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Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold (2008)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2008). Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold. About Performance, 8, 111-123

Report presented discusses the photographs of the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold as a document and artwork. Report aims at finding the hierarchical relationship between theatre and photo-documentation.

The European Union as a Security Policy Actor : The Case of Counterterrorism (2008)
Journal Article
Beyer, C. (2008). The European Union as a Security Policy Actor : The Case of Counterterrorism. European Foreign Affairs Review, 13(3), 293-315

This article examines the actorness of the European Union in the security policy field. Applying and adapting criteria developed by Bretherton and Vogler - namely criteria regarding structure, effect and international status - the European Union is d... Read More about The European Union as a Security Policy Actor : The Case of Counterterrorism.

Spiking neurons and synaptic stimuli : determining the fidelity of coincidence-factor in neural response comparison (2008)
Journal Article
Kambhampati, C., & Sarangdhar, M. (2008). Spiking neurons and synaptic stimuli : determining the fidelity of coincidence-factor in neural response comparison. Engineering Letters International Association of Engineers, 16(4), 512-517

Similarity between two spike trains is generally estimated using a ‘coincidence factor’. This factor relies on counting coincidences of firing-times for spikes in a given time window. However, in cases where there are significant fluctuations in memb... Read More about Spiking neurons and synaptic stimuli : determining the fidelity of coincidence-factor in neural response comparison.

School self-evaluation : can headteachers meet the new challenge? (2008)
Journal Article
Plowright, D., & Godfrey, R. (2008). School self-evaluation : can headteachers meet the new challenge?. International studies in educational administration, 36(3), 35-58

School self-evaluation is now being used in many international contexts in order to contribute to raising standards of pupil achievement. This paper narrows the focus down to secondary school leaders in England and how well they use the new Ofsted on... Read More about School self-evaluation : can headteachers meet the new challenge?.

"Primitive" discourse : aspects of contemporary North American Indian representations of the Irish and of contemporary Irish representations of North American Indians (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, & Porter, J. (2008). "Primitive" discourse : aspects of contemporary North American Indian representations of the Irish and of contemporary Irish representations of North American Indians. American Studies, 49(3-4), 63-85. https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2010.0020

This article contrasts a number of contemporary incidences of Irish representation of and engagement with Native Americans and their history with two Native American novels and their depictions of Ireland and the Irish, LeAnne Howe’s 2001 book Shells... Read More about "Primitive" discourse : aspects of contemporary North American Indian representations of the Irish and of contemporary Irish representations of North American Indians.

Virtual reality training for radiotherapy becomes a reality (2008)
Journal Article
Phillips, R., Ward, J. W., Page, L., Grau, C., Bojen, A., Hall, J., …Beavis, A. W. (2008). Virtual reality training for radiotherapy becomes a reality. Studies in health technology and informatics, 132, 366-371

A report in 2007 to the UK Government identified a crisis in England for training staff and students for the radiotherapy treatment of cancer. The Hull authors have developed an immersive life size virtual environment of a radiotherapy treatment room... Read More about Virtual reality training for radiotherapy becomes a reality.

In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate (2008)
Journal Article
Oswald, I. D. H., Hamilton, A., Hall, C., Marshall, W. G., Prior, T. J., & Pulham, C. R. (2008). In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17795-17800. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja805429m

An important intermediate phase in the crystallization of aqueous solutions of sodium sulfate is the highly metastable sodium sulfate heptahydrate (Na2SO4 center dot 7H(2)O). This has been structurally characterized for the first time by in situ sing... Read More about In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate.

Spiking neurons: Is coincidence-factor enough for comparing responses with fluctuating membrane voltage? (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Sarangdhar, M., & Kambhampati, C. (2008). Spiking neurons: Is coincidence-factor enough for comparing responses with fluctuating membrane voltage?. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering (1640 - 1645)

Similarity between two spike trains is generally estimated using a ‘coincidence factor’. This factor relies on counting coincidences of firing-times for spikes in a given time window. However, in cases where there are significant fluctuations in memb... Read More about Spiking neurons: Is coincidence-factor enough for comparing responses with fluctuating membrane voltage?.

Global discourses of democracy and an English city (2008)
Journal Article
Farrelly, M. (2008). Global discourses of democracy and an English city. Journal of Language and Politics, 7(3), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.7.3.04far

In many contemporary polities, democracy is portrayed as a universal good, a democratic ideal appears to be spreading globally, its practice burgeoning; it seems to be appearing for the first time in some places and deepening in established democraci... Read More about Global discourses of democracy and an English city.

Commentary on Wang RH, Cheng CP and Chou FH (2008) A causal model of contraceptive intention and its gender comparison among Taiwanese sexually inexperienced adolescents. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 930-939 (2008)
Journal Article
Hayter, M. (2008). Commentary on Wang RH, Cheng CP and Chou FH (2008) A causal model of contraceptive intention and its gender comparison among Taiwanese sexually inexperienced adolescents. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 930-939. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(23), 3252-3254. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02403.x

Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Holter, A., Millar Ritchie, J., Shaw, W. N., & Grant, D. (2008). Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model. In Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2008 - Liverpool, United Kingdom, 14-19

Transport is often considered a service that can easily be purchased and obtained without further complications. However, managing and purchasing transport is a complex process. A five step transport purchasing capability maturity model is proposed w... Read More about Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model.

Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Grant, D. B., Fernie, J., Tautrims, A., & El-Adas, R. (2008). Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains. In Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL) 2008, 257-264

Purpose: On-shelf availability and its impact on retail customer service and profitability has concerned retailers for many years. Further, globalisation of retail supply chains has meant increased logistics costs, particularly in transportation, and... Read More about Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains.

SCM Implementation in Austrian organizations (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Kotzab, H., Grant, D., Teller, C., & Völk, N. (2008). SCM Implementation in Austrian organizations. In V. Autere, A. H. Bask, G. Kovács, K. Spens, & K. Tanskanen (Eds.), Beyond Business Logistics : Selected full papers presented at the 20th Anniversary NOFOMA 2008 logistics conference held in June 2008 at Hanken (the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration) in Helsinki, Finland, 297-312

The importance of understanding different management paradigms in today's global economy (2008)
Journal Article
Naguib, R., Bali, R., Wickramasinghe, N., & Dwivedi, A. (2008). The importance of understanding different management paradigms in today's global economy. International journal of innovation and learning, 5(3), 317-337. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIL.2008.017365

Merely recognising the existence of international management philosophies (e.g. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese) does not guarantee success in the workplace, conversely ignoring them may cause managerial problems which in turn is likely to significantl... Read More about The importance of understanding different management paradigms in today's global economy.

Robust FDI for FTC coordination in a distributed network system (2008)
Journal Article
Klinkhieo, S., Patton, R. J., & Kambhampati, C. (2008). Robust FDI for FTC coordination in a distributed network system. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 41(2), 13551-13556. https://doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.0468

This paper focuses on the development of a suitable Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) strategy for application to a system of inter-connected and distributed systems, as a basis for a fault-tolerant Network Control System (NCS) problem. The work fo... Read More about Robust FDI for FTC coordination in a distributed network system.