Microbial induced calcite precipitation treatment on tropical residual soil by Tiong, Kenny Ping Chiet

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Nevertheless, she resisted: the body as a site of resistance in "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" by Beddows, Amy

“…Yet portraying misogyny and violence - especially sexual violence - on screen without replicating the messages that perpetuate these complex issues (such as that women’s bodies are objects for male pleasure, or that female sexual agency is deviant), is a tricky line for filmmakers to tread. Women’s bodies are often used as a site for horror, with bloody wounds interspersed with bare skin and sexualised scenarios and the complications of combining terror and titillation are still debated today. …”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…These results were validated using the transmission-line method.…”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Book review: The urban enigma: time, autonomy and postcolonial transformation in Latin America by Simone Vegliò by Levy, Helton

“…The book discusses the projects’ ambitions in line with the vision of modernity at their time while contrasting their aims with the demands of social inclusion, justice, and the continuation of colonial ideas.…”
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The appropriation of the local: public service radio past and present by Lewis, Peter M.

“…Public service broadcasting, what it means and how it has responded to the challenges of competition and, more recently, of digital innovation, is a topic which continues to engage those who, like me, see this form of broadcasting as an essential presence, but who have campaigned for a local, community-based contribution to the public sphere. …”
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Bridging the gap? : review of Lowe, H. and Cook, A. (2003) Mind the Gap: are students prepared for higher education, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 27(1):53 - 76 by Butler, Stephen

“…Furthermore, London Metropolitan University like other access institutions attracts students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.…”
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Unlocking potential : harnessing the pedagogical benefits of e-learning by Cook, John

“…This paper outlines the emerging literature that appears to confirm that when e-learning in used in a pedagogically effective way it can have a positive impact across a range of indicators like retention and attainment, and explores the history of innovation in learning and teaching at London Metropolitan University, and the current opportunities offered by e-learning.…”
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Integration of student-led lectures as an innovative interactivity in teaching by Shang, Lijun

“…This has been practised in several modules by a top student in the cohort under my supervision. I would like to share what have been done, the preliminary analysis on these endeavours and also discuss with colleagues in the conference on its feasibility, applicability, and effectivities with a hope to have some broad experiences on Physiology module teaching.…”
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Knowledge-based reactive planning and re-planning – a case-study approach by Djemai, Ramzi, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim, Dey, Maitreyee

“…Planning for uncertainties arising from indoor evacuations can be complex as there’s a fine balance to strike between a too-detailed plan and one that’s too vague. …”
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H∞ gain-scheduled dynamic output feedback control with transient performance applied to electrical microgrid by Fuentes, R. M., Lacerda, Marcio J., Morais, C. F., Oliveira, R. C. L. F., Palma, J. M.

“…We achieve this by employing changes in variables and congruence transformations, which lead to new synthesis conditions expressed as linear matrix inequalities. Additional fine-tuned scalar parameters can be used to enhance further the controller performance in terms of less conservative H-infinity guaranteed costs. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…This study investigated the effects of LMF exposure (20 nT) by magnetic shielding on the prostate cancer cell line PC3 compared to the prostate epithelial cell line PNT2 under short-term (4 h) conditions. …”
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Using Passive Strategies to prevent overheating and promote resilient buildings by Brotas, Luisa, Nicol, Fergus

“…This paper assesses the likelihood of a model dwelling in London overheating in line with climatic predictions for the year 2030, 2050 and 2080. …”
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Multi-Way and Poly-Phase Wideband Differential Phase Shifter Based on Metamaterial Technology by Hamidia, A, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents multi-way and poly-phase differential phase shifter (DPS) based on metamaterial technology to realize delay lines of equal length. The proposed phase shifter provides the required phase shift relative to the reference line over a wide bandwidth. …”
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Visual inference of arm movement is constrained by motor representations by Saunier, Ghislain, Paillard, Aurore, Vargas, Claudia D., Pozzo, Thierry

“…Our study highlighted a direction effect: endpoint prediction accuracy was better to infer the final position of horizontal motion directed toward the median line of human body. This finding suggests that the spatial prediction of endpoint is mapped onto implicit biomechanical knowledge such as joint limitation. …”
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How do counselling psychologists talk about doing therapy with working class clients in an IAPT setting?: a Foucauldian discourse analysis by Gallo, Delia

“…These discourses were explored in their historical and political contexts in line with FDA principles. Each discourse has implications for counselling psychologists, their working class clients, and wider society.…”
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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…Drawing on social influence theory along with a constructivist perspective, we conducted fine‐grained in‐depth interviews to explore millennials’ participation in online communities and brand perceptions in the fashion industry. …”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. …”

Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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