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Basic needs, government debt and economic growth (2009)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the relationships between basic needs and economic growth where the interactions between output, health, nutrition and education are explicitly simultaneous. We find a unidirectional relationship that improving basic welfare c... Read More about Basic needs, government debt and economic growth.

Media constructions and reactions to, paedophilia in modern society (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Enabling diagrammatic de-abstraction and modelling of engineering problems (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses efforts to enable de-abstraction of engineering problems from a representation suitable for engineers to that suitable for computer models and code. The key question is to what extent diagrammatic representations of problems can... Read More about Enabling diagrammatic de-abstraction and modelling of engineering problems.

The voltammetric behaviour of lead at a microband screen-printed carbon electrode and its determination in acetate leachates from glazed ceramic plates (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Evropeyske upravlinnya ta transformatsii v Ukrayni (2009)
Book Chapter

The motives of the European Union to develop a foreign policy towards postsoviet transition countries might be more firmly rooted in economic interests. Gaining and granting market access through the gradual extension of cooperation agreements offers... Read More about Evropeyske upravlinnya ta transformatsii v Ukrayni.

Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst the fulfilment of customised production affects the whole product realisation chain involving product design, process design and supply chain design, our assessment of the literature observes comparatively little attention has been given to pr... Read More about Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures.

Digital ethnography and ethics in the context of web 2.0 (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public sector managers and entrepreneurship in Islamic Republic of Iran (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose - In Iran the role of entrepreneurs in developing communities is considered to be a special issue by planners and policy-makers; thus the aim of this paper is to explore and examine some of the main structural, behavioural and environmental b... Read More about Public sector managers and entrepreneurship in Islamic Republic of Iran.

Evidence review on environnmental health challenges and risks in urban settings. For WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (2009)
Report

Re-discovery of India: An interview on Italian entrepreneurial strides in India (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work is based on an interview with Pietro Valfre'di Bonzo, Chief corporate representative of Fiat International in India, conducted under the aegis of the GLOBE project (Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness Research Progr... Read More about Re-discovery of India: An interview on Italian entrepreneurial strides in India.

An information support approach for machine design & building companies (2009)
Journal Article

The recording of information regarding machine function, performance, and failure, which is generated during the machine development, commissioning, and service is vital to an organization. Previous research has shown this information is often poorly... Read More about An information support approach for machine design & building companies.

Enterprise imaging: visualising the scope and complexity of large scale services (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facial feature extraction and change analysis using photometric stereo (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation of MSc research: Exploring student midwives experiences of supporting women in pain during labour (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Does this look right? The science of colour appearance in art (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Invited lecture for Science Café given at Explore, At-Bristol, 9 June 2009.

Have you considered why the swatch colour you take to the paint shop appears very different to the final painted wall? Differences between how a colour is measured and how... Read More about Does this look right? The science of colour appearance in art.

Flesh/Films: Mainstream movies, embodiment and sexuality (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

After outlining the four most dominant modes through which film studies examines sex in the movies (sexual stereotyping, psychoanalysis and issues of unconscious desire, the performance of normativity, and developments in censorship), the lecture off... Read More about Flesh/Films: Mainstream movies, embodiment and sexuality.

An adaptive fuzzy information retrieval model to improve response time perceived by e-commerce clients (2009)
Journal Article

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy logic-based information retrieval model is presented to enable users retrieve exact and specific information they sort after. The proposed IR model takes into consideration the limited bandwidth between ISP and its us... Read More about An adaptive fuzzy information retrieval model to improve response time perceived by e-commerce clients.

The nose on your face may not be so plain: Using the nose as a biometric (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Concealed object perception and recognition using a photometric stereo strategy (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Following a review of current hidden objects detection techniques in a range of security applications, a strategy based on an innovative, low-cost photometric stereo technique is proposed to reveal concealed objects. By taking advantage of informatio... Read More about Concealed object perception and recognition using a photometric stereo strategy.