Walking the talent tightrope : becoming a 'top cop' in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Heritage, Tamsyn J.

“…Specifically, the thesis sets out five recommendations for wider consideration by the police Human Resources (HR) community. …”
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What helps children learn difficult tasks: a teacher's presence may be worth more than a screen by Kostyrka-Allchorne, Katarzyna, Holland, Amanda, Cooper, Nicholas R., Ahamed, Woakil, Marrow, Rachel K., Simpson, Andrew

“…Addressing this question, we manipulated a teacher’s presence (on-screen vs. present) and activity (observing vs. doing) while teaching children about the properties of geometric shapes. Five-year-olds (n=215) completed two shape-sorting tasks in which they distinguished between typical, atypical and non-valid shapes. …”
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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. …”
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The Countenance Divine & 'nothing more important than trifles': critical reflections on The Countenance Divine by Hughes, Michael Edward

“…in 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Bloke has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns, and leads him towards a daring act of creation. In J888, five women are brutally murdered and mutilated in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master. …”
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Young children's apprenticeship in number by Young, James Stark

“…The research data emanates from five different sources, home video recordings, preschool video recordings, parent interviews, parental diary studies, and nursery teacher interviews. …”
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Probe request attack detection in wireless LANs using intelligent techniques by Ratnayake, Deepthi N.

“…Five Genetic Algorithms (GA) are utilised to optimise the NN using training, validation, and testing sample percentages and number of neurons of the hidden layer. …”
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Poststructuralism, postmodernism and British academic attitudes: with special reference to David Lodge, Malcolm Bradbury and Gabriel Josipovici by Bostock, Paddy

“…Chapter Four shows how his major works of fiction contextualize these concerns, particularly in regard to the liberal humanist's relationship with different versions of historical determinism. Chapter Five elucidates Gabriel Josipovici's 'lessons of modernism' as they are outlined in his critical writing and explores his reference to the Middle Ages and Renaissance in his understanding of both modernism and realism. …”
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The psychological adjustment of West African men post myocardial infarction: a counselling psychology study using interpretative phenomenological analysis by Coventry, Shirley

“…More specifically this study attempts to investigate the adjustment experience of these men (their cognitive appraisal and coping strategies), seeking to assist in explaining their low attendance of health programmes, and highlight any specific needs that the cardiac teams and psychological services must address. Method: Five West African men, post myocardial infarction, were interviewed about their experiences using a semi-structured format. …”
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Aspects of the biology of fish populations from the Medway Estuary, based on power station intake sampling with special reference to parasitism and pollution by Van den Broek, Willem Louis Frits

“…Selected fish, and some of their dietary constituents, were analysed for organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and five heavy metals. Heavy metal levels were low in comparison with other A literature values. …”
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Strategic drivers to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for ensuring resilience in supply chains by Moktadir, Md. Abdul, Paul, Sanjoy Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Ali, Syed Mithun, Sultana, Razia Sultana

“…The findings indicate that the top five drivers to defeat the impacts of COVID-19 are “high capability of reconfigurability,” “enhance the relationship with suppliers,” “develop health protocols to continue manufacturing,” “government support through incentives, subsidy, tax rebate, etc.,” and “set a policy to stable material supply”. …”
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A de novo Variant in CROCC identified in a Chinese family implies the potential association with Atlanto-occipital Fusion (AOF) by Tong, Huaiyu, Guo, Chongye, Liang, Liang, Mi, Hua, Li, Meng, Yin, Yiheng, Shang, Lijun, Mi, Shuangli, Yu, Xinguang

“…CROCC gene can be obtained in both healthy (n=220) and non-mutated AOF patient samples (n=68) but absented in five sporadic patients with the novel variant. Furthermore, abnormal of cilia was observed after editing the target sequence on CROCC using CRISPR-Cas9. …”
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Effects of chronic consumption of specific fruit (berries, cherries and citrus) on cognitive health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Wang, Yueyue, Haskell-Ramsay, Crystal, Gallegos, Jose Lara, Lodge, John K.

“…Fourteen studies reported improvement or trend for improvement in cognition, five studies assessed mood and one study supplementing grape juice found trend for mood improvement. …”
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Participatory architecture workshops with asylum seekers and local people: experiences from the Crossing Cultures project in Southern Italy by Calissano, Federica, Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Giacco, Domenico, Haenschel, Corinna

“…In the context of situated learning, the workshop brought together architecture students, Italians and asylum seekers, who by working together and learning from each other have formed a community of practice (CoP). the aim of this study was to explore experiences of members of this CoP and their beliefs on the benefits of this project and ways to improve it. Twenty-five asylum seekers, locals and students took part in in-depth interviews, which were later subjected to thematic analysis. …”
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Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study by Killingback, Clare, Tomlinson, Amy, Thompson, Mark, Whitfield, Clare, Stern, Julian

“…Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Five themes were identified: 1) understanding the person and their direction of travel; 2) contextual factors that impact on the delivery of person-centered practice; 3) awareness of personality traits; 4) doing the small things; and 5) the person-centered learning curve. …”
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International student mobility: a comparative study between Indian and Italian students in London by Anastasio, Marina

“…In this study repeated interviews with the same informants over a five-year period of time are used to identify themes and changes over time in the informants’ feedback. …”
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A survey examining the relationship between burnout, professional empowerment, and personality traits of midwives of an inner London NHS Trust by Soria, Juan, Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Bolou, Angeliki

“…Three validated questionnaires were used: the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the Perception of Empowerment in Midwifery Scale (PEMS), and the Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire (BFPTSQ). …”
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Exploring the application of ICTs in decarbonizing the agriculture supply chain: a literature review and research agenda by El Jaouhari, Asmae, Arif, Jabir, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Naz, Farheen, Kumar, Anil

“…The review is supported by 57 research papers from the Scopus database. Five research areas analyze the applications of the technology reviewed in the agriculture supply chain: food safety and traceability, security and information system management, wasting food, supervision and tracking, agricultural businesses and decision-making, and other applications not explicitly related to the agriculture supply chain. …”
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Topical and transdermal botanical formulations of the Chinese pharmacopoeia—a review by Gu, Jingyi, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Heinrich, Michael

“…The use of botanical materials in TCM formulations is guided by the “Jun‐Chen‐Zuo‐Shi” principle rooted in Yin‐Yang and the five elements' theories. In the ChP 2020, 155 botanical drugs, along with 40 excipients (from the “procedure” section, focusing on processing and technical parameters), were identified from 34 botanical formulations intended for topical/transdermal application. …”
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Analysis of Methylphenol Concentration in Selangor, Malaysia Rivers using Solid Phase Extraction Technique Coupled with UV-Vis Spectroscopy by AHMAD JUANDA, NUR ‘IZZAH, MD SALEH, NOORASHIKIN, YUHANA, NOR YULIANA, ASMAN, SALIZA, YUSOFF, FARHANINI

“…The concentrations of methylphenol detected at five different locations collected from Sungai Klang, Sungai Selangor, and Sungai Langat ranged from 5 to 6 mg L-1. …”
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Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Data of Perak State in Malaysia by Abd Rahman, Raha, Meor Hussein, M M H, Mohd Saim, Nur Amylia Izrin, Megat Tajuddin, Megat Zuhairy

“…Road traffic accidents are one of Malaysia's top five major causes of death and is one of the most critical public health concerns in 2023. …”
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