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Mineral magnetic measurements as a particle size proxy for urban roadside soil pollution (part 1) (2013)
Journal Article
Crosby, C. J., Booth, C., & Fullen, M. A. (2014). Mineral magnetic measurements as a particle size proxy for urban roadside soil pollution (part 1). Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 16(3), 542-547. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3em00344b

The use of mineral magnetic concentration parameters (χLF, χARM and SIRM) as a potential particle size proxy for soil samples collected from Wolverhampton (UK) is explored as an alternative means of normalizing particle size effects. Comparison of so... Read More about Mineral magnetic measurements as a particle size proxy for urban roadside soil pollution (part 1).

Bibliometric analysis of articles in 'Gospodarka Materiałowa i Logistyka' in 2010-2012 (2013)
Journal Article
Dobrzyński, M., Dziekoński, K., & Jurczuk, A. (2013). Bibliometric analysis of articles in 'Gospodarka Materiałowa i Logistyka' in 2010-2012

Bibliometric analysis of scientific articles provides valuable information on the structure of both science and the selected areas (eg. supply chain management). The authors reviewed the publication in Materials Management and Logistics for the years... Read More about Bibliometric analysis of articles in 'Gospodarka Materiałowa i Logistyka' in 2010-2012.

Challenges to digital collaborative exchange for sustainable project delivery through building information modelling technologies (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., & Booth, C. (2013, December). Challenges to digital collaborative exchange for sustainable project delivery through building information modelling technologies. Paper presented at 8th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, Putrajaya, Malaysia

There has been growing recognition for the use of communication technologies to improve processes in sustainable infrastructure delivery. Building Information Modelling (BIM) based technologies have emerged for communication, data exchange and sharin... Read More about Challenges to digital collaborative exchange for sustainable project delivery through building information modelling technologies.

Challenges to BIM-Cloud integration: Implication of security issues on secure collaboration (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., & Booth, C. (2013, December). Challenges to BIM-Cloud integration: Implication of security issues on secure collaboration. Paper presented at IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2013, Bristol, UK

Emerging information technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) offer the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry enormous potential to develop collaborative workflows. Cloud computing has similarly gained popularity... Read More about Challenges to BIM-Cloud integration: Implication of security issues on secure collaboration.

Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health (2013)
Journal Article
Womack, J., Kell, P., & Scally, G. (2013). Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89(8), 616-619. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050864

The Office for Sexual Health was established in the southwest of England in January 2010 as a Department of Health pilot to bring together all elements of sexual health policy to address the fragmentation of effort created by having separate national... Read More about Holding up the mirror: How to use quality assurance, peer review to improve sexual health.

Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings (2013)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2013). Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 9, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.03.001

A considerable amount of travel domestically and internationally is undertaken by 'briefcase travellers' in the pursuit of business meetings. Such business travel is deemed costly to the economy. This paper examines the potential factors at work in t... Read More about Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings.

Mapping Barcelona: Subversive transformations of a dominant culture (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Marco, E., Royo, A., & Molina, J. M. (2013, November). Mapping Barcelona: Subversive transformations of a dominant culture. Paper presented at TRANSGRESSION, MShed, Bristol

This paper looks at concepts of identity and popular culture within the context of Barcelona. It shows how Spanish traditional cultural models, and especially the figure of the architect, are changing in alternative and subversive ways. The figur... Read More about Mapping Barcelona: Subversive transformations of a dominant culture.

An architectural gleaning (2013)
Book Chapter
Carless, T. (2013). An architectural gleaning. In G. Cairns (Ed.), Reinventing Architecture and Interiors: A Socio-Political View on Building Adaptation (157-175). Oxfordshire: Libri Publishing

Carless takes on the notion of ‘gleaning’, the activity of searching through debris to find things that can be re-used and incorporated into anything new – in her case, primarily architectural renovations. … She does this by basing her ideas on Agne... Read More about An architectural gleaning.

No weighting for healthy sustainable local planning: Evaluation of a participatory appraisal tool for rationality and inclusivity (2013)
Journal Article
Grant, M., & Barton, H. (2013). No weighting for healthy sustainable local planning: Evaluation of a participatory appraisal tool for rationality and inclusivity. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 56(9), 1267-1289. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.717887

This paper is concerned with the contribution that project, plan and policy appraisal can make to effective decision making when shaping a built environment that needs to respond to the demands of local voices and also concerns for global sustainabil... Read More about No weighting for healthy sustainable local planning: Evaluation of a participatory appraisal tool for rationality and inclusivity.

Fatigue deterioration process of brick masonry (2013)
Journal Article
Tomor, A., De Santis, S., & Wang, J. (2013). Fatigue deterioration process of brick masonry. Masonry International, 26(2), 41-48

In order to develop greater understanding of the long-term fatigue deterioration process of masonry structures, e.g. bridges, the effects of quasi-static and high-cycle fatigue loading have been studied through a series of small-scale laboratory test... Read More about Fatigue deterioration process of brick masonry.

The architecture of transgression AD (2013)
Book
Sara, R., & Mosley, J. (2013). R. Sara, & J. Mosley (Eds.), The architecture of transgression AD. London: Wiley

Transgression suggests operating beyond accepted norms and radically reinterpreting practice by pushing at the boundaries of both what architecture is, and what it could or even should be. The current economic crisis and accompanying political/social... Read More about The architecture of transgression AD.

The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana (2013)
Journal Article
Lamond, J. E., Awuah, K. G. B., Hammond, F. N., & Lamond, J. (2013). The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana. Property Management, 31(5), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-01-2013-0004

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess cost of land title formalisation in Ghana from the standpoint of individual land/property owners with the view to suggesting a cost-effective means for title formalisation in the country. Design/methodo... Read More about The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana.

Kaleidoscopic City: Through the looking lens (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2013, October). Kaleidoscopic City: Through the looking lens. Presented at Plenitude and Emptiness: Symposium on Architectural Research by Design, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Inspace

This project critically addresses the ways that the city has been represented, in architectural practice and beyond, while seeking new ways to articulate the complex unseen weave of movements that forms the contemporary city. As the transition from s... Read More about Kaleidoscopic City: Through the looking lens.

The use of digital image correlation technique for monitoring masonry arch bridges (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Koltsida, I., Tomor, A., & Booth, C. (2013, October). The use of digital image correlation technique for monitoring masonry arch bridges. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Arch Bridges, Split, Croatia

Non-destructive monitoring of the infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important issue for asset management. Masonry arch bridges represent around 40% of the European bridge stock, many of them over 100 years old and in increasing need for main... Read More about The use of digital image correlation technique for monitoring masonry arch bridges.