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University of Westminster

EducationLondon, United Kingdom
About: University of Westminster is a education organization based out in London, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Politics. The organization has 2944 authors who have published 8426 publications receiving 200236 citations. The organization is also known as: Westminster University & Royal Polytechnic Institution.


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TL;DR: The argument presents how developing systems from within can improve, which can be achieved within the development process, focusing on the knowledge sharers and developing from within.
Abstract: Purpose – If collaboration and knowledge sharing lie at the core of providing added‐value to either services or products can we improve this process? The purpose of this paper is to suggest that it can be improved and this lies in how we develop the systems that support collaboration and knowledge sharing. This can be achieved within the development process, focusing on the knowledge sharers and developing from within.Design/methodology/approach – The underpinning has been the examination of traditional system development methodologies, the emergence of social computing and its underlying approaches and ethos. The approach draws upon knowledge management concepts, overlaid onto the purpose and motivation for knowledge sharing.Findings – The paper continues the premise that better systems are derived from fully engaging with the systems users. Although existing methodologies have this at their heart, the systems produced still fall short. The argument presents how developing systems from within can improve...

88 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicated that the patient-practitioner relationship and explanatory frameworks provided by CAM were perceived as important components of the therapeutic process, irrespective of treatment efficacy.
Abstract: The present study investigated the experiences of users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 frequent users and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Results indicated that the patient-practitioner relationship and explanatory frameworks provided by CAM were perceived as important components of the therapeutic process, irrespective of treatment efficacy. CAM served a variety of functions beyond the explicit relief of symptoms by increasing energy and relaxation, facilitating coping and enhancing self/other awareness. It is therefore important that these wider effects are taken into account when evaluating complementary medicine in order to reflect patients' experiences accurately.

87 citations

Proceedings Article
06 Aug 2001
TL;DR: The paper presents the results of the "Virtual Classroom" project, which provided a portable hardware and easy to use software toolset as well as easy to follow guidelines on how to propel the lectures from the conventional dull chalk and talk environment to the realm of all interactive computer assisted Web based electronic classroom.
Abstract: The paper presents the results of the "Virtual Classroom" project sponsored by the University of Westminster, Educational Initiative Centre (EIC) for delivering lectures online. The ultimate aim was to provide a portable hardware and easy to use software toolset as well as easy to follow guidelines on how to propel the lectures from the conventional dull chalk and talk environment to the realm of all interactive computer assisted Web based electronic classroom. The additional goal was to minimise the number of staff required to give the lectures and allow them to use their valuable time for other academic duties. The proposed hardware/software setup is a fully automatic solution controllable from a single PC. It allowed full student interaction and use of multimedia in the lecture. Although the best quality was achieved by use of multicasting, the students connecting via modem can also take interactive part in the lectures.

87 citations

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TL;DR: The Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT) as mentioned in this paper is an online, interactive planning support system that was initially developed to explore and map cycling potential across England (see www.pct.bike).
Abstract: Getting people cycling is an increasingly common objective in transport planning institutions worldwide. A growing evidence base indicates that high quality infrastructure can boost local cycling rates. Yet for infrastructure and other cycling measures to be effective, it is important to intervene in the right places, such as along ‘desire lines’ of high latent demand. This creates the need for tools and methods to help answer the question ‘where to build?’. Following a brief review of the policy and research context related to this question, this paper describes the design, features and potential applications of such a tool. The Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT) is an online, interactive planning support system that was initially developed to explore and map cycling potential across England (see www.pct.bike). Based on origin-destination data it models cycling levels at area, desire line, route and route network levels, for current levels of cycling, and for scenario-based ‘cycling futures.’ Four scenarios are presented, including ‘Go Dutch’ and ‘Ebikes,’ which explore what would happen if English people had the same propensity to cycle as Dutch people and the potential impact of electric cycles on cycling uptake. The cost effectiveness of investment depends not only on the number of additional trips cycled, but on wider impacts such as health and carbon benefits. The PCT reports these at area, desire line, and route level for each scenario. The PCT is open source, facilitating the creation of scenarios and deployment in new contexts. We conclude that the PCT illustrates the potential of online tools to inform transport decisions and raises the wider issue of how models should be used in transport planning.

87 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: While many academics and practitioners in the transport field now consider the case for introducing road user charging to be a very strong one, as a mechanism for making drivers pay the various externalities associated with their vehicle use, there are many cities around the world where schemes which sought to apply such principles to car traffic were not implemented due to adverse public reaction and political pressures as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: While many academics and practitioners in the transport field now consider the case for introducing road user charging to be a very strong one, as a mechanism for making drivers pay the various externalities associated with their vehicle use, there are many cities around the world where schemes which sought to apply such principles to car traffic were not implemented due to adverse public reaction and political pressures — even though they had considerable technical merit. Instances include proposals for supplementary licensing in London and Kuala Lumpur, and for electronic road pricing in Hong Kong (Borins, 1988) and the Netherlands (Stoelhorst and Zandbergen, 1990), as well as the various attempts to increase petrol taxes in the United States.

87 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Barbara J. Sahakian14561269190
Peter B. Jones145185794641
Andrew Steptoe137100373431
Robert West112106153904
Aldo R. Boccaccini103123454155
Kevin Morgan9565549644
Shaogang Gong9243031444
Thomas A. Buchanan9134948865
Mauro Perretti9049728463
Jimmy D. Bell8858925983
Andrew D. McCulloch7535819319
Mark S. Goldberg7323518067
Dimitrios Buhalis7231623830
Ali Mobasheri6937014642
Michael E. Boulton6933123747
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202334
2022111
2021439
2020501
2019434
2018461