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Centralisation of assessment: meeting the challenges of multi-year team projects in information systems education (2007)
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education. Journal of Information Systems Education, 18(3), 345-356

This paper focuses on the difficulties of assessing multi-year team projects, in which a team of students drawn from all three years of a full-time degree course works on a problem with and for a real-life organization. Although potential solutions t... Read More about Centralisation of assessment: meeting the challenges of multi-year team projects in information systems education.

Information technology team projects in higher education: an international viewpoint (2007)
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Lynch, K., Heinze, A., & Scott, E. (2007). Information technology team projects in higher education: an international viewpoint

It is common to find final or near final year undergraduate Information Technology students undertaking a substantial development project; a project where the students have the opportunity to be fully involved in the analysis, design, and development... Read More about Information technology team projects in higher education: an international viewpoint.

Use of conversation theory to underpin blended learning (2007)
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Heinze, A., Procter, C., & Scott, B. (2007). Use of conversation theory to underpin blended learning. International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 1(1/2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2007.014213

Our work is concerned with the search for a viable pedagogical theory for a part time information technology course facilitated in blended learning. It was initially thought that the Conversational Framework (Laurillard, 1993) would provide this, and... Read More about Use of conversation theory to underpin blended learning.

Making choices: research paradigms and information management: practical applications of philosophy in IM research (2007)
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Burke, M. (2007). Making choices: research paradigms and information management: practical applications of philosophy in IM research. Library Review, 56(6), 476-484. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530710760373

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a variety of research approaches which information managers may find useful to meet the needs of working in the networked, digitized age.
Design/methodology/approach – This is achieved by a discussi... Read More about Making choices: research paradigms and information management: practical applications of philosophy in IM research.

Tackling the digital divide: exploring the impact of ICT on managing heart conditions in a deprived area (2007)
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Lindsay, S., Smith, S., Bell, F., & Bellaby, P. (2007). Tackling the digital divide: exploring the impact of ICT on managing heart conditions in a deprived area. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180701193127

The Internet is increasingly used to communicate health knowledge and there is growing belief that it can help transform both personal and public health. There is no lack of information on healthy lifestyles, but the manner of communication of risk a... Read More about Tackling the digital divide: exploring the impact of ICT on managing heart conditions in a deprived area.

Within-season dismissal of football coaches: statistical analysis of causes and consequences (2007)
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de Dios Tena, J., & Forrest, D. (2007). Within-season dismissal of football coaches: statistical analysis of causes and consequences. European Journal of Operational Research, 181(1), 362-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.024

The paper examines the triggers for, and, consequences of, within-season dismissals of managers (head coaches) in the top division of the Spanish Football League during seasons 2002–2003 to 2004–2005. A major reason for directors deciding on dismissa... Read More about Within-season dismissal of football coaches: statistical analysis of causes and consequences.

Sustainable virtual world ecosystems (2007)
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Campbell, J., Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2007). Sustainable virtual world ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1145/1314234.1314241

This paper outlines an agenda for research that contributes to the development of sustainable virtual world ecosystems. It provides direction for understanding the social aspects of both trust and conflict. Trust is often referred to in research to e... Read More about Sustainable virtual world ecosystems.

Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology (2007)
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This paper builds upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources including Information Systems, Organisational and Management Studies, and the Social Sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact of ‘even... Read More about Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology.

Football banning orders: analysing their use in court (2006)
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James, M., & Pearson, G. (2006). Football banning orders: analysing their use in court. Journal of Criminal Law, 70(6), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2006.70.6.509

In the months prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the government funded a number of targeted policing operations aimed at securing Football Banning Orders against known or suspected football hooligans. This article is based on court observat... Read More about Football banning orders: analysing their use in court.

Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model (2006)
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McHale, I., & Laycock, P. (2006). Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model. Journal of Applied Statistics, 33(10), 1075-1084. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664760600746699

In this paper we present a method for performing regression with stable disturbances. The method of maximum likelihood is used to estimate both distribution and regression parameters. Our approach utilises a numerical integration procedure to calcula... Read More about Applications of a General Stable Law Regression Model.

Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (2006)
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Yorke, J., Parle, M., James, M., Gay, T., Harkess, M., & Glanville, A. (2006). Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis

CONTEXT: Little is known about adolescents' and young adults' experience with cystic fibrosis while waiting for or after receiving a lung transplant. The psychological and psychosocial factors that may influence these patients' transplant outcomes ar... Read More about Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis.

Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community' (2006)
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Fletcher, G., Campbell, J., & Greenhill, A. (2006). Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2(4), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2006.011771

This paper examines a specific online community and the degree to which participants' association is constituted and reinforced through conflict. We sample the existing literature regarding online communities in an historical sense and critique the p... Read More about Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'.

'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector (2006)
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Leighton, D. (2006). 'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 12(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.288

This paper investigates experiential marketing as a potential survival strategy for cultural heritage attractions competing in the leisure and tourism marketplace. The paper explores the nature and scope of the heritage industry, heritage as a consum... Read More about 'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector.

The agitator “theory” of strikes re-evaluated (2006)
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This article re-evaluates the so-called 'agitator theory' of strikes, the popular (often media-induced) notion that industrial militancy is the work of a few hard-core militant shop stewards and/or left-wing political 'agitators.' It suggests that wh... Read More about The agitator “theory” of strikes re-evaluated.

Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting. (2006)
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Chen, H., & Boylan, J. (2006). Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(12), 1660-1671. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602310

An individual seasonal indices (ISI) method and two group seasonal indices (GSI) methods proposed in the literature are compared, based on two models. Rules have been established to choose between these methods and insights are gained on the conditio... Read More about Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting..

Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time (2006)
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Miglo, A. (2007). Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 47(1), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2006.07.001

This paper analyzes debt-equity choice for financing a two-stage investment when a firm's insiders have private information about the firm's expected earnings. When private information is one-dimensional (for example when short-term earnings are comm... Read More about Debt-equity choice as a signal of earnings profile over time.

Paperless assessment via VLE: the pros and the cons (2006)
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Whatley, J., & Heinze, A. (2006). Paperless assessment via VLE: the pros and the cons

The aim of this short paper is to share our experience of paperless assessment using the submission facility provided in the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
An important part of a tutor’s work is monitoring and assessing students’ wor... Read More about Paperless assessment via VLE: the pros and the cons.

On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators. (2006)
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Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2006). On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators. International Journal of Production Economics, 103(1), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.04.004

The purpose of this paper is to assess the empirical stock control performance of intermittent demand estimation procedures. The forecasting methods considered are the simple moving average, single exponential smoothing, Croston's method and a new me... Read More about On the stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators..

Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies (2006)
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Baker, R., & Jackson, D. (2006). Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies. Biometrics, 62(3), 785-792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00513.x

Publication bias of the results of medical studies can invalidate evidence-based medicine. The existing methodology for modeling this essentially relies upon the symmetry of the funnel plot. We present a new method of modeling publication bias that u... Read More about Using journal impact factors to correct for the publication bias of medical studies.

Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model (2006)
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Scarf, P., Dwight, R., McCusker, A., & Chan, A. (2007). Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(9), 1123-1137. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602288

This paper considers the application of capital replacement models at Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited (MTRCL), Hong Kong. A particular characteristic of the replacement problems considered is that costs relating to existing equipment are gen... Read More about Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model.