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Comparing the 1996 and 2001 research selectivity exercises in respect of social work
Journal Article
McLaughlin, H., Lawson, J., & Shardlow, S. Comparing the 1996 and 2001 research selectivity exercises in respect of social work. Social Work Education, 26(2), 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470601042615

This article compares the outcomes of the 1996 and 2001 research selectivity exercises in respect of their impact upon the discipline of social work in the United Kingdom. Material in respect of the 1996 RAE is principally derived from the study by L... Read More about Comparing the 1996 and 2001 research selectivity exercises in respect of social work.

A comparison of star excursion balance test reach distances between ACL deficient patients and asymptomatic controls
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Hatcher, J., Hatcher, A., & Mcnicholas, M. A comparison of star excursion balance test reach distances between ACL deficient patients and asymptomatic controls. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 16, 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2008.10.004

ACL injury has been associated with a decrease in proprioceptive performance and specifically postural
control. Tests of postural control have been criticised for not being sufficiently challenging. The Star Excursion
Balance Test (SEBT) has been p... Read More about A comparison of star excursion balance test reach distances between ACL deficient patients and asymptomatic controls.

Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE
Journal Article
Sobreperez, P., & Ferneley, E. Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 17(1), 200

The use of storytelling as a knowledge elicitation tool has attracted much attention in recent years, yet there is limited literature on how to illicit or stimulate the story. The challenge is to find appropriate research instruments that stimulate s... Read More about Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose
To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.

Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community
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Campbell, J., Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community. Information Systems Journal, 19, 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00301.x

This paper challenges traditional explorations of online communities that have relied upon assumptions of trust and social cohesion. In the analysis presented here, conflict becomes more than just dysfunctional communication and
provides an alternat... Read More about Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community.

A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system
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Cummins, I. A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 28(3), 267-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649060601119466

The long stated aim of UK Government policy has been to divert mentally disordered
offenders from the Criminal Justice system to services where their mental health needs
can be adequately addressed. An examination of the rates of mental disorder am... Read More about A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system.

Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management
Journal Article
Burke, M. Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management. Library Management, 14(6), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310045462

Based on the premiss that, as technology gradually takes over most of the clerical functions of management, the one function which computers and automation may never replicate is the creativity of the human mind. Examines the implications of the mana... Read More about Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management.

Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead
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Burke, M., & Rigby, J. Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead. Business Information Review, 13(4), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382964236085

Describes the formation of the Business Link Information Service (BLIS) by Business Link Oldham, UK, and the three year limit to government funding of Business Links, which obliged BLIS to seek means for charging for its services. Presents details of... Read More about Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead.

Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens
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Knowling, L., & Burke, M. Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens. Business Information Review, 15, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236876

Presents a current overview of the UK telecommunications group Cable & Wireless. Describes its existing global business, with subsidiaries in over 50 countries and links with many major companies and overseas governments. Discusses the development of... Read More about Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens.

Resetting the compass for the business information landscape
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Burke, M. Resetting the compass for the business information landscape. Business Information Review, 15, 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236605

The compilation of a new textbook on business information sources (Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers, Library Association, 1998) provided the authors with an opportunity to consider and review develop... Read More about Resetting the compass for the business information landscape.

Impact of information needs an organizational design
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Burke, M., & Tulett, K. Impact of information needs an organizational design. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%281999%2950%3A4%3C380%3A%3AAID-ASI16%3E3.3.CO%3B2-S

Up until the late 1950s, organizational design was dominated by the structurally universal bureaucratic model and the classical management theories associated with Fayol
(1916) and Weber (1947). However, increasing technological
change and instabil... Read More about Impact of information needs an organizational design.

Anthropomorphic feedback in user interfaces: the effect of personality traits, context and Grice’s Maxims on effectiveness and preferences
Journal Article
Murano, P., & O’Brian Holt, P. Anthropomorphic feedback in user interfaces: the effect of personality traits, context and Grice’s Maxims on effectiveness and preferences. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 3(4), 52-64

Experimental work on anthropomorphic feedback in user interfaces has shown inconsistent results and researchers offer differing opinions as to the potential usefulness of this style of user interaction. A review of the literature shows that experimen... Read More about Anthropomorphic feedback in user interfaces: the effect of personality traits, context and Grice’s Maxims on effectiveness and preferences.

Trusting computers through trusting humans: software verification in a safety-critical information system
Journal Article
Adam, A., & Spedding, P. Trusting computers through trusting humans: software verification in a safety-critical information system. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 3(4), 1-14

This article considers the question of how we may trust automatically generated program code. The code
walkthroughs and inspections of software engineering mimic the ways that mathematicians go about assuring
themselves that a mathematical proof is... Read More about Trusting computers through trusting humans: software verification in a safety-critical information system.

Fuzzy clustering with volume prototypes and adaptive cluster merging
Journal Article
Kaymak, U., & Setnes, M. Fuzzy clustering with volume prototypes and adaptive cluster merging. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 10(6), 705-712. https://doi.org/10.1109/TFUZZ.2002.805901

Two extensions to the objective function-based fuzzy
clustering are proposed. First, the (point) prototypes are extended to hypervolumes, whose size can be fixed or can be determined automatically from the data being clustered. It is shown that clus... Read More about Fuzzy clustering with volume prototypes and adaptive cluster merging.