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Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, A. (2014). Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry. In R. Pearson, & A. Smith (Eds.), Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (21-39). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388155_2

While games studies has theorised the ways in which video games convey narrative it has so far neglected the industrial circumstances that structure these narratives. Using the video game developer, publisher and hardware-manufacturer Nintendo as a c... Read More about Super Mario seriality : Nintendo’s narratives and audience targeting within the video game console industry.

Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, A., & Pearson, R. (2014). Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities. In Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (1-17). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388155_1

The emergence of digital modes of content creation and distribution, combined with the domestication of Internet technology and digital consumption devices, has led to the digital integration of the production and circulation of narrative content acr... Read More about Introduction : the contexts of contemporary screen narratives : medium, national, institutional and technological specificities.

Media ecology (2014)
Book Chapter
Goddard, M. (2014). Media ecology. In M. Ryan, L. Emerson, & B. Robertson (Eds.), The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media (331-333). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

An invited entry on the concept of media ecology.

Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study (2014)
Book Chapter
Arguello, M., Lekkas, S., Des, J., Fernandez Prieto, M., & Mikhailov, L. (2014). Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study. In M. Bramer, & M. Petridis (Eds.), Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXXI : Incorporating Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XXII (195-208). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12069-0_15

In parallel to nation-wide efforts for setting up shared electronic health records (EHRs) across healthcare settings, several large-scale national and international projects are developing, validating, and deploying electronic EHR oriented phenotype... Read More about Combining semantic web technologies with evolving fuzzy classifier eClass for EHR-based phenotyping : a feasibility study.

Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage (2014)
Book Chapter
Arguello-Casteleiro, M., & Fernandez-Prieto, M. (2014). Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage. In M. Bramer, & M. Petridis (Eds.), Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXXI : Incorporating Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XXII (333-338). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12069-0_24

This research study aims at detecting topics and extracting themes(subtopics) from the blogosphere’s content while bridging the gap between the Social Web and the Semantic Web. The goal is to detect certain types of information from collections of bl... Read More about Ontology-based information extraction and reservoir computing for topic detection from blogosphere's content : a case study about BBC backstage.

Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions (2014)
Book Chapter
Hammond, A. (2015). Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions. In I. Soderback (Ed.), International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions (Second Edition) (607-618). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08141-0_42

Joint protection includes applying ergonomic principles in daily life, altering working methods, using assistive devices, and modifying environments. It is taught to people with musculoskeletal conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarth... Read More about Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions.

Yarn to fabric : knitting (2014)
Book Chapter
Power, E. (2015). Yarn to fabric : knitting. In R. Sinclair (Ed.), Textiles and fashion : materials, design and technology (289-305). Woodhead Publishing/Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-84569-931-4.00012-X

Knitwear in recent years has gained a significant share of the global fashion market. This is accredited to the acceptability of casual dress and the versatility of the structure range that can be produced on modern knitting machinery. This chapter b... Read More about Yarn to fabric : knitting.

To whom does the law speak? Canvassing a neglected picture of law’s interpretive field (2014)
Book Chapter
Sandro, P. (2015). To whom does the law speak? Canvassing a neglected picture of law’s interpretive field. In M. Araszkiewicz, P. Banas, T. Gizbert-Studnicki, & K. Pleszka (Eds.), Problems of Normativity, Rules and Rule-Following (265-280). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09375-8_20

Among the most common strategies underlying the so-called indeterminacy thesis is the following two-step argument: (1) that law is an interpretive practice, and that evidently legal actors more generally hold different (and competing) theories of mea... Read More about To whom does the law speak? Canvassing a neglected picture of law’s interpretive field.

Italy : history (2014)
Book Chapter
Newell, J. (2014). Italy : history. In Western Europe 2015. Routledge

Process innovation in partnering : a framework for aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Abdul Nifa, F., & Ahmed, V. (2014). Process innovation in partnering : a framework for aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry. In Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2014 IEEE International Conference on 23-25 Sept. 2014 (442-447). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2014.6942467

Partnering has been formally introduced in the Malaysian construction industry since the year 2009 as a measure to cure the industry's many diseases. Although the Public Private Partnership Unit (3PU) and the Construction Industry Development Board (... Read More about Process innovation in partnering : a framework for aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry.

Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress (2014)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K. (2014). Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress. In I. Whelehan, & J. Gwynne (Eds.), Ageing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Feminism : Harleys and Hormones (140-155). London: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137376534_10

In a 2009 article from the UK Guardian, Vanessa Thorpe writes: When a film star seduces someone 20 or 30 years their junior on screen, the audience doesn’t bat an eyelid. In fact, it is an established cinema convention. If the older star is a woman,... Read More about Mature Meryl and hot Helen : Hollywood, gossip and the ‘appropriately’ ageing actress.

We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education (2014)
Book Chapter
Condie, J., & Cooper, A. (2014). We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education. In K. Woodfield (Ed.), Social Media in Social Research : Blogs on Blurring the Boundaries. NatCen Social Research

Book summary: Social Media in Social Research: Blogs on Blurring the Boundaries, is a collection of blogs drawing together the experiences and expertise of over 50 contributors and members of the New Social Media, New Social Science? online community... Read More about We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education.

Race equality and mental health policy (2014)
Book Chapter
Patel, T. (2014). Race equality and mental health policy. In P. Taylor, K. Corteen, & S. Morley (Eds.), A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk. Bristol: Policy Press

Publisher's description of book: Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘therapy’ versus ‘security’ is now commonplace. Indeed, the ‘hybridisation’ of these areas is now... Read More about Race equality and mental health policy.

Having the last word: paratextual framing in the Work of Alasdair Gray and 'Sidney Workman's Epilogue' to 'Old Men in Love' (2007) (2014)
Book Chapter
White, G. (2014). Having the last word: paratextual framing in the Work of Alasdair Gray and 'Sidney Workman's Epilogue' to 'Old Men in Love' (2007). In C. Manfredi (Ed.), Alasdair Gray: Ink for Worlds (132-147). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan

‘Sidney Workman’s Epilogue’ concludes Alasdair Gray’s Old Men in Love (2006) and in so doing notes that Gray has told him that because “this novel would be his last (for he is seventy-two and in poor health) I [Workman] could be sure of having the la... Read More about Having the last word: paratextual framing in the Work of Alasdair Gray and 'Sidney Workman's Epilogue' to 'Old Men in Love' (2007).

Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development (2014)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., Vandewalle, I., & Bamber, D. (2014). Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development. In D. Deeter-Schmelz (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11797-3_161

There has been a steady increase in competition between places in terms of attracting tourists, businesses and investments, over the past few years (Kotler, et.al. 1993). This has made the marketing of places a key driver of the economic activities a... Read More about Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development.

Creative music neurotechnology with symphony of minds listening (2014)
Book Chapter
Miranda, E., Lloyd, D., Josipovic, Z., & Williams, D. (2014). Creative music neurotechnology with symphony of minds listening. In E. Miranda, & J. Castet (Eds.), Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing (271-295). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6584-2_12

A better understanding of the musical brain combined with technical advances in biomedical engineering and music technology is pivotal for the development of increasingly more sophisticated brain–computer music interfacing (BCMI) systems. BCMI resear... Read More about Creative music neurotechnology with symphony of minds listening.

Engagements with Trotsky (2014)
Book Chapter
Callaghan, J. (2014). Engagements with Trotsky. In E. Davies, & M. Worley (Eds.), Against the grain : the British far left since 1956. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This article considers the broader cultural impact of Trotsky and Trotskyism in Britain beyond the small groups associated with his name.