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Spotlight on construction cost overrun research: superficial, replicative and stagnated. (2015)
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AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D., SMITH, S.D., LOVE, P.E.D. and ACKERMANN, F. 2015. Spotlight on construction cost overrun research: superficial, replicative and stagnated. In Raiden, A. and Aboagye-Nimo, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) annual conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK. Reading: ARCOM [online], pages 863-872. Available from: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/4cbaa2ca1021ce2bc010658d11b15190.pdf

Construction projects routinely overrun their cost estimates. A plethora of studies have thus been dedicated to investigating the root causes, sizes, distribution and nature of overruns. The causes range from a poor understanding of the impact of sys... Read More about Spotlight on construction cost overrun research: superficial, replicative and stagnated..

Modelling economic risks in megaproject construction: a systemic approach. (2015)
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BOATENG, P., AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D., CHEN, Z. and OGUNLANA, S. 2015. Modelling economic risks in megaproject construction: a systemic approach. In Raiden, A. and Aboagye-Nimo, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) annual conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK. Reading: ARCOM [online], pages 115-124. Available from: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/b908d35bed985f2d751737631e538b37.pdf

Megaprojects present significant economic risks to their financiers and sponsors. Factors such as inflation, cash flow issues, material and energy price hikes and change in government policies can cause such capital intensive projects to overrun plan... Read More about Modelling economic risks in megaproject construction: a systemic approach..

Are design-led innovation approaches applicable to SMEs? (2015)
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GULARI, M.N. and FREMANTLE, C. 2015. Are design-led innovation approaches applicable to SMEs? In Bingham, G., Southee, D., McCardle, J., Kovacevic, A., Bohemia, E. and Parkinson, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the 17th International conference on engineering and product design eduction (E&PDE 2015): great expectations: design teaching, research and enterprise, 3-4 September 2015, Loughborough, UK. Glasgow: Design Society [online], pages 556-561. Available from: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/38502/ARE+DESIGN-LED+INNOVATION+APPROACHES+APPLICABLE+TO+SMES%3F

This study analyses the design discourse and approaches in order to identify whether design-led innovation approaches are applicable to SMEs. It discusses the number of concepts that are widely used in design including design-driven innovation, desig... Read More about Are design-led innovation approaches applicable to SMEs?.

Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective. (2015)
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MANTE, J. 2015. Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective. Presented at the 2015 Society of legal scholars conference, 1-4 September 2015, York, UK.

The paper is divided into five sections. The first section provides a brief overview of the concept of arbitrability. The second section surveys the current trend and relationship between arbitrability and public policy in the European and American c... Read More about Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective..

Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE. (2015)
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BANI, N.A., ABDUL-MALEK, Z., AHMAD, H., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and MAS'UD, A.A. 2015. Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE. In Winie, T., Subban, R.H.Y. and Muhammad, F.H. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2015 international conference on applied sciences and industrial technology (ICASIT2015): physics and materials symposium, 24-26 February 2015, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. AIP conference proceedings, 1674. Melville, NY: AIP Publishing [online], paper 020005. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928822

High voltage cable requires a good insulating material such as low density polyethylene (LDPE) to be able to operate efficiently in high voltage stresses and high temperature environment. However, any polymeric material will experience degradation af... Read More about Characteristics of electroluminescence phenomenon in virgin and thermally aged LDPE..

Shrinkage behaviour of SFRC industrial ground floors. (2015)
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JAFARIFAR, N. and SABBAGH, A.B. 2015. Shrinkage behaviour of SFRC industrial ground floors. Presented at the 35th Cement and concrete science conference (CCSC35), 26-29 August 2015, Aberdeen, UK.

Restrained shrinkage is an important issue in design of concrete industrial ground floors, although it is often overlooked. This paper studies shrinkage behaviour of a SFRC floor subjected to static racking load, through FE simulation. The ultimate l... Read More about Shrinkage behaviour of SFRC industrial ground floors..

Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria. (2015)
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EKEH, C. and ASEKOMEH, A. 2015. Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria. Presented at 39th SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Nigeria annual international conference and exhibition 2015 (NAICE 2015): natural gas development and exploitation in an emerging economy; strategies, infrastructure and policy framework, 4-6 August 2015, Lagos, Nigeria.

Marginal oil fields in Nigeria, some of which the International Oil Companies (IOCs) have abandoned for over 10 years previously, are now being awarded to indigenous oil companies. Due to difficulty with raising development finance domestically, some... Read More about Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria..

Media usability circuit breakers for RTP-based interactive networked multimedia. (2015)
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FOUGH, N., VERDICCHIO, F., PERKINS, C. and FAIRHURST, G. 2015. Media usability circuit breakers for RTP-based interactive networked multimedia. In Proceedings of the 2015 Picture coding symposium (PCS 2015), co-located with the 2015 Packet video workshop (PV 2015), 31 May - 03 June 2015, Cairns, Australia. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 227-232. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/PCS.2015.7170080

With multimedia and Internet enabled devices being ubiquitous, mechanisms that ensure multimedia flows do not congest the Internet are crucial components of multimedia systems that are embraced rather than opposed by network service providers. The Re... Read More about Media usability circuit breakers for RTP-based interactive networked multimedia..

Music recommenders: user evaluation without real users? (2015)
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CRAW, S., HORSBURGH, B. and MASSIE, S. 2015. Music recommenders: user evaluation without real users? In Yang, Q. and Woolridge, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 24th International joint conference on artificial intelligence (IJCAI-15), 25-31 July 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Palo Alto: AAAI Press [online], pages 1749-1755. Available from: https://www.ijcai.org/Proceedings/15/Papers/249.pdf

Good music recommenders should not only suggest quality recommendations, but should also allow users to discover new/niche music. User studies capture explicit feedback on recommendation quality and novelty, but can be expensive, and may have difficu... Read More about Music recommenders: user evaluation without real users?.

Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. (2015)
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HAMLYN, J. 2015. Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. Presented at the 10th International conference on the arts in society: the work of art in the age of networked society, 22-24 July 2015, London, UK.

Despite the fact that we commonly refer to artworks as 'meaningful' things, this is not to say that meaning is an objective property analogous to size or shape. If meaning is not a physical property, then it follows that it can only be a way of using... Read More about Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning..

Networks of meaning and interpretation: the cultural origins of symbolisation. (2015)
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HAMLYN, J. 2015. Networks of meaning and interpretation: the cultural origins of symbolisation. Presented at the 10th International conference on the arts in society: the work of art in the age of networked society, 22-24 July 2015, London, UK.

Despite the fact that we commonly refer to artworks as 'meaningful' things, this is not to say that meaning is an objective property analogous to size or shape. If meaning is not a physical property then it follows that it can only be a way of using... Read More about Networks of meaning and interpretation: the cultural origins of symbolisation..

Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. (2015)
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ABOUSHADY, A.A., AHMED, K.H. and JOVCIC, D. 2015. Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. In Proceedings of the 11th Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) International conference on AC and DC power transmission, 10-12 February 2015, Birmingham, UK. New York: IET [online], pages 1-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2015.0010

This paper focuses on the behaviour of the cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters. Active switches, not designed for fault conditions, are tripped to minimize discharge currents effect on the s... Read More about Analysis and hardware testing of cell capacitor discharge currents during DC faults in half-bridge modular multilevel converters..

Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit. (2015)
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FREMANTLE, C., HEPBURN, L-A., HAMILTON, A. and SANDS, J. 2015. Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit. In Christer, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd European conference on Design4Health 2015, 13-16 July 2015, Sheffield, UK. Sheffield; Sheffield Hallam University [online], pages 1-10. Available from: http://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/D4H_Fremantle_et_al.pdf

Engaging clinicians in the design of new, less stressful spaces in healthcare is an interdisciplinary challenge for artists and designers. The design brief is the primary means of ensuring shared understanding and success criteria for creative projec... Read More about Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit..

Analysing creative image search information needs. (2015)
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GOKER, A., KONKOVA, E., MACFARLANE, A. 2015. Analysing creative image search information needs. In Proceedings of the 2015 ISKO UK biennial conference: knowledge organization - making a difference, 13-14 July 2015, London, UK. London: ISKO [online]. Available from: http://www.iskouk.org/content/analysing-creative-image-search-information-needs

Creative professionals in advertising, marketing, design and journalism search for images to visually represent a concept for their project. The main purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of documents known as briefs to find search facets,... Read More about Analysing creative image search information needs..

Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education. (2015)
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BASS, J.M., MCDERMOTT, R. and LALCHANDANI, J.T. 2015. Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE international conference on global software engineering (ICGSE 2015), 13-16 July 2015, Ciudad Real, Spain. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 7224489, pages 115-124. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2015.21

Universities face many challenges when creating opportunities for student experiences of global software engineering. We provide a model for introducing global software engineering into the computing curriculum. Our model is based on a three year col... Read More about Virtual teams and employability in global software engineering education..

The mystery of security design. (2015)
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VALLINDRAS, A. and FAILY, S. 2015. The mystery of security design. Presented at the 29th British human computer interaction conference (British HCI 2015), 13-17 July 2015, Lincoln, UK.

Designing for security is hard without security getting in the way of design. Unfortunately, security is often promoted through fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD). As a result, the scale of FUD has now become so great that it hinders people's ability... Read More about The mystery of security design..

Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle. (2015)
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MCCALL, J.A.W., CHRISTIE, L.A. and BROWNLEE, A.E.I. 2015. Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle. In Silva, S. (ed.) Proceedings of the companion publication of the 2015 annual conference on genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO Companion '15), 11-15 July 2015, Madrid, Spain. New York: ACM [online], pages 767-768. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2739482.2764890

We present an approach to generating problems of variable difficulty based on the well-known Proximate Optimality Principle (POP), often paraphrased as similar solutions have similar fitness. We explore definitions of this concept in terms of metrics... Read More about Generating easy and hard problems using the proximate optimality principle..

Challenges and recommendations for the design and conduct of global software engineering courses: a systematic review. (2015)
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CLEAR, T., BEECHAM, S., BARR, J., DANIELS, M., MCDERMOTT, R., OUDSHOORN, M., SAVICKAITE, A. and NOLL, J. 2015. Challenges and recommendations for the design and conduct of global software engineering courses: a systematic review. In Proceedings of the 2015 Innovation and technology in computer science education on working group reports (ITiCSE-WGR '15), 4-8 July 2015, Vilnius, Lithuania. New York: ACM [online], pages 1-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858796.2858797

Context: Global Software Engineering (GSE) has become the predominant form of software development for global companies and has given rise to a demand for students trained in GSE. In response, universities are developing courses and curricula around... Read More about Challenges and recommendations for the design and conduct of global software engineering courses: a systematic review..

Structural characteristic and permeation of gases through a supported silica inorganic ceramic membrane. (2015)
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NWOGU, N.C., KAJAMA, M.N., OSUEKE, G. and GOBINA, E. 2015. Structural characteristic and permeation of gases through a supported silica inorganic ceramic membrane. In Ao, S.I., Gelman, L., Hukins, D.W.L., Hunter, A. and Korsunsky, A.M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2015 World congress on engineering (WCE 2015), 1-3 July 2015, London, UK. Lecture notes in engineering and computer science, 2217. Hong Kong: Newswood Limited [online], pages 245-248. Available from: http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2015/WCE2015_pp245-248.pdf

The present paper describes the synthesis and hydrodynamic properties of a surface-modified ceramic membrane composed of a porous support which consists of gamma alumina and a titania wash-coat. Single gas permeation through the membranes was measure... Read More about Structural characteristic and permeation of gases through a supported silica inorganic ceramic membrane..

An initial study of single gas permeation using a commercial alumina membrane. (2015)
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ORAKWE, I.R., NWOGU, N.C., KAJAMA, M., SHEHU, H., OKON, E. and GOBINA, E. 2015. An initial study of single gas permeation using a commercial alumina membrane. In Ao, S.I., Gelman, L., Hukins, D.W.L., Hunter, A. and Korsunsky, A.M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2015 World congress on engineering (WCE 2015), 1-3 July 2015, London, UK. Lecture notes in engineering and computer science, 2218. Hong Kong: Newswood Limited [online], pages 737-739. Available from: http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2015/WCE2015_pp737-739.pdf

An initial study has been conducted using a commercially available alumina membrane. The study is based on single gas permeation method involving He, O2, CO2 and N2. The effect of trans membrane pressure drop, gas molecular mass, kinectic diameter, p... Read More about An initial study of single gas permeation using a commercial alumina membrane..