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The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services (2011)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2011, November). The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services. Presented at Conferencia Biodiversidade em Ambiente Urbano, Lisbon

In 1984 E. O. Wilson described the word “biophilia” as “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life”. Had Wilson written this text post 1992 he might have replaced the phrase “the rest of life” with a single word: Bio... Read More about The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services.

Forecasting-based SKU classification (2011)
Journal Article
Heinecke, G., Syntetos, A., & Wang, W. (2011). Forecasting-based SKU classification. International Journal of Production Economics, 143(2), 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.11.020

Different spare parts are associated with different underlying demand patterns, which in turn require different forecasting methods. Consequently, there is a need to categorise stock keeping units (SKUs) and apply the most appropriate methods in each... Read More about Forecasting-based SKU classification.

Similarity between brain activity at encoding and retrieval predicts successful realization of delayed intentions (2011)
Journal Article
Gilbert, S., Armbruster, D., & Panagiotidi, M. (2012). Similarity between brain activity at encoding and retrieval predicts successful realization of delayed intentions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(1), 93-105. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00094

Remembering delayed intentions can be highly demanding. Accuracy in laboratory paradigms assessing prospective memory (PM) is typically well below ceiling, and failure to remember intended behaviors after a delay is a common occurrence in everyday li... Read More about Similarity between brain activity at encoding and retrieval predicts successful realization of delayed intentions.

Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype (2011)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Nadim, W., Petridis, P., & Alshawi, M. (2012). Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype. Advanced engineering informatics, 26(1), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2011.09.004

The ‘traditional’ construction industry has constantly been challenged to improve its inherent problematic practices. Offsite production (OSP), under the umbrella of modern methods of construction (MMC), has been acknowledged as a means to help impro... Read More about Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype.

Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bostock, C., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons. Presented at 2nd CSE Doctoral School Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

The propagation of a light beam at a single optical frequency – or colour – in a Kerr-type planar waveguide is an elementary configuration in photonics [1,2]. Under two classic assumptions: (i) that the transverse extent of the
beam is much greater... Read More about Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons.

Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., & Pilkington, R. (2011, November). Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application. Presented at 2nd Computing, Science and Engineering Postgraduate Research Doctoral Scholl Conference 2011, University of Salford

This work explores the possibilities of using the pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering (PDMS) process for depositing the buffer layer for copper indium diselenide - CuInSe2 (CIS) - based solar cells. The use of PDMS can give a high plasma density and pro... Read More about Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application.

Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters (2011)
Journal Article

Specific remedial works designed to improve sound installation and reduce the noise level produced by helicopters inside dwellings are described. The theoretical problems and practical solutions to installing high performance acoustic insulation to a... Read More about Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters.

Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks (2011)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2011). Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks. Journal of Risk Research, 15(4), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2011.634517

New technologies and emergent risks pose special problems for risk governance
and regulation. This paper outlines some of the uncertainties about the hazards
of hydrogen energy and examines qualitative evidence from recent deliberative
Citizens’ P... Read More about Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks.

Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ragojapalan, P., & Elkadi, H. (2011, November). Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre. Presented at Building Simulation Conference 2011 (BS 2011), Sydney, Australia

There has been an increasing demand for sports facilities in urban areas recently. As a result of this, more attention is drawn towards not only the energy performance of these building typologies, but also creating a healthy indoor environment for t... Read More about Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre.

Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Avramenko, A., Heinze, A., Ielpa, G., Klosova, A., Papadopoulou, T., & de Tommaso, D. (2011, November). Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms. Presented at ISBE 2011 Conference - Sustainable Futures: Enterprising Landscapes and Communities, Sheffield, UK

Objectives: This paper aims to introduce a novel concept of Enterprise Cultural Heritage (ECH) which combines the company’s own history and creations with the potential to transform information and materials into “extended products & services”. First... Read More about Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms.

Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window (2011)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Ramirez-Hernandez, J., Bodgan, N., Capobianco, J., Vetrone, F., Garcia Sole, J., & Jaque, D. (2012). Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window. Nanoscale, 4(1), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1nr11285f

A new approach to deep tissue imaging is presented based on 8 nm CdTe semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The characteristic 800 nm emission was found to be efficiently excited via two-photon absorption of 900 nm photons. The fact that both excitation... Read More about Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window.

Change management and relocation: a moving experience (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Finch, E. (2011, November). Change management and relocation: a moving experience. Presented at 2º.Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade do Projeto no Ambiente Construído, Rio de Janeiro

Organisational change brings with it a need for facilities changes. Merging, splitting, downsizing, upsizing, adaptations, are all physical manifestations of the need for change. Along with these changes are innumerable human and organizational cha... Read More about Change management and relocation: a moving experience.

Cost-effective ways of delivering enquiry services : a rapid review (2011)
Journal Article
Sutton, A., & Grant, M. (2011). Cost-effective ways of delivering enquiry services : a rapid review. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(4), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00965.x

Background:  In the recent times of recession and budget cuts, it is more important than ever for library and information services to deliver cost-effective services.
Objectives:  This rapid review aims to examine the evidence for the most cost-effe... Read More about Cost-effective ways of delivering enquiry services : a rapid review.

Writing academic papers : lost in translation? (2011)
Journal Article
Grant, M. (2011). Writing academic papers : lost in translation?. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(4), 247-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00966.x

The process of writing for publication is a challenging one. It moves us from the spoken and written word into a realm that requires us to provide supporting evidence to develop an argument in a logical and progressive way. In English language journa... Read More about Writing academic papers : lost in translation?.

Aletheia - An advanced document layout and text ground-truthing system for production environments (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Large-scale digitisation has led to a number of new possibilities with regard to adaptive and learning based methods in the field of Document Image Analysis and OCR. For ground truth production of large corpora, however, there is still a gap in terms... Read More about Aletheia - An advanced document layout and text ground-truthing system for production environments.

Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Chamorro-Posada, P., Sánchez-Curto, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units. Presented at 8th Iberian Meeting on Computational Electromagnetics, Sesimbra, Lisbon, Potugal

We study the performance of a nonparaxial beam propagation method accelerated using massively parallel computation in graphic processing units. The implementation is tested in two different NVIDIA hardware architectures, Tesla and Fermi, and the resu... Read More about Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units.