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ALT text and basic accessibility (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., & Weerts, B. (2007). ALT text and basic accessibility. In D. Ramduny-Ellis, & D. Rachovides (Eds.), People and computers XXI : HCI-- but not as we know it : proceedings of HCI 2007, the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference (1-4)

Recent surveys have shown that the majority of websites are not accessible. Despite legal obligations and the importance of the internet for disabled people, most websites fail to reach a basic level of accessibility, yet web developers are not short... Read More about ALT text and basic accessibility.

A conference panel - but not as we know it! (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., England, D., O'Neill, E., Bryan-Kinns, N., & Finlay, J. (2007). A conference panel - but not as we know it!. In D. Ramduny-Ellis, & D. Rachovides (Eds.), People and computers XXI : HCI-- but not as we know it : proceedings of HCI 2007, the 21s

This panel will take the form of a public debate about whether the conference of which it forms part has a future. Academic conferences are increasingly hard to cost-justify and growing awareness of the environmental impact adds to the negative aspec... Read More about A conference panel - but not as we know it!.

Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation (2007)
Journal Article
Andras, P., Lazarus, J., & Roberts, G. (2007). Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7, Article 240 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-240

Background A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world – with examples from alpine plants... Read More about Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation.

Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations (2007)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2007). Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13, 1294-1301. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2007.70556

We present a Directed Acyclic Graph visualisation designed to allow interaction with a set of multiple classification trees, specifically to find overlaps and differences between groups of trees and individual trees. The work is motivated by the need... Read More about Exploring multiple trees through DAG representations.

Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts (2007)
Journal Article
Shoniwa, P., & Hall, H. (2007). Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts. New Review of Information Networking, 13(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614570801899975

At a time that the term “Library 2.0” has attracted attention in the professional and academic press of library and information science, there appears to be a lack of consensus as to what this nomenclature actually means. At one extreme Library 2.0 i... Read More about Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts.

Motivating learner engagement in online environments: the relevance of social exchange theory (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2007, November). Motivating learner engagement in online environments: the relevance of social exchange theory. Paper presented at JISC CETIS Conference

Invited paper presentation. Presentation slides can be found on slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/motivating-learner-engagement-in-online-environments-the-relevance-of-social-exchange-theory

Science production in top 20 UK universities is catching-up with the US universities (2007)
Report
Andras, P., Herald, N. D., & Charlton, B. (2007). Science production in top 20 UK universities is catching-up with the US universities. Newcastle: Newcastle University

Measuring science production and stimulating top scientific performance are hotly debated internationally. It is commonly believed that there is a widening gap between UK and US universities in both quantity and quality of scientific output. We measu... Read More about Science production in top 20 UK universities is catching-up with the US universities.

Evaluating universities using simple scientometric research-output metrics: Total citation counts per university for a retrospective seven-year rolling sample (2007)
Journal Article
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2007). Evaluating universities using simple scientometric research-output metrics: Total citation counts per university for a retrospective seven-year rolling sample. Science and Public Policy, 34(8), 555–563. https://doi.

We advocate a scientometric, top-down and institution-based research-assessment methodology that is based on total citations accumulated from all publications associated with a specific university during the survey period. The exercise could be done... Read More about Evaluating universities using simple scientometric research-output metrics: Total citation counts per university for a retrospective seven-year rolling sample.

Exponential stabilization of a class of underactuated mechanical systems using dynamic surface control (2007)
Journal Article
Qaiser, N., Iqbal, N., Hussain, A., & Qaiser, N. (2007). Exponential stabilization of a class of underactuated mechanical systems using dynamic surface control. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 5(5), 547-558

This paper proposes a simpler solution to the stabilization problem of a special class of nonlinear underactuated mechanical systems which includes widely studied benchmark systems like Inertia Wheel Pendulum, TORA and Acrobot. Complex internal dynam... Read More about Exponential stabilization of a class of underactuated mechanical systems using dynamic surface control.