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Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico (2015)
Journal Article
Wilmsmeier, G., Monios, J., & Rodrigue, J. (2015). Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 14, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.013

This paper examines the spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in Latin America, through an analysis of a detailed case study of the port of Veracruz in Mexico. It explores the spatial distribution of seaports and inland... Read More about Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico.

A novel situation specific network security for Wireless Sensor Networks (2015)
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Al-Rousan, M., Bani Yassein, M., Al-Dubai, A., Ghaleb, B., & Mahmoud, I. (2015). A novel situation specific network security for Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors & transducers, 186(3), 33-42

Researchers have come up with many high level security protocols and key management algorithms that can be applied for different types of networks. The main characteristics of wireless sensor networks that are limited computation and power made it di... Read More about A novel situation specific network security for Wireless Sensor Networks.

The problem of English language export fiction in Europe (2015)
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Craighill, S. (2015). The problem of English language export fiction in Europe. Publishing Research Quarterly, 31(2), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-015-9400-0

Translations from the English language domain are reportedly declining, thus suggesting that there is a counter trend in publishing where Anglophone markets are coexisting more favourably alongside small-nation book trades. This article, however, arg... Read More about The problem of English language export fiction in Europe.

Can pay, should pay? Exploring employer and student perceptions of paid and unpaid placements (2015)
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Smith, S., Smith, C., & Caddell, M. (2015). Can pay, should pay? Exploring employer and student perceptions of paid and unpaid placements. Active learning in higher education, 16(2), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787415574049

Students can benefit from applying their emerging skillsets through a work placement, both in terms of consolidating their learning and in gaining a better appreciation of their subject area. However, the main motivation for students in completing a... Read More about Can pay, should pay? Exploring employer and student perceptions of paid and unpaid placements.

Blended Spaces for Collaboration (2015)
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Benyon, D., & Mival, O. (2015). Blended Spaces for Collaboration. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 24(2-3), 223-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-015-9223-8

In this paper, we reflect on our experiences of designing, developing, implementing and using a number of real world, functional, multi-touch enabled Interactive Collaborative Environments (ICEs). We created an ICE in our university in order to explo... Read More about Blended Spaces for Collaboration.

Urban parking policy in Europe: A conceptualization of past and possible future trends (2015)
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Mingardo, G., van Wee, B., & Rye, T. (2015). Urban parking policy in Europe: A conceptualization of past and possible future trends. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 74, 268-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2015.02.005

In the last two decades parking has increasingly gained importance in urban planning. Despite the growing number of papers published in recent years, an overall conceptualization of parking policy is still missing. Previous attempts (Shoup, 2005; Lit... Read More about Urban parking policy in Europe: A conceptualization of past and possible future trends.

When Tradition meets Immediacy and Interaction: The Integration of Social Media in Journalists’ Everyday Practices (2015)
Journal Article
Zeller, F., & Hermida, A. (2015). When Tradition meets Immediacy and Interaction: The Integration of Social Media in Journalists’ Everyday Practices. Sur le journalisme/About journalism/Sobre jornalismo, 4(1), 106-119

Journalists in Western liberal democracies face similar challenges in melding existing, hierarchical models of media production with emerging communications technologies where knowledge, expertise and authority are networked and distributed. This pap... Read More about When Tradition meets Immediacy and Interaction: The Integration of Social Media in Journalists’ Everyday Practices.

A Lifelong Learning Hyper-heuristic Method for Bin Packing (2015)
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Hart, E., Sim, K., & Paechter, B. (2015). A Lifelong Learning Hyper-heuristic Method for Bin Packing. Evolutionary Computation, 23(1), 37-67. https://doi.org/10.1162/EVCO_a_00121

We describe a novel Hyper-heuristic system which continuously learns over time to solve a combinatorial optimisation problem. The system continuously generates new heuristics and samples problems from its environment; representative problems and heur... Read More about A Lifelong Learning Hyper-heuristic Method for Bin Packing.

Weather impact on containership routing in closed seas: A chance-constraint optimization approach (2015)
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Kepaptsoglou, K., Fountas, G., & Karlaftis, M. G. (2015). Weather impact on containership routing in closed seas: A chance-constraint optimization approach. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 55, 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc

Weather conditions have a strong effect on the operation of vessels and unavoidably influence total time at sea and associated transportation costs. The velocity and direction of the wind in particular may considerably affect travel speed of vessels... Read More about Weather impact on containership routing in closed seas: A chance-constraint optimization approach.

Dynamics of rising CO2 bubble plumes in the QICS field experiment: Part 1 – The experiment (2015)
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Sellami, N., Dewar, M., Stahl, H., & Chen, B. (2015). Dynamics of rising CO2 bubble plumes in the QICS field experiment: Part 1 – The experiment. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 38, 44-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.02.011

The dynamic characteristics of CO2 bubbles in Scottish seawater are investigated through observational data obtained from the QICS project. Images of the leaked CO2 bubble plume rising in the seawater were captured. This observation made it possible... Read More about Dynamics of rising CO2 bubble plumes in the QICS field experiment: Part 1 – The experiment.

Physical therapy 2.0: Leveraging social media to engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion (2015)
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Knight, E., Werstine, R. J., Rasmussen-Pennington, D. M., Fitzsimmons, D., & Petrella, R. J. (2015). Physical therapy 2.0: Leveraging social media to engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion. Physical Therapy, 95(3), 389-396. https://doi.org

Care for chronic conditions and noncommunicable diseases is dominating health systems around the globe. For physical therapists, this strain presents a substantial opportunity for engaging patients in health promotion and disease management in the ye... Read More about Physical therapy 2.0: Leveraging social media to engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion.

New efficient velocity-aware probabilistic route discovery schemes for high mobility Ad hoc networks (2015)
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Bani Khalaf, M., Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Min, G. (2015). New efficient velocity-aware probabilistic route discovery schemes for high mobility Ad hoc networks. Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 81(1), 97-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2014.06.014

Most existing route discovery schemes in MANETs are based on probabilistic models by which MANETs usually deploy broadcast mechanisms to discover routes between nodes. This is implemented by flooding the network with routing requests (RREQ) packets w... Read More about New efficient velocity-aware probabilistic route discovery schemes for high mobility Ad hoc networks.

Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retail sector (2015)
Journal Article
Monios, J. (2015). Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retail sector. Transportation Planning and Technology, 38(3), 347-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2015.1008798

Retail traffic is one of the main drivers for the growth of intermodal transport services in the UK. The aim of this paper is to understand the key factors underpinning this modal shift in order to learn lessons for other market and geographical cont... Read More about Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retail sector.

Retrofit of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery of process streams at sub-ambient conditions (2015)
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Onishi, V. C., Ravagnani, M. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2015). Retrofit of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery of process streams at sub-ambient conditions. Energy Conversion and Management, 94, 377-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.

This paper presents a new mathematical programming model for the retrofit of heat exchanger networks (HENs), wherein the pressure recovery of process streams is conducted to enhance heat integration. Particularly applied to cryogenic processes, HENs... Read More about Retrofit of heat exchanger networks with pressure recovery of process streams at sub-ambient conditions.

NURBS based least-squares finite element methods for fluid and solid mechanics (2015)
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Kadapa, C., Dettmer, W., & Perić, D. (2015). NURBS based least-squares finite element methods for fluid and solid mechanics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 101(7), 521-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4765

This contribution investigates the performance of a least-squares finite element method based on non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) basis functions. The least-squares functional is formulated directly in terms of the strong form of the governing... Read More about NURBS based least-squares finite element methods for fluid and solid mechanics.

Significant factors influencing outsourcing decision for facilities management (FM) services: A study on Nigeria’s public hospitals (2015)
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Ikediashi, D., & Okwuashi, O. (2015). Significant factors influencing outsourcing decision for facilities management (FM) services: A study on Nigeria’s public hospitals. Property Management, 33(1), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/pm-04-2014-0018

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and conceptualise significant factors influencing decision to outsource facilities management (FM) services in Nigeria’s public hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study were c... Read More about Significant factors influencing outsourcing decision for facilities management (FM) services: A study on Nigeria’s public hospitals.

The potential of phase change materials to reduce domestic cooling energy loads for current and future UK climates (2015)
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Sajjadian, S. M., Lewis, J., & Sharples, S. (2015). The potential of phase change materials to reduce domestic cooling energy loads for current and future UK climates. Energy and Buildings, 93, 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.02.029

Phase change materials (PCM) are known as an effective technology to store larger amounts of thermal energy per unit mass than conventional thermal mass building materials such as concrete and stone. They add thermal stability to lightweight construc... Read More about The potential of phase change materials to reduce domestic cooling energy loads for current and future UK climates.