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Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006, April). Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources. Presented at International Conference on Networking, International Conference on Systems and International Conference on Mobile Communications and Learning Technologies (ICNICONSMCL'06)

The Internet research community has proposed many routing protocols to support efficient multicast application. However, these protocols were developed for multicast parties whose members are topologically stationary, and they thus do not support bot... Read More about Transparent Handover for Mobile Multicast Sources.

Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites (2006)
Book Chapter
Smith, M., Carnegie, E., & Robertson, M. (2006). Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites. In A. Leask, & A. Fyall (Eds.), Managing World Heritage Sites (110-124). Butterworth-Heinemann. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080461755

The aim of this chapter is to explore the complex relationship between World Heritage Sites (WHS) and temporary festivals and events, analysing some of the impacts and implications of staging ‘ephemeral’ arts projects in the context of ‘timeless’ her... Read More about Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites.

Managing World Heritage Sites (2006)
Book
Leask, A., & Fyell, A. (Eds.). (2006). Managing World Heritage Sites. Routledge

World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the H... Read More about Managing World Heritage Sites.

PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3 kinase signalling, alters tau phosphorylation in cells by mechanisms independent of GSK-3 (2006)
Journal Article
Kerr, F., Rickle, A., Nayeem, N., Brandner, S., Cowburn, R. F., & Lovestone, S. (2006). PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3 kinase signalling, alters tau phosphorylation in cells by mechanisms independent of GSK-3. FEBS Letters, 580(13), 3121-3128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.064

Deregulation of PTEN/Akt signalling has been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the effects on the molecular processes underlying AD pathology have not yet been fully described. Here we report that overexpression... Read More about PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3 kinase signalling, alters tau phosphorylation in cells by mechanisms independent of GSK-3.

Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frowd, C., Bruce, V., McIntyre, A., & Hancock, P. (2006). Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System. In 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2006. FGR 2006doi:10.1109/fgr.2006.20

Facial composites are typically constructed by witnesses to crime by describing a suspect?s face and then selecting facial features from a kit of parts. Unfortunately, when produced in this way, composites are very poorly identified. In contrast, the... Read More about Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System.

Driving experiences of disabled drivers (2006)
Journal Article
Prasad, R., Hunter, J., & Hanley, J. (2006). Driving experiences of disabled drivers. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20(5), 445-450. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215506cr957oa

Objective: To study the influence of non-standard controls on return to driving after disability, including prevalence of accidents/retraining difficulties. Design: Postal questionnaires sent within two years of assessment to 972 disabled drivers se... Read More about Driving experiences of disabled drivers.

Messiah (Dublin version 1742). (2006)
Digital Artefact
Malcolm, C. (2006). Messiah (Dublin version 1742)

A first-rate performance of Handel's Messiah in which the Dunedin Consort recreate the freshness, excitement and spontaneity of the work's first public performance in 1742. Unlike the thirty singers used in some later performances, this version featu... Read More about Messiah (Dublin version 1742)..

Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland. (2006)
Journal Article
MacPherson, S. (2006). Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland. Local Economy, 21(2), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690940600608317

Fundamental to the historical development of partnership working as an approach to managing neighbourhood regeneration has been a concern to promote `strategic' working practices. However, there has been a distinct lack of conceptual clarity within b... Read More about Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland..

Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm (2006)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2006). Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 12(2), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766706062151

The following article will examine examples of current and theoretical issues in academic and related literature written on the subject of what has been variously referred to as ‘dark tourism’ (Lennon and Foley1), ‘thanatourism’ (Seaton2) and sometim... Read More about Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm.

What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2006, April). What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management. Paper presented at International Research Society for Public Management Annual Conference

Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deteriorating Patients (2006)
Journal Article
Campbell, H., Rivero-Arias, O., Johnston, K., Gray, A., Fairbank, J., & Frost, H. (2006). Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deteriorating Patients. Spine, 31(7), 815-822. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.brs.0000207257.64215.03

STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of outcome data collected prospectively from 250 patients recruited to the UK Spine Stabilization Trial. OBJECTIVES: To compare the responsiveness of the Shuttle Walking Test (SWT), which is an objective outcome measure, wit... Read More about Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deteriorating Patients.

The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand (2006)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2006). The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 18(3), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110610658634

Purpose Seeks to examine the extent to which management contracts used by international hotel firms in Thailand mirror those used in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The study builds on previous research carried out in the late 1990s that hi... Read More about The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand.

Does the reduced hospital stay of primary PCI patients impact on cardiac rehabilitation outcomes? A comparison with thrombolysed myocardial infarction patients at 10 weeks. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L., Van Goor, A., Keightley, H., Fox, K. F., & Wood, D. A. (2006, April). Does the reduced hospital stay of primary PCI patients impact on cardiac rehabilitation outcomes? A comparison with thrombolysed myocardial infarction patients at 10 weeks. Poster presented at National Heart Foundation Conference

The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers (2006)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., Saha, S. K., & O'Donnell, D. (2006). The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers. International Journal of Manpower, 27(3), 251-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720610672167

Purpose – This paper explores this relationship between the individual values of managers and human resource (HR) decision‐making.Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data were collected from a total of 340 line managers from both Ireland and... Read More about The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers.

Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints (2006)
Journal Article
Meijerman, L., Nagelkerke, N. J. D., Van Basten, R., Van Der Lugt, C., De Conti, F., Drusini, A. G., Giacon, M., Sholl, S., Vanezis, P., & Maat, G. J. R. (2006). Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints. Medicine, Science and the Law, 46(2), 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1258/rsmmsl.46.2.141

We aimed to explore the level of inter- and intra-individual variation in applied force when listening at a surface, and assess the resulting variation in earprints. We further intended to identify possible sources of this variation. Forty subjects e... Read More about Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints.

Managing and maintaining corporate reputation and brand identity: Haier Group logo (2006)
Journal Article
Omar, M., & Williams, J. (2006). Managing and maintaining corporate reputation and brand identity: Haier Group logo. The journal of brand management an international journal, 13(4-5), 268-275. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.bm.2540270

The riots against the World Trade Organization in Seattle and the protests in Washington present a real threat to the reputation of global firms. Those changes in circumstance led international firms to pay considerable attention to the management of... Read More about Managing and maintaining corporate reputation and brand identity: Haier Group logo.

Place, Sense of Place, and Presence (2006)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2006). Place, Sense of Place, and Presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(2), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.2006.15.2.204

Recreating real places--as distinct from virtual spaces or environments--using virtual reality technology raises a series of significant challenges. Fortunately there is a large body of existing research into the experience of place which might reaso... Read More about Place, Sense of Place, and Presence.