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Global urbanism in the anthroprocene (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2009, November). Global urbanism in the anthroprocene. Presented at Crisis Forum Climate Change and Violence Workshop Series, Leeds

Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935 (2009)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2009, November). Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935. Presented at Women's Life and Leisure in the Twentieth Century, Staffordshire University

This paper examines women’s use of public parks in Edwardian Manchester. It addresses both leisure and non-leisure activities. Like many cities at this time, Manchester City Council was investing in municipal public parks, the high point of which was... Read More about Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935.

Informality in organization and research : a review and a proposal (2009)
Journal Article
proposal. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190903273950

The growing interest in informal and emergent features of organizations has accompanied changes both in the dominant forms of organization and prevailing academic views about how best to think about and research them. It is argued here that curren... Read More about Informality in organization and research : a review and a proposal.

Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards (2009)
Journal Article
Sahandi, R., Noroozi, S., Roushan, G., Heaslip, V., & Liu, Y. (2009). Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 34(1), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.3109/03091900903336902

The evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards is discussed. Patients on general wards are monitored according to the severity of their conditions, which can be subjective at best. A report by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and In... Read More about Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards.

The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election (2009)
Journal Article
Newell, J. (2009). The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 14(4), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545710903281862

The implications for the co-called Italian transition of the 2008 election initially seemed significant – but have since become increasingly uncertain as Berlusconi's conflict of interests has risen higher up the political agenda. This underscores th... Read More about The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election.

Visible narratives (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2009, November). Visible narratives. Presented at Typographic Horizons, Birmingham City University

This project is created from digital recordings of the gesture. A Visible Narrative is the unseen path created by the pattern of gesture we make during the moment language. This is a deliberate strategy to place the focus of the viewer on images crea... Read More about Visible narratives.

O processo de projeto em empreendimentos gerenciados por benefícios, Design process in projects driven by benefits (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Tillmann, P., Sapountzis, S., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Formoso, C. (2009, November). O processo de projeto em empreendimentos gerenciados por benefícios, Design process in projects driven by benefits. Presented at Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade do Projeto no Ambiente Construído, São Carlos, SP, Brasil

O sistema de saúde do Reino Unido tem passado por uma grande transformação, visando a melhoria e inovação do setor. Uma forte característica desta mudança é a descentralização das iniciativas e maior participação de agentes de saúde locais em decisõe... Read More about O processo de projeto em empreendimentos gerenciados por benefícios, Design process in projects driven by benefits.

My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems (2009)
Journal Article
Kreps, D. (2010). My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 19(1), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2009.46

This paper offers an introduction to poststructuralist interpretivist research in information systems, through a poststructuralist theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of social networking websites, such as Facebook. This is undertake... Read More about My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems.

Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials (2009)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2009). Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 26(12), 2323-2330. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002323

We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first exact analytical solitons of a nonlinear Helmholtz equation with a saturable refractive-index model. These new two-dimensional spatial solitons have a bistable characteristic in some parameter regim... Read More about Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials.

Spooked (2009)
Book
Angell, S., Ashby, T., Bach-Holzer, R., Bealby, A., Bosshard, A., Cleasby, N., …Starkey, P. (2009). G. James (Ed.), Spooked. Manchester: Bridge House

There’s always something a bit scary about a ghost story. Somehow, though, when you read a collection of them you’re expecting to meet a spook or two. It takes a little more effort to frighten the reader. We hope we’ve managed to do just that with... Read More about Spooked.

Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes (2009)
Journal Article
Miklavc, P., Albrecht, S., Wittekindt, O., Schullian, P., Haller, T., & Dietl, P. (2009). Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes. Biochemical Journal, 424(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20091094

Exocytosis proceeds through prefusion stages such as hemifusion, but hemifusion is still an elusive intermediate of unknown duration. Using darkfield and fluorescence microscopy in ATII (alveolar type II) cells containing large secretory vesicles (LB... Read More about Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes.

Extracting temporal rules from medical data (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Meamarzadeh, H., Khayyambashi, M., & Saraee, M. (2009, November). Extracting temporal rules from medical data. Presented at The 2009 International Conference on Computer Technology and Development, Kota, Kinabalu, Malaysia

Trauma is the main leading cause of death in children; we need a tool to prevent and predict the outcome in these patients. Data mining is the science of extracting the useful information from a large amount of data sets or databases that leads to... Read More about Extracting temporal rules from medical data.

Towards best mangement of runoff in new developments (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bastien, N., Arthur, S., Wallis, S., & Scholz, M. (2009, November). Towards best mangement of runoff in new developments. Presented at SUDSnet National Conference, Coventry

A review of preventative interventions to reduce child health inequalities among disadvantaged groups: where is the evidence? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Prosser, H., & Baker, D. (2009, November). A review of preventative interventions to reduce child health inequalities among disadvantaged groups: where is the evidence?. Presented at The American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Improving child health and reducing health inequalities is a global public health priority. It is paramount for low socioeconomic and minority ethnic groups where social disadvantage is strongly associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the... Read More about A review of preventative interventions to reduce child health inequalities among disadvantaged groups: where is the evidence?.

New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2009, November). New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks. Presented at ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section workshop ‘New Directions for Communication Policy Research, Zurich

In May 2009, the European Commission released a draft consultation document on the application of state aid rules to broadband network deployment, leaving open the possibility of significant state aid intervention. However, this paper argues that th... Read More about New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks.