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Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings (2009)
Report
Moobela, C., & Rampton, L. (2009). Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings. Portsmouth: South East Coastal Communities Project

This publication is the result of the ideas, experience and knowledge of a range of people. It is informed by a workshop held at the University of Portsmouth in spring 2009 and the results of the Rapid Parish Development Programme run by the local An... Read More about Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings.

Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering (2009)
Book Chapter
Karadimas, P. (2009). Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering. In S. Kotsopoulos, & K. Ioannou (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Heterogeneous Next Generation Networking: Innovations and Platforms (361-381

This chapter studies a composite stochastic model, in which the diffuse component arises from three dimensional (3-D) multipath scattering. That case occurs especially in dense scattering environments, in which the tall obstacles cause arrival of mul... Read More about Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering.

Modeling living systems (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009). Modeling living systems. In Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann, 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Budapest, Hungary, September 13-16, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (208-215). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-

A fundamental issue of evolution of life is the emergence and maintenance of self-referential autocatalytic systems (e.g. living cells). In this paper the problem is analyzed from a computational perspective. It is proposed that such systems have to... Read More about Modeling living systems.

Networks of artificial social interactions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009). Networks of artificial social interactions. In Advances in Artificial Life: Darwin Meets von Neumann, 10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Budapest, Hungary, September 13-16, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (383-390). https://d

Evolution of cooperation is a fundamental question of socio-biology. Intrinsic factors like kinship play an important role in cooperation among selfish individuals. External factors like uncertainty and the structure of the social interaction network... Read More about Networks of artificial social interactions.

Small hole drilling of carbon fibre composites using diamond coated drills (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shyha, I. (2009). Small hole drilling of carbon fibre composites using diamond coated drills. In G. E. O'Donnell, & K. Kelly (Eds.), Efficient & Low Carbon Manufacturing: proceedings of the 26th International Manufacturing Conference (IMC26) (87-94)

A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Horoshenkov, K., Tait, S., Abd-Alhameed, R., Hu, Y., Elkhazmi, E., & Gardiner, J. (2009). A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (731-734). https://doi.org/10.1109/apmc.2009.5384

Blockages in sewers are major causes of both sewer flooding and pollution. Water companies which fail to tackle this problem face hefty fines and high operational costs if they unsuccessful to provide a practical solution to prevent flooding. As a re... Read More about A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring.

Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramli, K., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Zhou, D., Elkhazmi, E., & Excell, P. (2009). Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Con

This paper demonstrates the detailed electromagnetic modelling of biological cell structures by using modified subgridding FDTD techniques. This is done by incorporating a quasi-static FDTD solution, Floquet periodic boundary conditions and modified... Read More about Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method.

Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Elkhazmi, E., Abusitta, M., Ramli, K., & Excell, P. (2009). Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (2802-2804). https://doi.

A reduced size miniature dual-bands planar inverted F-L antenna for WLAN and cellular applications is achieved by applying the magnetic wall concept. The proposed antenna provides a 12% and 9.3% bandwidth at S₁₁ < -10 dB for 2.5 GHz and 5.2 GHz WLAN... Read More about Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications.

Issues of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil – Monument Interaction (2009)
Report
Bouckovalas, G., Gazetas, G., Pitilakis, K., Konstantopoulos, I., Kavvadas, M., Anastasopoulos, I., & Dimitriadi, V. (2009). Issues of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil – Monument Interaction. Earthquake Planning & Protection Organisation of Greece (E.P

Bouckovalas G., Gazetas G., Pitilakis K., Konstantopoulos I., Kavvadas M., Anastasopoulos I., Dimitriadi V., (2009). “Issues of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil – Monument Interaction”. Co‐financed by the European Centre on Prevention & Forecasting... Read More about Issues of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil – Monument Interaction.

Inclusive design for ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S. (2009). Inclusive design for ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. 5th International Conference, UAHCI 2009, Proceedings, Part I (525-534).

Universal access is commonly interpreted as focusing on designing for users with atypical requirements ? specifically users with disabilities or older adults. However, universal access is also about providing access to users in all situations and cir... Read More about Inclusive design for ordinary users in extraordinary circumstances.

Cognitive impairments, HCI and daily living (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., Kozloski, J., & Varker, P. (2009). Cognitive impairments, HCI and daily living. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. 5th International Conference, UAHCI 2009, Proceedings, Part I (366-3

As computer systems become increasingly more pervasive in everyday life, it is simultaneously becoming ever more important that the concept of universal access is accepted as a design mantra. While many physical impairments and their implications for... Read More about Cognitive impairments, HCI and daily living.

Variable message signs: are they effective TDM measures? (2009)
Book Chapter
Saleh, W., Walker, C., & Pai, C. W. (2009). Variable message signs: are they effective TDM measures?. In Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing: Success, Failure and Feasibility (135-150). Ashgate Publishing

This chapter investigates impacts of Variable Message Signs (VMS) on accidents rates and severities on Scottish trunk roads. A before and after analysis of accidents at 14 selected VMS sites in central and north-east Scotland is presented.

Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility (2009)
Book
Saleh, W., & Sammer, G. (Eds.). (2009). Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility. Ashgate Publishing

Throughout the world, traffic levels are increasing and, in urban areas, these increasing levels have led to pressures on the road networks which are causing serious economic, environmental and social problems. This book examines the full range of 'p... Read More about Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility.

Changing affective content in brand and product attributes (2009)
Journal Article
Abbott, M., Holland, R., Giacomin, J., & Shackleton, J. (2009). Changing affective content in brand and product attributes. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 18(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/10610420910933335

Purpose – This paper aims to explore whether consumers' cognitive reactions to a branded product remain stable over time. In many created concepts, entity attributes are such that cognitive reactions to them change in a predictable manner by attract... Read More about Changing affective content in brand and product attributes.

Employee demand for skills development: a research and policy review (2009)
Report
Johnson, S., Sawicki, S., Pearson, C., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. W., & Dutton, M. (2009). Employee demand for skills development: a research and policy review

This report presents the results of a detailed review of evidence and policy relating to the factors that influence the engagement of the individual in skills development. It incorporates a broad range of formal and informal learning activities, deli... Read More about Employee demand for skills development: a research and policy review.

Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests (2009)
Journal Article
Yeo, G. T., Song, D., Dinwoodie, J., & Roe, M. (2009). Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 1249-1257. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2009.88

Generally, an evaluation of container port competitiveness is regarded as a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem which involves various stakeholders with conflicting interests. To solve MCDM problems, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)... Read More about Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests.

Condition monitoring of wooden railway sleepers (2009)
Journal Article
Yella, S., Dougherty, M., & Gupta, N. K. (2009). Condition monitoring of wooden railway sleepers. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 17, 38-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2008.06.002

Wooden railway sleeper inspections in Sweden are currently performed manually by a human operator; such inspections are to large extent based on visual analysis. In this paper a machine vision based approach has been considered to emulate the visual... Read More about Condition monitoring of wooden railway sleepers.