Shifting identities of Bengali female learners in ESOL : a poststructuralist feminist exploration of classed, ‘raced’ and gender identities by Bonetti, Vivijana

“…I also draw upon post-colonial, black feminist perspectives to argue that the voices from the margins that have traditionally been excluded from the knowledge making processes can bring into dispute the current discourses about ’race’, class, gender, culture, religion, patriarchy and femininity. …”
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An ethnographic study of Black Ugandan British parents’ experiences of supporting their children’s learning within their home environments by Musoke, Waliah Nalukwago

“…The study found that Black Ugandan British parents with middle class backgrounds from Uganda, but positioned as working class parents in the UK, bring their Ugandan middle class backgrounds to supporting their children’s education in the UK, which calls for the need to understand Black Ugandan British parents’ middle class backgrounds and the influence they have on their ways of supporting their children’s education. …”
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Institutional quality in the finance-growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa by Adu-Darko, Eunice Adwoa

“…Specifically, it seeks to achieve four main objectives: first, to capture both the market and non-market features of institutional quality in order to bring out the full contribution of institutional quality to economic growth within the framework of finance-growth nexus; second, to investigate the role of market and non-market institutions in the finance-growth nexus for a group of twenty-one SSA economies; third, to detect and account for structural breaks introduced by historical events to produce more reliable estimates in our investigation; and fourth, to consider the constant elasticity of substitution and the variable elasticity of substitution in addition to the Cobb-Douglas production function to not only relax the constraints but also check the robustness of the analysis. …”
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Sustainable tourism planning by local authorities : an investigation of the London Boroughs by Maxim, Cristina

“…Nevertheless, it has been suggested that local authorities can bring together and facilitate the cooperation between all these stakeholders, and therefore can play an essential role in the sustainable development of tourism in a destination. …”
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Can Industry 5.0 revolutionize the wave of resilience and social value creation? A multi-criteria framework to analyze enablers by Sindhwani, Rahul, Afridi, Shayan, Kumar, Anil, Banaitis, Audrius, Luthra, Sunil, Singh, Punj Lata

“…Therefore, the Industry 5.0 (I5.0) revolution is a call to bring forth the ideas of sustainability into practice, integrate human values with technology, and is considered a step forward for achieving sustainable development goals. …”
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Policing terrorism in Nigeria: challenges for the 21st century by Mbaso, Chijioke Theophilius

“…In addition, the findings confirm that the NPF and similar agencies know they lack the skill set needed to bring the issue of terrorism to a minimum. Hence, training needs have been identified and embarked on. …”
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A millimeter wave reflectarray antenna with tilted side patch elements for fifth generation communication systems by Dahri, Muhammad Hashim

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Studies of 1,2-naphthoquinone mono-oximato complexes by Musa, Yusuf

“…The oxidation involved oxidative cleavage of the aromatic ring of catechol by molecular oxygen to give muconic acid anhydride and 2H-pyran-2-one in addition to benzoquinone. …”
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Novel narrowband microstrip filters for wireless communications systems by Farhat, Mohamad

“…The various ‘C-shape’ open-loop ring resonators were developed and fabricated, namely ‘Embedded-Square’ and ‘Embedded-Triangle’ resonators, exhibited a quasielliptic function bandpass filter response free from spurii across an ultra-wide bandwidth. …”
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A methodological framework for estimating loss of employment opportunities resulting from abandoned shopping centre development project by Ngadimin, Nurul Faiezah

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Development of an enriched method for introductory physics laboratory work and its effects on students learning outcomes by Husin, Abu Hassan

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Socio-spatial practices of well-being: authors of civic ecologies by McAllister, Jane

“…The paper examines practices of city farms and the value that they bring to the community by fostering ‘well-being’ (Raz, 2004) from the ground up. …”
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Studies of complexes derived from 5-acetylamino-1,2-benzoquinone 2-oxime and related ligands by Barjesteh, Hengameh.

“…For all complexes i.r. studies indicate the involvement of the ring CO in bonding. Their electronic spectra show strong absorption in the u.v. region which tails into the visible but d - d transitions have been clearly Identified for Ni(5-Acqo)2.6H20 and Mn(5-Acqo)3 .H20. …”
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Sexual citizenship : an analysis of gay men as sexual citizens in nonmetropolitan England and Ireland by McKearney, Aidan

“…While life outside the cities can bring a number of distinct advantages, such as tranquillity, and a more relaxed pace of life, the men also report numerous challenges which include social isolation, powerful hegemonic narratives around rural masculinity, and a pervasive heteronormative culture. …”
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To what extent and in what ways do communities of practice facilitate learning in the context of professional development for interpreting students and practitioners? by D'Hayer, Danielle

“…This study explores whether the concept of Communities of Practice (CoP) within a Social Learning framework offers a collaborative approach to support the transformative trajectory of interpreting students to becoming professional interpreters engaged in the market, and to potentially bring the interpreting profession to value, nurture and care for newcomers. …”
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A spatial-economic optimisation of waste to biomethane in Malaysia by Hoo, Poh Ying

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The casa: architecture students in residence - Die Casa: Architekturstudierende in residence by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, McAllister, Jane

“…Both enter from different directions, however, they are in the same arena and complement each other with regard to the social implication their schemes might bring. This has a two-fold effect for the project as a whole, as it builds local awareness and confidence through engaging with “paperless” live building projects, but also ignites the imagination of the local population through the paper-based, visions of Belmonte as a new civic place for living, learning and working. …”
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An exploration of developments of corporate social responsibility by Idowu, Samuel O.

“…The six papers used in the submission (thesis) bring together different perspectives of corporate social responsibility garnered from empirical investigations of corporate entities in the UK which was originally termed by scholars as CSR 1.0 model consisting of - defensive, charitable, promotional and strategic Visser (2010), Claydon (2011), Idowu and Schmidpeter (2016) and Camilleri (2017). …”
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The ethical eye : photojournalists' views of ethics and digital photography in UK national newspapers by Kliewer, Paula D.

“…At the current time in the UK photojournalistic context, the ethical significance of photojournalists’ practice is often silenced. This thesis aims to bring their voices to the surface. By adopting a social constructivist approach, this study draws on data collected from semi-structured interviews from twenty-five professional photojournalists. …”
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Beyond individual flow: distributed flow in ice hockey, its antecedents and consequences to performance by Reidelberger, Melissa

“…This PhD research aimed to extend flow theory and bring metacognition research to ice hockey as this sport has not been studied specifically with either of these nor have these elements been studied in a similar environment with such a fast-paced nature heavily dependent on team mates and requiring constant interaction. …”
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