The depth structure of a London high street : a study in urban order by Clossick, Jane

“…Depth has a number of components: architecture, space and time; depth is the armature in which people live their social lives, and the place where local cultures emerge. …”
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Addressing violence and abuse to achieve government priorities : new evidence from research funded by the Department of Health by Scott, Sara, Williams, Jennie, Kelly, Liz, MacNaughton Nicholls, Carol, Lovett, Jo, McManus, Sally

“…A quarter of the population have experience of violence and abuse in their lives. Such experiences are major and under-acknowledged factors shaping people’s mental health and service needs. …”
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Global relations and workers at the border by López, María E.

“…Free markets, and the multinational organisations that operate within them, are often celebrated as bringing prosperity to people’s lives, and organisations will always present themselves as supporters of equality and freedom for all. …”
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. …”
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Market orientation and firm performance in Ghana's telecommunications industry by Arthur, Emmanuel

“…This was necessitated by the fact that, in-spite of the superfluity of literature on market orientation and its relationship to performance in developed economies and a few on developing nations such as Ghana, there are hardly any studies on Ghana’s mobile telecommunications industry despite its impressive performance. …”
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Increased central adiposity may not underlie the marked elevation of IL-6 in Diabetes Mellitus patients in South-West Nigeria by Oghagbon, Efosa K., Jimoh, Kazeem A., Olaosebikan, Olabode, Harbige, Laurence S.

“…In Nigeria, there is no study that has measured IL-6 in diabetics, in spite of having the highest number of diabetics in Africa. …”
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External factors affecting construction project performance in Iraq using pestle factors by Khalid, Layth Salman

“…Most research only considered factors affecting the project performance that related to company specific or project specific and overlooked the external factors were in spite of their importance. Understanding those factors is vital for countries to avoid risks, regulate expenditures, and enhance project performance. …”
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After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…This paper suggests that now is the time to build on two decades of work within the BTWC and for States Parties to agree on a Biosecurity Code of Conduct under the Convention as proposed by China. Over the past two decades, as part of their attempts to strengthen the BTWC and thereby to help prevent the development of biological and toxin weapons, States Parties have given considerable attention to the potential utility of Codes of Conduct for life and associated scientists. …”
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NLP K-means algorithm incorporated into a proactive chatbot to assist failing student by Arlindo, Almada, Yu, Qicheng, Patel, Preeti

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Analysis of the optimization of port time for improve interislands port performance during pandemic COVID-19 by Rifai, Andri Irfan, Novia Siti Rohana, Novia Siti Rohana, Isradi, Muhammad, Prasetijo, Joewono

“…This research was conducted at an inter-island port in Riau Archipelago, an archipelagic area directly adjacent to Singapore, Malaysia, and the South China Sea. The research method is to optimize port-time services using the simplex method. …”
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Sexual citizenship : an analysis of gay men as sexual citizens in nonmetropolitan England and Ireland by McKearney, Aidan

“…This study explores the concept of sexual citizenship as it applies to the lives of gay men living in nonmetropolitan areas of Britain, and Ireland. …”
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Phytochemical, in vitro and in silico analyses of hexanic alpinia galanga extract in cancer chemo-prevention study on breast cancer cells by Baba, Sayang

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Building tomorrow's smart cities with 6G infrastructure technology by Singh, Sushil Kumar, Virdee, Bal Singh, Jadeja, Rajendrasinh, Tanwar, Sudeep, Khanna, Ashish

“…Coverage: The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to: 6G Technology; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Blockchain; Cybersecurity; Edge Computing; Healthcare Delivery; Heritage Cities; Intelligent Infrastructure; Internet of Things (IoT); Privacy and Security; Smart Cities; Sustainability; Urban Living; Web3…”

Improved aerosol optical depth and Ångstrom exponent retrieval over land from MODIS based on the non-Lambertian forward model by Yang, Leiku, Xue, Yong, Guang, Jie, Kazemian, Hassan, Zhang, Jiahua, Li, Chi

“…This new algorithm was applied to MODIS measurements of the whole year of 2008 over Eastern China. By comparing the results with that of AERONET, we found that the accuracy of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrieval was improved with the regression plots concentrating around the 1 : 1 line and two-thirds falling within the expected error (EE) envelope EE = ±0.05 ± 0.1τ (from 53.6% with L_FM to 68.7% with NL_FM at band 0.55 μm). …”
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Charles Handy’s ‘The Future of Work’ Re-visited by Sheldrake, John

“…Briefly, during the post‑war period the industrialised West had been more or less free from the threat and actuality of unemployment which had blighted the lives of many working people during the inter‑war years. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…Yet while they gradually integrated into new lives in far-flung places, British and Irish Isle emigrants often maintained elements of their distinctive national cultures, which is an important foundation of diasporas. …”

Negotiating the self between past and present: narratives of older women moving towards self-employment by Tomlinson, Frances, Colgan, Fiona

“…Older people are encouraged into self-employment as a means to extend their working lives; however both age and gender are thought to constrain the capacity of individuals to take on an enterprising identity. …”
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The last career transition? A gendered perspective on retirement by Tomlinson, Frances

“…Specifically the impact of rapidly ageing populations in western industrialised societies has increased the pressure on people to extend their working lives beyond the traditional age of retirement. This chapter explores the surrounding debates from a gendered perspective, focusing on contrasts in the retirement experiences of men and women and the impact of retirement on gender relations. …”
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Book review : Capital and ideology by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery, serfdom, colonialism, communism, and hypercapitalism, shaping the lives of billions. He concludes that the great driver of human progress over the centuries has been the struggle for equality and education and not, as often argued, the assertion of property rights or the pursuit of stability. …”

Human nature: why ‘urban rewilding’ is good for us by Moxon, Sian

“…In cities, immersion in natural spaces and encounters with other species can be hard to come by, yet these experiences are especially crucial for city residents to counter their stressful lives. Increasing urban nature would benefit the quality of life of many people, given that in England 80% of us live in cities. …”
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