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    • Development of low cost ceramic moulding composites as fire barriers 

      Ren, Guogang; Hogg, P.J.; Woolstencroft, D.H. (2009)
      This paper investigates the fire barrier and heat insulation properties of newly developed low cost ceramic mouldable composites using a modern small scale testing method which exposes testing panels to the fire on one ...

    • Visual identities : choreographies of gaze, body movement and speech in mother-midwife interaction 

      Lomax, H. (Routledge, 2011)
      This texts demonstrates the potential for the use of visual methods in psychology. The chapters discuss theoretical, methodological, and ethical themes which influence how visual qualitative research is conducted in ...

    • Dietary determinants of childhood obesity : the role of the family 

      McCaffrey, T.A.; Rennie, K.L.; Wallace, J.M.; Livingstone, M.B.E. (2008)
      The article reviews the evidence regarding the role of the family in determining dietary risk factors for childhood obesity. The factors that may contribute to the association between healthy eating habits and dining with ...

    • Fitness, sport, performance and rehabilitation 

      Simmonds, J.V. (Churchill Livingstone, 2010)
      This book investigates and catalogues the traits of chronic pain in Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) and other inherited disorders of connective tissue from the physiological, epidemiological, genetic and clinical practice ...

    • Electronic and mobile commerce law : an analysis of trade, finance, media and cybercrime in the digital age 

      Wild, C.; Weinstein, S.; MacEwan, N.; Geach, N. (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011)
      This text is unique in bringing together the many disparate aspects of what is variously called internet law, cyber law or electronic commerce ('e-commerce') law. Included is the law relating to online contracts and payment ...

    • Was the later Wittgenstein a transcendental idealist? 

      Hutto, D. (Continuum, 1996)
      In his paper "Wittgenstein and Idealism" Professor Williams proposed a 'model' for reading Wittgenstein's later philosophy which he claimed exposed its transcendental idealist character. By this he roughly meant that ...

    • Cognition without representation? 

      Hutto, D. (Plenum Press, 1999)
      In addressing the question “Do representations need reality?”, this paper attempts to show that a principled understanding of representations requires that they have objective, systematic content.It is claimed that there ...

    • Consciousness and conceptual schema 

      Hutto, D. (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001)
      There are two importantly different ways in which consciousness resists incorporation into our familiar object-based conceptual schema which, when analysed, help to explain why it is regarded as such a philosophically ...

    • Current issues in idealism 

      Coates, Paul; Hutto, D. (Continuum, 1996)
      Focused on the idealist/realist dispute, contributors also discuss the relation of idealism to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. The volume further explores the differences between ontological and conceptual forms of ...

    • The presence of mind 

      Hutto, D. (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999)
      Is our daily account of ourselves justified by a new science? Or, will our self-understanding be unaffected? This text argues that beliefs and desires have a rightful place in the explanation of action. Eliminativist ...

    • Folk psychology re-assessed 

      Hutto, D.; Ratcliffe, Matthew M.; Philosophy; School of Humanities; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute (Springer Nature, 2007)
      This groundbreaking text examines contemporary ideas about folk psychology. It draws together disciplines that are as independent to one another as cognitive science and anthropology, whilst authors examine the consensual ...

    • Idealism 

      Hutto, D. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2009)
      The fall of positivism not only constitutes the collapse of an interesting version of idealism, it also marks the inauguration of the now dominant form of scientific naturalism which sponsors contemporary problems of ...

    • Philosophy of mind’s new lease on life : autopoietic enactivism meets teleosemiotics 

      Hutto, D. (2011)
      This commentary will seek to clarify certain core features of Thompson’s proposal about the enactive nature of basic mentality, as best it can, and to bring his ideas into direct conversation with accounts of basic cognition ...

    • Measurement and modeling of light scattering by small particles. 

      Hesse, E.; Ulanowski, Z.; McCall, D.; Stopford, C.; Kaye, Paul H. (University of Bremen, 2008)
      At the University of Hertfordshire we measure and model light scattering by small particles, in particular by such relevant for climate research. The measurements comprise phase functions, linear polarization of single ...

    • Managing social constraints on recharge behaviour for robot companions using memory 

      Deshmukh, A.; Yii Lim, M.; Kriegel, M.; Aylett, R.; Casse, K.D.; Koay, K.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (ACM Press, 2011)
      In this paper, we present an approach to monitor human activities such as entry, exit and break times of people in a workplace environment. The companion robot then learns the users' presence patterns over a period of time ...

    • Paganism : a very short introduction 

      Davies, O. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011)
      The term 'paganism' was used by Christians as a derogatory term for non-Christian cultures. It has been associated with barbaric or sacrificial acts, but others believe it encourages peace, nature-loving and deeply spiritual ...

    • Who escapes or remains a victim of bullying in primary school? 

      Wolke, D.; Woods, S.; Samara, M. (2009)
      The stability of both direct and relational victimization and factors that contribute to remaining, escaping or becoming a victim of bullying were investigated. 663 children at baseline aged 6-9 (years 2-4) were interviewed ...

    • Proceeding in abstraction : From concepts to types and the recent perspective on information 

      Primiero, G. (2009)
      This article presents an historical and conceptual overview on different approaches to logical abstraction. Two main trends concerning abstraction in the history of logic are highlighted, starting from the logical notions ...

    • What is abstinence? Definitions and examples of abstinence, to prevent the sexual transmission of the HIV virus, according to Spanish university students 

      Planes, M.; Gomez, A.B.; Gras, E.; Sullman, M.J.M.; Font-Mayolas, S.; Cunill, M.; Aymerich, M. (2009)
      Research carried out in several Anglo-Saxon countries shows that many undergraduates identify oral sex and anal sex as examples of abstinent behaviour, while many others consider kissing and masturbation as examples of ...

    • A critical analysis of initial teacher education policy in Australia and England : past, present and possible futures 

      Jasman, A. (2009)
      The quality of schooling and the teaching workforce are global issues. The author uses a futures methodology to reflect on the past and speculate on the future of initial teacher education policy. The first section looks ...