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Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. (2012)
Journal Article
Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Garrod, B. (2012). Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.667070

Revenue management is often identified as a potentially valuable tool for addressing some of the challenges currently facing visitor attractions. This article sets out to investigate the adoption of revenue-management practices by Scottish paid-entry... Read More about Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions..

Maritime Logistics: A Complete Guide to Effective Shipping and Port Management. (2012)
Book
(2012). D.-W. Song, & P. Panayides (Eds.), Maritime Logistics: A Complete Guide to Effective Shipping and Port Management. Kogan Page

Maritime Logistics examines the development, knowledge and practices taking place in logistics and supply chain within the shipping and port industry. It includes guidance on shipping lines, containers, tankers and ports

Contestability in bus markets – evidence from the British de-regulated market (2012)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2012). Contestability in bus markets – evidence from the British de-regulated market. Applied Economics, 44, 4777-4785. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.564146

Following the 1985 Transport Act in Great Britain, reforms in the provision of bus services continue across Europe and other parts of the world to this day. The British experience, however, remains a key point of study in informing these continuing d... Read More about Contestability in bus markets – evidence from the British de-regulated market.

Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices (2012)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., Alhaddad, A., See, C. H., Noras, J., Excell, P., & Gao, S. (2012). Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 6(4), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2011.0151

A balanced antenna for wireless portable devices applications with multiple band operational performance is investigated and discussed. The designed antenna is weakly ground-couple, although can be considered as an energy-efficient radiator. The ante... Read More about Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices.

Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G. A., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2012, September). Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2012)

Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, unambiguous representation of captured ideas to explicate designer‘s thoughts... Read More about Influences of Design Tools on Concepts Generation.

Multi-path multi-criteria routing of hazardous materials in time-dependent networks. (2012)
Book Chapter
Hosseinloo, S. H., Kanturska, U., Fonzone, A., & Bell, M. G. H. (2012). Multi-path multi-criteria routing of hazardous materials in time-dependent networks. In E. Garbolino, M. Tkiouat, N. Yankevich, & D. Lachtar (Eds.), Transport of Dangerous Goods : Methods and Tools for Reducing the Risks of Accidents and Terrorist Attack (151-165). (Garbolino, Emmanuel; Tkiouat, Mohamed; Yankevich, Natalia; Lachtar, Dalanda). BMC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2684-0_6

(Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation... (2012)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R., Mizielińska, J., & Stasinska, A. (2012). (Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation... In S. Mesquita, M. K. Wiedlack, & K. Lasthofer (Eds.), Import - Export - Transport. Queer Theory, Queer Critique, and Activism in Motion (115-145). Zaglossus

Perhaps some of the most interesting recent developments in queer studies are those books criticizing the US American bias within the discipline (e.g., Hemmings 2007; Mizielinska 2010; Downing and Gillett 2011), and a move towards embracing “non-West... Read More about (Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation....

Link-based route choice considering risk aversion, disappointment and regret (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fonzone, A., Schmoecker, J.-D., Ma, J., & Fukuda, D. (2012, January). Link-based route choice considering risk aversion, disappointment and regret. Presented at 91st Annual TRB Meeting

In networks with uncertain link travel times route guidance information should consider traveller preferences (1). Risk-averse travellers prefer safer options but might feel unsatisfied if it turns out that their decision has been based on wrong expe... Read More about Link-based route choice considering risk aversion, disappointment and regret.

Professionalism in digitally mediated project work (2012)
Journal Article
Jaradat, S., Whyte, J., & Luck, R. (2013). Professionalism in digitally mediated project work. Building Research and Information, 41(1), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2013.743398

Fieldwork in a major construction programme is used to examine what is meant by professionalism where large integrated digital systems are used to design, deliver, and maintain buildings and infrastructure. The increasing ‘professionalization’ of the... Read More about Professionalism in digitally mediated project work.

Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Li, J., Ho, A., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Xu, J. (2012). Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 6(15), 1665-1673. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2012.0502

This study proposed a novel quarter-wavelength band-rejected element for band-notched antennas. It consists of a metal via and a rectangular strip connected to the radiating patch. In order to validate the design, a dual band-notched elliptically tap... Read More about Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters.

Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health (2012)
Journal Article
Susca, T. (2012). Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16(6), 951-962. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00560.x

The urban environment is characterized by multiple interactions between its parts, and any change can determine a modification in its metabolism. Typically life cycle assessment (LCA) takes into account only part of the interactions. The main aim of... Read More about Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health.

Social dimension of a multi-scale life cycle assessment: the urban heat island mitigation in New York City (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Susca, T. (2012, November). Social dimension of a multi-scale life cycle assessment: the urban heat island mitigation in New York City. Presented at SETAC Europe 18th SETAC LCA Case Study Symposium. Tools, Trends and Applications

In the next years the number of cities plagued by the urban heat island (UHI) will likely grow because of the increase in urban population. This will cause the increase in heat-related mortality especially among old people and people with social or p... Read More about Social dimension of a multi-scale life cycle assessment: the urban heat island mitigation in New York City.

The smart region: governing the transition to intelligent small urban areas (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mora, L., Branzanti, C., & Bolici, R. (2012, November). The smart region: governing the transition to intelligent small urban areas. Presented at Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2012

Cities and megacities are getting smart. This strategic transition might be considered as an effective tool to cope with a number of current issues such as the urban population growth, the rapid urbanisation and the social, economic and environmental... Read More about The smart region: governing the transition to intelligent small urban areas.

Product-Service Systems Design Using Stakeholders’ Information (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Hussain, R., Cakkol, M., & Roy, R. (2012, March). Product-Service Systems Design Using Stakeholders’ Information. Presented at 22nd CIRP International Design Conference

Product-Service System (PSS) provides added value to customers through integrated product and service offerings. Currently, the development of PSS solutions is ad hoc and the roles and involvement of stakeholders at the various stages of PSS developm... Read More about Product-Service Systems Design Using Stakeholders’ Information.