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World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership? (2004)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2004). World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership?. Management services (Enfield), 48(10), 8-12

A supply chain has varying elements that require translation, both forwards and backwards, to the other stages involved in the supply chain. A world-class supply chain can provide value-adding processes that can deliver for both the organisation and... Read More about World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership?.

Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells from Rat Mesenteric Lymphatic Vessels (2004)
Journal Article
Robertson, D., Hughes, G., & Lyles, G. (2004). Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells from Rat Mesenteric Lymphatic Vessels. Microcirculation, 11(6), 503-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/10739680490476321

Objective: The objective was to devise a method for establishing cultures of rat mesenteric lymphatic vessel smooth muscle cells (LSMC) and to investigate if inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression could be activated in LSMC treated with ba... Read More about Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells from Rat Mesenteric Lymphatic Vessels.

House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Murphy, G., & Williams, H. (2004, September). House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective?. Presented at Second World Health Organisation International Housing and Health Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania

In the UK, urban mice (Mus domesticus) are often viewed as nuisance pests and there is no coherent approach to the control of house mouse infestations. Cheetham Hill is an inner city area of Manchester, England. A study area that was typical of other... Read More about House mouse infestations: is there a public health risk and are current approaches to control effective?.

User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Kutar, M., Britton, C., Swann, J., & Barker, T. (2004, September). User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 2004 Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VLHCC’04), Rome, Italy

A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., White, S., & Eccleston, J. (2004, September). A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings. Presented at The Fifth International Conference on Data Mining, Text Mining and their Business Applications,, Malaga, Spain

This paper details our analysis of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a free, user-maintained, online resource of production details for over 390,000 movies, television series and video games, which contains information such as title, genre, box-off... Read More about A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings.

Reflections on the use of blended learning (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2004, September). Reflections on the use of blended learning. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper reflects upon the experience of the delivery of a program at the University of Salford using blended learning. Facilitated by action research, it reports on the lessons learnt since the paper by Procter “Blended Learning in Practice”(Proct... Read More about Reflections on the use of blended learning.

Improving dissertation assessment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Pathirage, C., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., Baldry, D., & Green, C. (2004, September). Improving dissertation assessment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

During the last decade, there have been increasing calls for higher education to improve standards, increase the quality of assessment, and for greater accountability of lecturers. It is recognised that consistency in assessment is even more importan... Read More about Improving dissertation assessment.

Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Senaratne, S., Amaratunga, R., Kagioglou, M., Baldry, D., Aouad, G., & Bowden, A. (2004, September). Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The higher education system in the UK has significantly changed over the last decade due to a growing emphasis on student learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. According to previous studies, there is no au... Read More about Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions.

An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Young, A., & Clarkson, R. (2004, September). An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

This paper reports the preliminary results of a project that investigated the use of computer-based simulation to improve the validity of assessment and provide unlimited formative assessment without use of lecturer time. Specifically it aimed to dev... Read More about An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment.

Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Zaitseva, E., Shaylor, J., & Whatley, J. (2004, September). Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

International educational collaboration, facilitated by web-based means, has important benefits in higher education. The CAB project is aimed at designing, experimenting and evaluating ways of introducing collaboration into the educational practice o... Read More about Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project.

Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK (2004)
Journal Article
Armitage, R., Kent, M., & Weaver, R. (2004). Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(17), 3369-3388. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160310001654464

The direct ordination technique Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) is applied to the examination of the relationships between the floristic composition of semi-natural vegetation and its spectral reflectance. Paired measurements of floristic and... Read More about Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK.