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Why doesn't operations management research deliver? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., & Rooke, J. (2012, September). Why doesn't operations management research deliver?. Poster presented at EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference 2012, Loughborough

The web site of EPSRC states: “Manufacturing operations management research is a key component for successful portfolio in Manufacturing Research; however, this area needs attention to ensure that it is delivering.” Indeed, problems regarding industr... Read More about Why doesn't operations management research deliver?.

Application of simulation and modelling in managing unplanned healthcare demand (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Lengu, D., Kobbacy, K., Sapountzis, S., & Kagioglou, M. (2012, September). Application of simulation and modelling in managing unplanned healthcare demand. Presented at 5th Annual HaCIRIC International Conference, ‘Transforming Healthcare Infrastructures and services in the age of austerity, Cardiff

Patients who attend Accident and Emergency (A & E) departments with problems that could be dealt with by their general practitioners (GPs) use time and resources of the department that could be otherwise used for patients with more appropriate need... Read More about Application of simulation and modelling in managing unplanned healthcare demand.

Measurement of ground-to-building frequency response functions for assessment of human exposure to vibration from railway vibration (2012)
Presentation / Conference
from railway vibration. Presented at International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering 2012, Leuven, Belgium

The University of Salford has derived exposure-response relationships for vibration caused by railway construction and operation in residential environments. The exposure assessment methodology for almost 1000 case studies has its key factor in the m... Read More about Measurement of ground-to-building frequency response functions for assessment of human exposure to vibration from railway vibration.

Evaluation of LibSVM and mutual information matching classifiers for multi-domain sentiment analysis (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sun, F., Belatreche, A., Coleman, S., McGinnity, T., & Li, Y. (2012, September). Evaluation of LibSVM and mutual information matching classifiers for multi-domain sentiment analysis. Presented at The 23rd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Dublin, Ireland

This paper addresses the new application of two classifier algorithms, namely LibSVM (ν-SVM) and Mutual Information Matching (MIM), to single and multi-domain sentiment analysis. The aim is to improve the performance of sentiment classification accur... Read More about Evaluation of LibSVM and mutual information matching classifiers for multi-domain sentiment analysis.

An integrated model of sound localisation in rooms (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sheaffer, J., & Fazenda, B. (2012, September). An integrated model of sound localisation in rooms. Presented at Acoustics and Audio 2012, Ben Gurion University

Human perception of sound localisation in enclosed spaces has been studied extensively from physiological as well as psychological perspectives. As it is not feasible to conduct some experiments in-situ, researchers have employed alternative methodol... Read More about An integrated model of sound localisation in rooms.

Play serious (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Peploe, G. (2012, September). Play serious. Presented at Playserious, Manchester, England

Play Serious is an innovative, seriously playful and playfully serious event for practice based/led/as researchers. An explosion of art, critical insight and creative activity where participants will be encouraged to share their unresolved ‘work in... Read More about Play serious.

Strategic planning and performance : The moderating effect of structure (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Nandakumar, M., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2012, September). Strategic planning and performance : The moderating effect of structure. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference : Management Research Revisited: Prospects for Theory and Practice, Cardiff, UK

A profile of the future : what could HTML 5 do for HE by 2015? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, L., Ogden, R., & Aspin, R. (2012, September). A profile of the future : what could HTML 5 do for HE by 2015?. Presented at ALT-C 2012, Manchester, UK

HTML 5 is the most significant update of HTML in the last 10 years since XHTML was introduced. It promises a vastly improved user experience, increased browser features, cross compatibility and the ability to provide semantic content. In this paper w... Read More about A profile of the future : what could HTML 5 do for HE by 2015?.

Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, H., Ingirige, B., & Proverbs, D. (2012, September). Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event. Presented at RICS Construction, Building and Real Estate Conference (COBRA 2012), Las Vegas, USA

Recent policy changes in the UK encourage at-risk communities to learn to live with and adapt to flooding. Adaptation of individual properties by embracing resilient and resistant measures is an important aspect endorsed therein. Uptake of such prote... Read More about Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event.

A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, K. H. (2012, September). A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource. Presented at A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals, College of Health and Social Care, University of Salford

Presentation by Kuo Hung (Daniel) Huang, Department of e-Learning Design and Management, Chiayi National University, Taiwan to the College of Health and Social Care, University of Salford, 3rd September 2012. Includes an example of an e-learning... Read More about A Medical e-Learning Development Training Program for Healthcare Professionals and e-Learning Resource.

Investment appraisal tools and sustainability evaluation in social housing (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., & Fortune, C. (2012, September). Investment appraisal tools and sustainability evaluation in social housing. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) 28th Annual Conference, Edinburgh

Conventional decision making in all aspects of the asset management sector has largely been based around the key concepts of risk reduction and maximization of returns. Yet the RICS (2009) has called for surveying professionals to significantly modif... Read More about Investment appraisal tools and sustainability evaluation in social housing.

Attaining zero defects within Building Schools for the Future : A realistic target or a Sisyphean task? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Higham, A., Boothman, J., & Horsfall, B. (2012, September). Attaining zero defects within Building Schools for the Future : A realistic target or a Sisyphean task?. Presented at 27th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Until its demise in July 2010 The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme represented the biggest single UK government investment in school buildings for more than 50 years. One of the key goals of the investment programme was the desire to e... Read More about Attaining zero defects within Building Schools for the Future : A realistic target or a Sisyphean task?.

Carryover of eye-movements in natural scenes is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual task : Individual differences and practical implications (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Hills, P., Thompson, C., Painter, L., & Pake, J. (2012, August). Carryover of eye-movements in natural scenes is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual task : Individual differences and practical implications. Presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Section, Glasgow, UK

Thompson and Crundall (2011) reported an effect whereby eye-movements from one task (counting vowels in letter strings) carried over to a secondary unrelated task (rating the hazard of a driving scene). Two experiments are reported here that extend t... Read More about Carryover of eye-movements in natural scenes is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual task : Individual differences and practical implications.

Reproducibility of soundscape dimensions (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W., & Murphy, J. (2012, August). Reproducibility of soundscape dimensions. Presented at Internoise 2012, New York

The aim of this work was to investigate the validity of laboratory soundscape reproduction and the robustness of soundscape dimensional analysis. The soundscapes in four urban locations in Manchester (UK) were recorded with a soundfield microphone. T... Read More about Reproducibility of soundscape dimensions.

On the assessment of the human exposure from vibration caused by railway construction (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sica, G., Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Moorhouse, A., Waddington, D., & Peris, E. (2012, August). On the assessment of the human exposure from vibration caused by railway construction. Presented at Internoise 2012, New York

When constructing large infrastructure, such as railways, close to living environments it is important to know how residents respond to construction vibration. In this framework, the University of Salford, within the project “Human response to vibrat... Read More about On the assessment of the human exposure from vibration caused by railway construction.

Attitudinal factors as determinants of railway vibration annoyance (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Sharp, C., Moorhouse, A., Waddington, D., & Peris, E. (2012, August). Attitudinal factors as determinants of railway vibration annoyance. Presented at Internoise 2012, New York

The aim of this paper is to identify and understand the role of the attitudinal factors involved in annoyance reported due to railway vibration. Many non-acoustical factors have been identified with various degrees of association with annoyance due t... Read More about Attitudinal factors as determinants of railway vibration annoyance.