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Development of a sizing system for Ghanaian Women for the production of ready-to-wear clothing.
Book Chapter
Adu-Boakye, S., Power, E., Wallace, T., & Chen, Z. Development of a sizing system for Ghanaian Women for the production of ready-to-wear clothing. In The 88th Textile Institute World Conference. Selangor, Malaysia: The Textile Institute

All papers and posters presented at the conference and covers all topics, including: Dyeing, Finishing & Printing, Technical Textiles, Sustainability, Smart Fabrics and Design, Fashion & Footwear. The papers have been reproduced directly from the aut... Read More about Development of a sizing system for Ghanaian Women for the production of ready-to-wear clothing..

A smart textile for measuring the impact of energy used in competitive contact sports
Book Chapter
Power, E., McLoughlin, J., Cashman, P., & Ledbury, J. A smart textile for measuring the impact of energy used in competitive contact sports. In The Textile Institute International Conference: Advances in Functional Textiles. Manchester: The Textile Institute International Conference

Technological advances that combine electronics with textile fabrics are becoming more of a reality into modern day wearable apparel. This has fashioned the concept of wearable electronics. More products have become available with some new and innova... Read More about A smart textile for measuring the impact of energy used in competitive contact sports.

The 24 hour challenge : creating a multidiscipline environment for design and entrepreneurship in engineering and design
Book Chapter
Power, E. The 24 hour challenge : creating a multidiscipline environment for design and entrepreneurship in engineering and design. In Enhancing employability through enterprise education: Examples of good practice in higher education (22). York: Higher Education Academy

This Innovation and Creative Exchange (ICE) is an inter-school enterprise opportunity exclusively for second year Engineering and Design students at the University of Huddersfield. Its primary objective is to bring the best of innovative design and i... Read More about The 24 hour challenge : creating a multidiscipline environment for design and entrepreneurship in engineering and design.

A new methodology for the integration of performance materials into the clothing curriculum
Book Chapter
Power, E. A new methodology for the integration of performance materials into the clothing curriculum. In Proceedings of The 89th Textile Institute World Conference (538-543). Wuhan, China: The Textile Institute

This paper presents a model for integrating the study of performance materials into the clothing curriculum. In recent years there has been an increase in demand for stylish, functional and versatile sports apparel. Analysts predict this will reach U... Read More about A new methodology for the integration of performance materials into the clothing curriculum.

Digital 3D reconstruction of historical textile fragment
Book Chapter
Calvert, S., Ryall, H., Power, E., & Bills, P. Digital 3D reconstruction of historical textile fragment. In Proceedings of The 89th Textile Institute World Conference (846-850). Wuhan, China: The Textile Institute

This paper presents a new methodology for reproducing historic fragment in 3D with realistic behaviour, providing users with a feel for the fragment detailing. The fragment piece originates from the English National Trust archive held in the collecti... Read More about Digital 3D reconstruction of historical textile fragment.

Hablando de la (in)moralidad
Book Chapter
Birkbeck, C., Rodríguez, J., & Pérez-Santiago, N. Hablando de la (in)moralidad. In A. Serrano-Maíllo, & J. Guzmán-Dalbora (Eds.), El Resurgimiento de la Criminología Científica en América Latina (31-44). Madrid: Editorial Dykinson

Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig
Book Chapter
Alameer, A. Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig. In 71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science. http://www.eaap.org/EAAP2020_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

Changes in pig behaviours may be used to detect early signs of problems, such as in animal health. Automated vision-based early warning systems have been developed to detect behavioural changes in groups of pigs to monitor their health and welfare st... Read More about Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig.

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.