Transnational Family Networks and Ethnic Minority Business Development: The Case of Vietnamese Nail-shops in the UK by Bagwell, Sue

“…Findings The results highlight the importance of transnational family networks within all aspects of the business and suggest that these links can sometimes provide a fertile source of new business ideas, but can equally limit innovation. …”
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Compliance by Lee, Nirmala

“…Firms would need to recognise that in the long term, profits are linked to sustainability.…”
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Training conference interpreters : an experiential approach to teaching and learning by D'Hayer, Danielle

“…It demonstrates how experiential learning allows a desirable approach to the successful learning experience of students and prepares them to transfer their skills when working as professionals, while building closer links with the profession.…”
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The legacy of the foundation of Salisbury: festival, movement and city by Frost, Christian W.

“…This is an online lecture which summarises my research on Salisbury and links it to the future possibilities for the city entered around its architecture and festival life. …”

Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? by Shortland, Susan

“…Originality/value: This research contributes to theory by linking the importance of role models to women’s career stages. …”
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Irish Studies Centre: an academic and community resource by Irish Studies Centre, ISC, University of North London, UNL

“…Includes sections on Irish studies courses, the James Joyce Society of London, links with Irish institutions, the Irish Studies Centre, research programme, resource centre, community liaison, the Irish in Britain Research Forum, publications, conferences, public lecture series and further information.…”
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Designing relevance into business curricula: a processual model for higher education by Nordberg, Donald

“…This paper presents an approach to curriculum design that links the pedagogical concerns of quality standards and knowledge creation to the commercial imperatives of funding and development of third-stream income.…”
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Looking for trouble: exploring emotion, memory and public sociology by Harding, Jennifer

“…It discusses the ways in which academic inquiry, teaching and community engagement have been linked in specific oral history projects. It considers opportunities for working across disciplinary boundaries. …”
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Prediction of sedimentation and bank erosion due to the construction of Kahang Dam by Nda, Muhammad

“…This research used the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and ANN with Autoregressive (AR) (NNETAR) in predicting suspended sediment concentration using sediment concentration, discharge and water level as inputs. Similarly, erosion pins were installed on four transects to monitor the riverbank for thirteen months. …”
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Irish Studies Centre information leaflet by Irish Studies Centre, ISC

“…Includes sections on: Irish Studies degree course, entry requirements, links with Irish institutions, the Irish Studies Centre, the Irish in Britain Research Forum, publications, Irish Studies Centre research programme, Irish studies teaching materials project, community liaison, the Irish Studies Resource Centre and Archive, the foundation course, advanced level courses and further information.…”
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Maintaining Water Quality in Urban Lakes: Challenges and Strategies by Ahmad Shafee, Farah Amira, Abd Razak, Siti Nooriza, Shafiq, Nasir, Vicky Kumar, Vicky Kumar, Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Farhan, Syed Ahmad

“…Concerns about the changes at the lake were mainly about the financial impact and possible reduction in business for lakeside establishments. …”
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Hiding in plain sight: the 'irony' of sexism by Beddows, Amy

“…In mainstream media, women are often depicted as submissive objects for heterosexual male consumption and regular exposure to sexist stereotypes has been linked to depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders, as well as sexualised attitudes and behaviours in young people, primarily girls.…”
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Re-thinking recovery in post-conflict settings: supporting the mental well-being of communities in Colombia by Burgess, Rochelle Ann, Fonseca, Laura

“…Definitions were shaped heavily by cultural, political, economic and legal contexts of everyday survival, often linked to experiences of structural and symbolic forms of violence. …”

Violence, abuse and mental health in England (REVA project, briefing 1) by Scott, Sara, Williams, Jennie, McManus, Sally, MacNaughton Nicholls, Carol, Brown, Ashley, Harvey, Shannon, Kelly, Liz, Lovett, Jo

“…This research extends the evidence base by showing how mental illness is linked with experience of abuse and violence. It is based on a representative community-based sample rather than a patient population and examines experiences of both women and men across the life course.…”
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Influence of perceived neighbourhood environment and health behaviours on body mass index by Hashim Lim, Noor Hashimah

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Influence of Polyolefin Contamination on the Thermal Characteristics of Bottle Grade Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate by Itim, Bachir

“…Furthermore, the crystallinity of the rPET-bg matrix showed the impact of polyolefin contamination as a result of variation of cooling rates and that cross-linking and chain branching predominated over chain scissions as a result of repetitive extrusions. …”
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Fiscal spillovers in the Euro area by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…The estimation of a multivariate, multi-country time series model (specifically a Global VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period suggests that euro-denominated government yields are strongly linked with each other. However, financial markets seem to be able to discriminate among different issuers. …”
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Biological basis of child health 1: understanding the cell and genetics by Davies, Kate, Meimaridou, Eirini

“…The aim is to provide children's nurses with an accessible introduction to cell biology and genetics linked to their clinical practice.…”

Interaction of phenol-formaldehyde condensates with isoprene rubber by Roca Perez, Rafael

“…The results indicate that, in all cases, combination with the rubber occurs through chroman linkages and the crosslinks contain at least two phenolic nuclei joined by dimethylene ether or methylene links.…”
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Design for the environment: an ontology-based knowledge management model for green product development by Chaouni Benabdellah, Abla, Zekhnini, Kamar, Cherrafi, Anass, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…Selected DFX techniques are linked with strategies used in organizations. Following a literature analysis, a collaborative knowledge-based framework that addresses the design concepts needed to assess environmental, safety, and health concerns in the development of the green product is proposed. …”
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