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Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German Army (2014)
Journal Article
Corum, J. (2014). Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German Army

After the reunification of Germany, the Bundeswehr had to take over the former East-German army (Nationale Volksarmee, NVA). The reduction in the numbers of military staff throughout Eastern Europe after the Cold War also made the task more difficult... Read More about Taking an army from dictatorship to democracy : lessons learned by the Bundeswehr in absorbing the East German Army.

Moving beyond green : Exploring the relationship of environment type and indicators of perceived environmental quality on emotional well-being following group walks (2014)
Journal Article
Marselle, M., Irvine, K., Lorenzo-Arribas, A., & Warber, S. (2014). Moving beyond green : Exploring the relationship of environment type and indicators of perceived environmental quality on emotional well-being following group walks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12, 106-130. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120100106

Against the backdrop of increasing interest in the relationship between Nature and health, this study examined the effect of perceived environment type and indicators of perceived environmental quality on short-term emotional well-being following out... Read More about Moving beyond green : Exploring the relationship of environment type and indicators of perceived environmental quality on emotional well-being following group walks.

Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy (2014)
Journal Article
Nigri, L. (2014). Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy. English Literature, 1(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.14277/2420-823X/6p

Defined for the first time by Sir Thomas Elyot as a «secte of Phylosophers, whiche affirmed nothynge» (1538), the term ‘scepticism’ appears in all its variants only too rarely in the drama of the period. Chadwyck Healey databases (Early English Books... Read More about Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy.

Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, A. (2014). Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry. In R. Pearson, & A. Smith (Eds.), Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (21-39). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388155_2

While games studies has theorised the ways in which video games convey narrative it has so far neglected the industrial circumstances that structure these narratives. Using the video game developer, publisher and hardware-manufacturer Nintendo as a c... Read More about Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry.

Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, A., & Pearson, R. (2014). Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities. In Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (1-17). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388155_1

The emergence of digital modes of content creation and distribution, combined with the domestication of Internet technology and digital consumption devices, has led to the digital integration of the production and circulation of narrative content acr... Read More about Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities.

Media ecology (2014)
Book Chapter
Goddard, M. (2014). Media ecology. In M. Ryan, L. Emerson, & B. Robertson (Eds.), The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media (331-333). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

An invited entry on the concept of media ecology.

Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study (2014)
Book Chapter
Arguello, M., Lekkas, S., Des, J., Fernandez Prieto, M., & Mikhailov, L. (2014). Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study. In M. Bramer, & M. Petridis (Eds.), Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXXI : Incorporating Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XXII (195-208). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12069-0_15

In parallel to nation-wide efforts for setting up shared electronic health records (EHRs) across healthcare settings, several large-scale national and international projects are developing, validating, and deploying electronic EHR oriented phenotype... Read More about Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study.

Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage (2014)
Book Chapter
Arguello-Casteleiro, M., & Fernandez-Prieto, M. (2014). Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage. In M. Bramer, & M. Petridis (Eds.), Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXXI : Incorporating Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XXII (333-338). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12069-0_24

This research study aims at detecting topics and extracting themes(subtopics) from the blogosphere’s content while bridging the gap between the Social Web and the Semantic Web. The goal is to detect certain types of information from collections of bl... Read More about Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage.

Collaborative composition, writing and performing (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, A. (2014, November). Collaborative composition, writing and performing. Presented at SIMPOM (Brazilian Simposium for postgraduates in music), Rio de Janeiro

This was one of the invited lectures delivered at the 2014 Simposium for Postgraduate Students in Music in Brazil (SIMPOM), held at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lecture described a variety of collaborative approa... Read More about Collaborative composition, writing and performing.

The backer-developer connection : exploring crowdfunding’s influence on video game production (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, A. (2015). The backer-developer connection : exploring crowdfunding’s influence on video game production. New Media and Society, 17(2), 198-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814558910

As video game development studios increasingly turn to digital crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter for financing, this article explores the ways in which these processes shape production. It examines in particular the interactions that typical... Read More about The backer-developer connection : exploring crowdfunding’s influence on video game production.

The tapeless revolution consolidated (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Durie, F. (2014, November). The tapeless revolution consolidated. Presented at Challenging Media Landscapes, Mediacity UK

The broadcast and media sectors are now on the cusp of evolving and witnessing fundamental changes driven by a combination of technological advances, new and emerging delivery platforms, new methods of distribution and an increasingly global marke... Read More about The tapeless revolution consolidated.

‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954 (2014)
Journal Article
Barnett, N. (2014). ‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954. Cold War History, 15(3), 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2014.968558

This article examines British popular and media reactions to America’s Bravo test shot in April 1954 and Coventry City Council’s subsequent decision to abandon Civil Defence. The article finds three key motifs emerged which relate to Britain’s broade... Read More about ‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954.

Italy : history (2014)
Book Chapter
Newell, J. (2014). Italy : history. In Western Europe 2015. Routledge

Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress (2014)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K. (2014). Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress. In I. Whelehan, & J. Gwynne (Eds.), Ageing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Feminism : Harleys and Hormones (140-155). London: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137376534_10

In a 2009 article from the UK Guardian, Vanessa Thorpe writes: When a film star seduces someone 20 or 30 years their junior on screen, the audience doesn’t bat an eyelid. In fact, it is an established cinema convention. If the older star is a woman,... Read More about Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress.

The re-emergence of diasporic radio in independent Zimbabwe (2014)
Journal Article
Ndlovu, E. (2014). The re-emergence of diasporic radio in independent Zimbabwe. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 35(3), 54-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/02560054.2014.957225

This article contributes to the debate on the re-emergence of diasporic radio and its role in facilitating citizen journalism and political awareness in Zimbabwe. The article uses Short Wave Radio Africa and other diasporic radio stations domiciled o... Read More about The re-emergence of diasporic radio in independent Zimbabwe.

Un nuovo cinema politico Italiano? volume 2 (2014)
Book
(2014). W. Hope, S. Serra, & L. D'arcangeli (Eds.), Un nuovo cinema politico Italiano? volume 2. Leicester, UK: Troubador Publishing

This volume examines representations of social, historical and political issues in contemporary Italian cinema, focusing on the following themes: Italy’s socio-political past as depicted on screen; filmic representations of the Italian State, institu... Read More about Un nuovo cinema politico Italiano? volume 2.