All Outputs (520)

The use of optimisation in the calibration of building simulation models (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, a model-assisted calibration is proposed in order to reduce performance gap of simulation models, being the estimated differences between the predicted performance of the simulation model and the actual performance of the building. We... Read More about The use of optimisation in the calibration of building simulation models.

Emergence-Based approach to computational fluid dynamics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling
requires considerable user preparation time and
considerable CPU time for reproducing the simplest
of behaviours of air movement in and around
buildings. This is due to the top-down approach to
modell... Read More about Emergence-Based approach to computational fluid dynamics.

Bringing building simulation to a wider audience - A web based simulation and optimisation system (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper describes the development of a new web based expert system that uses jEPlus+EA and EnergyPlus as core engines for finding optimum solutions for retrofit of zero carbon design of buildings. The main goal is to scale up the use of building si... Read More about Bringing building simulation to a wider audience - A web based simulation and optimisation system.

Energy and Comfort Modelling Tools (2015)
Book Chapter

Urban resilience: two diverging interpretations (2015)
Journal Article
Caputo, S., Caserio, M., Coles, R., Jankovic, L., & Gaterell, M. (2015). Urban resilience: two diverging interpretations. Journal of Urbanism, 8, 222-240

Evaluation of refurbishment strategies for Post-War office buildings (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Multiple combinations of energy saving
refurbishment measures were applied to
representative models of post-war office buildings
using EnergyPlus. Based on energy consumption,
thermal comfort and costs, a range of heating and
cooling refurb... Read More about Evaluation of refurbishment strategies for Post-War office buildings.

On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon (2015)
Journal Article
Azadeh, S., Merget, F., Nezhad, M., & Witzens, J. (2015). On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon. Optics Letters, 40(8), 1877-1880. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001877

We measure the voltage-dependent phase shift in silicon waveguides strained by a silicon nitride layer and show that, in our measurements, the phase shift is due to free carrier accumulation inside the waveguides. Nonetheless, inverting the applied v... Read More about On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon.

The effect of farmers’ decisions on pest control with Bt crops : a billion dollar game of strategy (2015)
Journal Article

A farmer’s decision on whether to control a pest is usually based on the perceived threat of the pest locally and the guidance of commercial advisors. Therefore farmers in a region are often influenced by similar circumstances, and this can create a... Read More about The effect of farmers’ decisions on pest control with Bt crops : a billion dollar game of strategy.

Analysis of the mitochondrial maxicircle of Trypanosoma lewisi, a neglected human pathogen (2015)
Journal Article
Lin, R., Lai, D., Zheng, L., Wu, J., Lukeš, J., Hide, G., & Lun, Z. (2015). Analysis of the mitochondrial maxicircle of Trypanosoma lewisi, a neglected human pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 8(1), 665. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1281-8

BACKGROUND

The haemoflagellate Trypanosoma lewisi is a kinetoplastid parasite which, as it has been recently reported to cause human disease, deserves increased attention. Characteristic features of all kinetoplastid flagellates are a uniquely st... Read More about Analysis of the mitochondrial maxicircle of Trypanosoma lewisi, a neglected human pathogen.

Students’ perceptions of school acoustics and the impact of noise on teaching and learning in secondary schools : findings of a questionnaire survey (2015)
Journal Article
Connolly, D., Dockrell, J., Shield, B., Conetta, R., & Cox, T. (2015). Students’ perceptions of school acoustics and the impact of noise on teaching and learning in secondary schools : findings of a questionnaire survey. Energy Procedia, 78, 3114-3119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.766

This paper will present the design and findings of an online questionnaire survey of 11–16 year olds’ impressions of their school's acoustic environment, and of an experimental study into the effects of typical levels of classroom noise on adolescent... Read More about Students’ perceptions of school acoustics and the impact of noise on teaching and learning in secondary schools : findings of a questionnaire survey.

Two biometric approaches for cattle identification based on features and classifiers fusion (2015)
Journal Article
Tharwat, A., Gaber, T., & Hassanien, A. (2015). Two biometric approaches for cattle identification based on features and classifiers fusion. International journal of image mining (Online), 1(4), 342. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIM.2015.073902

There is an increasing need for controlling safety policies of animals
and efficient management of food production. One way to help achieve this need
is the automatic animal identification/identification and traceability systems. In
this paper, tw... Read More about Two biometric approaches for cattle identification based on features and classifiers fusion.

A Framework for Improving Knowledge Management Practices in Namibian Software Companies (2015)
Journal Article
Iyawa, G. (2015). A Framework for Improving Knowledge Management Practices in Namibian Software Companies. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219649216500039

Software development (SD) companies employ, train and provide software developers with the platform to improve their skills. Unfortunately, these investments are lost when a software developer resigns from the company or is not physically available t... Read More about A Framework for Improving Knowledge Management Practices in Namibian Software Companies.

Temporal Development of Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure: Effects of Age in an Ovine Rapid-pacing Model. (2015)
Journal Article

Heart failure (HF) is predominantly a disease of older adults and characterized by extensive sympatho-vagal imbalance leading to impaired reflex control of heart rate (HR). However, whether aging influences the development or extent of the autonomic... Read More about Temporal Development of Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure: Effects of Age in an Ovine Rapid-pacing Model..

Sophorolipid biosurfactants: Possible uses as antibacterial and antibiofilm agent (2015)
Journal Article
De Rienzo MA, D., IM, B., B, D., J, W., & PJ, M. (2015). Sophorolipid biosurfactants: Possible uses as antibacterial and antibiofilm agent. New Biotechnology, 32(6), 720-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2015.02.009

Biosurfactants are amphipathic, surface-active molecules of microbial origin which accumulate at interfaces reducing interfacial tension and leading to the formation of aggregated micellular structures in solution. Some biosurfactants have been repor... Read More about Sophorolipid biosurfactants: Possible uses as antibacterial and antibiofilm agent.

Sports (2015)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2015). Sports. In H. Have (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics (1-11). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_399-1

This chapter explores the relationship between bioethics and sport ethics, which changed dramatically in the early 2000 when the genetics era generated a series of new questions about the ends of sport and how they would interface more widely with a... Read More about Sports.

The role of competition in structuring primate communities under different productivity regimes in the Amazon (2015)
Journal Article

The factors responsible for the formation of Amazonian primate communities are not well
understood. Here we investigated the influence of interspecific competition in the assembly
of these communities, specifically whether they follow an assembly r... Read More about The role of competition in structuring primate communities under different productivity regimes in the Amazon.

Soft and stretchable sensor using biocompatible electrodes and liquid for medical applications (2015)
Journal Article

This article introduces a soft and stretchable sensor composed of silicone rubber integrating a conductive liquidfilled
channel with a biocompatible sodium chloride (NaCl) solution and novel stretchable gold sputtered
electrodes to facilitate the b... Read More about Soft and stretchable sensor using biocompatible electrodes and liquid for medical applications.

The electronic structure of iridium oxide electrodes active in water splitting (2015)
Journal Article

Iridium oxide based electrodes are among the most promising candidates for electrocatalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction, making it imperative to understand their chemical/electronic structure. However, the complexity of iridium oxide's electronic... Read More about The electronic structure of iridium oxide electrodes active in water splitting.

Audio content feature selection and classification : a random forests and decision tree approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference
AI-Maathidi, M., & Li, F. (2015, December). Audio content feature selection and classification : a random forests and decision tree approach. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC), Nanjing, China

Content information can be extracted from soundtracks of multimedia files. A good audio classifier as a preprocessor
is crucial in such applications. Efforts have been made
to develop effective and efficient audio content classifiers in
which feat... Read More about Audio content feature selection and classification : a random forests and decision tree approach.

The collaborative risk assessment environment in disaster management (2015)
Thesis
Alzahmi, M. (in press). The collaborative risk assessment environment in disaster management. (Thesis). University Of Salford

In the past century the occurrence of natural disasters and man-made disasters have steadily increased with a significant loss of life, damage caused to infrastructure and property, and destruction of the environment. There is much evidence that natu... Read More about The collaborative risk assessment environment in disaster management.