Migration aspirations and experiences of female Polish migrant workers in the UK by Aziz, Karima

“…Constructions of return decisions or the lack of return motivations, as well as experiences after return, bring forth the relevance of expectations resulting in the question: ‘return to what?’ …”
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The shipwrecked shore and other metaphors : what we can learn from occupation of, and representations in, virtual worlds by Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra, Holley, Debbie

“…With educational paradigms shifting to include 'online learning, hybrid learning and collaborative learning' (NMC2012:5); the NMC report points out that institutions that support their learners by offering affordances other than physical campuses leverage the online skills that learners bring with them to academia. Second Life is a 'virtual world', an electronic environment that visually mimics complex physical spaces, where people can interact with each other and with virtual objects, and where people are represented by animated characters called avatars (Bainbridge, 2007). …”
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After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (book chapter) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…As part of that rethink, it should be possible now, 45 years after the Convention entered into force, to bring the protracted discussions on a Code of Conduct under the Convention to a successful conclusion at the 2021 9th Five-Year Review Conference of the BTWC. …”

Complement-mediated extracellular vesicle release as a measure of endothelial dysfunction and prognostic marker for COVID-19 in peripheral blood - letter to the Editor by Inal, Jameel

“…Microcirc. by Jung et al. [1–3], elegantly highlighted the thrombotic complications that arise in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and discussed the role vascular injury and associated hyper inflammation play in bringing about multi-organ failure in severe disease. …”
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Cultural tourism development in Ngada, Flores, Indonesia by Cole, Stroma

“…While cultural tourism is developed to bring economic benefits, authenticity is associated with poverty and based on markers relating to the past. …”
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A psychometric validated model for political leadership, trust and voters’ behaviour in Malaysia by Mohamad, Khairul ‘Azmi

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Migrants becoming mathematics teachers : personal resources and professional capitals by Benson, Alan

“…The focus of the research is on the complications of ‘bring[ing] off’ (MacLure, 2003:55) the embodied performance of becoming a teacher, and on how student teachers develop ‘enough’ (Blommaert and Varis, 2011:5) professional capital to pass the course. …”
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How do second generation Muslim men experience mental health problems within the context of their faith: an IPA study by Chaudhrey, Sara

“…Furthermore, more training to bring awareness of cross cultural and religious demographics is suggested for counselling psychologists.…”
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Adaptation of business rules in business workflow systems by Ezekiel, Kanana

“…Despite the many benefits that workflows bring, the complexities of configuring workflows cause major roadblocks for companies moving towards workflow solutions. …”
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Knowing what I know now : black women talk about violence inside and outside the home by Kanyeredzi, Ava

“…During life history interviews research participants were invited to bring along personal photographs to assist with speaking about past experiences of violence and abuse, drew maps of their routes to seeking help, annotated diagrams of how they have related to their bodies over the years and produced photographs of spaces, places and objects of current importance to them. …”
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Drivers, barriers and practices of net zero economy: an exploratory knowledge based supply chain multi-stakeholder perspective framework by Singh, Jagriti, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Naz, Farheen, Luthra, Sunil

“…The findings indicate that primary stakeholders (i.e. organisations and suppliers) require to take an active role in bringing about sustainable changes in practice. However, external perspectives (i.e. government, society, consumers and community) have also been identified as sources that create challenges as well as have the potential to aid sustainable industrial practices. …”
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Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model? by Djilali Beloufa, Kouider

“…A gender-related approach was adopted as to bring to light the differences and similarities in migration between Algerian females and males, and to enhance the growing role of the former in Algerian migration.…”
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Can sustainability be achieved through sustainable oriented innovation practices? Empirical evidence of micro, small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises by Khurana, Sonal, Luthra, Sunil, Haleem, Abid, Kumar, Anil, Mannan, Bisma

“…Recently, researchers have identified that bringing changes into various managerial aspects has the potential to support both innovation and sustainability. …”
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Monarchy in the democratic age: the head of state debate in Britain: a constitutional and comparative analysis by Cross, Bernard W.

“…Agreement to end the monarchy would not bring the debate to an end. Republicanism, for which there is no universally accepted definition, is a label applicable to a broad range of political philosophies and regimes, including even hereditary monarchies provided certain conditions are met. …”
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International student mobility: a comparative study between Indian and Italian students in London by Anastasio, Marina

“…This research is an attempt to bring together these different dimensions to illuminate the complexity and the heterogeneity of international student mobility. …”
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Placemaking, performance and infrastructures of belonging: the role of ritual healing and mass cultural gatherings in the wake of trauma by Kim, Anna Marazuela, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…In the spirit of this project to develop a dynamic community of praxis, the authors have decided to frame their contribution to this volume as a dialogue rather than a univocal essay, keeping the commitment to posing theory against practice, and bringing a new voice, that of an artistic researcher- practitioner, into the discussion. …”
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The Rise and Fall of the Ideal City by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Thanks to this dialogue, The Rise and Fall of the Ideal City provides a stimulus for critical reflection on the urban context, but also for inspiration on how artistic languages in different disciplines may bring new ideas and important testimonies with respect to this context.…”
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The great problems are in the street : a phenomenology of men's stranger intrusions on women in public spaces by Vera-Gray, Fiona

“…This thesis contributes new and unique evidence to the limited body of empirical literature on men’s stranger intrusion in public space, commonly termed ‘street harassment’, through a transdisciplinary study bringing a philosophical framework to the study of violence against women and girls (VAWG). …”
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A study into identity formation : troubling stories of adults taming mathematics by Part, Tracy

“…As an iterative study into identity formation it puts theory to work in unusual ways. In bringing together internal and external processes (and the intersection of biography, aspiration and discursive practice), I unmask how participants underwent what Mendick (2005) calls “identity work”. …”
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Business cycles, interest rates and market volatility : estimation and forecasting using DSGE macroeconomic models under partial information by Perendija, Djordje V.

“…And finally, in a response to many of the critiques of the, usually monetary policy oriented DSGE models, this research project provides another set of novel extensions to such models, aiming to bring more of Keynesian characteristics suited to a more active, endogenous fiscal policy deemed needed in the aftermath of the crisis. …”
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