All Outputs (26)

Platform independent audio (2013)
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This chapter defines problem space from an audio perspective reviewing some of the current challenges faced in channel-based audio broadcast. The first section introduces some of the drivers for change in the broadcast environment, followed by explan... Read More about Platform independent audio.

State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery (2013)
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This chapter describes the fundamental technical aspects of current TV production. It provides an overview of the ways in which technical limitations inherent in image capture have become a part of the ‘grammar’ of storytelling. It talks about curren... Read More about State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery.

Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video (2013)
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Macq, J., Alface, P., Brandenberg, R., Niamut, O., Prins, M., & Verzijp, N. (2013). Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video. In B. Shirley (Ed.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media (260-297). Wiley

In recent years many developments have addressed the generic objective of delivering audiovisual content based on a single representation made available at the source, and where the network gets the ability to adapt the content on an end user basis.... Read More about Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video.

Data analysis and reflexivity (2013)
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Urban responses to climate change and resource constraint (2013)
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Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life (2013)
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This volume provides insightful analysis of the way higher education engages with socially excluded communities. Leading researchers and commentators examine the validity of the claim that universities can be active facilitators of social mobility, o... Read More about Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life.

Tweeting the Olympic Games (2013)
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From the introduction of television at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games to its transformation into 3D broadcasting at London 2012, media innovation has always surrounded the Olympics (Miah & Garcia 2012). As such, the broader context of a debate about L... Read More about Tweeting the Olympic Games.

Thermal retrofit and building regulations for dwellings in the UK (2013)
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Theory of quantum dot arrays for solar cell devices (2013)
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Retrofitting the built environment (2013)
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Swan, W., & Brown, P. Retrofitting the built environment. In Retrofitting the built environment. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118273463.ch1

Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector (2013)
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Swan, W. Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector. In W. Swan, & P. Brown (Eds.), Retrofitting the Built Environment. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118273463.ch4

The sustainable retrofit of the domestic stock has been identified as one of the major ways to drive the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy. New systems and products to better insulate our homes, generate energy and control how we use it; all re... Read More about Retrofit innovation in the UK social housing sector.

Make no assumptions (2013)
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Baker, C., Smith, L., & Swan, W. (2013). Make no assumptions. In W. Swan, & P. Brown (Eds.), Retrofitting the Built Environment. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118273463.ch8

The selection of the correct options to upgrade a building to improve its energy performance is an essential part of the sustainable retrofit process. It requires a complex mix of skills to identify and deliver the most effective combination of measu... Read More about Make no assumptions.

Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience (2013)
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This paper provides an overview of the ‘I Dig Moston’/‘Dig Manchester’ community archaeology project, which took place in Manchester, England, between 2003 and 2008. This project involved the collaboration of local residents, school children, communi... Read More about Archaeology for all : Managing expectations and learning from the past for the future - the Dig Manchester community archaeology experience.

Emerging pedagogies (2013)
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Keegan, H. (2013). Emerging pedagogies. In P. Fraser, & J. Wardle (Eds.), Current Perspectives in Media Education. Palgrave Macmillan

A characteristic of good media educators is their willingness to continually rethink their practice in the light of both classroom experience and the ever-changing nature of the media itself – from introducing different texts for analysis, to trying... Read More about Emerging pedagogies.

Rethinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation (2013)
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This chapter critically examines the challenges for the development of new styles of urbanism that are not only sustainable but also knowledge-based. It is divided into three sections. In section one, dominant and alternative responses to the twin ch... Read More about Rethinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation.

The dynamic genomes of acidophiles (2013)
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The large-scale sequencing of microbial genomes and environmental samples in the last decade has revealed a huge amount of genetic diversity in natural populations. Extremophilic species in which the genomes of independently isolated strains have bee... Read More about The dynamic genomes of acidophiles.

Human action as an overarching determinant of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban land use planning (2013)
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Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Bloch, R. (2013). Human action as an overarching determinant of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban land use planning. In R. Abdulai (Ed.), A Compendium of International Real Estate & Construction Issues. Nova Science Publishers

Educating the Educators: Ethiopian IT PhD Program (2013)
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Negash, S., & Bass, J. (2013). Educating the Educators: Ethiopian IT PhD Program. In S. Negash, & B. D. Lundy (Eds.), Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom (240-252). Indiana University Press

Reflexivity (2013)
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This Encyclopedia is the first of its kind in bringing together philosophy and the social sciences. It is not only about the philosophy of the social sciences but, going beyond that, it is also about the relationship between philosophy
and the socia... Read More about Reflexivity.

Re-thinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation (2013)
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This book provides new insights on cities and the nature of urban development, and the role of knowledge management in urban growth. It considers how knowledge informs policies and supports decision making, and can assist in addressing the drivers of... Read More about Re-thinking sustainable knowledge-based urbanism through active intermediation.