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Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process (2011)
Journal Article
Saraee, M., Moosavi, S., & Rezapour, S. (2011). Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 22(6), 818-830. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410381111149666

Purpose: This paper aims to present a practical application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) and decision tree algorithms to model a multi-response machining process and to provide a set of control rules for this process. Design/methodology/approach: S... Read More about Application of Self Organizing Map (SOM) to model a machining process.

The social cost of variable tuition fees (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2010). The social cost of variable tuition fees

Newspaper article outlining how variable tuition fees could penalise universities that offer the best chances to students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds

Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England? (2010)
Journal Article
Peters, L., & Becker, S. (2010). Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England?. Comedy Studies, 1(2), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1386/cost.1.2.191_1

The article was originally researched and presented to consider issues of taste in this ‘New British Comedy’ era exemplified by television, film, and stage shows of the previous decade, such as ‘Little Britain’, Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Borat…’ and ‘Mock... Read More about Racism in comedy reappraised: back to little England?.

Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects (2010)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2010). Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 3(2), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543261003736010

The aim of this work is to advance the teaching and learning of practical-based subjects in the higher education (HE) sector. Part of the study involved the development of a model that enhanced the teaching and learning of textiles within large group... Read More about Examination of issues affecting the teaching and learning of large cohorts within practical-based subjects.

Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models' (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2010). Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models'. Prometheus, 28(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/08109021003676375

Like Hegel’s owl of Minerva, scholars are arriving at the realization of the existence of the knowledge economy after dusk. (Drahos and Braithwaite, 2002, p. 39) Houghton and Oppenheim’s cost–benefit analysis of different forms of scholarly publis... Read More about Minerva's owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim's 'The economic implications of alternative publishing models'.

Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective (2009)
Journal Article
Tang, S., YongFeng, H., & Yip, Y. J. (2009). Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective. Transactions on internet and information systems (Seoul), 3(3), 235-250. https://doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2009.03.002

An understanding of performance of database driven network applications is critical in combating slow performance of e-commerce web sites, besides efficient web page design, and high quality and well-maintained web server equipment. This paper descri... Read More about Performance of database driven network applications from the user perspective.

XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function (2009)
Journal Article
Liu, B., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2009). XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function. International journal of computer science and information security (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1(1), 31-40

Data integrity is the fundamental for data authentication. A major problem for XML data authentication is that signed XML data can be copied to another document but still keep signature valid. This is caused by XML data integrity protecting. Through... Read More about XML data integrity based on concatenated hash function.