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L’amour de l’impossible : advertising and translation (2011)
Journal Article
Sanchez, M. (2011). L’amour de l’impossible : advertising and translation. Forum (Korean Society of Conference Interpretation, École supérieure d'interprètes et de traducteurs), 9(2), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.9.2.11san

The translation of advertisements, in a strict sense, is rarely possible. Linguistic and cultural considerations make the translation of standard texts difficult enough: whether at word level, sentence level or text level translators constantly enco... Read More about L’amour de l’impossible : advertising and translation.

New design business models - Implications for the future of design management (2011)
Book Chapter
Cooper, R., Williams, A., & Evans, M. (2011). New design business models - Implications for the future of design management. In R. Cooper, S. Junginger, & T. Lockwood (Eds.), The handbook of design management (495-511). Oxford: Berg Publishers

Design management in the UK has developed significantly since the early 1990s, with design managers now operating across both design consultancies and within businesses. These organizations operate in a dynamic global environment; as such it is neces... Read More about New design business models - Implications for the future of design management.

Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 2 (2011)
Journal Article
Hunter, A., Murphy, K., Grealish, A., Casey, D., & Keady, J. (2011). Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 2. Nurse Researcher, 19(1), 6-11

Aim In this paper, the choice of classic grounded theory will be discussed and justified in the context of the first author's PhD research. Background The methodological discussion takes place within the context of PhD research entitled: Devel... Read More about Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 2.

Feature selection for high-dimensional machinery fault diagnosis data using multiple models and Radial Basis Function networks (2011)
Journal Article
Zhang, K., Li, Y., Scarf, P., & Ball, A. (2011). Feature selection for high-dimensional machinery fault diagnosis data using multiple models and Radial Basis Function networks. Neurocomputing, 74(17), 2941-2952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2011.03.043

The technique of machinery fault diagnosis has been greatly enhanced over recent years with the application of many pattern classification methods. However, these classification methods suffer from the ?curse of dimensionality? when applied to high-d... Read More about Feature selection for high-dimensional machinery fault diagnosis data using multiple models and Radial Basis Function networks.

Young people living in the YMCA (2011)
Journal Article
Somerville, P., Brown, P., Morris, G., & Scullion, L. (2011). Young people living in the YMCA. Social Policy and Society, 10(4), 559-570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000303

This article presents interim findings and reflections from a case study of multiple excluded homeless people in Stoke-on-Trent. The article focuses on the experiences reported by a group of twelve such people living in the YMCA hostel. From the inte... Read More about Young people living in the YMCA.

Forced labour and UK immigration policy : status matters? (2011)
Report
Dwyer, P., Lewis, H., Scullion, L., & Waite, L. (2011). Forced labour and UK immigration policy : status matters?

This paper: investigates the links between immigration status and migrants’ vulnerability to forced labour; explores how socio-legal status (specific rights to residence, work and social welfare) impacts on migrants’ risk of forced labour, and; revie... Read More about Forced labour and UK immigration policy : status matters?.

Robust and cost-effective approach for discovering action rules (2011)
Journal Article
Kalanat, N., Shamsinejad, P., & Saraee, M. (2011). Robust and cost-effective approach for discovering action rules. International journal of machine learning and computing (Online), 1(4), 325-331. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJMLC.2011.V1.48

The main goal of Knowledge Discovery in Databases is to find interesting and usable patterns, meaningful in their domain. Actionable Knowledge Discovery came to existence as a direct respond to the need of finding more usable patterns called acti... Read More about Robust and cost-effective approach for discovering action rules.

"It's Totally Turned Around the Way I Think": The Patient Perspective of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Fatigue In Rheumatoid Arthritis (2011)
Journal Article
Dures, E., Kitchen, K., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Cliss, A., Hammond, A., & Knops, B. (2011). "It's Totally Turned Around the Way I Think": The Patient Perspective of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Fatigue In Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 63(10),

Background/Purpose: RA fatigue is a common, overwhelming symptom caused by interacting clinical and psychosocial factors. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) addresses links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses cognitive restructuring t... Read More about "It's Totally Turned Around the Way I Think": The Patient Perspective of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Fatigue In Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout (2011)
Journal Article
Evans, J., & Ivaldi, G. (2011). Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout. Political Research Quarterly, 65(4), 855-867. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912911421016

Turnout is a key indicator in European Parliament elections, in the absence of a direct executive outcome. Forecasting turnout is an important exercise in requiring the identification of a parsimonious model with good lead time from the array of stru... Read More about Deriving a forecast model for European election turnout.

Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, M. (2011, September). Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union. Presented at European Disunion: The Multidimensional Power Struggles, Holiday Inn Hull Marina (University of Hull)

This paper views the southern European enlargement in the 1980s and the EU-southern European relationship as based on a form of ‘trade-off’ between ‘solidarity’ on the one hand and ‘discipline’ on the other. It will suggest that, while the ‘trade-off... Read More about Architects of disunion? Southern Europe, the crisis and the European Union.

Overview of building information modelling in healthcare projects (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Pikas, E., Koskela, L., Sapountzis, S., Dave, B., & Owen, R. (2011, September). Overview of building information modelling in healthcare projects. Presented at Global health infrastructure-challenges for the next decade, Delivering Innovation,demonstarting the benefits, Manchester, UK

In this paper, we explore how BIM functionalities together with novel management concepts and methods have been utilized in thirteen hospital projects in the United States and the United Kingdom. Secondary data collection and analysis were used as... Read More about Overview of building information modelling in healthcare projects.

A lean way of design and production for healthcare construction projects (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kemmer, S., Koskela, L., Sapountzis, S., & Codinhoto, R. (2011, September). A lean way of design and production for healthcare construction projects. Presented at Global Health Infrastructure - Challenges for the next decade, Delivering innovation, demonstrating the benefits, Manchester, UK

As a consequence of the lack of solid conceptual foundation, the project management concepts and techniques usually applied within the construction sector are fragmented and have proved to be incapable of solving the complex problems of design mana... Read More about A lean way of design and production for healthcare construction projects.

Analysis of plain X-ray and low resolution CT gonad dose arising from supplementary imaging after bone scanning (2011)
Journal Article
Kelly, J., Szczepura, K., Hogg, P., & Tootell, A. (2011). Analysis of plain X-ray and low resolution CT gonad dose arising from supplementary imaging after bone scanning. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 38(Sup. 2), S445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-011-1913-y

Introduction:Bone scintigraphy has long been the first stop for patients undergoing investigation of bone metastases. The procedure is recognised as being highly sensitive to the disease however this corresponds to a low specificity. As a result s... Read More about Analysis of plain X-ray and low resolution CT gonad dose arising from supplementary imaging after bone scanning.

Prototype software for the clinical evaluation of In-111 SPECT-CT dotatate images conducted prior to and immediately after Y-90 dotatate radionuclide therapy (2011)
Journal Article
Hogg, P., Swire, V., Orlinksi, M., Blindell, P., Vinjamuri, S., & Szczepura, K. (2011). Prototype software for the clinical evaluation of In-111 SPECT-CT dotatate images conducted prior to and immediately after Y-90 dotatate radionuclide therapy. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 38(Sup. 2), S447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-011-1913-y

Aim and Background Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are heterogenous and frequently express cell membrane specific peptide receptors such as somatostatin receptors (SSTRs). Radiolabelled receptor binding of somatostatin analogues can guide radioact... Read More about Prototype software for the clinical evaluation of In-111 SPECT-CT dotatate images conducted prior to and immediately after Y-90 dotatate radionuclide therapy.

Hooked on coaching (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Hooked on coaching

Coaching is widely used and recognised in Business as a driver for improved performance for some time now. Coaching has also been introduced to the Education sector and especially Further Education has embraced it through National Initiatives such as... Read More about Hooked on coaching.

A day in the digital life: a preliminary sousveillance study (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Fletcher, G., Griffiths, M., & Kutar, M. (2011, September). A day in the digital life: a preliminary sousveillance study. Presented at A Decade in Internet Time Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society, University of Oxford

A decade ago, Castells argued that most surveillance would have no directly damaging consequences. He proposed that what should be of more concern were the unpredictable consequences of our over-exposed lives, the lack of explicit rules for on-line b... Read More about A day in the digital life: a preliminary sousveillance study.

Calibrating the Kinect with a 3D projector to create a tangible tabletop interface (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, C., Sinclair, F., Pagella, T., & Roberts, J. (2011, September). Calibrating the Kinect with a 3D projector to create a tangible tabletop interface. Poster presented at 2011 Joint Virtual Reality Conference (EuroVR-EGVE), Nottingham, UK

In this poster we present a portable and easy to calibrate 3D tabletop display enabling easy understanding of complex datasets and simulations by providing a visualization environment with natural interaction. This table enables users to interact wi... Read More about Calibrating the Kinect with a 3D projector to create a tangible tabletop interface.

Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games (2011)
Book
Gosling, V., Light, B., & Crawford, G. (2011). Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games. London: Routledge

There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our ever... Read More about Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games.