Financial innovation and the descent of money: reading Niall Ferguson on Siegmund Warburg by Whimster, Sam

“…Niall Ferguson’s biography of Siegmund Warburg probably came out just in time, in 2010, to be taken up as a topical work on a major City figure. Now some five years later one has to doubt whether the name of Siegmund Warburg signifies much at all. …”
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Reasons rape investigations are closed by police by Lovett, Jo, Kelly, Liz, Vera-Gray, Fiona, Hales, Gavin, Uzelac, Gordana, Buil-Gil, David, Myhill, Andy

“…Briefing 3 of Pillar Five for Operation Soteria Bluestone. This briefing shares the results of research investigating why police in England and Wales close rape cases. …”
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Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance by Wang, Leifan, Shang, Lijun, Zhang, Weiwen

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3D-printed Franz cells - update on optimization of manufacture and evaluation by Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Belgrave, Rebecca G., Alvarez, Miguel P., Luo, Lin, Cristofoli, Mignon, Penny, Matthew R., Moore, David J., Hadgraft, Jonathan, Hilton, Stephen T., Lane, Majella E.

“…Comparative permeation studies in both glass and AM Franz type diffusion cells were conducted using a caffeine solution (1.5 mg mL‑1), applied to a model silicone membrane. …”
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Georgia: alternative report to UNCAT by Japaridze, Sophio

“…Outlines of the main aspects of Georgian NGOs’ alternative report to UNCAT…”
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On refactorization problems and rational Lax matrices of quadrirational Yang-Baxter maps by Kassotakis, Pavlos, Kouloukas, Theodoros E., Nieszporski, Maciej

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"My country first": vaccine nationalism in England? by Uzelac, Gordana, Carol, Sarah, David, Lea, Malešević, Siniša

“…This article asks what the main factors are that influence the expression of vaccine nationalism among the population of England. …”
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Robust engineering in maintainability of building by Ismail, Neza

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Increasing the frequency of physical activity very brief advice for cancer patients. Development of an intervention using the behaviour change wheel by Webb, Justin, Foster, Jo, Poulter, E.

“…This was not defined a priori but emerged during the development process. RESULTS: A 60 min training intervention, delivered in either a face-to-face or online setting, with follow-up at eight weeks, was designed to improve the capability, opportunity and motivation of nurses to deliver VBA on physical activity to people living with cancer. …”
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Preparation, modification and characterization of adsorbents from palm fatty acid distillates for dye removal from aqueous solutions by Hamzat, Bashir Aderemi

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In-situ entrapment of laccase in mesoporous silica microparticles for degradation of oxytetracycline by Mansor, Azmi Fadziyana

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Removal of malachite green by mixture of textile sludge and sawdust chemically produced activated carbon by Tang, Shu Hui

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Framework for optimal solvent design for extraction of high-value phytochemicals in herbs by Mohammad Azmin, Siti Nuurul Huda

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Assessing the applicability of student-based brand equity constructs in university institution preference in Ghana by Effah, Ebenezer Asare

“…This study ascertains the applicability of five empirically established brand equity constructs to Ghana’s university industry. …”
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Latest Commissioner for Human Rights' report on Russia by Stuart, Alison

“…This article summarises the main points of the Report by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe on his visit, in July and September 2004, to the Russian Federation – 20th April 2005…”
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Compact Quad-Band Bandpass Filter Based on Stub-Loaded Resonators by Virdee, Bal Singh, Farhat, Mohamad, Riaz, Muhammad

“…The proposed technique provides sufficient degree of freedom to control the center frequency and bandwidth of the four passbands. In addition, the five transmission zeros created around the passbands results in a quad-band filter with high selectivity, sharp 3 dB cut-off frequency, high isolation, and low passband insertion-loss. …”
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The immigrants by Kollectiv, Galia, Kollectiv, Pil

“…The Immigrants is a solo exhibition by Pil and Galia Kollectiv (07.12.17 – 04.02.18) at the Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast. It features five films and a sculptural installation. In the first four films, through a series of small actions undertaken by costumed performers in different locations across the UK, an installation of filmed vignettes posits the futility of the border as a means of demarcating boundaries of identity, power and resources in an age of global capital flows, migrant labour forces, and environmental destruction that does not stop at abstract lines on a map. …”
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The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

Impact of national culture on performance measurement systems in manufacturing firms by Jwijati, Ihssan, Bititci, Umit S., Caldwell, Nigel, Garengo, Patrizia, Dan, Wang

“…This study adopts an analytical framework based on social and technical controls, PMS lifecycle and Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture to explore the complex impact of national culture on PMS using 10 case studies from five culturally diverse regions. Findings clarify previously inconclusive research results by explaining how various dimensions of national culture influence the technical and social dimensions of PMS. …”

The working class in Schrader’s Blue Collar (1978) by Wheeler, Mark

“…Within this rust-belt drama, two of the men are black --- the thirty year-old Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Brown (Richard Pryor) and the two-time ‘loser’ ex-convict thirty-five-year-old Sam ‘Smokey’ James (Yaphet Kotto) --- and one is white --- the thirty two year old Polish American Jerry Bartowski (Harvey Keitel). …”
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