Human Rights, Celebrity and Democracy by Wheeler, Mark

“…When the singer commented that Putin had agreed to a meeting he quickly received a denial from the Kremlin. …”
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Development of superhydrophobic ceramic hollow fibre membranes from Malaysian kaolin for efficient carbon dioxide capture in membrane contactor by Abdulhameed, Mohammed Abdulmunem

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Tunnel face stability in non-homogeneous soil by Khezri, Nima

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Enhanced on-demand routing protocols in high mobility mobile Ad hoc network by Al-Nahari, Abdulaziz Yahya Yahya

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Control of the photovoltaic emulator using fuzzy logic based resistance feedback and binary search by Ayop, Razman

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Application of reinforcement learning methods to computer game dynamics by Booth, David John

“…Using the gradient of P21 a selection rule is derived and when combined with UCB a new complete exploratory policy is demonstrated for 3-arm bandit that requires just over half the sample size when compared with pure UCB. …”
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A mixed methods process evaluation of a print-based intervention supported by internet tools to improve physical activity in UK cancer survivors by Webb, Justin, Peel, Jenna, Fife-Schaw, Chris, Ogden, Jane

“…Results The Move More Pack was suggested to be most useful when delivered towards the start of the cancer journey to those with a positive attitude to fight cancer but with a low level of physical activity, capitalising on a teachable moment. …”
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British travellers in Switzerland 1814-1860 by Heafford, Michael Richard

“…Firstly, little has been written about the British on the Continent between the end of the eighteenth century, when the Grand Tour may be considered to have ended, and the period when railways were sufficiently established to create new styles of travel, for instance in the development of 'package tours'. …”
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Entertainment noise control in Algeria by Belayat, Nadia Bousseksou

“…The measurements show a considerable increase in the noise level when the 'weddings' are on. This would not prove acceptable in the UK. …”
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Mixed tree nuts, cognition and gut microbiota: a 4-week, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover trial in healthy non-elderly adults by Haskell-Ramsay, Crystal, Dodd, Fiona L., Smith, Darren, Cuthbertson, Lewis, Nelson, Andrew, Lodge, John K., Jackson, Philippa A.

“…No significant changes to bacterial community alpha or beta diversity were observed when comparing nut consumption to the placebo arm. …”
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The effects of herbal extracts and compounds on the glucose metabolism in Hep G2 cells by Kandunuri, Kiran Kumar

“…And demonstrated significant glucose uptake (p<0.05, p<0.01), and consumption activity (p<0.05, p<0.001), when compared to the biguanides class of oral anti-hyperglycaemic agent metformin (p<0.01). …”
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Embodied reflective practice : the embodied nature of reflection-in-action by Gray, Andrew Lee

“…Knowing-in-action (Schön, 1983) describes the tacit knowing implicit in skillful performance when practice is going well, reflection-inaction (Schön, 1983) takes over, and describes the processes cycled through, only when problems are encountered in practice. …”
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Drawing as a Way of Knowing: Visual Practices as the Route to Becoming Academic by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra

“…This case study illustrates what happened when we took a playful approach in a first year undergraduate academic skills module and a graduate Facilitating Student Learning module asking our students to “draw to learn.” …”
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Unlocking potential : harnessing the pedagogical benefits of e-learning by Cook, John

“…This paper outlines the emerging literature that appears to confirm that when e-learning in used in a pedagogically effective way it can have a positive impact across a range of indicators like retention and attainment, and explores the history of innovation in learning and teaching at London Metropolitan University, and the current opportunities offered by e-learning.…”
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Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 by Stephenson, Svetlana

“…She is interested in how Russians engage with the legal system and whether the disdain, so often expressed for the courts, is matched by the reality of the people's behaviour when defending their legal rights.…”

Student performance and the electronic portfolio in WEBLEARN : an analysis of students use of online reflective diaries by Lunt, Tom

“…In particular, it aims to analyse the quality of student reflective entries in those online diaries when compared with the quality of reflective entries made by students using other ('offline') diary forms. …”
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The “T” Process: triangulating personal learning by Griffiths, Dave

“…The specific technique, it is suggested, may be usefully employed in a wide variety of contexts where individuals are required – formally or informally – to articulate experiential learning in oral or written form and when employed in an assessment context, for example as a precursor to RPL (“Recognition of Prior Learning) applications, the technique becomes assessment ‘as learning’ (Earl, 2003)…”
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Geometric method for global stability and repulsion in Kolmogorov systems by Hou, Zhanyuan

“…A class of autonomous Kolmogorov systems that are dissipative and competitive with the origin as a repellor are considered when each nullcline surface is either concave or convex. …”
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Remedies for human rights violations in Chechnya : the approach of the European Court in context by Koroteev, Kirill

“…This article discusses human rights violations in Chechnya. When the armed conflict in Chechnya - officially called a 'counter-terrorist operation' - commenced in 1999, extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate bombardment, torture and disappearances were committed by Russian forces on a large scale. …”
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Wind-up radio, 1992, UK/South Africa by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…The inventor Trevor Baylis, who conceived it in 1991, had already developed a series of products for disabled people called Orange Aids (1985) when he began work on a human-powered radio. The story of the development of the device is one of fruitful interplay between seemingly antithetical categories such as low-tech and high-tech, developed and developing world, and philanthropy and venture capitalism.…”
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