Japan After an ‘Export Bubble’ by Dixon, Chris, Bruce, David, Bojkova, Viara

“…Paul Krugman has suggested that the Japanese economy is in ‘free fall’ as is world trade. This view can be linked to those who accuse Japan of relying on exports for growth and contributing to international imbalances that lie at the heart of the current financial crisis.…”
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Mental imagery interventions to promote face covering use among UK university students and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Conroy, Dom

“…In this context, mental imagery exercises—self-directed imagining of an anticipated outcome or processes linked to a defined behaviour/activity—offer a well-evidenced, relatively simple behaviour change intervention. …”
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Alcohol, the overlooked drug: clinical pharmacist perspectives on addressing alcohol in primary care by Madden, Mary Teresa, Stewart, Duncan, Mills, Thomas, McCambridge, Jim

“…It investigates their confidence with the subject of alcohol in routine practice and explores views on a new approach, integrating alcohol into the medication review as another drug directly linked to the patient’s health conditions and medicines, rather than a separated ‘healthy living’ issue. …”
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Reflective Writing and Re-usable Learning Objects by Pokorny, Helen

“…The ‘Studying...’ series curriculum is designed around a Tate Modern Merchandising Project undertaken as a series of tasks linked to an interactive website (www.learning.londonmet.ac.uk/quickstart) supported by class contact and a variety of electronic resources (www.learning.londonmet.ac.uk/bssmstudy). …”
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Supporting International Students’ Adjustment to UK Study by Scandrett, Matt

“…Typically students are on linked, conditional offers and, as such, are required to complete the entire pre-sessional programme in order to achieve progression onto their chosen pathway. …”
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Global stability of discrete-time competitive population models by Baigent, Stephen, Hou, Zhanyuan

“…We introduce the concept of a principal reproductive mode, which is linked to a normal at the interior fixed point of a hypersurface of vanishing weighted-average growth. …”
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The implications of neurological models of memory for learning and teaching by Scott-Taylor, Timothy H.

“…The slow process of unraveling neurological links between brain areas involved in cognition has delayed an understanding of how learning actually takes place which goes beyond the working models of memory we use to optimize teaching. …”
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Prostitution in (and out of) policy on violence against women and girls in the UK by Coy, Maddy

“…This short article extends Liz Kelly's (1988) continuum of violence against women to prostitution, drawing on definitions of VAWG, research evidence on harms and conceptual links between men's abusive practices. For policy, this means a re-orientation towards specialist support for women, including to leave prostitution, and seeking to end demand. …”

The pecking order by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Navigate your way through and explore the power relationships between and around us. How is power linked to the way we use space, and how we relate to each other within it? …”

True community: connecting the Millennium Development Goals to public library services in the United States by Maret, Susan

“…Similarly, scorecards and quality of life reports compiled by municipalities and nonprofit groups, while they might investigate community social problems are not linked to socially responsive library services or the wider MDGs. …”
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Strategies for managing alcohol intake and refusing offers of alcoholic drinks by Conroy, Dom, de Visser, Richard O.

“…In this chapter we first consider psychological components linked to managing alcohol intake and to refusing alcoholic drinks. …”
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Social structural and cultural determinants in the formation and operation of small enterprise in the UK, with particular reference to the economy of East London and its Asian comm... by Nabi, Md. Nurun

“…Future, comparative studies of minority communities in other British cities and further afield in North America, may yield findings concerning the links between ethnicity and enterprise.…”
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Joining the dots on sexual exploitation of children and women: a way forward for UK policy responses by Coy, Maddy

“…The article reviews policy approaches to CSE and explores the links between exploitation of girls and of adult women, concluding that those concerned with stopping sexual exploitation should support calls for policymakers to address those who pay for sex.…”

Equation-defined template and synthesis driven compact modelling of semiconductor devices by Brinson, Mike

“…This presentation reports on current research that links Equation-Defined Device modelling with Verilog-A modules, driven by code templates and synthesis, which in turn result in an improved interactive modelling technique that can be employed to construct compact models that have a similar performance to compiled C++ code models. …”
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The United Nations Alliance of Civilisations and global justice by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…UNAOC aimed to do this by linking states and civil society, to create a durable and evolving network of international actors to work together to improve civilisational dialogue and reduce conflict. …”
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Lanthanide complexes of phthalimide and phthalamate containing ligands: synthesis, photophysical properties and their potential applications by Chen, Gaoyun

“…There are numerous molecular designs using a fluorophore linked through a spacer group to a receptor(s), with a wide dynamic range, directional precision, target specificity, and molecular logic capability. …”
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Transnational entrepreneurship amongst Vietnamese businesses in London by Bagwell, Sue

“…In contrast this study suggests that transnational entrepreneurship today is more fluid than previous studies have suggested and is often characterised by multi-polar (rather than bi-polar) links. Travel is also less relevant in the current age of ‘super-connectivity’. …”
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Exploring management education through the lens of situated learning by Day, Lisa

“…The guidelines suggest a ‘best of both worlds’ manager who can integrate the timely decision-making and commercial acumen, normally linked with the business world, with the critical reflection and analytical rigour associated with academia. …”
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Transnational foundations for ethical practice in interventions against violence against women and child abuse by Kelly, Liz, Meysen, Thomas, Hagemann-White, Carol, Jalušić, Vlasta, Magalhães, Maria José

“…Professionals are stepping into the lives of others, which raises a set of ethical issues and dilemmas, which also are linked to power: of the state, of belonging and knowing. …”
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Adopting new technology is a distant dream? The risks of implementing industry 4.0 in emerging economy SMEs by Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Narula, Sanjiv, Audretsch, David, Puppala, Harish, Kumar, Anil

“…Based on a survey of industry experts and business leaders associated with implementing I4.0 in the dynamically evolving economy of India, this paper identifies and prioritises the critical risks linked with implementing I4.0 in SMEs. Empirical results using the Fuzzy-Analytical Hierarchy Process suggest a hierarchy of risks associated with SMEs' transition to I4.0, with financial and technological risks posing the most significant barriers to I4.0 adoption. …”
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