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Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland (2021)
Book Chapter
Leask, A., Wardrop, K., Fyall, A., & Hansen, M. (2021). Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland. In M. B. Duignan (Ed.), Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases (17-36). CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789242843.0003

• Accessible tourism is an increasingly important sector of the tourism industry. • The ageing population represents an under-developed and lucrative market. • Globally 46 million people live with dementia, a number expected to triple by 2050.... Read More about Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland.

Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation (2021)
Book Chapter
Salamon, V. T., Tashu, T. M., & Horváth, T. (2021). Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91608-4_15

In this paper, we proposed Linear Concept Approximation, a novel multilingual document representation approach for the task of multilingual document representation and recommendation. The main idea is in creating representations by using mappings to... Read More about Linear Concept Approximation for Multilingual Document Recommendation.

Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas (2021)
Book Chapter
Alam, C., Baghestani, S., & Toivola, D. M. (2021). Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas. In J. A. Williams, & F. S. Gorelick (Eds.), The Pancreas: Biology and Physiology (72-84). Michigan Publishing

Intermediate filament keratins are cytoskeletal components in epithelial tissues, including the exocrine pancreas. Keratin (K) intermediate filaments are highly conserved proteins that are expressed from early developmental stages up to the different... Read More about Intermediate Filament Keratins in the Exocrine Pancreas.

The CATE Collection: conclusion (2021)
Book Chapter
Weaver, M., Tolson, D., Irving-Bell, D., & Watchman Smith, N. (2021). The CATE Collection: conclusion. In D. Tolson, N. Watchman Smith, D. Irving-Bell, & M. Weaver (Eds.), The CATE Collection: Together in Collaborative Educational Leadership (127-135). Higher Education Academy

In this concluding chapter we highlight key messages for anyone who is considering preparing a CATE application. Building on the practical ingredients for success shared in chapter 9, we offer a CATE mnemonic, extending the CATE repertoire for CATE t... Read More about The CATE Collection: conclusion.

Getting students on board: a cross-sector collaboration (2021)
Book Chapter
Brodie, J., & Weaver, M. (2021). Getting students on board: a cross-sector collaboration. In D. Tolson, N. Watchman Smith, D. Irving-Bell, & M. Weaver (Eds.), The CATE Collection: Together in Collaborative Educational Leadership (22-32). Higher Education Academy

This chapter discusses the development and impact of Edinburgh Napier’s intervention on young governance leaders in Scotland. Traditionally, UK board trustees have been ‘male and stale’ with an average age of a trustee being 61. In 2013, Dr Miles Wea... Read More about Getting students on board: a cross-sector collaboration.

Ethical Issues in Financial Stress Testing (2021)
Book Chapter
Gauer, K. (2021). Ethical Issues in Financial Stress Testing. In M. Minhat, & N. Dzolkarnaini (Eds.), Ethical Discourse in Finance (223-246). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7_11

This chapter provides insights on ethical issues inherent in financial stress testing. A simple normative framework is developed based on a set of normative principles. The framework serves as an analytical lens for the ethical discussion of differen... Read More about Ethical Issues in Financial Stress Testing.

Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions (2021)
Book Chapter
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2021). Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions. In M. Minhat, & N. Dzolkarnaini (Eds.), Ethical Discourse in Finance - Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives (171-200). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7_9

This chapter reveals critical issues and risks in relation to the regulatory strategies for Islamic financial market in the UK. It is argued that improper regulation would expose the Islamic financial market to (1) sharia compliance risk, (2) restric... Read More about Regulating Islamic Finance in the UK: Issues and Possible Solutions.

The Integrity of Islamic Finance (2021)
Book Chapter
Minhat, M., Dzolkarnaini, N., & Abdullah, M. (2021). The Integrity of Islamic Finance. In M. Minhat, & N. Dzolkarnaini (Eds.), Ethical Discourse in Finance - Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives (103-123). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81596-7_6

This chapter provides a critical account of popularly used Islamic financial instruments and discusses the gap between theory and practice in Islamic financial industry. The critical discussion is mainly related to financial innovations, which were d... Read More about The Integrity of Islamic Finance.

From gen Xers to millennials: Transformation of self through tourism (2021)
Book Chapter
Polus, R., & Carr, N. (2021). From gen Xers to millennials: Transformation of self through tourism. In Millennials, Spirituality and Tourism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170631

Studies on generation cohorts and tourism have been an ongoing and active subject in the academic world. Whilst links between generation cohorts and tourism are emerging, there seems little work that discusses generational change and its influence on... Read More about From gen Xers to millennials: Transformation of self through tourism.

Architecting Green Mobile Cloud Apps (2021)
Book Chapter
Jaachimma Chinenyeze, S., & Liu, X. (2021). Architecting Green Mobile Cloud Apps. In C. Calero, M. Á. Moraga, & M. Piattini (Eds.), Software Sustainability (183-214). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69970-3_8

With the resource-constrained nature of mobile devices, and the resource-abundant offerings of the cloud, several promising optimization techniques have been proposed by the green computing research community. Prominent techniques and unique methods... Read More about Architecting Green Mobile Cloud Apps.

Air connectivity for leisure tourism the way forward (2021)
Book Chapter
Arvanitis, P. (2021). Air connectivity for leisure tourism the way forward. In N. Pappas, & A. Farmaki (Eds.), Tourism Dynamics. Goodfellow Publishers. https://doi.org/10.23912/9781911635932-4961

International tourism arrivals by air account for almost 60% of all tourism arrivals. Despite the spectacular increase in air connectivity there are distinct differences between connectivity types, with direct and indirect connectivity, airport conne... Read More about Air connectivity for leisure tourism the way forward.

Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928) (2021)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2021). Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928). In R. Schneider, & J. Potter (Eds.), Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War (253-266). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110422467-015

A key figure in the modernist network, Ford published new writers as the editor of two important journals, The English Review (1908–1910) and the transatlantic review (1924) (Wulfman 2009; Gasiorek 2012). Older than the modernist “jeunes,” who both a... Read More about Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End (tetralogy, 1924–1928).

Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929) (2021)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2021). Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929). In R. Schneider, & J. Potter (Eds.), Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War (183-195). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110422467-009

Richard Aldington is a distinctive and underrated writer. His Imagist poetry and his coruscating First World War novel Death of a Hero (1929) have continued to receive scholarly attention, but from the first assessments he has tended to be diminished... Read More about Richard Aldington, Images of War (1919) and Death of a Hero (1929).

Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research (2021)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2021). Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research. In R. Sharpley (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience (9-23). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219866-3

This chapter introduces the concept of postmodernity as it relates to the tourism industry, and to tourism research. The aim is to offer students and academics interested in postmodern thinking for research and other purposes a synthesis of key theme... Read More about Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research.

Community radio as citizen journalism (2021)
Book Chapter
Kocic, A., Coleman, J., Padfield, J., & Milicev, J. (2021). Community radio as citizen journalism. In D. Harte, & R. Matthews (Eds.), Reappraising Local and Community News in the UK: Media, Practice, and Policy (81-93). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003173144-7

Much of the discourse surrounding local journalism in the UK has been related to its demise: whether it be newspaper titles disappearing from the presses, reductions in staff numbers, or regulatory changes relaxing ownership restrictions and localnes... Read More about Community radio as citizen journalism.

Introduction: The Literary History of Chicago (2021)
Book Chapter
Køhlert, F. B. (2021). Introduction: The Literary History of Chicago. In F. Byrn Køhlert (Ed.), Chicago: A Literary History (1-14). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108763738.001

This chapter outlines the literary history of Chicago from the city’s inception to the present day. Guided by the idea of Chicago as the crossroads of modern America, the chapter argues that the city occupies a distinctive place in American literatur... Read More about Introduction: The Literary History of Chicago.

From Trauma Theory to Systemic Violence: Narratives of Post-Katrina New Orleans (2021)
Book Chapter
Keeble, A. (2021). From Trauma Theory to Systemic Violence: Narratives of Post-Katrina New Orleans. In K. R. McNamara (Ed.), The City in American Literature and Culture (276-292). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

This chapter begins with a discussion of some of the contemporary critiques that have been aimed at trauma theory, focussing specifically on the way writing by Lauren Berlant and Rob Nixon has urged us to attend to systemic and/or slow violence. It a... Read More about From Trauma Theory to Systemic Violence: Narratives of Post-Katrina New Orleans.

Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward (2021)
Book Chapter
Sangiamchit, C., & Victoria, M. (2021). Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward. In M. Victoria, & C. Sangiamchit (Eds.), Interculturality and the English Language Classroom (283-294). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76757-0

This chapter highlights the major issues and practical approaches of interculturality in English language teaching. It also sums up the lessons learnt from the contributions to this volume. It proposes future directions for policy, practices and rese... Read More about Conclusion: Interculturality and the English Language Classroom—Intercultural Approaches and Moving Forward.