The effectiveness of approach : addressing the value of rights-based interventions to protect human rights defenders in oppressive environments by Bennett, Karen L.

“…The commentary describes the genesis of the work presented, and brings coherence and context to the submission. The nine outputs in the submission (Outputs A – I) address the nature of approaches to interventions for the protection of human rights defenders. …”
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Developing Critical Skills Through the Use of Problem-Based Learning: a review of a pilot scheme in Microeconomics by Sedgwick, John, Volpe, Guglielmo

“…Proponents of PBL also argue that it brings benefits not only for assignments or for courses, but for part or all of a disciplinary curriculum as well as for lifelong learning (see, for example, Albanese and Mitchell (1993), Vernon and Blake (1993), Maudsley (1999)). …”
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The Internationalisation of the Renminbi (Rmb) by Dixon, Chris

“…In addition, China has to persuade the world to accept a new international currency, displacing established ones, notably, the US$. Which in turn brings both the prospect of American opposition and the broader question of the rise of China as a major global power into the equation. …”
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Analysing the impact of sustainable human resource management practices and industry 4.0 technologies adoption on employability skills by Sharma, Manu, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…Social implications: For the development of the economy and the individual, the SHRM practices need to conduct themselves in more socially responsible ways along with the I4Te adoption to enhance the ES of the employees. The development brings sustainable behavioural changes in the employees. …”
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice by Pok, Chong Boon

“…It developed an enhanced understanding of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice in new and original ways, through bringing forward and integrating the physical and theoretical components of my studio practice.The everyday in my studio practice refers to things we encounter day-in and day-out that we are unlikely to give a second thought, like background noise, we hear it but hardly pay any attention to it. …”
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The death census of Black ’47: eyewitness accounts of Ireland’s great famine by Kennedy, Liam, MacRaild, Donald, Darwen, Lewis, Gurrin, Brian

“…In terms of wider significance, this is one of the great unstudied texts of modern Irish history. This book brings the Death Census together in composite form for the first time, and provides a detailed examination of its contents. …”

Book review : The political economy of heaven and earth in Ghana / Charles Prempeh by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…He is a self-declared member of Ghana’s largest Protestant church, the Church of Pentecost. He brings to the topic of Christian nationalism both an academic’s sceptical eye and a believer’s focus.…”
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Exploring Greek-Cypriot female academics' experiences of precarity through a postcolonial lens: challenges, hopes and the reality of neoliberal universities in Europe by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…This article brings research from the fields of ‘the globalisation of international education’ (Cantwell, 2011), ‘postcolonial knowledge relations’ (Beban & Trueman, 2018; Moller Madsen & Mahlck, 2018) and ‘intersectional and trans locational gender research’ (Yangson & Seung, 2021) together into a meaningful conversation to develop a postcolonial analysis of layers of precariousness in academic work in Cyprus. …”
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AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION by Aamer Hafeez, Aamer Hafeez, Alina Binti Shamsuddin, Alina Binti Shamsuddin, Bilal Saeed, Bilal Saeed

“…Purpose: Achieving technology transfer effectiveness (TTE) remains challenging in developing and underdeveloped economies to improve social infrastructures and develop economic systems. Bringing effectiveness in technology transfer is a complicated process for organizations that require improvement in their absorptive capacity (ACAP) and organizational innovation (OI). …”
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Evaluation of Justicia gendarussa crude leaf extract for enhancement of flavonoids production via adventitious root culture and genetic modifications by Ayob, Zahidah

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Materials for bicycle frame system - a case study on the development of selection method by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Sarker, Dyuti

“…The selection of the correct materials for a design is a key step in the process because it is the crucial decision that links computer calculations and lines on an engineering drawing with a working design. …”
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Ground penetrating radar system using OFDM technology by Mohamed Hassan, Ahmed Abbas, Abdul Aziz, Normaziah

“…Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) can be employed in an array of civil and military applications such as Nondestructive testing (NDT) of structures and pavements, Earth sciences, and Studying of soils for Oil excavation. Multiple lines of GPR data can be used to construct three-dimensional images for different purposes of exploratory and detection missions. …”
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The mediatization of celebrity politics through the social media by Wheeler, Mark

“…As there has been a commodification of digital media services, the lines between politics and entertainment have been blurred. …”
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Metamaterial based ultra-wideband antennas for portable wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Various approaches have been reported to reduce the physical size of RF antennas including using high permittivity substrates, shorting pins, reactive components, and more recently, metamaterials (MTM) based on composite right-/left-handed transmission-lines (CRLH-TLs). MTM exhibit unique electromagnetic response that cannot be found in the nature. …”
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Wideband microstrip quasi-elliptic function bandpass filter with high out-of-band rejection by Virdee, Bal Singh, Riaz, Muhammad, Shukla, Pancham, Onadim, Muhittin, Ouazzane, Karim

“…The design comprises stub-loaded halfwavelength resonators that are electromagnetically coupled to resonant structures that are interdigitally coupled to the input and output feed-lines. Perturbation introduced by the presence of the stub causes the resonators to act as a multimode device. …”
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Study of cytotoxic activities of Rubraxanthone by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Sawaneh, Fatoumata, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…In order to evaluate the activity against cancer, the compound is exposed for its activity against several cancerous cell lines. It is tested against breast (MCF-7), bone (Saos-2), cervix (SiHa and C33A), colorectal (HCT-116), esophageal (TE1 and TE2), rectum (SW837) cancer cells and normal fibroblast (NHDF). …”
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Non-Government Organization (NGOs) in Bangladesh: a study of their role in participatory rural development by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…Realizing the need for sustainability of institutional development some NGOs are begining to rethink in hard lines. This is considered worstwhile at this critical juncture as poverty issue arising out of growth model in gaining prominence.…”
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Editorial article: on the boundaries of trust and security in computing and communications systems by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This notion is also true for our human life, even for example entering a house needs legitimacy of a person. Some boundary lines preserve the security; otherwise an unwanted access is called a ‘security breach’. …”
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PCR-based chromosome walking: the SFR 3 case by Amid, Azura, Warren, Garreth J., Bramley, Peter M.

“…Roughly 557 F2 plants tested in these experiments and 38 lines were then used in the fine mapping experiments. …”
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Space and place as constraints and resources in women’s strategies to escape domestic violence by Bowstead, Janet

“…This paper will particularly explore three examples of such thinking about women’s spatial strategies: Foucault’s concepts of the spatiality of surveillance are used in understanding space as a constraint and appreciating what women are overcoming when they leave abusive relationships; Deleuze and Guattari’s concepts of rhizomic networks and lines of flight are used in understanding space as a resource on the journeys themselves; and Augé’s concepts of nonplaces are used in understanding space as place, and recognising what needs to be counteracted to create new homes and a sense of belonging.…”
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