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Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report (2015)
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Ingirige, B., & Russell, R. (2015). Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report. Salford: University of Salford

The number of major floods in Europe has risen from one per year (between 1900 and 1974) to 15 a year (between 1993 and 2001). Many parts of the UK have faced extensive flooding in recent years, notably during the winter of 2013/14, and climate chang... Read More about Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report.

The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment (2015)
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(2015). B. Halligan, K. Fairclough, R. Edgar, & N. Spelman (Eds.), The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment is the first sustained engagement with what might be said to be - in its melding of concert and gathering, in its evolving relationship with digital and social media, in its delivery of event, ex... Read More about The arena concert : music, media and mass entertainment.

The 1st international conference on advanced intelligent system and informatics (AISI2015), November 28-30, 2015, Beni Suef, Egypt (2015)
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Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., El-Bendary, N., & Dey, N. (2015). The 1st international conference on advanced intelligent system and informatics (AISI2015), November 28-30, 2015, Beni Suef, Egypt. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26690-9

The conference topics address different theoretical and practical aspects, and implementing solutions for intelligent systems and informatics disciplines including bioinformatics, computer science, medical informatics, biology, social studies, as wel... Read More about The 1st international conference on advanced intelligent system and informatics (AISI2015), November 28-30, 2015, Beni Suef, Egypt.

Medical negligence litigation systems in UK and Saudi Arabia (2015)
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Elgujja, A. (2015). Medical negligence litigation systems in UK and Saudi Arabia. Lambert Academic Publishing

Medical negligence or medical malpractice is as old as the medical practice itself. In the UK, both concepts have evolved and transformed over the years. Medical negligence litigation process in the UK is as clear as the English law itself and its... Read More about Medical negligence litigation systems in UK and Saudi Arabia.

Men, masculinities and violence : an ethnographic study (2015)
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Ellis, A. (2016). Men, masculinities and violence : an ethnographic study. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315744827

Why do some men use physical violence against others? How do some men come to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted with men involved in serious violence and crime over a period of two years in the... Read More about Men, masculinities and violence : an ethnographic study.

30 years of mobile phones in the UK (2015)
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Linge, N., & Sutton, A. (2015). 30 years of mobile phones in the UK. Amberley Publishing

In 1985, the seeds of a revolution were sown in the UK when people were first able to communicate using one of the most remarkable items of personal technology to have been developed – the mobile phone. The authors, both acknowledged experts in this... Read More about 30 years of mobile phones in the UK.

Building information modelling (2015)
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Arayici, Y. (2015). Building information modelling. Bookboon Publisher

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is often misinterpreted by practitioners and researchers as REVIT or ArchiCAD since these tools are introduced as BIM by the software vendors. Yet, BIM is much more than a software tool. It is actually more about... Read More about Building information modelling.

Counselling and psychotherapy after domestic violence : a client view of what helps recovery (2015)
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Roddy, J. (2015). Counselling and psychotherapy after domestic violence : a client view of what helps recovery. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137434593

Working with clients who have experienced domestic violence is known to be complex, with particularly high rates of client non-attendance or leaving therapy prematurely. In this book clients talk about what they found difficult in accessing therapy,... Read More about Counselling and psychotherapy after domestic violence : a client view of what helps recovery.

A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO (2015)
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Gibson, M., & Todd, S. (2015). G. Lasker (Ed.), A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO. Tecumseh, ON N8N 2M3, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics

A major cause of climate change emanates from the energy used in heating, lighting and the running of our buildings, with the domestic sector accounting for some 27% of the UK’s CO2 emissions. The UK has a target of achieving an 80% reduction in CO2... Read More about A retrofit study of tower blocks under ECO.

Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945 (2015)
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(2015). D. Searle (Ed.), Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945. Solihull: Helion

The employment of the first tanks by the British Army on the Western Front in September 1916, although symbolic rather than decisive in its effects, ushered in a new form of warfare - tank warfare. While much has been written on the history of the ta... Read More about Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945.

Retiring to Spain : women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community (2015)
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Ahmed, A. (2015). Retiring to Spain : women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community. Bristol: Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447313304.001.0001

This book focuses on the lives of a group of women from the UK who moved to the Costa Blanca in Spain in retirement. We follow their journeys as they seek ‘community’ and belonging in a world characterised by rapid social change. Imbued with nostalg... Read More about Retiring to Spain : women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community.

Learning co-operatively : Networking engagement and experience (2015)
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Haywood, P., & Potts, R. (2015). Learning co-operatively : Networking engagement and experience. London: University of East London Printing Services

In the UK context, one of the consequences of the new settlements for Further and Higher Education is that post-16 education is becoming ever more limited and limiting. Specifically older candidates potentially engaging with continued or advanced lea... Read More about Learning co-operatively : Networking engagement and experience.

Natural language processing and information systems : 20th international conference on applications of natural language to information systems, NLDB 2015, Passau, Germany, June 17-19, 2015, proceedings (2015)
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(2015). C. Biemann, S. Handschuh, A. Freitas, F. Meziane, & E. Metais (Eds.), Natural language processing and information systems : 20th international conference on applications of natural language to information systems, NLDB 2015, Passau, Germany, June 17-19, 2015, proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19581-0

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2015, held in Passau, Germany, in June 2015. The 18 full papers, 15 short papers, 14 poster and... Read More about Natural language processing and information systems : 20th international conference on applications of natural language to information systems, NLDB 2015, Passau, Germany, June 17-19, 2015, proceedings.

The evolution of Conservative Party social policy (2015)
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Williams, B. (2015). The evolution of Conservative Party social policy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137445810

This book addresses how the Conservative Party has re-focused its interest in social policy. Analysing to what extent the Conservatives have changed within this particular policy sphere, the book explores various theoretical, social, political, and e... Read More about The evolution of Conservative Party social policy.

Insatiable carrot (2015)
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Kendall, J., & Kendall, J. (2015). Insatiable carrot. Blaenau Ffestiniog: Cinnamon Press

A collection of visual gardening poetry. Poem featured in International Cinnamon press poetry competition. Several poems exhibiting in Todmorden Market as part of incredible edible Todmorden poet residency. A short account of the research that... Read More about Insatiable carrot.

Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques (2015)
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Newbery, S. (2015). Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the ‘five techniques’. Through its in-depth analysis the book reveals how British forces came to use these controversial met... Read More about Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques.

Radiation dose and image quality optimisation in medical imaging (2015)
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Hogg, P., & Lança, L. (2015). Radiation dose and image quality optimisation in medical imaging. University of Salford: Open Source

Following the successful OPTIMAX summer school held in Salford, 2013, we organised another OPTIMAX summer school in Lisbon during August, 2014. Sixty six people participated,comprising PhD, MSc and BSc students as well as tutors from the 5 Europea... Read More about Radiation dose and image quality optimisation in medical imaging.