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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)
Conference Proceeding
Charissis, V., Papanastasiou, S., Mackenzie, L., & Arafat, S. (2011). Evaluation of collision avoidance prototype head-up display interface for older drivers. In Human-Computer Interaction: Towards Mobile and Intelligent Interaction Environments (367-375). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21616-9_41

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)
Conference Proceeding
Alfalah, S. F., Harrison, D. K., Charissis, V., & Evans, D. (2011). Optimised multimedia application for improved medical visualisation. In Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXV: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2011)

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)
Conference Proceeding
Charissis, V. (2011). Investigation of prototype full-windshield head-up display interface impact on users' driving patterns under adverse weather conditions. In Proceedings of AUTO2: Display in Vehicles (511-514)

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., …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)
Conference Proceeding
Hammerla, N. Y., Plötz, T., Andras, P., & Olivier, P. (2011). Assessing motor performance with PCA. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers in Activity Recognition using Pervasive Sensing (18-23)

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)
Conference Proceeding
Muhammad-Sukki, C., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., McMeekin, S., Stewart, B., & Clive, B. (2011). Optimisation of concentrator in the solar photonic optoelectronic transformer: Optical gain analysis. In IET Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2011.0201

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.

De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives (2011)
Book
Kulpa, R., & Mizielińska, J. (Eds.). (2011). De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315576107

De-Centring Western Sexualities critically assesses the current state of knowledge about sexualities outside the framings of 'The West', by focusing on gender and sexuality within the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Providing rich case studies... Read More about De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives.

Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Plant, E., & McGovern, J. (2011). Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Universities’ Transport Studies Group

The Irish road haulage industry exhibits a structure dominated by single-vehicle owner-managed operators. This has implications for the Irish economy through reduced efficiency. It is crucial that Ireland’s transport policies sustain its trade-depen... Read More about Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry.

Networks for Pervasive Services: Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet (2011)
Book
Liotta, A., & Exarchakos, G. (2011). Networks for Pervasive Services: Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1473-1

Since its inception in the 1970s the Internet has become larger, faster and wireless. It is the biggest machine ever built, the “generative” engine of our digital society. However, the software that runs the global network has not seen any substantia... Read More about Networks for Pervasive Services: Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet.

Privacy in Pervasive Systems: Legal Framework and Regulatory Challenges (2011)
Book Chapter
Liotta, A., & Liotta, A. (2011). Privacy in Pervasive Systems: Legal Framework and Regulatory Challenges. In Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment: Technologies, Trends and Applications (263-277). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-611-4.ch012

Data protection legislation has developed in a digital communication context that is changing dramatically. Infrastructure-based, networked systems are increasingly interconnecting and interoperating with infrastructure-less or even spontaneous netwo... Read More about Privacy in Pervasive Systems: Legal Framework and Regulatory Challenges.