Exploring narratives of exclusion from school: how adolescent boys and educationalists negotiate schooling, family and gendered discourses by Banner, Jack

“…It shows how some boys through drawing on discourses of hegemonic masculinity and gender binary asymmetries construct themselves in ways that contribute towards school confrontation. The voices of practitioners show how they contribute towards tensions and how education policy is considered as prohibiting staff from working effectively with some boys. …”
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The role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict : the Syrian "Spring" in context by Ayasrah, Bilal Mohammad Farhan

“…The selected texts represent newspaper opinion articles and indiscriminately reflect both voices of the conflicting rivals: pro- and anti-government. …”
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Effect of dual flocculant by unmodified manihot esculenta starch and aluminium sulphate on the removal of chemical oxygen demand optimized by response surface methodology by Rahmat, S., Othman, N, Ahmad, S. N., Asharuddin, S. M.

“…Besides the performance of COD removal increased, the dosage of the chemical coagulant was reduced by up to 64% at the optimum condition of 18 mg/L alum dosage, 307 mg/L starch dosage, pH 9, and 27 mins settling time. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that the quadratic model was significantly developed with a p-value < 0.05. …”
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Phytochemicals, antioxidant studies of deinbollia pinnata (Poir.) schumach. & thonn. and its uses in the synthesis of titania nanoparticles by Rufai, Yakubu

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Tribalism and democracy in the arab world: a sociological study of the Arab mind and its perception of democracy through the events of the Arab spring by Merah , Souad, Tahraoui, Ramdane

“…Though the majority of the public voices and opinions are still throwing its support to Arab Spring, many are also skeptical about the real instigators, intrinsic motives and the long term agenda. …”
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Telling the story: what can be learned from parents' experience of the professional response following the sudden, unexpected death of a child? by Turner, Denise

“…This study aims to restore the voices of parents to the field of sudden unexpected child death, by engaging directly with the emotional complexity and trauma of the experience and thereby improving practice. …”
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Becoming 'NEET': an exploration of marginalised young people’s trajectories and experiences by Rajah, Heera

“…This qualitative study examines the issue of becoming NEET from the perspectives of an immensely diverse group of young NEET people (including new arrivals to the UK), thereby prioritising the voices and experiences of those within this NEET group. …”
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Green approach to treat institutional wastewater by using cassava peels starch (CPS) as coagulant aid by Kumar, Vicky

“…Removal efficiency of dual coagulant (alum+CPS) were achieved at optimum dosage of 40:60 mg/L at pH 8 with 60 mins settling time with removal efficiency of COD (41%), TSS (86%) and Turbidity (91%). …”
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The ethical eye : photojournalists' views of ethics and digital photography in UK national newspapers by Kliewer, Paula D.

“…This thesis aims to bring their voices to the surface. By adopting a social constructivist approach, this study draws on data collected from semi-structured interviews from twenty-five professional photojournalists. …”
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Green synthesis, characterization and laser irradiation of silver nanoparticles and its bimetallic nanoparticles by Saleh Mubarak, Salah

“…In contrast, Ag/Cu NPs were synthesized by mixing Cu solution (1, 3, 5 and 7 mM) with Gre-Ag NPs at room temperature and left for 10 mins. Moreover, the silver nanostructures (Ag NSs) was fabricated by manipulating Gre-Ag NPs with diode laser 450 nm at different times. …”
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In vitro bioactivities of anodised titanium in mixtrue of B-Glycerophosphate and calcium acetate for biomedical application by Lee, Te Chuan

“…The parameters for anodic oxidation method such as applied voltage (50-350 V), current density(10-70 mA.cm-2), electrolyte concentration (0.02 M β-GP + 0.2 M CA, 0.04 M β-GP + 0.04 M CA) , anodising time (5-10 mins), agitation speed (300-1500 rpm), ultrasonic amplitude (20-60 μm) and bath temperature (4-100 °C) were varied to investigate the impact on the surface properties of titanium. …”
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The impact of international non-governmental organisations on the response of community-based organisations to the HIV/AIDs related orphan and vulnerable children crisis in Zimbabw... by Madziva, Cathrine

“…In establishing an INGO and CBO partnership on OVC, the former needs to be flexible from the onset and prioritize the latter's institutional development, harness traditional cultural capital and listen to children's voices. Volunteers' should be given an acceptable token, and receive due recognition of their contributions. …”
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Islington disability and long-term health conditions employment project: final report by Lewis, Jane, Fernando, Sandra, Nyby, Josefine, Yu, Qicheng, Gay, Dionne, Flynn, Jimmy

“… • Negative experiences of education – participants with learning disabilities and deaf participants in particular voiced their negative experiences of mainstream education at both school and college. …”
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