. In S. Perera, B. Ingirige, K. Ruikar, & E. Obonyo (Eds.), Advances in Construction ICT and e-business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315690698

Given the fact that construction sites comprise dynamic and unstructured work environments and hazardous work settings, it necessitates the use of intelligent ways to support mobile construction workers. In recent years, there have been significant d... Read More about Mobile computing applications within construction.

Challenges of railway safety risk assessment and maintenance decision making (2016)
Book Chapter
An, M., & Qin, Y. (2016). Challenges of railway safety risk assessment and maintenance decision making. In B. Umesh Rai (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Railway Transportation Engineering (173-211). USA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0084-1.ch009

Railway safety is a very complicated subject, which is determined by numerous aspects. Many of qualitative and quantitative railway safety and risk analysis techniques and methods are used in the industry. But, however, the railway industry faces pro... Read More about Challenges of railway safety risk assessment and maintenance decision making.

Applications of computational intelligence to robotics and autonomous systems (2016)
Book Chapter
autonomous systems. In P. Angelov (Ed.), Handbook on Computational Intelligence (821-863). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814675017_0025

This chapter discusses the application of computational intelligence in the field of autonomous mobile robotics. The chapter is focused on basic concepts of computational intelligence in robotic domain with an emphasis on essential aspects of navigat... Read More about Applications of computational intelligence to robotics and autonomous systems.

Land tenures and the administrative authorities: quantitative data from the recent Iraqi (2016)
Book Chapter
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016). Land tenures and the administrative authorities: quantitative data from the recent Iraqi. In I. International city planning and urban design conference On cities and city plans: the past and the future (541-556). DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center)

The efficiency in the Land Tenure Security (LTS) has become an incentive way in securing and registering land users’ rights because of the high role in managing and monitoring these rights. The paper is motivated by the current situation in Iraq and... Read More about Land tenures and the administrative authorities: quantitative data from the recent Iraqi.

Using quantitative approaches to enhance construction performance through data captured from mobile devices (2016)
Book Chapter
Aziz, Z., Barker, C., & Tezel, B. (2016). Using quantitative approaches to enhance construction performance through data captured from mobile devices. In V. Ahmed, O. Alex, & Z. Aziz (Eds.), Research Methodology in the Built Environment : A Selection of Case Studies. Abingdon: Routledge

Lack of primary empirical data within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry has in the past hindered developments of academic research in the field of performance measurement in construction. This paper presents quantitative analys... Read More about Using quantitative approaches to enhance construction performance through data captured from mobile devices.

Exploit kits : the production line of the cybercrime economy? (2016)
Book Chapter
economy?. In 2015 Second International Conference on Information Security and Cyber Forensics (InfoSec) 15-17 Nov. 2015 (23-27). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/InfoSec.2015.7435501

The annual cost of Cybercrime to the global economy is estimated to be around $400 billion, in support of which Exploit Kits have been providing enabling technology since 2006. This paper reviews the recent developments in Exploit Kit capability and... Read More about Exploit kits : the production line of the cybercrime economy?.

Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development? (2016)
Book Chapter
Certomà, C., Hardman, M., Ioannou, B., Morán, N., Notteboom, B., Silvestri, G., & Sondermann, M. (2016). Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development?. In S. Bell, R. Fox-Kamper, N. Keshavarz, M. Benson, S. Caputo, S. Noori, & A. Voigt (Eds.), Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe. Routledge

Although urban allotment gardening dates back to the nineteenth century, it has recently undergone a renaissance of interest and popularity. This is the result of greater concern over urban greenspace, food security and quality of life. This book pre... Read More about Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development?.

Urban allotment garden : a case for place-making (2016)
Book Chapter
Noori, S., Benson, M., Gawryszewska, B., Hardman, M., Kasemets, K., Partalidou, M., …Willman, K. (2016). Urban allotment garden : a case for place-making. In S. Bell, R. Fox-Kamper, N. Keshavarez, M. Benson, S. Caputo, S. Noori, & A. Voigt (Eds.), Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe (291-319). Routledge

Big data applications in engineering and science (2016)
Book Chapter
Ong, K., De Silva, D., Boo, Y., Lim, E., Bodi, F., Alahakoon, D., & Leao, S. (2016). Big data applications in engineering and science. In Big Data Concepts, Theories, and Applications (315-351). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27763-9_9

Research to solve engineering and science problems commonly require the collection and complex analysis of a vast amount of data. This makes them a natural exemplar of big data applications. For example, data from weather stations, high resolution im... Read More about Big data applications in engineering and science.

Photosynthetic glass : as a responsive bioenergy system (2016)
Book Chapter
Alston, M. (2016). Photosynthetic glass : as a responsive bioenergy system. In F. Pacheco Torgal, C. Buratti, S. Kalaiselvam, C. Granqvist, & V. Ivanov (Eds.), Introduction to Nano- and Biotech-Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency (97-124). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27505-5_5

Can photosynthesis of leaves evolve glass into a photoactive energy system? To create a transculent material that emulates the chemical reaction cycle of leaves by endothermic principles as a metabolic cycle for thermal conductance heat targeting.... Read More about Photosynthetic glass : as a responsive bioenergy system.

Using GIS as a decision making support tool for LEED credits (2016)
Book Chapter
Ismaeel, W., Adel, M., Dabaieh, M., & Kenawy, I. (2016). Using GIS as a decision making support tool for LEED credits. In P. La Roche, & M. Schiler (Eds.), PLEA 2016 Cities, Buildings, People : Towards Regenerative Environments. PLEA 2016

Green building rating systems are voluntary tools intended to promote sustainable building process through approaching several environmental issues that include sustainable design parameters related to the construction site and others related to its... Read More about Using GIS as a decision making support tool for LEED credits.

GLRM: An improved grid-based load-balanced routing method for WSN with single controlled mobile sink (2016)
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Zhang, K., Shen, J., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2016). GLRM: An improved grid-based load-balanced routing method for WSN with single controlled mobile sink. In 2016 18th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT) (34-38). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2016.7423264

Different from the previous duster-based structure, in this paper, we present a grid-based load-balanced routing method (GLRM) that aims to use a controlled sink to achieve load-balance in a non-uniform distributed network. Cell-header election of ea... Read More about GLRM: An improved grid-based load-balanced routing method for WSN with single controlled mobile sink.

A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using extreme learning approaches (2016)
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Jin, D., Shen, J., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2016). A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using extreme learning approaches. In 2016 18th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT) (730-735). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2016.7423609

Monitoring and controlling microclimate in a greenhouse becomes one of the research hotspots in the field of agrometeorology, where the application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) recently attracts more attentions due to its features of self-adapti... Read More about A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using extreme learning approaches.