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Asset mapping and civic creativity (2016)
Book Chapter
Alexiou, K., Agusita, E., Alevizou, G., Chapain, C., Zamenopoulos, T., & Turner, J. (2016). Asset mapping and civic creativity. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (181-204). Bristol: Policy Press

"The Creative Citizen project is concerned not only with understanding and capturing current practice and its value (as enacted through the use of different media) but also exploring how this pursuit of value can be further supported and advanced.... Read More about Asset mapping and civic creativity.

The feasibility of using sonoelastography to identify the effect of joint hypermobility syndrome on elasticity of gastrocnemius muscle (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Sirri, N. F., Cramp, M., Barnett, S., & Palmer, S. (2016). The feasibility of using sonoelastography to identify the effect of joint hypermobility syndrome on elasticity of gastrocnemius muscle. Rheumatology, 55(S1), i134. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew136

Background: Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is a heritable connective tissue disorder in which multiple synovial joints demonstrate a painful and extraordinary range of motion. Genetically there are abnormal changes in the connective tissue matrix... Read More about The feasibility of using sonoelastography to identify the effect of joint hypermobility syndrome on elasticity of gastrocnemius muscle.

Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing (2016)
Journal Article
Ronquillo, C., Al-Masslawi, D., Block, L., & Ronquillo, C. E. (2016). Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 649-653. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-649

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. Adoption of new health information technology is shown to be challenging. However, the degree to which new technology will be adopted can be predicted by measures of usefulness and ease of use. In this work these key determ... Read More about Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing.

Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria (2016)
Book Chapter
Agbede, J. O., Manu, P., Agbede, O. A., & Mahamadu, A. (2016). Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria. In P. Matthijs, H. Wamelink, B. Giddings, & K. Ku (Eds.), Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Volume II - Environmental Opportunies and Challenges. Constructing Commitment and Acknowledging Human Experiences (293-304). Tampere: Tampere University of Technology

Despite the relevance of the construction sector in developing countries, the industry continues to record unacceptable levels of accidents and fatalities. The situation is no different in Nigeria where health and safety (H&S) management has been cit... Read More about Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria.

FuzzyRULES-II: A new approach to fuzzy rule induction from numerical data (2016)
Journal Article
Afifi, A. (2016). FuzzyRULES-II: A new approach to fuzzy rule induction from numerical data. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 281, 91-100. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-619-4-91

© 2016 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved. Data mining is a broad area that integrates research efforts from several fields with the aim of processing large volumes of data into knowledge bases for better decision making. Since numerical... Read More about FuzzyRULES-II: A new approach to fuzzy rule induction from numerical data.

Optimizing short message text sentiment analysis for mobile device forensics (2016)
Journal Article
Aboluwarin, O., Andriotis, P., Takasu, A., & Tryfonas, T. (2016). Optimizing short message text sentiment analysis for mobile device forensics. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 484, 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46279-0_4

© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2016. Mobile devices are now the dominant medium for communications. Humans express various emotions when communicating with others and these communications can be analyzed to deduce their em... Read More about Optimizing short message text sentiment analysis for mobile device forensics.

Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives (2016)
Journal Article
Razak, A. A., Rowling, M., White, G., & Mason-Jones, R. (2016). Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives. Foresight and STI Governance, 10(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.17323/1995-459x.2016.1.43.52

© 2015 National Research University Higher School of Economics. This paper argues that in order to deliver greater levels of sustainable performance, environmental strategy should be addressed at the supply chain level and not just at the level of th... Read More about Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives.

These Pages Fall Like Ash (2016)
Other
Abba, T., Speakman, D., Gaiman, N., & Harkaway, N. (2016). These Pages Fall Like Ash

The work comprises an original fiction by Tom Abba and Circumstance, with input from writers Neil Gaiman and Nick Harkaway. Twin cities, one imagined as parallel to another, real site, each possess distinct rules and cultures, details of which are pr... Read More about These Pages Fall Like Ash.

This is Not a Book (2016)
Other
Abba, T., & Bjarnason, B. (2016). This is Not a Book

Writing in the age of the web

Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank (2016)
Journal Article
White, G. R., Parry, G. C., & Puckering, A. (2016). Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank. Strategic Change, 25(1), 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2048

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. System developers quickly acquire knowledge of the benefits and limitations of system development approaches and this knowledge enables them to adopt or adapt methodologies according to the scope and scale of projects... Read More about Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank.

Prólogo (2016)
Book Chapter
Richards, M. (2016). Prólogo. In I. Fernandez de Mata (Ed.), Lloros vueltos puños: El conflicto de los “desaparecidos” y vencidos de la guerra civil española (vi-xii). Granada: Comares

Summary of current debates about civil war and memory in Spain

Dangerous Bodies: Historicising the Gothic Corporeal (2016)
Book
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2016). Dangerous Bodies: Historicising the Gothic Corporeal. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

Through an investigation of the body and its oppression by the church, the medical profession and the state, this book reveals the actual horrors lying beneath fictional horror in settings as diverse as the monastic community, slave plantation, opera... Read More about Dangerous Bodies: Historicising the Gothic Corporeal.

Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users (2016)
Journal Article
Javed, B., Bloodsworth, P., Rasool, R. U., Munir, K., & Rana, O. (2016). Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users. Future Generation Computer Systems, 54, 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2015.06.004

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Abstract Cloud providers commonly incur heavy upfront set up costs which remain almost constant whether they serve a single or many customers. In order to generate a return on this investment, a suitable pricing strategy is requi... Read More about Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users.

How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities (2016)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2016). How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities. In H. Zhu (Ed.), Research Methods in Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide (88-102). New York: Wiley Blackwell

Three phases of mobile learning state-of-the-art and case of mobile Help Seeking tool for the Healthcare sector (2016)
Book Chapter
Cook, J., & Santos, P. (2016). Three phases of mobile learning state-of-the-art and case of mobile Help Seeking tool for the Healthcare sector. In B. Fox, T. K. F. Chiu, J. Lu, & D. Churchill (Eds.), Mobile Learning Design: Theories and Applications. Springer

The Internet-mobile device enabled social networks of today stand accused of being so called 'weapons of mass distraction' or worse. However, we point out that modern fears about the dangers of social networking are overdone. The paper goes on to pre... Read More about Three phases of mobile learning state-of-the-art and case of mobile Help Seeking tool for the Healthcare sector.

Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12 (2016)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S. E., Flurey, C., Van Tuyl, L. H., Sadlonova, M., Davis, B., Flurey, C. A., …Boers, M. (2016). Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 203-207. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141113

The Journal of Rheumatology Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Objective. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should target patient-relevant outcomes, making patient perspective on remission essential. In 2010, patients, physicians, health... Read More about Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12.

Analysis of microbial fuel cell operation in acidic conditions using the flocculating agent ferric chloride (2016)
Journal Article
Winfield, J., Greenman, J., Dennis, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). Analysis of microbial fuel cell operation in acidic conditions using the flocculating agent ferric chloride. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 91(1), 138-143. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.4552

© 2014 Society of Chemical Industry. BACKGROUND: Ferric chloride (FeCl3) is widely used as a flocculating agent during wastewater treatment but can detrimentally lower pH and increase iron concentration. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a promising te... Read More about Analysis of microbial fuel cell operation in acidic conditions using the flocculating agent ferric chloride.

Planning decision-making: Independence, subsidiarity, impartiality and the state (2016)
Journal Article
Sheppard, A., & Ritchie, H. (2016). Planning decision-making: Independence, subsidiarity, impartiality and the state. Town Planning Review, 87(1), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2016.4

This paper explores recent changes that involve the Planning Inspectorate in England, considering as part of this the relevance and value of independence and impartiality in effective decision-making, together with a consideration of the significance... Read More about Planning decision-making: Independence, subsidiarity, impartiality and the state.

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K. (2016)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2016). "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K

Since the start of the 2008 financial crisis, a multitude of scholarly work has been written on identifying the factors that contributed towards it. Many excellent texts and articles have identified such factors, including weak banking regulation, th... Read More about "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K..

Real World Research (2016)
Book
Robson, C., & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research. Wiley

Real world research is a common responsibility of professionals and practitioners in a wide range of both public and private settings. These include teachers, social workers and health service professionals, managers and specialists in business, arc... Read More about Real World Research.