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A Folklorist Looks at Ice Cream Vans
(2024-03-14)Of all the commercial road vehicles that have toured the streets and tourist spots of Britain, Ireland, America, and Australia over nearly a century, none elicit more popular reminiscence and sentiment than ice cream vans. ... -
Follow-up Observations of SPY White Dwarf + M-Dwarf Binaries
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007)We present the results of follow-up observations of white-dwarf + M-dwarf binaries identified using spectra obtained as part of the SPY survey. Spectra of the Hα region were obtained with the SPIRAL spectrograph on the AAT ... -
Following Alice : theories of critical thinking and reflective practice in action at postgraduate level
(2014-02)This paper presents a flexible framework of principles for teaching critical thinking and reflective practice skills at the postgraduate level. It reports on a collaborative project between four UK institutions providing ... -
Following “the roots” of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) : the evolution of an enhancer from a traditional use to increase work and productivity in South-East Asia to a recreational psychoactive drug in Western Countries
(2015-11-01)The use of substances to enhance human abilities is a constant and cross-cultural feature in the evolution of humanity. Although much has changed over time, the availability on the Internet, often supported by misleading ... -
Food Agencies as an institutional response to policy failure by the UK and the European Union
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Food and eating practices during the transition from school to new social contexts
(2005)This paper examines how the new social contexts experienced by young people after leaving school are related to everyday food practices and eating habits. Findings from indepth interviews with 31 young people aged 16 - 24 ... -
Food and family practices : teenagers, eating and domestic life in differing socio-economic circumstances
(2010)This paper draws on accounts from young teenagers and their parents in two linked qualitative studies of families living in Scotland in differing socio-economic circumstances. We compare and contrast teenager experiences ... -
Food and Public Health : Contemporary Issues and Future Directions
(Routledge, 2013-02)Focuses on food policy, and its relationship to public health, as an increasingly important issue in today’s society. Highlights the lack of global regulation in the food supply chain and explores the common tendency to ... -
Food and public health : Contemporary issues and future directions
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Food and the garden city: : Learning from historic experience and influencing contemporary planning practice
(2021-05-30)The theme of food is central to Ebenezer Howard’s garden city model and today has wider resonances for sustainable placemaking in the context of the climate emergency. This exploration of food and the garden city uses ... -
Food and Urbanism : The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015-02-26)As the title signifies, through both primary and secondary research the book explores aspects of designing cities that support positive food relationships (defined in terms of urbanist and sustainability outcomes) from the ... -
Food and Welwyn Garden City: prescribing a sociable future?
(2020-08-08)In 2020 we celebrate the centenary year of the development of Welwyn Garden City. In the light of increasingly urgent food issues globally, this article explores how connections to food have played out in Welwyn Garden ... -
Food banking and emergency food aid : expanding the definition of local food environments and systems
(2019-01-07)If current trends in food insecurity continue then the diets of low-income people may become characterised by the inclusion of significant amounts of donated and surplus food accessed via the third-sector. These developments ... -
Food environments of young people: linking individual behaviour to environmental context
(2016-03-08)Background We aimed to identify and characterise the food environments from which young people obtain food and to explore associations between type of food environment and food intakes. Methods Young people (n=86, mean age ... -
Food festivals and well-being: Extending the PERMA model
(2024-05-17)Scholars are calling for more studies on short and long-term well-being outcomes of festival tourism, especially in different cultural settings. This interdisciplinary study applies Seligman's PERMA model to two food ...