Hybrid approach based on partitioned and global scheduling for weakly hard real-time tasks by Ismail, Habibah

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Synthesis and structural analysis of [alpha]-aminophosphonic acids and their phosphonate ester derivatives by Lee, Rosalind Jane

“…The effects of the aromatic ring currents exerted by the extended aromatic substituents were investigated. …”
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Becoming Writers: Transforming Students' Academic Writing by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra

“…Rather than focussing on a deficit student in need of ‘fixing’, we introduce and reflect on the usefulness of free- and creative writing exercises as we explore how we can enable students to find ‘a voice’ as we support them on the way to becoming successful academic writers. …”
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Teaching Research Methods : a pragmatic approach by Carty, Robert

“…Previous studies suggest that students often find such modules challenging and difficult to relate to, and recommend a number of different approaches to lessen these difficulties and to improve the student experience of research methods modules. …”
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Learning on The Move by Bradley, Claire, Holley, Debbie

“…The project ‘Making the most of my space’: Students’ use of mobile phones for studying and note making, was funded by the Write Now and Learn Higher CETLs, in conjunction with the Centre for Academic Professional Development. The aim was to find out about student mobile phone ownership, their attitude to using their mobiles for learning, and if they are using them for learning, what they are using them for.…”
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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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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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Thermal performance of shaded recessed wall façade of a cellular office space in Johor Bahru, Malaysia by Abdullahi, Muhammed Gambo

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English Higher Education as 'dressage': investigating academic and student identities within consumerist discourses by Pelham, Peter William

“…The thesis provides an original contribution to knowledge as it finds that, for most students, the discourse of full-fees has been normalised and accepted. …”
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Integrating Volunteering with the Curriculum: present initiatives and future possibilities by Cormack, Isabel, Konidari, Stavroula

“…It also looks at embedding volunteering in the curriculum to encourage students to give their time in order to gain much needed skills.…”
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Labour reallocation and total factor productivity growth in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out an empirical investigation of the contribution of labour reallocation, which can produce efficiency gains over and above those associated with technical progress, to total factor productivity in China during the pre-reform and post-reform periods. …”
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Electromagnetic field radiation for fifth generation base station using millimeter wave antenna array by Ibrahim, Nor Adibah

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Extended Aperture Miniature Antenna Based on CRLH Metamaterials for Wireless Communication Systems Operating Over UHF to C-Band by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ali, Abdul, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna has a maximum gain and radiation efficiency of 5.12 dBi and ~80%, respectively, at 3.5GHz.…”
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Study on isolation improvement between closely packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal MTM-electromagnetic bandgap structures by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Ali, Ammar Hussein, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…With the proposed method the edge-to-edge gap between adjacent antenna elements can be reduced to 0.5λ0 with no degradation in the antenna array’s radiation gain pattern. Across the array’s operating band, the measured gain varies between 4 dBi and 7 dBi, and the radiation efficiency varies from 74.22% and 88.71%. …”
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Study on on-chip antenna design based on metamaterial-inspired and substrate-integrated waveguide properties for millimetre-wave and THz integrated-circuit applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Aïssa, Sonia, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This paper presents the results of a study on improving the performance parameters such as the impedance bandwidth, radiation gain and efficiency, as well as suppressing substrate loss of an innovative antenna for on-chip implementation for millimetre-wave and terahertz integrated-circuits. …”
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Realizing UWB antenna array with dual and wide rejection bands using metamaterial and electromagnetic bandgaps techniques by Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The reference antenna exhibited an average gain of 1.5 dBi across 5.25–10.1 GHz. To improve the array’s impedance bandwidth for application in UWB systems metamaterial (MTM) characteristics were applied it. …”
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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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