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Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science (2015)
Book Chapter
Roberts, D., Garcia Jimenez, A., Dodiya, J., Wolff, R., Fairchild, A., & Fernando, T. (2015). Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science. In T. Hollerer, V. Interrante, A. Lecuyer, & J. Swan (Eds.), 2015 IEEE VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE (275-276). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2015.7223402

We introduce the collaborative telepresence workspaces for
SPACE operation and science that are under development in the European research project CROSS DRIVE. The vision is to give space mission controllers and scientists the impression of “beaming... Read More about Collaborative telepresence workspaces for space operation and science.

Open source and consumption (2015)
Book Chapter
Lin, Y. (2015). Open source and consumption. In J. Ryan, & D. Cook (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies. The Wiley-Blackwell

This article illuminates the common concepts and widely-observed practices concerning open source. Positioning 'open-source' as a common practice and a viable methodology for collaborative participatory co-production in today's knowledge society, the... Read More about Open source and consumption.

The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening (2015)
Book Chapter
Robinson, L., Griffiths, M., Wray, J., Ure, C., & Stein-Hodgins, J. (2015). The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening. In P. Hogg, & J. Kelly (Eds.), Digital Mammography : A Holistic Approach (105-111). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_13

‘Digital health’ is an overarching concept that currently lacks theoretical definition and common terminology. For instance, this broad and emerging field includes all of the following terms within its lexicon: mHealth, Wireless Health, Health 2.0, e... Read More about The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening.

Telling wildlife’s story: the role of soundscape on film (2015)
Book Chapter
James, P. (2015). Telling wildlife’s story: the role of soundscape on film. In A. Calanchi (Ed.), Il Suono Percepito, Il Suono Raccontato (151-170). Galaad Edizioni

The essence of a wildlife documentary film is to tell a story with which the intended audience can connect. Through the images the viewer is led into the intimate lives of animals and plants, or into the natural history of specific locations. While... Read More about Telling wildlife’s story: the role of soundscape on film.

Unpacking the box of delights : how BBC Radio 4 embraces the short-form feature (2015)
Book Chapter
McQueen, G. (2015). Unpacking the box of delights : how BBC Radio 4 embraces the short-form feature. In Radio, sound and Internet Proceedings of Net Station International Conference (289-298). CECS / eBooks

The proliferation of podcasting and on-demand services like NPR One challenges linear broadcast radio. Not only does "on demand" radio allow consumers a choice of content style but also of content length and audio feature makers now have greater flex... Read More about Unpacking the box of delights : how BBC Radio 4 embraces the short-form feature.

The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study (2015)
Book Chapter
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Nair, S. (2015). The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study. In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations (81-97). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_6

The paper develops a model that explores the relationship between goal orientation, role-stress and job satisfaction among salespersons. Learning orientation is hypothesised to reduce role-stress while performance orientation is linked to high role-s... Read More about The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study.

Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study (2015)
Book Chapter
Blakele, B., Cooney, C., Dehghantanha, A., & Aspin, R. (2015). Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study. In 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom) (536-541). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CloudCom.2015.24

In today’s society where we live in a world of
constant connectivity, many people are now looking to cloud
services in order to store their files so they can have access to them
wherever they are. By using cloud services, users can access files
a... Read More about Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study.

Unsustainable status quo : a new approach to understanding inaction in empty home ownership in the north west of England (2015)
Book Chapter
Butler, D., & Hughes, J. (2015). Unsustainable status quo : a new approach to understanding inaction in empty home ownership in the north west of England. In J. Condie, & A. Cooper (Eds.), Dialogues of Sustainable Urbanisation : Social Science Research and Transitions to Urban Contexts (106-110). University of Western Sydney

The UK is in the midst of a national housing crisis. Estimates show that by 2022 there will be a shortage of 1.1 million homes (JRF, 2011).Meanwhile, figures report that in 2014 there were over 600,000 empty homes in England (Empty Homes Network, 201... Read More about Unsustainable status quo : a new approach to understanding inaction in empty home ownership in the north west of England.

Historical typewritten document recognition using minimal user interaction (2015)
Book Chapter
Retsinas, G., Gatos, B., Antonacopoulos, A., Louloudis, G., & Stamatopoulos, N. (2015). Historical typewritten document recognition using minimal user interaction. In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP2015) (31-38). ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/2809544.2809559

Recognition of low-quality historical typewritten documents can still be considered as a challenging and difficult task due to several issues i.e. the existence of faint and degraded characters, stains, tears, punch holes etc. In this paper, we explo... Read More about Historical typewritten document recognition using minimal user interaction.

ICDAR2015 competition on recognition of documents with complex layouts - RDCL2015 (2015)
Book Chapter
Antonacopoulos, A., Clausner, C., Papadopoulos, C., & Pletschacher, S. (2015). ICDAR2015 competition on recognition of documents with complex layouts - RDCL2015. In 2015 13th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) (1151-1155). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDAR.2015.7333941

This paper presents an objective comparative evaluation of page segmentation and region classification methods for documents with complex layouts. It describes the competition (modus operandi, dataset and evaluation methodology) held in the context o... Read More about ICDAR2015 competition on recognition of documents with complex layouts - RDCL2015.

Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter highlights how the motives, utility and benefits, and challenges of Mobile Money Systems (MMS) shape the financial inclusion in today’s dynamic environment and increase its sustainability. Recently, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have b... Read More about Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt.

Neuropsychiatry (2015)
Book Chapter
Allely, C., Hadjikhani, N., Toro, R., & Gillberg, C. (2015). Neuropsychiatry. In Brain Mapping (1049-1060). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397025-1.00131-7

In this article, a variety of neuroimaging methods that have been applied to investigate autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) will be covered, and a review of the latest findings for each will be summarized. Studies that attempt to map identified brain a... Read More about Neuropsychiatry.

Interactionism, Symbolic (2015)
Book Chapter

Symbolic interactionism (SI) is a distinctive sociological perspective that stresses the analytic centrality of investigating the meanings people give to their activities. Originating in US pragmatist philosophy and its uptake by staff and graduate s... Read More about Interactionism, Symbolic.

A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling (2015)
Book Chapter
Hussain, M., Ahangar Asr, A., Chen, Y., & Javadi, A. (2015). A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling. In A. Gandomi Conor Ryan, A. Alavi, & R. Conor (Eds.), Handbook of Genetic Programming Applications (483-499). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20883-1_19

In many cases, models based on certain laws of physics can be developed to describe the behaviour of physical systems. However, in case of more complex phenomena with less known or understood contributing parameters or variables the physics-based mod... Read More about A new evolutionary approach to geotechnical and geo-environmental modelling.