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The Socio-Economic Effects of the Grand Junction Canal on West Hertfordshire: 1791 to 1841
(2016-08-23)The study assesses how the county of Hertfordshire along the Grand Junction Canal developed economically and socially between 1790 and 1840. It considers the impact of the canal upon the various industries of the region, ... -
Socio-Economic Factors, the Food Environment and Lunchtime Food Purchasing by Young People at Secondary School
(2019-05-01)The aim of this paper is to report on the lunchtime food purchasing practices of secondary school students and some of the factors related to this purchasing, including the influence of socio-economic status (SES) and the ... -
The Socio-Economic Impacts of the Coming of the Railways to Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 1838 - 1900
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-03-09)This research presents a demographic investigation into the effects the development of Britain’s railways in the Victorian Era had on the largely rural counties of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. A ‘gateway’ ... -
Socio-economic practices of households coping with hardship
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-12-08)Top-down responses to major shocks have been of major interest to social scientists and they contributed to our understanding of restructuring, transformation and development. Research into socio-economic practices of ... -
A Socio-technical experiment with a resource efficient Product Service System
(2021-03-01)This paper describes a socio-technical experiment relating to a sustainable innovation project conducted in a protected niche or “living lab” and evaluates the ability of the experiment to generate learning and strategic ... -
Socio-technical system design and organisational power structures: : Addressing growing complexity in aerospace
(2016-06-07)This study identified and analysed the concerns of aviation stakeholders (regulators, air traffic controllers, engineers , pilots) about automation at different levels within organisational and societal structures. It also ... -
Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data
(2021-04-07)Objectives: To explore sociodemographic differences in exposure to advertising for foods and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) and whether exposure is associated with body mass index (BMI). Design: Cross-sectional ... -
Sociodemographics of Pet Ownership among Adolescents in Great Britain: Findings from the HBSC Study in England, Scotland, and Wales
(2016-12-30)The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of pet ownership among adolescents in Great Britain and identify any sociodemographic differences between pet owners and non-pet owners. A total of 14,328 11-to 15-year-old ... -
Socioeconomic Differences and the Potential Role of Tribes in Young People’s Food and Drink Purchasing Outside School at Lunchtime
(2019-07-10)Socioeconomic deprivation has been linked to food consumption practices, but studies investigating the food environment around schools provide mixed findings. Peer influence and marketing cues are considered important ... -
Sociolinguistic Features for Author Gender Identification: From Qualitative Evidence to Quantitative Analysis
(2017-01-02)Theoretical and empirical studies prove the strong relationship between social factors and the individual linguistic attitudes. Different social categories, such as gender, age, education, profession and social status, are ... -
Sociologies of voice and language : radio broadcasting and the ethnic imperative
(2012-09-01)This article places ethnic radio stations in South Africa within the discourse of sociologies of voice and language using Munghana Lonene FM (ML FM) as a case study. Unlike most traditional researches that usually focus ... -
Socratic pedagogy and citizenship formation in Higher Education
(2015-03-28)This article addresses the significant claim that higher education in England has a role in preparing learners for lives as active democratic citizens. By reasserting the use of Socratic pedagogy both in a traditional sense ... -
Soft Gamma Repeaters and Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Making Magnetars from WD WD Mergers
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007)Recent progress on the nature of short duration Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) has shown that a fraction of them originate in the local universe. These systems may well be the result of giant flares from Soft Gamma Repeaters ... -
Soft X-ray absorption excess in gamma-ray burst afterglow spectra: Absorption by turbulent ISM
(2016-11-01)Two-thirds of long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) show soft X-ray absorption in excess of the Milky Way. The column densities of metals inferred from UV and optical spectra differ from those derived from soft X-ray ... -
Soft x-ray observations of the early b-giants beta and epsilon CMA
(1994)The study reports observations performed with the PSPC on board the Roentgensatellit (ROSAT) of the two nearby giant stars Beta CMa (B1 II-III) and Epsilon CMa (B2 II). Upper limits in the region of +/- 10 percent can be ... -
Software defect prediction using static code metrics underestimates defect-proneness
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)Many studies have been carried out to predict the presence of software code defects using static code metrics. Such studies typically report how a classifier performs with real world data, but usually no analysis of the ... -
Software Defect Prediction Using Static Code Metrics: Formulating a Methodology
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-24)Software defect prediction is motivated by the huge costs incurred as a result of software failures. In an effort to reduce these costs, researchers have been utilising software metrics to try and build predictive models ... -
Software defect prediction: do different classifiers find the same defects?
(2017-02-07)During the last 10 years, hundreds of different defect prediction models have been published. The performance of the classifiers used in these models is reported to be similar with models rarely performing above the ... -
Software developer motivation in a high maturity company: a case study
(2006)In this article, we discuss the impact of software developer motivation on projects. Motivation has been reported to be an important determinant of productivity and quality of work in many industries. In this article, we ... -
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