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A web-based visual spatial co-location patterns' mining prototype system (SCPMiner) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, L., Bao, Y., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, September). A web-based visual spatial co-location patterns' mining prototype system (SCPMiner). Presented at International Conference on Cyberworlds 2008, Hangzhou, China

Visual spatial data mining is an effective way to discover knowledge from huge amounts of spatial data. The systematic study and development of visual spatial data mining techniques will facilitate the promotion and use of spatial data mining as a to... Read More about A web-based visual spatial co-location patterns' mining prototype system (SCPMiner).

A review of medical image annotation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, September). A review of medical image annotation. Presented at 14th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC '08), St. John’s Building, Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel 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.

Information skills through electronic environments: considerations, pitfalls and benefits (2008)
Book Chapter
Smart, M., & Hunt, C. (2008). Information skills through electronic environments: considerations, pitfalls and benefits. In P. Brophy, J. Craven, & M. Markland (Eds.), Libraries without walls 7 (105-113). London: Facet

The increasing availability of resources in electronic format has obvious benefits for distance learners in particular but, in order to maximise those benefits, library induction and ongoing support are essential. The use of virtual classroom sessio... Read More about Information skills through electronic environments: considerations, pitfalls and benefits.

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.

Framework to design new model of E-journals (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Abubaker, A., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Framework to design new model of E-journals. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC'08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

Scientific journals are offered in many forms, some available in both print \& electronic form \& some in electronic forms only. E-journal have had opportunity to provide new features by taking advantages from the online environment. These features s... Read More about Framework to design new model of E-journals.

Recent development in XML-IR (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rashid, B., Alwan, R., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Recent development in XML-IR. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC'08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

The Web is characterized by a huge amount of heterogeneous data sources, which have different media support and format representation. Because XML can represent files of different formats, it can play an important role in IR since it is becoming a st... Read More about Recent development in XML-IR.

Computer aided mammography (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Computer aided mammography. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC’08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

This research investigated the state of art of computer aided detection systems for digital mammograms, and evaluated the related techniques in image pre-processing, feature extraction and classification of digital mammograms. Furthermore, this paper... Read More about Computer aided mammography.

A new join-less approach for co-location pattern mining (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, L., Bao, Y., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). A new join-less approach for co-location pattern mining. Presented at 8th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Sydney, NSW

With the rapid growth and extensive applications of the spatial dataset, itpsilas getting more important to solve how to find spatial knowledge automatically from spatial datasets. Spatial co-location patterns represent the subsets of features whose... Read More about A new join-less approach for co-location pattern mining.

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.

A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (309-337). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch008

Information technology (IT) deeply influences the way we live, our assumptions, aspirations, expectations, habits -- our very life-and-world-views (LWVs). It has become an environment in which we live and work, a kind of ecology in which modern life... Read More about A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology.

Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (62-118). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch003

Chapter 3: This chapter explains some portions of Dooyeweerd’s positive philosophy which author has found useful in understanding IS. It covers Dooyeweerd’s theory of modal spheres (aspects), his theory of things, his theory of knowing, experience an... Read More about Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy.

A framework for understanding human use of computers (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding human use of computers. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (120-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch004

Chapter 4: This chapter seeks to open it up further and explore how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy can be used to understand human use of computers (HUC) by exposing some of the challenges and issues therein and enable us to formulate a framework for unders... Read More about A framework for understanding human use of computers.

A framework for understanding information systems development (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding information systems development. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (224-264). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch006

Chapter 6: This chapter explores how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy might help us understand the challenges and issues in ISD as they are seen from an everyday perspective. The information system that is developed includes both the technical artefact or sy... Read More about A framework for understanding information systems development.

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?.

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.