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Climate change, trade unions and the promise of climate solidarity in the UK, 1997-2010
Published 2014“…Third, it contains a theoretically informed and empirically grounded investigation of UK trade union policy and practice on climate change at the start of the 21 st century. The main findings are that some socialists, trade unionists and activists in the UK have introduced a working class perspective into climate discourse, including challenges to property relations, climate inequality and through mobilisation. …”
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The role of behavioural change theory in social marketing interventions on HIV/AIDS in Ghana
Published 2013“…The results reveal among others that implementers of social marketing intervention programmes on HIV/AIDS in Ghana do not utilise behavioural change theories/models in planning their interventions and the main challenges facing implementers include inadequate financing, health system barriers, procurement delays and lack of human resources. …”
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The publishing industry, the ideological framework and foreign aid in Tanzania
Published 1995“…These factors interact I firstly because Tanzania's economy is determined by external forces; and secondly because one of the main thrusts of the SAP has been to shift resources from public to private ownership and to lower protection to encourage competition. …”
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Generic innovation and social change : the American thriller in the 1970s
Published 1993“…It identifies a number of approaches to genre whose common feature is a theory of genre according to which the generic text is a relatively stable entity whose main internal features are empirically identifiable and subject to little change. …”
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Apparel clothing reference points for important shopping occasions and decision-making styles of Greek college students
Published 2011“…The technique of Pearson's correlation helped in analysing the effects of the six decision-making traits on the selected categorization of reference points (i.e. the seven categories of referents). The main findings suggest that consumers use reference points based on their distinct shopping orientations. …”
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Appropriation and hybridity of Taiwanese literati painting and American abstract expressionism (1949-2007)
Published 2011“…The findings of these studies were then used to support the creation of my new hybrid artworks with the main artistic components of both Literati painting and Abstract Expressionism. …”
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The equilibrium exchange rate of the Chinese Renminbi: determinants and misalignments
Published 2008“…In addition, 11 of China's main trade partners are included in the extended multi-country FABEER model. …”
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An assessment of existing component-based software development methodologies and a holistic approach to CBSD
Published 2005“…This research validates two main hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that the theoretical basis of existing CBSD methods is weak. …”
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Late-quaternary environmental change at Eastbourne, East Sussex
Published 1985“…It is argued that the coastal sediments at Eastbourne are probably the result of the growth and over-running of depositional features superimposed upon the main Flandrian rise in sea-level, rather than reflecting eustatic oscillations. …”
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The prediction and understanding of consumer purchase decisions: applying the Fishbein model to certain marketing issues
Published 1981“…The present investigation therefore had four main aims: (i) to apply the model to real marketing problems amongst large and representative groups of consumers, paying particular attention to the operational application of all elements of the model and making improvements to this methodology wherever possible. …”
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Analysing critical factors of strategic alignment between operational excellence and industry 4.0 technologies in smart manufacturing
Published 2022“…Therefore, the strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies is one of the issues that need to be addressed. The main aim of the study is to determine the critical factors of strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies for manufacturing industries and make comparative analyses between automotive, food, and textile industries in terms of strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies. …”
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A meta-analysis of sustainable supply chain practices and performance: the moderating roles of type of economy and innovation
Published 2023“…Design/methodology/approach – Based on the main and moderating variables and selection criteria, 64 sample studies were selected after a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. …”
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A qualitative study examining the effects of transitioning on the sexual experiences of Trans male individuals
Published 2023“…A thematic analysis identified three main narratives: conflicted sexual well-being pre-transition self, see no Trans* hear no Trans*, and developing sexual self-efficacy post-transition. …”
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Molecular responses of iron regulatory proteins to iron overload in human liver
Published 2006“…Hepcidin has recently been dubbed as the main regulator of dietary iron absorption and levels of the transcript in the liver of HH patients failed to respond to the extent of the iron burden, pointing to a central role of this molecule in the aetiology of this disorder.…”
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Examining user-generated content, service failure recovery and customer–brand relationships: an exploration through commitment-trust theory
Published 2023“…An analysis of the data was conducted using a qualitative approach to understand the main constructs and relationships derived from the data. …”
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Collective writing: the continuous struggle for meaning-making
Published 2023“…This paper is a summary of philosophy, theory, and practice arising from collective writing experiments conducted between 2016 and 2022 in the community associated with the Editors’ Collective and more than 20 scholarly journals. The main body of the paper summarises the community’s insights into the many faces of collective writing. …”
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