The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

How do counselling psychologists talk about doing therapy with working class clients in an IAPT setting?: a Foucauldian discourse analysis by Gallo, Delia

“…Method: Semi structured interviews were conducted with five counselling psychologists with experience in, or currently working in, IAPT settings. …”
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Impact of national culture on performance measurement systems in manufacturing firms by Jwijati, Ihssan, Bititci, Umit S., Caldwell, Nigel, Garengo, Patrizia, Dan, Wang

“…This study adopts an analytical framework based on social and technical controls, PMS lifecycle and Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture to explore the complex impact of national culture on PMS using 10 case studies from five culturally diverse regions. Findings clarify previously inconclusive research results by explaining how various dimensions of national culture influence the technical and social dimensions of PMS. …”

The working class in Schrader’s Blue Collar (1978) by Wheeler, Mark

“…Within this rust-belt drama, two of the men are black --- the thirty year-old Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Brown (Richard Pryor) and the two-time ‘loser’ ex-convict thirty-five-year-old Sam ‘Smokey’ James (Yaphet Kotto) --- and one is white --- the thirty two year old Polish American Jerry Bartowski (Harvey Keitel). …”
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A taxonomic re-appraisal of the Passeriformes (Aves) based on the morphology of the plantar surface of the foot by Mann, Clive F.

“…The present study attempted to analyse little used characters, i.e. those on the plantar surface of the foot, of over five hundred species of bird. Large amounts of variation and homoplasy were found. …”
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of counselling psychology trainees experiences of practice-based research training by Henton, Isabel

“…Links to and disconnections from wider contexts, and the possible implications of these findings are discussed. …”
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Methane emission inventory and forecasting in Malaysia by Yusuf, Rafiu Olasunkanmi

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Cost-effective model-based test case generation and prioritization for software product line by Sulaiman, Rabatul Aduni

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Intelligent feature engineered-machine learning based electricity theft detection framework for labelled and unlabelled datasets by Hussain, Saddam

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A fuzzy logic based approach to quality of service in 802.11b wireless networks by El Maameri, Said David Soud

“…Fuzzy feedback control regulates admissions to the network (CAC) preventing a link from becoming saturated. Once an admission is made, a fuzzy controller smoothes individual flows (UPC). …”
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The effectiveness of project management by stakeholders in enhancing project and stakeholder management by Aladpoosh, Hamid

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Learning Objects To Enhance Students’ Conceptual Understanding Of Probability by Gossett, Roger, Haynes, Richard

“…This paper reports the quantitative findings from the development and evaluation of a series of learning objects (LOs) the design of which was based upon the results of a previously reported pilot study (Gossett, 2003). A series of five LOs were developed with the intention of clarifying students’ conceptual understanding of the fundamental mathematical concepts that underpin the concept of probability. …”
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Engaging students in learning through social networking : users’ perspectives by Guha, Ishika

“…Users' views about the social networking sites were investigated using online and face-to-face ethnographic interview techniques, using a sample size of five university students who were SNS users and familiar with other learning technologies. …”
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Mechanisms of rhinovirus neutralisation by antibodies by Touabi, Lila, Aflatouni, Faryal, McLean, Gary R.

“…The purpose of this review is to address the neutralising mechanisms of antibodies to rhinoviruses that would help progress vaccine development. At least five mechanisms of antibody neutralisation have been identified which depend to some extent on the antibody binding footprints upon the capsid. …”
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Perceptions of parental substance misuse among social workers working with children and families by Grant, Alastair, Banbury, Samantha, Lusher, Joanne

“…This research used a qualitative design of semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis to explore five Social Workers viewpoints on working with parental substance use. …”
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Coppiced sweet chestnut in UK construction - challenges and opportunities for design development of hardwood building products by Fereday, George, Meech, Nick, Nevill, Guy, Driver, Dougal, Lewis, Harri

“…This study comprised two focus groups exploring technical challenges and opportunities for small diameter sweet chestnut hardwood in construction. Five structural building products were designed and fabricated informed by the findings from the focus groups. …”
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Interaction of phenol-formaldehyde condensates with isoprene rubber by Roca Perez, Rafael

“…Using zinc(II) chloride as catalyst, a study is made of the effectiveness of five different polyfunctional phenol- formaldehyde condensates as vulcanizing agents for isoprene rubber. …”
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Biohydrogen generation from palm oil mill effluent using AnSBR−Mec Hybrid System by Muhammad Mubarak, Mohd. Fahmi

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Synthesis and characterizations of composite based on cu2o zno-polyaniline for removal of Conco Red Dye by Mohammed, Abdussamad Mukhtar

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Optimisation of co-culture fermentation of lactobacillus casei and propionibacterium jensenii in rice bran extract by Mohamed Esivan, Siti Marsilawati

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