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Sustainability in the Hotel Industry (2016)
Book Chapter
Upadhyay, A., Pomponi, F., & Vadam, C. (2016). Sustainability in the Hotel Industry. In Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection

No abstract available.

Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises (2016)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., Coccia, L., & Upadhyay, A. (2016). Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises. In D. B. Grant (Ed.), Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection (249-261). Kog

This fascinating case study demonstrates how the Agile approach can be utilised by European micro enterprises which need to adopt wider Information Communication Technologies. The case study analyses the rapid advances of Information Communicatio... Read More about Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises.

What Matter it Now if the Soil be Soaked? (2016)
Book Chapter
Freestone, P. M. (2016). What Matter it Now if the Soil be Soaked?. In S. La Marca, & P. Macintyre (Eds.), Where the Shoreline Used to be (167-183). Australia: Penguin

A short story set in and around a private school in a future water-shortage Melbourne, examining the environmentally exacerbated class and economic divisions through the eyes of a queer scholarship student from a rural farming background.

Human Resource Development in Central and Eastern Europe (2016)
Book Chapter
Sheehan, M., & Buchelt, B. (2016). Human Resource Development in Central and Eastern Europe. In T. N. Garavan, A. M. McCarthy, & M. J. Morley (Eds.), Global Human Resource Development: Regional and Country Perspectives. New York: Routledge. https://doi.or

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is a region that includes the European countries that were under Soviet economic and political influence before 1990 and often referred to as the ‘Eastern Bloc’. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of t... Read More about Human Resource Development in Central and Eastern Europe.

Human resource development in the Nordic countries. (2016)
Book Chapter
Heidl, B. H., & Dusoye, I. C. (2016). Human resource development in the Nordic countries. In T. N. Garavan, A. M. McCarthy, & M. J. Morley (Eds.), Global Human Resource Development. Routledge

Abstract not available.

Exercise and the Immune System (2016)
Book Chapter
Gomes, E. C., & Florida-James, G. (2016). Exercise and the Immune System. In C. Esser (Ed.), Environmental Influences on the Immune System (127-152). Vienna, Austria: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1890-0_6

This chapter is divided into three major parts. The first part covers how exercise is associated with respiratory infection. Exercise’s effect on mucosal immunity, allergic rhinitis and airway inflammation is discussed as well as how certain viruses... Read More about Exercise and the Immune System.

From transit systems to models: data representation and collection. (2016)
Book Chapter
Noekel, K., Gentile, G., Nathanail, E., & Fonzone, A. (2016). From transit systems to models: data representation and collection. In G. Gentile, & K. Noekel (Eds.), Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems (23

This chapter deals with the data that form input and output of passenger route choice models. All information about supply and demand that is relevant to passenger route choice must be captured in a formal way in order to be accessible to mathematica... Read More about From transit systems to models: data representation and collection..

An Approach to a Laser-Touchscreen System (2016)
Book Chapter
Aizeboje, J., & Peng, T. (2016). An Approach to a Laser-Touchscreen System. In Enterprise Information Systems; Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (476-495). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29133-8_23

As modern day technologies advance, so have different methods in which users can interact with computers. Computers are currently being used in combination with devices like projectors for teaching and presentations, in which the mouse and the USB wi... Read More about An Approach to a Laser-Touchscreen System.

A comparative study of ecosystem development in regenerative medicine (2016)
Book Chapter
Bock, A. J., & Johnson, D. (2016). A comparative study of ecosystem development in regenerative medicine. In P. H. Phan (Ed.), Academic Entrepreneurship: Translating Discoveries to the Marketplace, 218-250. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

No abstract available.

Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain (2016)
Book Chapter
Sharapov, K. (2016). Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain. In M. Malloch, & P. Rigby (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation (17-40). Edinburgh University Press

Focusing on three national case studies this chapter explores the comparative empirical data on public knowledge and understanding of human trafficking, examining the link between public knowledge and public policies. It highlights how public underst... Read More about Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain.

‘Passing’-and ‘failing’-in Latin America: Methodological reflections on linguacultural identity (2016)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2016). ‘Passing’-and ‘failing’-in Latin America: Methodological reflections on linguacultural identity. In E. Emerald, R. E. Rinehart, & A. Garcia (Eds.), Global South Ethnographies: Minding the Senses (185-196). Rotterdam: Sense Publ

Después de México: bronceada, el cabello teñido de negro. En un mercado nicaragüense una puestera se dirige a mí. Escuchándole mal, le pregunto en jerga mexicana: ¿mande? Y charlamos. Ella dice que mi ‘paisano’ estaba aquí antes. ‘¿Mi paisano? ¿De ve... Read More about ‘Passing’-and ‘failing’-in Latin America: Methodological reflections on linguacultural identity.

What a victory it might have been”: C. E. Montague and the First World War. (2016)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2015). What a victory it might have been”: C. E. Montague and the First World War. In T. Tate, & K. Kennedy (Eds.), The Silent Morning: Culture and Memory After the Armistice, 131-148. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

Discusses Montague's post-war prose work in terms of peace and silence.

Local worlds of coordinated activation policy. (2016)
Book Chapter
Zimmermann, K., Fuertes, V., & Aurich-Beerheide, P. (2016). Local worlds of coordinated activation policy. In M. Heidenreich, & D. Rice (Eds.), Integrating social and employment policies in europe: active inclusion and challenges for local welfare governa

In Chapter 11 on local worlds of coordinated activation in Europe, Katharina Zimmermann, Vanesa Fuertes and Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide shed light on the role of the local level as a generic actor in the organization of activation. The authors apply a... Read More about Local worlds of coordinated activation policy..

Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK. (2016)
Book Chapter
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. (2016). Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK. In M. Heidenreich, & D. Rice (Eds.), Integrating social and employment policies in europe: active inclusion and chall

In Chapter 5 on the UK, Vanesa Fuertes and Ronald McQuaid study how coordinated activation policies, which have been a core part of the UK welfare state since at least the 1990s, are implemented locally. Although service coordination is officially ac... Read More about Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK..

ELM based algorithms for acoustic template matching in home automation scenarios: Advancements and performance analysis (2016)
Book Chapter
della Porta, G., Principi, E., Ferroni, G., Squartini, S., Hussain, A., & Piazza, F. (2016). ELM based algorithms for acoustic template matching in home automation scenarios: Advancements and performance analysis. In Recent Advances in Nonlinear Speech P

Speech and sound recognition in home automation scenarios has been gaining an increasing interest in the last decade. One interesting approach addressed in the literature is based on the template matching paradigm, which is characterized by ease of i... Read More about ELM based algorithms for acoustic template matching in home automation scenarios: Advancements and performance analysis.

Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells (2016)
Book Chapter
Ghosh, P., Senthilarasu, S., Nixon, T., & Krishnamurthy, S. (2016). Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells. In Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.04062-5

Inorganic–organic hybrid perovskite solar cells, a low-cost viable substitute to conventional silicon technology, have seen an unparalleled efficiency improvement within a span of few years due to their unique tunable properties. These hybrid structu... Read More about Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells.

Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction (2016)
Book Chapter
Abidin, A. F., Kolberg, M., & Hussain, A. (2016). Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction. In M. Trovati, R. Hill, A. Anjum, S. Ying Zhu, & L. Liu (Eds.), Big-Data Analyti

Accurate bus arrival time prediction is key for improving the attractiveness of public transport, as it helps users better manage their travel schedule. This paper proposes a model of bus arrival time prediction, which aims to improve arrival time ac... Read More about Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction.