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Annotated Free-Hand Sketches for Video Retrieval Using Object Semantics and Motion (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Hu, R., James, S., & Collomosse, J. (2012). Annotated Free-Hand Sketches for Video Retrieval Using Object Semantics and Motion. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27355-1_44

We present a novel video retrieval system that accepts annotated free-hand sketches as queries. Existing sketch based video retrieval (SBVR) systems enable the appearance and movements of objects to be searched naturally through pictorial representat... Read More about Annotated Free-Hand Sketches for Video Retrieval Using Object Semantics and Motion.

Constructing the Destructive City:: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's (2012)
Book Chapter
Egbunike, L. U. (2012). Constructing the Destructive City:: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's. . Boydell & Brewer

The late Cyprian Ekwensi is an author whose oeuvre cannot easily be categorised in any single genre. Situating his works in various regions of Nigeria and writing for a readership that transcends age, the most comprehensive way to describe Ekwensi is... Read More about Constructing the Destructive City:: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's.

The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies (2012)
Report
Catterall, J. S., Dumais, S. A., & Hampden-Thompson, G. (2012). The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies. National Endowment for the Arts

This report examines the academic and civic behavior outcomes of teenagers and young adults who have engaged deeply with the arts in or out of school. In several small-group studies, children and teenagers who participated in arts education programs... Read More about The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies.

Creating citizenship communities (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., Davies, I., Sundraram, V., Breslin, T., Bramley, G., & Thorpe, T. (2012). Creating citizenship communities. Journal of social science education (Internet), 11, 108--119. https://doi.org/10.2390/jsse-v11-i3-93

The project ?Creating Citizenship Communities? is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and is being conducted by a partnership team from the Department of Education, University of York and the National Foundation for Educational Research. This ar... Read More about Creating citizenship communities.

Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G. (2012). Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries. Education and Society, 30, 23--42. https://doi.org/10.7459/es/30.3.03

Labour force participation maybe particularly problematic for single-mothers. By working, mothers increase their family?s financial capital and consequently make more money available for educational resources. However, employment often results in the... Read More about Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries.

Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., & Xu, J. (2012). Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance. Comparative Education Review, 56, 98--124. https://doi.org/10.1086/661289

We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme... Read More about Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance.

Exploring causal relationship between security of demand for crude oil and economic well-being : the case of five MENA exporting countries (2012)
Report
Chatterjee, N. (2012). Exploring causal relationship between security of demand for crude oil and economic well-being : the case of five MENA exporting countries

Exports of crude oil account for one-third of the combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and two-thirds of their total exports. The economic crisis in Euro-zone and decelerating economic growth in emerging... Read More about Exploring causal relationship between security of demand for crude oil and economic well-being : the case of five MENA exporting countries.

Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2012, December). Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK. Paper presented at Emergency research: when consent might kill you, London

Living Under the Gaze of Shimla's Giant Hanuman (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Miles-Watson, J. (2012, December). Living Under the Gaze of Shimla's Giant Hanuman. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, USA

Market Orientation and Export Performance. (2012)
Presentation / Conference
He, X., Brouthers, K., & Filatotchev, I. (2012, December). Market Orientation and Export Performance. Paper presented at 2012 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

Killer Whales: A Question of Humanitee (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2012, December). Killer Whales: A Question of Humanitee. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference on Biosciences, Durham, England

The Mouth of Hell: Hamlet, 1.5.2-91 (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Brljak, V. (2012, December). The Mouth of Hell: Hamlet, 1.5.2-91. Paper presented at Arts Faculty Seminar, University of Warwick