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Barriers to escaping the low-pay no-pay cycle for disadvantaged parents. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuertes, V. (2010, July). Barriers to escaping the low-pay no-pay cycle for disadvantaged parents. Presented at Social Policy Association Annual Conference

Poverty is a dynamic process that reflects the shifting nature of individual and
household income. Drawing on the findings of a research study supported by
the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of their Recurrent Poverty
programme, this paper wil... Read More about Barriers to escaping the low-pay no-pay cycle for disadvantaged parents..

Scots beneath the Banyan Tree: stories from Bengal. (2010)
Book
Fraser, B., & Chitrakar, G. (2010). Scots beneath the Banyan Tree: stories from Bengal. Luath Press

A collaborative project with a folk artist's scrolls telling the stories of Scots who have become iconic figures in Bengal. Each scroll is accompanied by the story in prose and the lyrics translated by the author.

Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. (2010)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2010). Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. In The Book in Germany (1-15). Merchiston Publishing

This article examines how literary outputs and chronicles in particular were used in the fourteenth century by the order's leadership to document, justify and popularise the Teutonic Order's crusades in Prussia.

Development of a 3D audio panning and realtime visualisation toolset using emerging technologies (2010)
Thesis
Ferguson, P. Development of a 3D audio panning and realtime visualisation toolset using emerging technologies. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6698

This thesis documents a body of research that links the field of electro-acoustic diffusion and spatialisation with practice in the music and film post-production industries. Three research questions are posed:
"How can the physical user-interfaces... Read More about Development of a 3D audio panning and realtime visualisation toolset using emerging technologies.

Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032138

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) are increasing in both popularity and scale, and while classical Client/Server (C/S) architectures convey some benefits, they suffer from significant technical and commercial drawbacks. This realisation has... Read More about Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games..

Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032140

We present the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDAs), a novel task-mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. DDA is primarily designed for hosting Non-Player Characters (NPCs) in P2P Massive... Read More about Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs..

Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. In B. Smart (Ed.), Post-Industrial Society (201-232). SAGE Publications

Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is argued that his position has always contained three distinguishabl... Read More about Daniel Bell's theory of the information society..

Stevenson and popular culture. (2010)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2010). Stevenson and popular culture. NJES : Nordic journal of English studies, 9.3, 11-24

A hybrid microsimulation model of urban freight travel demand. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donnelly, R., Wigan, M., & Thompson, R. G. (2010, September). A hybrid microsimulation model of urban freight travel demand. Presented at Innovations in freight demand modelling and data symposium, SHRP2

Comparative population dynamics and life histories of North Brazilian Mangrove crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea). (2010)
Book Chapter
Diele, K., & Koch, V. (2010). Comparative population dynamics and life histories of North Brazilian Mangrove crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea). In Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil (275-285). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13457-9_18

Comparing life history variations between species helps understanding how different life history patterns may have evolved (Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR (1996) Ecology. Blackwell Science, Oxford). Here, we compare central aspects of the dynamics a... Read More about Comparative population dynamics and life histories of North Brazilian Mangrove crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea)..

Exterior timber cladding: design, installation and performance. (2010)
Book
Davies, I., & Wood, J. (2010). Exterior timber cladding: design, installation and performance. Arcamedia

Designing timber facades presents technical challenges such as durability, weathering, dimensional change, corrosion, wind resistance and fire safety demand high standard practice in terms of design, construction and maintenance for these to be succe... Read More about Exterior timber cladding: design, installation and performance..