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Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas (2006)
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Warner, T. (2006). Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas. WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics, 5(8), 1000

Digital recording, editing and signal processing offer performers and producers of Western European art music unprecedented levels of control over every sonic facet of the recorded artefact. Yet it is often the case that the ways in which these lev... Read More about Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas.

Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work (2006)
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Adam, A., Griffiths, M., Keogh, C., Moore, K., Richardson, H., & Tattersall, A. (2006). Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(4), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000631

This paper reflects on aspects of gender and IT work. The core hypothesis is that, if technical skill and masculinity are fundamentally related, then women working in IT jobs who are, in effect, challenging masculine skills by gaining them themselves... Read More about Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work.

Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching (2006)
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Jarvis, H. (2006). Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(4), 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00592.x

The growth of the English language, fuelled partially at least by the Internet, has been phenomenal. Graddol's study (2000) suggests that in the year 2000, there were about a billion English learners—but a decade later, the numbers will have doubled.... Read More about Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching.

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
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Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas (2006)
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Mundy, J. (2006). Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 3(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.1.59

Acknowledging the critical acclaim that surrounds the work of Dennis Potter in televised musical dramas including Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective, this article argues that the 'new television language' invented by Potter has been largel... Read More about Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas.

Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner (2006)
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Etherington, S. (2006). Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner. Geosphere, 2(2), 1-10

This paper reports a longitudinal case study of a Japanese learner (Ken) at a UK university as he progresses from pre-sessional EAP class to Masters programme and into PhD study. The case study is built from a series of interviews which took place o... Read More about Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner.

Limiting arms, enforcing limits: International inspections and the challenges of compellance in Germany post-1919, Iraq post-1991 (2006)
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Iraq post-1991. Journal of Strategic Studies, 29(2), 345-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390600585233

This article compares efforts to curb German military power after 1919 with attempts to limit that of Iraq after 1991. It argues that incomplete defeat in each case, compounded by disputes among the victors (exploited by the Germans and Iraqis) unde... Read More about Limiting arms, enforcing limits: International inspections and the challenges of compellance in Germany post-1919, Iraq post-1991.

UK politics and the internet: the first decade (2006)
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Ward, S., & Vedel, T. (2006). UK politics and the internet: the first decade. Parliamentary Affairs, 59(2), 226-235. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsl005

WHEN the tenth anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was celebrated in 2004, visionaries and sceptics alike turned to reflect on what has been and what will be the reality and impact of the Internet in everyday life.1 Since the early beg... Read More about UK politics and the internet: the first decade.

Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education (2006)
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Whyton, T. (2006). Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education. Music Education Research, 8(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613800600570744

This study examines the politics of jazz education and the implications of canon forming, and proposes a critical methodology that opens up the field of study to broader cultural analysis. In this context, I discuss the unique problems faced by jazz... Read More about Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education.

The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity. (2006)
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Armitt, L., & Gamble, S. (2006). The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity. Textual Practice, 20(1), 141-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502360600559837

Sarah Waters, born in Pembrokeshire in Wales in 1966, lives and works in London, a city that has become not only her domestic home, but the key backdrop for her fiction. To date she has written three prize-winning novels, Tipping the Velvet (1998), A... Read More about The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity..

Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region (2006)
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Myant, M., & Smith, S. (2006). Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region. Europe-Asia Studies, 58(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130500481287

This article links post-communist politics with regional development through an investigation of the formulation of strategic plans at various levels. This is an important activity for compliance with procedures essential to accessing EU financial su... Read More about Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region.

Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine? (2006)
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Adam, A. (2006). Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?. Ethics and Information Technology, 7(4), 233 - 242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-006-0013-3

This paper addresses the question of delegation of morality to a machine, through a consideration of whether or not non-humans can be considered to be moral. The aspect of morality under consideration here is protection of privacy. The topic is intro... Read More about Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?.

Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK. (2006)
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Shotbolt, L., Hutchinson, S., & Thomas, A. (2006). Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK. Journal of Paleolimnology, 35(2), 305-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-005-1594-2

Reservoir sediments are rarely used as environmental archives because of the potential for sediment disturbance by fluctuating water levels. However, rapid rates of sedimentation, proximity to urban centres and often the existence of management recor... Read More about Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK..

Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability (2006)
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Moore, P. (2006). Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability. Global Society, 20(4), 453-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820600929812

In the global economy, workers are increasingly expected to cultivate an unprecedented repertoire of abilities in an immaterial world of work. This signifies a limited shift in capitalist expansion in the post-Fordist world in relation to workers' em... Read More about Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability.