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Credit risk premium in a disaster-prone world (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Copeland, L., & Zhu, Y. (2008, November). Credit risk premium in a disaster-prone world. Paper presented at European Monetary Forum in Leuven, Leveun, Belgium

The seminal Barro (2006) closed-economy model of the equity risk premium in the presence of extreme events("disasters") allowed for leverage in the form of risky corporate debt which defaulted only in states when the Government defaulted on its debt.... Read More about Credit risk premium in a disaster-prone world.

Early narrative skills in Turkish: A longitudinal study (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Babayigit, S., & Stainthorp, R. (2008, October). Early narrative skills in Turkish: A longitudinal study. Presented at BPS Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference, Milton Keynes

Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond Conference, University of Chicago

Beginning by questioning the possibility of judging relative scale and postion in the famous final image of the 2001, this paper challenges Carl Freedman's influential argument about the possibility of spectacle generating cognitive estrangement.

Journal editors' panel (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Journal editors' panel. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science Fictions, Documentaries and Beyond Conference, Univeristy of Chicago, USA

After providing an overview of the journal I co-edit, and the processes through which submissions go, I then participated in a chaired discussion (along with other journal editors who had made similar presentations) geared towards an audience of grad... Read More about Journal editors' panel.

The enhancement & enrichment agenda (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bultitude, K. (2008, October). The enhancement & enrichment agenda. Paper presented at Biosciences Federation Education Colloquium, York, UK

The need for integration in environmental governance – national government, local government, academia, NGOs, public and industry. Examples from Air Quality Management in Europe, Asia and Africa (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Longhurst, J., Hayes, E. T., & Leksmono, N. (2008, October). The need for integration in environmental governance – national government, local government, academia, NGOs, public and industry. Examples from Air Quality Management in Europe, Asia and Africa. Presented at EROPA Governance Seminar: Government in a Triptych- Environment, Migration, Peace & Order, Manila, Philippines

Professionals’ implicit theories of paedophilia (2008)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K. (2008, October). Professionals’ implicit theories of paedophilia. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., Norton, C., Avery, K., Abrams, P., & Donovan, J. (2008, October). Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B. Poster presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2008, Cairo, Egypt

Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B.

Techniques for environment parameter estimation during telemanipulation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Yamamoto, T., Bernhardt, M., Peer, A., Buss, M., & Okamura, A. (2008, October). Techniques for environment parameter estimation during telemanipulation. Paper presented at IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hammond, A. (2008, October). Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink. Presented at Ansel Adams' Books: Photographs in Ink, Centre for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

This study follows the development of Adam's aesthetic attitude to different methods of printed reproduction of his fine photgraphs, from letterpress (beginning in the 1920s), through occasional experiments with photogravure, to duotone offset photol... Read More about Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink.

A quest for printed colour - From Hayter to hardcopy (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Thirkell, P. (2008, October). A quest for printed colour - From Hayter to hardcopy. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

Artist and researcher Paul Thirkell traces his quest to bring colour to print through 3 decades of artistic currents and trends. The presentation aims to reveal insights into how print based artists think about and engage with colour.

Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Parraman, C., Laidler, P., & Wang, Y. (2008, October). Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples. Presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

This workshop compared different pre-printed samples on a range of fine art materials, which range from Japanese papers to fine art canvas. These samples demonstrate a very broad range of surface qualities and differences in the gamut of the printed... Read More about Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples.

Facilitating the fine art digital print (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, October). Facilitating the fine art digital print. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th – 19th C coincided with art’s Romantic period and its depiction of the ‘great person’ theory. Here, the Romanticists’ solitary creator and autographic distinction were the highest forms of originality in art... Read More about Facilitating the fine art digital print.

Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hammond, A. (2008, October). Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature. Paper presented at Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the Intangible in Art and Nature, Smithsonian National Museum of American History

This lecture considered the many ways in which the techical means of expression, of painting in colour, and photography in black and white, enabled these two artists to transform landscape elements into psychic symbols, or allusions to a spirtual rea... Read More about Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature.

100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Konstadakopulos, D., & Zoulas, S. (2008, October). 100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe. Paper presented at 100 Years in America, Boston, MA, USA

This edited publication is the outcome of the 100 Years in America’ conference, which took place in the Hellenic College in Brookline, Massachusetts, on the 11th of October 2008, and was attended by over 60 participants. The aim of the conference was... Read More about 100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe.