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Investigation of pulsed D.C magnetron sputtering for the component layers of CuInSe2 baseed solar cells (2011)
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Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., & Pilkington, R. (2011, December). Investigation of pulsed D.C magnetron sputtering for the component layers of CuInSe2 baseed solar cells. Presented at Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2011, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester , UK

Pulsed D.C Magnetron Sputtering (PDMS) has been used to deposit the component layers required in the production of CuInSe2 (CIS), thin film solar cells. PDMS employs high plasma densities and is widely used for the reactive sputtering of dielectric... Read More about Investigation of pulsed D.C magnetron sputtering for the component layers of CuInSe2 baseed solar cells.

Development of a tool for evaluation of academic library spaces (TEALS) (2011)
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Elkadi, H., & Abassi, N. (2011, December). Development of a tool for evaluation of academic library spaces (TEALS). Presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference, Newport, Wales

The paper provides a brief description of the tool for evaluating the quality and utilisation of academic library spaces (TEALS). Supported by Deakin University Library, TEALS has been developed out of a research project in the School of Architecture... Read More about Development of a tool for evaluation of academic library spaces (TEALS).

Adult siblings of people with a learning disability – future plans and concerns (2011)
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Davys, D., Mitchell, D., & Haigh, C. (2011, December). Adult siblings of people with a learning disability – future plans and concerns. Presented at Seattle Club Learning Disability Research Conference, University of Cambridge

Background Acknowledgement exists at governmental and societal level of the important role that many family members have in the care of LD people. When parents die, a sibling is often considered next of kin with the expectation of providing suppor... Read More about Adult siblings of people with a learning disability – future plans and concerns.

Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context (2011)
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Patel, T. (2011, December). Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at Radicalisation and Extremism: A Symposium for Researchers and Practitioners, Lancashire Police Constabulary, Hulton near Preston

This paper considers the impact of surveillance within a ‘War on Terror’ context, especially on those marked as ‘hyper-visible’ (Khoury 2009). This refers to those seen as being of South Asian or Arabic heritage and of the Muslim faith – or, what I t... Read More about Surveillance, suspicion and stigma within the ‘war on terror’ context.

Infrastructure reconstruction programmes in the conflict affected communities of north and east Sri Lanka, knowledge society or knowledge for society? (2011)
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Haigh, R., & Amaratunga, R. (2011, December). Infrastructure reconstruction programmes in the conflict affected communities of north and east Sri Lanka, knowledge society or knowledge for society?. Presented at International Conference on the Social Sciences and the Humanities, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo (2011)
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Elkadi, H., & Al Maiyah, S. (2011, November). Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo. Presented at International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) 17th General Assembly Scientific Symposium, Paris, France

Traditional dwellings located in the hot arid zones of the Arabian regions are well known for their sensitive architectural response to the region’s climatic conditions and socio-cultural norms. The majority of these dwellings are well recognized... Read More about Assessing daylighting performance of a traditional residential neighbourhood in historical Cairo.

The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services (2011)
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James, P. (2011, November). The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services. Presented at Conferencia Biodiversidade em Ambiente Urbano, Lisbon

In 1984 E. O. Wilson described the word “biophilia” as “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life”. Had Wilson written this text post 1992 he might have replaced the phrase “the rest of life” with a single word: Bio... Read More about The importance of biodiversity in cities and ecosystem services.

Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons (2011)
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Bostock, C., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons. Presented at 2nd CSE Doctoral School Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

The propagation of a light beam at a single optical frequency – or colour – in a Kerr-type planar waveguide is an elementary configuration in photonics [1,2]. Under two classic assumptions: (i) that the transverse extent of the beam is much greater... Read More about Two-colour optical fields: modulational instabilities and vector spatial solitons.

New management scenarios for weaving sections using micro-simulation models (2011)
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Al-Jameel, H. (2011, November). New management scenarios for weaving sections using micro-simulation models. Presented at CSE 2nd, Salford University

Traffic simulation models have been proved to be more effective methods of dealing with weaving sections than traditional methods such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 1950 to HCM 2000, Leisch method -1981and Fazio -1986. These have proved to be... Read More about New management scenarios for weaving sections using micro-simulation models.

Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., & Pilkington, R. (2011, November). Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application. Presented at 2nd Computing, Science and Engineering Postgraduate Research Doctoral Scholl Conference 2011, University of Salford

This work explores the possibilities of using the pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering (PDMS) process for depositing the buffer layer for copper indium diselenide - CuInSe2 (CIS) - based solar cells. The use of PDMS can give a high plasma density and pro... Read More about Novel low temperature pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering of single phase β-In2S3 buffer layers for CIGS solar cell application.

Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre (2011)
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Ragojapalan, P., & Elkadi, H. (2011, November). Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre. Presented at Building Simulation Conference 2011 (BS 2011), Sydney, Australia

There has been an increasing demand for sports facilities in urban areas recently. As a result of this, more attention is drawn towards not only the energy performance of these building typologies, but also creating a healthy indoor environment for t... Read More about Thermal and ventilation performance of a multifunctional sports hall within an aquatic centre.

Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms (2011)
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Aaltonen, S., Avramenko, A., Heinze, A., Ielpa, G., Klosova, A., Papadopoulou, T., & de Tommaso, D. (2011, November). Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms. Presented at ISBE 2011 Conference - Sustainable Futures: Enterprising Landscapes and Communities, Sheffield, UK

Objectives: This paper aims to introduce a novel concept of Enterprise Cultural Heritage (ECH) which combines the company’s own history and creations with the potential to transform information and materials into “extended products & services”. First... Read More about Enterprise cultural heritage skill gap - the study of established craft sector firms.

Change management and relocation: a moving experience (2011)
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Finch, E. (2011, November). Change management and relocation: a moving experience. Presented at 2º.Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade do Projeto no Ambiente Construído, Rio de Janeiro

Organisational change brings with it a need for facilities changes. Merging, splitting, downsizing, upsizing, adaptations, are all physical manifestations of the need for change. Along with these changes are innumerable human and organizational cha... Read More about Change management and relocation: a moving experience.

Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units (2011)
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Chamorro-Posada, P., Sánchez-Curto, J., & McDonald, G. (2011, November). Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units. Presented at 8th Iberian Meeting on Computational Electromagnetics, Sesimbra, Lisbon, Potugal

We study the performance of a nonparaxial beam propagation method accelerated using massively parallel computation in graphic processing units. The implementation is tested in two different NVIDIA hardware architectures, Tesla and Fermi, and the resu... Read More about Numerical investigations on nonlinear nonparaxial beam propagation using graphics processing units.

“They’re her boobs, it’s up to her, it’s not up to me”: Gendered dimensions of infant feeding decisions (2011)
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Gendered dimensions of infant feeding decisions. Presented at 17th Qualitative Health Research Conference, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada

Increasing breastfeeding rates is an important public health issue and a key priority for tackling health inequalities, particularly for women in low socioeconomic status (SES) groups who are less likely to initiate and continue breastfeeding. Despit... Read More about “They’re her boobs, it’s up to her, it’s not up to me”: Gendered dimensions of infant feeding decisions.

epSpread - Storyboarding for visual analytics (2011)
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Cenydd, L., Walker, R., Pop, S., Miles, H., Hughes, C., Teahan, W., & Roberts, J. (2011, October). epSpread - Storyboarding for visual analytics. Presented at 2011 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), Providence, Rhode Island, USA

We present epSpread, an analysis and storyboarding tool for geolocated microblogging data. Individual time points and ranges are analysed through queries, heatmaps, word clouds and streamgraphs. The underlying narrative is shown on a storyboard-styl... Read More about epSpread - Storyboarding for visual analytics.

The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context (2011)
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Patel, T. (2011, October). The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context. Presented at Black History Month Conference: Racism(s) - Discrimination, Displacement and Home, University of Salford

This paper discusses the deviant labels (immigrant, anti-Western, British hostile, ‘enemy within’ and terrorist) commonly used in surveillance strategies within the ‘war on terror’ context. Particular attention is paid to those who are profiled based... Read More about The (Ab)use of ethnic profiling within the ‘war on terror’ context.

Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability (2011)
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Aaltonen, S., Avramenko, A., Catalani, A., Heinze, A., Kakderi, K., Klosova, A., …Zygiaris, S. (2011, October). Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability. Presented at EBES 2011 Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

Objectives: Identifying a truly unique source for innovation and differentiation in order to sustain competitive advantage is a major challenge for managers of enterprise when designing and developing their product/service range. The objectives of th... Read More about Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability.