Doing and talking : the value of video interviewing for researching and theorizing craft by Harper, Paul W. H.

“…A key feature of the institutional discourse has been attempts to establish a definition of 'craft' as a singular thing within the sphere of its influence. The thesis argues that the problematic relationship between theory and practice stems partly from this disjunction between the institutional craft world and the ideological and intellectual heritage of William Morris and his followers. …”
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Synthesis and structural studies of some metal complexes of tetraaza macrocyclic ligands by Baillie, Philip John

“…A series of dibenzo macrocyclic tetraamine ligands with 14-, 15-, 16-, 17- and 19-membered inner great lings (L14 to L15) has been synthesized to investigate the effect of ring size variation on their complexation behaviour with the metal-ions, Ni(Il), Zn(ll) and Cd(II).…”
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The hands have it: tactile participation and maximum grip in the aviation sector by McDonough, Brian

“…By being there and engaging with things, we can attempt to acquire an optimal grasp of our research participant’s worlds, thus providing insightful ways of knowing and making sense of our qualitative data.…”

The Barrie guide to tort 2022. Volume 1 by Goldstone, Barrie

“…Unlike contractual obligations, most tortious obligations are negative - i.e. things you must NOT do unless you wish to be sued for a remedy.…”

Advancing IoT and Cloud Security through LLMs, Federated Learning, and Reinforcement Learning by Ghanem, Mohamed Chahine

“…The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing has revolutionized numerous industries by enhancing connectivity, automation, and data processing capabilities. …”
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Building tomorrow's smart cities with 6G infrastructure technology by Singh, Sushil Kumar, Virdee, Bal Singh, Jadeja, Rajendrasinh, Tanwar, Sudeep, Khanna, Ashish

“…Emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, and advanced internet of things (IoT) sensors are transforming cities into intelligent, interconnected ecosystems through applications such as smart parking, smart healthcare, and smart education. …”

Low cost, easy-to-use, IoT and cloud-based real-time environment monitoring system using ESP8266 microcontroller by Mutu, Nuba, Vassilev, Vassil, Tabany, Myasar R.

“…This paper proposes a low-cost, easy-to-use, IoT and cloud-based system solution for environmental data monitoring in real-time through the combination of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing technology via Arduino IDE. …”
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Bio-inspired framework for security in IoT devices by Mariyanayagam, Dion, Shukla, Pancham, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…One of the many things COVID-19 has taught humanity is that the internet is not just a commodity but a vital service integral to the modern world. …”
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Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study by Killingback, Clare, Tomlinson, Amy, Thompson, Mark, Whitfield, Clare, Stern, Julian

“…Results: Five themes were identified: 1) understanding the person and their direction of travel; 2) contextual factors that impact on the delivery of person-centered practice; 3) awareness of personality traits; 4) doing the small things; and 5) the person-centered learning curve. …”
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice by Pok, Chong Boon

“…The thesis explored the understanding of Beginner's Mind, the spirit of attentiveness, the idea of the circle, art and meditation, it-is-ness, the relativity of things, "nothingness" and the entanglement of art and life as they revolve around my studio practice, all of which have a connection with Zen Buddhist practice of the everyday. …”
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Revolutionizing intrusion detection in industrial IoT with distributed learning and deep generative techniques by Hamouda, Djallel, Ferrag, Mohamed Amine, Nadjette, Benhamida, Hamid, Seridi, Ghanem, Mohamed Chahine

“…In response to escalating cyber threats and privacy issues within the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), this research presents FedGenID, an advanced Federated Generative Intrusion Detection System, to safeguard IIoT networks. …”
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Motivation : theory and use in higher education by Nukpe, Philip

“…Finally, how we, as tutors, construct the ‘academic playing-field’ of assessments and feedback (amongst other things) are in and of themselves powerful motivators.…”
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Wind-up radio, 1992, UK/South Africa by Oropallo, Gabriele

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Enhancing cyber security using audio techniques: a public key infrastructure for sound by Phipps, Anthony, Ouazzane, Karim, Vassilev, Vassil

“…Increasingly, devices such as desktop computers, smart speakers, cars, TV’s, phones an Internet of Things (IOT) devices all have built in voice assistants and voice activated features. …”
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Smart City brand creation and implementation by Bennett, Roger, Vijaygopal, Rohini, Savani, Sharmila

“…Literature regarding smart cities is voluminous, especially vis-à-vis (i) the definition of the construct, (ii) smart cities and technological innovation, (iii) connections with economic growth and environmental protection, and (iv) the use of artificial intelligence, Big Data, and the Internet of Things. Araral (2020) reported the publication or presentation at conferences of at least 17,000 papers about smart cities between 2014 and 2019. …”
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Synthetic data by Patel, Preeti

“…This massive growth can be mainly attributed to data gathered by Internet of Things (IoT) and related sensory devices, in addition to data generated through the human use of digital tools and applications. …”
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Book review : Streetwalking: LGBTQ lives and protest in the Dominican Republic, by Ana-Maurine Lara by López, María E.

“…In a 2002 interview with artist Miguel Correa, "Sobre el verano y su color", Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas said that to know the true history of the island, it was necessary to listen to the voice of "that hitherto mute and paralyzed minority: the Cuban homosexual". He implied two things: first, that the accounts fromlgbtqvictims of government-state repression reveal more about the reality of the country than the official account by historians and authorities, and secondly, that resistance mechanisms leading to public visibility of the stigmatized and hitherto silenced can be an effective mechanism against political violence. …”
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An adaptive modelling infrastructure for context-aware mobile computing by Cheung, Ronnie Chu-Ting

“…Context provides information about the present status of people, places, things, network and devices in the environment. Context-awareness refers to the use of context information for an application to adapt its functionality to the current context of use. …”
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Materiality of common good objects by Khonsari, Torange

“…Literature is abundant about the materiality of 'things' in capitalism (Baudrillard 1968; Miller, 2006) as private good and their impact on public good (Geuss, 2003), but the sphere of the commons and their production outside their connection to the public or the private remains in need of further investigation and knowledge-production. …”
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Managing unstructured information by Tredinnick, Luke, Laybats, Claire

“…The more structure we impose the more ways there are for things to fall out of order. This editorial explores the role of unstructured and semi-structured information in the workplace, and how to maximise their benefits.…”
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