Removal of stigma: impact on property values
This paper determines the impact, stigma has on property values and how long the stigma remains after the Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY) structure has been removed. A quantitative analysis was undertaken,...
View ArticleWord-of-mouth effects on student choice behaviour: The dual-process...
This paper proposes a conceptual framework to understand the influence of word-ofmouth communications in the higher education context. Research to date on student behaviour is viewed primarily through...
View ArticleA genetic algorithm-based support vector machine for bus travel time prediction
Information about public transport travel time is a key indicator of service performance, and is valued by passengers and operators. Among many different approaches, Support Vector Machines (SVM) has...
View ArticlePerformance vs resilience-based earthquake design for low and medium-rise...
A large number of reinforced concrete (RC) structures designed according to older codes do not satisfy the requirements of new seismic design standards. Current codes design the buildings based on life...
View ArticleA context-based design process for future use cases of autonomous driving:...
Autonomous cars are on the horizon, meaning passengers will no longer have to focus on driving leaving them with extra time for other activities, or engagements. However, research has focused primarily...
View ArticleExperimental investigation into suitability of smart polymers as an...
Concussion in Rugby is an important public health issue and there is a clear need for concussion-reducing headgear. It is not clear whether currently available soft headgear can mitigate the effects of...
View ArticleThe end of football and fiesta? Social insurrection and national identity in...
Carnaval and futebol (football) have both been central to the construction of Brazil in the imagination of global audiences. This includes contributing to stereotypes of Brazil as a country of...
View ArticleDesigning active vehicle suspension system using critic-based control strategy
In this paper, an adaptive critic-based neurofuzzy controller is presented for a 2 DOF active vehicle suspension system with a servo hydraulic actuator. Fuzzy critic-based learning is a reinforcement...
View ArticleThe impact of motivation on customer satisfaction formation: A...
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View ArticleReforming the Legal Definition of Rape in Victoria - What Do Stakeholders Think?
Internationally and in Australia, rape law reforms in recent decades have had mixed outcomes. As a result, when the Victorian government began consulting on another round of major reforms in this area,...
View ArticleMale anxiety, inadequacy and victimhood: Insecure and immature men in recent...
This article examines white heterosexual men in five recent Norwegian films that expose them as anxious and immature. These films mirror wider trends in the evaluation of white male failure and...
View ArticleAdaptive optics enhanced direct laser writing of high refractive index gyroid...
Chiral gyroid photonic crystals are fabricated in the high refractive index chalcogenide glass arsenic trisulfide with an adaptive optics enhanced direct laser writing system. The severe spherical...
View ArticleCandida glabrata: friend and foe
Candida glabrata is mostly good, but, at times, it is an opportunistic pathogen. Previously known as Torulopsis glabrata, it enjoyed a good reputation and was even present in starter cultures. Its...
View Article(In Press) Human factors in East Asian virtual teamwork: a comparative study...
There has been considerable research into the technical aspects of virtual teams. By contrast, few studies have focused on their 'human factors', such as the way team members cooperate within the...
View ArticleExogenous folates stimulate growth and budding of Candida glabrata
Folate, vitamin B9, is well recognized as being essential for cell growth. The utilization of folate is common to all cells, but the source of it may be quite different. For example, mammalian cells...
View ArticleIntegration of structural health monitoring with scheduled maintenance of...
The current aircraft maintenance philosophy, referred to as scheduled maintenance, follows a preventative strategy in which maintenance tasks are carried out at predetermined intervals or according to...
View ArticleQuantum-dot based nanothermometry in optical plasmonic recording media
We report on the direct experimental determination of the temperature increment caused by laser irradiation in a optical recording media constituted by a polymeric film in which gold nanorods have been...
View ArticleFocusing dual-wavelength surface plasmons to the same focal plane by a...
In this Letter, we demonstrate the nanoscale focusing of surface plasmons (SPs) at two different wavelengths to the same focal plane by a far-field plasmonic lens both numerically and experimentally....
View ArticleHighly efficient ultrathin-film amorphous silicon solar cells on top of...
The addressing of the light absorption and conversion efficiency is critical to the ultrathin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells. We systematically investigate ultrathin a-Si:H...
View ArticleGiant refractive-index modulation by two-photon reduction of fluorescent...
Graphene oxides (GOs) have emerged as precursors offering the potential of a cost-effective and large-scale production of graphene-based materials. Despite that their intrinsic fluorescence property...
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