Factors analysis of the adoption of Cloud Computing in England by Ullah, Raja Muhammad Ubaid, Buckley, Kevan, Garvey, Mary, Li, Jun

“…Still some organisations are struggling, how to create a secure and cost effective CC services environment.The expected finding from this research believe to provide the certain analysis and confirm the significant factors from which perceptions are derived through classification, that can address the business and technology related issues by CC services. …”
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Effect of implementation of a smoke-free policy on physical violence in a psychiatric inpatient setting: an interrupted time series analysis by Robson, Debbie, Spaducci, Gilda, McNeill, Ann, Stewart, Duncan, Craig, Tom J. K., Yates, Mary, Szatkowski, Lisa

“…Methods: We conducted an interrupted time series analysis of incident reports of physical assault 30 months before and 12 months after the implementation of the policy using a quasi-Poisson generalised additive mixed model. Findings: There were 4,550 physical assaults over the study period; 4.9% of which were smoking-related. …”
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Exploratory validation study of the individual AUDIT-C items among older people by Stewart, Duncan, Hewitt, Catherine, McCambridge, Jim

“…No significant differences were found in the validity of the three items, though the combined sensitivity and specificity scores and ROC values for item 3 were consistently slightly lower than for items 1 and 2. The findings were similar for men and women, and for participants prescribed medications for long term conditions. …”
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Women's experiences of pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review by Mackenzie, Jo, Murray, Esther, Lusher, Joanne

“…Predefined terms were used to search nine central databases and hand searches of two reference lists of identified studies were carried out. Findings: 614 records were identified, eight studies met the inclusion criteria for review. …”
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Decoding Covid-19 with the SARS-CoV-2 genome by Ellis, Phoebe, Somogyvári, Ferenc, Virok, Dezső P., Noseda, Michela, McLean, Gary R.

“…Here, we summarise details of the SARS-CoV-2 genome to assist understanding of the emergence, evolution and diagnosis of this deadly new virus. Recent findings: Based on high similarities in the genome sequences, the virus is thought to have arisen from SARS-like CoVs in bats but the lack of an intermediate species containing a CoV with even greater similarity has so far eluded discovery. …”
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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 study revealed that factors, restriction on import-export and fear of violation of social distancing guidelines, are the primary “cause” group factors; whereas, price variation of perishable products and panic buying and stockpiling are the crucial “effect” group factors affecting the PFSCs. The findings also enrich existing literature by providing analytical support to relationships between various factors affecting PFSCs during the pandemic. …”
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Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization: a comprehensive review and network based analysis by Agrawal, Rohit, Wankhede, Vishal A., Kumar, Anil, Upadhyay, Arvind, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…Further, network analysis is carried out to analyse the collaboration among authors from different countries. Findings: The study revealed that digitalization could be a great help in developing sustainable circular products. …”
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Analysing the relationship of adaption of green culture, innovation, green performance for achieving sustainability: mediating role of employee commitment by Sharma, Sahiba, Prakash, Gyan, Kumar, Anil, Mussada, Eswara Krishna, Antony, Jiju, Luthra, Sunil

“…With the help of the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique, it was found that the most relevant factor of innovation is the adaptability of green culture and green performance was found as the major outcome and significant mediating role of employee commitment between innovation and green performance. The findings of the study would help the textile industry managers to create a green culture by creating its link with green innovation and green performance through developing environmental consciousness among the employees which further support the textile industry in pollution reduction.…”
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Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown by Nicholls, Emily, Conroy, Dom

“…In sharing these early findings, we hope to highlight themes relevant to understanding drinking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic and to stimulate dialogue for immediate research priorities in this area. …”
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Design for the environment: an ontology-based knowledge management model for green product development by Chaouni Benabdellah, Abla, Zekhnini, Kamar, Cherrafi, Anass, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…Furthermore, as a pillar for considering the Semantic Web and an evolving approach linked with Natural language processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), an ontology-based knowledge management model for green assessment is developed for the representation, acquisition, organization and capitalization of knowledge in a computer interpretable manner. The findings are useful for both managers and practitioners as they provide a coherent domain ontology that can help them manage knowledge, improve teamwork, and make decisions in a collaborative green PDP. …”
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Managing disruptions and risks amidst COVID-19 outbreaks: role of blockchain technology in developing resilient food supply chains by Sharma, Manu, Luthra, Sunil, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Kumar, Anil

“…An integrated approach of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Weighted Assessment Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) is employed to assess the factors related to sourcing, lean, workforce, and flexibility, as well as evaluation of the BC-T enabled FSCs resilient strategies that mitigate the effect of disruption during the pandemic. The findings exhibit that ‘Sourcing related’ is the most affecting disruptive factor causing distress in the FSCs and ‘flexibility resilient strategy’ is the most relevant resilient strategy for BC-T enabled FSCs. …”
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Effects of parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas on adjustment to atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli

“…Results suggest that: a) people with an early and a late onset of atopic dermatitis were presented with a certain schematic profile that differentiated them from participants in the control groups; b) a certain pattern of early parenting experiences was linked to the development of this schematic profile and c) this schematic profile predicted high levels of dysfunctional coping and difficulties in adjustment. Findings have a clear relevance to the practice of Counselling Psychology. …”
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Self-isolation and quarantine during the UK's first wave of COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of non-adherence by Eraso, Yolanda, Hills, Stephen

“…A mixed-methods convergent design was used, comprising an online survey ( = 681) completed by residents in six North London boroughs and qualitative interviews with a subsample of participants ( = 16). Findings identified not accessing community support, lack of control over leaving the house, and lack of perceived benefit and need to follow the rules as behaviours associated with non-adherence to quarantine (42.7%). …”
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Making theatre elastic: a practice-led PhD on performance research with Elastic Theatre, focusing on the body of work produced between 2005 and 2011 by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Across these chapters, I provide a contextual overview of the aspect treated, a discussion of my methodology in relation to this, and a reflection on my findings, referring to the concept of 'liminality'. …”
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Evolution of supply chain finance: a comprehensive review and proposed research directions with network clustering analysis by Parida, Ratri, Dash, Manoj Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Zavadskas, Edmundas, Luthra, Sunil, Mulat-Weldemeskel, Eyob

“…The most important and unique contribution of the paper is the identification of new and emerging research areas where the application of SCF is still in the nascent stage. These findings can guide stakeholders at every stage of the value chain to appropriately use techniques that model policies to better inform investment and operational decisions in line with Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Drivers, barriers and practices of net zero economy: an exploratory knowledge based supply chain multi-stakeholder perspective framework by Singh, Jagriti, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Naz, Farheen, Luthra, Sunil

“…In this regard, the paper conducts an exploratory systematic review of selected articles from peer-reviewed journals. The findings indicate that primary stakeholders (i.e. organisations and suppliers) require to take an active role in bringing about sustainable changes in practice. …”
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Mediation and empowering older people to resolve interpersonal conflicts leading to elder abuse and contribute to its prevention: an exploratory study by Craig, Yvonne Joan

“…The study is illustrated by individual case references and verbatim extracts from the mediations studied. Research findings are then evaluated in relation to the study, its themes, theories and social benefits. …”
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Primary care buildings: government policy, implementation and community involvement in facility planning and design by Cavanagh, Susan Deborah

“…Second, through developing and applying a methodology for evaluating how far design and community involvement processes in primary care building projects, built during the 1990s, have been successful in meeting the World Health Organisation's social principles for reducing inequalities in health by increasing inter-sectoral collaboration and community participation. The findings of this cross-disciplinary study provide new insights into several areas of cultural discourse. …”
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Exposing the London piano industry workforce (c. 1765-1914) by Kent, Marie E.

“…Drawing on six principal sources -local parish registers, the censuses of England, social history archives, London's historical directories, the national press, and the online wills of the National Archives - five resulting studies examine those identified in terms of their work, gender, succession, solvency, location, migration, nationality, inter-connection and social demographic. Findings are both general and specific in that they relate to the workforce as a whole and to specific individuals. …”
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Revisiting migrant networks: migrants and their descendants in labour markets

“…In this volume, both established and new scholars present their findings on the networks of migrants and their descendants and explore the content of their social ties for educational and labor market success. …”
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