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Earnings Management in Polish Companies (2011)
Journal Article
Brzeszczyński, J., Gajda, J., & Schabek, T. (2011). Earnings Management in Polish Companies. Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe, 14(3), 137-150. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10103-011-0023-1

This paper presents results of the investigation of a phenomenon known as "earnings management'' (EM) among the companies listed on the Polish stock market. The distribution of earnings per share (EPS) for the stocks around the threshold value of "ze... Read More about Earnings Management in Polish Companies.

Guest editorial From: International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Volume 2, Issue 2 (2011)
Journal Article
Leask, A., & Hassanien, A. (2011). Guest editorial From: International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Volume 2, Issue 2. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm.2011.43402baa.001

The field of “event management” is extremely complex, with huge variance in their type, purpose, aims and desired outcomes. Their diversity has been explored by academics and practitioners, resulting in a diverse range of research interests and proje... Read More about Guest editorial From: International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Volume 2, Issue 2.

Handling Customer Complaints in the Hospitality Industry (2011)
Journal Article
Dinnen, R., & Hassanien, A. (2011). Handling Customer Complaints in the Hospitality Industry. International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management, 2(1), 66-88. https://doi.org/10.4018/jcrmm.2011010105

Drawing on associated literature and empirical research, this paper examines the engagement and expertise of hotels in handling customer complaints. This is of considerable interest to practitioners and academics within the field of hospitality manag... Read More about Handling Customer Complaints in the Hospitality Industry.

Key Performance Indicators for Innovation Implementation: Perception vs. Actual Usage (2011)
Journal Article
Sawang, S. (2011). Key Performance Indicators for Innovation Implementation: Perception vs. Actual Usage. Asia Pacific Management Review, 16(1), 23-29

This paper aimed to explore the proportion associated with the perceived importance and the actual use of performance indicators from manufacturing and non manufacturing industries. The sample was 86 small and medium sized-organizations in Thailand.... Read More about Key Performance Indicators for Innovation Implementation: Perception vs. Actual Usage.

The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893-1953 (2011)
Book
Køhlert, F. B. (2011). The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893-1953. Museum Tusculanum Press

The Chicago Literary Experience is a concise literary history of the city of Chicago. Taking as its thematic starting point the city's famous World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the book provides an account of the city's rapid and in many ways unpr... Read More about The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893-1953.

Evaluation of collision avoidance prototype head-up display interface for older drivers (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, V., Papanastasiou, S., Mackenzie, L., & Arafat, S. (2011, July). Evaluation of collision avoidance prototype head-up display interface for older drivers. Presented at HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA

Spatial and situational awareness could be decreased significantly under low visibility and adverse weather conditions. This could affect exponentially the reactions of the older drivers and increase dramatically their collision probability. To this... Read More about Evaluation of collision avoidance prototype head-up display interface for older drivers.

Optimised multimedia application for improved medical visualisation (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alfalah, S. F., Harrison, D. K., Charissis, V., & Evans, D. (2011, September). Optimised multimedia application for improved medical visualisation. Presented at 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2011), Glasgow

Efficient delivery of healthcare has become increasingly dependent on a broad range of medical data, which includes different media types. The use of technology in the medical field is rising rap-idly, while the method of storing and visualising medi... Read More about Optimised multimedia application for improved medical visualisation.

Investigation of prototype full-windshield head-up display interface impact on users' driving patterns under adverse weather conditions (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, V. (2011, December). Investigation of prototype full-windshield head-up display interface impact on users' driving patterns under adverse weather conditions. Presented at The 18th International Display Workshops (IDW'11), Nagoya, Japan

Contemporary Head-Down Display information portrayed by automotive infotainment devices, while useful, is often ignored by the driver due to field of  view  limitations  associated  with traditional  instrumentation  panels.  The proposed  interface,... Read More about Investigation of prototype full-windshield head-up display interface impact on users' driving patterns under adverse weather conditions.

Bioscouring of cotton fabrics using pectinase enzyme its optimization and comparison with conventional scouring process. (2011)
Journal Article
Rajendran, R., Sundaram, S. K., Radhai, R., & Rajapriya, P. (2011). Bioscouring of cotton fabrics using pectinase enzyme its optimization and comparison with conventional scouring process. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 14(9), 519-525. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2011.519.525

The conventional scouring process involving the harsh environment is slowly being replaced with environment friendly approach using enzymes. These enzymes remove the non cellulosic impurities present in the fabric. Such a process would enhance the ab... Read More about Bioscouring of cotton fabrics using pectinase enzyme its optimization and comparison with conventional scouring process..

Aerobic biodecolorization of mixture of azo dye containing textile effluent using adapted microbial strains. (2011)
Journal Article
Rajendran, R., Sundaram, S. K., & Maheswari, K. U. (2011). Aerobic biodecolorization of mixture of azo dye containing textile effluent using adapted microbial strains. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 4(6), 568-578. https://doi.org/10.3923/jest.2011.568.578

The current study aimed at developing a microbial consortium using indigenously adapted microbial populations which could be used in the treatment of azo dye containing textile effluent under aerobic conditions. From about 265 different bacterial iso... Read More about Aerobic biodecolorization of mixture of azo dye containing textile effluent using adapted microbial strains..

Representation of information (2011)
Book Chapter
Myburgh, S., Davis, C., Neal, D., & Hjørland, B. (2011). Representation of information. In C. H. Davis, & D. Shaw (Eds.), Introduction to information science and technology (43-62). Information Today

The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders (2011)
Journal Article
Pagani-Núñez, E., Ruiz, Í., Quesada, J., Negro, J. J., & Senar, J. C. (2011). The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(2), 355-361. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2011.34.0355

The diet of the Great Tit Parus major when rearing chicks has been described in many studies. However, data from the Mediterranean area is scarce. Here we describe the diet of nestlings in a population of Great Tits in a Mediterranean forest in Barce... Read More about The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders.

Design of a Cost Effective Off-Grid Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System in an Island of Bangladesh (2011)
Journal Article
Nahid-Al-Masood, Mirza, R., Ahmed, J., Abedin, A. H., Deeba, S., Hafiz, F., Begum, M., & Chowdhury, A. H. (2011). Design of a Cost Effective Off-Grid Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System in an Island of Bangladesh. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5(12), 312-315

Bangladesh is a developing country with large population. Demand of electrical energy is increasing day by day because of increasing population and industrialization. But due to limited resources, people here are suffering from power crisis problem w... Read More about Design of a Cost Effective Off-Grid Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System in an Island of Bangladesh.

Assessing motor performance with PCA (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammerla, N. Y., Plötz, T., Andras, P., & Olivier, P. (2011, June). Assessing motor performance with PCA. Presented at International Workshop on Frontiers in Activity Recognition using Pervasive Sensing (in conjunction with Pervasive), Newcastle

Information about the motor performance, i.e. how well an activity is performed, is valuable information for a variety of novel applications in Activity Recognition (AR). Its assessment represents a significant challenge, as requirements depend on th... Read More about Assessing motor performance with PCA.

Comic: The New Abbess [Fantomen 24/2011] (2011)
Other
Bishop, D. (2011). Comic: The New Abbess [Fantomen 24/2011]. Sweden

A comic written for publisher Egmont, illustrated by artist Cesar Spadari. Originally published in Swedish, it was subsequently reprinted in English by Frew Comics in Australia.

Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: Optical gain analysis (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., McMeekin, S., Stewart, B., & Clive, B. (2011, September). Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: Optical gain analysis. Presented at IET Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011), Edinburgh, UK

The Solar Photonic Optoelectronic Transformer (SPOT) is one of the components of the SolarBrane, a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system developed by SolarEmpower Ltd. Recently, an optimised design for the optical concentrator in the SPOT ha... Read More about Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: Optical gain analysis.