Multistage feature selection methods for data classification by Mohamad, Masurah

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Continuance usage intention model of physical activity tracking technology by Wanichavorapong, Nittee

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Animal models of human disease 2.0 by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel

“…Research on exposome-related factors included blue light irradiation and microgravity, highlighting risks to human health regarding the overuse of smart digital devices and future long-term spaceflight missions.…”
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Incremental cities : discovering the sweet spot for making town-within-a-city by King, Julia

“…The term emphasises the capacity of an individual to escape poverty and acquire dignity, whereas this thesis studies not only how this might be achieved through shared incrementalism but also the conditions under which this sharing might be converted into long-term political solidarity. Accordingly, comparison is made between Savda Ghevra and older resettlement colonies that have been absorbed by ever-expanding Delhi.…”
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Narratives of women’s breast cancer experience and how this impacts on their working lives by Dowling, Dianne

“…Whilst some women struggled to retain their jobs, others changed career paths or retired early due to ill-health continuing long after diagnosis.…”
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A briefing for service providers and commissioners : measuring outcomes for survivors of violence and abuse (REVA project, briefing 5) by Scott, Sara, Williams, Jennie, McNaughton, Nichola C., McManus, Sally, Brown, Ashley, Harvey, Shannon, Kelly, Liz, Lovett, Jo

“…The long-term consequences of violence and abuse can only be addressed if appropriate services for survivors are available. …”
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A grounded theory study of time-limited therapy for complex trauma : how NHS psychologists manage the challenge of working with developmentally traumatised clients within a time-li... by Aguilera, Katrina

“…Psychological research in the field of childhood trauma indicates that the earlier the age of onset and the more severe the traumatisation in terms of intensity, duration and repetition, the more extensively impaired individuals become. In such cases long-term, phase-oriented treatment is recommended. …”
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Shaping and managing corporate social responsibility in a low-income country : lessons from Uganda by Katamba, David

“…The corporate social responsibility (CSR) landscape in Uganda was for a long time undocumented. Additionally, Uganda, like many other low-income countries (LIC) has lacked a definitive theoretical base on which to explain what is happening around its CSR affairs. …”
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A note on the pricing of contingent claims with a mixture of distributions in a discrete-time general equilibrium framework by Vitiello, Luiz, Poon, Ser-Huang

“…Second, we show that the components of the mixture do not need to have the same density as long as they belong to the family of transformed-normal distributions. …”
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Rethinking architectural education - the new EU directive and the role of live projects by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Jessen, Dann, Markey, Anne, Mitchell, Maurice, Tang, Bo, Khonsari, Torange

“…School of Architecture, several studios at Undergraduate and Diploma level choose to work on Live Projects with their students as the year-long programme. These Live Projects play an important role within the students’ architectural education and increasingly will do so also in the future, as Live Projects add practical experience to a potentially reduced architectural education to 5 years without a year out. …”
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Introducing alcohol as a drug in medicine reviews with pharmacists: findings from a co-design workshop with patients by Madden, Mary, Morris, Stephanie, Ogden, Margaret, Lewis, David, Stewart, Duncan, O'Carroll, Ronan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Methods: A co-design workshop was held with 14 people recruited from UK community pharmacies who regularly drank alcohol and took medications for long term conditions. This formed one element of a broader, iterative, intervention co-production process. …”
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Enhancing resiliency of perishable product supply chains in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak by Shanker, Saket, Barve, Akhilesh, Muduli, Kamalakanta, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Joshi, Sudhanshu

“…The results of this study can be utilised by decision-makers to anticipate the operative and long-haul effects of COVID-19 on PFSCs and create plans to deal with the pandemic.…”
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Preschoolers fast map and retain artifact functions as efficiently as artifact names, but artifact actions are the most easily learned by Holland, Amanda, Hyde, Grace, Riggs, Kevin J., Simpson, Andrew

“…We investigated preschoolers’ ability to fast map an action, function and name associated with a novel artifact, and retain the new mapping long term following brief incidental exposure to the artifact being used. …”
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The Modern Slavery Act 2015: world leading or a missed opportunity to enhance victim protection? by Doostgharin, Sepideh

“…The stages are victims‘ identification and the provision of long and short-term support, their protection as offenders and the protection of victims during their asylum applications and applications for discretionary leave to remain in the UK. …”
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Phronesis by Lee, Nirmala

“…Sustainability issues involve practical matters such as protecting the planet from environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources; preventing/reducing air, water, and soil pollution; and preserving the long-term health of ecosystems. Practical matters require practical reasoning. …”
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The role of behavioural change theory in social marketing interventions on HIV/AIDS in Ghana by Tweneboah-Koduah, Ernest Yaw

“…The research further found that majority of Ghanaians have seen or heard social marketing interventions on HIV/AIDS, know what they can do to prevent HIV/AIDS new infection, and have seen or heard interventions on HIV/AIDS for a long period of time. However, social marketing intervention programmes designed to change HIV/AIDS related behaviours of Ghanaians have, generally, been ineffective. …”
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Fraud and corruption in the international governmental organisation: identifying the extent to which the investigation function of oversight offices in international organisations... by Catchick, Paul

“…Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) such as the United Nations have long endured the same types of misconduct common to other employers, including fraud, corruption and mismanagement, exemplified by the seemingly ubiquitous Oil for Food programme. …”
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Revisiting migrant networks: migrants and their descendants in labour markets

“…By focusing on the kinds of capital circulating between ties, including the dark side of social capital, the book offers insights into power dynamics and the potentially exclusionary dimension of networks. Taking a long term view, across generations, the research in this book shows how migrants and their descendants may mobilise resources to tackle discrimination and enhance their position within particular labour markets. …”
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Generic innovation and social change : the American thriller in the 1970s by Cobley, Paul

“…It will also be argued that the predominance of text-based definitions of genre has had a long-term effect on the constitution of generic corpuses. …”
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Establishing and maintaining employee motivation from recruitment through Induction, transition and retirement by Ungemah, Joseph Michael

“…Chapter 4 explores how development programmes can be used for renewing the psychological contract of long-term employees when organisational change occurs. …”
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