Optimisation of zero carbon retrofit in the context of current and future climate
(2014)
Conference Proceeding
Huws, H., & Jankovic, L. (2014). Optimisation of zero carbon retrofit in the context of current and future climate. In Proceedings of the 2014 Building Simulation and Optimization Conference
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Exploring the energy performance of hemcrete in affordable housing and future implications for carbon reduction in the housing sector (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Eberlin, C., & Jankovic, L. (2014). Exploring the energy performance of hemcrete in affordable housing and future implications for carbon reduction in the housing sector. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future
Birmingham Zero Carbon House - Making It Stay Zero Carbon Through Climate Change (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Huws, H., & Jankovic, L. (2014). Birmingham Zero Carbon House - Making It Stay Zero Carbon Through Climate Change. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future
A method for eliminating simulation performance gap in buildings built form natural fibrous materials (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Jankovic, L. (2014). A method for eliminating simulation performance gap in buildings built form natural fibrous materials. In Proceedings of the 2014 Building Simulation and Optimization Conference
A Method for Zero Carbon Design Using Multi-objective Optimisation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Huws, H., & Jankovic, L. (2014). A Method for Zero Carbon Design Using Multi-objective Optimisation. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future (99-106)
Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future. Proceedings of a conference held at Birmingham City University, 11-12 September 2014. (2014)
Dataset
Jankovic, L. (2014). Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future. Proceedings of a conference held at Birmingham City University, 11-12 September 2014. [Dataset]
Providing students with an easystart to higher education: The emerging role of digital technologies to facilitate students' transitions (2014)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Cullen, W. R. (2014). Providing students with an easystart to higher education: The emerging role of digital technologies to facilitate students' transitions. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.4018/ijvple.2014010105The transition to higher education can be problematic for some students as they adapt to institutional procedures and degree level working at the same time as developing new social networks. To help facilitate these complex transitions institutions a... Read More about Providing students with an easystart to higher education: The emerging role of digital technologies to facilitate students' transitions.
Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality? (2014)
Book Chapter
Harding, J., & Irving, A. (2014). Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality?. In Anti-social Behaviour in Britain (155-165). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137399311_13Historically, the visible engagement of homeless people in activities considered to be ‘anti-social’, such as drunkenness and begging, have made them the target of government action on public disorder, engendering antipathy, as much as sympathy, from... Read More about Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality?.
A Combined Technique for Randomisation of a Small Number of Participants with a Variety of Covariates into Treatment and Control Groups in Randomised Controlled Trials (2014)
Journal Article
Naemi, R., Healy, A., Sundar, L., Ramachandran, A., & Chockalingam, N. (2014). A Combined Technique for Randomisation of a Small Number of Participants with a Variety of Covariates into Treatment and Control Groups in Randomised Controlled Trials. Journal of Clinical Trials, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-0870.1000150Background: Randomised controlled trials are widely favoured in research design as the most rigorous way of determining the effectiveness of a treatment. For assigning a small number of participants who are identified before the start of the randomis... Read More about A Combined Technique for Randomisation of a Small Number of Participants with a Variety of Covariates into Treatment and Control Groups in Randomised Controlled Trials.
First Steps: Research Projects (2014)
Journal Article
Peach, D. (2014). First Steps: Research Projects. Qualitative Psychology,
Beyond virtual realities: Embodying the future of social research (2014)
Book Chapter
Peach, D. (2014). Beyond virtual realities: Embodying the future of social research. In Social Media in Social research: Blogs on Blurring the Boundaries. PRESSBOOKS: National Centre for Social Research
Volumetric breast density and radiographic parameters (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Khan-Perez, J., Harkness, E., Mercer, C., Bydder, M., Sergeant, J., Morris, J., …Astley, S. M. (2014). Volumetric breast density and radiographic parameters. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07887-8_38The detection of breast cancer relies on high-quality images from digital mammography. Optimal levels of compression force are unknown, and UK national guidelines recommend forces of less than 200N. However, large variations in compression forces exi... Read More about Volumetric breast density and radiographic parameters.
Special issue editor's introduction (2014)
Journal Article
Bass, J. (2014). Special issue editor's introduction. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 62(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2014.tb00438.x
International group work in software engineering (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Bass, J., Lalchandani, J., & McDermott, R. (2014). International group work in software engineering.This paper describes an on-going development of International Group Work as part of Software Engineering teaching and learning. Social computing (collaboration) software tools were used to enable communication and joint working. Scrum an agile softwa... Read More about International group work in software engineering.
Cloud Computing: A Comparison Of Adoption Issues Between Uk And Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Dahiru, A. A., Bass, J., & Allison, I. (2014). Cloud Computing: A Comparison Of Adoption Issues Between Uk And Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs.Cloud computing can provide remote access to computing resources via the internet. This paper analyses and compares the adoption of cloud computing by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom (UK) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SS-Afr... Read More about Cloud Computing: A Comparison Of Adoption Issues Between Uk And Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs.
The consistency of knee kinematic, kinetic, and ground reaction force variables collected during running and cutting manoeuvres (2014)
Journal Article
Alenezi, F., Herrington, L., Jones, P., & Jones, R. (2014). The consistency of knee kinematic, kinetic, and ground reaction force variables collected during running and cutting manoeuvres. Gait and Posture, 39S,Introduction: Abnormal biomechanics during sports activities
can lead to increased joint-reaction forces, an increased valgus
angle and increased load at the knee. The majority of studies that
assess lower-limb biomechanics commonly use 3D motion... Read More about The consistency of knee kinematic, kinetic, and ground reaction force variables collected during running and cutting manoeuvres.
Subwavelength semiconductor lasers for dense chip-scale integration (2014)
Journal Article
Gu, Q., Smalley, J., Nezhad, M., Simic, A., Lee, J., Katz, M., …Fainman, Y. (2014). Subwavelength semiconductor lasers for dense chip-scale integration. Advances in optics and photonics, 6, 1-56. https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.6.000001Metal-clad subwavelength lasers have recently become excellent candidates for light sources in densely packed chip-scale photonic circuits. In this review, we summarize recent research efforts in the theory, design, fabrication, and characterization... Read More about Subwavelength semiconductor lasers for dense chip-scale integration.
Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product (2014)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Pillai, D., & Waters, M. (2014). Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product. International Journal of Multiphysics, 8(4), 437-460. https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.8.4.437Most of the current universal consumer aerosol products using high
viscous product such as cooking oil, antiperspirants, hair removal cream
are primarily used LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) propellant which is
unfriendly environmental. The advantag... Read More about Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product.
Racism (2014)
Book Chapter
Patel, T. (2014). Racism. In R. Atkinson (Ed.), Shades of Deviance : A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm (193-195). Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315848556
Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German Army (2014)
Journal Article
Corum, J. (2014). Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German ArmyAfter the reunification of Germany, the Bundeswehr had to take over the former East-German army (Nationale Volksarmee, NVA). The reduction in the numbers of military staff throughout Eastern Europe after the Cold War also made the task more difficult... Read More about Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German Army.