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Schlauschleimer in Reichsautobahnen: Slime mould imitates motorway network in Germany (2012)
Journal Article
Schubert, T., & Adamatzky, A. (2012). Schlauschleimer in Reichsautobahnen: Slime mould imitates motorway network in Germany. Kybernetes, 41(7), 1050-1071. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684921211257865

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop experimental laboratory biological techniques for approximation of principle transport networks, optimizing transport links, and developing optimal solutions to current transport problems. It also aims... Read More about Schlauschleimer in Reichsautobahnen: Slime mould imitates motorway network in Germany.

Disrupting practices: New insights into innovation (2012)
Journal Article
Beckett, A. (2012). Disrupting practices: New insights into innovation. Strategic Change, 21(5-6), 217-229. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1905

In building theories to explain phenomena one of the key challenges is to identify the correct ‘unit of analysis’. This is fundamental if theory is to be useful in explaining the salient features of that phenomena and its broader impact. Within the... Read More about Disrupting practices: New insights into innovation.

The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change (2012)
Journal Article
Buser, M. (2012). The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change. Planning Theory, 11(3), 279-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095212439693

The language of relational geography now permeates the field and literature of planning, with phrases such as 'fuzzy boundaries' and 'flows and networks' being commonly used to express the complexity of socio-economic and governance relations. Howeve... Read More about The production of space in metropolitan regions: A Lefebvrian analysis of governance and spatial change.

Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents (2012)
Report
Christensen, J., Chatterjee, K., Marsh, S., Sherwin, H., & Jain, J. (2012). Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents

Between 2008 and 2011, the Department for Transport , Cycling England and the Department of Health invested over £43m (plus local match funding) to create the twelve Cycling City and Towns (CCTs): Greater Bristol, Blackpool, Cambridge, Chester, Colch... Read More about Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents.

Simulation games (2012)
Book Chapter
Crogan, P. (2012). Simulation games. In M. Wolf (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology and Art of Gaming. ABC CLIO

Entry on Simulation Games in an encyclopedia of video games.

Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant? (2012)
Journal Article
Gillen, M. (2012). Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant?. SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology and Society, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.090212.130

This paper considers the problem of Internet regulation, and how it has been exacerbated by poor theoretical models for cyberspace. Furthermore, it considers how the conceptual difficulties with regard to the nature of cyberspace have been replicated... Read More about Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant?.

Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema (2012)
Book Chapter
Glitre, K. (2012). Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema. In J. Sternagel, D. Levitt, & D. Mersch (Eds.), Acting in Moving-Image Culture: Bodies, Screens, and Renderings. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag

This is part of a larger project on Cary Grant and film acting. This particular essay focuses on the relationships between acting style, genre and star persona, using close textual analysis alongside archival research and industrial contextualisation... Read More about Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema.

Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo (2012)
Journal Article
Ivļevs, A., Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo. Journal of Development Studies, 48(8), 1108-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2012.658377

Does an extra year of schooling augment one's propensity to migrate? In a naive regression, which does not account for the potential reverse causality and omitted variables, the coefficient of education is likely to be biased. To deal with the proble... Read More about Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo.

Maximising electricity production by controlling the biofilm specific growth rate in microbial fuel cells (2012)
Journal Article
Ledezma, P., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2012). Maximising electricity production by controlling the biofilm specific growth rate in microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology, 118, 615-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.054

The aim of this work is to study the relationship between growth rate and electricity production in perfusion-electrode microbial fuel cells (MFCs), across a wide range of flow rates by co-measurement of electrical output and changes in population nu... Read More about Maximising electricity production by controlling the biofilm specific growth rate in microbial fuel cells.

Effects of multimedia characteristics on novice CAD learners practice performance (2012)
Journal Article
A-Rahman, M. A., Mahdjoubi, L., & A-Rahman, M. (2012). Effects of multimedia characteristics on novice CAD learners practice performance. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 8(3), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2012.683244

Based on the assumption that providing information using multiple modalities improves learners' performance, the teaching of computer-aided design (CAD) in the built environment is increasingly shifting from printed material to a multimedia approach.... Read More about Effects of multimedia characteristics on novice CAD learners practice performance.

Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour (2012)
Journal Article
Matheson, K., Manning, R., & Williams, S. (2012). Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 14(3), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1057/cpcs.2012.2

The Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) in England and Wales increasingly works alongside the police and other partners to promote safer communities-a key part of which involves tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB). Although definitions of ASB differ and a... Read More about Examining a typology of fire service-related anti-social behaviour.

An engineering systems approach to strategic change: The case of the European Automotive Industry (2012)
Journal Article
Parry, G., & Roehrich, J. (2012). An engineering systems approach to strategic change: The case of the European Automotive Industry. Strategic Change, 21(5/6), 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1907

Build to Order [BTO] refers to a demand driven production approach where the majority of products and components are scheduled and built in response to a confirmed order received for it from a final customer. A £23m EU project involving leading auto... Read More about An engineering systems approach to strategic change: The case of the European Automotive Industry.

The impact of social anxiety on student learning and well-being in higher education (2012)
Journal Article
Russell, G., & Topham, P. (2012). The impact of social anxiety on student learning and well-being in higher education. Journal of Mental Health, 21(4), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2012.694505

Background This paper reports findings from two complementary web-surveys conducted in the UK, in which 787 university students described their experiences of social anxiety.Aims The aim was to explore the impact of social anxiety on student learning... Read More about The impact of social anxiety on student learning and well-being in higher education.

A robust multi-scale integration method to obtain the depth from gradient maps (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, M. L., Atkinson, G. A., Leitão, H. C., Saracchini, R. F., Saracchini, R., Stolfi, J., …Smith, M. (2012). A robust multi-scale integration method to obtain the depth from gradient maps. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 116(8), 882-895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2012.03.006

We describe a robust method for the recovery of the depth map (or height map) from a gradient map (or normal map) of a scene, such as would be obtained by photometric stereo or interferometry. Our method allows for uncertain or missing samples, which... Read More about A robust multi-scale integration method to obtain the depth from gradient maps.

Sunderland (2012)
Journal Article
Short, M., & Fundingsland Tetlow, M. (2012). Sunderland. Cities, 29(4), 278-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2010.12.003

Sunderland, lying on the north east coast of England, is the largest city in the north east of England. Having historically suffered from its proximity to the Tyneside conurbation centred around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland has a long and illustri... Read More about Sunderland.

The impact of work placements on skills development and career outcomes for business and management graduates (2012)
Journal Article
Wilton, N. (2012). The impact of work placements on skills development and career outcomes for business and management graduates. Studies in Higher Education, 37(5), 603-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.532548

It has become a received wisdom that the completion of a work placement as part of a sandwich undergraduate degree is of positive benefit both to graduates and employers, particularly in an era that stresses the economic contribution of higher educat... Read More about The impact of work placements on skills development and career outcomes for business and management graduates.

Trying to be Something You Are Not: Masculine Performances within a Prison Setting (2012)
Journal Article
de Viggiani, N. (2012). Trying to be Something You Are Not: Masculine Performances within a Prison Setting. Men and Masculinities, 15(3), 271-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X12448464

Prisons are social communities where people commonly conform to normative institutional and cultural values and ideologies. Conforming as a man in prison may involve performing or projecting prison masculinities to ensure emotional, psychological, an... Read More about Trying to be Something You Are Not: Masculine Performances within a Prison Setting.

'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev (2012)
Journal Article
Dolan, J. (2012). 'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 9(2), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2012.0082

Exploring Letter to Brezhnev through concepts of respectability as feminine cultural capital this article suggests that the film’s affective impulse stems from its representation of a female, working class experience under Thatcherism. This experienc... Read More about 'Stuff it': Respectability and the voice of resistance in letter to brezhnev.

The effects of energy drink in combination with alcohol on performance and subjective awareness (2012)
Journal Article
Verster, J. C., Alford, C., & Hamilton-Morris, J. (2012). The effects of energy drink in combination with alcohol on performance and subjective awareness. Psychopharmacology, 222(3), 519-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2677-1

Rationale This study investigated the coadministration of an energy drink with alcohol to study the effects on subjective intoxication and objective performance. Objectives This study aims to evaluate the objective and subjective effects of alcohol v... Read More about The effects of energy drink in combination with alcohol on performance and subjective awareness.