Predicting the branching properties of Sitka Spruce grown in Great Britain.
Journal Article
Gardiner, B. A., Achim, A., Daquitaine, R., & Leban, J. (2006)
Predicting the branching properties of Sitka Spruce grown in Great Britain. The New Zealand journal of forestry, 36, 246-264
Predictions of the branching characteristics of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis(Bong.) Carr.) were made as part of the development of a timber properties simulation tool. For e...
Fracture energy of high-performance concrete at high temperatures up to 450°C: the effects of heating temperatures and testing conditions (hot and cold).
Journal Article
Zhang, B., & Bicanic, N. (2006)
Fracture energy of high-performance concrete at high temperatures up to 450°C: the effects of heating temperatures and testing conditions (hot and cold). Magazine of Concrete Research, 58(5), (277-288). doi:10.1680/macr.2006.58.5.277. ISSN 0024-9831
The fracture energy of high-performance concrete (HPC) with a compressive strength of 67·1 MPa was studied by conducting three-point bending tests on eighty notched beams of 5...
Recognising acute illness and deterioration: a blended learning module.
Presentation / Conference
Donaldson, J. H., & Smith, F. C. (2006, June)
Recognising acute illness and deterioration: a blended learning module. Paper presented at Blended Learning-Promoting Dialogue in Innovation and Practice, University of Hertfordshire/ Higher Education Academy, UK
Implementing Holistic Dimensions for a Facial Composite System
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Bruce, V., McIntyre, A. H., Ross, D., Fields, S., Plenderleith, Y., & Hancock, P. J. (2006)
Implementing Holistic Dimensions for a Facial Composite System. Journal of multimedia, 1(3), doi:10.4304/jmm.1.3.42-51
Facial composites are pictures of human faces.
These are normally constructed by victims and witnesses of
crime who describe a suspect’s face and then select
individual facial...
Untangling the culture medium of student designers
Journal Article
Strickfaden, M., Heylighen, A., Rodgers, P., & Neuckermans, H. (2006)
Untangling the culture medium of student designers. CoDesign, 2(02), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710880600647865
Designs do not occur in a vacuum. They are nourished by a breeding ground composed of various substances, phenomena and traces, which function as raw material for concept gene...
International comparative field evaluation of a traffic-responsive signal control strategy in three cities.
Journal Article
Kosmatopoulos, E., Papageorgiou, M., Bielefeldt, C., Dinopoulou, V., Morris, R., Mueck, J., …Weichenmeier, F. (2006)
International comparative field evaluation of a traffic-responsive signal control strategy in three cities. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 40, 399-413. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2005.08.004. ISSN 0965-8564
The recently developed network-wide real-time signal control strategy TUC has been implemented in three traffic networks with quite different traffic and control infrastructur...
Performance of helically shaped metal fasteners in timber.
Journal Article
Coste, G., Kermani, A. & Porteous, A. (2006)
Performance of helically shaped metal fasteners in timber. Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials. 159, 53-60. doi:10.1680/coma.2006.159.2.53. ISSN 1747-650X
This paper presents an experimental investigation into the withdrawal resistance of a new connector type for use in structural timber. The structural performance of several he...
Analysis of Firewall Performance Variation to Identify the Limits of Automated Network Reconfigurations.
Conference Proceeding
Saliou, L., Buchanan, W. J., Graves, J. & Munoz, J. (2006)
Analysis of Firewall Performance Variation to Identify the Limits of Automated Network Reconfigurations. In Hutchinson, W. (Ed.). ISBN 1905305206 & 9781905305209
Security in computer networks is typically passive, static, and reactive. This is typically due to most networking devices being rule-based, and when updates are necessary, th...
A standard data model representation for taxonomic information.
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., & Paterson, T. (2006)
A standard data model representation for taxonomic information. OMICS, 10, 220-230. doi:10.1089/omi.2006.10.220
The names used by biologists to label the observations they make are imprecise. This is an issue as workers increasingly seek to exploit data gathered from multiple, unrelated...
Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation.
Conference Proceeding
Feng, Y., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2006)
Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation. In M. Morisio (Ed.), Re-Use of Off-the-shelf Components: 9th International Conference on Software Reuse, 260-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/11763864_19
Due to the availability of components and the diversity of target applications, mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applic...