The impact of corporate social responsibility on construction workers by Buckley, Andrea Michelle

“…In the industry it is common for main contractors to be employed by the client, and then to subcontract out the work to a supply chain of subcontractors, who may further outsource the work to subbies and agency workers. …”
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Regulation theory/Global Fordism and Peripheral Fordism: the case of Ireland by Rushe, Kenneth M.

“…Ultimately, the objective will be to produce an evaluation of the state of manufacturing in Ireland and which will provide a constructive evaluation of the relevance of the two main contrasting theories.…”
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The well from which we drink is poisoned: clergy sexual exploitation of adult women by Kennedy, Margaret

“…This is not part of the main thesis as the whole area requires an in depth analysis not undertaken in this study. …”
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The utilisation of peer-assisted learning/mentoring and translanguaging in higher education by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…In terms of the present study, 80 undergraduate multilingual students were involved in PALM tasks during which they could use their first language through translanguaging and English, the target language, for one academic semester. The main goal was to ensure they had equal opportunities to develop their oral fluency while preparing group presentations. …”
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Enhancing supply chain performance using RFID technology and decision support systems in the industry 4.0: a systematic literature review by Unhelkar, Bhuvan, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Sharma, Manu, Prakash, Shiv, Mani, Ashwin Krishna, Prasad, Mukesh

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A preliminary investigation into the use of amino acids as potential ion pairs for diclofenac transdermal delivery by Cristofoli, Mignon, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno

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An application of AHP and G-TOPSIS for prioritizing capabilities and related practices for a mature and resilient supply chain during disruption by Echefaj, Khadija, Charkaoui, Abdelkabi, Cherrafi, Anass, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…In addition, this study ranks maturity factors that influence the main capabilities identified. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is conducted in three stages. …”
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Adopting new technology is a distant dream? The risks of implementing industry 4.0 in emerging economy SMEs by Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Narula, Sanjiv, Audretsch, David, Puppala, Harish, Kumar, Anil

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Evaluation of the effective factors of unloading and loading goods in ports and the impact on the environment using the MCDM method by Mombeni, Sahar, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Shemami, Niloufar Hojat

“…The results of TOPSIS method on the main criteria showed that the atmospheric factors' criterion had the highest weight and the port criterion (includes activities that occur in the port) had the lowest weight. …”

Beam tilting antenna using integrated metamaterial loading by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…The simulation and experimental results show that the main beam of the antenna in the E-plane is tilted by 17 degrees with respect to the end-fire direction at 7.3, 7.5, and 7.7 GHz. …”
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The Sudanese comprehensive peace agreement: how could the comprehensive peace agreement become the basis for either unity or disintegration of the Sudan? by Abulemoi, Joseph O.

“…This study argues that the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) could result in the disintegration of Sudan. There are four main factors which increase the likelihood of such an outcome. …”
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The decline of UK merchant shipping, 1975-90: beyond the market view by Rowlinson, Mervyn

“…From the sectoral base, which identifies the pattern of decline throughout the main fleet sectors, the organisational and business behaviour elements will be analysed as key factors. …”
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Digging DEEP: futuristic building blocks of omni-channel healthcare supply chains resiliency using a machine learning approach by Kumar, Anil, Naz, Farheen, Luthra, Sunil, Vashistha, Rajat, Kumar, Vikas, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Chhabra, Deepak

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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…Drawing on social influence theory along with a constructivist perspective, we conducted fine‐grained in‐depth interviews to explore millennials’ participation in online communities and brand perceptions in the fashion industry. The main findings reveal four categories of customer engagement in OBCs (bias situators, sugar‐coaters, rationalisers, judgmentalists). …”
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The sociomateriality of digitalisation in Nepalese NGOs by Adhikari, Pawan, Upadhaya, Bedanand, Wijethilake, Chaminda, Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita

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Facilitators and barriers of bystander intervention intent in image-based sexual abuse contexts: a focus group study with a university sample by Mainwaring, Chelsea, Scott, Adrian J., Gabbert, Fiona

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State of the nation: class, Labour politics and the contemporary relevance of Our Friends in the North (1996) by Collins, Jeremy

“…The series has been situated in the canons of British social realism and quality drama, and explores issues of class and social power, in particular depicting struggles around poor housing, police corruption, political scandals, and how these intersect with the lives of ordinary people. The main characters are shown variously rejecting, accommodating to or being crushed by, the political changes of the period, from Wilsonian Labourism, via Thatcherite neo-liberalism to the emergence of ‘new labour’. …”
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Improving steganographic capacity using distributed steganography over BMP by Araujo, Istteffanny Isloure, Kazemian, Hassan

“…The methodology consists of a new distributed steganographic approach to minimise the main weaknesses of today’s methods, including Discrete Cosine Transform, where the capacity, detection and distortion need an upgrade to accommodate secure steganography for our data protection. …”
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Forging a green future: synergizing Industry 4.0 technologies and circular economy tactics to achieve net-zero in sustainable supply chains by El Jaouhari, Asmae, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Benbrahim, Fatima Zahra, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…As part of this objective, the paper conducts an exploratory systematic review of selected articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Three main categories are identified from the selected articles: (i) CE principles and I4.0 technologies integration, (ii) the role of CE-I4.0 nexus in a sustainable supply chain (iii) leveraging CE-4.0 integration for net zero sustainable supply chains. …”
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Evaluation of credit risk and rehabilitation strategies for small and medium-scale commercial loans in Sri Lanka's tourism industry: an analysis of commercial banks practices and m... by Khan, Shahbano, Dhanapala, Wickrama Arachchilage Ishani Hansika

“…The main objective of this study is to evaluate the credit risk on small and medium scale commercial loans in tourism industry within Sri Lanka, identifying how intensely most used by commercial banks while they manage these risks. …”
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