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Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China (2008)
Presentation / Conference
China. Presented at The First International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, Dalian, China

Buildings and their related activities are responsible for a large portion of the energy consumed in China. It is therefore worthwhile to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. This paper describes a low energy building design in Hangzhou, south... Read More about Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China.

Is the Atlantic Forest protected area network efficient in maintaining viable populations of Brachyteles hypoxanthus? (2008)
Journal Article
Brito, D., Grelle, C., & Boubli, J. (2008). Is the Atlantic Forest protected area network efficient in maintaining viable populations of Brachyteles hypoxanthus?. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17(13), 3255-3268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-008-9427-z

Habitat loss and fragmentation are serious threats to biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest. A network of protected areas is essential to the protection of native biodiversity. However, internal and external factors may threaten the preser... Read More about Is the Atlantic Forest protected area network efficient in maintaining viable populations of Brachyteles hypoxanthus?.

SURF: Interpretation, role and potential (2008)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Marvin, S. (2008, July). SURF: Interpretation, role and potential. Presented at MISTRA Programme Bid at the Organisation of Local Authorities, Gothenburg, Sweden

Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities (2008)
Report
Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities

Enterprise is increasingly seen as a key factor in the successful regeneration of areas of deprivation and communities. Partners within the public sector, including regional development agencies, local authorities and educational institutions, are ta... Read More about Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities.

The policing of racist violence – a way forward for Northern Ireland (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2008, July). The policing of racist violence – a way forward for Northern Ireland. Presented at British-Irish Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control - Capital, Culture, Power: Criminalisation and Resistance, Liverpool, England

Given the increase in the reporting of racist incidents in Northern Ireland involving attacks against members of its black minority ethnic population, this paper focuses on the degree to which these racist incidents are successfully policed by the Po... Read More about The policing of racist violence – a way forward for Northern Ireland.

The Development Of A Module To Equip Students With Real World Problem Solving Skills (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, A., Wilson, J., & Hiley, A. (2008, July). The Development Of A Module To Equip Students With Real World Problem Solving Skills. Paper presented at International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education, Loughborough

Today's global society generates 'wicked' problems - problems that are messy, intricate, untidy and difficult. Engineers are constantly faced with such problems. A creative approach to problem-identification and problem-solving is required for effect... Read More about The Development Of A Module To Equip Students With Real World Problem Solving Skills.

The effect of the impedance of a thin hydrogel electrode on sensation during functional electrical stimulation (2008)
Journal Article
Sha, N., Kenney, L., Heller, B., Barker, A., Howard, D., & Wang, W. (2008). The effect of the impedance of a thin hydrogel electrode on sensation during functional electrical stimulation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.012

Surface functional electrical stimulation results in stimulation of cutaneous receptors and discomfort. The degree of non-uniformity of current distribution in the cutaneous layers in the vicinity of the electrode may influence the sensation experien... Read More about The effect of the impedance of a thin hydrogel electrode on sensation during functional electrical stimulation.

Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking (2008)
Journal Article
Lundgren, P., Nester, C., Liu, A., Arndt, A., Jones, R., Stacoff, A., …Lundberg, A. (2008). Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking. Gait & Posture, 28(1), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.10.009

The aim of this work was to use bone anchored external markers to describe the kinematics of the tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, medial cuneiform, first and fifth metatarsals during gait. Data were collected from six subjects. The... Read More about Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking.

Personalized information retrieval system in the framework of fuzzy logic (2008)
Journal Article
Nefti-Meziani, S., Oussalah, M., & Khan, S. (2008). Personalized information retrieval system in the framework of fuzzy logic. Expert systems with applications, 35(1-2), 423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2007.07.060

Due to increase in web-based applications, the need for enhanced information retrieval system that accommodate user’s needs become crucial. A wide range of commercial information retrieval systems are based on standard Boolean model and at less scale... Read More about Personalized information retrieval system in the framework of fuzzy logic.

Community as commodity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Pearson, E. (2008, July). Community as commodity. Presented at IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany

Despite utopian claims that the internet generally and Social Networking Sites (SNS) (including multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE) in particular herald a challenge to the dominance of capitalist ideologies in technological societies, there is... Read More about Community as commodity.

Challenges to describe QoS requirements for web services quality prediction to support web services interoperability in electronic commerce (2008)
Journal Article
Wan Ab Rahman, W., & Meziane, F. (2008). Challenges to describe QoS requirements for web services quality prediction to support web services interoperability in electronic commerce. Communications of the IBIMA, 4(6), 50-58

Quality of service (QoS) is significant and necessary for web service applications quality assurance. Furthermore, web services quality has contributed to the successful implementation of Electronic Commerce (EC) applications. However, QoS is still t... Read More about Challenges to describe QoS requirements for web services quality prediction to support web services interoperability in electronic commerce.

Exploring knowledge value creation practices : an interpretive case study (2008)
Thesis
Vorakulpipat, C. Exploring knowledge value creation practices : an interpretive case study. (Thesis). University of Salford

The gaining popularity of Knowledge Management (KM) has been reinforced by the quest for innovation and value creation. Value creation is grounded in the appropriate combination of human networks, social capital, intellectual capital, and technology... Read More about Exploring knowledge value creation practices : an interpretive case study.

Monaural room acoustic parameters from music and speech (2008)
Journal Article
Kendrick, P., Cox, T., Li, F., Zhang, Y., & Chambers, J. (2008). Monaural room acoustic parameters from music and speech. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 124(1), 278-287. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2931960

This paper compares two methods for extracting room acoustic parameters from reverberated speech and music. An approach which uses statistical machine learning, previously developed for speech, is extended to work with music. For speech, reverberatio... Read More about Monaural room acoustic parameters from music and speech.

Forecasting the extreme right vote in France (1984-2007) (2008)
Journal Article
Evans, J., & Ivaldi, G. (2008). Forecasting the extreme right vote in France (1984-2007). French Politics, 6, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1057/fp.2008.1

This article identifies an issue model forecasting Extreme Right results in France between 1984 and 2007. Building upon the VP-function literature, the article looks to develop a model of electoral support for the Front National and Jean-Marie Le Pen... Read More about Forecasting the extreme right vote in France (1984-2007).

Historical development of psychiatric classification and mental illness (2008)
Journal Article
Collier, E. (2008). Historical development of psychiatric classification and mental illness. British Journal of Nursing, 17(14), 890-894

Psychiatric classification has been developing for over 100 years and there are now over 400 diagnoses available. Dementia and adjustment disorder were the only diagnosis available for older adults until a number of papers published between 1944 and... Read More about Historical development of psychiatric classification and mental illness.

Potential effects of oilseed rape expressing oryzacystatin-1 (OC-1) and of purified insecticidal proteins on larvae of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis (2008)
Journal Article
Konrad, R., Ferry, N., Gatehouse, A., & Babendreier, D. (2008). Potential effects of oilseed rape expressing oryzacystatin-1 (OC-1) and of purified insecticidal proteins on larvae of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis. PLoS ONE, 3(7), e2664. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002664

Despite their importance as pollinators in crops and wild plants, solitary bees have not previously been included in non-target testing of insect-resistant transgenic crop plants. Larvae of many solitary bees feed almost exclusively on pollen and thu... Read More about Potential effects of oilseed rape expressing oryzacystatin-1 (OC-1) and of purified insecticidal proteins on larvae of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis.