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Enterprising initiatives (2009)
Journal Article
Morris, H. (2009). Enterprising initiatives. Times higher education supplement, 50

The European Universities for Entrepreneurship (EUEREK) project team that conducted this study, and variously authored the book's 11 chapters, chose these particular institutions because they wanted to examine how entrepreneurialism flourishes and... Read More about Enterprising initiatives.

A series-parallel XML multisignature scheme for XML data authentication (2009)
Journal Article
Liu, B., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2009). A series-parallel XML multisignature scheme for XML data authentication. International journal of computer science and network security, 9(2), 236-247

XML signature technology is the major approach for ensuring XML data authentication. An XML signature should satisfy multiple data authentication requirements for XML data which pass a hierarchical network of responsibilities. Through investigation,... Read More about A series-parallel XML multisignature scheme for XML data authentication.

Journal rankings and the ABS journal quality guide (2009)
Journal Article
Morris, H., Kelly, A., & Harvey, C. (2009). Journal rankings and the ABS journal quality guide. Management Decision, 47(9), 1441-1451. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740910995648

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an outline of the arguments for and against different types of journal ranking lists, and, against this background, an account of the development of the Association of Business Schools' (ABS) Journal... Read More about Journal rankings and the ABS journal quality guide.

An order-clique-based approach for mining maximal co-locations (2009)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Zhou, L., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2009). An order-clique-based approach for mining maximal co-locations. Information Sciences, 179(19), 3370-3382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2009.05.023

Most algorithms for mining spatial co-locations adopt an Apriori-like approach to generate size-k prevalence co-locations after size-(k − 1) prevalence co-locations. However, generating and storing the co-locations and table instances is costly. A no... Read More about An order-clique-based approach for mining maximal co-locations.

New Subjectivities: Capitalist, Colonial Subject and Archaeologist. Review of "Capitalism in Colonial Contexts". Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, January 2008 (2009)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2009). New Subjectivities: Capitalist, Colonial Subject and Archaeologist. Review of "Capitalism in Colonial Contexts". Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, January 2008. Archaeologies, 5(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-008-9086-4

The sub-discipline of Historical Archaeology continues to push out its borders from its origins as the archaeology of British colonial settlement in North America. This review article evaluates the contribution of a set of papers presented at the Soc... Read More about New Subjectivities: Capitalist, Colonial Subject and Archaeologist. Review of "Capitalism in Colonial Contexts". Society for Historical Archaeology, Albuquerque, January 2008.

New knowledge and the university (2009)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2009). New knowledge and the university. Anthropology Southern Africa, 32(1/2), 69-76

What forms of knowledge have legitimacy in the contemporary university? By using Actor-Network Theory to unravel the strands in a recent dispute about access to skeletons from a burial ground in Cape Town. This paper shows how circulating systems of... Read More about New knowledge and the university.

More ways to gain status (2008)
Journal Article
Morris, H. (2008). More ways to gain status. Times higher education supplement, 26

When the credit crunch hits public-sector spending decisions in a year or so and the Government seeks to make good recent shortfalls in corporate investment in research and development, it seems likely that public-sector money will be more tightly fo... Read More about More ways to gain status.

Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians? (2008)
Journal Article
Wakefield, N. (2008). Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000042

Nicola Wakefield and Emily Allbon are academic law librarians. They offer their thoughts on the future that all academic law librarians may face as we move further into the 21st Century. They look at the key issues and examine possibilities for the f... Read More about Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?.

Shaping progress (2008)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2008). Shaping progress. Knitting international, 114(1358), 34-35

With the introduction of CMS flatbed machines, combining shape, texture, and color patterning became a cost effective, commercially viable method. Shaped knitwear began to expand from the luxury sector into mass fashion markets. Other benefits includ... Read More about Shaping progress.

Measuring up (2008)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2008). Measuring up. Knitting international, 114(1360), 40-41

Until the mid 80s each weft knitting technology (flatbed, straight bar frame and circular) dominated a distinct area of knitwear. Circular knitting had the benefit of speed, producing continuous lengths of cut and sew jersey (amongst other structures... Read More about Measuring up.

Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library (2008)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2008). Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000108

This article looks at the project to build a new academic Law Library at the University of Salford. It examines the tasks involved, resource planning and communication as well as highlighting successes and issues raised during the construction and de... Read More about Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library.

A new security architecture for SIP based P2P computer networks (2008)
Journal Article
Yongfeng, H., Tang, S., & Yip, Y. (2008). A new security architecture for SIP based P2P computer networks. Journal of Accounting, Taxation and Performance Evaluation, 2(1),

Many applications are transferred from C/S (Client/Server) mode to P2P (Peer-to-Peer) mode such as VoIP (Voice over IP). This paper presents a new security architecture, i.e. a trustworthy authentication algorithm of peers, for Session Initialize Pro... Read More about A new security architecture for SIP based P2P computer networks.

The objects of transformation in higher education (2008)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2008). The objects of transformation in higher education. Social Dynamics, 34(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533950802078962

This paper reviews the purposes of higher education in South Africa through to lens the 1997 Education White Paper. It is argued that, while the principles of the White Paper have shaped the development of the higher education system over the followi... Read More about The objects of transformation in higher education.

A clustering algorithm for block mobility in ad-hoc network (2007)
Journal Article
Long, H., Lu, J., Shao, G., & Yip, Y. (2007). A clustering algorithm for block mobility in ad-hoc network. Communications of SIWN (Print), 5,

This paper presents a block mobility judgment that uses the matrix of similarity neighbor at the different time according to character of block mobility. A new clustering algorithms, called Block Mobility Over Clustering Algorithm (BMOC), is proposed... Read More about A clustering algorithm for block mobility in ad-hoc network.

Developing induction – the University of Salford experience (2007)
Journal Article
Adams, R. (2007). Developing induction – the University of Salford experience. SCONUL focus (Online), 40(Spring), 57-61

This article examines the work of staff within Information Services Division at the University of Salford on developing a Library and IT induction programme for students.

Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University (2007)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2007). Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University. Legal Information Management, 7(1), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669606001186

This paper was presented at the BIALL 2006 Conference in Brighton. The presentation discussed the formation of a working partnership between academic School of Law Staff and the Law Library at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The two parties... Read More about Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects (2007)
Journal Article
Sales, N., Kendall, M., & Delbridge, R. (2007). Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects. ITALICS, 6(2), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2007.06020052

Increased communication with practitioners and improved curriculum coverage of specialist sectors have been identified as priorities for Library and Information Management (LIM) educators. This paper discusses a project exploring the potential for r... Read More about Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects.

Functional to fashionable : knitwear's evolution throughout the last century and into the millennium (2007)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2007). Functional to fashionable : knitwear's evolution throughout the last century and into the millennium. Journal of textile and apparel technology and management, 5(4), 1-16

Since the days of the humble hose, knitwear has expanded into a revolutionary industry that is classified within the high fashion category. This paper presents an investigation into knitwear's evolution, which can only be described as remarkable... Read More about Functional to fashionable : knitwear's evolution throughout the last century and into the millennium.