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Why complaints are a positive for support workers (2012)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2012). Why complaints are a positive for support workers. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(1), 39-40. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.1.39

Support workers have a privileged position within the team of professionals looking after clients. They are the one group of staff that spends the most quality time with them. They are the ones delivering the basic fundamental care needs and throu... Read More about Why complaints are a positive for support workers.

Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’ (2012)
Journal Article
Paragano, D., & Fois, F. (2012). Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’. Rivista Geografica Italiana (Testo stampato), 119(4), 373-399

Localization of military bases and opposition movements: the case of Vicenza. – What happens if local people oppose an apparently unquestionable military decision? This paper examines the structure and the spatiality of social movements in opposition... Read More about Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’.

Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome (2012)
Journal Article
Fois, F., & Sesto, C. (2012). Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome

During the last twenty years the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin, coming from Japan, has spread all around Europe, and in particularly in Italy, which has the largest number of members in the continent. The base approach of this eastern philosophy/r... Read More about Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome.

Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference (2012)
Book
Darlington, J., Cookney, D., Gasllagher, R., Brammer, L., Whitcroft, E., O'Neill, V., …Bosward, M. (2012). E. Taylor, J. Darlington, D. Cookney, & G. Bevan (Eds.), Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference. Salford, UK: University of Salford

The essays gathered in this volume explore the difficulties of classifying and conceptualizing the extreme and the excessive. Uniting a broad selection of new research (initially presented as part of the University of Salford’s annual College of Arts... Read More about Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference.

Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation (2012)
Book Chapter
Cookney, D. (2012). Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation. In E. Taylor, J. Darlington, D. Cookney, & G. Bevan (Eds.), Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference (19-41). Salford, UK: University of Salford

The following chapter discusses the adoption of the robot as a primary representational form by, two music acts, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk. While this process might be interpreted as one of extreme dehumanisation and sacrifice, the paper questions whet... Read More about Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation.

An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong (2012)
Journal Article
Zahrizan, Z., Nasly, M., Marshall-Ponting, A., Haron, A., & Zuhairi, A. (2012). An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment (Online), 3, 1-6

For a decade, construction industry can be considered as a fragmented industry because of lacking of sharing information through its life cycle and with other parties. Information Technology (IT) can be a tool for integrating and collaborating amon... Read More about An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong.

A memory of a memory (2012)
Book Chapter
Giles, L. (2012). A memory of a memory. In T. Wilkie, J. Carson, & R. Miller (Eds.), Photography and the Artist's Book (296-303). Edinburgh and Boston: MuseumsEtc

This important publication provides a broad international perspective, bringing together writers from Australia, Germany, Ireland, the UK and the USA - both leading theorists and leading practitioners - to more fully explore the issues raised by the... Read More about A memory of a memory.

Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester (2012)
Journal Article
Willmott, H., Miller, I., & Jackson, C. (2012). Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Industrial Archaeology Review, 34(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072812Z.0000000003

Excavations by Oxford Archaeology North in 2003 revealed extensive structural remains of the former Percival, Vickers and Co. Ltd glass works, one of the principal 19th-century glass manufactories in Manchester. A detailed account of the excavated re... Read More about Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value (2012)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Ruiz, D., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2012). Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value. Noise and Vibration Worldwide, 43(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1260/0957-4565.43.1.11

Temporal structure of sound pressure level is a key aspect at the time of characterizing urban sound environments. In urban agglomerations, environmental noise levels fluctuate over a large range as a result of the great complexity of these sett... Read More about Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value.

Quality of communication processes in public sector in Libya (2012)
Thesis
Bezweek, S. Quality of communication processes in public sector in Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Communication is the means by which housing employees are linked in order to manage, direct, cooperate, plan, design, and execute housing projects according to standard with high quality and on time. Housing communications are mainly achieved throu... Read More about Quality of communication processes in public sector in Libya.

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (2012)
Book Chapter
Longden, K. (2012). The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. In M. Langford (Ed.), The Directory of World Cinema : Germany (46-47). England: Intellect Books

Goodbye Lenin! (2012)
Book Chapter
Longden, K. (2012). Goodbye Lenin!. In M. Langford (Ed.), The Directory of World Cinema : Germany (300-302). England: Intellect Books

Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries (2012)
Book Chapter
Imai, K., Gaiha, R., Thapa, G., & Ali, A. (2012). Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries. In M. Aoki, T. Kuran, & G. Roland (Eds.), Institutions and Comparative Economic Development (313-331). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137034014_17

Primary commodity prices have been increasing, especially since the early 2000s and at an accelerated pace during 2007–08, with implications for food security in the developing world. Against this backdrop, much recent research has focussed on unders... Read More about Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries.

Historias en red : impacto de las redes sociales en los procesos de comunicación (2012)
Book
Mateo, M., Grandío, M., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2012). Historias en red : impacto de las redes sociales en los procesos de comunicación. Editum Media

The impact of Social Networks in the social, media, cultural and legal context of our country is already a palpable reality. This collective work is presented as a book to understand the scenario marked by the new relationships that Social Networks o... Read More about Historias en red : impacto de las redes sociales en los procesos de comunicación.

A non-intrusive technique for asserting user identity in pervasive computing environments (2012)
Thesis
AI-Karkhi, A. A non-intrusive technique for asserting user identity in pervasive computing environments. (Thesis). University of Salford

Pervasive computing environments are an exciting new computing scene due to the recent advances in wireless communications and digital electronics. These environments are small smart worlds that have many advantages, such as continuous and distrib... Read More about A non-intrusive technique for asserting user identity in pervasive computing environments.

Characterisation of a panel of recombinant antigens from Echinococcus granulosus and their role in the immunological follow up, after treatment, of cystic hydatid patients from Turkana, Kenya (2012)
Thesis
Bodell, A. Characterisation of a panel of recombinant antigens from Echinococcus granulosus and their role in the immunological follow up, after treatment, of cystic hydatid patients from Turkana, Kenya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Cystic echinococcosis is a serious zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinoccoccus granulosus inflicting significant morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Treatment of human hydatid cases involves chemotherapy with the dr... Read More about Characterisation of a panel of recombinant antigens from Echinococcus granulosus and their role in the immunological follow up, after treatment, of cystic hydatid patients from Turkana, Kenya.