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Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts (2007)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2007). Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts. Ecological Informatics, 2, 248-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.07.004

A graphical user interface is presented that allows users of taxonomic data to explore concept relationships between conflicting but related taxonomic classifications. Ecological analyses that use taxonomic metadata depend on accurate naming of spe... Read More about Visual Exploration of Alternative Taxonomies through Concepts.

Understanding inappropriate high speed: qualitative results from the HUSSAR project (2007)
Journal Article
Fuller, R., Hannigan, B., Bates, H., Gormley, M., Stradling, S. G., Broughton, P., …O'Dolan, C. (2007). Understanding inappropriate high speed: qualitative results from the HUSSAR project. Behavioural Research in Road Safety,

We know that inappropriate high speed (IHS) is related to driver collision frequency and severity. The strategic goals of this safety project are to inform drivers of the risks of IHS, to improve attitudes and behaviour in relation to speed choice an... Read More about Understanding inappropriate high speed: qualitative results from the HUSSAR project.

The vexed question of humanity in Heart of Darkness: a historicist reading (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). The vexed question of humanity in Heart of Darkness: a historicist reading. In D. C. R. A. Goonetilleke (Ed.), Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness (83-91). Routledge

This book chapter takes a historicist approach to Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It relies on theories of historicim and ethnography and cites Clifford Geertx and James Clifford as well as Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

She: gothic reverberations in Star Trek: first contact (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). She: gothic reverberations in Star Trek: first contact. In B. Brabon, & S. Genz (Eds.), Postfeminist Gothic: Critical Interventions in Contemporary Culture (154-169). Palgrave Macmillan

This essay discusses how the film Star Trek: First Contact uses the gothic tropes of the femme fatale as expressed in Rider Haggard's iconic text She. This is a collection of essays edited by Ben Brabon and Stephanie Genz.

H. G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). H. G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship. In J. S. Partington (Ed.), H. G. Wells's Fin-de-Siècle (101-112). Peter Lang

This essay was first published in The Wellsian and is collected here in an edited book that contains the best essays on Wells published in recent years.

An Immune-Inspired Approach to Speckled Computing (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davoudani, D., Hart, E., & Paechter, B. (2007, August). An Immune-Inspired Approach to Speckled Computing. Presented at International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems ICARIS 2007, Beijing, China

Speckled Computing offers a radically new concept in information technology that has the potential to revolutionise the way we communicate and exchange information. Specks — minute, autonomous, semi-conductor grains that can sense and compute locally... Read More about An Immune-Inspired Approach to Speckled Computing.

Where and When was Knowledge Managed? (2007)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2007). Where and When was Knowledge Managed?. In R. Day, & C. McInerney (Eds.), Rethinking Knowledge Management; Information Science and Knowledge Management (171-185). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-71011-6_7

The chapter presents a case study of new technology in a rapid response social work unit that is part of an e-government program in a Scottish municipality. The objective of the project was to improve the configuration and delivery of resources for... Read More about Where and When was Knowledge Managed?.

The modelling of motorcycle ownership and usage: a UK study (2007)
Journal Article
Burge, P., Fox, J., Kouvenhoeven, M., Rohr, C., & Wigan, M. (2007). The modelling of motorcycle ownership and usage: a UK study. Transportation research record, 59-68. https://doi.org/10.3141/2031-08

This paper presents work, undertaken for the UK Department for Transport, to help determine how policy could affect motorcycle usage. There are two important choices that determine potential motorcycle use: the decision to own a motorcycle, and conti... Read More about The modelling of motorcycle ownership and usage: a UK study.

Letter from Edinburgh - governance, economic performance and economic disparities in Scotland (2007)
Journal Article
Brown, R., McQuaid, R. W., & Newlands, D. (2007). Letter from Edinburgh - governance, economic performance and economic disparities in Scotland. Regions, 24-27

John Smith, when Leader of the Labour Party, said that devolution was “the settled will of the Scottish people”. However, far from quelling debates about governance – and particularly the implications for economic policy and performance in Scotland... Read More about Letter from Edinburgh - governance, economic performance and economic disparities in Scotland.

Introducing the Companions project: intelligent, persistent, personalised interfaces to the internet. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benyon, D., & Mival, O. (2007). Introducing the Companions project: intelligent, persistent, personalised interfaces to the internet. In Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference HCI 07 (193-194)

The Companions project is a 4 year, EU funded Framework Programme 6 project involving a consortium of 16 partners across 8 countries. Its aim is to develop a personalised conversational interface, one that knows and understands its owner, and can... Read More about Introducing the Companions project: intelligent, persistent, personalised interfaces to the internet..

Alternative media in practice. (2007)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2007). Alternative media in practice. In K. Coyer, T. Dowmunt, & A. Fountain (Eds.), The Alterrnative Media Handbook (71-77). Routledge

People and Computers XXI - HCI… but not as we know it. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2007). People and Computers XXI - HCI… but not as we know it. In L. J. Ball, M. A. Sasse, C. Sas, T. Ormerod, A. Dix, P. Bagnall, & T. McEwan (Eds.), People and Computers XXI - HCI… but not as we know it

At first sight the two themes of this year’s People and Computers volumes seem to send conflicting messages. On the one hand, “Happy 21st” suggests that British HCI as a discipline has much to celebrate, having grown from its inception at the 1985... Read More about People and Computers XXI - HCI… but not as we know it..

Listening, corporeality and presence (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & McGregor, I. (2007). Listening, corporeality and presence. In PRESENCE 2007: The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence (43-49)

The use of sound to create or enhance the sense of presence is well recognized and the measurements of which have focused on hearing, e.g. “were you able to identify a particular sound?”, “how well could you localize the sounds”. To this treatment of... Read More about Listening, corporeality and presence.