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Exploring the Bond between People and their Social Housing: a London Based Study
(2021-04-28)A growing literature suggests our homes have a particularly powerful symbolic and psychological significance (Graham et al., 2015). In the UK, the certainty of safe, secure, and affordable housing for the most vulnerable ... -
Exploring the bottom-up reform of sex offender registration in China : Carceral feminism and populist authoritarianism
(2020-04-29)In 2017, the Minhang District of Shanghai introduced sex offender registration. This reform attracted positive reactions on social media. Local governments in Jiangsu, Guangdong and Chongqing quickly followed the precedent. ... -
Exploring the business skills, experiences and preparedness of UK-based private physiotherapists when establishing and developing a physiotherapy business: A hermeneutic phenomenological study
(2023-02-22)Aim To explore the business skills, experiences and preparedness of UK-based private physiotherapists when establishing and developing a physiotherapy business. Design A hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Participants ... -
Exploring the Changing Roles of Western Subsidiaries in China: Balancing Global Priorities with Local Demands
(Springer Nature, 2014-07-24)Over the past 30 years of economic development, the role of subsidiaries in China has changed. China has become an important host country for subsidiaries of western multinational companies seeking cost advantages and/or ... -
Exploring the clinical use of ultrasound imaging : A survey of physiotherapists in New Zealand
(2018-04-01)Background: In New Zealand ultrasound imaging (USI) is being used increasingly by physiotherapists. To fully understand the extent to which physiotherapists in New Zealand are using USI, it is necessary to evaluate not ... -
Exploring the clinical use of ultrasound imaging by physiotherapists in New Zealand
(2019-05-12)Background: In New Zealand ultrasound imaging (USI) is being used increasingly by physiotherapists. To fully understand the extent to which physiotherapists in New Zealand are using USI, it is necessary to evaluate not ... -
Exploring the Complex Interplay of National Learning and Teaching Policy and Academic Development Practice
(2016-10-01)Academic developers are important interpreters of policy, yet little research has focussed on the interplay of policy and academic development practice. Using methods from Critical Discourse Analysis, this article analyses ... -
Exploring the concept of interaction computing through the discrete algebraic analysis of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
(2013-05)Interaction computing (IC) aims to map the properties of integrable low-dimensional non-linear dynamical systems to the discrete domain of finite-state automata in an attempt to reproduce in software the self-organizing ... -
Exploring the design of people-centred inclusive smart cities using integrated inclusion approaches and citizen engagement strategies through case studies of London, Bengaluru, and Kampala
(2023-07-18)The twenty-first century is the age of cities. A country's sustainable growth and development depend on its cities' success and failure. The smart city approach, the new and emerging model of urban development, is expected ... -
Exploring the Design Space of Robot Appearance and Behavior in an Attention-Seeking Living Room Scenario for a Robot Companion
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Exploring the design space of robots : children's perspectives
(2006)Children's perceptions and evaluations of different robot designs are an important unexplored area within robotics research considering that many robots are specifically designed for children. To examine children's feelings ... -
Exploring the dilemma of local sourcing versus international development : The case of the flower industry
(2008-07)This paper examines the debate surrounding local versus international sourcing of retail products, particularly food and flowers, in light of the emerging carbon imperative. It begins by examining the Fairtrade market and ... -
Exploring the dimensions of social capital that are effective mediators of long distance commuting impacts on wellbeing
(2019-03-01)Long distance commuting (LDC) impacts are difficult to generalize due to interactions between neighbouring communities. This paper explored resident perceptions and the nature of social capital in Kalgoorlie-Boulder to ... -
Exploring the effect of temperature variations on unplanned asthma admissions
(School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, 2011)Global climate change is one of the highest concerns in the scientific, health and environmental arena. Establishing association between weather and health exposures are fundamental to learn about the complex exposure-disease ... -
Exploring the effects of a 14 week person-centred counselling intervention with learning disabled children
(2002)This study evaluates the effects of a person-centred counselling intervention on the learning disabled child's self-concept. The participants are children who attend a London borough school for moderate learning difficulties. ... -
Exploring the endospore coat of Pasteuria penetrans, the bacterial hyperparasite of plant-parasitic nematodes, using Bacillus spp.
(2016-04-19)Pasteuria penetrans, previously named as Bacillus penetrans, belong to a group of Gram positive endospore forming bacteria (phylum: Firmicutes; family: Pasteuriaceae) that are hyperparasites of plant-parasitic nematodes. ... -
Exploring the Experience of Parenting when using Social Media: a Grounded Theory Study
(2022-03-09)Becoming a parent is a period of great transition in which a person’s relationship to their evolving identity can impact upon their wellbeing. Both group membership (Seymour-Smith et al, 2017) and social comparison (Gilbert, ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Facilitators of Reflective Practice Groups in Clinical Psychology Training: a Thematic Analysis
(2021-10-22)Despite many Clinical Psychology training programmes utilising reflective practice groups (RPGs) as a means of developing reflective practice skills, there remains little research examining facilitator perspectives of such ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Injecting Drug Users Living with Leg Ulceration: a Qualitative Design
(2018-10-02)There is a paucity of scientific evidence into the lived experience of people who have a history of injecting drug use and are living with leg ulceration. Portraying the true voice of injecting drug users (IDUs) through ... -
Exploring the formation of spheroidal galaxies out to z ∼ 1.5 in GOODS
(2009-05-01)The formation of massive spheroidal galaxies is studied on a visually classified sample extracted from the Advanced Camera for Surveys/Hubble Space Telescope (ACS/HST) images of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ...