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The mysterious feminine : set design and costume in the Season Two finale of Twin Peaks (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Morris, M. (2016, March). The mysterious feminine : set design and costume in the Season Two finale of Twin Peaks. Presented at Marterial Cultures of Television, University of Hull

Just as there is an archetype of woman as the object of man's eternal love, so there must be an archetype of her as the object of his eternal fear, representing, perhaps, the shadow of his own evil actions. (Enchi Fumiko 1983, p. 57) Vampiric femm... Read More about The mysterious feminine : set design and costume in the Season Two finale of Twin Peaks.

Gamification in purchasing & supply management (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Andrews, D., Kelly, S., & Chicksand, D. (2016, March). Gamification in purchasing & supply management. Presented at 25th Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Dortmund

The progress of creative pattern cutting (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Almond, K., & Power, E. (2016, February). The progress of creative pattern cutting. Presented at The Second International Conference for Creative Pattern Cutting, University of Huddersfield, UK

This paper documents the journey of several research initiatives, which focused upon creative pattern cutting. Instigated by a peer-reviewed, journal paper entitled, "Insufficient Allure: The Luxurious Art and Cost of Creative Pattern Cutting" (Almon... Read More about The progress of creative pattern cutting.

The Plenary - 2016 Creative Cut (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., & Almond, K. (2016, February). The Plenary - 2016 Creative Cut. Presented at The Second International Conference for Creative Pattern Cutting, University of Huddersfield

Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ong, E., Eachus, P., Tang, A., & Thompson, C. (2016, February). Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking. Presented at th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2016), Singapore

Suicidal behaviour is a public health problem and there is increasing concern regarding the rise of such behaviour. Although past studies have identified the role of cognitive factors in suicide, little has been done to explore the cognitive processe... Read More about Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking.

Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hasan, A., Meziane, F., & Khadim, M. (2016, February). Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans. Presented at the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Rome, Italy

The research reported in this paper concerns the development of a novel automated algorithm to identify and segment brain tumours in MRI scans. The input is the patient's scan slices and the output is a subset of the slices that includes the tumour... Read More about Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans.

Panel discussion : WIT: making art out of illness (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2016, February). Panel discussion : WIT: making art out of illness. Presented at Panel Discussion: WIT: Making Art out of Illness, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Electronic word of mouth for mobile fitness application : an action case study (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dron, R., & Mohamad, M. (2016, January). Electronic word of mouth for mobile fitness application : an action case study. Presented at British Academy of Management, E-business and E-government Special Interest Group, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia

There is a limited research on how the Electronic Word-of-Mouth (e-WOM) evolves to expand the wide adoption of emerging technologies such as mobile fitness tracking. Significant studies in the e-WOM literature (e.g. Hennig-Thurau et al, 2004; Goldsmi... Read More about Electronic word of mouth for mobile fitness application : an action case study.

The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry) (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hazel, N. (2016, January). The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry). Presented at Prisoners' Education Trust Academic Symposium, South Bank University, London

Effective resettlement (reentry or aftercare) of children who have been incarcerated is a longstanding concern for policymakers and practitioners. Factors related to education provision have been shown to be significantly related to whether a child... Read More about The importance of education and training in effective resettlement (reentry).

Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Albugami, S., & Ahmed, V. (2016, January). Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system. Presented at The IRES -13th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning (IC4E) -, Istanbul, Turkey

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing and advancing areas in our modern time. It has gained a great deal of attention in recent decades and become a cornerstone for development in the 21st century. In Saudi Arab... Read More about Effects of culture and religion on the use of ICT in the Saudi education system.

Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017 (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Nevell, M. (2016, January). Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017. Presented at Excavating Engels: exploring the archaeology of Manchester’s industrial housing, Royal Northern College of Music

Since 2001, archaeological work ahead of redevelopment within the city of Manchester, and central Salford, has been targeting the excavation of workers’ housing from the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 20 sites have been looked at and the remains of se... Read More about Excavating Engels : the archaeological investigations of workers' housing in Manchester and Salford, 2001 to 2017.

A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Jin, D., & Linge, N. (2016, January). A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA

MapReduce is a popular programming model widely used in distributed systems. With regard to large-scale applications, e.g. home energy management in a city, online social community etc., load-balancing becomes critical affecting the performance of di... Read More about A load-balancing approach based on modified K-ELM and NSGA-II in a heterogeneous cloud environment.

What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hudson, J. (2016, January). What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator. Presented at Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference 2016, Nottingham

Psychosocial work stressors, such as excessive demands or insufficient manager support, have been consistently linked with a range of negative psychological and physical outcomes. However, to tackle stress-related issues employers need to know which... Read More about What’s the problem? Risk assessment using the HSE stress management standards indicator.

Iraqi land tenure administrations (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-ossmi, L. H., & Ahmed, V. (2016, January). Iraqi land tenure administrations. Poster presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), Salford, Media City

As an Islamic country, Iraqi land ownership is ruled and managed according to a set of permit forms controlled by the specific religious authorities. In practice, the important relationships between people as land users and their land-use rights can... Read More about Iraqi land tenure administrations.

Observations of traffic behaviour from UK motorway roadworks sections with narrow lanes (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Nassrullah, Z., Yousif, S., & Norgate, S. (2016, January). Observations of traffic behaviour from UK motorway roadworks sections with narrow lanes. Presented at UTSG, Bristol, UK

In recent years, implementation of narrow lanes is frequently used as a temporary traffic management scheme (TTMS) on UK motorway roadwork sections. The rationale is to free up carriageway space, especially for sites with high traffic demands needing... Read More about Observations of traffic behaviour from UK motorway roadworks sections with narrow lanes.

What is video virality? An introduction to virality metrics (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Asamoah, J. (2016, January). What is video virality? An introduction to virality metrics. Presented at UKAIS Conference, Oxford

Video virality is acknowledged by many marketing professionals as an integral aspect of digital marketing. It is being mentioned a lot as a buzz word but there has not been any definitive terminology ascribed to what exactly it is. It is common to he... Read More about What is video virality? An introduction to virality metrics.