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Ultrabroad-band Raman light: Linear detuning & gain suppression (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, R., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. (2013, June). Ultrabroad-band Raman light: Linear detuning & gain suppression. Presented at College of Science & Techology Research Showcase, University of Salford

Ultrabroad-band multifrequency Raman generation is a (laser-driven) resonant-symmetric two-colour pumping technique for exciting polychromatic light beams that are characterized by potentially very wide “top-hat” temporal bandwidths [1]. The spectra... Read More about Ultrabroad-band Raman light: Linear detuning & gain suppression.

Down-to-earth issues in information system use (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, H., & Basden, A. (2013, June). Down-to-earth issues in information system use. Presented at Pacific Area Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea

This study proposes a new understanding of IS use that gives attention to the everyday 'Down-To-Earth' (DTE) issues that actually affect the success or quality of IS use. These differ from the kinds of issues discuss... Read More about Down-to-earth issues in information system use.

Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. (2013, June). Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model. Presented at 21st International Congress on Acoustics, 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Montreal

Prediction models are at the heart of modern acoustic engineering and are used in a diverse range of applications from refining the acoustic design of classrooms and concert halls to predicting how noise exposure varies through an urban environment.... Read More about Towards a full-bandwidth numerical acoustic model.

Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Randall, J. (2013, June). Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive. Presented at Sabattical Presentation, University of Salford, Allerton Lecture Theatre, University of Salford

Jill Randall has recently undertaken a research project at Tate Britain, studying the APG (Artist Placement Group) Archive during a 3-month Sabbatical from the University of Salford, where she is Senior Lecturer on the B.A. Visual Arts Course and L... Read More about Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive.

Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2013, May). Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context. Presented at Symposium: The Future of the Multi-ethnic City, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

We are supposedly living in post-race times. This refers to a deconstructive approach to identity and social relations, in an attempt to move beyond traditional constructions of race. More recently within the terror panic context, post-race discussio... Read More about Failed multiculturalism and limited freedoms: Browning in the terror panic context.

Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2013, May). Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection. Presented at 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2013, Mashhad, Iran

With the enormous growth of online reviews in Internet, sentiment analysis has received more and more attention in information retrieval and natural language processing community. Up to now there are very few researches conducted on sentiment analysi... Read More about Sentiment classification in Persian: Introducing a mutual information-based method for feature selection.

Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ramezani, R., Saraee, M., & Nematbakhsh, M. (2013, May). Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach. Presented at 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2013, Mashhad, Iran

Linked Data is used in the Web to create typed links between data from different sources. Connecting diffused data by using these links provides new data which could be employed in different applications. Association Rules Mining (ARM) is a data mini... Read More about Finding association rules in linked data, a centralization approach.

Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2013, May). Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray. Presented at ILASS Americas 2013 - 25th annual conference on liquid atomization and spray systems, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

An investigation was conducted to analyse the pattern of entrained air around a high pressure flat spray water jet with emphasis on the determining inter-depency on droplet velocities, droplet size, and the air velocities around a flat jet atomiser.... Read More about Entrained air around a high pressure flat jet water spray.

Assessing the value of bus services for leisure (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Guiver, J. W., & Davies, N. (2013, April). Assessing the value of bus services for leisure. Presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research Conference, Lighthouse, Glasgow

This presentation reports the findings of surveys of bus passengers in nine tourist areas of England and Wales. It describes the process of designing an 'off the shelf' survey for areas to use without support and the advantages of generating compatib... Read More about Assessing the value of bus services for leisure.

Adopting social computing in the higher education in the Gulf states: Conceptual framework (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hussein, K., Arayici, Y., & Yusof, S. (2013, April). Adopting social computing in the higher education in the Gulf states: Conceptual framework. Presented at International Postgraduate Research Conference, Salford Mediacity

This research sets out to develop a framework for adopting Social Computing (SC) tools and platforms in Higher Education (HE) institutions in the Persian Gulf States in order to leverage teaching and learning processes. Among other things, it reviews... Read More about Adopting social computing in the higher education in the Gulf states: Conceptual framework.

The relationship between impairment, functional ability, hand-arm task complexity and set-up difficulty for an Advanced FES Rehab Tool (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Waring, K., Sun, M., & Hardiker, N. (2013, April). The relationship between impairment, functional ability, hand-arm task complexity and set-up difficulty for an Advanced FES Rehab Tool. Poster presented at Fourth Conference of the UK and Ireland Chapter of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESSUKI), Southampton, UK

Rave sucks : hoovers and housework (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2013, April). Rave sucks : hoovers and housework. Presented at Noisy Places, Noisy Music: Theories, Practices and Spaces of Noisemaking Panel, University of Salford, MediaCity

The warehouse (a blanket term used to describe a number of disused industrial buildings that would also include mills and factories) has long been associated with the UK’s rave subculture. These have become more than just physical places that situate... Read More about Rave sucks : hoovers and housework.

The implementation of procurement policy in higher education projects by property and estates departments (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Crowe, P. (2013, April). The implementation of procurement policy in higher education projects by property and estates departments. Presented at IPGRC, Salford

The Higher Education (HE) sector’s deliverable has social, economic and environmental implications. The construction industry has a positive role to play, in assisting the sector to achieve desired outcomes, in relation to these implications. Since... Read More about The implementation of procurement policy in higher education projects by property and estates departments.

Exploring e-business technology to support improvement in the infrastructure procurement process in the Ghanaian construction industry (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2013, April). Exploring e-business technology to support improvement in the infrastructure procurement process in the Ghanaian construction industry. Presented at International Post Graduate Research Conference 8 – 10 April 2013, University of Salford

There is growing interest globally in the conduct of construction business transactions by utilising electronic means through the Internet and or dedicated network of computers and other ICT elements. This is often referred to as e-Business technolo... Read More about Exploring e-business technology to support improvement in the infrastructure procurement process in the Ghanaian construction industry.

How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McLean, S. (2013, April). How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation. Presented at International Post Graduate Research Conference, University of Salford

The paper analyses the success of an industrial simulation delivered to final year BSc Building Surveying students. Research is undertaken using an action research approach. The analysis does not focus upon the assessment wording and the methodolog... Read More about How to manage the support role to ensure successful learning using industrial simulation.

Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Kakderi, C., Hausmann, V., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference: Social Information Systems, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

The popularity and use of social media is increasing in Europe. It facilitates a new emerging international business communication culture, which can help in developing new business relations utilizing the wide range of online applications. However,... Read More about Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey.

Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hackett, C., Fletcher, G., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

The need for accurate and readily understandable social media monitoring is an issue faced by any organisation irrespective of their size or current levels of engagement with social media. It is increasingly a truism of social media that if an organi... Read More about Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?.

The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Faour, H., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference: Social Information Systems, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

Generation Y are increasingly entering the workforce, making around 50% of the global workforce by 2020. They come to the workplace with distinct characteristics and expectations causing organisations to rethink their traditional working practices. T... Read More about The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations.

Context is half the work : the live brief in fine art education (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Randall, J. (2013, March). Context is half the work : the live brief in fine art education. Presented at National Association for Fine Art Education (NAFAE) AGM and National Seminar, Challenging Fine Art Pedagogies, London, UK

Jill Randall would like to use two case studies at two different sites of student projects to investigate the use of the Live Brief within teaching, and how staff research projects can introduce new ways of delivering Fine Art education, with benef... Read More about Context is half the work : the live brief in fine art education.