All Outputs (227)

Development of a revised capillary suction time apparatus (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, M., & Scholz, M. (2004, August). Development of a revised capillary suction time apparatus. Presented at Nuffield Science Bursaries Scottish Celebration Event, Edinburgh, UK

Treatment of hydrocarbons using constructed wetlands (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Jeffree, M., & Scholz, M. (2004, August). Treatment of hydrocarbons using constructed wetlands. Presented at Nuffield Science Bursaries Scottish Celebration Event, Edinburgh, UK

Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Li, F. (2004, August). Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature. Presented at 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2004. ICPR 2004., Cambridge, United Kingdom

Frictions between a rigid-nib pen and paper result in audible sounds that are correlated with the dynamics of writing. Such writing-sounds were previously used as a biometric identity to achieve writer authentication. This paper presents an alternati... Read More about Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature.

Science, governance and economic development (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B. (2004, August). Science, governance and economic development. Presented at 4S and EASST, Paris

Re-thinking Science' develops a framework for the evolving knowledge society based on four conceptual pillars: the co-evolution of Mode 2 science within a Mode 2 society, the contextualisation of science, the production of socially robust knowledge a... Read More about Science, governance and economic development.

Making do - the eighth category of waste (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L. (2004, August). Making do - the eighth category of waste. Presented at 12th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Helsingor, Denmark

The seminal authors on the Toyota Production System present a list of seven wastes. Even if many subsequent authors have suggested additions to this list, it is usually presented in its original form. This paper contends that there is a very common,... Read More about Making do - the eighth category of waste.

Distribution and clinical significance of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in ovarian cancer (2004)
Journal Article
Davies, E., Blackhall, F., Shanks, J., David, G., McGown, A., Swindell, R., …Jayson, G. (2004). Distribution and clinical significance of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in ovarian cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 10(15), 5178-5186. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0103

Purpose: Heparan sulfate proteoglycans have been implicated in cancer cell growth, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis. This study was designed to compare their expression in normal ovary and ovarian tumors and then to examine their prognostic sig... Read More about Distribution and clinical significance of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in ovarian cancer.

Health impact assessment for the sustainable futures of Salford (2004)
Journal Article
Douglas, C., Higgins, A., Dabbs, C., & Walbank, M. (2004). Health impact assessment for the sustainable futures of Salford. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58(8), 642-648. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.010397

Background: The Salford Health Investment for Tomorrow and the Local Improvement Finance Trust proposals for the comprehensive redevelopment of Salford Royal Hospital and the provision of four integrated primary health and social centres in the City... Read More about Health impact assessment for the sustainable futures of Salford.

A Prospective Health Impact Assessment to Progress the Sustainable Futures of a City: The case of Salford, UK (2004)
Journal Article
Douglas, C. (2004). A Prospective Health Impact Assessment to Progress the Sustainable Futures of a City: The case of Salford, UK. Sustainable Development, 12(3), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.230

This paper sets the discussion of sustainable development into the context of a city's sustainable futures by relating to the notions and contexts of community health and well-being. The paper discusses aspects of research carried out to identify the... Read More about A Prospective Health Impact Assessment to Progress the Sustainable Futures of a City: The case of Salford, UK.

Response of multiple rigid porous layers to high levels of continuous acoustic excitation (2004)
Journal Article
Umnova, O., Attenborough, K., Shin, H., & Cummings, A. (2004). Response of multiple rigid porous layers to high levels of continuous acoustic excitation. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1766051

A model has been developed for the response of a rigid-porous hard-backed medium containing an arbitrary number of layers to high amplitude sound. Nonlinearity is introduced by means of a velocity-dependent flow resistivity in Johnson's equivalent fl... Read More about Response of multiple rigid porous layers to high levels of continuous acoustic excitation.

Perception of room modes in critical listening spaces (2004)
Thesis
Fazenda, B. Perception of room modes in critical listening spaces. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Room modes are a recognised problem in small critical listening rooms and are known to cause colouration of sound reproduced within them. Investigations on the causes and solutions for this problem have been carried out for some time. Interest in th... Read More about Perception of room modes in critical listening spaces.

Hydraulic characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches in a peatland (2004)
Journal Article
Scholz, M., & Teppel, M. (2004). Hydraulic characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches in a peatland. Ecological Engineering, 23(1), 29-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.06.011

The Environmental Ministry of Schleswig-Holstein has implemented a novel peatland management strategy in order to utilize the high nutrient retention potential of degenerated peatlands, and to improve the habitat at the same time. The effect of raise... Read More about Hydraulic characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches in a peatland.

The need for a condition monitoring database management system (2004)
Presentation / Conference
El-Shtewi, H., Li, Y., Gu, F., & Ball, A. (2004, July). The need for a condition monitoring database management system. Presented at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK

This paper describes the growing need for a novel approach to a Condition Monitoring Database Management System (CMDBMS). Through the study of a condition monitoring case and the examination of commonly used maintenance management systems, the needs... Read More about The need for a condition monitoring database management system.

Kinetic neutron diffraction as an aid to processing (2004)
Journal Article
Kilcoyne, S. (2004). Kinetic neutron diffraction as an aid to processing. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 350(1-3), 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2004.04.002

The development of high intensity neutron sources coupled with improvements in instrumentation has made it possible to collect high quality diffraction patterns extremely rapidly, and studies of the kinetics of solid-state processes in real time are... Read More about Kinetic neutron diffraction as an aid to processing.

Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance (2004)
Journal Article
Danson, F., & Bowyer, P. (2004). Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance. Remote Sensing of Environment, 92(3), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2004.03.017

Fuel moisture content (FMC) is used in forest fire danger models to characterise the moisture status of the foliage. FMC expresses the amount of water in a leaf relative to the amount of dry matter and differs from measures of leaf water content whic... Read More about Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance.

Case study: design and operation of sustainable urban stormwater ponds treating road runoff during the system set-up phase (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Haf, M., Götting, S., Scholz, M., & Heal, K. (2004, July). Case study: design and operation of sustainable urban stormwater ponds treating road runoff during the system set-up phase. Presented at British Hydrological Society’s International Conference on Hydrology: Science and Practice for the 21st Century, London, UK

Transforming city thinking : from national urban research programmes to context-sensitive urban knowledge? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., Harding, A., & Marvin, S. (2004, July). Transforming city thinking : from national urban research programmes to context-sensitive urban knowledge?. Presented at City Futures, Chicago

Synthesis of furano-epothilone D (2004)
Journal Article
Schinzer, D., Bourguet, E., & Ducki, S. (2004). Synthesis of furano-epothilone D. Chemistry - A European Journal, 10(13), 3217-3224. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200400125

The total synthesis of furano-epothilone D by a convergent route is reported. The key fragments are available on a large scale to provide sufficient material for biological evaluation. The approach involves a palladium-catalyzed coupling that generat... Read More about Synthesis of furano-epothilone D.

Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent (2004)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J., Rossington, S., Leonard, J., & Hussain, N. (2004). Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent. Tetrahedron Letters, 45(28), 5481-5483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.05.058

Alkylation of 2-methoxyethoxyphenyl phenyl methane using sec-BuLi and (−)-sparteine has been carried out in excellent yields and up to 94% ee. The best results were obtained in allylation reactions but methylation, ethylation, benzylation and trimeth... Read More about Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent.

Development of the Brunel Balance Assessment: a new measure of balance disability post stroke (2004)
Journal Article
Tyson, S., & DeSouza, L. (2004). Development of the Brunel Balance Assessment: a new measure of balance disability post stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(7), 801-810. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr744oa

Objective: To report the psychometric properties of the Brunel Balance Assessment (BBA), a new test of balance disability post stroke. Design: Data from 92 subjects were collected and cohorts used to test hierarchical scaling, reliability and vali... Read More about Development of the Brunel Balance Assessment: a new measure of balance disability post stroke.

An IFC-based Space Analysis for Accessibility Layout for all Users (2004)
Journal Article
Wu, S., Lee, A., Koh, W., Aouad, G., & Fu, C. (2004). An IFC-based Space Analysis for Accessibility Layout for all Users. Construction innovation (London. Online), 4(3), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417504ci072oa

An accessible or inclusive building design does not disable any user; it should enable the independent and equal use of a facility by all. With the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), the consideration of issues such as acce... Read More about An IFC-based Space Analysis for Accessibility Layout for all Users.