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Upskilling the Workforce (2023)
Book Chapter
Rice-Stevenson, R., & Ahammed, S. U. (2023). Upskilling the Workforce. In S. Chakravarti (Ed.), Innovations in Teacher Development, Personalized Learning, and Upskilling the Workforce (48-63). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5518-0.ch003

This chapter explores the use of the live project (LP) as a context within which to develop the employability skills of undergraduate business students. Learners worked in partnership with businesses to solve a real business problem. Working in small... Read More about Upskilling the Workforce.

Urban Consolidation Centres (2023)
Book Chapter
Akgün, E., & Monios, J. (2023). Urban Consolidation Centres. In J. Monios, L. Budd, & S. Ison (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics (295-304). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003241478-26

This chapter presents a definition of Urban consolidation centres (UCCs) and an overview of their activities and service offerings. It descibes a case study of a successful UCC in Gothenburg, Sweden followed by a reflection on the challenges of setti... Read More about Urban Consolidation Centres.

The Role of Employee Voice on Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Case of Poland (2023)
Book Chapter
Gilek, M. (2023). The Role of Employee Voice on Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Case of Poland. In T. Ajibade Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Employee Voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America and Australia (141-165). Palgrave Macmillan

Mental health is recognised as an important workplace issue that can contribute to a wide range of individual and organisational outcomes (Arnold et al., Work psychology: Understanding human behaviour in the workplace. Pearson, 2020; Cooper & Dewe, W... Read More about The Role of Employee Voice on Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Case of Poland.

Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy (2023)
Book Chapter
Mair, A. (2023). Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy. In Encyclopaedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_146-1

As many as 50% of all patients with long-term conditions are using their medicines in a way that is not fully effective. This results in suboptimal treatment of their condition and attendance or admission to hospital. There is a significant level of... Read More about Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy.

Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand (2023)
Book Chapter
Liu, L. S., & Ran, G. J. (2023). Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand. In P. Boccagni (Ed.), Handbook on Home and Migration (635-646). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882775.00065

After three decades during which New Zealand has embraced a neoliberal immigration regime, a large number of new Chinese immigrants from Mainland China have arrived in the country with the visible presence of many multi-generational new Chinese immig... Read More about Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand.

Promoting Learners' Engagement and Motivation in a Technology-Mediated Learning Environment During COVID-19 and Beyond (2023)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., & Doargajudhur, M. (2023). Promoting Learners' Engagement and Motivation in a Technology-Mediated Learning Environment During COVID-19 and Beyond. In J. A. Bilodeau, & L. W. Hughes (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Creating Motivational Online Environments for Students. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4533-4.ch008

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the drastic shift from traditional face-to-face teaching to an upsurge of online learning at all levels of education worldwide. The adoption of digital technologies continues to rise and impacts learning in hi... Read More about Promoting Learners' Engagement and Motivation in a Technology-Mediated Learning Environment During COVID-19 and Beyond.

The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning (2023)
Book Chapter
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Fabian, K., & Klotz, D. (2023). The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning. In K. E. Zegwaard, & T. J. Pretti (Eds.), In The Routledge International Handbook of Work-Integrated Learning (207-217). (3rd Edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003156420

The term ‘apprentice’ is used to describe an employee who is learning in order to fulfill a future job role, with this learning largely encompassing on-the-job training and learning by doing (Fuller & Unwin, 1998). Conventionally, apprenticeships wer... Read More about The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning.

Tahap Kesedaran Alam Sekitar Terhadap Kesihatan dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Terengganu, Malaysia (2023)
Book Chapter
Azha, Y. Z., Kamarudin, M. K. A., Toriman, M. E., Azinuddin, M., Mohd Saudi, A. S., Hoe, L. I., Muhammad Sukki, F., Tun Ismail, W. N. A., & Awang Noh, N. (2023). Tahap Kesedaran Alam Sekitar Terhadap Kesihatan dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Terengganu, Malaysia. In M. E. Toriman, M. K. A. Kamarudin, & M. A. Abu Samah (Eds.), Dinamika Alam Sekitar (123-138). UKM Press (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Publisher)

Alam sekitar adalah aset utama bagi semua kehidupan di bumi, terutamanya dalam kehidupan seharian manusia untuk mencapai kefungsian sosial mereka. Masyarakat hendaklah bertanggungjawab untuk menjaga alam sekitar dengan baik demi menjamin kesejahteraa... Read More about Tahap Kesedaran Alam Sekitar Terhadap Kesihatan dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Terengganu, Malaysia.

Menstruation and Gender-Based Violence (2023)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2023). Menstruation and Gender-Based Violence. In P. Ali, & M. M. Rogers (Eds.), Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (311-321). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05640-6_23

Acknowledging the universality of menstruation in 2019, human rights experts noted that ‘the stigma and shame generated by stereotypes around menstruation have severe impacts on all aspects of women’s and girls’ human rights’ (United Nations, Interna... Read More about Menstruation and Gender-Based Violence.

Mental Capacity Regimes Approach to Values and Participation in Proceedings Involving Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making Capacity in Scotland (2023)
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2023). Mental Capacity Regimes Approach to Values and Participation in Proceedings Involving Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making Capacity in Scotland. In C. Kong, J. Coggon, P. Cooper, M. Dunn, & A. Ruck Keene (Eds.), Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective. Bristol University Press

Chapter in 'Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective' edited by Camillia Kong, John Coggon, Penny Cooper, Michael Dunn and Alex Ruck Keene

Mapping the Anthropocene: Beautiful Destruction and Dark Ecology (2023)
Book Chapter
Panneels, I. (2023). Mapping the Anthropocene: Beautiful Destruction and Dark Ecology. In D. White, J. Peck, & C. Goldie (Eds.), Disturbed Ecologies: photography, geopolitics and the Northern Landscape in the Era of environmental Crisis (204-229). Columbia University Press - Transcript Verlag

This chapter explores how the photographic works of Louis Helbig’s Beautiful Destruction (2014) and Nikel Materiality (2015) by Tatjana Gorbachewskaja and Katya Larina map the disturbed ecologies in the far North of Canada and Northern Europe as evid... Read More about Mapping the Anthropocene: Beautiful Destruction and Dark Ecology.

Sharing Skincare Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture (2023)
Book Chapter
Aske, K. (2023). Sharing Skincare Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture. In Participation, Collaboration, Association: Communautés, échanges, politique, et philosophies au XVIIIe siècle. Communities, Exchanges, Politics and Philosophies in the Eighteenth Century. Par le collectif des chercheurs de la SIEDS 2019 (179-193). Honoré Champion

This chapter examines the way skin treatments were shared within popular culture from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. Focusing on dermatological treatments for the most common issues––pimples, freckles, and several other broadly def... Read More about Sharing Skincare Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture.

Education for parenthood (2023)
Book Chapter
Hollins Martin, C. (2023). Education for parenthood. In S. Macdonald, & G. Johnson (Eds.), Mayes' Midwifery (428-443). (16th edition). Elsevier

Preparation for parenting is a critical aspect of parents’ transition to parenthood and an important part of the midwife’s role. There are books available entirely dedicated to the topic (Nolan 2020; Perkins 2019), which midwives can use to inform th... Read More about Education for parenthood.

A case study comparison of objective and subjective evaluation methods of physical qualities in youth soccer players (2023)
Book Chapter
Dugdale, J. H., Sanders, D., Myers, T., Williams, A. M., & Hunter, A. M. (2023). A case study comparison of objective and subjective evaluation methods of physical qualities in youth soccer players. In A. M. Williams (Ed.), Science and Football: Identifying and Developing Talent (108-116). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003375968-11

Subjective and objective assessments may be used congruently when making decisions regarding player recruitment in soccer, yet there have been few attempts to examine the level of agreement between these methods. Therefore, we compare levels of agree... Read More about A case study comparison of objective and subjective evaluation methods of physical qualities in youth soccer players.

Machine Learning and the Optimal Choice of Asset Pricing Model (2023)
Book Chapter
Bielinski, A., & Broby, D. (2023). Machine Learning and the Optimal Choice of Asset Pricing Model. In S. Hasan Jafar, H. K, H. El-Chaarani, S. Moturi, & N. Gupta (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence for Capital Markets (91-127). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003327745-7

This chapter evaluates the traditional methods for price prediction and examines what we believe are the most promising machine learning techniques for that task. Asset price forecasting is one of the fundamental problems in the financial field. Trad... Read More about Machine Learning and the Optimal Choice of Asset Pricing Model.

Channel Modeling for 6G Programmable Wireless Environment (2023)
Book Chapter
Karadimas, P., Hossain, M. S., & Tariq, F. (2023). Channel Modeling for 6G Programmable Wireless Environment. In F. Tariq, M. Khandaker, & I. Shafique Ansari (Eds.), 6G Wireless: The Communication Paradigm Beyond 2030 (59-72). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003282211-4

In 6G wireless networks [1], the requirements for high data rates and low power consumption can be met by addressing the impact of wireless propagation. This can be achieved through diversity combining and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) techni... Read More about Channel Modeling for 6G Programmable Wireless Environment.

The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (2023)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (2023). The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In Q. Li, D. Wilson, & Y. Guan (Eds.), The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption (114-122). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345251

In the wake of the pandemic, the traditional mode of theatrical release has been disrupted, and Hollywood has had to shift its focus to alternative methods of distribution, such as releasing films on streaming platforms. This shift has been necessita... Read More about The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk (2023)
Book Chapter
Li, Q. (in press). A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk. In The Asian Family in Literature and Film. Palgrave Macmillan

Ang Lee is perhaps one of the most successful auteur director of Chinese origin. This chapter conducts a case study on Ang Lee’s internationally acclaimed academy award winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his Hollywood blockbuster Hulk, and in... Read More about A Comparative Study on the Representation of Confucian family and Image of Father in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Nuclear Power Plants: Who Is Liable When AI Fails to Perform (2023)
Book Chapter
Karim, R., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Nuclear Power Plants: Who Is Liable When AI Fails to Perform. In F. Taghizadeh-Hesary, & D. Zhang (Eds.), The Handbook of Energy Policy (587-607). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6778-8_27

The sheer magnitude of process parameters and interactions between the systems in a nuclear power plant’s operation poses complications for operators. The operations became more challenging, especially during emergencies. Any recovery from an emergen... Read More about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Nuclear Power Plants: Who Is Liable When AI Fails to Perform.