The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…The feeling of impasse, when problem-solvers are stuck and unable to find a solution, is also explored as an important generative state for creativity. …”
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A comprehensive survey of fake review detection technology by Quyyam, Tayybaha, Qicheng, Yu

“…The survey also offers future research directions and an easy way to find datasets, carry out pre-processing, and extract multiple features. …”
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Neural network-based ammonium aeration control of wastewater treatment plant by Huja Husin, Maimun

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An IPA exploration of women’s experiences of being undecided about motherhood in their late thirties by Barnett, Georgina

“…Consequently, some women find themselves in their late thirties and undecided about motherhood in the face of the relentless ticking of the biological clock. …”
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Making Assessment Meaningful by Hirst, Laura Lea

“…With larger student numbers it is becoming harder for academics to find the time to engage in formative assessment. …”
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Is the Future in T-Bond Trading? by Bojkova, Viara

“…These expectations predetermined the interest in looking at the investment decisions, particularly of institutional investors, to find out whether there is a shift towards T-bond holdings.…”
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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus by Bojcun, Marko

“…All of them are now recovering in terms of GDP output, but insofar as this is a truly global crisis, no one country, no region, let alone one that accounts for less than 2% of world GDP1 can find a lasting solution to the problems the crisis has thrown up.…”
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A tabular source approach to modelling and simulating device and circuit noise in the time domain by Brinson, Mike, Jahn, Stefan, Nabijou, Hassan

“…It is also unusual to find circuit simulators that extend noise simulation to the time domain. …”
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Green-lean operations evaluation framework: a case from Iranian automotive industry by Ojani, Shabnam, Avakh Darestani, Soroush

“…Companies have been forced to find alternatives to balance productivity and the environment in their operations and products as they move to greener operations and products. …”
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Marta Czok EX_PATRIA by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Czok, Marta

“…Migration, political asylum, xenophobia and nationalist populism relate to this principle, reinforcing its symbolic meaning and the lived experience of those directly affected by this. In these works, we find a gap between those who need to leave their countries and those who have the power to determine their destiny. …”
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Internal service quality in the Malaysian telecommunication industries by Mohd Yusoff , Ainan

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Pembangunan instrumen penilaian akhlak pelajar di institusi pengajian tinggi awam by Abdul Latif , Adibah

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Managing transitions into UK Higher Education : experiences of international students from a pre-sessional English course by McKee, Susannah

“…This study seeks to examine individual accounts of a small number of international students at London Metropolitan University who had completed a pre-sessional Academic English course before their disciplinary studies. The aim was to find out how effectively they felt that the Pre-sessional course had prepared them for those studies, and to help inform the future development of the course, as well as gaining wider insight into the support needs of international students.…”
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Long memory and fractional integration in high frequency data on the US dollar / British pound spot exchange rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Fractional integration or I(d) models are estimated with a variety of specifications for the error term. In brief, we find evidence that a lower degree of integration is associated with lower data frequencies. …”
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Web service based Grid workflow application in quantitative remote sensing retrieval by Liu, Longli, Xue, Yong, Zhang, Jingzun, Liu, Jia, Yu, Qicheng, Li, Chi

“…Through the experiment, we can find that web service can work well with Grid workflow and provide a management ability of remote sensing model. …”
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Oestrogen receptors and breast cancer. are we prepared to move forward? A critical review by Eraso, Yolanda

“…Around 70% of breast tumours are classified as oestrogen dependent, yet the mechanism of action of other hormones in breast cancer growth both independently and interacting with ER as well as their targeted therapies have yet to find a place in the clinic. In this article, I critically review the scientific literature for the period 1960-2016, examine the rise and persistence of the oestrogen hypothesis as well as the neglect of alternative hormonal explanations. …”
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Drawing for blind learners: assistive technology for graphical design by Ohene-Djan, James, Fernando, Sandra

“…This paper presents a set of grammar tools that can be used by blind people to find spatial orientation, as well as knowledge and representation of the interactive drawing environment, to improve the understanding of a concept or a subject matter. …”
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Developing a transfer point location problem considering normal demands distribution by Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Ammar, Mollaie, Dadd, Deneise

“…In the first model, all the points are considered in an area while in the second one the points are considered in several areas. The problem is to find out the best location for the transfer point so that the maximum expected weighted distance to all demand points through the transfer point is minimized. …”
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Pro-social attitudes towards ethno-religious out-groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey experiment in five countries by Carol, Sarah, David, Lea, Malasevic, Sinisa, Uzelac, Gordana

“…The online survey experiment follows a 3 × 2 × 2 factorial design varying the ethno-religious origin of neighbours signalled by the name (Alexander vs Mohammed), the length of their residence (<1 year, 10 years, entire life), and if groceries, or groceries and beer need to be collected. We find that those of minority origin and those who have spent less than a year in a country are disadvantaged. …”
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Health and safety performance of UK universities and how to improve it by Kuzmina, Olga, Searle, Douglas

“…Health and Safety professionals in the universities may find it useful to reflect on these findings and the identified best practices in order to improve the H&S performance in their own organisations.…”
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