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Opus International Consultants (New Zealand)
Company•Wellington, New Zealand•
About: Opus International Consultants (New Zealand) is a company organization based out in Wellington, New Zealand. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Heat exchanger & Heat recovery ventilation. The organization has 5 authors who have published 4 publications receiving 154 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the thermal performance of an enthalpy/membrane heat exchanger and compared it with a conventional air conditioning cycle using in-house modified HPRate software.
124 citations
James Cook University1, Charles Darwin University2, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center3, Opus International Consultants (New Zealand)4, University of British Columbia5, University of Amsterdam6, Autonomous University of Barcelona7, United Nations Environment Programme8, Bogor Agricultural University9, SOAS, University of London10
TL;DR: The Agrarian Change Project (ACP) as mentioned in this paper is a multi-disciplinary research initiative that applies detailed socio-ecological methodologies in multi-functional landscapes, and assess the subsequent implications for conservation, livelihoods and food security.
40 citations
31 Oct 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the high cost of bus bar distribution from 50 Volt-DC systems on lower floors of multi-storied buildings and the installation of NGN equipment often required the retrofitting of new 50 Volt DC bus bars.
Abstract: Telecom New Zealand was faced with supplying increased DC power capacity to the ldquoNetwork Equipmentrdquo floors in multi-storied buildings. Many of these buildings have floor weight restrictions that make it costly to install high Amp Hour capacity batteries on them. There was also the high cost of bus bar distribution from 50 Volt DC systems on lower floors. Additionally the installation of NGN equipment often demanded the retrofitting of new 50 Volt DC ldquoBrdquo feeds into existing buildings where there is limited space in the electrical risers to accommodate new 50 volt DC bus bars.
17 citations
TL;DR: How more reliable and detailed data can assist in managing network and bridge risks is demonstrated and a rationale for application of higher data collection levels for bridges characterized by higher risk and criticality is provided.
Abstract: Bridges are critical to the operation and functionality of the whole road networks. It is therefore essential that specific
data is collected regarding bridge asset condition and performance, as this allows proactive management of the assets and
associated risks and more accurate short and long term financial planning. This paper proposes and discusses a strategy
for collection of data on bridge condition and performance. Recognizing that risk management is the primary driver of
asset management, the proposed strategy prioritizes bridges for levels of data collection including core, intermediate and
advanced. Individual bridges are seen as parts of wider networks and bridge risk and criticality assessment emphasizes
bridge failure or underperformance risk in the network context. The paper demonstrates how more reliable and detailed
data can assist in managing network and bridge risks and provides a rationale for application of higher data collection
levels for bridges characterized by higher risk and criticality. As the bridge risk and/or criticality increases planned and
proactive integration of structural health monitoring (SHM) data into asset management is outlined. An example of
bridge prioritization for data collection using several bridges taken from a national highway network is provided using an
existing risk and criticality scoring methodology. The paper concludes with a discussion on the role of SHM in data
collection for bridge asset management and where SHM can make the largest impacts.
4 citations
TL;DR: In this article , an examination of the Cambro-Latin sources associated with the Coeling lineages in the Harleian genealogies (HG VIII-XII and XIX) underscores the need to take a revised view of the geopolitics of the Hadrianic Frontier region across the sixth and seventh centuries.
Abstract: An examination of the Cambro-Latin sources associated with the ‘Coeling’ lineages in the Harleian genealogies (HG VIII–XII and XIX) underscores the need to take a revised view of the geopolitics of the Hadrianic Frontier region across the sixth and seventh centuries. The Northumbrian conquests of the early seventh century may have been a more gradual, diplomatic process than was imagined by later sources, including Bede and Historia Brittonum. Similarly, the hegemony of Rheged, the dynasty of Urien and the ‘Anglian Wars’ of the late sixth-century may have received undue emphasis by these sources. Finally, the Coeling dynasty itself emerges as a retrospective fabrication, whose component groupings appear to have been genealogically and even culturally unrelated in the first instance. We find a hint of this diversity in the onomastic character of each of the lineages, as well as the conflicting dynastic and geopolitical emphases implicit in this early material. The distinct and heterogeneous character of these Cambro-Latin sources are best accounted for in terms of genuine connections to the North, which appear to have converged and syncretised in the surviving text compilations from early medieval Wales. The same tendencies are apparent in the vernacular hengerdd material and saga englynion concerned with Urien and his contemporaries which, we conclude, were probably mediated through the same lines of communication.
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