An analysis of humanitarian intervention in action by Szamuely, George

“…This submission examines these claims in light of the standards that the advocates of humanitarian intervention have themselves put forward in order to measure the success or otherwise of any military action undertaken to stop mass atrocities and to save endangered civilians. My findings suggest that, even judged by those standards, NATO’s actions in Bosnia and Kosovo fell well short of success. …”
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Learning Objects To Enhance Students’ Conceptual Understanding Of Probability by Gossett, Roger, Haynes, Richard

“…This paper reports the quantitative findings from the development and evaluation of a series of learning objects (LOs) the design of which was based upon the results of a previously reported pilot study (Gossett, 2003). …”
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Female domestic violence counsellors/psychotherapists: attitudes towards addiction. An interpretative phenomenological analysis by Fricker, Nina, Banbury, Samantha, Visick, Amanda

“…It further provided insight into how supported and involved they felt in their workplace when counselling this group. These findings are discussed in terms of strategy development and training aimed at improving the experience of counsellors/psychotherapists working in DV counselling organisations when they encounter SUDs in order to support counsellors and service-users well-being.…”
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Electronic cigarette users lack intention to quit vaping by Skerry, Alex, Lusher, Joanne, Banbury, Samantha

“…We conclude from our study findings that the majority of vapers do not intend to reduce or quit using electronic cigarettes and this issue has fundamental implications regarding the long-term negative effects of vaping; that will take time to unfold and further research to fully appreciate.…”
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Twenty-nine years of the BIR annual survey, part 2: changing information work by Tredinnick, Luke

“…The paper aims to summarise and consolidate longitudinal trends revealed by the survey, act as a guide to the rich data contained within the surveys themselves, and provide a testament to the wealth of professional experience captured in the BIR Annual Surveys. Its findings relate to the changes in the nature of professional practice and the pressures on professional practice over the past thirty years.…”
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An IPA study of transgenerational trauma in the third generation of holocaust survivors by Sherman, Antonia

“…Method: Semi-structured interviews of six participants were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings: Through analysis three superordinate themes emerged; Holocaust at the core of identity; Salience of family influences within life; internal conflict over sense of purpose: burden vs honour. …”
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Health visitors' lived experiences supporting women with perinatal mental health problems by Duku, Elizabeth Modupe, Lusher, Joanne, Banbury, Samantha

“…Clusters of themes emerged from the study findings and included health visitors' perceived role in supporting perinatal mental health problems and current practice in managing perinatal mental health. …”

Schemas and psychological distress in skin disease: a preliminary investigation into the role of schemas in UK patients with psoriasis and eczema by Mizara, Alexandra

“…Results suggest that the combined group of dermatology outpatients can be differentiated in terms of schemas and those beliefs are predictive of their symptoms of anxiety and depression. These findings have a clear relevance to the theoretical underpinning of psychological impact in skin disorders and to counselling practice. …”
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Development and validation of the short use of creative cognition scale in studying by Rogaten, Jekaterina, Moneta, Giovanni B.

“…The scale correlated positively with measures of flow, trait intrinsic motivation, adaptive metacognitive traits and positive affect, it correlated negatively with negative affect, and it did not correlate with core maladaptive metacognitive traits. The findings indicate that the scale is a valid and reliable tool for research and monitoring.…”
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Validation of the short flow in work scale (SFWS) by Moneta, Giovanni B.

“…Study 4 used multilevel confirmatory factor analysis on repeated workday surveys gathered from 118 workers, and corroborated the factorial validity and factorial invariance of the scale. The findings indicate that the scale produces valid and reliable scores when used to measure flow both as a domain-specific disposition and as a workday state.…”
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The implied-realized volatility relation in foreign exchange options markets by Kellard, Neil, Dunis, Christian L., Sarantis, Nicholas

“…In this paper we provide new time series techniques to investigate the validity of this finding in several foreign exchange options markets, including the Euro market. …”
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Foreign exchange, fractional cointegration and the implied-realized volatility relation by Kellard, Neil, Dunis, Christian L., Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper provides new time series techniques to assess the validity of this finding within a foreign exchange market context. …”
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Balancing gender awareness and professional priorities in advertising and audiovisual translation: an overview by Corrius, Montse, De Marco, Marcella, Espasa, Eva

“…This paper reviews the main findings and challenges of the five phases of our study, which included: (1) exploring advertising and audiovisual translation students’ attitudes towards gender issues in commercial advertising across different educational settings; (2) examining the connections between feminist pedagogies and our courses on advertising translation; (3) evaluating the students’ and the trainers’ gender awareness; (4) exploring students’ gender awareness when they are faced with non-profit advertising, and (5) analysing the varied situated knowledge and perceived responsibility of students, trainers and professionals as regards gender and professional priorities.…”
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Big data-enabled solutions framework to overcoming the barriers to circular economy initiatives in healthcare sector by Kazancoglu, Yigit, Sağnak, Muhittin, Lafcı, Çisem, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil, Taçoğlu, Caner

“…The contribution of this research is the detailed examination of the current healthcare literature about CE adaptation, and a proposal for a big data-enabled solutions framework to barriers to circularity, using fuzzy Best-Worst Method (BWM) and fuzzy VIKOR. Based on the findings, managerial, policy, and theoretical implementations are recommended to support sustainable development initiatives in the healthcare sector.…”
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Implementing challenges of artificial intelligence: evidence from public manufacturing sector of an emerging economy by Sharma, Manu, Luthra, Sunil, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Kumar, Anil

“…The study has utilized the DEMATEL method for identification of the cause-and-effect group factors. The findings reveal that poor data quality, managers’ lack of understanding of cognitive technologies, data privacy, problems in integrating cognitive projects and expensive technologies are the main challenges for AI implementation in PMS of India. …”
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Using qualitative process evaluation in the development of a complex intervention to advance person-centred practice by pharmacists: the Medicines and Alcohol Consultation (MAC) by Madden, Mary, Morris, Stephanie, Stewart, Duncan, Atkin, Karl, Gough, Brendan, Mills, Tom, McCambridge, Jim

“…This article provides a grounded example through the presentation of findings from an embedded qualitative process evaluation of a multi-site, pilot cluster RCT of a new intervention: the Medicines and Alcohol Consultation (MAC). …”
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Reinventing reverse logistics through blockchain technology: a comprehensive review and future research propositions by Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil, Agrawal, Rohit, Kazancoglu, Yigit, Agrawal, Rajat

“…The content analysis findings indicate the evolution of BCT in various themes of RL. …”
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Insight with stumpers: normative solution data for 25 stumpers and a fresh perspective on the accuracy effect by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

“…Alongside normative data for 25 stumpers, we also demonstrate that insight is linked to certainty in the answer rather than whether the answer is correct or not and that certainty (subjective correctness) is a stronger predictor of the feeling of insight than objective correctness. The findings support work into false insight and further add to the understanding of the phenomenology of ‘aha’ moments.…”
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Impact of digital assistant attributes on millennials' purchasing intentions: a multi-group analysis using PLS-SEM, artificial neural network and fsQCA by Sharma, Manu, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…Also, multi-group analysis is employed to uncover the influence of gender on the relationship between PUI and DA attributes. The findings suggest that DA attributes may amplify purchasing intention among millennials, especially through perceived interactivity and anthropomorphism. …”
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Change and innovation in food aid provision in Sussex and Southwest London during the Covid-19 pandemic by Ranta, Ronald, Mulrooney, Hilda M., Bhakta, Dee

“…A qualitative description research approach based on naturalistic inquiry, was used, supplemented by site visits and personal observations. Findings The pandemic catalysed dramatic, often positive, changes to the provision of food aid, with a move away from the traditional food bank model. …”
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