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Human versus inalienable rights: Is there still a future for online protest in the anonymous world? (2012)
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The protection of legitimate political protest is one of the hallmarks of a functional liberal democracy. Certainly, there is increasing legal debate about the parameters of what constitutes legitimate protest and the appropriate scope of police po... Read More about Human versus inalienable rights: Is there still a future for online protest in the anonymous world?.
Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor (2012)
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Manipulation, orientation and handling of components, subparts and finished products is an essential element of any industrial process, which attracts substantial portion of resources and infrastructure. A classic manipulation, e.g. robot arms, is no... Read More about Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor.
Étude Critique L. Brisson, Platon: Parménide, Traduction, introduction et notes, Paris, GF-Flammarion, Troisième édition revue et mise à jour, 2011 (2012)
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Luc Brisson’s translation and challenging interpretation of the Parmenides stands out as one of the most influential contributions to contemporary exegesis of Plato’s arguably most controversial dialogue. While acknowledging its many virtues, the ess... Read More about Étude Critique L. Brisson, Platon: Parménide, Traduction, introduction et notes, Paris, GF-Flammarion, Troisième édition revue et mise à jour, 2011.
The Latin « Third Man ». A survey and edition of texts from the XIIIth century (2012)
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Traction on the cervix in theatre before anterior repair: Does it tell us when to perform a concomitant hysterectomy? (2012)
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Objective: To evaluate the surgical outcome of uterine preservation during anterior colporrhaphy, in women with apparent uterine descent, after the application of validated cervical traction under anaesthesia. Study design: This study was conducted a... Read More about Traction on the cervix in theatre before anterior repair: Does it tell us when to perform a concomitant hysterectomy?.
Rediscovering the value of urban rivers (2012)
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Rivers commonly serve as defining, founding features of human settlements, yet urbanisation has degraded them, often to the extent that they no longer provide the services to society from which the settlements developed. Urban river restoration has e... Read More about Rediscovering the value of urban rivers.
'The queen', aging femininity and the recuperation of the monarchy (2012)
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Located in the ideologically saturated discourses of historical truth and the cinematic conventions of authenticity mobilised by the biopic genre, Stephen Frear’s 2006 film, The Queen, contributes to the hegemonic recuperation of the British monarchy... Read More about 'The queen', aging femininity and the recuperation of the monarchy.
In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's (2012)
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It is a little known fact that until the 1920s Paris was surrounded by a wall and entry into the city controlled through gates. That wall demarcated Paris from the rest of France. After its demolition that distinction between Paris 'intra-muros' and... Read More about In Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's.
Hardy, Tess and late-victorian theories of consciousness (2012)
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Working poor, labour market and social protection in the EU: A comparative perspective (2012)
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Editing (and) individuation (2012)
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This essay will explore aspects of Bernard Stiegler's theorisation of film editing as the construction of a flux of perceptual experience at the heart of the industrialisation of attention characteristic of modern and contemporary technocultures. Thi... Read More about Editing (and) individuation.
Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case (2012)
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This article examines how global economic crises impact on gender equality and what role equality legislation has in reducing disproportionate impact. An understanding of these issues can only be reached by analysing the relationship between the poli... Read More about Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case.
A toponomastic contribution to the linguistic prehistory of the British Isles (2012)
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It is well known that some of the major island-names of the archipelago consisting politically of the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the UK Crown Dependencies are etymologically obscure. In this paper, I present and cautiously analyse a... Read More about A toponomastic contribution to the linguistic prehistory of the British Isles.
Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns (2012)
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In recent years concerns about an ‘epidemic of obesity’ and its associated implications for health have led to national and global health promotion campaigns seeking to encourage weight-loss through healthier eating and exercise. Whilst intended as h... Read More about Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns.
Educating the new practitioner: The building of professional identities in European social work (2012)
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This article sets out to consider the tentative findings that have emerged from a comparative pilot study of the value given to their social work education by newly qualified social workers in England, Sweden and Italy. The overall aim of the researc... Read More about Educating the new practitioner: The building of professional identities in European social work.
A simple computational cell: Coupling boolean gene and protein networks (2012)
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This article presents an abstract, tunable model containing two of the principal information-processing features of cells and explores its use with simulated evolution. The random Boolean model of genetic regulatory networks is extended to include a... Read More about A simple computational cell: Coupling boolean gene and protein networks.