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A web-based share information system to improve port terminal performance (2014)
Book Chapter
This paper is based on a research project titled: “Optimising the management of the gate of a freight terminal through the definition of new modes of share information between transport operators” funded by L.R. 7/07 by Sardinia Region. The project a... Read More about A web-based share information system to improve port terminal performance.
On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Many Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) applications achieve a decent packet delivery ratio using mobility information in the beacon messages broadcasted to the single hop neighbours. Recently it has been found that if two VANET nodes are not within a... Read More about On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs.
Drones and global technicity (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper (for General Organology conference, http://nootechnics.org/ ) will explore the expansion of military drone usage by Western powers in the “war on terror” over the last decade or so in relation to Bernard Stiegler’s organological approach t... Read More about Drones and global technicity.
Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Open education provides opportunities for anyone with digital access to engage in learning far beyond the classroom and throughout their lives, although this notion is not without challenges. When learners formally enrol on a course with an instituti... Read More about Perceptions of socio-ethical stances surrounding massive online open courses.
Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2014)
Report
Background: Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to reduce social anxiety an... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.
Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers (2014)
Book
This book is part of the 'Learning Matters' series published by Sage. Dr Witt is the editor of the book and writer of 3 of the 11 chapters. The book is aimed to help trainee primary school teachers develop the subject and pedagogical knowledge they n... Read More about Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers.
Managing sex offenders in the UK: Challenges for policy and practice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)] (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. A range of alkyl- or aryl-substituted iron succinoyl complexes, incorporating the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)], were prepared in high regio- and diastereoselectivities by employing four successful strategies: (i)... Read More about Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)].
Socialism, capitalism and environmental justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Disussion of different approaches to achieving environmental justice in 6 countries.
Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry (2014)
Journal Article
© 2015, INFORMS. Conceptualizing standard-setting organizations (SSOs) as technological arenas within which firms from different countries interact and learn, we offer insights into the interplay between firms' institutional logics and their interorg... Read More about Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry.
An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper is concerned with increasing the impact of publicly funded research and development (R&D) in cyber security and privacy. In the context of a high level of threat, there is a pressing need for firms and institutions to implement innovative... Read More about An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy.
Drug misuse among the BME community: Prevalence, influences, barriers, and recommendations (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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Responding to sexual offending: Perceptions, risk management and public protection (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A logic for context-aware non-monotonic reasoning agents (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. We develop a logical model for resource-bounded contextaware multi-agent systems which handles inconsistent context information using non-monotonic reasoning. We extend the temporal logic CTL* wit... Read More about A logic for context-aware non-monotonic reasoning agents.
This thesis explores the ending stages of psychodynamic counselling. Endings in counselling might be planned from the outset; negotiated through the course of the work; thrust upon participants due to external circumstances; or the work might end if... Read More about The long goodbye: An investigation of how personal, professional and social dimensions influence the creation of endings in psychodynamic counselling.
Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 The Authors. Approximately half of poor prognosis neuroblastomas (NBs) are characterized by pathognomonic MYCN gene amplification and MYCN over-expression. Here we present data showing that short-interfering RNA mediated depletion of the prote... Read More about Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells.
Disabled children’s childhood studies: A distinct approach? (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This paper suggests that the emergence of disabled children’s childhood studies as an area of study offers a distinct approach to inquiry; it represents a significant shift away from the long-standing deficit discou... Read More about Disabled children’s childhood studies: A distinct approach?.
The impact of withdrawing a structured initiative aimed at engaging departments in sustainable activities, at a UK university (2014)
Book Chapter
This paper investigates the impact on departmental engagement in sustainable activities following the withdrawal of a structured campus-wide initiative at a UK university, 20 months after it had been introduced. The research questions included: What... Read More about The impact of withdrawing a structured initiative aimed at engaging departments in sustainable activities, at a UK university.
Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (2014)
Report
Background. The Derriford Appearance Scale24 (DAS24) is a widely used measure of distress and dysfunction in relation to self-consciousness of appearance. It has been used in clinical and research settings, and translated into numerous European and A... Read More about Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24.