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Innovation Africa (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hall, M. (2010, August). Innovation Africa. Presented at Trustafrica, CODESRIA and United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar, Senegal

It is now ten years since the Economist newspaper declared Africa to be “the hopeless continent”. Today, the same magazine offers a different prognosis, building on the World Bank’s prediction of growth rates for sub-Saharan African economies that w... Read More about Innovation Africa.

Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., Cowpe, J., & Pilkington, R. (2010, August). Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication. Poster presented at Photon 10, Southampton

Copper indium diselenide (CIS) is one of the most promising semiconducting thin film materials used in the solar cell industry. A typical CIS based solar cell comprises a Mo/CuInSe2/CdS/i-ZnO/ZnO heterojunction. This work describes the use of pulsed... Read More about Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication.

Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sánchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2010, August). Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

The behaviour of grey solitons incident on Kerr defocusing interfaces is studied within the framework of Helmholtz theory. We report that the refraction of grey solitons is governed by a generalized Snell's law whose validity extends to arbitrary ang... Read More about Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces.

Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rose, C., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2010, August). Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

Broadband multiline frequency combs present a wealth of applications, ranging from meteorology, sensing and measurements to those potentially in the domain of attosecond science. We report here on detailed investigations of, what we believe is, a nov... Read More about Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation.

Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., McDonald, G., Heyes, A., & Huang, J. (2010, August). Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts. Presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

A series of significant new extensions concerning fractal light generation are reported. Firstly, we summarise techniques and results from the first full analysis of the linear modes of ‘fractal lasers’ [1] – unstable-cavity geometries with arbitrary... Read More about Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts.

Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., McDonald, G., Hodgkinson, T., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2010, August). Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

We propose a new model for describing the evolution of scalar optical pulses in Kerr-type waveguides. The (normalized) wave envelope u satisfies a governing equation that is of the nonlinear Helmholtz type, where the space and time coordinates are de... Read More about Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity.

Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sánchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & McCoy, E. (2010, August). Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

The behaviour of a scalar optical beam at the boundary between two dissimilar Kerr media is of fundamental interest in nonlinear photonics. Since this class of problem is intrinsically nonparaxial, the limitations of conventional (paraxial) theory mu... Read More about Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction.

Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2010, August). Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project. Presented at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2010, Lima, Peru

In this paper I introduce the concept of eco-masculinities as a philosophical and critical project to understand the links between gendered and pro-environmental behaviour. The background of the feminist project, the sociology of masculinity, and the... Read More about Introducing eco-masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the individual differences theory of gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project.

The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bassanino, M., Wu, K., Yao, J., Khosrowshahi, F., Fernando, T., & Skjærbæk, J. (2010, July). The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction. Presented at 14th International Conference Information Visualisation, London

Communication during the design process has a substantial role because; it exchanges messages and conveys ideas to people with different skills and interests. Also, the development of high quality 3D modelling, photo rendering and VR software has shi... Read More about The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction.

Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., & Zainal Abidin, N. (2010, July). Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, Korea

The prevalence of obesity in the UK is mirroring trends in the USA. There is a need for research to provide public health agencies with advice as to the most effective means of securing behavioural change. The work reported here is in its very early... Read More about Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity.

Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Litvinenko, K., Leontiadou, M., Li, J., Bowyer, E., Clowes, S., Pidgeon, C., & Murdin, B. (2010, July). Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field. Presented at 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul, Korea

We have investigated the effect of an external magnetic field on the electron spin lifetime in narrow gap semiconductors (NGS). In zero field, we show that the D'yakonov‐Perel process dominates even at low temperatures. In the Faraday configuration i... Read More about Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field.

Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Watson, J., & Al-Azraqi, M. (2010, July). Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri. Presented at Seminar for Arabian Studies, London

Arabic was traditionally described as lughat al-Ρād ‘the language of Ρād’ due to the perceived unusualness of the sound. From Sībawayhi’s description, early Arabic Ρād was clearly a lateral or lateralized emphatic. Lateral fricatives are assumed to h... Read More about Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri.

Writing for publication (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Grant, M., & Booth, A. (2010, July). Writing for publication. Presented at Keeping information centre stage amid changing scenery, The Lowry, Salford

Social construction : understanding construction in a human context (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Slivon, C., Howell, G., Koskela, L., & Rooke, J. (2010, July). Social construction : understanding construction in a human context. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

As lean construction has evolved as a practice, efforts have been made to develop theoretical foundations for understanding it. These efforts have been informed by our understanding of lean manufacturing, a source of many of the seminal ideas for lea... Read More about Social construction : understanding construction in a human context.

Lean knowledge management : the problem of value (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J., Sapountzis, S., Koskela, L., Codinhoto, R., & Kagioglou, M. (2010, July). Lean knowledge management : the problem of value. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

Lean knowledge management is defined here as: getting the right information, in the right form, to the right people at the right time. This definition highlights series of practical problems for knowledge management in the built environment which, in... Read More about Lean knowledge management : the problem of value.

Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, C., Koskela, L., & Tzortzopoulos, P. (2010, July). Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

Complex products, such as buildings and other infrastructure, should aim to provide value to the customer over all stages of the product life-cycle. This paper considers some of the challenges associated with maximising customer value when designing,... Read More about Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management.

Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Tezel, B., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos, P., Formoso, C. T., Alves, T., Neto, B., …Mota, B. (2010, July). Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

Process transparency is the core concept in Visual Management (VM), which is one of the founding blocks of the Toyota Production System. This paper presents the preliminary results of a collaborative research conducted between Brazil and the UK, as... Read More about Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil.