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Understanding the role of gender in body image research settings: Participant gender preferences for researchers and co-participants in interviews, focus groups and interventions (2013)
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Diedrichs, P. C., Yager, Z., Diedrichs, P. C., & Drummond, M. (2013). Understanding the role of gender in body image research settings: Participant gender preferences for researchers and co-participants in interviews, focus groups and interventions. Body Image, 10(4), 574-582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.06.004

Participant gender preferences for body image researchers, interventionists and focus group and intervention co-participants have been largely ignored, despite recognition that such characteristics can influence the nature and quality of data collect... Read More about Understanding the role of gender in body image research settings: Participant gender preferences for researchers and co-participants in interviews, focus groups and interventions.

Female employment, labour market institutions and gender culture in Portugal (2013)
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Tavora, I., & Rubery, J. (2013). Female employment, labour market institutions and gender culture in Portugal. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 19(3), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680113493374

This article explores the exceptional characteristics of female employment in Portugal, drawing on comparative and historical analysis to reveal the emergence of a dual-earner family model. This involved low-wage full-time work for both men and women... Read More about Female employment, labour market institutions and gender culture in Portugal.

Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding' (2013)
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Sarpong, D., Maclean, M., & Alexander, E. (2013). Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding'. Futures, 53, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2013.09.001

Strategic foresight as a derived outcome of corporate foresight exercises has led to the dominant discourse on strategic foresight as an episodic intervention encompassing a proliferation of organizational foresight methodologies. We argue that such... Read More about Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding'.

Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance? (2013)
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Yükseltürk, O., Misirlioǧlu, I. U., Misirlioglu, I. U., Tucker, J., & Yukselturk, O. (2013). Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance?. International Journal of Accounting, 48(3), 327-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2013.07.002

In this study, we examine whether the mandatory adoption of IFRS by Turkish listed companies in 2005 was successful in practice and what role firm and country level factors played in the adoption. We determine the firm-specific factors that affect th... Read More about Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance?.

Should students take smart drugs (2013)
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Meacham, D. E. (2013). Should students take smart drugs. Philosopher's Magazine, 62(3), 85-91

Darian Meacham picks through the facts and argues that an investigation of human flourishing must play a role in the debate over the ethics of using 'smart drugs'.

Richard Nixon’s Road to Tehran: The Making of the U.S.–Iran Arms Agreement of May 1972 (2013)
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McGlinchey, S. (2013). Richard Nixon’s Road to Tehran: The Making of the U.S.–Iran Arms Agreement of May 1972. Diplomatic History, 37(4), 841-860

In May 1972, Richard Nixon travelled to Tehran and signed a deal with the shah of Iran that allowed the Iranian monarch to purchase any U.S. weapons system he desired, in any quantity, short of nuclear weapons. This so-called 'blank cheque' was a hig... Read More about Richard Nixon’s Road to Tehran: The Making of the U.S.–Iran Arms Agreement of May 1972.

Influence at work and the desire for more influence (2013)
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Markey, R., Ravenswood, K., Webber, D. J., & Knudsen, H. (2013). Influence at work and the desire for more influence. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(4), 507-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185613489393

What determines whether workers want more influence in their workplace? Much of the literature on employee voice assumes that employees desire a say in how they do their work, and that where they lack influence they are more likely to desire a greate... Read More about Influence at work and the desire for more influence.

Adapting to conversation with semantic dementia: Using enactment as a compensatory strategy in everyday social interaction (2013)
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Kindell, J., Sage, K., Keady, J., & Wilkinson, R. (2013). Adapting to conversation with semantic dementia: Using enactment as a compensatory strategy in everyday social interaction. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48(5), 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12023

Background Studies to date in semantic dementia have examined communication in clinical or experimental settings. There is a paucity of research describing the everyday interactional skills and difficulties seen in this condition. Aims To examine the... Read More about Adapting to conversation with semantic dementia: Using enactment as a compensatory strategy in everyday social interaction.

The impact of thin idealized media images on body satisfaction: Does body appreciation protect women from negative effects? (2013)
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Halliwell, E. (2013). The impact of thin idealized media images on body satisfaction: Does body appreciation protect women from negative effects?. Body Image, 10(4), 509-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.004

This article examines whether positive body image can protect women from negative media exposure effects. University women (N=112) were randomly allocated to view advertisements featuring ultra-thin models or control images. Women who reported high l... Read More about The impact of thin idealized media images on body satisfaction: Does body appreciation protect women from negative effects?.

Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice (2013)
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Fenton, R. A., McCartan, K., Rumney, P., & Jones, J. (2013). Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice

This paper describes an event held as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science and was funded by the ESRC and the University of the West of England (UWE). It took place on an afternoon in March 2013 in an inn... Read More about Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice.

Do conversations about our appearance do us more harm than good? (2013)
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Diedrichs, P. C. (2013). Do conversations about our appearance do us more harm than good?. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 2(7), 349-351

Research has shown that appearance conversations are commonly associated with increased body image concerns and anxiety about ageing. In this article, Research Health Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow Phillippa Diedrichs explores where these is... Read More about Do conversations about our appearance do us more harm than good?.

The experiences of patients with ascites secondary to cancer: A qualitative study (2013)
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Day, R., Mitchell, T., Keen, A., & Perkins, P. (2013). The experiences of patients with ascites secondary to cancer: A qualitative study. Palliative Medicine, 27(8), 739-746. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216313480400

Background: Ascites secondary to cancer has a dramatic effect on all aspects of patients' lives. Healthcare professional surveys have shown that there is considerable variation in the management of ascites. Aim: To explore patients' experiences of li... Read More about The experiences of patients with ascites secondary to cancer: A qualitative study.

Mind and matter in the picture of Dorian gray (2013)
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Davis, M. (2013). Mind and matter in the picture of Dorian gray. Victorian Literature and Culture, 41(3), 547-560. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150313000090

In chapter 8 of Dorian Gray, Dorian reflects on the terrifying discovery, which he has made the previous night, that the painting has been somehow altered to express his own moral state. He speculates thus on a possible explanation for the change in... Read More about Mind and matter in the picture of Dorian gray.

The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective (2013)
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Coates, R. (2013). The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 61(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1179/0027773813Z.00000000052

The three current theories of the origin of the name of the American state of Maine are reviewed and rejected. The connection of the colonist Sir Ferdinando Gorges with Ireland is explored, and a possible origin is proposed in the circumstances of th... Read More about The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective.