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Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience (2006)
Journal Article
Adams, M., Cox, T., Moore, G., Croxford, B., & Refaee, M. (2006). Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience. Urban Studies, 43(13), 2385-2398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980600972504

This paper introduces regulatory components influencing city soundscapes in Europe and the UK, illustrating the abatement approach taken within noise policy, demonstrating the importance of individual experience in assessing the soundscapes of urban... Read More about Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience.

Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration (2006)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., & Gamito, P. (2006). Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration. Surveying and built environment, 17(2), 7-28

The renovation and refurbishment market is rapidly expanding in the construction industry. The regeneration and transformation of cities from the industrial age (unsustainable) to the knowledge age (sustainable) is essentially a "whole life cycle" pr... Read More about Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration.

Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice (2006)
Journal Article
Lu, S., & Sexton, M. (2006). Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190600879109

Small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms (SCKIPSFs) are becoming increasingly important agents of innovation within the construction industry. The nature and process of innovation in SCKIPSFs, however, is generally considered... Read More about Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice.

Cost of capital is beyond our reach (2006)
Journal Article
Lister, R. (2006). Cost of capital is beyond our reach. Accountancy (London), 138(1360), 42-43

It seems churlish to discredit cost of capital when practice and theory remain loud in its praise. Tim Ogier and colleagues' Real Cost of Capital has penetrated boardrooms while Seth Armitage's Cost of Capital graces business schools worldwide. Cost... Read More about Cost of capital is beyond our reach.

Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community' (2006)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Campbell, J., & Greenhill, A. (2006). Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2(4), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2006.011771

This paper examines a specific online community and the degree to which participants' association is constituted and reinforced through conflict. We sample the existing literature regarding online communities in an historical sense and critique the p... Read More about Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'.

Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense? (2006)
Journal Article
Miller, C. (2006). Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?. Legal Studies, 26(4), 544-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2006.00029.x

The approach adopted by epidemiologists when attributing a causal mechanism to an observed statistical association is contrasted with the common law of causation in personal injury cases. By recognising the need to distinguish between probabilistic m... Read More about Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?.

Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944 (2006)
Journal Article
Wilkins, T. (2006). Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944. Journal of Strategic Studies, 29(6), 1121-1150. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390601016592

This article sets forth a framework for analysis designed to enhance our understanding of the political management of coalition warfare. The framework, based upon literature appertaining to 'intra-alliance politics' and International Relations (IR) t... Read More about Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944.

Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective (2006)
Journal Article
Newell, J. (2006). Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective. Journal of Legislative Studies, 12(3-4), 386-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572330600877437

Despite the emergence of a bipolar party system following the introduction of a new electoral law in 1993, the Italian parliament remains an exception to the rule that legislatures have little influence over policy. It was reasonable to think that pa... Read More about Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective.

Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929 (2006)
Journal Article
Johnson, G. (2006). Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290600943304

Several historians have suggested that Austen Chamberlain's Francophile tendencies during his period as foreign secretary between 1924 and 1929 were the defining features of his European diplomatic strategy. By examining four key events: the rejectio... Read More about Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929.

Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic (2006)
Journal Article
Watson, J. (2006). Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic. Morphology, 16(2), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-006-9103-5

Word formation in Arabic has traditionally been assumed to involve interdigitation of a consonantal root with a vocalic pattern. This view is adopted by a large number of modern generative morphologists. More recently, however, several morphologists... Read More about Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic.

'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector (2006)
Journal Article
Leighton, D. (2006). 'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 12(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.288

This paper investigates experiential marketing as a potential survival strategy for cultural heritage attractions competing in the leisure and tourism marketplace. The paper explores the nature and scope of the heritage industry, heritage as a consum... Read More about 'Step back in time and live the legend': experiential marketing and the heritage sector.

Football banning orders: analysing their use in court (2006)
Journal Article
James, M., & Pearson, G. (2006). Football banning orders: analysing their use in court. Journal of Criminal Law, 70(6), 509-530. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2006.70.6.509

In the months prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the government funded a number of targeted policing operations aimed at securing Football Banning Orders against known or suspected football hooligans. This article is based on court observat... Read More about Football banning orders: analysing their use in court.

Problem-based learning within occupational therapy education (2006)
Journal Article
Davys, D., & Pope, K. (2006). Problem-based learning within occupational therapy education. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(12), 572-574

The Directorate of Occupational Therapy at Salford University adopted a modified Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach within the newly validated programme in March 2004 to ensure that students have training that deems them fit for practice in today’... Read More about Problem-based learning within occupational therapy education.

A method for comparing manual muscle strength measurements with joint moments during walking (2006)
Journal Article
Fosang, A., & Baker, R. (2006). A method for comparing manual muscle strength measurements with joint moments during walking. Gait & Posture, 24(4), 406-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.09.015

This paper describes a protocol for dynamometer assisted manual muscle testing of the major muscle groups of the lower extremity and its application to 11 able-bodied children who also had conventional gait analysis to obtain joint kinetics. Data fro... Read More about A method for comparing manual muscle strength measurements with joint moments during walking.

Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics (2006)
Journal Article
Li, Y., McLean, D., Bandar, Z., O'Shea, J., & Crockett, K. (2006). Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 18(8), 1138-1150. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2006.130

Sentence similarity measures play an increasingly important role in text-related research and applications in areas such as text mining, Web page retrieval, and dialogue systems. Existing methods for computing sentence similarity have been adopted fr... Read More about Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics.

P16 Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability (2006)
Journal Article
Beadsmoore, C., Cheow, H., Szczepura, K., Ruparelia, P., & Peters, A. (2006). P16 Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 27(12), 1027-1028. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200612000-00067

Background and aim To determine whether passive smoking has a measurable effect on lung function in otherwise healthy subjects? There is current interest concerning passive smoking but no objective evidence showing that it has any impact on lung func... Read More about P16 Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability.

Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Mihindu, S. (2006, November). Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities. Poster presented at Intuition, 3rd Workshop, Fellbach, Germany

Intuition Knowledge Base Software Tool (IKBST) is a centralised, Web-based tool for managing distributed VR related knowledge content and development work. It runs on an application server and an underlying database (PostgreSQL). For optimum security... Read More about Developing a knowledge infrastructure for INTUITION network and future VR communities.

Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J. (2006, November). Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim. Presented at Symposium on sustainability and value through construction procurement, CIB W092, Digital World Centre, Salford

A short transcript from a meeting between a contractor and employer's representatives is presented and analysed to reveal some of the conversational methods employed in the negotiation. A key sequence is analysed to show how the refusal to grant a cl... Read More about Getting to no: managing the delicate business of refusing a contractor's claim.

Contracts and production (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Howell, G., & Lichtig, W. (2006, November). Contracts and production. Presented at CIB W92 Symposium on Sustainability and Value through Construction Procurement, Digital World Centre, Salford Quays

It is argued that a change in the prevailing theory of production is also influencing how contracts, especially in construction, are being conceived. It is contended that the
theoretical shift in question, both in production and contracting, concern... Read More about Contracts and production.