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Futuristic design review in the construction industry (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Gautier, G., Piddington, C., Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., & Skjærbæk, J. (2008, September). Futuristic design review in the construction industry. Presented at eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France

Many researchers have already demonstrated the benefits of enhancing collaboration in the construction industry and the role of IT as a facilitator of inter-enterprise communications is also well accepted. However, the construction companies are slow... Read More about Futuristic design review in the construction industry.

Solving unforeseen events on construction sites more efficiently (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hinrichs, E., Bassanino, M., Piddington, C., Gautier, G., Khosrowshahi, F., Fernando, T., & Skjærbæk, J. (2008, September). Solving unforeseen events on construction sites more efficiently. Presented at eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France

This paper presents the process of solving unforeseen events on construction sites – a frequent phenomenon throughout the industry. The current process of handling an unforeseen problem is described and contrasted with a future scenario in which I&C... Read More about Solving unforeseen events on construction sites more efficiently.

A review of medical image annotation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, September). A review of medical image annotation. Presented at 14th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC '08), St. John’s Building, Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University

Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Crundall, D. (2008, August). Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task. Presented at 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Washington DC, USA

Research suggests that the allocation of attention whilst driving is influenced by the top-down attentional set of the driver, such that potential hazards may only capture attention if they match the attentional control settings. The current study ai... Read More about Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task.

The Italian transition and the general election of 2008 (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2008, August). The Italian transition and the general election of 2008. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Mass

Paper prepared for presentation to the panel, ‘Italy in Transition: The Long Path to a Second Republic’, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Mass., 27-31 August 2008.

Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Mcdonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2008, August). Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Spatial solitons are self-localizing optical beams that can evolve with a stationary intensity profile when diffraction is off-set by material nonlinearity. Classic descriptions of spatial solitons [1] involve the paraxial approximation, which can im... Read More about Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics.

Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mcdonald, G., & Christian, J. (2008, August). Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Ultra-broadband multi-frequency Raman generation is a long-established technique for producing temporal bandwidths that can be of the order of the pump frequency. However, higher-than-optimal intensity beams reduce the bandwidth generated. Many works... Read More about Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses.

Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, J., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2008, August). Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Turing instability is the tendency of the uniform states of a system to become spontaneously patterned in the presence of any small fluctuation [1]. Archetypal Turing- instability patterns include hexagons, squares, stripes, and rings. These simple s... Read More about Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns.

Online social lending: Borrower-generated content (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Briceño Ortega, A., & Bell, F. (2008, August). Online social lending: Borrower-generated content. Presented at 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems- AMCIS 2008, Toronto, Canada

This article explores online social lending, an innovative venture that represents a reintermediation in financial services. Borrowers and lenders now have access to online financial information services such as Motley Fool, http://www.fool.com/ , an... Read More about Online social lending: Borrower-generated content.

HEADROOM - A space between presence and absence (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Sermon, P. (2008, July). HEADROOM - A space between presence and absence. Presented at ISEA 2008 Singapore - the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, National University of Singapore

This paper represents the first theoretical account of 'HEADROOM', a site-specific interactive art installation produced by Paul Sermon in Taipei as the successful recipient of the 2006 Taiwan Visiting Arts Fellowship. This residency programme was a... Read More about HEADROOM - A space between presence and absence.

A role for compulsory study of fine literature in accounting, finance and management education (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lister, R. (2008, July). A role for compulsory study of fine literature in accounting, finance and management education. Presented at Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2008, Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Fine literature offers a multifaceted contribution to higher education in all fields, especially vocational subjects and particularly - within vocational subjects - in accounting, finance and management. In a field which suffers unduly from pressure... Read More about A role for compulsory study of fine literature in accounting, finance and management education.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, July). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

A new and improves skin detection method using RGB vector space (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Aznaveh, M., Mirzaei, H., Roshan, E., & Saraee, M. (2008, July). A new and improves skin detection method using RGB vector space. Presented at 5th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, 2008. IEEE SSD 2008., Amman Jordan

This paper describes a new method for skin detection based on RGB vector space. Skin color has proven to be a useful cue for pre-process of face detection, localization and tracking. Image content filtering, content aware video compression and image... Read More about A new and improves skin detection method using RGB vector space.

Enquiry pull research: an ethnomethodological approach to lean construction research or a lean approach to ethnomethodological research? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J., Seymour, D., Koskela, L., Bertelsen, S., Owen, B., & Cleary, M. (2008, July). Enquiry pull research: an ethnomethodological approach to lean construction research or a lean approach to ethnomethodological research?. Presented at IGLC16: Lean Construction: Making a Difference, Macdonald Manchester Hotel - Piccadilly Suite, Manchester, UK

This paper assembles some principals from three strands of thought: lean theory; ethnomethodology; and Wittgensteinian philosophy. These are considered with a view to their impact on research design and used here as a basis for an initial exploration... Read More about Enquiry pull research: an ethnomethodological approach to lean construction research or a lean approach to ethnomethodological research?.