The Educational Experience of ‘African’ Students at London Metropolitan University – a Case Study by Kanu, Mohamed, Marr, Alan

“…This case study examines what studying at LondonMet was like for a small number of students coming from different ‘African’ backgrounds, i.e. from African countries and ethnic communities. …”
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Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary / Index-based concurrent SPARQL query processing by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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Komplexität und semantische Transparenz im Deutschen und Englischen by Fischer, Klaus

“…Hawkins's contrastive typology of German and English that - like D. L. Everett's analysis - attempts explanation from one unifying principle. …”
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The plastic bag: forever and ever by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…After it has taken its first breath by the cashier of a grocery store, when left to its own devices, the plastic bag will contain the currents of the wind or those of the water, its membrane-like body continuing to behave according to its original design programme, even when no human users are employing it. …”
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Right-wing nationalism, populism, and religion: what are the connections and why? by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Although not the same thing, nationalism and populism are said to be closely linked. Nationalists, like populists, may claim that there is but one ‘true religion’ - that is, their own and their followers’ - which helps focus their nationalist vision. …”
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Zones of entrapment and impunity: on the constitution of vague and strange regimes of power by Hallsworth, Simon, Stephenson, Svetlana

“…This article challenges a tendency prominent in critical theory—one that holds that being “vague and strange” constitute qualities of life opposed to the grid-like systems of coercive control intrinsic to the operation of modern power regimes which, by their ascriptive nature, are compelled to suppress all life which exhibits these traits. …”
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Enhancing and embedding work-related learning: innovative practice in an Interiors programme by Newman, Kaye

“…Plus all modules were realigned to build a comprehensive series of learning that fed into and out off each module to show the relevance of differing briefs, methods of working and therefore demonstrating that all aspects were in line with a professional approach and understanding of both the syllabus and the professional aspects required by the Interiors Design Industry.…”
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Circularly polarized slot antenna array with sequentially rotated feed network for broadband application by Karamzadeh, Saeid, Virdee, Bal Singh, Rafii, Vahid, Kartal, Mesut

“…Because the lower losses in transmission line occur in presence of lower impedance, the 3 dB axial-ratio bandwidth of the CPSSAA extends to ∼1.3 GHz. …”
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Where Russians go for news by Sloane, Wendy

“…Some Russians are swallowing the official party line, believing that Putin is embroiled in a battle that began against Nazis and nationalists and now incorporates “terrorists” too, after the Kerch bridge attack. …”
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Compact and broadband 4×4 SIW Butler matrix with phase and magnitude error reduction by Karamzadeh, Saeid, Rafii, Vahid, Kartal, Mesut, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This is achieved by reducing the size of Butler matrix and avoiding the use of a line length which causes a phase shift.…”
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Beyond behaviour: changing foods as well as changing people by Winkler, Jack

“…Like many specialists in public health, Clarke focuses on “ways to change and sustain our individual behaviour.” …”

Preventing and designing out plagiarism : making the most of VLEs and CAA tools by Baños-Piñero, Rocío

“…The role of new technologies is such that new terms like "cyber plagiarism" or "digital plagiarism" (Park, 2003: 481) and "cyber cheating" or "e-cheating" (Jones et al., 2008) have been coined to refer to the use of new technologies for dishonest purposes. …”
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Your password is music to my ears: cloud-based authentication using sound by Phipps, Anthony, Ouazzane, Karim, Vassilev, Vassil

“…Whilst this removes barriers to use for those with accessibility challenges like visual impairment or motor skills issues and opens up a much more convenient user experience, a number of cyber security threats remain unanswered. …”
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Miniaturized planar ultra-wideband slot antenna with an interference suppressing capability by Masoumi, Masoume, Amiri, Zhaleh, Ghaedi, Farshad, Sahraban, Amene, Hayati, Soghra, Shokry, Majed, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…In this article analysis of antenna parameters like radiation characteristics, survey of surface currents and antenna gain will be presented.…”
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Building and implementing a multi-level system of ethical code for biologists under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of the United Nations by Xue, Yang, Shang, Lijun, Zhang, Weiwen

“…Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline. …”
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Ferocious Marys and dark Alessas: the portrayal of religious matriarchies in Silent Hill by Beddows, Amy

“…Unsurprisingly, such stereotypical depictions are in line with the patriarchal norms which have long persisted in wider, secular society, which deem women as inferior and subordinate to men (Schur 1984). …”
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Handbook of research on fostering social justice through intercultural and multilingual communication by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Building trust impacts the bottom line for global companies, and multilingual communication is a core pillar for effective growth. …”

Bandwidth extension of planar antennas using embedded slits for reliable multiband RF communications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This is accomplished by embedding capacitive slits in the rectangular patch with a truncated ground-plane, and exciting the antenna through a meandered strip-line feed. The proposed antenna was fabricated on standard FR-4 substrate with permittivity of 4.6, thickness of 0.8 mm and loss-tangent of 0.001. …”
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Towards a broader approach to the community interpreter’s role: on correspondence between role perceptions and interactional goals by Kaczmarek, Lukasz

“…The various respondents seemed to differ in their perceptions of the interpreter’s role, ostensibly reflecting their own conversational goals, but not necessarily in line with their status as service provider, service recipient or interpreter.…”
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Troubled tales: short stories about the Irish in 1970s London by Murray, Tony

“…A number of ‘Troubles thrillers’ set in London, like their parent genre, have tended to sensationalize and stereotype the role of the IRA in the city.1 They have also tended to obscure the effects of the conflict on the Irish community there. …”
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