SPARC 2015
Parallel Session Groupings
Session 1: Tuesday 26 May, 3:30 – 5:15pm
A: Performativities: Practice, Music, Language (3.07)
Chair: Dr Jo Scott
Name
Nathan
Walker
Lee Jones
Adam Hart
Sean Gregory
Jennifer
Willett
Adel Alharthi
Rasha Saeed
School
AM
Title
Durational Writing Actions
AM
AM
AM
AM
Lee Jones and the Adelphi Laptop Ensemble: Collaborative Composition
Music Technology and the Constructivist Paradigm
The Pre-existing New
The Pre-existing New
AM
AM
Issues in the Subtitling of wordplay and satire: challenges and strategies
intercultural pragmatic study of request strategies
B: Business: Digital media; Innovation; Retail (3.08)
Chair: Dr Marie Griffiths
Name
School Title
Digital marketing and football: A case study of Salford City FC
Alex Fenton
SBS
Abubakar
Tell vs Talk: contrasting social media usage by government officials and
SBS
Shinkafi
Muktar Bello
SBS
emerging citizens. The Nigerian experience
Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber criminals in Nigeria: Developing a
novel approach to Investigation.
Exploring the Nature of Innovation in Small Firms in Nigeria
Ibraheem
Akosile
Violet Justine
Mtonga
SBS
SBS
Exploring loyalty card programmes effects on consumers within the UK
retail gambling industry
Nawras
Nusairat
SBS
Design Factors-Customer Behaviour Relationship: The Mediating Role of
Emotions and Cognition
Udeni Salmon
SBS
An exploration of the shifting fields of family and business: how Bourdieu’s
sociological theories can help us to understand family firms
C: Health Sciences (3.17/18)
Chair: Prof Julie Nightingale
Name
School Title
Why are myoelectric prostheses difficult to control?
Alix Chadwell HS
Olanrewaju
Mammography screening: factors affecting participation in the Lagos state
HS
Lawal
Samantha
Bird
Pornsuree
onmanee
Michael
HarrisonBlount
HS
program.
The role of the user in mammography machine design
HS
Normalisations of muscle activity during gait in healthy adults
HS
An Action Research approach to facilitating the integration of best practice
in the Assessment and Management of Diabetes Related Lower Limb
Problems in India.
D: Molecular Ecology & Conservation (3.10)
Chair: Prof Stefano Mariani
Name
School Title
Andjin
DEMO: Chromatophore changes in the brown shrimp: An exciting
ELS
Siegenthaler
Judith Bakker
ELS
Nour Salam
ELS
Peter Shum
ELS
Ciara Peace
Sasha-Ann
Taylor
ELS
ELS
demonstration of a colourful research topic
Sharkwaters: a novel environmental DNA approach for biodiversity
assessment and monitoring
Effect of salinity on the depuration rate of heavy metals in the brown
shrimp (Crangon crangon)
Three-dimensional, post-glacial expansion and diversification of an
exploited oceanic fish
Uncovering the flaws in EU fish labelling legislation.
DNA Barcoding reveals the truth at seafood restaurants
E: Physics, Material Science and Mobile Networks (3.02)
Chair: tbc
Name
School Title
Christopher
Complexity in nonlinear Fabry-Pérot cavities: reaction-diffusion optical
CSE
Bostock
Mark Lundie
Hercend Mpidi
Bita
Ahmed
Fakhrudeen
Murtala
Muhammad
CSE
CSE
systems and spontaneous spatial patterns
Electronic and optical properties of reduced graphene oxide
Assessment of disproportionate collapse for tall timber buildings
CSE
Reliable Spectrum Sharing Management for Cognitive Radio Networks
CSE
Increasing the energy efficiency of Ultra WideBand (UWB) enabled Mobile
Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) by optimising MAC protocols.
Location-Based Services for Mobile Network by Clustering Distributed
Databases
System Capacity Enhancements in LTE-A Heterogeneous Networks
Mohammed
Aal-Nouman
CSE
Ahmed AlAaloosi
CSE
F: Workplace 1: Employability; Recruitment; Wellbeing (3.11)
Chair: Prof Louise Ackers
Name
Eileen
Cunningham
Fiona Christie
Nadine Munro
Anna Joel
Rasha Alturki
James
School
NMSW
SS
Studen
t Life
SBS
SBS
NMSW
SS
HS
Title
Graduate transitions - opportunities and obstacles
The creative student's perspective on employability
The role of social media in recruitment
The role of HRM in identifying and removing barriers for women returning
to the workplace after child-birth
Using IT to address issues arising from the deployment of a multinational
nursing workforce.
Exploring the potential for social enterprises to positively impact on
Chandler
John Hudson
HS
employee health and wellbeing
Work-stress: what's the problem?
SESSION 2
Wednesday 27 May, 1:00 – 2:40pm
G: Business: Organisations; Environment; Systems (3.07)
Chair: Dr Sudi Sharifi
Name
Constance
Kola-Lawal
Abdulmohsin
Keshwan
Konstantinos
Chaldoupis
Ismail
AlBloushi
Rudsada
Kaewsaengon
Junaidah Binti
Abu Seman
Ayman
Alhabshi
Scho
ol
ELS
Title
SBS
SBS
Utilising cross-functional teams to achieve marketing and operations
integration for delivery priority
Implementation of 3D Printing: A Supply Chain Perspective
SBS
Challenges of Emiratisation
SBS
Applicability of Term ‘Talent’ Within Hospitality Industry
SBS
Financial Inclusion: The Role of Financial System and Other Determinants
SBS
A Study of Critical Factors that Impact Information Systems Projects’
Outcome: A Case Study of Kuwait
Organizational Perceptions of Environmental Performance
H: Arts and Media: new media; politics; historical voices; poetry (3.08)
Chair: Dr Ursula Hurley
Name
Abdullah
Abalkhail
William
Carruthers
Sally
Richardson
Harvey Igben
Josephine
Garbutt
Lorraine
Wood
Winda Setia
Scho
ol
AM
Title
AM
Online Collective Action in Non Democratic Settings: The Case of the Saudi
Women Drivers’ Campaign and Teachers Campaign.
Why Cyber War is not War
AM
Changing Political Cultures in the Trade Unionism 1931-1951
AM
AM
Public relations and peace building in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
Conversing with the Past
AM
Dolly-A Voice of Innocence and Truth
AM
Bound to Home: Childhood Memory of Landscape and Domestic Domain in
Cathy Song’s Poetry Collection, Frameless Windows, Squares of Light
I: Biological Science (3.10)
Chair: tbc
Name
Eze (Justin)
Ideozu
Emyr Bakker
School
ELS
ELS
Nanda Ayu
Puspita
Tasila Mwale
ELS
Rockson
Armaah
ELS
ELS
Title
Genetic and epigenetic variation in bovine TLR genes
The involvement of the bone marrow microenvironment in chemotherapy
resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Isolation and characterization of medicinal compound from Phyllanthus
niruri L
Determining the Effect of Arsenic on Micronutrient and Protein Content of
Rice.
Food or water? Accumulation of arsenic by Crangon crangon
J: Acoustics, IPTV and Software Engineering (3.11)
Chair: Prof Nigel Linge
Name
Ahmed AlNoori
School
CSE
Title
Khamis
Alkarawi
CSE
Automatic Speaker Recognition System in presence of Reverberation
Conditions - Implication of Reverberation on System Performance
Anugrah
Sabdono
Sudarsono
Alex Wilson
Emad AlMohammed
Reyad
Salameen
CSE
Perception Analysis on Soundscape Reproduction with 2D Ambisonic
System
CSE
CSE
Perception of Quality in Music Production
Improving Electronic Programme Guides in IPTV Systems
CSE
Investigation of the factors affecting software maintenance in E-commerce
companies in Jordan
Automatic Speaker Recognition in the presence of Non-Trivial Noise
K: Social care, health care and user experience (3.02)
Chair: Dr Alison Brettle
Name
Stacey
Goldman
Olamide
Osunnuga
Seham
Alyousef
Heather
Sharples
Joanna Bragg
School
NMSW
Title
A client focused perspective of Counselling for Depression (CfD)
NMSW
Kathryn Yates
SOBE
The Impact of Psychiatry Ethnocentric Origin on the Provision of Mental
Health of Black People in the UK
The extent and impact of mental health professional stigma on people
with mental illness in Saudi Arabia
Widening inclusion for gay women foster carers - an essential step
forward
Developing an effective school-based intervention to address adolescent
wellbeing, self-esteem and aspiration in order to facilitate healthy lifestyle
choices with respect to alcohol consumption – a review of the literature
Measuring Satisfaction of Care in people with Dementia
NMSW
NMSW
HS
Karen
Higginbotham
NMSW
Decision making by healthcare professionals when considering end of life
care for heart failure patients
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SESSION 3
Wednesday 27 May, 3:00 – 4:40pm
L: Power, Place, Food, Methodologies (3.07)
Chair: Dr Mags Adam
Name
Camilla De
Camargo
Michael
Lomas
Rebecca St.
Clair
School
NMSW
NMSW
Title
Symbolism, Authority and Power; An Ethnography of the Police Uniform,
Equipment and Subculture
The psychological impact of neighbourhood regeneration and the role of
place attachment
Investigating the impact of urban agriculture: a case study in Wythenshawe
NMSW
Charlie Spring
ELS
Lived experiences and 'surplus food redistribution': methodological
considerations
Bev Jervis
Sheku Kakay
NMSW
SBS
Using Focused Ethnography to explore maternal movement during labour
The effect of collectivism on family meal social interaction behaviour
M: Business and Built Environment: Facility Management, Construction and Manufacturing (3.08)
Chair: Dr Udayangani Kulatunga
Name
School
Title
Kirsi
Taivalantti
Sylvia Ahaotu
SOBE
Social Interaction Processes in Advancing Efficient and Sustainable
Facility Management
SOBE
Barriers To The Effective Implementation Of TQM In The Nigeria
Construction Industry
Temitope
Omotayo
Ahmed
Hashmi
Emad Alfar
Mandeep
Saini
SOBE
Innovations in construction cost management
SOBE
Issues of Market Orientation to be Handled in Saudi Construction Industry
SOBE
GIS-based Pavement Maintenance Management Model in the UK
Norzalila
Jamaludin
SBS
A Knowledge Management Framework to bring Collaboration and
Partnering among Construction Supply Chains in the Context of Lean and
Agile Process
Managing Change and Innovation in Lean Manufacturing Implementations
on Automotive Firms
N: Civil Engineering and Ecosystems (3.10)
Chair: Ali Kadir
Name
Peace
Ihenacho
School
CSE
Title
Mitigating The Environmental Implications of Drilling Operations in
Unconventional Shale Reservoirs
Ali Al-Jazaairry
Rawaa AlIsawi
Ahmed AlTameemi
Zaid
Nassrullah
Osim Enya
Andrea Perz
CSE
CSE
CSE
CSE
ELS
ELS
Piled Foundation Embedded in Sandy Soil with Cavities
Seasonal assessment of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating
domestic wastewater contaminated with hydrocarbon
Experimental Study Of The Performance Related Properties Of The
Asphalt Concrete Modified With Hydrated Lime
Modelling Traffic Behaviour at Motorway Roadworks Sections with Narrow
Lanes Using Micro-Simulation
Ecosystem Services of Carbon Sequestration
Assessment of ecosystem services in a socio-ecological system: A case
study of the Upper Mersey Estuary
O: Data Mining, Image Processing and their Medical Application (3.11)
Chair: tbc
Name
Jamal
Benrabha
Ali Hasan
Salem Ameen
Ahmed
Abdullah
Ahmed
Aljuboori
School
CSE
Title
Image analysis and decision making for the Achilles Tendon
CSE
CSE
HS
Automated segmentation and visualization of tumours in MRI brain scans
Application of Deep Learning to Sign Language images
The Impact of Image Blurring on lesion Detection Performance in Full Field
Digital Mammography (FFDM)
Case Based Reasoning System using Association Rules Mining Approach
CSE
P: Workplace 2: Healthcare and Higher Education (3.02)
Chair: tbc
Name
School
NMSW
Title
Lesley Lappin
NMSW
Natasha
Mellor
Nagla Al
Saleh
Khaled Hailat
NMSW
Tribes and Teams: How organisational culture affects healthcare quality
improvement.
Professional Development of Healthcare Workers in International
Placements: What is different?
Developing a competency framework to underpin the primary health care
nurse’s role as a health educator in Saudi Arabia. A Delphi Study.
The Impact of Jaycustomer Activities on the Brand Perceived Image of
Jordanian Higher Education Institutions
Michael Nii
Laryeafio
Shazia Kanwal
SBS
Noura
Almadani
NMSW
SBS
SBS
Degree education as an entry requirement for qualified nurses: A case
study to inform nursing workforce planning in Saudi Arabia
The future of higher education: How technology will shape teaching and
learning in universities in Ghana
Performance Management Systems in Higher Education Institutions in UK:
A case study of University of Salford