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Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort (2017)
Book Chapter
Moustaka, A. (2017). Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort. In C. Boundas, & V. Tentokali (Eds.), Architectural and Urban Reflections after Deleuze and Guattari. London: Rowman & Littlefield

Idealist strands of philosophical thought and phenomenology implemented into architectural theory conspicuously neglect the role of matter. They treat it as a passive and inert receptacle of a creators order, rather than an active presence. The activ... Read More about Reterritorialising concrete as an agent of comfort.

Overview of a current ethical challenge in anti-doping (2017)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2017). Overview of a current ethical challenge in anti-doping. In A. Rigozzi, E. Wisnosky, & B. Quinn (Eds.), The proceedings of the 2017 Macolin Anti-Doping Summit: A fresh look at the science, legal and policy aspects of anti-doping (159-170). Bern: Editions WebLaw

Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation (2017)
Book Chapter
Leontiadou, M., Smith, C., Lydon, C., & Binks, D. (2017). Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation. In P. Skabara, & M. Malik (Eds.), Nanostructured Materials for Type III Photovoltaics. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782626749-00472

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are semiconductor crystals, the nanometre-scale size of which both allows their absorption edge to be controlled during growth and enhances the yield of multiple exciton generation. These properties, combined with the fa... Read More about Charge dynamics in colloidal quantum dots : recombination, trapping and multiple exciton generation.

Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface (2017)
Book Chapter
Swan, W., Bayat, N., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface. In M. Eames, T. Dixon, M. Hunt, & S. Lannon (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World (53-67). Oxford: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119007241.ch4

Deep energy efficient retrofit of hard to treat (HTT) properties is emerging as a major concern in the UK. A number of studies have highlighted the difficulties of effective delivery of this type of retrofit, citing issues of lower than expected perf... Read More about Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface.

Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration (2017)
Book Chapter
Heysham, N. (2017). Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration. In G. Rodriguez, C. Brebbia, & D. Almorza (Eds.), Coastal Cities and Their Sustainable Future II (73-83). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CC170081

Alexandria is one of the largest cities in Egypt in terms of population and urban density, second only to Cairo. Since its origination in the 300s BC, it has been one of the biggest metropolises in the ancient world, culturally, intellectually, pol... Read More about Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration.

A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining (2017)
Book Chapter
Zahedi, E., Saraee, M., & Baniasadi, Z. (2017). A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining. In Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2017 (1475-1480). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IranianCEE.2017.7985276

Opinion data are produced rapidly by a large and uncontrolled number of opinion holders in different domains (public, business, politic and etc). The volume, variety and velocity of such data requires an opinion mining model to be also adopted with t... Read More about A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining.

Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Al-Noori, A., Duncan, P., & Li, F. (2017). Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments. In Proceedings: 2017 AES International Conference on Audio Forensics. Audio Engineering Society

Reliability of Speaker Recognition (SR) is crucial for critical applications, especially in adverse acoustic conditions. Ambient noises and their variations represent a significant challenge for such applications. In this paper, a new technique is... Read More about Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments.

Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends (2017)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., Perera, S., Ruikar, K., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

This chapter provides the concluding highlights of this book. Many past studies conducted in the construction industry confirm the positive impact of utilising ICTs, with an improving effect on costs, scheduling and quality. The various sections and... Read More about Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends.

Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations (2017)
Book Chapter
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2017). Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

According to Kenny (2007), construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, amounting to between 5% and 7% of GDP in most countries and accounts for a significant part of the global gross capital formation a little under one-third. As noted across... Read More about Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations.

Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Perera, S., Ruikar, K., Ingirige, B., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Introduction. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

The construction industry of most countries is considered the growth engine of the economy often acting as the regulator of economic activity. This makes it important to continually innovate its practice and processes. One of the primary ways of infu... Read More about Introduction.

Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities (2017)
Book Chapter
Fernando, T., & Alzahmi, M. (2017). Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (155-163). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch9

In the past century, the occurrence of natural disasters and man‐made disasters has steadily increased with a significant loss of life, damage to infrastructure and property and destruction of the environment. Therefore creation of resilient cities i... Read More about Supporting risk assessment in building resilient cities.

Initiative and obsolescence in sustainable development (2017)
Book Chapter
Brandon, P. (2017). Initiative and obsolescence in sustainable development. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (1-13). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch1

This chapter outlines a narrative for this book addressing its content and objectives. The chapters are a collection of essays from prominent authors in the field who have been associated with different aspects of sustainable development over several... Read More about Initiative and obsolescence in sustainable development.

2050 - The invisible future (2017)
Book Chapter
Biscaya, S., & Aouad, G. (2017). 2050 - The invisible future. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (108-124). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch7

In order to create a sustainable future for the built environment advanced smart technologies, especially simulation tools will be deployed. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a good example of this type of technology which will provide us with... Read More about 2050 - The invisible future.

Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890 (2017)
Book Chapter
Nevell, M. (2017). Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890. In Recapturing the past of Salford Quays (10-29). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for the development of the Salford bank of the River Irwell during the 18th and 19th centuries in Greater Manchester, UK. The focus is on what recent developer-funded excavations can reveal about the d... Read More about Salford's first quay : the Irwell waterfront 1755 to c. 1890.

Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests (2017)
Book Chapter
Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Turon, X., & Palacín, C. (2017). Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests. In Marine animal forests : the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots (1-24). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17001-5_52-1

Competition, predation, and facilitation mechanisms are the major drivers of biodiversity and community structure in marine benthic ecosystems. Habitat complexity is a determining factor of faunal richness and biodiversity in these communities. The s... Read More about Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests.

Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial (2017)
Book Chapter
Tharwat, A., Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., & Elnaghi, B. (2017). Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial. In T. Gaber, & A. Hassanien (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Innovations and Trends (614-635). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2229-4.ch026

Optimization algorithms are necessary to solve many problems such as parameter tuning. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is one of these optimization algorithms. The aim of PSO is to search for the optimal solution in the search space. This paper hig... Read More about Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial.

Land suitability for wind farms in Suez Governorate, Egypt (2017)
Book Chapter
Kenawy, I., & Khaled, M. (2017). Land suitability for wind farms in Suez Governorate, Egypt. In L. Brotas, S. Roaf, & F. Nicol (Eds.), PLEA 2017 Design to Thrive Proceedings (1422-1429). Edinburgh: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings

By the development of the industrial technology, the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions increased, which contributed to the phenomena of climate change. This research is concerned with using the renewable energy source of wind farms as a tool to reachi... Read More about Land suitability for wind farms in Suez Governorate, Egypt.

High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control (2017)
Book Chapter
Mahboubi, S., Milella, F., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2017). High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989688

Grasping an object in the presence of unpredictable disturbances and with no previous knowledge of the geometry and mass distribution of it represents a significant challenge in Robotics. Also, grasping an object with sufficient force to prevent... Read More about High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control.