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System dynamics and learning: Learning during the product realization chain (2010)
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Tourassis, V. D., & Chatzimichali, A. (2010). System dynamics and learning: Learning during the product realization chain. IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, 2506-2511. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5641930

Global market competition and consumer attitudes, demand a constant flow of new products in the market. Product lifecycles shrink and consequently the pressure for novel products that rapidly pass from the R&D lab to the consumer hands is increased,... Read More about System dynamics and learning: Learning during the product realization chain.

Evolving to perfection? Enforcement of international arbitral awards in Vietnam (2010)
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Turksen, U., Blanco, E., & Dung, A. T. (2010). Evolving to perfection? Enforcement of international arbitral awards in Vietnam

Following ‘Doi-moi’, accession to the WTO and liberalisation of foreign investment, the volume of trade and commercial transactions in Vietnam have increased. Arbitration, being the preferred method for dispute resolution in international commercial... Read More about Evolving to perfection? Enforcement of international arbitral awards in Vietnam.

Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible? (2010)
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Rice, L. (2010). Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible?. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 163(4), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2010.163.4.193

This paper examines the role of retrofitting existing suburbs to deliver more sustainable lifestyles. The policy of intensification of existing urban and suburban areas, referred to as a 'compact city' strategy, has been promoted by the UK government... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible?.

A fault tolerant, dynamic and low latency BDII architecture for grids (2010)
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Osman, A., Anjum, A., & McClatchey, R. (2010). A fault tolerant, dynamic and low latency BDII architecture for grids

The current BDII model relies on information gathering from agents that run on each core node of a Grid. This information is then published into a Grid wide information resource known as Top BDII. The Top level BDIIs are updated typically in cycles o... Read More about A fault tolerant, dynamic and low latency BDII architecture for grids.

Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection (2010)
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Mullineux, G., Feldman, J., & Matthews, J. (2010). Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 45(12), 1897-1908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2010.08.001

Cartons are a common way to package many consumer goods. If new designs are used it is necessary to simulate their erection to ensure that this works correctly, particularly at high speed. In this paper, constraint-based techniques are used to model... Read More about Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection.

Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education (2010)
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Moule, P., Ward, R., & Lockyer, L. (2010). Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(12), 2785-2795. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05453.x

Aim. This paper presents research on nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning. Background. The inception of e-learning in higher education is supported by a policy background and technological developments, yet little is kno... Read More about Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education.

Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home' (2010)
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Harrison, N., & Peacock, N. (2010). Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home'. British Educational Research Journal, 36(6), 877-902. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920903191047

This paper addresses the question of interaction between home and international students using qualitative data from 100 home students at two 'teaching intensive' universities in the southwest of England. Stephan and Stephan's Integrated Threat Theor... Read More about Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home'.

Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia' (2010)
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Harrison, K., Manning, R., & McCartan, K. (2010). Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'. Social and Legal Studies, 19(4), 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910369054

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding su... Read More about Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'.

Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’ (2010)
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Harrison, K., Manning, R., & McCartan, K. (2010). Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’. Social and Legal Studies, 19(4), 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910369054

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding su... Read More about Current multidisciplinary definitions and understandings of ‘paedophilia’.

It’s the final countdown… (2010)
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Hall, J. (2010). It’s the final countdown…

So this is it. After nearly 10 years as editor I am hanging up my red pen and emptying my email box. (I know its 10 years as I measure against my youngest duaghter who had recently celebrated her birthday and was a breastfeeding baby when i started;... Read More about It’s the final countdown….

(De)Financialization and crisis in Eastern Europe (2010)
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Gabor, D. (2010). (De)Financialization and crisis in Eastern Europe. Competition and Change, 14(3-4), 248-270. https://doi.org/10.1179/102452910X12837703615373

This paper investigates how financialization pressures in Eastern Europe shaped vulnerabilities to the 2007 global deleveraging and to what extent policy responses to crisis have sought to reinforce or delink from financialization. It explores the te... Read More about (De)Financialization and crisis in Eastern Europe.

The 'work group': Redressing the balance in Bion's experiences in groups (2010)
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French, R. B., & Simpson, P. (2010). The 'work group': Redressing the balance in Bion's experiences in groups. Human Relations, 63(12), 1859-1878. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726710365091

The intention of this article is to explore and develop Wilfred Bion's theory of groups, and to contribute to its wider application across the social sciences. Bion suggested that groups operate simultaneously in two strictly contrasting ways, based... Read More about The 'work group': Redressing the balance in Bion's experiences in groups.

Law and breastfeeding (2010)
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Fraser, M. (2010). Law and breastfeeding. Midirs Midwifery Digest, 20(4), 493-497

Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process (2010)
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Dixon, J. (2010). Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process. British Journal of Social Work, 40(8), 2398-2413. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq076

Service users subject to section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 come under the scrutiny of both the mental health and the criminal justice systems. Much of the sociological literature in this area focuses on the growth of risk-related practices in... Read More about Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process.

Social supervision, ethics and risk: an evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process (2010)
Journal Article
Dixon, J. (2010). Social supervision, ethics and risk: an evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process. British Journal of Social Work, 40(8), 2398-2413. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq076

Service users subject to section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 come under the scrutiny of both the mental health and the criminal justice systems. Much of the sociological literature in this area focuses on the growth of risk-related practices in... Read More about Social supervision, ethics and risk: an evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process.

Social marketing and social influences: Using social ecology as a theoretical framework (2010)
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Pressley, A., Collins, K., & Tapp, A. (2010). Social marketing and social influences: Using social ecology as a theoretical framework. Journal of Marketing Management, 26(13-14), 1181-1200. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.522529

Social marketing has traditionally been dominated by an individualistic model of design. In this work, the authors apply a social ecology model to the theory and practice of social marketing, demonstrating that a multilevel framework is required to f... Read More about Social marketing and social influences: Using social ecology as a theoretical framework.

Artists' books and the book arts (2010)
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Bodman, S. L. (2010). Artists' books and the book arts

In this article Sarah Bodman, Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), investigates what actually constitutes an artist's book in the 21st Century, published in Insight 2, Ace Foundation Newsletter, Dece... Read More about Artists' books and the book arts.