All Outputs (1187)

Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review (2018)
Journal Article
Delkash, M., Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2018). Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, 46(5), p.180051. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201800051

Increased population leads to land use (LU) changes from natural to urban and agricultural LU. These disturbances not only decrease the natural treatment potential but they also worsen surface water quality (SWQ). The aim of this review is to assess... Read More about Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review.

Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE (2018)
Journal Article
Alawadhi, S., & Udeaja, C. (2018). Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE. Procedia Engineering, 212(2018), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.055

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis. Emergency response and incident command model have been implemented to help mitigate against these hazards in various part of the world. More... Read More about Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE.

Challenges facing the controlling stage of the disaster response management resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Dahasha, H., & Kulatunga, U. (2018). Challenges facing the controlling stage of the disaster response management resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq. Procedia Engineering, 212, 863-870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.111

The effects of war in Iraq are coupled with the susceptibility to natural hazards, which has exposed the people of Iraq to multiple man-made disasters. Despite the fact that terrorists did not have a hold on any part of Iraq before the US invasion, i... Read More about Challenges facing the controlling stage of the disaster response management resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq.

Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, F., Ingirige, B., & Zainal Abidin, N. (2018). Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh. Procedia Engineering, 212, 832-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.107

Extreme Weather Events continue to cause shocking losses of life and long-term damage at scales, depths and complexities that elude robust and accountable calculation, expression and reparation. Cyclones and storm surges can wipe out entire towns, an... Read More about Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh.

Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction (2018)
Journal Article
Zainal Abidin, N., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction. Procedia Engineering, 212, 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.060

In today’s interconnected world, disruptions arising from one party in a supply chain network could cause disruptions to other parties in the chain. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that supply chain disruptions had caused a wide-scale impact to the... Read More about Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction.

Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing (2018)
Journal Article
Wijegunarathna, E., Wedawatta, G., Prasanna, L., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing. Procedia Engineering, 212, 1147-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.148

Sri Lanka experiences regular natural hazard-related disasters: flooding, landslides, cyclones and droughts. These events cause devastating effects in terms of human casualties, disturbing settlements and damaging properties. Besides human casualties... Read More about Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing.

Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, D. (2018). Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements. Procedia Engineering, 212, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.017

Growing trend of disaster-induced displacements and resettlements is alarming the world to address the consequences to retain the stability of the concerned countries. In order to reduce the causes and consequences of displacements, governments and o... Read More about Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements.

Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Fernando, N. (2018). Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review. Procedia Engineering, 212, 962-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.124

The rate of internal displacements and consequent resettlements are increasing rapidly and drawing the attention of the world. More often than not, the consequences of resettlement will have an impact on two different communities; the community which... Read More about Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review.

From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood (2018)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, M., & Elkadi, H. (2018). From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 176-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.009

Resilient urban design has become an essential theme for cities to withstand the rapidly escalating natural and human-induced disasters, yet cities and their infrastructure are becoming vulnerable and more threatened as the flood protection measures... Read More about From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood.

Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism? (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2018). Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism?. South European Society and Politics, 23(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2018.1436493

Italian politics have undergone momentous change in the 2007–2017 decade under the impact of the eurozone crisis, whose peak in 2011–2013 could be equated to the earlier watershed years of 1992–1994. The lasting impact of the upheaval in Italian poli... Read More about Italian politics in an era of recession : the end of bipolarism?.

In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis (2018)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2018). In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis. South European Society and Politics, 23(1), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2018.1433477

The eurozone crisis had a more significant and longer-lasting impact on Italy than on virtually any other member state, with the effects still visible a decade after. The extent of the shock was surprising in view of progress Italy had apparently mad... Read More about In the eye of the storm : the Italian economy and the eurozone crisis.

Numerical modelling of the aeroelastic response of irregular slender structures (2018)
Journal Article
Nguyen, C. (2018). Numerical modelling of the aeroelastic response of irregular slender structures. Lecture notes in mechanical engineering (Internet), 903-916. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7149-2_63

This paper presents a general framework for the evaluation of the aeroelastic response of a complex slender structure with generic cross sections. First, the Rayleigh–Ritz approach and the Lagrange equation are employed to describe the vibrations of... Read More about Numerical modelling of the aeroelastic response of irregular slender structures.

Natural convection in a square cavity with uniformly heated and/or insulated walls using marker-and-cell method (2018)
Journal Article
Hidayathulla Khan, B., Venkatadri, K., Beg, O., Ramachandra Prasad, V., & Mallikarjuna, B. (2018). Natural convection in a square cavity with uniformly heated and/or insulated walls using marker-and-cell method. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 4(61), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-018-0492-z

In this study, a numerical investigation has been performed using the computational Harlow-Welch MAC (Marker and Cell) finite difference method to analyse the unsteady state two-dimensional natural convection in lid-driven square cavity with left wal... Read More about Natural convection in a square cavity with uniformly heated and/or insulated walls using marker-and-cell method.

Retracing the history and planning the future of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Ireland using non-invasive genetics (2018)
Journal Article
O'Meara, D., McDevitt, A., O'Neill, D., Harrington, A., Turner, P., Carr, W., …O'Reilly, C. (2018). Retracing the history and planning the future of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Ireland using non-invasive genetics. Mammal Research, 63(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-018-0353-5

The Eurasian red squirrel’s (Sciurus vulgaris) history in Ireland is largely unknown, but the original population is thought to have been driven to extinction by humans in the 17th Century, and multiple records exist for its subsequent reintroduction... Read More about Retracing the history and planning the future of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Ireland using non-invasive genetics.

Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity (2018)
Journal Article
Siegenthaler, A., Mastin, A., Dufaut, C., Mondal, D., & Benvenuto, C. (2018). Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity. Scientific reports, 8, 3292. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21412-y

A combination of burrowing behaviour and very efficient background matching makes the brown shrimp Crangon crangon almost invisible to potential predators and preys. This raises questions on how shrimp succeed in concealing themselves in the heteroge... Read More about Background matching in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon : adaptive camouflage and behavioural-plasticity.

KFC chicken shortage due to supplier hiccup (2018)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2018). KFC chicken shortage due to supplier hiccup

KFC shut down numerous chains over the weekend after running out of chicken. Even now, 600 stores remain closed and it has left many curious as to what happened.

Exploiting mitochondrial targeting signal(s), TPP and bis-TPP, for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs) (2018)
Journal Article
Ozsvari, B., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2018). Exploiting mitochondrial targeting signal(s), TPP and bis-TPP, for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs). Aging, 10(2), 229-240. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101384

Tri-phenyl-phosphonium (TPP) is a non-toxic chemical moiety that functionally behaves as a mitochondrial targeting signal (MTS) in living cells. Here, we explored the hypothesis that TPP-related compounds could be utilized to inhibit mitochondria in... Read More about Exploiting mitochondrial targeting signal(s), TPP and bis-TPP, for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs).

Genomic characterisation of the indigenous Irish Kerry cattle breed (2018)
Journal Article
Browett, S., McHugo, G., Richardson, I., Magee, D., Park, S., Fahey, A., …MacHugh, D. (2018). Genomic characterisation of the indigenous Irish Kerry cattle breed. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, 51. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00051

Kerry cattle are an endangered landrace heritage breed of cultural importance to Ireland. In the present study we have used genome-wide SNP array data to evaluate genomic diversity within the Kerry population and between Kerry cattle and other Europe... Read More about Genomic characterisation of the indigenous Irish Kerry cattle breed.

Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach (2018)
Book Chapter
Ayadurai, C., & Eskandari, R. (2018). Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach. In N. Avkiran, & C. Ringle (Eds.), Partial least squares structural equation modeling (31-52). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71691-6_2

During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–2009, even banks in industrial economies with long established markets suffered significantly. This highlights, weaknesses in the banking system and the importance of a sound banking sector. This paper... Read More about Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach.

Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology (2018)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Schofield, L., & Sasse, F. (2018). Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology. Interface Focus, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2017.0049

The Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA) is an experimental terrestrial laser scanner designed and built specifically to measure the structural and biophysical properties of forest canopies. SALCA is a pulsed dual-wavelength instrument with... Read More about Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology.