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  • Warranty claim analysis considering human factors 
    Wu, Shaomin (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    Warranty claims are not always due to product failures. They can also be caused by two types of human factors. On the one hand, consumers might claim warranty due to misuse and/or failures caused by other human factors. ...
  • Wasim - Tutorial Manual 
    Hess, Tim M. (2011-01-14)
    A case study tutorial for use with the Wasim soil water balance simulation model, based on irrigated potatoes in the UK.
  • The Water Act 2003 and sustainable abstraction 
    Sowter, Peter; Howsam, Penny (Lawtext Publishing, 2008-12-31)
    This paper traces the development of the abstraction licensing system in England and Wales from the perspective of changes to water rights. It assesses the relative effectiveness of recent changes to supporting legislation ...
  • A water balance simulation model for teaching and learning – WaS 
    Hess, Tim M.; Counsell, Chris (2008-03-13)
    Developed by HR Wallingford and Cranfield University (with support from the UK Department for International Development), WaSim is a computer-based training package for the teaching and demonstration of issues involved ...
  • The water footprint of English beef and lamb production 
    Chatterton, Julia C.; Hess, Tim M.; Williams, Adrian G. (2011-05-25)
    Recent reports highlighting large quantities of water required to produce a kilo of meat have attracted media attention, leading to debates over the role of meat in a sustainable diet. Such reports frequently quote figures ...
  • The water footprint of Irish meat and dairy products 
    Hess, Tim M.; Chatterton, Julia; Williams, Adrian (Cranfield University, 2012-02-29)
    The water consumption of a range of dairy and beef production systems was estimated for four locations in Ireland using the Cranfield Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) systems model. This included direct water consumption (for ...
  • Water quality deterioration: A study of household drinking water quality in rural Honduras 
    Trevett, Andrew F.; Carter, Richard C.; Tyrrel, Sean F. (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2004-08)
    There is growing awareness that drinking-water can become contaminated following its collection from communal sources such as wells and tap-stands, as well as during its storage in the home. This study evaluated the ...
  • The water relations and irrigation requirements of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum): a review. 
    Carr, M. K. V.; Knox, Jerry W. (Cambridge University Press, 2011-01-01)
    The results of research on the water relations and irrigation needs of sugar cane are collated and summarized in an attempt to link fundamental studies on crop physiology to irrigation practices. Background information ...
  • Water safety plan implementation in East Africa: Motivations and barriers 
    Parker, Alison; Summerill, Corinna (Intermediate Technology Publications, 2013-04-30)
    Water safety plans (WSPs) are a comprehensive source-to-tap risk management approach that are recognized as the most effective way of ensuring drinking water safety. In East Africa there is only one utility implementing ...
  • Weathered Hydrocarbon Wastes: A Risk Management Primer 
    Brassington, Kirsty J.; Hough, Rupert L.; Paton, Graeme I.; Semple, Kirk T.; Risdon, Graeme C.; Crossley, Jane; Hay, I.; Askari, K.; Pollard, Simon J. T. (Taylor & Francis, 2007-05-01)
    We provide a primer and critical review of the characterization, risk assessment, and bioremediation of weathered hydrocarbons. Historically the remediation of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons has been ...
  • Weed Manager-A model-based decision support system for weed management in arable crops 
    Parsons, David J.; Benjamin, L. R.; Clarke, J.; Ginsburg, D.; Mayes, A.; Milne, Alice E.; Wilkinson, D. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2009-03-01)
    Weed Manager is a model-based decision support system to assist arable farmers and advisers in weed control decisions on two time scales: within a single season and over several years in a rotation. The single season ...
  • Weld residual stress effects on fatigue crack growth behaviour of aluminium alloy 2024-T351 
    Liljedahl, C. D. M.; Brouard, J.; Zanellato, O.; Lin, J.; Tan, M. L.; Ganguly, Supriyo; Irving, Phil E.; Fitzpatrick, M. E.; Zhang, X.; Edwards, L. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2009-06-30)
    The interaction between residual stress and fatigue crack growth rate has been investigated in middle tension and compact tension specimens machined from a variable polarity plasma arc welded aluminium alloy 2024-T351 ...
  • Welding process impact on residual stress and distortion 
    Colegrove, Paul A.; Ikeagu, C.; Thistlethwaite, A.; Williams, Stewart W.; Nagy, T.; Suder, Wojciech; Steuwer, Axel; Pirling, T. (2009-11-01)
    Residual stress and distortion continue to be important issues in shipbuilding and are still subject to large amounts of research. This paper demonstrates how the type of welding process influences the amount of distortion. ...
  • Welding with high power fiber lasers - A preliminary study. 
    Quintino, Luísa; Costa, A.; Miranda, R.; Yapp, David; Kumar, V.; Kong, C. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2007-01-01)
    The new generation of high power fiber lasers presents several benefits for industrial purposes, namely high power with low beam divergence, flexible beam delivery, low maintenance costs, high efficiency and compact size. ...
  • What can water utilities do to improve risk management within their business functions? An improved tool and application of process benchmarking. 
    MacGillivray, Brian H.; Pollard, Simon J. T. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2008-11-01)
    We present a model for benchmarking risk analysis and risk based decision making practice within organisations. It draws on behavioural and normative risk research, the principles of capability maturity modelling and our ...
  • What do we need to know to enhance the environmental sustainability of agricultural production? A prioritisation of knowledge needs for the UK food system 
    Dicks, Lynn V.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Bell, Jenny; Benton, Tim G.; Booth, Angela; Bouwman, Jan; Brown, Chris; Bruce, Ann; Burgess, Paul J.; Butler, Simon J.; Crute, Ian; Dixon, Frances; Drummond, Caroline; Freckleton, Robert P.; Gill, Maggie; Graham, Andrea; Hails, Rosie S.; Hallett, James; Hart, Beth; Hillier, Jon G.; Holland, John M.; Huxley, Jonathan N.; Ingram, John S. I.; King, Vanessa; MacMillan, Tom; McGonigle, Daniel F.; McQuaid, Carmel; Nevard, Tim; Norman, Steve; Norris, Ken; Pazderka, Catherine; Poonaji, Inder; Quinn, Claire Helen; Ramsden, S. J.; Sinclair, Duncan; Siriwardena, Gavin M.; Vickery, Juliet A.; Whitmore, A. P.; Wolmer, William; Sutherland, William J. (MDPI, 2013-07-17)
    Abstract: Increasing concerns about global environmental change and food security have focused attention on the need for environmentally sustainable agriculture. This is agriculture that makes efficient use of natural ...
  • When is a soil remediated? Comparison of biopiled and windrowed soils contaminated with bunker-fuel in a full-scale trial 
    Coulon, Frederic; Al, Awadi M.; Cowie, W.; Mardlin, D.; Pollard, Simon J. T.; Cunningham, C.; Risdon, Graeme C.; Arthur, P.; Semple, Kirk T.; Paton, Graeme I. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2010-10-31)
    A six month field scale study was carried out to compare windrow turning and biopile techniques for the remediation of soil contaminated with bunker C fuel oil. End-point clean-up targets were defined by human risk ...
  • Which catchment characteristics control the temporal dependence structure of daily river flows? 
    Chiverton, Andrew; Hannaford, Jamie; Holman, Ian P.; Corstanje, Ronald; Prudhomme, Christel; Bloomfield, John; Hess, Tim M. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014-12-31)
    Hydrological classification systems seek to provide information about the dominant processes in the catchment to enable information to be transferred between catchments. Currently, there is no widely agreed-upon system for ...
  • Widespread dissatisfaction with European Union research funding 
    Ramsden, Jeremy J. (Association of Modern Scientific Investigation, 2010-04-30)
  • Will European soil-monitoring networks be able to detect changes in topsoil organic carbon content? 
    Saby, N. P. A.; Bellamy, Patricia H.; Morvan, X.; Arrouays, D.; Jones, Robert J. A.; Verheijen, Frank G. A.; Kibblewhite, Mark G.; Verdoodt, A.; Üveges, J.; Freudenschuß, A.; Simota, C. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-10-31)
    Within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, articles 3.3 and 3.4 stipulate that some voluntary activities leading to an additional carbon (C) sequestration in soils could be accounted as C sinks in ...

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