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Implications of climate change and occupant behaviour on future energy demand in a zero carbon house (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Birmingham Zero Carbon House is a retrofitted Victorian house that has achieved carbon negative performance. Future predictions of temperatures are showing an increase in Cooling Degree Days (CCD), even under a low carbon emissions scenario. This... Read More about Implications of climate change and occupant behaviour on future energy demand in a zero carbon house.

A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance (2013)
Journal Article
Caputo, S., Caserio, M., Coles, R., Jankovic, L., & Gaterell, M. (2013). A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 166, 326--348. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.12.00008

Inherent to the sustainability discourse is concern about the long-term future. If sustainable, cities must deliver positive benefits over their possibly long lifetime. Yet in formulating guidance and negotiating design choices for urban development,... Read More about A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance.

Hybrid Artificial Bee Colony algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm for combined economic and emission dispatch including valve point effect (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

For economic and efficient operation of power system optimal scheduling of generators in order to minimize fuel cost of generating units and its emission is a major consideration. This paper presents hybrid approach of using Artificial Bee Colony (AB... Read More about Hybrid Artificial Bee Colony algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm for combined economic and emission dispatch including valve point effect.

Correlates of red throat coloration in female stickleback and their potential evolutionary significance (2013)
Journal Article
Yong, L., Guo, R., Wright, D. S., Mears, S. A., Pierotti, M. E., & McKinnon, J. S. (2013). Correlates of red throat coloration in female stickleback and their potential evolutionary significance. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 15, 453-472

Background: In two stream-resident populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), females often exhibit male-typical red throat coloration. These fish inhabit the Little Campbell River (British Columbia) and Matadero Creek (Californi... Read More about Correlates of red throat coloration in female stickleback and their potential evolutionary significance.

Silicon nanophotonic devices for chip-scale optical communication applications [Invited] (2013)
Journal Article
Fainman, Y., Nezhad, M., Tan, D., Ikeda, K., Bondarenko, O., & Grieco, A. (2013). Silicon nanophotonic devices for chip-scale optical communication applications [Invited]. Applied Optics, 52(4), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.000613

This paper reviews recent work in the area of silicon photonic devices and circuits for monolithic and heterogeneous integration of circuits and systems on a chip. In this context, it presents fabrication results for producing low-loss silicon wavegu... Read More about Silicon nanophotonic devices for chip-scale optical communication applications [Invited].

Thermal assessment of heat mitigation strategies : the case of Portland State University, Oregon, USA (2013)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Sailor, D., Tenpierik, M., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2014). Thermal assessment of heat mitigation strategies : the case of Portland State University, Oregon, USA. Building and Environment, 73(Mar 14), 138-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.12.006

Courtyard vegetation, high albedo surfaces, and courtyard ponds were investigated as potential heat mitigation strategies using field measurements and simulations in a university campus environment. The investigation was performed during a summer per... Read More about Thermal assessment of heat mitigation strategies : the case of Portland State University, Oregon, USA.

Recent advances in studies of polymicrobial interactions in oral biofilms (2013)
Journal Article
James, C. (2013). Recent advances in studies of polymicrobial interactions in oral biofilms. Current Oral Health Reports, 1(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-013-0006-3

The oral cavity supports a complex and finely balanced consortium of microbial species, many of which cooperate within structured biofilms. These communities develop through multitudinous synergistic and antagonistic interspecies relationships. Chang... Read More about Recent advances in studies of polymicrobial interactions in oral biofilms.

Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS (2013)
Journal Article
Gracie, K., Correa, E., Mabbott, S., Dougan, J., Graham, D., Goodacre, R., & Faulds, K. (2013). Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS. Chemical Science, 5(3), 1030-1040. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SC52875H

Bacterial meningitis is well known for its rapid onset and high mortality rates, therefore rapid detection of bacteria found in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and subsequent effective treatment is crucial. A new quantitative assay for detection of three... Read More about Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS.

Multiple paternity in the starry smooth-hound shark Mustelus asterias (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) (2013)
Journal Article
Farrell, E., O'Sullivan, N., Sacchi, C., & Mariani, S. (2014). Multiple paternity in the starry smooth-hound shark Mustelus asterias (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111(1), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12179

Multiple paternity was investigated in the starry smooth-hound shark, Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821. Analysis of 12 pregnant females and their embryos, at four microsatellite loci, showed that at least 58% carried multiply-sired litters. Paternal s... Read More about Multiple paternity in the starry smooth-hound shark Mustelus asterias (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae).

Wind turbine amplitude modulation: research to improve understanding as to its cause & effect (2013)
Report
Cand, M., Bullmore, A., Smith, M., von Hünerbein, S., & Davis, R. (2013). Wind turbine amplitude modulation: research to improve understanding as to its cause & effect

This report contains full details of Renewable UK’s research into amplitude modulation, detailing the identification, occurrence and mitigation of a characteristic known as Other Amplitude Modulation(OAM).

An approach for energy efficient service oriented architecture for sensor networks (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Yasiri, A. (2013, December). An approach for energy efficient service oriented architecture for sensor networks. Presented at 4th Annual International Conference on Energy Aware Computing Systems and Applications (ICEAC), Istanbul, Turkey

Wireless sensor networks offer an increasingly
attractive method for data gathering in distributed system
architectures and dynamic access via wireless connectivity.
However, wireless sensor networks have limitations with respect to
resources and... Read More about An approach for energy efficient service oriented architecture for sensor networks.

Mycobacterium microti Tuberculosis in its maintenance host, the field vole (Microtus agrestis) : characterization of the disease and possible routes of transmission (2013)
Journal Article

The field vole (Microtus agrestis) is a known maintenance host of Mycobacterium microti. Previous studies have shown that infected animals develop tuberculosis. However, the disease is also known in cats and is sporadically reported from humans and o... Read More about Mycobacterium microti Tuberculosis in its maintenance host, the field vole (Microtus agrestis) : characterization of the disease and possible routes of transmission.