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Spatial planning and sustainable cities and communities (2019)
Book Chapter
Trillo, C. (2019). Spatial planning and sustainable cities and communities. In W. Leal Filho, A. Azul, L. Brandli L., P. Özuyar, & T. Wall (Eds.), Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_72-1

Spatial planning as technical activity of supporting spatial decision-making is deeply embedded in the history of mankind. However, this specific terminology came to fore in the planning disciplinary field in the late 1980s, replacing a plethora of ter... Read More about Spatial planning and sustainable cities and communities.

Environmental Enrichment : the creation of opportunities for informal learning (2019)
Book Chapter
Young, R., Schetini, C., & Cipreste, C. (2020). Environmental Enrichment : the creation of opportunities for informal learning. In V. Melfi, N. Dorey, & S. Ward (Eds.), Zoo Animal Learning and Training (101-118). West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118968543.ch6

This chapter focuses on the informal learning opportunities that arise from environmental enrichment and what their consequences are for the animal. Environmental enrichment typically involves the addition of novel stimuli to a captive animal's envir... Read More about Environmental Enrichment : the creation of opportunities for informal learning.

Cuckoo Bumble Bees (Bombus (Psithyrus)) (2019)
Book Chapter
Martin, S. (2019). Cuckoo Bumble Bees (Bombus (Psithyrus)). In C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_33-1

There are about 250 species of bumble bees, genus Bombus, of which 30 have evolved into social parasites known as cuckoo bumble bees. All cuckoo bumble bees were at one time placed in their own genus, Psithyrus, which is now treated as a monophyletic... Read More about Cuckoo Bumble Bees (Bombus (Psithyrus)).

mHealth as tools for development in mental health (2019)
Book Chapter
Ejehiohen Iyawa, G., Langan-Martin, J., Sevalie, S., & Masikara, W. (2019). mHealth as tools for development in mental health. In Impacts of Information Technology on Patient Care and Empowerment. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0047-7.ch004

This chapter provides an assessment of studies on mobile health (mHealth) tools for development in addressing diseases relating to mental health, informs the current publications trends, identifies research gaps in the existing literature, and sugges... Read More about mHealth as tools for development in mental health.

Learning through successful digital opportunities for effective competition preparations (2019)
Book Chapter
Scott, L., Shelbourn, M., & Harris, N. (2019). Learning through successful digital opportunities for effective competition preparations. In S. Mostafa, & P. Rahnamayiezekavat (Eds.), Claiming Identity Through Redefined Teaching in Construction Programs (61-80). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8452-0.ch004

Education of the built environment is moving towards more collaborative practices. The intent behind the collaborative approach of teaching is to encourage students to explore the unknowns and unravel the problems themselves with the professor acting... Read More about Learning through successful digital opportunities for effective competition preparations.

Measuring infrastructure skills productivity (2019)
Book Chapter
Asibuodu Ugulu, R., Allen, S., & Arewa, A. (2019). Measuring infrastructure skills productivity. In Management of Critical Infrastructure [Working Title]. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85953

This chapter presents the concept and meaning of construction productivity and the techniques used in measuring workforce skills productivity in the construction industry. There are three major methods highlighted for monitoring and measuring product... Read More about Measuring infrastructure skills productivity.

Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2019). Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits. In A. Nijholt (Ed.), Brain Art (145-158). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14323-7_5

A recurring challenge in the use of BCI (and more generally HCI) for musical expression is in the design and conduct of appropriate evaluation strategies when considering BCI systems for music composition or performance. Assessing the value of comput... Read More about Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits.

Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2019). Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits. In Brain Art. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14323-7_5

A recurring challenge in the use of BCI (and more generally HCI) for musical expression is in the design and conduct of appropriate evaluation strategies when considering BCI systems for music composition or performance. Assessing the value of comput... Read More about Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits.

Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments (2019)
Book Chapter
Alameer, A., Degenaar, P., & Nazarpour, K. (2019). Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments. In K. Arai, & S. Kapoor (Eds.), CVC 2019: Advances in Computer Vision (437-490). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17798-0_38

Object recognition is a challenging problem in high-level vision. Models that perform well for the outdoor domain, perform poorly in the indoor domain and the reverse is also true. This is due to the dramatic discrepancies of the global properties of... Read More about Context-Based Object Recognition: Indoor Versus Outdoor Environments.

Mixed income housing (MIH) (2019)
Book Chapter
Trillo, C. (2019). Mixed income housing (MIH). In W. Filho, A. Azul, L. Brandli, P. Özuyar, & T. Wall (Eds.), Sustainable Cities and Communities. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_77-1

Mixed Income Housing (MIH) is the outcome of a deliberate effort to build a mixed-income development, usually including a variety of housing typologies, sometime combined with the goal of creating a mixed-tenure development. International consensus o... Read More about Mixed income housing (MIH).

Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping (2019)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2019). Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping. In J. Lightfoot, M. Hubal, & S. Roth (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics (463-474). Abingdon, UK: Routledge

Emotional congruence in video game audio (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, D., Cowling, P., & Murphy, D. (2019). Emotional congruence in video game audio. In N. Lee (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games (1-3). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_199-1

Video game audio is more challenging in many regards than traditional linear soundtracking. Soundtracking can enhance the emotional impact of gameplay, but in order to preserve immersion, it is important to have an understanding of the mechanisms at... Read More about Emotional congruence in video game audio.

Identifying the Components of a Smart Health Ecosystem for Asthma Patients (2019)
Book Chapter
Iyawa, G., Khan, A., Dagadu, S., Mae Magtubo, K., & Calvin Sievert, R. (2019). Identifying the Components of a Smart Health Ecosystem for Asthma Patients. In The IoT and the Next Revolutions Automating the World. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9246-4.ch008

With asthma being one of the leading causes of death in different countries, the emphasis on improving the health of asthma patients is important. While the use of smart technologies is a good approach for improving the health of asthma patients, tec... Read More about Identifying the Components of a Smart Health Ecosystem for Asthma Patients.

Analysis and triage of advanced hacking groups targeting western countries critical national infrastructure : APT28, RED October, and Regin (2019)
Book Chapter
Mwiki, H., Dargahi, T., Dehghantanha, A., & Choo, K. (2019). Analysis and triage of advanced hacking groups targeting western countries critical national infrastructure : APT28, RED October, and Regin. In D. Gritzalis, M. Theocharidou, & G. Stergiopoulos (Eds.), Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience : Theories, Methods, Tools and Technologies (221-244). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00024-0_12

Many organizations still rely on traditional methods to protect themselves against various cyber threats. This is effective when they deal with traditional threats, but it is less effective when it comes to Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors. AP... Read More about Analysis and triage of advanced hacking groups targeting western countries critical national infrastructure : APT28, RED October, and Regin.