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Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2008, May). Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland. Presented at International Police Executive Symposium Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

In recent years, the changing face of Northern Ireland (NI) has witnessed a multi-cultural shake-up, albeit a proportionately small one, meaning that the make-up of its black minority ethnic (BME) population is not only growing but also widening in v... Read More about Policing racially motivated crime: attitudes and experiences of the police service of Northern Ireland.

Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Elsebai, A., & Meziane, F. (2008, April). Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers. Presented at 7th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, Dubai, UAE

Named Entity recognition is very new in the Arabic Language although it has reached the maturity stage for some other languages such as English and French. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of a person name named entity re... Read More about Extracting person names from Arabic newspapers.

Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mydlarz, C., Drumm, I., & Cox, T. (2008, April). Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology. Presented at IOA Spring Conference 2008, Reading, UK

The IMPRINtS project (Internet and Mobile technologies for a Public Role In Noise Surveying) aims to enable and encourage public participation in a large-scale environmental noise survey. The primary objective of this work is to raise public awarenes... Read More about Involving the public in noise surveys via mobile technology.

Soundwalking as a methodology for understanding soundscapes (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Adams, M., Bruce, N., Davies, W., Cain, R., Jennings, P., Carlyle, A., …Plack, C. (2008, April). Soundwalking as a methodology for understanding soundscapes. Presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2008, Reading, U.K

Soundwalking is a practice that was devised by R. Murray Schafer, when he established the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser University during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is an empirical method for identifying a soundscape and compo... Read More about Soundwalking as a methodology for understanding soundscapes.

Physiological responses and subjective estimates of sounds : initial results of pilot study (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hume, K., Barrett, H., Ip, A., McDonagh, T., Davies, W., Adams, M., …Plack, C. (2008, April). Physiological responses and subjective estimates of sounds : initial results of pilot study. Presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2008, Reading, UK

In an attempt to understand the effect of sounds on physiological measurements, along the positive (pleasant) - negative (unpleasant) subjective dimension, 51 subjects (26 male) listened to 13 sounds in clips of 8s interspersed with 16s of silence wh... Read More about Physiological responses and subjective estimates of sounds : initial results of pilot study.

Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2008, April). Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies. Presented at IADIS International Conference Information Systems, Algarve, Portugal

This paper presents the cultural results of a three-year study into the concept of information fulfilment, and considers the impact of culture on levels of information fulfillment and how this can help to achieve organizational excellence. Ethnograph... Read More about Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies.

The need for Benefits Realisation in healthcare – Creating a benefits driven culture (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Sapountzis, S., Harris, K., & Kagioglou, M. (2008, April). The need for Benefits Realisation in healthcare – Creating a benefits driven culture. Presented at 1st HaCIRIC Symposium: Redefining healthcare infrastructure, Integratingservices, technologies, and the built environment, London , UK

Transformation and change for a better health and care delivery system have been the driving forces behind UK’s government initiatives and investments during the past decade. Questions have been raised in terms of how successful these investments h... Read More about The need for Benefits Realisation in healthcare – Creating a benefits driven culture.

A brief critical history of NPV: is it the basis for project evaluation? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Fox, R. (2008, April). A brief critical history of NPV: is it the basis for project evaluation?. Presented at BAA Conference, Blackpool, UK

The rationale for using NPV for project evaluation appears weaker than ever. Authoritative texts in attempting to extend NPV by the inclusion of options, strategy and games far from enriching the model present evermore loosely argued rationales that... Read More about A brief critical history of NPV: is it the basis for project evaluation?.

Utilisation of virtual infrastructures to assist SOA for efficient realisation of SaaS (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mihindu, S. (2008, March). Utilisation of virtual infrastructures to assist SOA for efficient realisation of SaaS. Presented at UKUUG's annual Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA) conference, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK

SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) has become a well-known, elusive acronym in ICT. Many conflicting definitions of SOA among the business and development communities have evolved due to the significant attention it has received since Alexander Pasi... Read More about Utilisation of virtual infrastructures to assist SOA for efficient realisation of SaaS.

Control of nutrients with integrated constructed wetlands (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mustafa, A., Scholz, M., Harrington, R., & Carroll, P. (2008, March). Control of nutrients with integrated constructed wetlands. Presented at Scottish Agriculture College and Scottish Environment Protection Agency Conference, Edinburgh