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Writing Design : Words and Objects
(Berg Publishers, 2012)This text encourages readers to consider how we learn about the objects that surround us. Besides seeing and making use of objects through the senses, we also learn via language, in the written and spoken word. This includes ... -
Fluid Typography : Construction, Metamorphosis and Revelation
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Renoir, la tradizione e l'altra faccia dell'impressionismo
(Skira, 2008-03-08)Like many of his Impressionist peers, Renoir's work and career were subject to careful manipulation. When at the end of the nineteenth century, the French government sought to construct a narrative around the nation's ... -
Fostering an ecology of openness : the role of social media in public engagement at The Open University, UK
(Emerald Publishing, 2011)This chapter illustrates the ways in which The Open University (OU), one of the leading distance learning universities in the world, uses a range of social media to engage members of the public in learning. The OU has been ... -
Bridging and bonding : social capital at music festivals
(2011)This paper uses the theoretical concept of social capital as its framework to examine festivals in the context of social and cultural policy. Government policies have cited the arts as a tool for combating social exclusion, ... -
Union Organising in the United States
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Capitalist Care : Will the Coalition Government's reforms move the NHS toward a US-style healthcare market?
(2011-10)The Coalition government’s plans for reform are meant to transform the NHS into a more privately run, competitive system, raising the question as to whether or not the NHS is likely to resemble the US capitalist healthcare ... -
Contextualising Organised Labour in Expansion and Crisis : The Case of the US
(2012)While, as Marx argued, periods of expanded accumulation present the best conditions for increasing working-class living standards, the expansion that began in 1982 was based in large part on the rapid fall in the value of ... -
The LAS Story : Learning From Failure
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Knowledge Flows in Software Projects : An Empirical Investigation
(2010)Software projects require tacit knowledge and shared contexts for creative problem solving. Existing knowledge management frameworks focus on codifying knowledge laying an emphasis on managing explicit knowledge, typically ... -
Left Agency and Class Action : The Paradox of Workplace Radicalism
(2011-10)This paper seeks to examine the valuable concept of left agency and interrogate it in terms of an inherent paradox not immediately apparent to many who support the role of politicised activists in the workplace. This paradox ... -
Role of camalexin, indole glucosinolates, and side chain modification of glucosinolate-derived isothiocyanates in defense of Arabidopsis against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
(2011)Plant secondary metabolites are known to facilitate interactions with a variety of beneficial and detrimental organisms, yet the contribution of specific metabolites to interactions with fungal pathogens is poorly understood. ... -
Jasmonate-Dependent and COI1-Independent Defense Responses Against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Arabidopsis thaliana : Auxin is Part of COI1-Independent Defense Signaling
(2011)The jasmonate receptor COI1 is known to facilitate plant defense responses against necrotrophic pathogens, including the ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. However, it is not known to what extent jasmonates contribute ... -
Behavioral, Cognitive, and Affective Consequences of Trying to Avoid Chocolate
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A Decision Support Tool for Health Service Re-design
(2012)Many of the outpatient services are currently only available in hospitals, however there are plans to provide some of these services alongside with General Practitioners. Consequently, General Practitioners could soon be ... -
Microcurrent Therapy in the Management of Chronic Tennis Elbow : Pilot Studies to Optimize Parameters
(2012)In microcurrent therapy (MCT), low-intensity electric current is applied to promote tissue healing and relieve symptoms. MCT is used with recalcitrant skin and bone lesions, but little is known about its effects on ... -
Key concepts with electrophysical agents
(2010)Electrotherapy and electrophysical agents are considered synonymous terms by some therapists, but strictly speaking, electrotherapy should properly be reserved for the specific application of electrical energy to the ... -
Can simvastatin improve erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged over 40 years with erectile dysfunction? : Rationale and design of the Erectile Dysfunction and Statins (EDS) Trial [ISRCTN66772971]
(2011-12-01)OBJECTIVE To describe the rationale and design of the Erectile Dysfunction and Statins (EDS) Trial which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of simvastatin on erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged ... -
The thermal and nonthermal effects of high and low doses of pulsed short wave therapy (PSWT)
(2010)The study aimed to investigate the thermal and non-thermal effects of pulsed short wave therapy (PSWT) using high and low dose of PSWT together with placebo and control conditions in healthy subjects. Method. A single–blind, ... -
Breastfeeding patterns in infants with Down's syndrome : A literature review
(2012-02-28)This article reports on the findings of a literature review undertaken to examine factors that influenced breastfeeding among mothers of babies with Down's syndrome. Seven studies were identified, with the earliest published ...