Participation in vocational further education : a study of factors influencing entry into commercial, construction and engineering training in Inner London by Sammons, Pamela Mary

“…Attention has been paid to vocational preferences and job ambitions, due to their close links with training choices. The study adopted an inter-disciplinary approach. …”
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Posthumanist panic cinema? The films of Andrew Niccol by Baldwin, Jon

“…Niccol wrote The Truman Show (1998) and was writer and director of Gattaca (1997), S1m0ne (2002), In Time (2011), and Good Kill (2014). A consideration that links these films is a reflection upon posthuman cinema itself. …”
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Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in Higher Education by Harrington, Kathy, Flint, Abbi, Healey, Mick

“…Students as partners is a concept which interweaves through many other debates, including assessment and feedback, employability, flexible pedagogies, internationalisation, linking teaching and research, and retention and success. …”
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How do gay men experience ruptures in the relationship with their therapist? An interpretative phenomenological study by Brooke, Philip

“…The study also found that rupture overlaps with the difficulties commonly experienced as part of the therapeutic process, making it difficult to define rupture. The researcher links the findings to minority stress theory, and suggests that an over-emphasis on the transferential relationship in therapy, and rigidity in therapeutic approach, can impede the collaborative process that is more likely to lead to reparation with this client group, especially when they are at an early stage in their gay identity development. …”
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Black Workers and BME networks organising against racism in the NHS workplace by Carter, Nigel Geoffrey

“…The concept ‘racial capitalism’ is also linked to race and class theories of Black self-organised resistance to racism in the UK context. …”
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Effects of parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas on adjustment to atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli

“…Results suggest that: a) people with an early and a late onset of atopic dermatitis were presented with a certain schematic profile that differentiated them from participants in the control groups; b) a certain pattern of early parenting experiences was linked to the development of this schematic profile and c) this schematic profile predicted high levels of dysfunctional coping and difficulties in adjustment. …”
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The crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alkylhydroperoxidase AhpD, a potential target for antitubercular drug design by Nunn, Christine M., Djordjevic, Snezana, Hillas, Patrick J., Nishida, Clinton R., Ortiz de Montellano, Paul R.

“…The resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid is commonly linked to inactivation of a catalase-peroxidase, KatG, that converts isoniazid to its biologically active form. …”

Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model? by Djilali Beloufa, Kouider

“…During the last two decades, one of the most important changes in the geography of Algerian migration has been its gradual spread to some "new" contexts, that can be located differently in a spectrum of various characteristics, such as geographical location, historical-cultural links, existence of networks, and profiles of Algerian migrants, among others. …”
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The publishing industry, the ideological framework and foreign aid in Tanzania by Nyerembe, Malima Paul

“…The study argues that Tanzania's post-colonial development attempts and those after SAP have been linked with initiatives and active participation of institutions in foreign aid allocation as well as the development of policy formulation, despite the policy of socialism and self-reliance. …”
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Pauper education in Victorian England: organisation and administration within the new poor law 1834-1880 by Livingstone, Janet Elizabeth

“…Pauper schooling involved central supervision, inspection and local management and was inextricably linked with Poor Law strategies to depauperise and to administer strict relief policies. …”
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Assessing the challenge of policing animal rights extremism in the UK and the changing impact on community safety and human rights in the period 2004-2010 by Mills, Gordon Roy

“…The results show that animal rights activism and linked extremism has been effectively brought under control but collectively 'protest law' has been altered. …”
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C2 by-pass: cross-talk between the complement classical and alternative pathways by Laich, Andy, Patel, Hershna, Zarantonello, A., Sim, R. B., Inal, Jameel

“…Deficiencies of classical pathway (CP) components are generally linked to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or SLE-like syndromes. …”
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An exploration of adult third culture kids’ experience of transitioning to the UK between the ages of 10 and 17: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Montazer, Alla

“…Research on TCK’s suggests that their migratory experience(s) can be linked to challenges with identity development, a lack of belonging and others. …”
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Ex vivo analysis of the association of GFP-expressing L. aethiopica and L. mexicana with human peripheral blood-derived (PBD) leukocytes over 24 hours by Ranatunga, Medhavi, Deacon, Andrew, Harbige, Laurence S., Dyer, Paul, Boateng, Joshua, Getti, Giulia

“…In mice models, the disease development or resolution is linked to T cell responses involving inflammatory cytokines and the activation of macrophages with the M1/M2 phenotype. …”
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A multi-targeted approach of garcinol for obesity intervention: Mechanistic insights and possible clinical applications by Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly

“…While hydroxycitric acid (HCA) has been linked to the anti-obesity effects of certain Garcinia fruits, recent research emphasizes the role of garcinol, either alone or in combination, in mediating these effects. …”
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Analysing method for acoustic emission clustering system on reinforced concrete beam by Saiful Bahari, Nur Amira Afiza

“…The need for effective data analysis in the clustering system can be linked to three main objectives in this research; (1) to determine the type of failure on reinforced concrete beams through the AE system; (2) to identify and discriminate the AE data parameters via crack classification (tensile and shear movement); (3) to verify the crack classification of Rise Amplitude (RA) clustering by using the NI LabVIEW clustering algorithm. …”
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Blue ocean strategy on service quality in Islamic Banking Sector in Johor by Ja'afar, Ishaq

“…With more studies conducted on the quality of service related to customer satisfaction, little or no research exists in linking the values of Islamic services to competitive advantage. …”
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Antibacterial properties of selected mangrove plants against vibrio species and its cytotoxicity against artemia salina by Ahmad, Ahmad Shamsuddin, Musa, Najiah, Assaw, Suvik, Mohtar, Noor Azariyah, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Abd. Wahid, Mohd. Effendy, John, Akbar

“…Minimum inhibitory concentration test (MIC) and cytotoxicity (LC50) test using Artemia salina as a test animal in sterile ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) microplates showed the significant antimicrobial properties of methanolic extract of S. caesolaris. …”
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War crimes and the downing of Malaysian airliner MH-17 by Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib, Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid

“…It examines whether the conflict in Ukraine amounts to an international armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL) which can be linked with the downing of MH 17. The article further examines the probable responsibility and jurisdictional problems to be faced in prosecuting the crime of shooting down MH 17 and the possible claims for compensation to the victims’ family. …”
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The nature and determinants of user-generated content for dissatisfied customers: evidence from second-hand luxury fashion brands by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Ranfagni, Silvia, Rovai, Serena, Howell, Kerry

“…Purpose This study examined the links between user-generated content (UGC), dissatisfied customers and second-hand luxury fashion brands. …”
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