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At the threshold of the inarticulate : 'Made-up' Englishes – action and reaction
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. At the threshold of the inarticulate : 'Made-up' Englishes – action and reaction. In Early Medieval English in the Modern Age (115-134). UK: Boydell and Brewer

I will look at the impetus behind literary texts that explore, revive and adapt the language and literature of early medieval England in 20th and 21st prose or verse, such as Paul Kingsnorth’s Wake, connecting with Philip Terry’s Bayeux Tapestry, and... Read More about At the threshold of the inarticulate : 'Made-up' Englishes – action and reaction.

Mobile dating and hookup app culture
Book Chapter
Duguay, S., Burgess, J., & Light, B. Mobile dating and hookup app culture. In P. Messaris, & L. Humphreys (Eds.), Digital media, transformations in human communication. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4331-3955-0

This chapter surveys the landscape of mobile dating and hookup apps— understood as media technologies, as businesses, and as sites of social practice. It situates the discussion within the broader contexts of technologically mediated dating and digit... Read More about Mobile dating and hookup app culture.

Addressing domestic abuse through family group conferences
Book Chapter
Parkinson, K., & Rogers, M. Addressing domestic abuse through family group conferences. In D. Edwards, & K. Parkinson (Eds.), Family group conferences in social work Involving families in social care decision making. Bristol: Policy Press

This chapter explores the problem of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and how it can be managed, in combination with mainstream statutory child protection processes, in a democratic structure: the family group conference.

Introduction
Book Chapter
Searle, D. Introduction. In D. Searle (Ed.), The Military Papers and Correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933 (1-28). Stroud: The History Press

Prospects for EU-funded security research : the ethics of impact outside the EU discourse
Book Chapter
Davey, C., & Wootton, A. (in press). Prospects for EU-funded security research : the ethics of impact outside the EU discourse. In International Perspectives of Crime Prevention (171-195). Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH

European-funded security research and innovation aims at “protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens”, and is funded through the Framework 7 and Horizon2020 “Secure societies” programmes. The EU commission has funded a project n... Read More about Prospects for EU-funded security research : the ethics of impact outside the EU discourse.

Trans and gender diversity : messages for policy and practice
Book Chapter
Rogers, M. Trans and gender diversity : messages for policy and practice. In A. Ahmed, & M. Rogers (Eds.), Working with Marginalised Groups: From Policy to Practice (66-104). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan

Trans is an emerging area of academic interest, and trans people are increasing visible within communities, but the social context of trans people's lives is under-explored in academic literature (Rogers, 2013). Notwithstanding, there is a growing bo... Read More about Trans and gender diversity : messages for policy and practice.

VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Wang, B., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2015). VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment. In 2015 Third International Conference on Advanced Cloud and Big Data (69-72). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBD.2015.21

MapReduce (MR) is a popular programming model for the purposes of processing large data sets among data clusters or grids, e.g. a Hadoop environment. Load balancing as a key factor affecting the performance of map resource distribution, has recently... Read More about VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment.

Ethnic minorities and victimisation
Book Chapter
Patel, T. Ethnic minorities and victimisation. In K. Corteen, S. Morley, P. Taylor, & J. Turner (Eds.), A Companion to Crime, Harm and Victimisation. Bristol: Policy Press

Managing boundary spanning elements : an introduction
Book Chapter
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Malhotra, N. Managing boundary spanning elements : an introduction. In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations (1-8). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_1

The primary purpose of boundary spanning has been the information exchange between the organization and its task-environment. With complex, global organizational structures and increased emphasis on outsourcing, organizations today are susceptible to... Read More about Managing boundary spanning elements : an introduction.

A smart speculative execution strategy based on node classification for heterogeneous Hadoop systems
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2016). A smart speculative execution strategy based on node classification for heterogeneous Hadoop systems. In 2016 18th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT) (223-227). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2016.7423338

MapReduce (MR) has been widely used to process distributed large data sets. Meanwhile, speculative execution is known as an approach for dealing with same problems by backing up those tasks running on a low performance machine to a higher one. In thi... Read More about A smart speculative execution strategy based on node classification for heterogeneous Hadoop systems.

From ‘Trapped Rainbow’ slow light to spatial solitons
Book Chapter
Boardman, A., Tsakmakidis, K., Mitchell-Thomas, R., King, N., Rapoport, Y., & Hess, O. From ‘Trapped Rainbow’ slow light to spatial solitons. In Nonlinear, Tunable and Active Metamaterials (161-191). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08386-5_9

The metamaterial global revolution, stimulated by the pioneering work of Pendry [1], in the year 2000, raises all kinds of questions as to what they can be used for.

Chapter 14: Islamic Finance
Book Chapter
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. Chapter 14: Islamic Finance. In E. Brigham, M. Ehrhardt, & R. Fox (Eds.), Financial Management: Theory and Practice (353-364). Hampshire, United Kingdom: Cengage Learning

Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors
Book Chapter
Linge, N., Booth, K., & Parsons, D. Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors. In Place-Based Spaces for Networked Learning (160-176). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724485

Museums and galleries provide a context for people’s lives regardless of the nature of their collections, subject coverage, size, or location. Collectively they offer an enormous educational resource and are increasingly repositioning themselves as b... Read More about Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors.

A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework
Book Chapter
Mohammed, D., Duncan, P., Al-Maathidi, M., & Li, F. A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework. In 2015 IEEE 13th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (1084-1089). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/INDIN.2015.7281886

Ever increasing volumes of media content and the desire to extract information from media archives motivate the studies into semantic audio information mining. Much research in this filed concerns development of bespoke systems, in which sound tracks... Read More about A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework.

Islington Mill, Sound Control, Ocidente, Opinião : cartographies and archaeologies of popular music scenes in Manchester and Porto Alegre
Book Chapter
Goddard, M., & Silveira, F. (in press). Islington Mill, Sound Control, Ocidente, Opinião : cartographies and archaeologies of popular music scenes in Manchester and Porto Alegre. In P. Guerra, & P. Costa (Eds.), ‘I’ll be your mirror’: Creative Milieus and Cultural Scenes in Contemporary Urban Spaces. Porto, Portugal: University of Porto. Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter emerges out of research conducted for the CAPES funded “Creative Industries, Cities and Popular music Scenes” project between Unisinos and the University of Salford looking at popular music scenes in Manchester and Porto Alegre. Taking u... Read More about Islington Mill, Sound Control, Ocidente, Opinião : cartographies and archaeologies of popular music scenes in Manchester and Porto Alegre.