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Two texts from Jabal Razih, North-west Yemen (2006)
Book Chapter
Watson, J., Glover Stalls, B., al-Razihi, K., & Weir, S. (2006). Two texts from Jabal Razih, North-west Yemen. In L. Edzard, & J. Retsö (Eds.), Current issues in the analysis of Semitic grammar and lexicon II: Oslo-Göteborg cooperation 4th-5th November 2005 (40-63). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz

Challenges faced by the quantity surveying profession: gender perspective (2006)
Book Chapter
Amaratunga, R., Shanmugam, M., & Elvitigalage Dona, N. (2006). Challenges faced by the quantity surveying profession: gender perspective. In R. Rameezdeen, & I. Seneviratne (Eds.), Customising the Quantity Surveying Education, Department of Building Economics. Sri Lanka: University of Moratuwa

Principles of research into teaching (2006)
Book Chapter
Amaratunga, R., & Senaratne, S. (2006). Principles of research into teaching. In R. Rameezdeen, & I. Seneviratne (Eds.), Customising the Quantity Surveying Education. Sri Lanka: University of Moratuwa

Theorizing masculinity in information systems research (2006)
Book Chapter
Light, B. (2006). Theorizing masculinity in information systems research. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (1160-1165). Pennsylvania: Idea Group Inc. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4

I want to argue that understanding masculinity is an important part of understanding gender and sexuality as it relates to information and communications technologies (ICTs), specifically those under the lens of the information-systems community. In... Read More about Theorizing masculinity in information systems research.

Aspects of knowledge representation (2006)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2006). Aspects of knowledge representation. In S. Strijbos, & A. Basden (Eds.), In Search of an Integrative Vision of Technology: Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Systems (19-38). Kluwer/Springer

Mutual enhancement of diverse terminologies (2006)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N., Casey, A., Coenen, A., & Konicek, D. (2006). Mutual enhancement of diverse terminologies. In D. Bates (Ed.), Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (319-323). Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc

The purpose of this study was to map the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) nursing diagnoses to the International Classification for Nursing Practice Ver-sion 1.0 (ICNP®) and to compare the resulting representa-tions and relationsh... Read More about Mutual enhancement of diverse terminologies.

Women in the Free/Libre Open Source Software development (2006)
Book Chapter
Lin, Y. (2006). Women in the Free/Libre Open Source Software development. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (1286-1291). Idea Group Inc

This article highlights the need for increased action to address imbalances between women’s and men’s access to and participation in the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development. It analyses various aspects that contribute to such imbalanc... Read More about Women in the Free/Libre Open Source Software development.

A techno-feminist view on the Open Source Software development (2006)
Book Chapter
Lin, Y. (2006). A techno-feminist view on the Open Source Software development. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (1148-1153). Idea Group Inc

In this article, I discuss the potential of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) for empowering women and minority users in computing, and how the current status of women and minority users in the FLOSS development can be improved through engaging... Read More about A techno-feminist view on the Open Source Software development.

Ecology of intermediation (2006)
Book Chapter
Medd, W., & Marvin, S. (2006). Ecology of intermediation. In K. Green, & S. Randles (Eds.), Industrial Ecology and Spaces of Innovation. Edward Elgar

This book explores the disciplinary interfaces and practical implications of working across the two disciplines of industrial ecology (IE) and innovation studies (IS). Both disciplines have something to say about instigating environmental improvement... Read More about Ecology of intermediation.

Cultural studies and digital games (2006)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G., & Rutter, J. (2006). Cultural studies and digital games. In J. Bryce, & J. Rutter (Eds.), Understanding Digital Games. London: Sage

Using the virtual learning environment (2006)
Book Chapter
Sales, N., & Barber, M. (2006). Using the virtual learning environment. In Teaching Legal Research (75-103). Coventry: UK Centre for Legal Education

A new discrete particle swarm algorithm applied to attribute selection in a bioinformatics data set (2006)
Book Chapter
Correa, E., Freitas, A., & Johnson, C. (2006). A new discrete particle swarm algorithm applied to attribute selection in a bioinformatics data set. In Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '06 (35). ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/1143997.1144003

Many data mining applications involve the task of building a model for predictive classification. The goal of such a model is to classify examples (records or data instances) into classes or categories of the same type. The use of variables (attribut... Read More about A new discrete particle swarm algorithm applied to attribute selection in a bioinformatics data set.

'Sort drugs, make mates' : the use and meaning of mobiles in club culture (2006)
Book Chapter
Moore, K. (2006). 'Sort drugs, make mates' : the use and meaning of mobiles in club culture. In K. O'Hara, & B. Brown (Eds.), Consuming Music Together: Social and Collaborative Aspects of Music Consumption Technologies (211-239). Netherlands: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4097-0_11

Listening to, buying and sharing music is an immensely important part of everyday life. Yet recent technological developments are increasingly changing how we use and consume music. This book collects together the most recent studies of music consump... Read More about 'Sort drugs, make mates' : the use and meaning of mobiles in club culture.

Inclusion through the ages? Gender, ICT workplaces, and life stage experiences (2006)
Book Chapter
Moore, K., Griffiths, M., Keogh, C., Richardson, H., & Tattersall, A. (2006). Inclusion through the ages? Gender, ICT workplaces, and life stage experiences. In E. Trauth, D. Howcroft, T. Butler, B. Fitzgerald, & J. DeGross (Eds.), Social inclusion : societal and organisational implications for information systems (153-168). New York, USA: Springer

This paper is from the proceedings of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.2, held in Limerick, Ireland, July 12-15, 2006.