All Outputs (142)

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.

The significance of social relationships in managing later life widowhood (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, T. (2008, May). The significance of social relationships in managing later life widowhood. Presented at 8th European Congress of Occupational Therapy, International Conference Centre, Hamburg

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.

Constructed wetlands treating urban runoff contaminated with nitrogen (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, X., Scholz, M., & Rao, L. (2008, May). Constructed wetlands treating urban runoff contaminated with nitrogen. Presented at International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai, China

Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2008, May). Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland. Presented at International Police Executive Symposium Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

In recent years, the changing face of Northern Ireland (NI) has witnessed a multi-cultural shake-up, albeit a proportionately small one, meaning that the make-up of its black minority ethnic (BME) population is not only growing but also widening in v... Read More about Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland.

Giving twice the credit in half the time: managing teaching and assessment with reduced teaching hours (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rowlett, P. (2008, May). Giving twice the credit in half the time: managing teaching and assessment with reduced teaching hours. Presented at Mark my words: creative assessment and effective feedback in linguistics, CILT -- The National Centre for Languages

Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (CEPA): Retrospective and prospective views (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2008, May). Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (CEPA): Retrospective and prospective views. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Enhancing the capacity of Sri Lankan higher education institutions to meet post disaster recovery challenges (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Keraminiyage, K., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2008, April). Enhancing the capacity of Sri Lankan higher education institutions to meet post disaster recovery challenges. Presented at 4th International i-Rec Conference : Building resilience, Christchurch, New Zealand

Disaster risk reduction strategies and post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Palliyaguru, R., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2008, April). Disaster risk reduction strategies and post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. Presented at 4th International i-Rec Conference : Building resilience: achieving effective post-disaster reconstruction, Christchurch, New Zealand

Science and innovation: Developing university-business collaboration (2008)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2008, April). Science and innovation: Developing university-business collaboration. Presented at The British Chambers of Commerce Annual Convention, Liverpool

Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Elsebai, A., & Meziane, F. (2008, April). Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers. Presented at 7th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, Dubai, UAE

Named Entity recognition is very new in the Arabic Language although it has reached the maturity stage for some other languages such as English and French. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of a person name named entity re... Read More about Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers.

Strategic intelligence and intelligent cities and regions (2008)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Marvin, S. (2008, April). Strategic intelligence and intelligent cities and regions. Presented at NWDA: Regional Intelligence Unit Conference, Manchester

Secure urbanism and resilient infrastructure : reproducing cities and the new politics of ecological security (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2008, April). Secure urbanism and resilient infrastructure : reproducing cities and the new politics of ecological security. Presented at Association of Annual Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, USA

Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mydlarz, C., Drumm, I., & Cox, T. (2008, April). Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology. Presented at IOA Spring Conference 2008, Reading, UK

The IMPRINtS project (Internet and Mobile technologies for a Public Role In Noise Surveying) aims to enable and encourage public participation in a large-scale environmental noise survey. The primary objective of this work is to raise public awarenes... Read More about Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology.

Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2008, April). Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies. Presented at IADIS International Conference Information Systems, Algarve, Portugal

This paper presents the cultural results of a three-year study into the concept of information fulfilment, and considers the impact of culture on levels of information fulfillment and how this can help to achieve organizational excellence. Ethnograph... Read More about Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies.