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Entrepreneurship education service and socioeconomic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
Book Chapter
Anosike, P., Kolade, O., & Ahmed, P. (2018). Entrepreneurship education service and socioeconomic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In E. Wamboye, & P. Nyaronga (Eds.), The Service Sector and Economic Development in Africa (131-144). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627373-8

This chapter provides a descriptive analysis and implications of entrepreneurship education as a pathway to raising the human capital of hitherto excluded groups in conflict zones in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings reveal that inadequate human... Read More about Entrepreneurship education service and socioeconomic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Conferral of nationality of the kin state - mission creep? (2018)
Book Chapter
Hassler, S., & Quénivet, N. (2018). Conferral of nationality of the kin state - mission creep?. In S. Sayapin, & E. Tsybulenko (Eds.), The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law – Jus Ad Bellum, Jus In Bello, Jus Post Bellum (73-110). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-222-4_4

Nationality is a surprisingly complex and emotive issue. At a time when global events appear increasingly threatening, the individual desire to align with a solid State is stronger than ever. While the acquisition of nationality is commonly not subje... Read More about Conferral of nationality of the kin state - mission creep?.

Law of lactation breaks in the UK: Employers’ perspectives (2018)
Book Chapter
Fraser, M. (2018). Law of lactation breaks in the UK: Employers’ perspectives. In K. Boyer, D. Pontin, & S. Dowling (Eds.), Social Experiences of Breastfeeding. Bristol: Policy Press

Employers of breastfeeding women are obliged to observe a variety of laws and regulations concerning the health of new mothers. But there is no absolute right to lactation breaks in the UK, and the legislation is complex. Using a public sector orga... Read More about Law of lactation breaks in the UK: Employers’ perspectives.

'Betwixt and between': Women's experiences of breastfeeding long-term (2018)
Book Chapter
Dowling, S. (2018). 'Betwixt and between': Women's experiences of breastfeeding long-term. In S. Dowling, D. Pontin, & K. Boyer (Eds.), Social experiences of breastfeeding: Buliding bridges between research, policy and practice (55-70). Policy Press

This chapter draws on my research with women who breastfeed for longer than is usual in the UK, where a minority of women are still breastfeeding at six months and an unknown number breastfeed into the second year and beyone (McAndrew et al, 2012). T... Read More about 'Betwixt and between': Women's experiences of breastfeeding long-term.

Spatial organisation and movements of firms and industries: the role of firm and place in (re)location research (2018)
Book Chapter
Capik, P., & Dej, M. (2018). Spatial organisation and movements of firms and industries: the role of firm and place in (re)location research. In P. Capik, & M. Dej (Eds.), Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Perspectives, (1-11). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92282-9_1

With the onset of globalisation and ever more progressive liberalisation of international trade and investment regimes, the spatial distribution of firms and economic activities within countries and worldwide is continuously changing. In recent decad... Read More about Spatial organisation and movements of firms and industries: the role of firm and place in (re)location research.

The folds of desire (2018)
Book Chapter
Drozynski, C. (in press). The folds of desire. In C. drozynski, & D. Beljaars (Eds.), Civic Spaces and Desire. Routledge

The Fold is a piece written by Gilles Deleuze (1991) in which he writes of a plane of consistency that is a metaphysical representation of space. Once folded the plane symbolises the creation of relationships between two points of space be it physica... Read More about The folds of desire.

BIM solutions for construction lifecycle: A myth or a tangible future? (2018)
Book Chapter
Papadonikolaki, E., Leon, M., & Mahamadu, A. BIM solutions for construction lifecycle: A myth or a tangible future?. In J. Karlshøj, & R. Scherer (Eds.), eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM 2018), September 12-14, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark (321–328). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429506215

Reproduction of experiments in recommender systems evaluation based on explanations (2018)
Book Chapter
Polatidis, N., & Pimenidis, E. (2018). Reproduction of experiments in recommender systems evaluation based on explanations. In E. Pimenidis, & C. Jayne (Eds.), Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98204-5

The offline evaluation of recommender systems is typically based on accuracy metrics such as the Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and the Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), while on the other hand Precision and Recall is used to measure the quality of the top-... Read More about Reproduction of experiments in recommender systems evaluation based on explanations.

Hardware implementation of a biomimicking hybrid CA (2018)
Book Chapter
Madikas, M., Tsompanas, M., Dourvas, N., Sirakoulis, G., Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2018). Hardware implementation of a biomimicking hybrid CA. In G. Mauri, S. El Yacoubi, A. Dennunzio, K. Nishinari, & L. Manzoni (Eds.), International Conference on Cellular Automata. Springer Nature

A hybrid model, combining a Cellular Automaton (CA) and a multi-agent system, was proposed to mimic the computation abilities of the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum. This model was implemented on software, as well as, on hardware, namely on a Fie... Read More about Hardware implementation of a biomimicking hybrid CA.

Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures (2018)
Book Chapter
Okoye, A., & Onyejekwe, C. (2019). Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures. In W. Leal Filho, & A. Consorte McCrea (Eds.), Sustainability and the Humanities (525-538). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95336-6_30

This paper examines what law as an aspect of the humanities could contribute to sustainability. It proposes that corporate tax can be viewed as a social 'value' or 'ethic' enshrined in law and potentially channelled towards sustainable social structu... Read More about Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures.

Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review (2018)
Book Chapter
Upadhyay, A., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. (2019). Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review. In H. Bui, H. Nguyen, & D. Cole (Eds.), Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability. London: Routledge

The recent ongoing changes to the UK higher education sector have put immense pressure on both academics and students. Where academics are working hard to enhance the quality of the educational product, students, on the other hand, are struggling wit... Read More about Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review.

Altered Appearance from Cancer (2018)
Book Chapter
Paraskeva, N., Clarke, A., & Harcourt, D. (2018). Altered Appearance from Cancer. In M. C. Fingeret, & I. Teo (Eds.), Body Image Care for Cancer Patients: Principles and Practice (131). Oxford University Press

In this chapter, we delineate various appearance alterations that can result from cancer and its treatment. We focus on describing the impact of appearance changes involving weight, scarring from surgery, alopecia, ascites, and lymphedema. We also ex... Read More about Altered Appearance from Cancer.

This Long River (2018)
Book Chapter
Gorell Barnes, L. (2018). This Long River. In Water, Creativity and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Understandings of Human-Water Relationships (36-53). Routledge

Social movement theory and trade union organizing (2018)
Book Chapter
Mathers, A., Upchurch, M., & Taylor, G. (2018). Social movement theory and trade union organizing. In J. Grote, & C. Wagemann (Eds.), Social Movements and Organized Labour: Passions and Interests. Ashgate

Applies the ideas associated with radical political unionism to analyse the crisis of trade unionism and union organizing.

Interactive documentary: Setting the field (2018)
Book Chapter
Aston, J., & Gaudenzi, S. (2018). Interactive documentary: Setting the field. In D. Williams (Ed.), Ten Years of Studies in Documentary Film. London: Routledge

This is a re-print of my 2012 article of the same name.