Helping students select a dissertation topic : a motivation-based approach by Girardi, Gherardo

“…It is not unusual for students to struggle to find a dissertation topic. To address this problem, I designed an exercise that helps students to better connect with their motivations, or the inner drives they have, for wanting to choose one topic or another. …”
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The Barrie guide to the English legal system 2021 (October 2021 update) by Goldstone, Barrie

“…If you have not studied or worked with English Law before, you will find it invaluable to gain a basic knowledge of legal structure, legal language, legal research and legal analysis, before looking at the substantive law which forms the main body of this course. …”

Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. The book tracks how authorities have transitioned from an enforcement led to a public health approachh to tacking violence. …”
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Immunoglobulin G: structure and functional implications of different subclass modifications in initiation and resolution of allergy by Scott-Taylor, Timothy H., Axinia, Stefan-Claudiu, Amin, Sumeya, Pettengell, Ruth

“…IgE lodged on mast cells in skin or gut and basophils in the blood allows for the prolonged duration of allergy through the persistent expression of high affinity IgE receptors. …”
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A preliminary investigation into the use of amino acids as potential ion pairs for diclofenac transdermal delivery by Cristofoli, Mignon, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno

“…Permeation studies using porcine skin were performed to test the efficacy of any selected counter ion. …”
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Exploring the potential of the recombinant human collagens for biomedical and clinical: a short review by Chen, Zhuoyue, Fan, Daidi, Shang, Lijun

“…Due to its good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, stabilised property and the ability of mass production, HLC has been widely considered to use in skin injury treatments, vascular scaffolds engineering, cartilage, bone defect repair, skincare, haemostatic sponge, and drug delivery including coating with medical nanoparticles. …”
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Relationships between population density feeding and growth of the roach (Ratilus ratilus, L. 1758) and other coarse fish in a gravel-pit lake in Southern England by Barber, William James

“…These lakes provide areas for organised recreation such as sailing, water-skiing, angling and skin-diving. As, open sites, frequently near suburban districts, the lakes and surrounding land can be pleasant amenity areas. …”
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Microfabrication of conical microfunnels for drug delivery applications by Liu, L. W. Y., Inal, Jameel, Steer, M. B., Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Each fabricated microfunnel features a wide base and a sharp tip so that it has sufficient mechanical strength and sharpness to pierce the human skin. The conical geometry used in this study had a volume in excess of 24.4 nl.…”
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Expressive interaction design using facial muscles as controllers by French, Fiona, Terry, Cassandra, Huq, Saif, Furieri, Isaac, Jarzembinski, Mateusz, Pauliukenas, Simas, Morrison, Neil, Shepherd, Karen

“…We have developed a system comprised of skin-mounted electrodes that detect underlying muscle activity through electromyography. …”
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The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Exploring and Changing Cognitive Representations, Coping and Quality Of Life Outcomes in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Bucknor, Delaney Andreka

“…Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CU) is a pruritic skin disorder that affects 0.8% of the population. …”
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Candida rugosa lipase supported on biomass-based nanocellulose-silica hybrid polyethersulfone membrane for synthesis of pentyl valerate by Elias, Nursyafiqah

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Some aspects of fitting multinomial models in a GLM framework by Ali, Muhammad Younis

“…The method given here also allows us to find the ‘hat - matrix’ as is needed in the calculation of leverages and Cook’s distances. …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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