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From information to intelligence (2006)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Perry, B. (2006, July). From information to intelligence. Presented at University Engagement and Strategic Socio-Economic Development, Manchester

Knowledge transfer in action (2006)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Perry, B. (2006, July). Knowledge transfer in action. Presented at Knowledge Transfer and Innovation in the Health and Education Sector, Lincoln

A knowledge management implementation framework for the Libyan banking sector (2006)
Thesis
Kridan, A. A knowledge management implementation framework for the Libyan banking sector. (Thesis). University of Salford

The principles of knowledge management (KM) are widely acknowledged and have been developed over the last 50 years, especially in such disciplines as management science, sociology, and construction. Whilst knowledge management (KM) is still an evolvi... Read More about A knowledge management implementation framework for the Libyan banking sector.

Young offenders' perceptions of their experiences under police arrest (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Hazel, N. (2006, July). Young offenders' perceptions of their experiences under police arrest. Presented at British Society of Criminology Conference, Strathclyde University, Glasgow

The youth justice system in England and Wales has adopted the overall aim of “preventing offending” (Crime and Disorder Act 1998). Integral to achieving this aim is the engagement of young people, demonstrated by policy emphasis on ensuring an offen... Read More about Young offenders' perceptions of their experiences under police arrest.

A novel ensemble classifier-based feature selection method (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Noorbehbahani, F., & Saraee, M. (2006, July). A novel ensemble classifier-based feature selection method. Presented at The Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS-2012), Sanpaolo Palace Hotel, Palermo, Italy

Sound speed profile structure and variability measured over flat terrain (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Waddington, D., von Hünerbein, S., & Bradley, S. (2006, July). Sound speed profile structure and variability measured over flat terrain. Presented at 13th International Conference on Sound and Vibration, Vienna, Austria

This paper describes a fundamental data base and data-variability guide for outdoor sound propagation models requiring sound speed profiles. The vertical sound speed profile has been measured directly over an extended period at a flat terrain site an... Read More about Sound speed profile structure and variability measured over flat terrain.

Preconditioned multiwavelet Galerkin boundary element solution of Laplace's equation (2006)
Journal Article
Amini, S., & Nixon, S. (2006). Preconditioned multiwavelet Galerkin boundary element solution of Laplace's equation. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 30(7), 523-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2006.02.003

In this paper, we study the boundary element solution of Laplace's equation using a Galerkin method with multiwavelet basis functions. This leads to significant matrix compression, requiring computation of only θ(n log n). We also develop a block dia... Read More about Preconditioned multiwavelet Galerkin boundary element solution of Laplace's equation.

The Construction Sector and Economic Development: The 'Bon Curve' (2006)
Journal Article
Ruddock, L., & Lopes, J. (2006). The Construction Sector and Economic Development: The 'Bon Curve'. Construction Management and Economics, 24(7), 717-723. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500435218

The complexities of the relationship between a country's level of construction activity and its stage of economic development are considerable. Studies over the last three decades, based on macroeconomic analysis, have attempted to model the relation... Read More about The Construction Sector and Economic Development: The 'Bon Curve'.

Project finance and the private finance initiative (PFI) (2006)
Journal Article
Akbiyikli, R., Eaton, D., & Turner, A. (2006). Project finance and the private finance initiative (PFI). ˜The œjournal of structured finance, 12(2), 67-75

Private Finance is one method of financing large-scale, capital intensive projects, in which traditionally only the cash flows generated by the project serve as the source of loan repayment and only the project assets serve as collateral for a non-re... Read More about Project finance and the private finance initiative (PFI).

Community-based Facilities Management. (2006)
Journal Article
Alexander, K., & Brown, M. (2006). Community-based Facilities Management. Facilities, 24(7/8), 250-268. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770610666116

Purpose – To introduce and define the concept of community-based facilities management (CbFM) and to identify and discuss processes and responsibilities in practice, in order to explore opportunities for the development of a socially inclusive approa... Read More about Community-based Facilities Management..

Cities, Knowledge and Universities: Transformations in the Image of the Intangible (2006)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2006). Cities, Knowledge and Universities: Transformations in the Image of the Intangible. Social Epistemology, 20(3-4), 259-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691720600847290

The current higher educational landscape in the UK is marked by complex sets of expectations, accompanied by efforts to encourage universities into diversifying and stratifying functions. Yet the picture is far from clear and a number of tensions and... Read More about Cities, Knowledge and Universities: Transformations in the Image of the Intangible.

The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy (2006)
Journal Article
Jordan, B., & Brown, P. (2006). The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy. Parliamentary Affairs, 59(3), 509-521. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsl016

In view of the prominence of immigration issues in the 2005 general election, research evidence on policy initiatives is at a premium. This article argues that, despite claims of evidenced-based principles, the Home Office has been selective in its i... Read More about The Sangatte work-visa holders: a 'natural experiment' in immigration policy.

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap (2006)
Journal Article
Rezgui, Y., & Zarli, A. (2006). Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(7), 767-776. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9364%282006%29132%3A7%28767%29

The paper provides a synthesis of the construction industry needs and requirements in relation to the adoption and use of information and communication technologies ICT. This is based, on the one hand, on existing research and technology development... Read More about Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap.

A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty (2006)
Journal Article
Tsagarakis, N., Gray, J., Caldwell, D., Zannoni, C., Petrone, M., Testi, D., & Viceconti, M. (2006). A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty. IEEE MultiMedia, 13(3), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMUL.2006.55

Multimodal environments help fuse a diverse range of sensory modalities, which is particularly important when integrating the complex data involved in surgical preoperative planning. The authors apply a multimodal interface for preoperative planning... Read More about A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty.

Joint motion control of a powered lower limb orthosis for rehabilitation (2006)
Journal Article
Costa, N., Bezdicek, M., Brown, M., Gray, J., Caldwell, D., & Hutchins, S. (2006). Joint motion control of a powered lower limb orthosis for rehabilitation. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 3(3), 271-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-006-0271-x

Many patients with spinal injures are confined to wheelchairs, leading to a sedentary lifestyle with secondary pathologies and increased dependence on a carer. Increasing evidence has shown that locomotor training reduces the incidence of these secon... Read More about Joint motion control of a powered lower limb orthosis for rehabilitation.

Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching (2006)
Journal Article
Jarvis, H. (2006). Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(4), 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00592.x

The growth of the English language, fuelled partially at least by the Internet, has been phenomenal. Graddol's study (2000) suggests that in the year 2000, there were about a billion English learners—but a decade later, the numbers will have doubled.... Read More about Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching.