Developing an IT-based pre-course balancing programme for aviation students by Halpern, Nigel

“…In line with Government targets to widen access to higher education in the UK (Clark, 2003; DfES, 2003), the Centre for Civil Aviation [CCA] at London Metropolitan University developed a Foundation Degree in Aviation Management & Operations, which was launched in September 2002. …”
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'Forget TV, it will never show you the experience of the victim': representations of rape in Mindhunter by Beddows, Amy

“…Media depictions of gendered violence often fall in line with negative stereotypes and rape myths. These depictions may influence public understandings of gendered violence and affect societal responses to victims and rape. …”
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Understanding the barriers and the possibilities : a study of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market by Nyby, Josefine, Lewis, Jane, Fernando, Sandra

“…Collaboration between researchers at LMU and a Borough in London (Borough X or Council X) As in line with EA (2010) councils can set up employment support services and various schemes, and Council X was interested in knowing what works and what does no To get a better understanding of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market To present policy suggestions for improving labour market participation and services based on the evidence collected…”
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Exploring the potential of the recombinant human collagens for biomedical and clinical: a short review by Chen, Zhuoyue, Fan, Daidi, Shang, Lijun

“…Due to its good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, stabilised property and the ability of mass production, HLC has been widely considered to use in skin injury treatments, vascular scaffolds engineering, cartilage, bone defect repair, skincare, haemostatic sponge, and drug delivery including coating with medical nanoparticles. …”
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Relationships between population density feeding and growth of the roach (Ratilus ratilus, L. 1758) and other coarse fish in a gravel-pit lake in Southern England by Barber, William James

“…These lakes provide areas for organised recreation such as sailing, water-skiing, angling and skin-diving. As, open sites, frequently near suburban districts, the lakes and surrounding land can be pleasant amenity areas. …”
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Microfabrication of conical microfunnels for drug delivery applications by Liu, L. W. Y., Inal, Jameel, Steer, M. B., Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Each fabricated microfunnel features a wide base and a sharp tip so that it has sufficient mechanical strength and sharpness to pierce the human skin. The conical geometry used in this study had a volume in excess of 24.4 nl.…”
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Expressive interaction design using facial muscles as controllers by French, Fiona, Terry, Cassandra, Huq, Saif, Furieri, Isaac, Jarzembinski, Mateusz, Pauliukenas, Simas, Morrison, Neil, Shepherd, Karen

“…We have developed a system comprised of skin-mounted electrodes that detect underlying muscle activity through electromyography. …”
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The forest and the city: interpretative mapping as an aid to urban practice in sub-Saharan Africa by Mitchell, Maurice

“…It concludes that in order to provoke a more fine-grained debate about civic infrastructure provision, urban practitioners should employ local survey and interpretive drawing techniques to explore place based memory in support of a more inclusive and interconnected, non-predatory, African city.…”
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CPW-fed printed UWB antenna with open-loop inverted triangular-shaped slot for WLAN band filtering by Shokri, Majid, Rafii, Vahid, Karamzadeh, Saeid, Amiri, Zhaleh, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The notch band frequency is determined by physical parameters defining the TSS that allows fine control of the notch's location. The proposed antenna also possesses a flat gain response expect at the notched band and occupies a relatively small volume of 25 × 25 × 0.8 mm3 for ease of system integration.…”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…These results were validated using the transmission-line method.…”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Book review: The urban enigma: time, autonomy and postcolonial transformation in Latin America by Simone Vegliò by Levy, Helton

“…The book discusses the projects’ ambitions in line with the vision of modernity at their time while contrasting their aims with the demands of social inclusion, justice, and the continuation of colonial ideas.…”
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Spectral delayed luminescence system for human saliva screening by Jamaludin, Mohd. Najeb

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Exploring and Changing Cognitive Representations, Coping and Quality Of Life Outcomes in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Bucknor, Delaney Andreka

“…Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CU) is a pruritic skin disorder that affects 0.8% of the population. …”
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Candida rugosa lipase supported on biomass-based nanocellulose-silica hybrid polyethersulfone membrane for synthesis of pentyl valerate by Elias, Nursyafiqah

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Knowledge-based reactive planning and re-planning – a case-study approach by Djemai, Ramzi, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim, Dey, Maitreyee

“…Planning for uncertainties arising from indoor evacuations can be complex as there’s a fine balance to strike between a too-detailed plan and one that’s too vague. …”
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H∞ gain-scheduled dynamic output feedback control with transient performance applied to electrical microgrid by Fuentes, R. M., Lacerda, Marcio J., Morais, C. F., Oliveira, R. C. L. F., Palma, J. M.

“…We achieve this by employing changes in variables and congruence transformations, which lead to new synthesis conditions expressed as linear matrix inequalities. Additional fine-tuned scalar parameters can be used to enhance further the controller performance in terms of less conservative H-infinity guaranteed costs. …”
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Using Passive Strategies to prevent overheating and promote resilient buildings by Brotas, Luisa, Nicol, Fergus

“…This paper assesses the likelihood of a model dwelling in London overheating in line with climatic predictions for the year 2030, 2050 and 2080. …”
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Multi-Way and Poly-Phase Wideband Differential Phase Shifter Based on Metamaterial Technology by Hamidia, A, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents multi-way and poly-phase differential phase shifter (DPS) based on metamaterial technology to realize delay lines of equal length. The proposed phase shifter provides the required phase shift relative to the reference line over a wide bandwidth. …”
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Visual inference of arm movement is constrained by motor representations by Saunier, Ghislain, Paillard, Aurore, Vargas, Claudia D., Pozzo, Thierry

“…Our study highlighted a direction effect: endpoint prediction accuracy was better to infer the final position of horizontal motion directed toward the median line of human body. This finding suggests that the spatial prediction of endpoint is mapped onto implicit biomechanical knowledge such as joint limitation. …”
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