Influence of rainfall pattern on suction distribution and slope stability by Lee, Min Lee

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The theoretical development of opacity entrepreneurship in Malaysia by Sim, Wan Jie

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Influence of financial and ownership factors on capital structure of Iranian listed companies by Ahmadimousaabad, Aiyoub

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A model structure of sustainability aspects for green commercial office property valuation by Jasimin, Tuti Haryati

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Social customer relationship management adoption-performance model for small and medium enterprises in Malaysia by Ahani, Ali

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The effect of top management's strategic thinking capacity of performance of yemeni small and medium enterprises by Yahya Nusair, Abdulmalek

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Gender and leadership in Greek primary education by Papanastasiou, Efthymia

“…The study is underpinned by a feminist social constructionist paradigm, involving a qualitative analysis of 40 semi-structured in-depth interviews with women and men head teachers and teachers. The findings suggest that women teachers in primary education in this sample, were generally less leadership-oriented than men and followed relatively unplanned occupational trajectories compared with men. …”
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Gender role conflict and alcohol metacognitions : implications for the Marlatt Model of Relapse Prevention by Cook, Nicholas

“…Similar results were obtained for the GRCS subscale ‘Restricted Emotionality’. Conclusions: Findings have implications for gender sensitive interventions in both the Marlatt model generally and metacognitive therapy specifically.…”
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How do counselling psychologists make sense of their clients’ psychiatric diagnoses : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Weston, Holly

“…However, the current findings also describe the lived experience of holding these different positions; for example feelings of tension are expressed and the level of uncertainty that needs to be tolerated is explored. …”
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An optimised competency framework for improving students’ self skills during work-related learning by Patel, Preeti

“…A study conducted to test the intervention reveals that significant improvements can be seen in students’ understanding and perception of their competencies, but that this improvement is only apparent when both Work-related learning and developmental feedback based on self-evaluation are implemented. The findings from the empirical data derived from the study has enabled the understanding of, through cluster and correlation analysis, the way in which students perceive their own competencies; thereby, leading us to optimise the framework to include the thirteen most significant competencies within the Academic, Workplace and Personal Effectiveness categories. …”
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Competency-based Feedback for the Improvement of Employment Outcomes for Computing Students by Palmer-Brown, Dominic, Cai, Fang Fang, Patel, Preeti

“…This paper reports on a study conducted with a cohort of Computing students whose degree includes an embedded final year work-related learning (WRL) module. Findings from a previous pilot study highlighted the severe lack of awareness and understanding on the part of students for competency building. …”
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Thesis Portfolio for the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology by Hawkin, Lucinda

“…Their determination to breastfeed exceeded the challenges they faced in public with their confidence enhancing with time. Findings are considered in light of current social attitudes and the importance of normalising views about breastfeeding in society in order to improve health outcomes.…”
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Motivational and behavioural models of change: a longitudinal analysis of change among men with chronic haemophilia-related joint pain by Elander, James, Richardson, Cassandra, Morris, John, Robinson, Georgina, Schofield, Malcolm B.

“…Conclusions: Based on the findings, a combined model of changes in pain self-management and acceptance is proposed, which could guide combined interventions based on theories of motivation, coping and acceptance in chronic pain.…”
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Guitar stringing in late nineteenth-century North America: the emergence of steel by Pyall, Nicholas

“…Her account of factory-women winding strings further supports Philip Gura’s findings from the examination of the accounts and business records of James Ashborn’s Connecticut guitar factory, which reveal increased use of mechanization and the inclusion of a string winding division in 1851. …”
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Evaluating a socially responsible employment program: beneficiary impacts and stakeholder perceptions by Walker, Matthew, Hills, Stephen, Heere, Bob

“…However, results are mixed regarding whether the “hard” outcome of employment was achieved by program participants. Qualitative findings buttress these results, indicating a high level of motivation for work, attitude enhancement, and satisfaction with program delivery.…”
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Policing of ethnic minorities in Britain by Otoyo, Eddie

“…The empirical research was derived from qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 18 police officers, and 17 young people taken from diverse and economically active areas of London. The findings supports published research of police discriminatory practices to explain the disproportionate treatment of black young people within the criminal justice system. …”
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How do clinicians work with the shift between stabilisation-work and exposure-work in PTSD-treatment? Interviewing clinicians - a grounded theory study by Hellegren, Sarah T. N.

“…Clinicians feel that the prescribed treatment-model pose challenges to providing effective treatment. These findings will be discussed in relation to literature, along with the theoretical conceptualisation this data gave rise to. …”
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Partners in national cyber security strategy? : An analysis of cyber security strategies of Ministry of Defence and police in UK by Onugha, Chikaodi Viola

“…Questionnaires and telephone interviews were used to gather information on personnel understanding of cyber security strategy and the nature of the partnership that exists between the two forces – military and police. Research findings reveal that despite efforts by Government and the MOD to streamline Cyber into defence and policing, the workforce has not been educated in the whole concept of cyber defence, thereby undermining the implementation of the strategy. …”
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"You know, what is overspending" : working with compulsive buying : a critical discursive account by Parnes, Harriette Sophie

“…The transcripts were analysed using critical discursive psychology, a branch of Discourse Analysis. Findings Four main discourses were elicited from the data: ‘it’s self medicating’, ‘how should I work with this?’…”
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Topical delivery of Niacinamide: influence of binary and ternary solvent systems by Zhang, Yanling, Kung, Chin-Ping, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Lane, Majella E., Hadgraft, Jonathan, Heinrich, Michael, Sinko, Balint

“…However, data from the Skin PAMPA model and from human skin could only be correlated when the PG-fatty acid systems were excluded. These findings add to our knowledge of the potential applications of Skin PAMPA for screening dermal/transdermal preparations.…”
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