Effects of wet weather on drivers’ risk accident perception during motorist-following behaviour on two-way two-lane highway by Mohammed Shariff, Mey

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Modernised Policy Making? Investigating the Development of the 2009 Migration Impact Fund by Formosa, Paul J.

“…To construct the case study, multiple methods of data collection are used to form a thick narrative that covers a five-year period. This narrative begins with the policy making that took place in anticipation of new migration in the lead up to the enactment of the 2003 Treaty of Accession and culminates in an explanation of how the 2009 Migration Impact Fund was designed and implemented. …”
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Primary health care facilities in Bangladesh: a method for planning and design taking account of limited resources, local technology, future growth and change by Ara, Jasmin

“…The survey findings, presented in Chapter Five explore physical and functional aspects, the successes and failures in the provision of PHC services and facilities. …”
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Quantitative analysis and metabonomic study of phytoestrogens in Africans by Ogegbo, Olumuyiwa Lateefah

“…The second part of this research was based on a soy - intervention, where African subjects; 25 UK-based and 25 Nigerian - based were recruited and fed 200 mL Alpro soy-milk (~20 mg phytoestrogen) daily over a five - day period. The urine samples collected over 2-weeks (inclusive of the 5 consumption days) were used as biomarkers media in assessing the phytoestrogen ingestion and metabolism. …”
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Optimised design of the standing-wave thermoacoustic refrigerator with lagrange multiplier method by Elfawal, Mawahib Hassan Ahmed

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Multistage artificial neural network in structural damage detection by Goh, Lyn Dee

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Kemahiran befikir aras tinggi matematik dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah pertama di daerah Makassar Indonesia by Bakry

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Behaviour based anomaly detection system for smartphones using machine learning algorithm by Majeed, Khurram

“…To evaluate this hypothesis, we conducted an experiment in which a data collection application was developed to accumulate real-life dataset consisting of application usage statistics, various system metrics and contextual information from smartphones. …”
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Thesis Portfolio for the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology by Hawkin, Lucinda

“…Transitioning from a woman to a mother is a significant life stage and being able to breastfeed successfully appeared to be an important aspect of motherhood for these mothers. …”
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A materialist and intertextual examination of the process of writing a work of children's literature by Rosen, Michael

“…It is my contention that descriptions of such a process are unsatisfactory unless they incorporate and combine the following four elements: i) an examination of how the particular self under consideration (me) was formed in a specific socioeconomic, and cultural moment; ii) an examination of how, within that moment, that self engaged with the texts made available in the institutions it occupied; iii) an explanation of how the writing involved a synthesis of experiences - of life, texts and audiences; iv) an explanation of how a writer reads his or her own writing. …”
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Situated learning and situated knowledge: gender, translating audiovisual adverts and professional responsibility by Corrius, Montse, De Marco, Marcella, Espasa, Eva

“…This article is aimed at building bridges between translation studies and gender studies: we relate the concept of ‘situated learning’ in translation, as a context-dependent approach through which learners are exposed to real-life tasks, to the concept of ‘situated knowledges’ from a feminist perspective. …”
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Architecture, festival and the city - introduction by Browne, Jemma, Frost, Christian W., Lucas, Ray

“…Historically the urban festival served as an occasion for affirming shared convictions and identities in the life of the city. Whether religious or civic in nature, these events provided tangible expressions of social, cultural, political, and religious cohesion, often reaffirming a particular shared ethos within diverse urban landscapes. …”

From ‘diaspora by design’ to transnational political exile: the Gülen movement in transition by Watmough, Simon P., Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…In the wake of the July 2016 putsch and the subsequent purge of followers of the outlawed Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen in every sphere of Turkish life under the ruling AKP government’s state of emergency, the Gülen movement (GM) is in disarray and crisis. …”
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"I don't mind people hugging me when I'm happy": autistic individuals' experience of emotions on their sensory world: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Georgiou, Alexia

“…Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse the data and four main themes emerged: (1) experiencing sensations and emotions, (2) coping with consequences, (3) making sense: “the base part of what I have to do in my everyday life”, and (4) the process of describing. The findings were discussed in the context of existing literature and theories. …”
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The relationship between client work and personal and professional development in Counselling Psychology training by Gallagher, Rebecca

“…However, it is widely acknowledged that personal and professional development are also facilitated by aspects of training and life that are not designed for their facilitation. …”
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Management of logistics service providers: a situational approach by Jacobsen, Sven-Erik

“…This dissertation identifies and develops a managerial situational approach to the management of logistics service providers into intra- and inter-organisational processes and networks throughout a logistics cooperation life cycle. Areas of research are the management elements between the focal company (the shipper/the outsourcer) and cooperating carriers, freight forwarders and third and fourthparty logistics providers. …”
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'My achievement will be their achievement': the challenges of role modelling for student parents at UK universities by Mulrenan, Patrick, Redd, Helen, Lewis, Jane, Allison, Heather

“…The 19 students interviewed identified balancing academic study and family life as the key issue, but also identified space as a major concern for participants. …”
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From exit to voice: reflections on exile through the accounts of Turkey’s intelligentsia by Baser, Bahar, Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…The authoritarian turn in Turkey compelled many citizens to change life trajectories which included extreme measures such as migration and exile. …”
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The ‘expat factor’: the influence of working time on women's decisions to undertake international assignments in the oil and gas industry by Shortland, Susan

“…Hours of work have little effect on women’s decisions to undertake long-term assignments but alternatives such as short-term and commuter assignments are unpopular as their working patterns are disruptive to family life. This article contributes to theory development by linking two discrete frameworks that explain women’s career choices when they strive to balance their career goals with their families and by identifying a career compromise threshold when expatriation is rejected in favour of family considerations. …”
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Assisting students with the proactive chatbot based on their group of problems by Almada, Arlindo, Yu, Qicheng, Patel, Preeti

“…Accordingly, in our local experiment, the proactive chatbot could change the level of extroversion by interacting more often with failing students. However, a real-life intervention is needed to validate our results.…”