All Outputs (98)

Positive images of ageing and the production of calendars (2009)
Book Chapter
Fairhurst, E., & Baines, S. (2009). Positive images of ageing and the production of calendars. In R. Edmondson, & H. Von Kondratowitz (Eds.), Valuing Older People: A Humanistic Approach to Ageing (277-282). Bristol: Policy Press

An increasing feature of public policy, especially in relation to older people, is to adopt a more person-centred approach to welfare provision. The establishment of deliberative forums is seen as one way in which services can be made more responsive... Read More about Positive images of ageing and the production of calendars.

Dynamic coordination of digitally mediated collective creativity in design (2009)
Book Chapter
Kocaturk, T. (2009). Dynamic coordination of digitally mediated collective creativity in design. In G. Çağdaş, & B. Colakoglu (Eds.), Computation : The New Realm of Architectural Design, 27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings (61-68). Istanbul, Turkey: eCAADe

IT Infrastructure for Supporting Multidisciplinary Urban Planning (2009)
Book Chapter
Fernando, T., Aouad, G., Fu, C., & Yao, J. (2009). IT Infrastructure for Supporting Multidisciplinary Urban Planning. In R. Cooper, G. Evans, & C. Boyko (Eds.), Designing Sustainable Cities (242-262). London: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Urban planning is a complex and multidisciplinary decision-making process which concerns with the complex management of change within the built and natural environment that aims to plan the urban environment in terms of its physical, social, legal, e... Read More about IT Infrastructure for Supporting Multidisciplinary Urban Planning.

Housing finance and mortgage markets in The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (2009)
Book Chapter
Parsa, A., & Mulazadeh, M. A. (2009). Housing finance and mortgage markets in The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. In D. Ben-Shahar, C. K. Y. Leung, & S. E. Ong (Eds.), Mortgage Markets Worldwide (123-160). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444302301.ch6

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction, Housing finance, Housing mortgage in a socialist economy, The Czech Republic, Mortgage banking, Hungary, Housing finance system in Hungary, Loan guarantee measures, Poland, Financial institution... Read More about Housing finance and mortgage markets in The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Edilizia popolare a Torino: 100 anni di case, persone, citta [Social housing in Turin: 100 years of homes, people, town] (2009)
Book Chapter
Balbo, R., Bau, G., & Scilini, E. (2009). Edilizia popolare a Torino: 100 anni di case, persone, citta [Social housing in Turin: 100 years of homes, people, town]. In F. Moccia (Ed.), I valori in urbanistica tra etica ed estetica. Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane

Il porto a mare [The sea port] (2009)
Book Chapter
Balbo, R., Grimaldi, P., La Vella, L., & Musso, B. (2009). Il porto a mare [The sea port]. In B. Musso, & R. Roscelli (Eds.), BRUCO: Bi-level Rail Underpass for Container Operations. Torino: Celid

Slum[e]scape: the favela’s long trek to town (2009)
Book Chapter
Balbo, R. (2009). Slum[e]scape: the favela’s long trek to town. In F. De Filippi (Ed.), Slum[e]scape. Firenze: Alinea

A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space (2009)
Book Chapter
Aznaveh, M., Mirzaei, H., Roshan, E., & Saraee, M. (2009). A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space. In Human-Computer Systems Interaction (471-480). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03202-8_37

In this paper a new and robust approach of skin detection is proposed. In the previous proposed system, we introduced a method for skin detection based on RGB vector space. An extended and modified approach based on a mixed color space is presented.... Read More about A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space.

Flying High? Culture, criticism, theory since 1990 (2009)
Book Chapter
Brewster, W. (2009). Flying High? Culture, criticism, theory since 1990. In W. Brewster, & M. Parker (Eds.), Irish Literature since 1990: Diverse Voices (16-39). Manchester: Manchester University Press

Strategic approaches to culture, tourism & regeneration in Liverpool (2009)
Book Chapter
Kokosalakis, C., Selby, M., & Bagnall, G. (2009). Strategic approaches to culture, tourism & regeneration in Liverpool. In Tourism & leisure : Local communities and local cultures in the UK (1-24). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications

Lord Robert Cecil and Europe’s fascist dictators: Three case studies (2009)
Book Chapter
Johnson, G. (2009). Lord Robert Cecil and Europe’s fascist dictators: Three case studies. In G. Johnson (Ed.), The International Context of the Spanish Civil War (57-74). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Consuming sport, consuming beer: Sport fans, scene and everyday life (2009)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G. (2009). Consuming sport, consuming beer: Sport fans, scene and everyday life. In L. Wenner, & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport, Beer, and gender: Promotional culture & contemporary social life (279-298). New York, USA: Peter Lang

Translation and knowledge (2009)
Book Chapter
Salama-Carr, M. (2009). Translation and knowledge. In Ahrens (Ed.), Translations - wissenschaftliches Kolloquium I (43-54). Peter Lang

Authority and imposture: William Godwin and the animal magnetists (2009)
Book Chapter
Ruston, S. (2009). Authority and imposture: William Godwin and the animal magnetists. In Liberating Medicine, 1720-1835 (153-164). London: Pickering and Chatto

A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy (2009)
Book Chapter
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2009). A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy. In M. Bull, & M. Rhodes (Eds.), Italy - A contested polity (14-35). Abingdon & New York: Routledge

Of all the issues that have been regarded as necessary to stabilising Italian politics following the dramatic upheaval of the 1990s, none has been more important than constitutional and institutional reforms. Yet, there has been an unqualified failur... Read More about A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy.

The role of Executive Dean in higher education in the UK (2009)
Book Chapter
Longhurst, B. (2009). The role of Executive Dean in higher education in the UK. In S. Chen (Ed.), Academic administration: A quest for better management and leadership in higher education. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Private finance initiative in use (2009)
Book Chapter
Chinyio, E., & Gameson, R. (2009). Private finance initiative in use. In A. Akintoye, & M. Beck (Eds.), Policy, finance and management for public-private partnerships (3-26). UK: Wiley-Blackwell

This chapter reviews the performance of the ‘Private Finance Initiative’ (PFI) in terms of service operation. Since its implementation in 1992, several PFI schemes have now gone into their operational phase, so an examination of the quality of servic... Read More about Private finance initiative in use.

A theoretical self-consistent field study of mixed interfacial biopolymer films (2009)
Book Chapter
Ettelaie, R., Akinshina, A., & Dickinson, E. (2009). A theoretical self-consistent field study of mixed interfacial biopolymer films. In Micro/Nanoencapsulation of Active Food Ingredients (46-66). ACS Publications. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2009-1007.ch003

The adsorption of a linear polyelectrolyte onto an existing layer of protein at an interface has been investigated. Calculations using a simple model, involving only the short range interactions, show that the polyelectrolyte forms a more extended di... Read More about A theoretical self-consistent field study of mixed interfacial biopolymer films.