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Towards an overheating risk tool for building design [PDF]

, 2013
PurposeThe work set out to design and develop an overheating risk tool using the UKCP09 climate projections that is compatible with building performance simulation software.
Banfill, Phillip Frank Gower, Gibson, Gavin Jarvis, Gul, Mehreen, Jenkins, David, Menzies, Gillian Frances, Patidar, Sandhya   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A Comparative Simulation Study of the Thermal Performances of the Building Envelope Wall Materials in the Tropics

Sustainability, 2020
The building walls which form the major part of the building envelope thermally interact with the changing surrounding environment throughout the day influencing the indoor thermal comfort of the space.
Nusrat Jannat, A. Hussien, B. Abdullah, Alison J. Cotgrave   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Polarization‐resolved femtosecond Vis/IR spectroscopy tailored for resolving weak signals in biological samples using minimal sample volume

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Unique biological samples, such as site‐specific mutant proteins, are available only in limited quantities. Here, we present a polarization‐resolved transient infrared spectroscopy setup with referencing to improve signal‐to‐noise tailored towards tracing small signals. We provide an overview of characterizing the excitation conditions for polarization‐
Clark Zahn, Karsten Heyne
wiley   +1 more source

C2α‐carbanion‐protonating glutamate discloses tradeoffs between substrate accommodation and reaction rate in actinobacterial 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Enzymes of the 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase group catalyze the condensation of formyl‐CoA with aldehydes or ketones. Thus, by structural adaptation of active sites, practically any pharmaceutically and industrially important 2‐hydroxyacid could be biotechnologically synthesized. Combining crystal structure analysis, active site mutations and kinetic assays,
Michael Zahn, Barbara Seroka, Ryszard Lazny, Zenon Lotowski, Thore Rohwerder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An insulation thickness optimization methodology for school buildings rehabilitation combining artificial neural networks and life cycle cost

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2016
The energy efficiency of buildings, including public buildings, is a major concern for all European governments, since they are responsible for a large share of the total energy bill of the states.
Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida, Vasco Peixoto De Freitas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A light‐triggered Time‐Resolved X‐ray Solution Scattering (TR‐XSS) workflow with application to protein conformational dynamics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Time‐resolved X‐ray solution scattering captures how proteins change shape in real time under near‐native conditions. This article presents a practical workflow for light‐triggered TR‐XSS experiments, from data collection to structural refinement. Using a calcium‐transporting membrane protein as an example, the approach can be broadly applied to study ...
Fatemeh Sabzian‐Molaei, Fredrik Orädd, Konstantinos Magkakis, Magnus Andersson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed agent-based building evacuation simulator [PDF]

, 2012
The optimisation of the evacuation of a building plays a fundamental role in emergency situations. The behaviour of individuals, the directions that civilians receive, and the actions of the emergency personnel, will affect the success of the operation ...
Filippoupolitis, Avgoustinos, Gelenbe, Erol, Gianni, Daniele, Hey, Laurence, Loukas, George, Society for Modeling & Simulation International, Timotheou, Stelios   +6 more
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Optimization as a design strategy. Considerations based on building simulation-assisted experiments about problem decomposition

, 2015
In this article the most fundamental decomposition-based optimization method - block coordinate search, based on the sequential decomposition of problems in subproblems - and building performance simulation programs are used to reason about a building ...
Brunetti, Gian Luca
core   +1 more source

The Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE): A qualitative study exploring the healthcare student’s experience [PDF]

, 2012
The paper relates to delivering vocational higher education to prospective building surveyors. Preparing students for the workplace requires inclusion of academic knowledge, workplace skills and practical vocational experience.
Fidment, Susan
core   +1 more source

Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth, Moritz Koch, Le‐Han Rössner, Johanna Eichhorn, Denys Pogoryelov, Matthias P. Mayer, Jude M. Przyborski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source