Troubled tales: short stories about the Irish in 1970s London by Murray, Tony

“…A number of ‘Troubles thrillers’ set in London, like their parent genre, have tended to sensationalize and stereotype the role of the IRA in the city.1 They have also tended to obscure the effects of the conflict on the Irish community there. …”
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The problem of the public good and the implications for researching educational policies for social justice by Ross, Alistair

“…Chapter 1 opened a discussion on what is meant by social justice in education, and the issues involved in defining this, and what research directed towards this would look like. We identified different types of potential injustices, and the subsequent chapters examined various of these in turn, in a range of educational contexts, through the prisms of research directed towards finding policy initiatives that might counter the effects of particular inequities. …”
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Heritage land in the United States: continuity and conflict by Roberts, John

“…This thesis sets out to explain the establishment and protection of United States federal heritage land, through some 200 years of conflict and change. It uses concepts like preservation, conservation and exploitation. …”
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'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders by Ryan, Louise, López, María E., Rasa, Mursal

“…We consider the role of ICTs and the limitations of poor connectivity, especially in countries like Afghanistan, and the gender power dynamics that may limit women's access to technologies.…”
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Investigating fine-tuning of large language models for text summarisation by Khaliq, Usama, Patel, Preeti

“…The limited performance increase from the fine-tuned models was likely due to small datasets and medium-sized LLMs. …”
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Teachers’ conception of assessment knowledge and their preferred assessment system by Ma’ruf , Amar

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Triple-band planar dipole antenna for omnidirectional radiation by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Located under the horizontal rectangular patch are two λ/2 long meander-line stubs symmetrically interfaced to the feedline. …”
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Quad notched-band UWB BPF based on quintuple-mode resonator by Borhani, Seyyed Jamal, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The MMR is fed through asymmetric interdigital coupled-lines feed to produce controllable notched-band. …”
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Effect of manganese and nickel on the cleavage fracture strength of ferritic weld metal by Sandford, Andrew Robert Brian.

“…This was calculated by reference to slip line field theory from the fracture load at the test temperature where fracture was first coincident with general yielding. …”
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Partners in national cyber security strategy? : An analysis of cyber security strategies of Ministry of Defence and police in UK by Onugha, Chikaodi Viola

“…The research also found that the Cyber Security Strategy is mainly state centric while policing is human centric in approach, this accounts for the challenges in bringing the policing cyber strategy in line with the National cyber strategy. The research concludes that an increase in education and expertise of both forces will help enhance bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships in the race to make the UK cyberspace safe.…”
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Comparison of intelligent approaches for cycle time prediction in injection moulding of a medical device product by Kariminejad, Mandana, Tormey, David, Huq, Saif, Morrison, Jim, McAfee, Marion

“…The strengths and limitations of the approaches are presented and the further research and development needed to ensure practical on-line use of these methods for dynamic process optimisation in the industrial process are discussed…”
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Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna Based on Metamaterial Concept for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The slotted microstrip patch essentially acts like a left-handed capacitance to exhibit metamaterial properties over a given frequency range. …”
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Enzymatic analysis of native and recombinant fibrinolytic enzyme from bacillus cereus 13BN isolated from belacan by Zakaria, Zarita

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Novel metamaterial frequency discriminating devices for next generation wireless communication systems by Ahmed, Kafil Uddin

“…This was achieved using stepped impedance lines (SIL). No isolators were necessary using the proposed technique. …”
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From fear to fraternity: a socio-legal analysis of doctors' responses to being called to account by patients by Mulcahy, Linda

“…It is concluded that complaints have a significant impact on the emotional well-being of consultants and are likely to lead to changes in the way in which they provide medical care in the future. …”
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Editorial Transitions Part 2 – Hail and Hello by Edwards, Gareth, Schedlitzki, Doris

“…The journal, and conference ally – the International Studying Leadership Conference (ISLC), has felt like our community, somewhere where we belong in a sometimes challenging and turbulent journey. …”
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The experience of psoriatic arthritis patients receiving biological treatment : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Schepelern, Eva K.

“…It is argued that this research extends the current knowledge base in counselling psychology on the psychological aspects of skin conditions such as psoriasis to what it is like to have both psoriasis and arthritis, whilst also being relevant to counselling psychologists working with psychological aspects of medical conditions, which is proposed to hold a promising future for the field.…”
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A statistical study of ship domains by Goodwin, Elisabeth M.

“…The concept of a ship domain has been considered, which may be defined as the effective area around a ship which a navigator would like to keep free with respect to other ships and stationary objects. …”
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A compendium of Colombian policing challenges : from Pablo to present by Jeapes, Anthony Christian John Lloyd

“…Contemporary Colombia saw violence continue with peasant revolts in the 1920s and 30s, la Violencia in the 1940s, the formation of the insurgent groups like the FARC and ELN in the 1960s, the creation of drug cartels in the 1970s and their transformation into narco-terrorist groups and then micro traffickers in the 1980s and 1990s. …”
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Unrolling the text: using scrolls to facilitate academic reading by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Middlebrook, Dave, Sinfield, Sandra

“…Drawing briefly on a literature review commissioned when part of the LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, we consider reading not just as a semantic or linguistic activity but as a socio-political one especially for those, like our students, who are typically placed as educational outsiders. …”
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