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Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2012, July). Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep. Presented at New Critical Concepts of Work: Anonymous Labour, Precarious Labour, Immaterial Labour panel (CASS PGR Summer School), MediaCity, Salford, UK

In The Ecstasy of Disappearance, Melechi suggested that it was the "invisibility" of the acid house subculture that moved it to a "new order of politics and resistance" (Melechi, in Redhead [ed.], 1993, pp. 34-35). Whilst seemingly mindful of "subcul... Read More about Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep.

Bouncing back? - women’s experiences of their own recovery after childbirth (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wray, J. (2012, July). Bouncing back? - women’s experiences of their own recovery after childbirth. Presented at Research Seminar, Huddersfield University

For too long, postnatal care has been a marginalised topic within research resulting in many women feeling abandoned after birth and ‘left to get on with it’ alone. Dr Wray will present data from an ethnography of women’s experiences of care and reco... Read More about Bouncing back? - women’s experiences of their own recovery after childbirth.

A brief history of the concept of waste in production (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Sacks, R., & Rooke, J. (2012, July). A brief history of the concept of waste in production. Presented at 20th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, San Diego, California

Purpose: The concept of waste has been used in relation to production since the beginning of the 20th century. As it is well-known, it is a foundational notion for the Toyota Production System and its derivatives, like lean production. However, waste... Read More about A brief history of the concept of waste in production.

Design science research in lean construction : process and outcomes (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Rocha, C., Formoso, C., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., Koskela, L., & Tezel, B. (2012, July). Design science research in lean construction : process and outcomes. Presented at 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, San Diego, USA

Design science (or constructive) research is a mode of producing scientific knowledge. It differs from explanatory research whose goal is to describe, understand and eventually predict phenomena of a particular field. Alternatively, the goal of desi... Read More about Design science research in lean construction : process and outcomes.

A Case Study On Benefits Realization And Its Contributions For Linking Project Outputs To Outcomes (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Tillmann, P., Sapountzis, S., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Formoso, C. (2012, July). A Case Study On Benefits Realization And Its Contributions For Linking Project Outputs To Outcomes. Presented at 19th Annual conference of International Group of Lean Construction, San Diego, California, USA

Value generation has been an increasing concern in the project management literature. It has been argued that the main challenge for generating value is no longer the design of a physical facility or asset, but thecapability of understanding the... Read More about A Case Study On Benefits Realization And Its Contributions For Linking Project Outputs To Outcomes.

Transforming an academic library’s spaces : An evaluation study of Deakin University Library at Burwood campus using TEALS discovery (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Abbasi, N., Elkadi, H., Owen, S., & Horn, A. (2012, July). Transforming an academic library’s spaces : An evaluation study of Deakin University Library at Burwood campus using TEALS discovery. Presented at Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Biennial Conference 2012, Sydney, Australia

Libraries worldwide are transforming their spaces to better align with the changing needs of their communities. The aim of this paper is to outline the process and outcome of an evaluation study of transformed academic library spaces at the Melbo... Read More about Transforming an academic library’s spaces : An evaluation study of Deakin University Library at Burwood campus using TEALS discovery.

A turn-around model for construction company rescue : failure to success (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Jagafa, K., & Wood, G. (2012, July). A turn-around model for construction company rescue : failure to success. Presented at Working Paper Proceedings: Engineering Project Organizations Conference, Rheden, The Netherlands

Research works on the causes of business failure as well as tools on the predictability of business failure has received considerable attention in finance literature due to the 2007 recession. In 2009, the UK insolvency rate hit a record high of 270,... Read More about A turn-around model for construction company rescue : failure to success.

Human response to vibration from passenger and freight railway traffic in residential environments (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Woodcock, J., Sharp, C., Sica, G., Peris, E., Moorhouse, A., Waddington, D., & Peris, E. (2012, July). Human response to vibration from passenger and freight railway traffic in residential environments. Presented at ICSV19, Vilnius, Lithuania

Exposure-response relationships for the human response to vibration and noise from railway activities in residential environments have been derived recently in the UK. These relationships are the outcome of a large scale field study funded by Defra (... Read More about Human response to vibration from passenger and freight railway traffic in residential environments.

Disaster Risk Reduction Measures in Bangladesh (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Kulatunga, U., Wedawatta, H., Amaratunga, R., Parvez, A., & Biswas, R. (2012, June). Disaster Risk Reduction Measures in Bangladesh. Presented at Global Challenges in Construction Industry - World Construction Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Disasters damage the entire economy of the country when they predominantly take place in developing countries. While no country in the world is entirely safe, lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards has made developing countries being the mos... Read More about Disaster Risk Reduction Measures in Bangladesh.

Conceptualising sustainable cities (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B., & May, T. (2012, June). Conceptualising sustainable cities. Presented at International Sustainable Development Research Conference, University of Hull

Governing low carbon transitions in Greater Manchester (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B., & Hodson, M. (2012, June). Governing low carbon transitions in Greater Manchester. Presented at International Sustainable Development Research Conference, University of Hull

Reducing BGP convergence time by fine tuning the MRAI timer on different topologies (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pradeep, K., & Alani, O. (2012, June). Reducing BGP convergence time by fine tuning the MRAI timer on different topologies. Presented at 13th Annual Post Graduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting PGNET 2012, Liverpool, UK

In this paper, we use a discrete event simulator for testing convergence behavior of the only existing inter domain routing protocol BGP. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the convergence behavior of BGP under different network t... Read More about Reducing BGP convergence time by fine tuning the MRAI timer on different topologies.

Cultural values of semi-natural greenspace. A case study of conservation grazing (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, D., Oldfield, P., & James, P. (2012, June). Cultural values of semi-natural greenspace. A case study of conservation grazing. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase, University of Salford

Social-ecological systems in modern environmental management bridge the traditional division between ecological and social sciences. These systems comprise frameworks encompassing both human and biophysical components, and in which ecosystem services... Read More about Cultural values of semi-natural greenspace. A case study of conservation grazing.

Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mak, C., James, P., & Scholz, M. (2012, June). Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems. Presented at College Research Showcase Day, Media City, University of Salford

Increased flooding caused by climate change and impervious surfaces associated with urban areas has highlighted the need to develop better drainage strategies. Excessive runoff from traditional urban drainage systems involving sewers and manholes lea... Read More about Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems.

Vector spatial solitons: off-axis nonparaxiality in coupled Helmholtz equations (2012)
Presentation / Conference
in coupled Helmholtz equations. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Vector spatial solitons are complex optical beams with several distinct components. These components (which may be bright-like and/or dark-like) are localized in space and tend to overlap strongly in the propagation plane, thereby allowing the interp... Read More about Vector spatial solitons: off-axis nonparaxiality in coupled Helmholtz equations.

Instabilities & boundary conditions: fractal mode patterns in kaleidoscope lasers (2012)
Presentation / Conference
fractal mode patterns in kaleidoscope lasers. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

The multi-scale - or fractal - nature of transverse modes in one-dimensional (1D) unstable cavity lasers has been known since the late 1990s [1]. Early collaborations with some members of our Group demonstrated that the origin of fractality (which de... Read More about Instabilities & boundary conditions: fractal mode patterns in kaleidoscope lasers.

Helmholtz dark solitons: oblique propagation, saturable materials & bistability (2012)
Presentation / Conference
oblique propagation, saturable materials & bistability. Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Dark spatial optical solitons comprise a uniform background wave that is modulated by an obliquely-propagating 'dip' in the light intensity profile. Appearing throughout nonlinear science, these universal entities possess a phase topology that endows... Read More about Helmholtz dark solitons: oblique propagation, saturable materials & bistability.