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Pathways to hydrogen economies : a quantitative cross-national investigation of hydrogen discourses and strategy formulation in Britain and Germany (2008)
Thesis
Buss, R. Pathways to hydrogen economies : a quantitative cross-national investigation of hydrogen discourses and strategy formulation in Britain and Germany. (Thesis). University of Salford

Hydrogen and fuel cells as an emerging socio-technical system have been suggested as a very promising future energy carrier and technology to address the urgent problem of climate change and other symptoms of a global energy crisis. The flexible ener... Read More about Pathways to hydrogen economies : a quantitative cross-national investigation of hydrogen discourses and strategy formulation in Britain and Germany.

The influence of urban morphology on sensible heat flux and convective rainfall distributions over Greater Manchester (2008)
Thesis
Carraca, M. The influence of urban morphology on sensible heat flux and convective rainfall distributions over Greater Manchester. (Thesis). University of Salford

Human activities, and alterations of the nature and morphology of the land surface, perturb the land surface- atmosphere balances of energy, mass and momentum. These changes lead to modifications of the atmospheric boundary layer which affect weat... Read More about The influence of urban morphology on sensible heat flux and convective rainfall distributions over Greater Manchester.

Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Crundall, D. (2008, August). Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task. Presented at 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Washington DC, USA

Research suggests that the allocation of attention whilst driving is influenced by the top-down attentional set of the driver, such that potential hazards may only capture attention if they match the attentional control settings. The current study ai... Read More about Scanning behaviour of road images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task.

The evolution of sustainable development (2008)
Book Chapter
Sexton, M., Barrett, P., & Lu, S. (2008). The evolution of sustainable development. In M. Murray, & A. Dainty (Eds.), Corporate social responsibility in the construction industry (191-213). London: Taylor and Francis

The Italian transition and the general election of 2008 (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2008, August). The Italian transition and the general election of 2008. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Mass

Paper prepared for presentation to the panel, ‘Italy in Transition: The Long Path to a Second Republic’, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Mass., 27-31 August 2008.

Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Mcdonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2008, August). Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Spatial solitons are self-localizing optical beams that can evolve with a stationary intensity profile when diffraction is off-set by material nonlinearity. Classic descriptions of spatial solitons [1] involve the paraxial approximation, which can im... Read More about Helmholtz solitons: fresh perspectives and new angles in photonics.

Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mcdonald, G., & Christian, J. (2008, August). Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Ultra-broadband multi-frequency Raman generation is a long-established technique for producing temporal bandwidths that can be of the order of the pump frequency. However, higher-than-optimal intensity beams reduce the bandwidth generated. Many works... Read More about Spontaneous self-synchronization mechanism for attosecond pulses.

Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, J., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2008, August). Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 08, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Turing instability is the tendency of the uniform states of a system to become spontaneously patterned in the presence of any small fluctuation [1]. Archetypal Turing- instability patterns include hexagons, squares, stripes, and rings. These simple s... Read More about Turing instability: a universal route to spontaneous fractal patterns.

Writing for children and young adults (2008)
Book Chapter
James, G. (2008). Writing for children and young adults. In G. Harper (Ed.), Creative Writing Guidebook (97-110). London: Continuum

This workshop explores the nature of the child and young adult reader, and looks at who might write for them, and why, and how they might set about that task. When we write for anyone, we need to include a story arc, the characters need to be rounded... Read More about Writing for children and young adults.

Spectroscopy of titanium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide glass (2008)
Journal Article
lanthanum sulfide glass. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 25(9), 1458-1465. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.001458

Titanium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide (Ti:GLS) and gallium lanthanum oxysulfide (Ti:GLSO) glasses have an absorption band at ∼500–600 nm that cannot be fully resolved because of its proximity to the band edge of the glass. At concentrations >0.5%... Read More about Spectroscopy of titanium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide glass.

Online social lending: Borrower-generated content (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Briceño Ortega, A., & Bell, F. (2008, August). Online social lending: Borrower-generated content. Presented at 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems- AMCIS 2008, Toronto, Canada

This article explores online social lending, an innovative venture that represents a reintermediation in financial services. Borrowers and lenders now have access to online financial information services such as Motley Fool, http://www.fool.com/ , an... Read More about Online social lending: Borrower-generated content.

Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management (2008)
Journal Article
Kapogiannis, G., Polychronakis, N., & Polychronakis, Y. (2008). Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management

The best way to contribute electronic and mobile Government is by creating a public administration network in virtual communities. This is essentially the definition of Virtual Public Administration (VPA). A virtual community (a good example of which... Read More about Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management.

Mobile forms of communication and the transformation of relations between the public and private spheres (2008)
Book Chapter
Jeffery, R. (2008). Mobile forms of communication and the transformation of relations between the public and private spheres. In K. Ross, & S. Price (Eds.), Popular media and communication: essays on publics, practices and processes (5-23). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Stress is placed upon contextual issues and for this reason we will theoretically consider aspects of the modern society that are working in conjunction with the mobile phone to alter the public/private dichotomy. The article focuses upon the themes... Read More about Mobile forms of communication and the transformation of relations between the public and private spheres.

Optical Emission and Mass Spectrometric Diagnostics of Laser-Induced Silicon Plasmas (2008)
Thesis
Cowpe, J. Optical Emission and Mass Spectrometric Diagnostics of Laser-Induced Silicon Plasmas. (Thesis). University of Salford

Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) and Mass Spectrometry (MS) were employed in tandem for diagnostic studies of Nd:YAG (532 nm) laser induced plasma plumes. OES measurements of laser-induced silicon plasmas were performed through a range of ambient... Read More about Optical Emission and Mass Spectrometric Diagnostics of Laser-Induced Silicon Plasmas.

Migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham (2008)
Report
Scullion, L., Steele, A., & Condie, J. (2008). Migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham

This research focuses on the needs and experiences of Central and Eastern European migrants living and working in Rochdale and Oldham. It was commissioned by Oldham Housing Investment Partnership, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Oldham Rochdale... Read More about Migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham.

Situating social theory 2nd edition (2008)
Book
May, T., & Powell, J. (2008). Situating social theory 2nd edition. Berkshire: Open University Press: McGraw

Towards building information modelling for existing structures (2008)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y. (2008). Towards building information modelling for existing structures. Structural survey, 26(3), 210-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800810887108

The transformation of cities from the industrial age (unsustainable) to the knowledge age (sustainable) is essentially a ‘whole life cycle’ process consisting of; planning, development, operation, reuse and renewal. During this transformation, a mult... Read More about Towards building information modelling for existing structures.

Social inclusion and valued roles : a supportive framework (2008)
Journal Article
Davys, D., & Tickle, E. (2008). Social inclusion and valued roles : a supportive framework. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15(8), 358-363. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.8.30820

The aim of this paper is to examine the concepts of social exclusion, social inclusion and their relevance to health, well-being and valued social roles. The article presents a framework, based on Social Role Valorization (SRV), which was developed i... Read More about Social inclusion and valued roles : a supportive framework.

What is the normal response to structural differentiation within the slump and straight leg raise tests? (2008)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Bendix, K., Cornwell, C., Fielden, N., & Hankey, K. (2008). What is the normal response to structural differentiation within the slump and straight leg raise tests?. Manual Therapy, 13(4), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2007.01.013

The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of structural differentiation or sensitising manoeuvres on responses of normal subjects to standard neurodynamic tests of straight leg raise (SLR) and slump test. Eighty-eight (39 males and 49 females... Read More about What is the normal response to structural differentiation within the slump and straight leg raise tests?.

Preparedness for clinical practice – perceptions of graduates and their work supervisors (2008)
Journal Article
Mackay, S., Anderson, A., & Hogg, P. (2008). Preparedness for clinical practice – perceptions of graduates and their work supervisors. Radiography, 14(3), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2007.05.001

Purpose: The standards of performance of healthcare professionals are now well defined and used to determine health professional curricula. Empirical research evidence exists in medicine and nursing which explores how well these curricula prepare the... Read More about Preparedness for clinical practice – perceptions of graduates and their work supervisors.