Populism, religion and family values policies in Israel, Italy and Turkey by Ben-Porat, Guy, Filc, Dani, Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi, Ozzano, Luca

“…But few comparative studies address their discourses and politics relating to family values, especially when involved with policy-making. Moreover, many comparative works about populism focus on a single region – often Western and Eastern Europe. …”
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A qualitative analysis of how therapists experience the therapeutic relationship with adults who were adopted as infants by Vote, Birgit

“…In particular, there seems to be a lack of empirical and theoretical understanding of the complexities of the therapeutic relationship when working with adults who were adopted. Early experiences can affect an adult's ability to form trusting relationships with others, including with a therapist. …”
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The long-term impact of multisystemic therapy: an experiential study of the adolescent-young adult life transition by Conroy, Dom, Smith, Jonathan A., Butler, Stephen, Byford, Sarah, Cottrell, David, Kraam, Abdullah, Fonagy, Peter, Ellison, Rachel, Simes, Elizabeth, Anokhina, Alisa

“…The findings suggest that working with an MST therapist during adolescence helped young men cultivate more mature, forward-looking viewpoints and life activities 4 years later when transitioning into adulthood. Findings are discussed in relation to relevant theory and practical applications.…”
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After the Brexit referendum: an exploration into how EU migrant care workers for individuals with dementia make sense of their role and experience by Hypolite-Bishop, Lauren

“…This study sought to explore the impact of the referendum on EUMCWs’ sense of identity and wellbeing post-referendum, with an underlying aim to give voice to them in a time when their future rights are uncertain, an aim that is relevant to the ethos of counselling psychology (CoP). …”
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Weight loss strategies and the risk of skeletal muscle mass loss by McCarthy, H. David, Berg, Aloys

“…Population groups including post-menopausal women, the elderly, those with metabolic disease and athletes may be particularly at risk of skeletal muscle loss when following a weight management programme. Research studies that have addressed this issue across a range of population groups are reviewed with a focus upon the contribution of resistance and endurance forms of exercise and a higher intake dietary protein above the current guideline of 0.8 g/kg body weight/day. …”
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Psychotherapeutic interventions for clients seeking long-term romantic relationships, yet displaying intimacy avoidance patterns: a thematic analysis of clinicians' experiences by Mason Roantree, Madeleine

“…The present study is a qualitative investigation into what therapeutic interventions psychological practitioners employ when they encounter clients who experience avoidance attachment patterns in dating and relationship formation. …”
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"Eternity in an hour ...": exploring the role of mindfulness with patients receiving palliative care : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Shannon, David

“…Few studies have explored the role of mindfulness with patients receiving palliative care. When they have, the mindfulness training component has usually been brief. …”
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Phronesis by Lee, Nirmala

“…“Practical reasoning is deliberative, it takes into account local circumstances, it weighs trade-offs, it is riddled with uncertainties, it depends upon judgment, profits from wisdom, addresses particulars, it deals with contingencies, is iterative and shifts aims in process when necessary. Practical reasoning is the stuff of practical life. …”
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Very small effects of an imagery-based randomised trial to promote adherence to wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic and identification of future intervention target... by Conroy, Dom, Smith, Debbie M., Armitage, Christopher J.

“…Conclusion: Imagery-based interventions to increase face covering wearing adherence may exert significant public health effects but only when conducted on a very large scale. Our findings suggest that interventions should target men and disrupt habitual past behaviour.…”
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Computational knowledge discovery techniques and their application to options market databases by Healey, Jerome V.

“…A number of case study examples are used to demonstrate that computational knowledge discovery techniques can yield useful knowledge for the domain, when applied using the framework, its components, and appropriate statistical and diagnostic tests. …”
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The impact of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy on the structure of demand for shipping transport of grain by Seyed, Mohammad Reza Mirmiran

“…This research has highlighted the importance of non-shipping related policy measures for the grain shipping sector, especially when it is implemented by an important economic blocs.…”
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Women's experiences of gender and sexuality within football contexts in England and Wales by Caudwell, Jayne Clare

“…Of the 14 women interviewed (aged between 20-43 yrs.), 11 started playing when they were girls (under 14 yrs.). The findings demonstrate that informal play and the spaces within playgrounds and housing estates are central to the women's initial involvement. 75% of the questionnaire participants commit between 4-6 hours a week to playing and for the women interviewed playing exists as a normalised and routinised aspect of their lives. …”
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Currency crises in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by Piard, Sylviane

“…The empirical analysis suggests that crises are more likely when there is a general election in France, but no conclusive evidence is found that other political factors are a key feature in the determination of the French and Italian crises.…”
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Practical poetics: rhythmic spatiality and the communicative movement between site, architecture and sculpture by Lynch, Patrick

“…Crucially, the revelation of the structure of relationships between site, place, social life, the natural world, etc., which make up the architectural conditions for civic praxis, is the basis also of ornament and decorum in the arts generally. However, when architects confuse their work with sculpture - misunderstood as '(arm' rather than rhythmic spatiality - the philosophical and communicative potential of architecture is diminished. …”
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Generic innovation and social change : the American thriller in the 1970s by Cobley, Paul

“…The thesis will address the problems entailed in such approaches, particularly two central deficiencies: firstly, the inability to give an account of innovation within a generic framework; secondly, the difficulties that arise in analysing the role of readership when genre is theorized as a static structure. It will be argued that generic texts - and innovations across generic texts - are characterized by readings rather than by internal textual characteristics. …”
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Probe request attack detection in wireless LANs using intelligent techniques by Ratnayake, Deepthi N.

“…In infrastructure WLANs, any mobile STA can send a probe request management frame when it needs information from an Access Point (AP). …”
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Establishing and maintaining employee motivation from recruitment through Induction, transition and retirement by Ungemah, Joseph Michael

“…Chapter 4 explores how development programmes can be used for renewing the psychological contract of long-term employees when organisational change occurs. An intervention is presented, wherein a national electric grid operator required support in establishing a new corporate culture amongst employees. …”
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Plasma membrane-derived vesicles: their role in the terminal differentiation of monocytes and in inhibiting the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by Antwi-Baffour, Samuel

“…Plasma Membrane-derived Vesicles (PMVs) are membrane-coated vesicles of diameter 0.1 to 1 μm, carrying various proteins inherent in their parental cells. PMVs are released when cells undergo activation/apoptosis via blebbing and shedding and have a function in intercellular communication. …”
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The equilibrium exchange rate of the Chinese Renminbi: determinants and misalignments by You, Kefei

“…It carries out for first time an econometric estimation of total factor productivity when rural transformation is taken into account. …”
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Monarchy in the democratic age: the head of state debate in Britain: a constitutional and comparative analysis by Cross, Bernard W.

“…The difficulties begin to look less formidable, however, when the transformation is viewed as a step-by-step process and not as a one-off operation. …”
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