All Outputs (2054)

Labor market
Book Chapter

Labor markets are socially-constructed entities that facilitate the buying and selling of labor power. They are effectively political-geographic institutions, governed predominantly by state regulations that apply within specific territorial boundari... Read More about Labor market.

Regulation/deregulation
Book Chapter

Economic regulation is dynamically entwined with deregulation. Contrary to the logic of market fundamentalism, producers and/or consumers do not always benefit from deregulation. Rational-choice theories of regulation have not impacted economic-geogr... Read More about Regulation/deregulation.

Aid and taxation
Book Chapter

The toponymy of communal activity: Anglo-Saxon assembly sites and their functions
Book Chapter

The paper builds on earlier discussion of the multiple functions of medieval judicial assembly sites, providing a comprehensive evaluation of relevant English hundred-names, and making reference to associated microtoponymy. While religious, military,... Read More about The toponymy of communal activity: Anglo-Saxon assembly sites and their functions.

What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?
Book Chapter

Where there is no viable alternative, studies of neuronal activity are conducted on animals. The use of animals, particularly for invasive studies of the brain, raises a number of ethical issues. Practical or normative ethics are enforced by legislat... Read More about What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?.

Anti-vice lives: peopling the archives of prostitution in interwar India
Book Chapter

German writers remember 9/11: Katharina Hacker’s "The Have-Nots"
Book Chapter

James Buchanan and the secession crisis
Book Chapter

An account of the actions, motives, successes and failure of President James Buchanan as he confronted the collapse of the American nation in 1860-1861

Safe drinking water for expanding cities
Book Chapter

The rapid urbanization and industrialization since 1978 have posed some serious environmental challenges for sustainable development in China, with pollution and water shortages ranking among the most pressing issues. Although China is rich in water... Read More about Safe drinking water for expanding cities.

Can background baroque music help to improve the memorability of graphical passwords?
Book Chapter

Graphical passwords have been proposed as an alternative to alphanumeric passwords with their advantages in usability and security. However,they still tend to follow predictable patterns that are easier for attackers to exploit,probably due to users’... Read More about Can background baroque music help to improve the memorability of graphical passwords?.

The transfer of evolved artificial immune system behaviours between small and large scale robotic platforms
Book Chapter

This paper demonstrates that a set of behaviours evolved in simulation on a miniature robot (epuck) can be transferred to a much larger scale platform (a virtual Pioneer P3-DX) that also differs in shape, sensor type, sensor configuration and progra... Read More about The transfer of evolved artificial immune system behaviours between small and large scale robotic platforms.

System dynamics modelling of the processes involving the maintenance of the naive T cell repertoire
Book Chapter

The study of immune system aging, i.e. immunosenescence, is a relatively new research topic. It deals with understanding the processes of immuno-degradation that indicate signs of functionality loss possibly leading to death. Even though it is not po... Read More about System dynamics modelling of the processes involving the maintenance of the naive T cell repertoire.

Error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement for aerodynamic flows
Book Chapter

This lecture course covers the theory of so-called duality-based a posteriori error estimation of DG finite element methods. In particular, we formulate consistent and adjoint consistent DG methods for the numerical approximation of both the compress... Read More about Error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement for aerodynamic flows.

Optimisation of a crossdocking distribution centre simulation model
Book Chapter

This paper reports on continuing research into the modelling of an order picking process within a Crossdocking distribution centre using Simulation Optimisation. The aim of this project is to optimise a discrete event simulation model and to unde... Read More about Optimisation of a crossdocking distribution centre simulation model.

Gender and European Welfare States
Book Chapter

An idiotypic immune network as a short-term learning architecture for mobile robots
Book Chapter

A combined Short-Term Learning (STL) and Long-Term Learning (LTL) approach to solving mobile robot navigation problems is presented and tested in both real and simulated environments. The LTL consists of rapid simulations that use a Genetic Algorith... Read More about An idiotypic immune network as a short-term learning architecture for mobile robots.

Young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse: understanding, identifying and responding from within generic education and welfare services
Book Chapter

This chapter will start by providing an overview of current knowledge about young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse. Research cited will, unless otherwise indicated, be limited to UK studies since international variations in the de... Read More about Young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse: understanding, identifying and responding from within generic education and welfare services.

Health and Health Policy
Book Chapter

Routes and requirements for realizing pervasive medical devices
Book Chapter

Modelling Immunological Memory
Book Chapter

Accurate immunological models offer the possibility of performing highthroughput experiments in silico that can predict, or at least suggest, in vivo phenomena. In this chapter, we compare various models of immunological memory. We first validate an... Read More about Modelling Immunological Memory.