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Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns (2008)
Journal Article
Mullen, R. J., Monekosso, D., Barman, S., Remagnino, P., & Wilkin, P. (2008). Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5217 LNCS, 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_24

This paper presents preliminary results on an investigation into using artificial swarms to extract and quantify features in digital images. An ant algorithm has been developed to automatically extract the outlines and primary venation patterns from... Read More about Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns.

Consumer savvy and intergenerational effects (2008)
Journal Article
Nancarrow, C., Tinson, J., & Brace, I. (2008). Consumer savvy and intergenerational effects. International Journal of Market Research, 50(6), 731-755. https://doi.org/10.2501/S1470785308200183

The authors examine the concept of consumer savvy, distinguishing consumer savvy from marketing savvy, and examine three ways of measuring consumer savvy in adults and children. The measurement of human intelligence has a 100-year history, so the res... Read More about Consumer savvy and intergenerational effects.

Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm (2008)
Journal Article
Toth, R., Stone, C., Adamatzky, A., De Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2008). Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm. Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(18), 184708. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2932252

We propose that the behavior of nonlinear media can be controlled dynamically through coevolutionary systems. In this study, a light-sensitive subexcitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is controlled using a heterogeneous cellular automaton. A checke... Read More about Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm.

What makes good governance?: An interview with Richard Lapthorne, Chairman, Cable and Wireless plc (2008)
Journal Article
O'Regan, N., & Maclean, M. (2008). What makes good governance?: An interview with Richard Lapthorne, Chairman, Cable and Wireless plc. Journal of Strategy and Management, 1(2), 218-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554250810926384

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to interview Richard Lapthorne, Chairman, Cable and Wireless plc. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an interview. Findings – Richard Lapthorne... Read More about What makes good governance?: An interview with Richard Lapthorne, Chairman, Cable and Wireless plc.

Cultura y ocio, ¿Alternativas, complementos o una misma cosa? (2008)
Book Chapter
Stengler, E. (2008). Cultura y ocio, ¿Alternativas, complementos o una misma cosa?. In A. D. C. C. CSIC (Ed.), Cultura Científica y Cultura Democrática. Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

If the entertainment products of ancient times are now considered part of culture, why should science not be presented as an entertainment product today? Time will tell what becomes part of the future's culture and what does not.

The eagle document: Installation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Oechsler, M. (2008, November). The eagle document: Installation. Paper presented at Close encounters of the animal kind, Tate Britiain, UK

This interdisciplinary conference explores the contemporary processes of subject formation through encounters with non-human 'otherness'. Though the focus of the conference will be on animals, the becoming-animal, the emphasis will be placed on art p... Read More about The eagle document: Installation.

Learning together and learning alone in Second Life (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., Frutos-Perez, M., Billingham, O., & Street, D. (2008, November). Learning together and learning alone in Second Life. Presented at ReLive 08, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

A common complaint about virtual worlds is that when one visits them there is no one there and nothing to do. Virtual worlds offer interesting potential for collaborative learning events, but it is less obvious how they can enhance individual learni... Read More about Learning together and learning alone in Second Life.

The night of the bug: Technology, risk and (dis)organization at the fin de siècle (2008)
Journal Article
Knights, D., Vurdubakis, T., & Willmott, H. (2008). The night of the bug: Technology, risk and (dis)organization at the fin de siècle. Management and Organizational History, 3(3-4), 289-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935908095411

Euro-American forms of social organization are increasingly performed via ever more intricate computer systems and networks. Against this backdrop, the corrosive spectre of computer failure has assumed the role of the 'network society's dreaded other... Read More about The night of the bug: Technology, risk and (dis)organization at the fin de siècle.

Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies (2008)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Bellaby, P., & Ricci, M. (2008). Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies. Environmental Politics, 17(5), 766-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010802421539

Some of the principal arguments in the debate about environmental citizenship are examined with reference to the development of hydrogen energy systems. In particular, qualitative evidence is drawn from a study of public attitudes towards hydrogen en... Read More about Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies.

The future of media entertainment (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2008, November). The future of media entertainment. Presented at Future Imperfect GWR Research Symposium, Great Western Research Conference, Hewlett Packard

The presentation argued that the convergence of digital technology is already bringing about a change in the distribution, aesthetics and the consumption of media entertainment so that we can access it “anytime, anyplace and anywhere”. Yet embedded c... Read More about The future of media entertainment.

The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner (2008)
Journal Article
Brine, J. (2008). The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner. European Educational Research Journal, 7(3), 344-357. https://doi.org/10.2304/eerj.2008.7.3.344

The concept of competency is considered both in relation to the educational competency of the short-cycle student described in the 'Dublin Descriptors' of the Bologna Process and in the European Commission's European Qualifications Framework, and in... Read More about The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner.

Group psychotherapy for people with early dementia (2008)
Book Chapter
Cheston, R. (2008). Group psychotherapy for people with early dementia. In E. Moniz-Cook, & J. Manthorpe (Eds.), Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: Evidence-based Practice. London: Jessica Kinglsey Press

For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the... Read More about Group psychotherapy for people with early dementia.

Dr Jeckyl and Sister Hyde (2008)
Exhibition / Performance
Lloyd, W. (2008). Dr Jeckyl and Sister Hyde. 15 November 2008 - 15 November 2008. (Unpublished)

By converting the filmic narrative into a verbal one, these performances narrow the ‘aesthetic’ distance between a cultural resource, such as a feature film, and how it contributes to a work of art which uses the resource as a reference. The audience... Read More about Dr Jeckyl and Sister Hyde.

Shaking an elephant: Sound, space and suspense in The Unholy Three (2008)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, M. (2008). Shaking an elephant: Sound, space and suspense in The Unholy Three. In B. Herzogenrath (Ed.), The Cinema of Tod Browning: Essays of the Macabre and Grotesque (70-83). McFarland and co

An analysis of the representation of sound in Tod Browning’s silent crime melodrama The Unholy Three and the sound remake by Jack Conway.

Figuring light - colour and the intangible (2008)
Exhibition / Performance
Davey, R., Mottram, J., Bullen, D., Bustin, J., Partridge, R., & Webb, R. Figuring light - colour and the intangible. 14 November 2008 - 18 December 2009. (Unpublished)

World premier composed by Alexandra Harwood of the music “Redness” by the Onyx Brass Quintet. The 52-page exhibition catalogue (ISBN 978-1-900809-56-6) was currated by Dr Richard Davey.

Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) (2008)
Journal Article
Brady, C., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S., Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J., & Coutinho, T. (2008). Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 31(6-8), 447-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2008.09.004

Species belonging to the genus of Pantoea are commonly isolated from plants, humans and the natural environment. The species of the genus are phenotypically closely related, making rapid identification of Pantoea strains to the species level difficul... Read More about Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA).