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Italian surnames in the Family Names of the United Kingdom project (2015)
Journal Article

An overview of surnames of Italian origin treated in the Family Names of the United Kingdom project.

Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In many holiday destinations, the tourism industry exerts an enormous strain on water supplies. This generates a range of social problems, not least because local inhabitants often have to compete with the tourism sector ov... Read More about Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism.

Using the hybrid social learning network to explore concepts, practices, designs and smart services for networked professional learning (2015)
Book Chapter

Development of a physical activity programme for people with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (2015)
Journal Article

Background People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are less physically active (PA) than the general population and lower PA levels are associated with work disability, reduced physical function and co-morbidities. This suggests an urgent need to identi... Read More about Development of a physical activity programme for people with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis.

The ‘two marxisms’ revisited: Humanism, structuralism and realism in marxist social theory (2015)
Journal Article

© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015. The ontological and analytical status of Marxian social theory has been a matter of fierce controversy since Marx’s death, both within and without Marxist circles. A particular source of contention has been over whethe... Read More about The ‘two marxisms’ revisited: Humanism, structuralism and realism in marxist social theory.

Linking functional with personal income distribution: a stock-flow consistent approach (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper develops a benchmark stock-flow consistent model that links functional with personal income distribution. The model consists of various household groups that receive income from different sources or from the same... Read More about Linking functional with personal income distribution: a stock-flow consistent approach.

Climate change, the environment and armed conflict (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper

Music as a resource for health and wellbeing (2015)
Book Chapter

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. This chapter explores the use of music as a resource for health and well-being. Drawing on recent evidence, the contribution of music to a range of health and wellbeing outcomes, including physiol... Read More about Music as a resource for health and wellbeing.

A strategic approach for the visualisation of the low abundance protein fatty acid binding protein 7 (2015)
Journal Article

Fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) is a 15kDa protein that plays a role in fatty acid transport, solubilisation and metabolism. It has been found to be overexpressed in triple negative/basal like breast cancer patients. The role of FABP7 in these... Read More about A strategic approach for the visualisation of the low abundance protein fatty acid binding protein 7.

A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) evaluation of university student-staff partnerships in co-creating educational resources, peer support and research within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subjects (2015)
Journal Article

The aim of this research was to compare perceived opportunities and challenges of co-creating educational resources, peer learning support and research within Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) subjects. Two questions were addresse... Read More about A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) evaluation of university student-staff partnerships in co-creating educational resources, peer support and research within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subjects.

Stakeholders mapping – A case of international logistics projects (2015)
Journal Article

Implementation of projects often causes social conflicts, resulting in delays or even abandonment of the project. Those conflicts often arise or are revealed around projects related to the development and creation of logistics infrastructure. One of... Read More about Stakeholders mapping – A case of international logistics projects.

Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the ethical issues (2015)
Journal Article

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human m... Read More about Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the ethical issues.

Evaluation of breastfeeding peer support in a rural area: What works for young, disadvantaged women and their babies? (2015)
Book Chapter

Creep modelling of polypropylenes using artificial neural networks trained with Bee algorithms (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Polymeric materials, being capable of high mouldability, usability of long lifetime up to 50 years and availability at low cost properties compared to metallic materials, are in demand but finite element-base... Read More about Creep modelling of polypropylenes using artificial neural networks trained with Bee algorithms.

Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to report on findings from the first phase of a longitudinal study of undergraduate business students’ attitudes, beliefs and perceptions concerning sustainability issues. Design/meth... Read More about Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues.

Exploring power assumptions in the leadership and management debate (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to take a fresh look at the leadership and management debate through exploring underlying power assumptions in the literature. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is a con... Read More about Exploring power assumptions in the leadership and management debate.

Introduction to Evolutionary Computing (2015)
Book

The problematic differentiation between property bonds and leases in healthcare provision: A Southern Cross case study (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – There are some 487,000 places in long-stay residential care and nursing homes in the UK representing an industry worth some £15.2 billion per annum. Creating leases with guaranteed rental uplifts, a prope... Read More about The problematic differentiation between property bonds and leases in healthcare provision: A Southern Cross case study.

Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 by the author(s). Leadership is often assumed, intuitively, to be an important driver of sustainable development. To understand how leadership is conceptualized and analyzed in the environmental sciences and to discover what this research says... Read More about Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences.

EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis in glioblastoma as therapeutic biomarkers (2015)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2014 The Neurosurgical Foundation. Introduction. EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis is of current interest because of new EGFRvIII vaccine trials opened in the UK. EGFR activation promotes cellular proliferation via activation of MAPK and PI3K-Ak... Read More about EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis in glioblastoma as therapeutic biomarkers.