The lived experience of HIV positive immigrant African mothers in the UK: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Levitt, Deborah

“…This study might inform counselling psychologists about the background beliefs and cultural norms that influence these women when attending therapy and offers an insight into the areas of work that may need to be addressed therapeutically. …”
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Developing a transfer point location problem considering normal demands distribution by Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Ammar, Mollaie, Dadd, Deneise

“…A mathematical solution is employed when demand points follow normal distribution, with some points of demands being in regions. …”
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Using Padlets as e-portfolios to enhance undergraduate students’ writing skills and motivation by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…However, students expressed their wish for more support when using IT tools and e-portfolios and asked to be guided to develop their writing and reflective skills and engage even more with their e-portfolios.…”
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Income inequality and wealth concentration as a root cause of the subprime crisis by Goda, Thomas

“…The crisis that broke out in August 2007 was caused by the fact that the market for collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) had grown to a size sufficient to wreak general havoc when it suddenly collapsed. One of the unresolved questions arising out of the subprime crisis concerns the precise role played by economic inequality. …”
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The role and development of the intelligence function in the Nigeria police by Taiwo, Adegboyega Alade

“…It is strange, therefore, that the NPF is attempting to fly, when it has not learned to run. The project concludes by examining some ways the NPF would not only run, but fly on the wings of ILP.…”
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A theoretical investigation of an averaged-structure eddy viscosity model applied to turbulent shear flows by Khossousi, Amir A.

“…With the usual no-slip conditions at the wall, numerical solutions to these non-linear equations are obtained for various values of the flow parameters. For the special case when the pressure gradient related parameter n=-1, it is described how an approximate analytic solution can be obtained, by extending the existing solutions of the Falkner-Skan equation.…”
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Insight with stumpers: normative solution data for 25 stumpers and a fresh perspective on the accuracy effect by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

“…When people solve a problem, they can do in one of two ways - analytically or through insight. …”
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The use of student-generated videos and intercultural group assessment to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in higher education by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The current study explored students' perceptions of intercultural group assessment and videos as a form of assessment when student-generated videos are used to increase students' other-awareness and intercultural competence in HE and increase their engagement by using a technology-enhanced approach to allow students to develop a range of skills. …”

Ferocious Marys and dark Alessas: the portrayal of religious matriarchies in Silent Hill by Beddows, Amy

“…Feminist critics have noted that “the norm for women is absence and silence” in ancient religious texts and that when women do appear, they tend to be framed in binary terms as passive devotees or monstrous demons, virginal mothers or seductive whores, innocent lambs, or corrupt sinners (Stanton 1993; Daly 1973). …”
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A systematic review examining alcohol dependence and sexual dysfunction across genders by Banbury, Samantha, Nercessian, Tiga-Rose, Chandler, Chris, Lusher, Joanne

“…With an overall general shortage of research on alcohol dependence and sexual dys/function, psychosexual services remain limited when supporting dual-diagnosed and sex and gender diverse groups.…”
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Cohomology and extensions of representations of groups with normal Engel subgroups by Kissin, Edward, Shulman, Victor

“…Aiming at applications to double extensions and the theory of J-unitary group representations on indefinite metric spaces, we describe (λ, U)-cocycles when G = D n N is the semidirect product, D is an Engel group and the restrictions of λ, U to N are χ1 for some character χ on N (such pairs of representations form in a sense a base class in the variety of all pairs of representations). …”
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Exploring lean team development from the Tuckman's model perspective by Zirar, Araz, Muhammad, Noor, Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…The adjourning phase evokes mixed emotions: satisfaction with transitioning to a permanent team and sadness when the team disbands. The findings extend the Tuckman model to explain a lean team development lifecycle…”
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Comments on selected topics in the draft EU data protection regulation by Korff, Douwe

“…If therefore I have at times (indeed quite often) used “we” in the text, this is merely in anticipation of the text possibly being used by EDRi etc. At other times, when I am clearly referring to my own ideas and work, I have used “I”. …”
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Power relations in advocacy approaches in family group conferencing with children and young people by Fox, Darrell James

“…This approach is viewed as good practice when working with young people in promoting their rights, agency, and participation in statutory social work meetings and processes where decisions are being undertaken that directly affect them. …”
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The ideational approach by Busby, Ethan, Chryssogelos, Angelos, Hawkins, Eliza Tanner, Hawkins, Kirk, Littvay, Levente, Wiesehomeier, Nina

“…At all three levels, we argue that populism has a distinct impact that hinges on the intensity of populist beliefs of actors, particularly when these are in power. We juxtapose this impact with the influence of other factors such as the host ideology of popul…”
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Finding logical vulnerability in policies using three-level semantic framework by Bataityte, Karolina, Vassilev, Vassil, Gill, Olivia Jo

“…Finding the gaps in such policies is challenging. We explore the cases when operations become accessible to the user because of flawed or missing authentication methods. …”
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Schopenhauer on idealism, Indian and European by Ryan, Christopher

“…Although he traced the origin of the “fundamental” viewpoint of idealism to the ancient ṛṣis of India, he also maintained that it had not received its properly philosophical articulation and defence until Kant. But when we probe beyond Schopenhauer’s effusive estimations of Kant’s achievements and seek out his conception of idealism’s epistemological and logical bases, they appear rather flimsy and insubstantial. …”
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LQR and genetic algorithms: an effective duo for assessing control expenditure and performance in dynamic systems by Silva, Josefredo G., Lacerda, Marcio J., Bertolin, Ariadne L. J., Santos, Jander, Nepomuceno, Erivelton G.

“…The results show a reduction of up to 30.36% in the energy of the controller and a reduction of 20.27% in its maximum value when choosing to prioritise the energy expenditure of the controller over other performance metrics, without significantly compromising the convergence of the system states. …”
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Malware detection and analysis in Android applications with mobile security framework (MobsF) using a permission-based approach by Kizito, Mark, Homayounvala, Elaheh, Kazemian, Hassan, Araujo, Istteffanny Isloure

“…It was also noted that background permissions potentially pose a great deal of risk to security when granted without proper rationale as this increases attack surfaces within the application itself.…”
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Transphobia as a weapon of war: reporting on Russia’s trans community amidst heightened regulation, censorship and propaganda by Sloane, Wendy

“…Using the Hierarchy of Influences framework and historical and comparative methodology, this chapter demonstrates how state policies towards Russia’s LGBTQ community, coupled with reporting restrictions, work together to strip it of previously held freedoms, and make it impossible for journalists to maintain autonomy when reporting on LGBTQ issues.…”
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