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The regulation of cyber warfare under the jus ad bellum (2015)
Book Chapter

Perceptions about the health impact of climate change in a rural Nepalese community: A cross-sectional study (2015)
Journal Article

Background: The populations most vulnerable to climate change in Nepal are the poor living on the banks of rivers and in remote areas. Because rural communities closely observe local climatic patterns their perceptions of climate change and the assoc... Read More about Perceptions about the health impact of climate change in a rural Nepalese community: A cross-sectional study.

Financing energy efficiency measures in buildings – A new method of appraisal (2015)
Journal Article

Our current generation strives to provide the next crucial stepping stone towards sustainable buildings, delivering energy efficiency measures without compromise in ways which are financially viable. Selecting and implementing simple energy efficienc... Read More about Financing energy efficiency measures in buildings – A new method of appraisal.

Truth, orthodoxy and false rape allegations (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The phenomenon of false rape allegations is the subject of widespread controversy. It is an area littered with misunderstanding, myths and stereotypes. This paper will argue that two broad approaches have emerged in response to the subject. The first... Read More about Truth, orthodoxy and false rape allegations.

Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 IEEE. This paper presents an initial research that explores the awareness and adoption of Lean Manufacturing (LM), Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) and Theory Of Constraints (TOC) in the Greek engineering sector. An exp... Read More about Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector.

Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 IEEE. This paper discusses the suitability for Business Excellence Models (BEMs) to include Corporate Sustainability on business model criteria. The conceptual paper brings discussion of what sort of measures are required to fit organizations'... Read More about Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence.

Learning a robot controller using an adaptive hierarchical fuzzy rule-based system (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. The majority of machine learning techniques applied to learning a robot controller generalise over either a uniform or pre-defined representation that is selected by a human designer. The approach taken in t... Read More about Learning a robot controller using an adaptive hierarchical fuzzy rule-based system.

From smart cities to wise cities (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Much of the literature on so-called ‘smart cities’ is self-congratulatory in tone. Digital enthusiasts claim that the current revolution in communication technologies will transform cities in the 21st Century in the way electricity changed them in t... Read More about From smart cities to wise cities.

What are the alternatives to prison? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dr John Moore talking about the policy and practice alternatives to punishment and exclusion

An international community of practice for educators in the virtual world Second Life (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An interactive, generative Punch and Judy show using institutions, ASP and emotional agents (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A narrative world can be viewed as a form of society in which characters follow a set of social norms whose collective function is to guide the characters through (the creation of) a story arc and reach some conclusion. By modelling the rules of a na... Read More about An interactive, generative Punch and Judy show using institutions, ASP and emotional agents.

Social Psychology of Emotion (2015)
Book

The study of emotion tends to breach traditional academic boundaries and binary lingustics. It requires multi-modal perspectives and the suspension of dualistic conventions to appreciate its complexity.

This book analyses historical, philosophical... Read More about Social Psychology of Emotion.

Are wider economic impacts of transport infrastructures always beneficial? Impacts of the Istanbul Metro on the generation of spatio-economic inequalities (2015)
Journal Article

Assessment of the Wider Economic Impacts (WEIs) of transport infrastructures has become crucial for justifying transport infrastructure investments, especially large-scale projects, not only for transport researchers but also for policy makers. Altho... Read More about Are wider economic impacts of transport infrastructures always beneficial? Impacts of the Istanbul Metro on the generation of spatio-economic inequalities.

Introducing social practices theory to the social marketing agenda (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper introduces Social Practices Theory (SPT) as a way of facilitating necessary evolution in social marketing. SPT conceptualises individuals as carriers of practices comprising materials, competences and meanings (Shove et al., 2012). The the... Read More about Introducing social practices theory to the social marketing agenda.

Not all days are equal: Investigating the meaning in the digital calendar (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Copyright © 2015 ACM. The electronic calendar is a common tool used by large numbers of people to reect and shape their daily activities. It's function and structure is rooted in legacy representations dating back thousands of years. Collaborating wi... Read More about Not all days are equal: Investigating the meaning in the digital calendar.

Growth, change and decay: Plants and interaction possibilities (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Our work explores using plants as an interaction material to extend and disrupt existing notions of HCI. We focus in particular on how the affordances and properties of plants can be utilised for enhanced physical and emotional interaction between pe... Read More about Growth, change and decay: Plants and interaction possibilities.

Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Despite the popularity of bike sharing, there is a lack of evidence on existing schemes and whether they achieved their objectives. This paper is concerned with identifying and critically interpreting the available evidence on bi... Read More about Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation.

The QAA and HEA Guidance for UK HEIs on Education for Sustainable Development (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This invited conference presentation explored the expectations of the 2014 QAA and HEA Guidance for UK HEIs on Education for Sustainable Development.

The Guidance was prepared by representatives of the UK higher education community with experti... Read More about The QAA and HEA Guidance for UK HEIs on Education for Sustainable Development.

Emerson, creativity and criticism (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper was a keynote. The principal argument was that Ralph Waldo Emerson's unique take on metaphor as the most significant creative literary act could be understood as a key enabler for the development of US literature, especially the symbolism t... Read More about Emerson, creativity and criticism.

Identifying linguistic correlates of power (2015)
Journal Article

Previous work on social power modelling from linguistic cues has been limited by the range of available data. We introduce a new corpus of dialogues, generated in a controlled experimental setting where participant roles were manipulated to generate... Read More about Identifying linguistic correlates of power.