All Outputs (953)

Lean knowledge management : the problem of value (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, J., Sapountzis, S., Koskela, L., Codinhoto, R., & Kagioglou, M. (2010, July). Lean knowledge management : the problem of value. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

Lean knowledge management is defined here as: getting the right information, in the right form, to the right people at the right time. This definition highlights series of practical problems for knowledge management in the built environment which, in... Read More about Lean knowledge management : the problem of value.

Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooke, C., Koskela, L., & Tzortzopoulos, P. (2010, July). Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

Complex products, such as buildings and other infrastructure, should aim to provide value to the customer over all stages of the product life-cycle. This paper considers some of the challenges associated with maximising customer value when designing,... Read More about Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments : design and through-life management.

Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Process transparency is the core concept in Visual Management (VM), which is one of the founding blocks of the Toyota Production System. This paper presents the
preliminary results of a collaborative research conducted between Brazil and the UK, as... Read More about Process transparency on construction sites : examples from construction companies in Brazil.

On a road to promises that work (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cleary, M., Rooke, J., & Koskela, L. (2010, July). On a road to promises that work. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

This research into the applicability of "Promise Based Management" in the UK construction sector examines the business side of construction as to where and how client and customer interact. A research opportunity to attend meetings and conduct interv... Read More about On a road to promises that work.

Improving information flow within the production management system with web services (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dave, B., Boddy, S., & Koskela, L. (2010, July). Improving information flow within the production management system with web services. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

The efficiency of the production planning and control process in construction depends significantly on the reliability and timely availability of resource information. The Last Planner system for production control mandates that a construction task s... Read More about Improving information flow within the production management system with web services.

Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Koskenvesa, A., Koskela, L., Tolonen, T., & Sahlsted, S. (2010, July). Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

The main objective of this paper is to examine labor productivity and waste and their role in production planning and control in Finnish construction industry. Three hypothesis are tested: (1) the assumption that labor productivity concerning differe... Read More about Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry.

Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Stratton, R., & Koskenvesa, A. (2010, July). Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

This paper endeavours to compare the Last Planner System of production control and the Critical Chain production management method. This comparison is carried out in the context of construction management. The original prescription and the evolution... Read More about Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis.

Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004 (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hope, T. (2010, July). Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004. Presented at British Society of Criminology Conference, University of Leicester

Briefly examines British Crime Survey data to look at changes in the 'grey figure' the difference between the volume of crime that BCS respondents say they report to the police, and the amount of crime that the official figures show thatthey actually... Read More about Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004.

A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Shamsinejad, P., Saraee, M., & Sheikholeslam, F. (2010, July). A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm. Presented at he 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), Chengdu, China

One of the most important issues for autonomous mobile robots is finding paths in their environment. A local path planner must be able to design the path immediately and if possible with high accuracy and efficiency. In this p... Read More about A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm.

Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Taheri, H., Safavi, H., Saraee, M., & Afghari, N. (2010, July). Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management. Presented at 2010 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Management Science (ICAMS), Chengdu, China

Rapid population growth, increased irrigation, and industrial development, dramatically increased risk of vulnerability in water resources especially groundwater resources all over the world. Because of the complexity of water resources management, t... Read More about Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management.

Avian population dynamics and human induced change in an urban environment (2010)
Journal Article
James, P., Norman, D., & Clarke, J. (2010). Avian population dynamics and human induced change in an urban environment. Urban Ecosystems, 13(4), 499-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-010-0132-9

The predominantly urban boroughs of Warrington and Halton straddle the river Mersey in northwest England. Since the 1970s there has been a major change in land-use associated with both innovative town design and the decline of manufacturing and chemi... Read More about Avian population dynamics and human induced change in an urban environment.

A patient-centred approach to day surgery nursing (2010)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2010). A patient-centred approach to day surgery nursing. Nursing Standard, 24(44), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2010.07.24.44.40.c7885

The pursuit of greater efficiency in modern day surgery has led to the adoption and development of many new and ‘extended’ nursing roles. Such roles often focus on physiological measurement to ensure patient safety before (and during) surgery. Howeve... Read More about A patient-centred approach to day surgery nursing.

The narrative of creativity in the city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). The narrative of creativity in the city. Presented at PARC North West, Manchester Metropolitan University

The subject is to study expression of creativity in the city with the recording of the creative gesture presented as visible narratives. The first phase will focus on Manchester and Salford. Both cities are locations are significant centres for cultu... Read More about The narrative of creativity in the city.

Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Crundall, D. (2010, July). Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task. Presented at Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, Manchester, UK

Allocation of visual attention in a natural scene is controlled by the bottom-up influences in the scene and by the top-down task demands. Models of visual search attempt to predict the eye movements made to natural scenes by accounting for these inf... Read More about Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London

Visible Narratives
The digital pathway of gesture

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 st... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

Construction in year 2030 : developing an information technology vision (2010)
Journal Article
Erdogan, B., Abbott, C., & Aouad, G. (2010). Construction in year 2030 : developing an information technology vision. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368, 3551-3565. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0076

Emerging technologies offer new solutions to the construction industry, improving
processes, enabling automation and effective decision-making mechanisms and changing
current ways of work. Previous research has tended to consider a direct causal re... Read More about Construction in year 2030 : developing an information technology vision.

Cities in transition: emerging urban regeneration and housing policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest (2010)
Presentation / Conference
policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest. Presented at Urban dynamics and housing change - Crossing into the 2nd Decade of the 3rd Millennium, Istanbul, Turkey

The scope of conventional housing policies changed from affordable housing provision, quality of homes, renewal,
to contemporary problems of economic, social and environmental urban deprivation - as a challenge for wider
regeneration process. This... Read More about Cities in transition: emerging urban regeneration and housing policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest.

Disco Galactica : futures past and present (2010)
Book Chapter

An examination of the sexual politics and ideological framings of the original and recent versions of the American television series Battlestar Galactica.

Think before you type (2010)
Journal Article
Wray, J. (2010). Think before you type. Practising Midwife, 13(7), 16

A lively discussion regarding Facebook usage in practice - ethical issues explored.

A detective story: emphatics in Mehri (2010)
Book Chapter
Watson, J., & Bellem, A. (2010). A detective story: emphatics in Mehri. In J. Starkey (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies : Papers from the forty-third meeting, London, 23–25 July 2009 (345-356). Archaeopress

Until 1970, Ethio-Semitic was believed to be the only Semitic language sub-family in which the main correlate of “emphasis” is
glottalization, a feature said at the time to be due to Cushitic influence. Since the work of T.M. Johnstone, however, it... Read More about A detective story: emphatics in Mehri.