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The interpretation of polycrystalline coherent inelastic neutron scattering from aluminium (2013)
Journal Article
Roach, D., Ross, D., Gale, J., & Taylor, J. (2013). The interpretation of polycrystalline coherent inelastic neutron scattering from aluminium. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 46, 1755-1770. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889813023728

A new approach to the interpretation and analysis of coherent inelastic neutron scattering from polycrystals (poly-CINS) is presented. Here we describe a simulation of the one-phonon coherent inelastic scattering from a lattice model of an arbitrary... Read More about The interpretation of polycrystalline coherent inelastic neutron scattering from aluminium.

An unsupervised aspect detection model for sentiment analysis of reviews (2013)
Journal Article
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & Jong, F. (2013). An unsupervised aspect detection model for sentiment analysis of reviews. Lecture notes in computer science, 7934, 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38824-8_12

With the rapid growth of user-generated content on the internet, sentiment analysis of online reviews has become a hot research topic recently, but due to variety and wide range of products and services, the supervised and domain-specific models are... Read More about An unsupervised aspect detection model for sentiment analysis of reviews.

Feature selection methods in Persian sentiment analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Saraee, M., & Bagheri, A. (2013). Feature selection methods in Persian sentiment analysis. Lecture notes in computer science, 7934, 303-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38824-8_29

With the enormous growth of digital content in internet, various types of online reviews such as product and movie reviews present a wealth of subjective information that can be very helpful for potential users. Sentiment analysis aims to use automat... Read More about Feature selection methods in Persian sentiment analysis.

Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Berrade, M., Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Dwight, R. (2013). Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 120, 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2013.02.024

We consider a system with three possible states, good, defective and failed. Failures are detected as soon as they occur; the defective state, which is only revealed by inspection, does not prevent the system from fulfilling the function for which it... Read More about Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis.

Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study (2013)
Journal Article
Hogg, P., Taylor, M., Szczepura, K., Mercer, C., & Denton, E. (2013). Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study. British Journal of Radiology, 86(1021), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20120222

Objective To perform a calibration study to provide data to help improve consistency in the pressure that is applied during mammography. Methods Automatic readouts of breast thickness accuracy vary between mammography machines; therefore, one m... Read More about Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study.

Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals (2013)
Journal Article
Grant, M., & Walton, G. (2013). Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(3), 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2013.826140

Our intention in this Editorial is to explore some of the key issues being faced by library and information science (LIS) research based journals. We are, respectively, Editor of Health Information and Libraries Journal(HILJ) (Grant) and Editor of N... Read More about Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals.

Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment (2013)
Journal Article
Chynoweth, P. (2013). Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment. Property Management, 31(5), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-04-2013-0028

This paper introduces the concept of practice-informed research. It offers this as an alternative approach to scholarship that has the potential to increase the relevance of research within universities, and to generate an increased level of dialogue... Read More about Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment.

Current trends in UK university libraries (2013)
Journal Article
Hurst, S. (2013). Current trends in UK university libraries. New Library World, 114(9), 398-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-04-2013-0032

Purpose – The paper aims to describe the effect of changes in UK higher education policy on services and staff in university libraries. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of academic literature, higher education statistics and news pieces was... Read More about Current trends in UK university libraries.

Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling (2013)
Journal Article
Latham, G., Long, T., & Devitt, P. (2013). Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 36(4), 262-278. https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2013.825659

Accidental chemical poisoning causes more than 35,000 child deaths every year across the world, and it leads to disease, disability, and suffering for many more children. Children’s ignorance of dangers and their failure to interpret hazard warning s... Read More about Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling.

IPGRC 2013: International post graduate research conference (2013)
Book
(2013). V. Ahmed, C. Egbu, J. Underwood, A. Lee, & P. Chynoweth (Eds.), IPGRC 2013: International post graduate research conference. Salford: University of Salford

Welcome to the 11th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC13), which is hosted by the School of the Built Environment, at the University of Salford Media City Campus. The school currently has over 250 postgraduat... Read More about IPGRC 2013: International post graduate research conference.

Life, death and everyday experience of social media (2013)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Life, death and everyday experience of social media. In M. Gillespie, D. John Herbert, & A. Greenhill (Eds.), Social Media and Religious Change (201-217). Berlin: De Gruyter

This chapter explores the online remembrances of people made famous through media-generated activity post-mortem. We explore the observed ritualised practices found on memorial websites (specifically gonetoosoon.org) and present them as examples of c... Read More about Life, death and everyday experience of social media.

Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album (2013)
Other
Whyton, A. (2013). Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album. New York

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. A significant record of Coltrane's transition from the bebop and hard bop of his earlier recordings... Read More about Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album.

Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice (2013)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice. Policy Futures in Education, 11(5), 505-514. https://doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2013.11.5.505

There are profound changes affecting universities. Under pressure from the forward march of neo-liberalism, there is a process of forgetting about the origins of the university and its distinctive place in society. Whilst responses by university mana... Read More about Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice.

Ivan Stanislavich Bloch (Bliokh) (1836-1902) (2013)
Book Chapter
Searle, D. (2013). Ivan Stanislavich Bloch (Bliokh) (1836-1902). In D. Coetzee, & L. Eysturlid (Eds.), Philosophers of war: The evolution of history's greatest military thinkers. Volume 2: The modern world, 1815-present (5-8). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers Inc

Joseph Johann Most (1846-1906) (2013)
Book Chapter
Searle, D. (2013). Joseph Johann Most (1846-1906). In D. Coetzee, & L. Eysturlid (Eds.), Philosophers of war: The evolution of history's greatest military thinkers. Volume 2: The modern world, 1815-present (366-367). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers Inc

Quantifying robustness in PFI's (2013)
Journal Article
Eaton, D., & Sundaraj, G. (2013). Quantifying robustness in PFI's. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 18(1), 26-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/13664381311305069

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define and quantify the term robustness within the context of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project environment from the perspective of the Granting Authority. The paper is conceptual, based on conceptua... Read More about Quantifying robustness in PFI's.

Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation (2013)
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12060

The terms ‘female circumcision’ (FC), ‘FG cutting’ (FGC) and ‘FG mutilation’ (FGM) refer to procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. In practicing countries, FGC/FC is more widely use... Read More about Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation.

Developing a construction management system based on lean construction and building information modelling (2013)
Thesis
Dave, B. Developing a construction management system based on lean construction and building information modelling. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research aims at improving construction management through simultaneous implementation of Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling. Specifically, the area of production management and control is addressed by developing a prototype so... Read More about Developing a construction management system based on lean construction and building information modelling.

Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues (2013)
Journal Article
Pearson, S., & McMahon, J. (2013). Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues. Sports Medicine, 43(2), 155-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-012-0016-7

We are grateful for the feedback provided by Dr Jean-Benoit Morin [1] and colleagues in relation to our recently published review article regarding lower limb mechanical properties [2]. The primary purpose of this short reply is to reiterate the aims... Read More about Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues.