Pedagogies for Transitions
(2014)
Book Chapter
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Widening Participation and Academic Literary Practices (2014)
Book Chapter
Reconstructing textile heritage (2014)
Journal Article
Offsite manufacturing: the way forward For Nigeria's housing industry (2014)
Journal Article
Nigeria is one of the most developed countries in Africa, with construction contributing to approximately 9% of its Gross Domestic Product. From a housing perspective, new initiatives are now being explored, one of which is Offsite Manufacturing (OSM... Read More about Offsite manufacturing: the way forward For Nigeria's housing industry.
Housing delivery in Nigeria and the opportunity for offsite manufacturing (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Offsite Manufacturing Construction: A Big Opportunity for Housing Delivery in Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
The problem of housing delivery is of great concern in many countries of the world. This problem is more predominant in developing countries and Nigeria is not an exception. In Nigeria, this challenge has been magnified as a result of myriad of issue... Read More about Offsite Manufacturing Construction: A Big Opportunity for Housing Delivery in Nigeria.
An energy efficient and resource preserving target tracking approach for wireless sensor networks (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Efficient object tracking in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is of importance in many application scenarios such as military and surveillance, health monitoring, etc. In this paper, we propose a target tracking technique from two approaches, dynamic... Read More about An energy efficient and resource preserving target tracking approach for wireless sensor networks.
Journal of Writing in Creative Practice: Editorial (2014)
Journal Article
Optimisation of zero carbon retrofit in the context of current and future climate (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Exploring the energy performance of hemcrete in affordable housing and future implications for carbon reduction in the housing sector (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Birmingham Zero Carbon House - Making It Stay Zero Carbon Through Climate Change (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A method for eliminating simulation performance gap in buildings built form natural fibrous materials (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A Method for Zero Carbon Design Using Multi-objective Optimisation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future. Proceedings of a conference held at Birmingham City University, 11-12 September 2014. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Providing students with an easystart to higher education: The emerging role of digital technologies to facilitate students' transitions (2014)
Journal Article
The 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
Historically, 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
Background: 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
Beyond virtual realities: Embodying the future of social research (2014)
Book Chapter
Volumetric breast density and radiographic parameters (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The 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.