The Emerging Pacific Asian Economies and the Financial Crisis by Dixon, Chris

“…Particular concerns centre on the sharp contractions of growth in China and Japan whose economies have become the principle drivers of regional growth and integration, and key links between Pacific Asia, the West and the rest of the global system.…”
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Institutional quality in the finance-growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa by Adu-Darko, Eunice Adwoa

“…Total factor productivity is decomposed into two items: 1) pure technical progress; and 2) institutional quality linked efficiency gain, which captures financial development and institutional quality. …”
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Using assessment criteria to support student learning by Harrington, Kathy, Elander, James

“…The discipline-based skills module combines generic and subject-specific skills teaching, links skills provision with the personal tutor system, and includes practical exercises to promote deep learning and improve study skills. …”
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The influence of cultural heritage on students' willingness to engage in peer assessment by Schwabenland, Christina

“…From this perspective the experience of assessment is productive, not merely reflective of learning and intimately linked with students’ sense of identity. The choice of assessment methods therefore determines not only what, but how the students learn. …”
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Exploring HIV/AIDS resources on the internet: a case study of relevant sites by Usman, Ibraham Alhaji, Ilo, Promise Ifeoma, Idoko, Joan Ogwa

“…It covers various aspects of the subject, namely treatment, clinical trials, newsletters, journals, nutrition, bibliography links and international organizations concerned with HIV/AIDS. …”
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EFRAG-European Commission Sustainability Standards & ISSB Standard-Setting Process (2022–2024) by Carungu, Jonida, Dimes, Ruth, Molinari, Matteo

“…It spans from the initial standard-setting efforts (March 2022 for EFRAG SRB, July 2022 for ISSB) to November 2024. Contents: Links to Meeting Agendas-Key topics discussed in EFRAG SRB and ISSB meetings. …”
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Japan After an ‘Export Bubble’ by Dixon, Chris, Bruce, David, Bojkova, Viara

“…Paul Krugman has suggested that the Japanese economy is in ‘free fall’ as is world trade. This view can be linked to those who accuse Japan of relying on exports for growth and contributing to international imbalances that lie at the heart of the current financial crisis.…”
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Mental imagery interventions to promote face covering use among UK university students and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Conroy, Dom

“…In this context, mental imagery exercises—self-directed imagining of an anticipated outcome or processes linked to a defined behaviour/activity—offer a well-evidenced, relatively simple behaviour change intervention. …”
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Alcohol, the overlooked drug: clinical pharmacist perspectives on addressing alcohol in primary care by Madden, Mary Teresa, Stewart, Duncan, Mills, Thomas, McCambridge, Jim

“…It investigates their confidence with the subject of alcohol in routine practice and explores views on a new approach, integrating alcohol into the medication review as another drug directly linked to the patient’s health conditions and medicines, rather than a separated ‘healthy living’ issue. …”
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Reflective Writing and Re-usable Learning Objects by Pokorny, Helen

“…The ‘Studying...’ series curriculum is designed around a Tate Modern Merchandising Project undertaken as a series of tasks linked to an interactive website (www.learning.londonmet.ac.uk/quickstart) supported by class contact and a variety of electronic resources (www.learning.londonmet.ac.uk/bssmstudy). …”
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Supporting International Students’ Adjustment to UK Study by Scandrett, Matt

“…Typically students are on linked, conditional offers and, as such, are required to complete the entire pre-sessional programme in order to achieve progression onto their chosen pathway. …”
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Global stability of discrete-time competitive population models by Baigent, Stephen, Hou, Zhanyuan

“…We introduce the concept of a principal reproductive mode, which is linked to a normal at the interior fixed point of a hypersurface of vanishing weighted-average growth. …”
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The implications of neurological models of memory for learning and teaching by Scott-Taylor, Timothy H.

“…The slow process of unraveling neurological links between brain areas involved in cognition has delayed an understanding of how learning actually takes place which goes beyond the working models of memory we use to optimize teaching. …”
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Prostitution in (and out of) policy on violence against women and girls in the UK by Coy, Maddy

“…This short article extends Liz Kelly's (1988) continuum of violence against women to prostitution, drawing on definitions of VAWG, research evidence on harms and conceptual links between men's abusive practices. For policy, this means a re-orientation towards specialist support for women, including to leave prostitution, and seeking to end demand. …”

The pecking order by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Navigate your way through and explore the power relationships between and around us. How is power linked to the way we use space, and how we relate to each other within it? …”

True community: connecting the Millennium Development Goals to public library services in the United States by Maret, Susan

“…Similarly, scorecards and quality of life reports compiled by municipalities and nonprofit groups, while they might investigate community social problems are not linked to socially responsive library services or the wider MDGs. …”
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Strategies for managing alcohol intake and refusing offers of alcoholic drinks by Conroy, Dom, de Visser, Richard O.

“…In this chapter we first consider psychological components linked to managing alcohol intake and to refusing alcoholic drinks. …”
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Social structural and cultural determinants in the formation and operation of small enterprise in the UK, with particular reference to the economy of East London and its Asian comm... by Nabi, Md. Nurun

“…Future, comparative studies of minority communities in other British cities and further afield in North America, may yield findings concerning the links between ethnicity and enterprise.…”
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Joining the dots on sexual exploitation of children and women: a way forward for UK policy responses by Coy, Maddy

“…The article reviews policy approaches to CSE and explores the links between exploitation of girls and of adult women, concluding that those concerned with stopping sexual exploitation should support calls for policymakers to address those who pay for sex.…”

Equation-defined template and synthesis driven compact modelling of semiconductor devices by Brinson, Mike

“…This presentation reports on current research that links Equation-Defined Device modelling with Verilog-A modules, driven by code templates and synthesis, which in turn result in an improved interactive modelling technique that can be employed to construct compact models that have a similar performance to compiled C++ code models. …”
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