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Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Light, B., & Mcgarrie, R. (2008, June). Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development. Presented at 16th European Conference in Information Systems,, University of Galway, Ireland,

Social network technologies, as we know them today have become a popular feature of everyday life for many people. As their name suggests, their underlying premise is to enable people to connect with each other for a variety of purposes. These purp... Read More about Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development.

Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2008, June). Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation. Presented at European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance Second Biennial Conference, ‘(Re)Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism. Consequences of Three Decades of Privatization and Market Liberalization’, Utrecht, Netherlands

Telecommunications provides one of the most well-developed examples of the growth of neo-liberalism. The sector is interesting since the contrast between its pre neoliberal and post neo-liberal characteristics is particularly stark. This paper expl... Read More about Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation.

Urban ecological security (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Marvin, S. (2008, June). Urban ecological security. Presented at University of Toyko, Toyko

Helmholtz solitons: Maxwell’s equations, interfaces, bistability & counterpropagation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Chamorro-Posada, P., Sanchez-Curto, J., Grikurov, V., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2008, June). Helmholtz solitons: Maxwell’s equations, interfaces, bistability & counterpropagation. Presented at Days on Diffraction, 2008. DD '08 International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia

We give a brief overview of some new results in Helmholtz soliton theory. Firstly, fundamental considerations are made in terms of new contexts for Helmholtz solitons that arise directly from Maxwells equations. We then detail applications of Helmhol... Read More about Helmholtz solitons: Maxwell’s equations, interfaces, bistability & counterpropagation.

Soliton solutions of the nonlinear Helmholtz equation: propagation properties, interface effects and new families of exact solutions (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Chamorro-Posada, P., Sanchez-Curto, J., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2008, June). Soliton solutions of the nonlinear Helmholtz equation: propagation properties, interface effects and new families of exact solutions. Presented at Annual International Conference "Days on Diffraction" 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

The properties of spatial optical solitons are most often studied using nonlinear Schroedinger (NLS) equations. These model the slow modulation the envelope of a linear wave solution experiences when propagation takes place in a wealky nonlinear medi... Read More about Soliton solutions of the nonlinear Helmholtz equation: propagation properties, interface effects and new families of exact solutions.

Flickr as a tool for intercultural understanding: A case study of informal learning in an online community (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Keegan, H. (2008, June). Flickr as a tool for intercultural understanding: A case study of informal learning in an online community. Presented at EDEN 2008, Lisbon, Portugal

This paper describes cross cultural interaction and community formation on Flickr, one of the leading online photo-sharing networks. Taking a virtual ethnographic approach, the author describes her own experiences of online community membership, expl... Read More about Flickr as a tool for intercultural understanding: A case study of informal learning in an online community.

Extreme weather events and business continuity planning (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, K., & Ingirige, B. (2008, June). Extreme weather events and business continuity planning. Presented at CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

There is now a broad scientific consensus that the global climate is changing in ways that are likely to have a profound impact on human society and the natural environment over the coming decades. The challenge for Facilities Mangers is to ensur... Read More about Extreme weather events and business continuity planning.

A method to resolve the overfitting problem in recurrent neural networks for prediction of complex system's behavior (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mahdaviani, K., Mazyar, H., Majidi, S., & Saraee, M. (2008, June). A method to resolve the overfitting problem in recurrent neural networks for prediction of complex system's behavior. Presented at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence / IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Hong Kong, China

In this paper a new method to resolve the overfitting problem for predicting complex systems' behavior has been proposed. This problem occurs when a neural network loses its generalization. The method is based on the training of recurrent neural... Read More about A method to resolve the overfitting problem in recurrent neural networks for prediction of complex system's behavior.

The value of web 2.0 technologies in continuing professional development - what is a blog? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hook, A., & Bodell, S. (2008, June). The value of web 2.0 technologies in continuing professional development - what is a blog?. Poster presented at COT Annual Conference, Harrogate UK

Social networking covers the types of websites that allow collaborative content production by a number of authors. Blogs are probably the most commonly known and used of these resources. A recent online search revealed approximately 34 blogs maintai... Read More about The value of web 2.0 technologies in continuing professional development - what is a blog?.

Using Wikis to enhance the PBL experience at the University of Salford (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodell, S., & Hook, A. (2008, June). Using Wikis to enhance the PBL experience at the University of Salford. Poster presented at COT Annual Conference, Harrogate UK

Salford University has introduced wikis to the undergraduate occupational therapy programme in order to complement the PBL approach. The success of PBL can be said to lie in the group's ability to effectively share thoughts, ideas and information and... Read More about Using Wikis to enhance the PBL experience at the University of Salford.

Using wikis to enhance the problem based learning (PBL) experience at The University of Salford (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodell, S., & Hook, A. (2008, June). Using wikis to enhance the problem based learning (PBL) experience at The University of Salford. Poster presented at COT Annual Conference, Harrogate UK

Salford University has introduced wikis to the undergraduate occupational therapy programme in order to complement the PBL approach. The success of PBL can be said to lie in the group's ability to effectively share thoughts, ideas and information and... Read More about Using wikis to enhance the problem based learning (PBL) experience at The University of Salford.

Is social networking/websites bringing occupational therapists together? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodell, S., Penman, M., Hook, A., Wade, W., & Berry, N. (2008, June). Is social networking/websites bringing occupational therapists together?. Presented at COT Annual Conference, Harrogate UK

Social networking covers the types of websites that allow collaborative content production by a number of authors. Blogs are probably the most commonly known and used of these resources. A recent online search revealed approximately 34 blogs maintai... Read More about Is social networking/websites bringing occupational therapists together?.

The development of a benefits realisation management process to drive successful programmes and projects (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Sapountzis, S., Harris, K., & Kagioglou, M. (2008, May). The development of a benefits realisation management process to drive successful programmes and projects. Presented at “Project Management Advances, Training & Certification in the Mediterranean”, Chios Island, Greece

Traditionally major capital investment programmes and projects are measured on their success in relation to cost, quality and time of delivery, and not in relation to the benefits or impact that they have delivered. Benefits Realisation is emerging... Read More about The development of a benefits realisation management process to drive successful programmes and projects.

A new color based method for skin detection using RGB vector space (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Aznaveh, M., Mirzaei, H., Roshan, E., & Saraee, M. (2008, May). A new color based method for skin detection using RGB vector space. Presented at 2008 IEEE Conference on Human System Interactions, Krakow, Poland

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 color based method for skin detection using RGB vector space.

Urban green spaces: natural and accessible? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kazmierczak, A., James, P., & Armitage, R. (2008, May). Urban green spaces: natural and accessible?. Presented at Third Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology: Urban Biodiversity and Design, Erfurt, Germany

Delivering cleaner, greener, safer city environments: Youth Roots Manchester (2008)
Presentation / Conference
James, P., Warren, J., & Greening, K. (2008, May). Delivering cleaner, greener, safer city environments: Youth Roots Manchester. Presented at Third Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology Urban Biodiversity & Design: Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and cities, Erfurt, Germany

Urban Flora: historic, contemporary and future trends (2008)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2008, May). Urban Flora: historic, contemporary and future trends. Presented at Third Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology Urban Biodiversity & Design: Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and cities, Erfurt, Germany

Biodiversity and usability of green spaces in Greater Manchester, UK (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kazmierczak, A., & James, P. (2008, May). Biodiversity and usability of green spaces in Greater Manchester, UK. Presented at Third Conference of the Competence Network Urban Ecology Urban Biodiversity & Design: Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and cities, Erfurt, Germany

Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Shirley, B., & Kendrick, P. (2008, May). Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions. Presented at AES 124th Convention, Amsterdam

A review of existing methods for independent component analysis was carried out and a series of experiments conducted assessing the use of existing independent component analysis (ICA) methods to separate microphone sources in varied acoustic environ... Read More about Performance of independent component analysis when used to separate competing acoustic sources in anechoic and reverberant conditions.