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Identification of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of value management studies in construction (2011)
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Value management (VM) is widely regarded as a useful tool for management to meet the challenges, such as limited resources and tight schedules arising in the construction industry. A rigorous measurement on the performance of VM studies is likely to... Read More about Identification of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of value management studies in construction.

On Roman, Global and Restrained Domination in Graphs (2011)
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In this paper, we present new upper bounds for the global domination and Roman domination numbers and also prove that these results are asymptotically best possible. Moreover, we give upper bounds for the restrained domination and total restrained do... Read More about On Roman, Global and Restrained Domination in Graphs.

Improved one-dimensional unsteady modelling of thermally choked ram accelerator in sub-detonative velocity regime (2011)
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Neuroscience public open days: Evaluating Auckland Brain Day as a communication method (2011)
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Views of (distant) bridges. Displacement and the presences of absences in practices of everyday landscape: An autotopographical account (2011)
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I seek to contribute to recent discussions of absence, landscape, and memory within cultural geography and beyond, adding differing inflections about the ways in which absences can operate. A series of attachments, tensions and disjunctions relating... Read More about Views of (distant) bridges. Displacement and the presences of absences in practices of everyday landscape: An autotopographical account.

Direct numerical simulation of single and multiple square jets in cross-flow (2011)
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Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) have been carried out for single and multiple square jets issuing normally into a cross-flow, with the primary aim of studying the flow structures and interaction mechanisms associated with the jet in cross-flow (J... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of single and multiple square jets in cross-flow.

Is the UK's fishery quota system a violation of human rights law? (2011)
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Enhanced 3D curvature pattern and melanoma diagnosis (2011)
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This article describes an enhanced curvature pattern based melanoma diagnosis system using convolution techniques and ensemble classifiers. We extract the 3. D data of melanoma with a photometric stereo device first. Then differential forms of the me... Read More about Enhanced 3D curvature pattern and melanoma diagnosis.

Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research (2011)
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In this paper we describe the implementation of a Linux extension board for the e-puck educational mobile robot, designed to enhance the computation, memory and networking performance of the robot at very low cost. The extension board is based on a 3... Read More about Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research.

A review of novel turbocharger concepts for enhancements in energy efficiency (2011)
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Turbochargers are extensively used throughout the automotive industry as they can enhance the output of an internal combustion (IC) engine without the need to increase its cylinder capacity. The application of such a mechanical device enables automot... Read More about A review of novel turbocharger concepts for enhancements in energy efficiency.

Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance (2011)
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In a 13-week field study conducted in The Netherlands, participants were provided with daily rewards - monetary and in-kind, in order to encourage them to avoid driving during the morning rush-hour. Participants could earn a reward (money or credits... Read More about Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance.

Towards autonomous robot swarms for multi-target localisation and monitoring with applications to counter IED operations (2011)
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‘Praying the Keeills'. Rhythm, meaning and experience on pilgrimage journeys in the Isle of Man. (2011)
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This paper explores the concept of ‘the travelling being’ through the lens of pilgrimage walks in
the Isle of Man in the British Isles. Focusing on pilgrimage offers a particular spiritually-inflected
perspective on the experience of travel and ass... Read More about ‘Praying the Keeills'. Rhythm, meaning and experience on pilgrimage journeys in the Isle of Man..

The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness (2011)
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Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots (2011)
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Active vibrissal touch can be used to replace or to supplement sensory systems such as computer vision and, therefore, improve the sensory capacity of mobile robots. This paper describes how arrays of whisker-like touch sensors have been incorporated... Read More about Biomimetic vibrissal sensing for robots.

Reproducing the cyclic tag system developed by Matthew Cook with Rule 110 using the phases f1_1 (2011)
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This paper implements the cyclic tag system (CTS) in Rule 110 developed by Cook in [1, 2] using regular expressions denominated phases fi_1 [3]. The main problem in CTS is coding the initial condition based in a system of gliders. In this way, we dev... Read More about Reproducing the cyclic tag system developed by Matthew Cook with Rule 110 using the phases f1_1.

Numerical analysis of wall properties in crossing-shock-wave/turbulent-boundary-layer interactions (2011)
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A new damping modelling approach and its application in thin wall machining (2010)
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In this paper, a new approach to modelling the damping parameters and its application in thin wall machining is presented. The approach to predicting the damping parameters proposed in this paper eliminates the need for experiments otherwise used to... Read More about A new damping modelling approach and its application in thin wall machining.

The overshoot phenomenon as a function of internal resistance in microbial fuel cells (2010)
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Behavior analysis for assisted living (2010)
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In this paper, we describe a model-based behavior analysis system for assisted living. The goal is monitoring the well-being of a single occupant in a home. Behavior is defined as any pattern in a sequence of observations. In analyzing behavior in a... Read More about Behavior analysis for assisted living.