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The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges (2008)
Journal Article
Kocho-Williams, A. (2008). The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges. Slavonic and East European Review, 86(1), 90-110

This article offers a case study of a commissariat and its members during Stalin’s purges. It considers the effects of the purges on diplomats and on Soviet diplomacy, adding new dimensions to previous works, in particular dealing with how the Foreig... Read More about The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges.

Towards neuronal computing: simple creation of two logic functions in 3D cell cultures using multi-electrode arrays (2008)
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Bull, L., & Uroukov, I. (2008). Towards neuronal computing: simple creation of two logic functions in 3D cell cultures using multi-electrode arrays. International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 4(2), 143-154

In this paper we begin by reviewing a number of previously presented approaches to control the electrical stimulation of in vitro neuronal networks for computation through the use of multi-electrode array technology. Drawing upon this research we des... Read More about Towards neuronal computing: simple creation of two logic functions in 3D cell cultures using multi-electrode arrays.

Initial results from the use of evolutionary learning to control chemical computers (2008)
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Budd, A., Stone, C., Masere, J., Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2008). Initial results from the use of evolutionary learning to control chemical computers. International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 4(1), 13-22

The behaviour of pulses of Belousov-Zhabotinski (BZ) reaction diffusion waves can be controlled automatically through machine learning. By extension, a form of chemical network computing, i.e., a massively parallel non-linear Computer, can be realise... Read More about Initial results from the use of evolutionary learning to control chemical computers.

Evaluation of Voscur’s equalities and neighbourhood work (2008)
Report
Bell, K. (2008). Evaluation of Voscur’s equalities and neighbourhood work

This report discusses the work of Voscur, an infrastructure organisation for Bristol, in terms of its community, neighbourhood and equalities work.

Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses (2008)
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McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I., Kneale, P., & King, H. (2008). Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098260701731579

Postgraduate education in geography, especially at the Master's level, is undergoing significant changes in the developed world. There is an expansion of vocationally oriented degree programmes, increasing recruitment of international students, integ... Read More about Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses.

Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults (2008)
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Cramp, F. (., & Byron-Daniel, J. Z. (2008). Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub2

Background: Cancer-related fatigue is now recognised as an important symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity in reducing cancer-related fatigue with no definitive conclu... Read More about Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults.

Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day (2008)
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Holley, D., Jain, J., & Lyons, G. (2008). Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day. Time and Society, 17(1), 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308

This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number o... Read More about Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day.

A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria (2008)
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Egbu, A. U., Olomolaiye, P., & Gameson, R. (2008). A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria. Habitat International, 32(1), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.08.003

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have relied on received colonial land use planning institutions to manage and control the form of their cities. The approach adopted has involved the nationalisation of land and development rights and extensive appli... Read More about A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria.

Editorial (2008)
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Atkinson, R. (2008). Editorial. Urban Research and Practice, 1(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535060701795272

Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative (2008)
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Aston, J. (2008). Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.43_1

This article outlines work in progress in relation to a collaborative project between me as a multimedia designer and Oxford anthropologist, Professor Wendy James. The aim of the collaboration is to explore new possibilities for using digital media t... Read More about Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative.

Co-interpretation of usage data: A mixed methods approach to evaluation of online environments (2008)
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Procter, R., Carmichael, P., & Laterza, V. (2008). Co-interpretation of usage data: A mixed methods approach to evaluation of online environments. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 2(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.5172/mra.455.2.1.44

This paper describes a novel research approach in which server usage data collected from online environments provides a ‘focus’ for semi-structured interviews in the course of which research participants are involved in a process of co-interpretation... Read More about Co-interpretation of usage data: A mixed methods approach to evaluation of online environments.

Challenges for future caring science research: a response to Hallberg (2006) (2008)
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Galvin, K., Emami, A., Dahlberg, K., Bach, S., Edlund, B., Ekebergh, M., …Powell, J. (2008). Challenges for future caring science research: a response to Hallberg (2006). International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(6), 971-974. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7489%2808%2900116-8

Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe (2008)
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Faulkner, A., Geesink, I., Kent, J., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008). Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe. Science as Culture, 17(2), 195-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505430802062950

Tissue engineering is one potential arm of the much-heralded regenerative medicine. We use the concepts of technological zone, risk framing and regulatory jurisdiction to analyse what risks are formulated in the zone of tissue engineering and whether... Read More about Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe.

Declining sustainability: The case of shopping trip energy consumption (2008)
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Kitamura, R., Sakamoto, K., & Waygood, O. (2008). Declining sustainability: The case of shopping trip energy consumption. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2(3), 158-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568310701517307

As typical shopping behavior changed from foot-based visits to neighborhood shopping streets or corner grocery stores to auto-based visits to large-scale retail stores, shopping trip energy consumption increased substantially in the Osaka metropolita... Read More about Declining sustainability: The case of shopping trip energy consumption.

Unconstrained springback behavior of Al-Mg-Si sheets for different sitting times (2008)
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De Sousa, R. J., Correia, J., Simoes, F., Ferreira, J., Cardoso, R. P., Gracio, J., & Barlat, F. (2008). Unconstrained springback behavior of Al-Mg-Si sheets for different sitting times. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 50(9), 1381-1389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2008.07.008

In this work, the springback behavior of the commercial 6022 aluminum alloy in temper aging (T4) is investigated taking into account that the sheets, prior to deformation process, are initially pre-strained and then submitted to various sitting times... Read More about Unconstrained springback behavior of Al-Mg-Si sheets for different sitting times.

Regulating a reluctant profession: Holding solicitors to account (2008)
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Chandler, R. A., & Fry, N. (2008). Regulating a reluctant profession: Holding solicitors to account. Accounting Forum, 32(4), 303-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2008.07.002

Solicitors are often placed in a position of trust where they hold money on behalf of their clients. Instances of the misuse of clients' money have been a recurring feature in the history of the legal profession in England and Wales. Yet the legal es... Read More about Regulating a reluctant profession: Holding solicitors to account.

Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’? (2008)
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Stott, C., Livingstone, A., & Hoggett, J. (2008). Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’?. Policing and Society, 18(3), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460802091641

There have been important developments in psychological theory of crowd dynamics (Reicher 2001). When this body of knowledge has been combined with operational policing it has been associated with conflict reduction in the context of high risk footba... Read More about Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’?.

The reflexive consumer (2008)
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Beckett, A., & Nayak, A. (2008). The reflexive consumer. Marketing Theory, 8(3), 299-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593108093558

Drawing on a detailed reading of the work of Peppers and Rogers (1993, 1997, 2004, 2005), this paper argues that their work offers an emblematic problematization of traditional mass marketing, which articulates a new mentality of marketing — collabor... Read More about The reflexive consumer.

Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow (2008)
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Maidi, M., & Yao, Y. (2008). Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow. Journal of Visualization, 11(4), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182200

Direct numerical simulations have been performed in this study to visualize the flow behavior of single and multiple square jets issuing normally into a cross-flow. Three configurations are considered, a single jet located in the centre of the domain... Read More about Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow.

‘In the sunshine’: A case study exploring the impact of a CETL award scheme (2008)
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Turner, R., Young, P., Menon, S., & Stone, M. (2008). ‘In the sunshine’: A case study exploring the impact of a CETL award scheme. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 32(4), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098770802538152

This article explores the impact of an award scheme provided by one of the Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs). The award scheme provides financial and other support for lecturers teaching higher education in colleges of further e... Read More about ‘In the sunshine’: A case study exploring the impact of a CETL award scheme.