Breaking the cycle: media representations of victim-survivors and child abuse by Beddows, Amy

“…Many people look to the media for information on complex social issues - particularly more ‘private’ events such as sexual violence - and too often, onscreen representations fall in line with negative societal stereotypes around abusers and victims. …”
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Wideband circularly polarized square slot antenna with an annular patch by Shirzad, Hamed, Shokri, Majid, Amiri, Zhaleh, Asiaban, Somayeh, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…A semicircular stub is embedded in the feed-line to enhance its impedance bandwidth. The antenna exhibits CP bandwidth of 22.2% across 4.87–6.09 GHz, which incorporates the WLAN band. …”

Mixed convection flow of a two-phase dusty fluid and dusty jeffrey fluid due to an exponentially stretching sheet by Izani, Siti Nur Haseela

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Understanding the factors that contribute to the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy as adjunct to medical treatment in a sample of individuals with psoriasis : a constructivi... by Laoudi, Marietta

“…Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin condition that can impair psychological, social, and physical functioning. …”
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Developing starter cultures for the optimisation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fermentation by Awamaria, Brigitte

“…Several natural fermentations of cassava under various conditions were carried out to study the effects of time, temperature, substrate composition (cassava skin and leaves) on pH, cassava softening and microbial growth. …”
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Ultrasound-compatible 3D-printed Franz diffusion system for sonophoresis with microbubbles by Chen, Xin, De Grandi, Davide, Zhu, Yonglian, Lutheryn, Gareth, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Carugo, Dario

“…Sonophoresis is a topical drug delivery approach that utilises ultrasound as a physical stimulus to enhance permeation of active pharmaceutical ingredients through the skin. Only limited research has however been conducted to evaluate the potential of ultrasound-responsive drug carriers, such as gas microbubbles, in sonophoresis. …”
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Preparation and surface modification of activated carbon from coconut shells for benzene and toluene adsorption from water by Mohammed, Jibril

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2019 International Design Exchange Project, Hidden Space Project. Volume 10, Remediation by Newman, Kaye, Park, Young Tae

“…The WIRE have in the past considered sharing workspace with like-minded performance- interested companies, so does this ask the question whether sharing space with compatible, or other businesses attuned to your genre is a way forward? …”
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Project viability framework for privatized highway projects in Malaysia by Mohamed @ Mohd. Adnan, Azmi

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Barriers to sustainable sourcing in the apparel and fashion luxury industry by Bhandari, Nilesh, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Rocha-Lona, Luis, Kumar, Anil, Naz, Farheen, Joshi, Rohit

“…The results of the study revealed that ‘Management, Government Support, and Infrastructure Barriers’ hold the most significant importance among all barrier dimensions, followed by ‘Material Barriers’, ‘Finance Barriers’, ‘Supplier Barriers’, ‘Certificates and Customer Perceptions’, and ‘Sustainable Packaging and Human Resource Barriers’. …”
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Legal aspects of international tax planning for sportspeople and entertainers: a critical examination from a UK perspective, with comparative analysis from a US perspective, of the... by Thomas, Trevor Lloyd

“…Today, with the increasing globalisation of finance, the growth in offshore financial centres and the unprecedented mobility of capital and labour, the need for such continued research is compelling. …”
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Retention in second year computing students in a London-based university during the post-Covid-19 era using learned optimism as a lens: a statistical analysis in R by Chrysikos, Alexandros, Bamford, Neal

“…However, there is still a very real post pandemic effect being experienced by many students, especially around matters of hardship and finance. Finally, for those students who did attend CODE-It, 85% showed that they felt it was a worthwhile exercise. …”
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Virtual realities in the business world by Tredinnick, Luke

“…Is VR here to stay, or is it a passing fad like 3D Television? This issue of Out-of-the-Box explores the emergence of VR, and the kinds of changes that it may bring to the working world.…”

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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