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Benefits realisation for healthcare (2009)
Report
Sapountzis, S., Lima, J., Yates, K., & Kagioglou, M. (2009). Benefits realisation for healthcare

Following the emergent importance of benefits realisation applied to healthcare infrastructure and service development programs, HaCIRIC has undertaken a research initiative targeting the development of a robust and comprehensive Benefits Realisatio... Read More about Benefits realisation for healthcare.

A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints (2009)
Journal Article
Moorhouse, A., Waddington, D., & Adams, M. (2009). A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 126(3), 1131-1141. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3180695

The development and application of a procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise (LFN) complaints are described. The development of the assessment method included laboratory tests addressing low frequency hearing threshold and the effect on a... Read More about A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints.

Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences (2009)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2009). Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences. European Political Science, 8(3), 270-272. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2009.21

There can be little doubt that if the study of religion and politics had for a long while become less interesting to the general scholar (and therefore the preserve of the specialist few) this has dramatically changed in the past decade. A number of... Read More about Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences.

The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting (2009)
Book Chapter
Chen, H., & Boylan, J. (2009). The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting. In K. Lawrence, & R. Klimberg (Eds.), Advances in Business and Management Forecasting (173-188). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1477-4070%282009%290000006011

The forecasting needs for inventory control purposes are hierarchical. For SKUs in a product family or a SKU stored across different depot locations, forecasts can be made from the individual series’ history or derived top-down. Many discussions ha... Read More about The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting.

Birth planning for midwives and mothers (2009)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C. (2009). Birth planning for midwives and mothers. British Journal of Midwifery, 16(19), 583-587

If women are to be empowered to make choices for childbirth, it is important that midwives explore and discuss their wishes and feelings about the delivery options available. Providing practical and sensible information should facilitate women with... Read More about Birth planning for midwives and mothers.

Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Design assessment : Final report (2009)
Report
Bowmaker, J., Curwell, S., & Brown, P. (2009). Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Design assessment : Final report

This report is part of a wider programme of research which seeks to explore the views on how residents within the various Oldham and Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder areas view the process, and the implications, of new build development.... Read More about Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Design assessment : Final report.

Oldham and Rochdale new build research : The impact of consultation activity and shared space (2009)
Report
Brown, P., & Scullion, L. (2009). Oldham and Rochdale new build research : The impact of consultation activity and shared space

The aim of this study was to understand how well new build schemes in Oldham and Rochdale were performing in providing good quality, well designed, cohesive communities where people want to live. This report deals specifically with the following ob... Read More about Oldham and Rochdale new build research : The impact of consultation activity and shared space.

Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Resident research (2009)
Report
Brown, P., Scullion, L., Whittle, N., Morris, G., Condie, J., & Bashir, N. (2009). Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Resident research

In 2007 Oldham and Rochdale Partners in Action commissioned a survey of New Build accommodation in order to ‘evaluate the effectiveness of new build in attracting and retaining economically active people in the pathfinder areas of Oldham and Rochd... Read More about Oldham and Rochdale new build research : Resident research.

Safety and productivity in the construction industry (2009)
Journal Article
Enshassi, A., Choudhry, R., & Abualqumboz, M. (2009). Safety and productivity in the construction industry. Arab Gulf journal of scientific research (1989), 27(3), 139-155

Safety in construction industry of Palestine still suffers from ignorance and lack of supervision. This low consideration of safety importance caused escalation of accident rate in construction projects. Also, construction productivity is not encoura... Read More about Safety and productivity in the construction industry.

Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries (2009)
Journal Article
Reis, E., Soares, L., Vargas, S., Santos, F., Young, R., Bjorndal, K., …Lobo-Hajdu, G. (2010). Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries. Conservation Genetics, 11, 1467-1477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9975-0

The loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, is the most common species of sea turtle nesting in Brazil and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. Our study characterizes the genetic structure of loggerheads in Brazil based on mitochondrial DNA control... Read More about Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries.

A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus (2009)
Journal Article
Guilding, C., Hughes, A., Brown, T., Namvar, S., & Piggins, H. (2009). A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus. Molecular Brain, 2(28), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-2-28

Background: In mammals, the synchronized activity of cell autonomous clocks in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) enables this structure to function as the master circadian clock, coordinating daily rhythms in physiology and behavior. However, the domi... Read More about A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus.

'Community cohesion’ and the ‘war on terror’ in post-Macpherson UK: the continuation of racial profiling in constructions of dangerous others (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T., & Tyrer, D. (2009, August). 'Community cohesion’ and the ‘war on terror’ in post-Macpherson UK: the continuation of racial profiling in constructions of dangerous others. Presented at 37th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control: Crime, Justice and Control – The Challenge of Recession, University of Central Lancashire, Preston

A critical consideration is given of the problematic construction of crimes as scientifically racialised, in post-MacPherson UK. It is argued that notions of ‘black criminality’ are often reworked in new ways (e.g. moral panics about terrorism, knife... Read More about 'Community cohesion’ and the ‘war on terror’ in post-Macpherson UK: the continuation of racial profiling in constructions of dangerous others.

Design should be managed as a physical process, too (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ballard, G., & Koskela, L. (2009, August). Design should be managed as a physical process, too. Presented at International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED'09, Stanford, CA, USA

The mainstream stand in textbooks on design and design and management is that design is a problem solving process, starting from the perceived problem and ending with a detailed solution. We contend that these accounts overlook one necessary and impo... Read More about Design should be managed as a physical process, too.

The transference of eye movement strategy between two unrelated visual search tasks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Crundall, D. (2009, August). The transference of eye movement strategy between two unrelated visual search tasks. Presented at 15th European Conference on Eye Movements, Southampton, UK

Three experiments were conducted to investigate the carry-over of a location-based attentional set from a low-level visual search task to a search of natural images, using eye movements as the dependent measure. In each trial participants searched th... Read More about The transference of eye movement strategy between two unrelated visual search tasks.

The positive soundscape project : a synthesis of results from many disciplines (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W., Adams, M., Bruce, N., Marselle, M., Cain, R., Jennings, P., …Plack, C. (2009, August). The positive soundscape project : a synthesis of results from many disciplines. Presented at Internoise 2009, Ottawa, Canada

This paper takes an overall view of ongoing findings from the Positive Soundscape Project, a large inter-disciplinary soundscapes study which is nearing completion. Qualitative fieldwork (soundwalks and focus groups) and lab-based listening tests hav... Read More about The positive soundscape project : a synthesis of results from many disciplines.

Soundscapes : an urban planning process map (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Adams, M., Davies, W., & Bruce, N. (2009, August). Soundscapes : an urban planning process map. Presented at Internoise 2009, Ottawa, Canada

The concept of soundscapes is an established theme in acoustics research, most notably in the areas of environmental noise, noise control and psychoacoustics. However, many disciplines outside of traditional acoustics have recently worked toget... Read More about Soundscapes : an urban planning process map.

Development of a soundscape simulator tool (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bruce, N., Davies, W., & Adams, M. (2009, August). Development of a soundscape simulator tool. Presented at Internoise 09, Ottawa, Canada

This paper discusses the development of an interactive soundscape simulator, enabling users to manipulate a series of parameters to investigate if there is group correlation between factors such as source selection, positioning and level. The basis... Read More about Development of a soundscape simulator tool.

Urban intersections – Panel discussion and presentations of interactive urban installations in contested virtual spaces (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Sermon, P., Gould, C., & Appleton, P. (2009, August). Urban intersections – Panel discussion and presentations of interactive urban installations in contested virtual spaces. Presented at ISEA2009: The 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Belfast Waterfront, University of Ulster, UK

This panel discussion and its presentations will focus of the work and theoretical debates around the public presentation of the panellist’s artworks in the proposed interactive facade projection on the Belfast Waterfront building. ISEA09 - URBAN... Read More about Urban intersections – Panel discussion and presentations of interactive urban installations in contested virtual spaces.