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Agile at scale : a summary of the 8th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development (2020)
Book Chapter
Bass, J., & Salameh, A. (2020). Agile at scale : a summary of the 8th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development. In M. Paasivaara, & P. Kruchten (Eds.), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops XP 2020 Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 8–12, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (67-73). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58858-8

The Large-Scale Agile Development workshop explored the main research challenges in large-scale software development. We considered multi-site organisations with large-scale projects that include a large number of teams adopting agile methods. Such... Read More about Agile at scale : a summary of the 8th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development.

Nature’s contribution to health and wellbeing in the city (2020)
Book Chapter
James, P., Tzoulas, K., & Dennis, M. (2020). Nature’s contribution to health and wellbeing in the city. In C. Boyko, R. Cooper, & N. Dunn (Eds.), Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing (54-70). New York and Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429470684-5

Biodiverse, vegetation-rich, green-spaces are important in the context of public health in urban environments. Links between residential proximity and equitable access to natural environments have been made with cardiometabolic disorders and emotiona... Read More about Nature’s contribution to health and wellbeing in the city.

Hermaphroditism and gonochorism (2020)
Book Chapter
Benvenuto, C., & Weeks, S. (2020). Hermaphroditism and gonochorism. In R. Cothran, & M. Thiel (Eds.), The Natural History of the Crustacea: Reproductive Biology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190688554.003.0008

This chapter compares two sexual systems: hermaphroditism (both partners can act as either sex) and gonochorism (each individual organism acts as only one of two distinct sexes) in crustaceans. These two main sexual systems contain a variety of alter... Read More about Hermaphroditism and gonochorism.

Towards a user specification for immersive audio description (2020)
Book Chapter
Hughes, C., Orero, P., & Rai, S. (2020). Towards a user specification for immersive audio description. In S. Braun, & K. Starr (Eds.), Innovation in Audio Description Research. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003052968-7

This chapter reports on an initial study conducted as part of the EU-funded Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project, whose broad objective it is to define the requirements for accessibility services such as audio description and audio subtitles within... Read More about Towards a user specification for immersive audio description.

Designing vocational training for audio engineers at a distance : challenges, reflections, and recommendations (2020)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2020). Designing vocational training for audio engineers at a distance : challenges, reflections, and recommendations. In D. Walzer, & M. Lopez (Eds.), Audio education : theory, culture, and practice. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429020780

This chapter addresses the design of a full credit remote access module as part of an undergraduate degree course in music technology with a particular focus on sound recording technology at a public university in Texas. It focuses on appropriate cur... Read More about Designing vocational training for audio engineers at a distance : challenges, reflections, and recommendations.

Re-ecologizing Gaza (2020)
Book Chapter
Shayya, F. (2020). Re-ecologizing Gaza. In Terreform (Ed.), Open Gaza (142-157). New York: Urban Research

Gaza is one of the most beleaguered environments on earth. Crammed into a space of 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), 1.8 million people live under siege. This volume brings together designers, environmentalists, planners, activists, and schol... Read More about Re-ecologizing Gaza.

“Hello Computer, how am I feeling?”, case studies of neural technology to measure emotions (2020)
Book Chapter
Daly, I., & Williams, D. (2020). “Hello Computer, how am I feeling?”, case studies of neural technology to measure emotions. In C. Nam (Ed.), Neuroergonomics (193-219). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34784-0_11

Emotion is a core part of the human experience. Many artistic and creative applications attempt to produce particular emotional experiences, for example, films, games, music, dance, and other visual arts. However, while emotional states are ubiquitou... Read More about “Hello Computer, how am I feeling?”, case studies of neural technology to measure emotions.

Honey bee pathogens and diseases (2020)
Book Chapter
Martin, S., & Allsop, M. (2020). Honey bee pathogens and diseases. In C. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_59-1

Honey bees are the most intensively studied of all social insects – quite possibly the most studied of any invertebrate animal. As such their diseases and pests have become well-known. It is unlikely that any other social insect is affected by such a... Read More about Honey bee pathogens and diseases.

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