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Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia (2010)
Journal Article
Shah, A., Smith, A., Pitt, M., & Choon, C. H. (2010). Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Journal of Design and Built Environment, 7(1), 43-57

Delay in construction projects is a situation where the project cannot be completed under the planned time. It is a common issue faced in the construction industry all over the world especially in developing countries. In the Malaysian construction i... Read More about Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

The nuclear ring in the barred spiral galaxy IC 4933 (2010)
Journal Article
Ryder, S. D., Illingworth, S. M., Sharp, R. G., & Farage, C. L. (2010). The nuclear ring in the barred spiral galaxy IC 4933. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 27(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1071/AS09016

We present infrared imaging from IRIS2 on the Anglo–Australian Telescope that shows the barred spiral galaxy IC 4933 has not just an inner ring encircling the bar, but also a star-forming nuclear ring 1.5 kpc in diameter. Imaging in the u′ band with... Read More about The nuclear ring in the barred spiral galaxy IC 4933.

Clinical Leaders for the Future: Evaluation of the Early Clinical Careers Fellowship Pilot Programme (2010)
Report
Pearson, P., Machin, A., & Rae, A. (2010). Clinical Leaders for the Future: Evaluation of the Early Clinical Careers Fellowship Pilot Programme. NHS Education for Scotland

The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate key features (contexts), activities (mechanisms) and outcomes of the Early Clinical Career Fellowships Pilot. In Scotland and across the United Kingdom (UK) the number of nurses likely to retire is... Read More about Clinical Leaders for the Future: Evaluation of the Early Clinical Careers Fellowship Pilot Programme.

Optimised Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: Maximum Concentration Method (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., McMeekin, S. G., Stewart, B. G., & Clive, B. (2010, September). Optimised Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: Maximum Concentration Method. Presented at 14th International Conference, KES 2010, Cardiff

Renewable energies have become a matter of global attention during the last few years, with solar energy being a major focus. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system is an example of solar energy applications. This paper describes the Solar Ph... Read More about Optimised Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator for the Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer System: Maximum Concentration Method.

Non-dissipative boundary feedback for elastic beams (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guiver, C., & Opmeer, M. R. (2010, July). Non-dissipative boundary feedback for elastic beams. Presented at 19th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Budapest, Hungary

We show that a non-dissipative feedback that has been shown in the literature to exponentially stabilize an Euler-Bernoulli beam makes a Rayleigh beam and a Timoshenkobeam unstable.

Marketing von Solutions: Innovative Ansätze und Best Practices (2010)
Book
Woisetschläger, D., Michaelis, M., Evanschitzky, H., Eiting, A., & Backhaus, C. (Eds.). (2010). Marketing von Solutions: Innovative Ansätze und Best Practices. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6302-4

Heute verlangen Kunden mehr denn je nicht in erster Linie Produkte, sondern Lösungen. Entsprechend versuchen immer mehr Unternehmen, sich als Lösungsanbieter bzw. „Solution Seller“ zu positionieren. Dabei bietet das Solution Selling insbesondere für... Read More about Marketing von Solutions: Innovative Ansätze und Best Practices.

Marketing von Solutions: Grundlagen des Solution Marketing und Herausforderungen auf dem Weg zum Solution Seller (2010)
Book Chapter
Woisetschläger, D. M., Backhaus, C., Michaelis, M., Eiting, A., & Evanschitzky, H. (2010). Marketing von Solutions: Grundlagen des Solution Marketing und Herausforderungen auf dem Weg zum Solution Seller. In D. Woisetschläger, M. Michaelis, H. Evanschitzky, A. Eiting, & C. Backhaus (Eds.), Marketing von Solutions (3-30). Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6302-4_1

Der in vielen Branchen zunehmenden Wettbewerbsintensität und der damit einhergehenden oftmals starken Fokussierung auf den Preis als Marketinginstrument versuchen viele Unternehmen zu begegnen, indem sie sich als Anbieter von Lösungen bzw. Solutions... Read More about Marketing von Solutions: Grundlagen des Solution Marketing und Herausforderungen auf dem Weg zum Solution Seller.

Determinants of sponsorship fit: a multilevel analysis (2010)
Journal Article
Woisetschläger, D. M., Backhaus, C., Evanschitzky, H., & Michaelis, M. (2010). Determinants of sponsorship fit: a multilevel analysis. NA - Advances in Consumer Research, 37, 548-549

Sponsorship fit is frequently mentioned and empirically examined as a success factor of sponsorship. While sponsorship fit has been considered as a determinant of sponsorship success, little knowledge exists about the antecedents of sponsorship fit.... Read More about Determinants of sponsorship fit: a multilevel analysis.

Public Policy and Management in Postmodern times (2010)
Book Chapter
Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2010). Public Policy and Management in Postmodern times. In Public Management in the Postmodern Era: Challenges and Prospects. Edward Elgar Publishing

Localized Multistreams for P2P Streaming (2010)
Journal Article
Alhaisoni, U. O. E., Ghanbari, M., & Liotta, A. (2010). Localized Multistreams for P2P Streaming. International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, 2010, Article 843574. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/843574

Streaming video over the Internet, including cellular networks, has now become a commonplace. Network operators typically use multicasting or variants of multiple unicasting to deliver streams to the user terminal in a controlled fashion. P2P streami... Read More about Localized Multistreams for P2P Streaming.

Machine Learning approach for Quality of Experience aware networks (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menkovski, V., Exarchakos, G., & Liotta, A. (2010, November). Machine Learning approach for Quality of Experience aware networks. Presented at 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, Thessaloniki, Greece

Efficient management of multimedia services necessitates the understanding of how the quality of these services is perceived by the users. Estimation of the perceived quality or Quality of Experience (QoE) of the service is a challenging process due... Read More about Machine Learning approach for Quality of Experience aware networks.

Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application (2010)
Journal Article
Alhaddad, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Elkhazmi, E., & Excell, P. (2010). Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 6(1), 11-15

In this paper, a balanced antenna for mobile handset applications with dual-frequency performance, covering the 2.4 GHz and the entire 5 GHz WLAN frequency bands, is investigated and discussed. The antenna is a thin-strip planar dipole with folded st... Read More about Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application.

A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection (2010)
Journal Article
Adnan, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Hraga, H. I., Elfergani, I. T. E., & Zhou, D. (2010). A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 6(2), 129-132

Near field imaging using microwave in medical applications has gain much attention recently as various researchers show its high ability and accuracy in illuminating object compares to well known screening tools. This paper documents the development... Read More about A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection.

Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Ali, N. T., & Bin-Melha, M. S. (2010). Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches. Progress in Electromagnetics Research C: PIER C, 17, 121-130. https://doi.org/10.2528/PIERC10092802

Performance of the sensing patch technique for measuring the power accepted at the antenna feed port of active patch antennas has been evaluated at harmonic frequencies. A prototype antenna, including two sensors at appropriate locations, was fabrica... Read More about Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches.

Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., Ramli, K. N., Mcewan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2010). Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 mobile handsets. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 52, 1549-1553. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.25271

A four-sided folded, slotted and shorted rectangular patch antenna for 3G mobile handsets is described. The antenna provides a 17.65% bandwidth with S11 <–10 dB from 1885 MHz to 2250 MHz, which completely encompasses the desired UMTS frequency ban... Read More about Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 mobile handsets.

Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., Alhaddad, A., & Excell, P. (2010). Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 4(5), 600-608. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2009.0153

A novel miniature balanced mobile handset antenna is presented in this study, which covers digital communication system (DCS) (1710-1880 MHz), personal communication system (PCS) (1850-1990 MHz), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) (192... Read More about Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets.

Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., & Excell, P. (2010). Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 4(2), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2008.0412

In this study, a balanced antenna for mobile handset applications with enhanced bandwidth performance, covering the bands from 1.8 to 2.45 GHz, is investigated. The antenna is a slot planar dipole with folded structure and a dual-arm on each half. Th... Read More about Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets.

A Planar Inverted-F-L Antenna (PIFLA) With a Rectangular Feeding Plate for Lower-Band UWB Applications (2010)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., & Excell, P. S. (2010). A Planar Inverted-F-L Antenna (PIFLA) With a Rectangular Feeding Plate for Lower-Band UWB Applications. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 9, 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1109/lawp.2010.2045338

A planar inverted-F-L antenna (PIFLA) with a broadband rectangular feeding structure is proposed for lower-band ultrawideband (UWB) applications. This antenna is constructed from a driven F-shaped element and a parasitic L-shaped element. Both patche... Read More about A Planar Inverted-F-L Antenna (PIFLA) With a Rectangular Feeding Plate for Lower-Band UWB Applications.