The deliverable outlines the ongoing research towards a 4 generation of mobile radio systems. The deliverable uses deliverable D7.1 of the Matrice project within FP5 as a base to extend this towards the research projects within FP6 and local financed in Europe, the 802.X activities in North America, research activities in Asia and world-wide. Keyword list: 4G, Research activities, FP6, Multicar...

Tiiis, the fifth edition in eight years of this comprehensive textbook, is adequate proof of its world-wide appeal to students and practitioniers alike. The editor and contributors are to be congratulated on their industry in pouring so much basic science and sound practical medicine into a little over 1,000 pages of text witlhout recourse to small print. The frequent revisions havc assured tha...

This paper gives a brief overview of the development of Michael Halliday’s work in Systemic Functional Linguistics over the last sixty years and recalls some anecdotes relating to the research projects he directed at University College London in the 1960s. It locates the author’s approach in relation to Systemic Functional Linguistics and raises some questions to do with possible avenues of fut...

This article outlines the development and implementation of participatory research methodology centred on observational techniques. It discusses the theoretical understandings of the methodology and how it worked in practice. The research explored the use of public spaces by different social, ethnic and activity groups across the course of a 12 month period drawing on the experiences of, and da...

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BACKGROUND Observation is used in research in two ways - structured and unstructured. Which of these methods to choose depends on the research question but will be defined predominantly by the paradigm underlying each study. Positivistic research generally uses structured observation and interpretist/naturalistic paradigms use unstructured observation. This paper is concerned with unstructured ...