All Outputs (676)

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.

Practising reflexivity: narrative, reflection and the moral order (2006)
Book Chapter
Taylor, C. (2006). Practising reflexivity: narrative, reflection and the moral order. In S. White, J. Fook, & F. Gardner (Eds.), Critical reflection in health & social care (73-88). Maidenhead: Open University Press

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.

On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies (2006)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B., & McSweeney, T. (2006). On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies. In G. Jónsson, & T. Óttarsson (Eds.), Through the mirror: reflections on the films of Andrei Tarkovsky (40-64). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Television, the pop industry and the Hollywood musical (2006)
Book Chapter
Mundy, J. (2006). Television, the pop industry and the Hollywood musical. In I. Conrich, & E. Tincknell (Eds.), Film's musical moments (42-55). Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Edinburgh University Press

Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04) (2006)
Journal Article
Meziane, F., & Métais, E. (2006). Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04). Data and Knowledge Engineering, 58(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2005.05.005

The International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems is nearing its 10th birthday and has gained in maturity and in the quality of the papers submitted. In the early years, the conference was mainly concerned with th... Read More about Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04).

A content analysis of physiotherapy for postural control in people with stroke: An observational study (2006)
Journal Article
with stroke: An observational study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28(13-14), 865-872. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280500535090

Purpose. The lack of information about the content of therapy packages is a frequent criticism in stroke rehabilitation
research. This study aimed to describe, in detail, the content of one aspect of physiotherapy; the rehabilitation of postural
co... Read More about A content analysis of physiotherapy for postural control in people with stroke: An observational study.

SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Bradley, S., Mursch-Radlgruber, E., & von Hünerbein, S. (2006, July). SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position. Presented at International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

A method is described for real-time visualisation of aircraft wing-tip vortices based on measurement data from a line array of SODARs. Every 2 s a ‘snapshot’ is taken of the atmospheric vertical velocity field above the SODARs. This
provides a grid... Read More about SODAR measurements of wind vortex strength and position.

Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
von Hünerbein, S., Antoniou, I., Jorgensen, H., Kindler, D., & Bradley, S. (2006, July). Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications. Presented at International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Traditionally SODAR wind profilers have been assumed to be largely self-calibrated, with measurement errors mostly random. However, increasing demand for accuracy in applications such as wind energy demand robust calibration and intercomparison proce... Read More about Calibration of SODARs for wind energy applications.

The Linguistics Strategy Group: a new professional association for linguistics (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Rowlett, P. (2006, July). The Linguistics Strategy Group: a new professional association for linguistics. Presented at Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies biennial conference Crossing Frontiers: Languages and the International Dimension, Cardiff

The talk will present the recently formed Linguistics Strategy Group. The Group is currently a small working group with support and representation from LLAS, UCML and CILT, as well as the learned societies in the various sub-areas of linguistics (the... Read More about The Linguistics Strategy Group: a new professional association for linguistics.

Professionalism, prejudice and personal taste: does it matter what we wear? (2006)
Journal Article
Davys, D., Pope, K., & Taylor, J. (2006). Professionalism, prejudice and personal taste: does it matter what we wear?. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(7), 339 -341

An earlier opinion piece considered the professional issues surrounding the occupational therapist’s dress code within the work place (Davys et al, 2006). This second paper considers the role of the occupational therapist when a client choice of clo... Read More about Professionalism, prejudice and personal taste: does it matter what we wear?.

The embedded university in the science-economy : capacities, contexts and expectations (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B. (2006, June). The embedded university in the science-economy : capacities, contexts and expectations. Presented at Invited talk, University of Glamorgan Business School

Reluctant reflexivity, implicit insider knowledge, and the development of club studies (2006)
Book Chapter
Moore, K., & Measham, F. (2006). Reluctant reflexivity, implicit insider knowledge, and the development of club studies. In B. Sanders (Ed.), Drugs, clubs and young people: sociological and public health perspectives. Routledge (Taylor & Francis)

Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Mbanaso, U., Cooper, G., Chadwick, D., & Proctor, S. (2006, June). Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML. Presented at WOWMOM 2006: Seventh IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Nowadays many organizations share sensitive services
through open network systems and this raises the need
for an authorization framework that can interoperate
even when the parties have no pre-existing
relationships. Trust Negotiation is the pro... Read More about Privacy preserving trust authorization framework using XACML.

Teaching the evaluation of web usability (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Procter, C. (2006, June). Teaching the evaluation of web usability. Presented at Informing Science and IT Education Joint Conference, Salford

This paper describes the design and use of a simple method for comparative website evaluation that has been used for the purposes of teaching web design to University students. The method can be learnt within two hours by a novice user or typical cu... Read More about Teaching the evaluation of web usability.

Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP (2006)
Journal Article
Dyer, A., Heywood, B., & Szyrokyj, N. (2006). Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 92(1-3), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2005.12.014

The synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP is a bulk chemical used as a detergent additive. This work examines the uptake of silver and manganese cations, as relevant to its potential slow-release antifungicidal/bacteriological application.

Silver uptak... Read More about Cation exchange in the synthetic gismondine-zeolite MAP.

Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke (2006)
Journal Article
Tyson, S., Chillala, J., Hanley, M., Selley, A., & Tallis, R. (2006). Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28(11), 715-719. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280500301584

Objective. To assess the distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke and the factors associated with weakness.
Method. The design was a prospective cross-sectional survey. A consecutive sample of 75 patients (37 (49%) men,... Read More about Distribution of weakness in the upper and lower limbs post-stroke.

Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people? (2006)
Book Chapter
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2006). Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?. In E. Trauth, D. Howcroft, T. Butler, B. Fitzgerald, & J. DeGross (Eds.), Social inclusion: societal and organizational implications for information systems (217-228). Boston: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34588-4_15

The focus of this paper is Web accessibility for disabled people. Much of the Web remains inaccessible or difficult to access by people across a spectrum of disabilities and this may have serious implications for the potential use of the Web for incr... Read More about Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?.