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Construing homicide
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Construing the construction processes of serial killers and other violent offenders: 1. The analysis of narratives
(2007)This article presents analyses of two narratives: a book written by a serial killer, Ian Brady, and an autobiographical account written by a serially violent offender. In both cases, the narrative was subjected to a content ... -
Construing the construction processses of serial killers and violent offenders 2 : the limits of credulity
(2007)This article presents a categorization of pathways to violence and homicide, including serial killing, in terms of personal construct theory. Violent offenders' reactions to their offences are considered in relation to the ... -
Construing the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A qualitative study
(2024-01-21)The COVID-19 pandemic and measures used to contain it have had a significant psychosocial impact. This paper reports a study of its psychological effects in 108 UK residents who completed an online survey between the first ... -
Construing the unthinkable
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Construing Worst Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: A Thematic Analysis
(2021-12-08)The COVID-19 pandemic has not only resulted in millions of deaths but, together with the strategies imposed to contain the spread of the disease, it has had significant psychological and social effects. This paper considers ... -
Consultancy as Temporary Leadership : Negotiating Power in Everyday Practice
(2009)Orthodox theories of consultancy address power relations between the consultant and their contractors. However, they can suggest that either the consultant should manipulate those they work with 'for the good', or they ... -
Consulting pupils on the assessment of their learning
(Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP), 2008)This project examined pupils’ participation in their own assessment from a children’s rights perspective, based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It demonstrated that when genuine opportunities ... -
Consumer Buying Criteria for National and Premium Own-label Food Brands
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-10-28)Since its introduction, the premium own label range has become the fastest growing of the own label tiers available in supermarkets in spite of its high price. Accordingly, the question of who buys the premium own label ... -
Consumer involvement in health research : A review and research agenda
(2002-08)The involvement of consumers in health research is now Department of Health policy within the UK. Despite the existence of policy directives, there is a dearth of knowledge on the effects of such involvement. This paper ... -
Consumer involvement in health research : a UK scoping and survey
(2014-01)Consumer involvement or patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research is a UK policy imperative and a prerequisite for many funders. PPI in research is defined as research carried out with or being carried out ... -
Consumer involvement in health research : Fact or fiction?
(2002-06-22)Consumer involvement is now firmly established as National Health Service (NHS) R&D policy. This study identified the range and diversity of current NHS research projects involving consumers within an NHS region, to ... -
Consumer motivation and willingness to pay for “safer” vegetables in Ghana
(2015-03-02)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess consumer motivation and willingness to pay (WTP) for “safer” vegetables from the use of non-treatment options of wastewater use in urban/peri-urban vegetable production. ... -
Consumer Over-Indebtedness and Income Distribution in the EUGianni Betti, University of Siena, Italy
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)Excess consumer indebtedness has long been associated with low income and poverty. The aim of this article is to investigate the problem of consumer over-indebtedness in the EU member countries and relate an appropriate ... -
Consuming fast food: the perceptions and practices of middle class young teenagers
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Consuming the million-mile electric car
(2019-09-20)Unlike for many consumer products, there has been no strong environmental case for extending the life of internal combustion engine cars as the majority of their environmental impact is fuel consumed in use and not the ... -
Consuming use orientated product service systems: A consumer culture theory perspective
(2017-01-10)Research suggests that product service systems (PSS) may usefully form part of the mix of innovations necessary to move society toward more sustainable futures. However, PSS implementation rates are disappointingly low and ... -
Consumption of soy isoflavones does not affect plasma total homocysteine or asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations in healthy postmenopausal women
(2006-01)Postmenopausal women are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because many risk factors are aggravated by menopause. Phytoestrogens may modulate risk factors favorably, involving mechanisms similar to estrogen. The ...