The discourse of the marketisation of higher education : a case study of a post-92 university by Kennedy, Ann Teresa

“…There is evidence of dissonance, struggle, contradictory and strained life-worlds as the new logics of marketisation displace, subordinate and co-opt existing traditional logics. The findings suggest that the short-term benefits for those in positions of power are outweighed by the negative implications for academics and students. …”
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Use of ‘gay dating apps’ and its relationship with individual well-being and sense of community in men who have sex with men by Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Smith, David S., Reed, Rhiannon, Dinos, Sokratis

“…Beyond some descriptive information on use of GDAs, the findings showed that, overall, high users of GDAs report a lower sense of community, higher levels of loneliness and lower levels of satisfaction with life. …”
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Analysing the risks of adopting circular economy initiatives in manufacturing supply chains by Ethirajan, Manavalan, Arasu M., Thanigai, Kandasamy, Jayakrishna, K.E.K., Vimal, Nadeem, Simon Peter, Kumar, Anil

“…By using the average prominence and cause/effect score, a risk category, namely, financial risk, is identified as most vulnerable to CSC. These findings will help industry managers not only to prepare business strategies in the adoption of CE initiatives in supply chains by eliminating risks but also in minimising negative environmental impact.…”

Suspect communities?": counter-terrorism policy, the press, and the impact on Irish and Muslim communities in Britain by Hickman, Mary J., Thomas, Lyn, Silvestri, Sara, Nickels, Henri

“…The report’s conclusions include the finding that aspects of government policy have not learnt from the vilification of Irish communities as ‘suspect’ even though this was shown to be counter-productive to national security and community-cohesion aims. …”
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Analysing the inhibitors of complexity for achieving sustainability and improving sustainable performance of petroleum supply chain by Tarei, Pradeep Kumar, Chand, Pushpendu, Gangadhari, Rajan Kumar, Kumar, Anil

“…The results indicate that most of the SCS inhibitors, such as institutional pressures (laws and regulations), strategic lack of strategic supplier alliance, market threat, act as drivers of SCC inhibitors, such as technological complexity, horizontal complexity, and complexity of customers. The findings of the study would help the supply chain managers and the policymakers of the petroleum sector to take better decision to overcome the challenges for achieving sustainability in PSC.…”
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Constant domain-regulated antibody catalysis by Sapparapu, Gopal, Planque, Stephanie, Mitsuda, Yukie, McLean, Gary R., Nishiyama, Yasuhiro, Paul, Sudhir

“…The catalytic activity of polyclonal IgM was superior to polyclonal IgG from the same sera, indicating that on average IgMs express the catalytic function at levels greater than IgGs. The findings indicate a favorable effect of the remote IgM constant domain scaffold on the integrity of the V-domain catalytic site and provide a structural basis for conceiving antibody catalysis as a first line immune function expressed at high levels prior to development of mature IgG class antibodies.…”
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Seeing sadness: comorbid effects of loneliness and depression on emotional face processing by Cheeta, Survjit, Beevers, Joseph, Chambers, Sophie, Szameitat, Andre, Chandler, Chris

“…To the extent that emotional biases may act as risk factors for detrimental outcomes, our findings highlight the importance of treating both loneliness and depression.…”
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An exploratory study examining the relationship between sexual self efficacy and premature ejaculation mediated by depression, anxiety and sexual fantasy among a British cohort by Banbury, Samantha, Moneta, Giovanni B., Chandler, Chris

“…Sexual fantasies further differed between PE and non-PE groups where ‘self-derogatory’ sexual fantasies such as “embarrassment due to failure of a sex act” were commonly reported among the PE group. The preliminary findings from this pilot study suggest the possible use of performance anxiety reduction techniques in the treatment of PE.…”

Exploring EFL teachers’ perceptions of the use of peer assessment in external exam-dominated writing classes by Meletiadou, Eleni, Tsagari, Dina

“…The researcher used semi-structured interviews to explore EFL teachers’ attitudes towards PA after implementing it in their classes. Findings indicated that teachers were initially reluctant to use PA with their students but changed their minds during its implementation and reported that PA facilitated learning by making the educational process easier for learners. …”
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A grounded theory study on the development of a professional identity in trainee counselling psychologists by Stapley, Torstein

“…It appears that the process of developing a professional identity includes a willingness to negotiate tensions between the subjective and the objective, engage with a multitude of demands, and that the development of a professional identity occurs throughout the training. The findings were discussed, with particular consideration to how trainee Counselling Psychologists can be facilitated in their development of a professional identity.…”
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Micro-dosing psychedelics as a plausible adjunct to psychosexual and couple’s therapy: a qualitative insight by Jacobs, Lucy, Banbury, Samantha, Lusher, Joanne

“…Conclusion: These findings point to micro-dosing psychedelics as offering a potentially beneficial adjunct to psychosexual and couple’s therapy; potentiating relationship and sexual satisfaction. …”

Therapeutic relationships with people experiencing psychosis within an acute mental health care setting: a critical discursive evaluation by Baxter, Lydia Bridget

“…These were transcribed and analysed using Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP; Potter and Wetherell, 1986). Findings: Four interpretive repertoires were identified within the data: the therapeutic relationship bridges the mental health system and the person experiencing psychosis; the therapeutic relationship as a means to manage psychotic experiences with a boundaried, yet flexible approach; meeting the person experiencing psychosis through the therapeutic relationship; and the therapeutic relationship is more than just a dyad – the MDT. …”
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The extent of changing role of women participating in 'front line' terrorism: (women being accepted as suicide terrorists, violent and ruthless, devotion or struggle for equality) by Jandakova, Elizabeth

“…To do so I will use three-level analysis. I believe that the findings will confirm that suicide terrorism represents a complicated social phenomenon where the central motivation, in general, is political, more precisely nationalistic. …”
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Religion and politics in Nigeria: the role of religious actors in government decision making, 1980-2009 by Anyia, Albert Ethasor

“…i.e. when and how do specific religious actors seek to influence the political outcomes of government decision-making? The finding of this thesis suggests that religious groups have a significant role in government decision-making, especially in relation to the impact that superior Muslim religious actors have within the policy-making structure in Nigeria on both OIC policy, and on the three arms of government in Muslim-dominated Sharia states. …”
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Human resource management in the shipping industry by Parsa, Seyed Jafar Sadjadi

“…The results indicate little evidence to conclude that systematic, progressive people management is applied by shipping companies to which the study findings may be generalised, in relation to their seafarers. …”
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The utilisation of peer-assisted learning/mentoring and translanguaging in higher education by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…In terms of this mixed-methods case study, the researcher also analyzed students’ reflective reports and the anonymous feedback learners provided thematically to explore their attitudes. Findings indicated that these two approaches enabled students to improve their academic performance significantly although learners felt uneasy at the beginning. …”
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Patients’ experience of medication brand changes during hormone therapy for breast cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Eraso, Yolanda, Moon, Zoe, Steinberga, Ieva

“…Individual, online, semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The findings identified three superordinate themes and nine subordinate themes that influenced the lived experience of medication brand changes for these patients: (i) experiencing brand changes, (ii) responsiveness of health care providers and (iii) future expectations. …”
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The decline of UK merchant shipping, 1975-90: beyond the market view by Rowlinson, Mervyn

“…Issues raised by the decline are identified as those of over-tonnaging, fiscal policy, industrial relations and maritime safety; analysis of these issues reveals a source of qualitative evidence within the sectoral, organisational and business behaviour context. The findings resulting from this approach are that decline is accurately explained by analysis of the organisational change and its impact on business behaviour within the context of the international shipping market.…”
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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…Drawing on social influence theory along with a constructivist perspective, we conducted fine‐grained in‐depth interviews to explore millennials’ participation in online communities and brand perceptions in the fashion industry. The main findings reveal four categories of customer engagement in OBCs (bias situators, sugar‐coaters, rationalisers, judgmentalists). …”
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Opening Pandora’s box: how does peer assessment affect EFL students’ writing quality? [Presentation] by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Learners’ essays were evaluated in terms of accuracy, fluency, grammatical complexity, and lexical complexity using Atlas.ti. Findings indicated that learners who received PA and TA improved their essays more in terms of lexical complexity, accuracy, and some features of grammatical complexity and fluency than those who received only TA. …”
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