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Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2010)
Journal Article
Pecchia, L., Bath, P. A., Pendleton, N., & Bracale, M. (2010). Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Falls occur frequently among older people and represent the most common cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in later life. Preventing falls is an important way to reduce injuries, hospitalizations, and injury-related morbidity and mortali... Read More about Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system (2010)
Journal Article
Bonenberg, L. K., Hancock, C. M., & Roberts, G. W. (2010). Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.1515/jag.2010.012

GNSS has become one of the most wide- spread measurement technologies, allowing cm-level positioning accuracy using RTK or Network RTK. Unfortunately, the system’s major drawbacks are the requirement for a clear view of the sky and accu- racy depende... Read More about Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system.

Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Keikha, P., Hall, M., & Dawson, A. (2010). Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling.

There is great potential to use the large open space of pavement structures, equipped with an embedded pipe network, in conjunction with a heat pump, to provide heating and cooling for adjacent buildings, e.g. airport terminals, shopping centres etc,... Read More about Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling.

Integrating airborne multispectral imagery and airborne LiDAR data for enhanced lithological mapping in vegetated terrain (2010)
Journal Article
Grebby, S., Naden, J., Cunningham, D., & Tansey, K. (2011). Integrating airborne multispectral imagery and airborne LiDAR data for enhanced lithological mapping in vegetated terrain. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.019

Practical and financial constraints associated with traditional field-based lithological mapping are often responsible for the generation of maps with insufficient detail and inaccurately located contacts. In arid areas with well exposed rocks and so... Read More about Integrating airborne multispectral imagery and airborne LiDAR data for enhanced lithological mapping in vegetated terrain.

Evaluation of short-term effectiveness of the disease management program “Di.Pro.Di.” on continuity of care of patients with congestive heart failure (2010)
Journal Article
Pecchia, L., Schiraldi, F., Verde, S., Mirante, E., Bath, P. A., & Bracale, M. (2010). Evaluation of short-term effectiveness of the disease management program “Di.Pro.Di.” on continuity of care of patients with congestive heart failure. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02985.x

This paper aimed to assess the early effectiveness of a disease management program (DMP), called “Dimissione Protetta Difficile” (Di.Pro.Di) conducted by personnel from the intensive care unit (ICU) of Public Hospital S. Paolo, Naples, Italy. Di.Pro... Read More about Evaluation of short-term effectiveness of the disease management program “Di.Pro.Di.” on continuity of care of patients with congestive heart failure.

Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings (2010)
Journal Article
Thermou, G. E., & Pantazopoulou, S. J. (2011). Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 40(3), 293-313. doi:10.1002/eqe.1028

The seismic vulnerability of old multi?storey reinforced concrete (R.C.) buildings reinforced with substandard details is assessed as a function of interstorey drift demand imposed by the design earthquake while considering brittle termination of ela... Read More about Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings.

The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes, R. L., Scrimshaw, M. D., Cartmell, E., & Lester, J. N. (2010). The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 175, 431–441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1541-1

The partitioning of steroid estrogens in wastewater treatment and receiving waters is likely to influence their discharge to, and persistence in, the environment. This study investigated the partitioning behaviour of steroid estrogens in both laborat... Read More about The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments.

Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid (2010)
Journal Article
Munro, R. J., Foster, M. R., & Davies, P. A. (in press). Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid. Physics of Fluids, 22(5), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3422554

Theoretical analyses and laboratory experiments have been performed on the stability of a flow generated by the differential cyclonic corotation of a flat, rigid disk in a uniformly rotating, linearly stratified fluid contained within a cylindrical t... Read More about Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid.

Design and assessment spectra for retrofitting of RC buildings (2010)
Journal Article
Thermou, G. E., Elnashai, A. S., & Pantazopoulou, S. J. (2010). Design and assessment spectra for retrofitting of RC buildings. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 14(5), 743-770. doi:10.1080/13632460903410764

This article presents a novel approach for deriving Retrofit Design Spectra (RDS) that are intended for use in preliminary development and assessment of seismic upgrading scenarios of existing structures. The new spectral representation relates the c... Read More about Design and assessment spectra for retrofitting of RC buildings.

Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Worall, M. (2010). Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature.

Mankind has developed sophisticated means of maintaining comfortable living conditions around the world. We use many technologies that allow us to achieve thermoregulation and homeostasis and so live, work and survive in otherwise hostile environment... Read More about Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature.

Unstable behaviour of model Jamuna micaceous sand. V.N. Georgiannou (2008). Géotechnique 58, no. 10, 825–829 (2010)
Journal Article
Wanatowski, D., & Chu, J. (2010). Unstable behaviour of model Jamuna micaceous sand. V.N. Georgiannou (2008). Géotechnique 58, no. 10, 825–829. Géotechnique, 60(4), https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.8.D.022

The effects of microstructural features on the performance gap in corrosion resistance between bulk and HVOF sprayed Inconel 625 (2010)
Journal Article
Ahmed, N., Bakare, M., McCartney, D., & Voisey, K. (2010). The effects of microstructural features on the performance gap in corrosion resistance between bulk and HVOF sprayed Inconel 625. Surface and Coatings Technology, 204(14), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2009.12.028

It is commonly observed that there is a performance gap between the corrosion resistance of thermally sprayed coatings and the equivalent bulk material. This is attributed to the significantly modified microstructure of the sprayed coatings. However,... Read More about The effects of microstructural features on the performance gap in corrosion resistance between bulk and HVOF sprayed Inconel 625.

CMOS sensors for imaging blood flow (2010)
Journal Article
Morgan, S., Hayes-Gill, B., & Crowe, J. (2010). CMOS sensors for imaging blood flow. Optics and Photonics News, 21(1), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPN.21.1.000032

Smart CMOS sensors can extract parameters of interest from incoming signals at the sensor and therefore overcome the data bottleneck between sensor and processor. This enables full-field laser Doppler blood flow imaging to be obtained at a frame rate... Read More about CMOS sensors for imaging blood flow.

Investigation into the effect of beam shape on melt pool characteristics using analytical modelling (2010)
Journal Article
Ahmed, N., Voisey, K., & McCartney, D. (2010). Investigation into the effect of beam shape on melt pool characteristics using analytical modelling. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2009.12.013

An established analytical model is used to simulate an extended laser beam. Multiple Gaussian sources are superimposed to form a rectangular beam and results are compared with a single circular Gaussian source model as well as experimental results fr... Read More about Investigation into the effect of beam shape on melt pool characteristics using analytical modelling.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the passive films formed on thermally sprayed and wrought Inconel 625 (2010)
Journal Article
Bakare, M., Voisey, K., Roe, M., & McCartney, D. (2010). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the passive films formed on thermally sprayed and wrought Inconel 625. Applied Surface Science, 257(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.07.066

There is a well known performance gap in corrosion resistance between thermally sprayed corrosion resistant coatings and the equivalent bulk materials. Interconnected porosity has an important and well known effect, however there are additional relev... Read More about X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the passive films formed on thermally sprayed and wrought Inconel 625.