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Development of an Effective Methodology for Assessment, Repair and Maintenance of the earthquake Damaged Buildings (2007)
Journal Article
Alani, A., & Khosrowshahi, F. (2007). Development of an Effective Methodology for Assessment, Repair and Maintenance of the earthquake Damaged Buildings. Facilities, 25(1/2), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770710716920

Purpose – Considerable amounts of work have been carried out in developing cost models for the repair and maintenance of earthquake damaged buildings in recent years. Most of these developments have been based on methods and approaches using risk ana... Read More about Development of an Effective Methodology for Assessment, Repair and Maintenance of the earthquake Damaged Buildings.

Tacit knowledge and organisational performance: Construction industry perspective (2007)
Journal Article
Pathirage, C., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2007). Tacit knowledge and organisational performance: Construction industry perspective. Journal of Knowledge Management, 11(1), 15-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270710728277

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of tacit knowledge in construction and to underline the significant contribution of tacit knowledge towards the organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach - Includes a re... Read More about Tacit knowledge and organisational performance: Construction industry perspective.

Revaluing construction: an holistic model (2007)
Journal Article
Barrett, P. (2007). Revaluing construction: an holistic model. Building Research and Information, 35(3), 268-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210601068286

How can progressive and significant change in the construction industry be achieved at a national policy level? Based on a series of international structured workshops of major stakeholders in five countries and further analysis, the connections betw... Read More about Revaluing construction: an holistic model.

Space-centred information management approach to improve CAD-based healthcare building design (2007)
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Fu, C., Tah, J., Aouad, G., Kagioglou, M., & Zeisel, J. (2007). Space-centred information management approach to improve CAD-based healthcare building design

This study focuses on developing a space-centred CAD tool to enable designers to effectively manage and implement the information of design guidance information and user requirements during design processes, especially for the stages of design brie... Read More about Space-centred information management approach to improve CAD-based healthcare building design.

The development of an IFC-based lifecycle costing prototype tool for building construction and maintenance-integrating lifecycle costing to nD modelling (2007)
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Fu, C., Kaya, S., Kagioglou, M., & Aouad, G. (2007). The development of an IFC-based lifecycle costing prototype tool for building construction and maintenance-integrating lifecycle costing to nD modelling. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 7(1), 85-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170710721313

Purpose – This paper intends to focus on interoperability issues in IT-based the lifecycle costing (LCC) applications and on improving LCC decision making based on cost performances of various options of constructing techniques and materials, excludi... Read More about The development of an IFC-based lifecycle costing prototype tool for building construction and maintenance-integrating lifecycle costing to nD modelling.

nD modelling: Industry uptake considerations (2007)
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Lee, A., & Sexton, M. (2007). nD modelling: Industry uptake considerations. Construction innovation (London. Online), 7(3), 288-302. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170710754768

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the key enablers and obstacles to the effective adoption and use of nD modelling technology. Design/methodology/approach – This paper explores the feasibility of industry absorbing and diffusing nD... Read More about nD modelling: Industry uptake considerations.

What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped? (2007)
Journal Article
Knowles, R. (2007). What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped?. Transport Policy, 14(1), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2006.10.001

Light Rail schemes were key components of plans to improve accessibility and personal mobility in conurbations as part of the UK Government's Integrated Transport Policy and its 2000 Ten Year Transport Plan. However by 2004 light rail's future in Bri... Read More about What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped?.

The use of a multi-attribute tool for evaluating accessibility in buildings : the AHP approach (2007)
Journal Article
Wu, S., Lee, A., Aouad, G., & Tah, J. (2007). The use of a multi-attribute tool for evaluating accessibility in buildings : the AHP approach. Facilities, 25(9/10), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770710772478

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to develop a quantitative building accessibility assessment model for the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – The building accessibility assessment criteria are incorporated in a hierarchy st... Read More about The use of a multi-attribute tool for evaluating accessibility in buildings : the AHP approach.

Modelling the impact of high rise buildings in urban areas on precipitation initiation (2007)
Journal Article
Carraça, M., & Collier, C. (2007). Modelling the impact of high rise buildings in urban areas on precipitation initiation. Meteorological Applications, 14(2), 149 - 161. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.15

The impact of urban areas upon precipitation distribution has been studied for many years. However, the relative importance of the distribution and type of surface morphology and urban heating remains unclear. A simple model of the surface sensible... Read More about Modelling the impact of high rise buildings in urban areas on precipitation initiation.

Exploring virtual team-working effectiveness in the construction sector (2007)
Journal Article
Rezgui, Y. (2007). Exploring virtual team-working effectiveness in the construction sector. Interacting with Computers, 19(1), 96-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2006.07.002

In defining a virtual team-working solution as with any new organisational form, success relies not merely on the introduction and adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), but also on critically analysing the underlying social a... Read More about Exploring virtual team-working effectiveness in the construction sector.

The Transition to Hydrogen-based Energy: Combining technology and risk assessments and lay perspectives. (2007)
Journal Article
Ricci, M., Newsholme, G., Bellaby, P., & Flynn, R. (2007). The Transition to Hydrogen-based Energy: Combining technology and risk assessments and lay perspectives. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 1(1), 34-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506220710738588

Purpose – The paper attempts to highlight and discuss the limitations of the current discourse around the role of hydrogen-based energy in a more sustainable future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon preliminary findings from qual... Read More about The Transition to Hydrogen-based Energy: Combining technology and risk assessments and lay perspectives..

Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system (2007)
Journal Article
Botchway, S., Crisostomo, A., Parker, A., & Bisby, R. (2007). Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 464(2), 314-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2007.04.026

Solutions of tryptophan and N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione (mercaptopyridine-N-oxide, MPNO) were irradiated at 335 nm. Formation of 5-hydroxytryptophan was inferred from increased fluorescence at 334 nm on excitation at 315 nm, conditions chosen for sele... Read More about Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system.

Genetic dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) (2007)
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(Lissotriton vulgaris). Biology Letters, 3, 526-528. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0311

Under sperm competition, paternity is apportioned by polyandrous females according to the order of matings and the genetic quality of the inseminating males. In order to distinguish between these two effects, we sequentially paired 12 female smo... Read More about Genetic dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris).

Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning (2007)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Hetherington, D., Morsdorf, F., & et, A. (2007). Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 4(1), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2006.887064

A terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to measure canopy directional gap fraction distribution in forest stands in the Swiss National Park, eastern Switzerland. A scanner model was derived to determine the expected number of laser shots in al... Read More about Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning.

Liquid phase separations of organic isomers on high silica zeolites (2007)
Journal Article
Dyer, A., & Emms, T. (2007). Liquid phase separations of organic isomers on high silica zeolites. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 104, 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.01.020

on exchanged forms of three high silica zeolites, *BEA (beta), EUO (EU-I), TON (NU-1), were studied for their potential to separate isomers of industrial interest. This was approached by using them as stationary phases in high performance liquid chro... Read More about Liquid phase separations of organic isomers on high silica zeolites.