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Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (2009). Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. In 2009 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163731

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated city centre office building in order to assess the effect upon indoor pollution levels of the closure of some streets in the city to road traffic. The rel... Read More about Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality..

Quantifying the Evolution of Soil Fabric Under Different Stress Paths (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barreto, D., O’Sullivan, C., & Zdravkovic, L. (2009, July). Quantifying the Evolution of Soil Fabric Under Different Stress Paths. Presented at AIP Conference Proceedings

It is well recognized that the macro-scale response of soils is anisotropic in terms of strength, stiffness, permeability, etc. The source of this anisotropy is thought to be an anisotropy of the material itself. This anisotropy can be quantified usi... Read More about Quantifying the Evolution of Soil Fabric Under Different Stress Paths.

Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aldali, Y., Henderson, D., & Muneer, T. (2009, July). Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility

The Great Sahara desert covers the entire range of Libyan longitude 11o 44’ to 23o 58’ E and a latitude range of 24o 17’ through to 30o 31’N, thus covering an area of 1,750,000 sq km and 88% of this land is desert. The authors have measured hourly so... Read More about Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility..

Investigation of pedestrian accidents analysis at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saleh, W., & Alnaqbi, K. (2009). Investigation of pedestrian accidents analysis at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh. In Proceedings of WASD

Data from STATS19 show that pedestrian accident rates are higher over the pedestrian crossing points than these away from it, or within 50 m of pedestrian crossing facilities. This is contrary to the expectations that accidents should be least over t... Read More about Investigation of pedestrian accidents analysis at signalised pedestrian crossings in Edinburgh.

New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abusitta, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Jones, S., & Excell, P. (2009, November). New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms. Presented at 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, UK

A new approach to the design of electronic beam steering in antenna arrays is introduced and analysed. The technique is demonstrated for a uniform antenna array structure. The radiation pattern of the antenna array is formed and the beam steering tun... Read More about New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms.

Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhaddad, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Usman, M., Abidin, Z., & Excell, P. (2009, November). Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application. Presented at 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, UK

A built-in planar metal plate antenna for mobile handsets with balanced operation is presented. The antenna was designed by folding a thin strip planar dipole with extra arm on each monopole. The antenna features balanced operation, is to reduce the... Read More about Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application.

We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2009). We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence".

David Cronenberg is arguably one of the world’s most acclaimed cult directors, his films renowned for their depictions of body horror and transgressive outsiders. But five years ago he found himself enduring a run of critically acclaimed flops, with... Read More about We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence".

Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Irshad, W., Goh, K., & Kubie, J. (2009, September). Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region. Presented at 2009 World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference, Nanjing, China

In recent years, a growing number of manufacturers have produced small wind turbines that are suitable for utilization of wind energy by individual householders or small businesses. These small wind turbine systems are unavoidably installed close to... Read More about Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region.

The use of acoustic-based NDT to predict the wood properties of UK-grown Sitka spruce at different stages in the wood supply chain. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moore, J., Lyon, A. J., Searles, G. J., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2009, May). The use of acoustic-based NDT to predict the wood properties of UK-grown Sitka spruce at different stages in the wood supply chain. Presented at 16th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, Beijing, China

This paper is concerned with the extent to which portable stress-wave-based instruments can be used to segregate Sitka spruce trees and logs; in particular the relationship between acoustic velocity and the properties of sawn timber. Measurements wer... Read More about The use of acoustic-based NDT to predict the wood properties of UK-grown Sitka spruce at different stages in the wood supply chain..

Determination of shear strength of timber joists by torsion testing. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khokhar, A. M., Zhang, H., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2009, October). Determination of shear strength of timber joists by torsion testing

This paper presents an experimental investigation in which the torsion testing approach was employed to evaluate the shear strength of Sitka spruce and Norway spruce joists. Rectangular structural size specimens of lengths ranging from 1.0 m to 3.6... Read More about Determination of shear strength of timber joists by torsion testing..

The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2009, October). The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. Presented at 7th International Conference of the Book

The relationship between trade, political and cultural sovereignty, legal infrastructures and language lies at the core of this paper. Previous accounts of this relationship have been characterised either by a form of technological determinism and/or... Read More about The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation..

Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2009, October). Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on the Book

A 1989 report provided both a snapshot of the contemporary role of reading in children’s lives and a basis upon which policies could be developed in order to encourage reading. The motivation for this work was both pragmatic and aspirational: a rever... Read More about Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter..