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In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain (2014)
Journal Article

© 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper reports the findings from a case study research about in-depth analysis of decoupling point as a reference model to address a particular management dilemma. Managers from a health service organisation cont... Read More about In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain.

Capacidade de absorção e Inovação aberta na Indústria de cosméticos brasileira (portuguese) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is a growing interest in the concepts and practices of open innovation and especially with regard to the role played by involved in these practices. This requires a more in-depth knowledge of the concepts, since the fundamental basis of any ope... Read More about Capacidade de absorção e Inovação aberta na Indústria de cosméticos brasileira (portuguese).

Creating partnership by aligning the support needs of the neophyte registered nurse and the healthcare organisation: An appreciative inquiry (2015)
Thesis

The transition from neophyte registered nurse to staff nurse can be a challenging stage in an individual’s career. There has been much discussion on the process and the effect that it can have on the individual’s performance, however less considerati... Read More about Creating partnership by aligning the support needs of the neophyte registered nurse and the healthcare organisation: An appreciative inquiry.

Special rules on women (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses the protection afforded to women under the Geneva Conventions. It covers provisions for the protection of women, protection of specific categories of women, and protection of women detainees. Overall the Conventions provide spe... Read More about Special rules on women.

Money laundering and the United Kingdom: A haven for dirty money and an endless cycle? A critical reflection on the United Kingdom’s anti-money laundering policies (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper critically assesses the effectiveness and appropriateness of the United Kingdom's anti-money laundering policy. The paper concentrates on Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Terrorism Act 2000 and the enforcement policies of the Finan... Read More about Money laundering and the United Kingdom: A haven for dirty money and an endless cycle? A critical reflection on the United Kingdom’s anti-money laundering policies.

Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems - ICROS. This paper deals with the problem of observer-based controller design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. A novel method is presented to design a controller using esti... Read More about Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach.

Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context (2015)
Thesis

Social presence has long been considered to be a key factor in enhancing learning in online contexts (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Kehrwald, 2010; Ko, 2012; Tu, 2002b). New modes of online interaction, however, requi... Read More about Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context.

Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Jago et al. Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness and cost of an after-school dance intervention at increasing the physical activity levels of Year 7 girls (age 11-12). Methods: A cluster randomised controlled tria... Read More about Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial.

Researching Sociopragmatic Variability: Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics (2015)
Book

Researching Sociopragmatic Variability showcases a range of research approaches and brings together new findings from three key areas: variational pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and contrastive pragmatics. The volume investigates sociopragmati... Read More about Researching Sociopragmatic Variability: Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics.

Investing in our rivers (2015)
Journal Article

This article makes the case for investment in the natural infrastructure of rivers, highlighting the societal benefits that would flow from it yet their substantial externalisation from current economic thinking with associated deterioration of socia... Read More about Investing in our rivers.

Development of a large-scale neuroimages and clinical variables data atlas in the neuGRID4You (N4U) project (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Inc.. Exceptional growth in the availability of large-scale clinical imaging datasets has led to the development of computational infrastructures that offer scientists access to image repositories and associated clinical variables dat... Read More about Development of a large-scale neuroimages and clinical variables data atlas in the neuGRID4You (N4U) project.

A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A diverse range of response options is available for decision-makers to manage environmental change and meet sustainability objectives. These can include inter alia: top-down statutory regulation and levies; bottom-up initiatives... Read More about A working typology of response options to manage environmental change and their scope for complementarity using an Ecosystem Approach.

'You likes your way, we got our own way': Gypsies and Travellers' views on infant feeding and health professional support (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: Gypsies and Travellers are known to have poor health status and access to health services, even in comparison with other ethnic minority groups. People from this stigmatized ethnic group are rarely consulte... Read More about 'You likes your way, we got our own way': Gypsies and Travellers' views on infant feeding and health professional support.