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Statistical Downscaling Modeling for Temperature Prediction (2024)
Book Chapter
Ashraf, Z., Kanwal, B., Hussain, I., Dashtipour, K., Gogate, M., & Kanwal, S. (2024). Statistical Downscaling Modeling for Temperature Prediction. In W. Boulila, J. Ahmad, A. Koubaa, M. Driss, & I. Riadh Farah (Eds.), Decision Making and Security Risk Management for IoT Environments (147-169). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47590-0_8

The application compares the Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) and partial least square (PLS) to bridge the gap between (minimum and maximum) daily temperatures of 11 sites in Punjab between 1961 and 2013 with atmospheric variables. The data set w... Read More about Statistical Downscaling Modeling for Temperature Prediction.

Multivariate Procedure for Modeling and Prediction of Temperature in Punjab, Pakistan (2024)
Book Chapter
Kanwal, B., Ashraf, Z., Mehmood, T., Kanwal, S., Dashtipour, K., & Gogate, M. (2024). Multivariate Procedure for Modeling and Prediction of Temperature in Punjab, Pakistan. In W. Boulila, J. Ahmad, A. Koubaa, M. Driss, & I. Riadh Farah (Eds.), Decision Making and Security Risk Management for IoT Environments (99-124). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47590-0_6

Climate study often relies upon global climate models (GCM) to project future scenarios of change in climate behavior. This study aims to refine GCM results to fill the gap between local scale surface weather with regional atmospheric predictors. The... Read More about Multivariate Procedure for Modeling and Prediction of Temperature in Punjab, Pakistan.

Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach (2024)
Book Chapter
Campbell, T. (2024). Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach. In Mountain Biking, Culture and Society (125-140). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361626-12

This chapter outlines current approaches towards creating and promoting more sustainable mountain bike trails, and orients these within contemporary theoretical conceptualisations of sustainability. The value of practical initiatives that draw upon e... Read More about Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach.

The motivations, identities, and environmental sensibilities of contemporary e-mountain bike users (2024)
Book Chapter
Ingram-Sills, L. (2024). The motivations, identities, and environmental sensibilities of contemporary e-mountain bike users. In J. Cherrington (Ed.), Mountain Biking, Culture and Society. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361626-5

During an era of rapid technological improvement, the demand for e-mountain biking is growing. Furthermore, an older demographic of rider participates in e-mountain biking in comparison to traditional mountain biking. This chapter explores the indivi... Read More about The motivations, identities, and environmental sensibilities of contemporary e-mountain bike users.

Dead Men Walking (2024)
Book Chapter
Finley-Day, G., Bishop, D., Davis, A., Willsher, B., & Cook, B. (2024). Dead Men Walking. In Harry 20 on the High Rock + Dead Men Walking. Hachette

Issue 168: Harry 20 on the High Rock + Dead Men Walking

MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics (2024)
Book Chapter
Arehart, C. H., Arehart, J. H., David, M. Z., D'Amico, B., Sozzi, E., Dukic, V., & Pomponi, F. (in press). MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics. In B. Sriraman (Ed.), Handbook of Visual, Experimental and Computational Mathematics - Bridges through Data (1-29). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93954-0_2-1

During the global COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers, public health practitioners, medical experts, and laypersons have sought data that would enable evidence-based decisions about which interventions would be most effective at slowing the spread of SA... Read More about MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics.

Terminology (2024)
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024). Terminology. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (15-25). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_2

This chapter presents the background and framework of the book. It defines key terms, concepts and phenomena relating to the discussions in this volume, such as crisis, globalisation, integration, disintegration, harmonisation, convergence and legal... Read More about Terminology.

Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis (2024)
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024). Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (1-11). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_1

While legal harmonisation/convergence is considered to be one of the most influential theses in the discipline of law, the law of harmonisation is full of paradoxes. On the one hand, legal borrowing is commonplace, leading to a phenomenon of converge... Read More about Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis.

Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis (2024)
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024). Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (255-276). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_14

Globalisation, generally, and European integration, more specifically, have led to calls for the minimisation of legal diversity which can result in transaction costs and the lack of level-playing field for cross-border actors. One of the prevailing... Read More about Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis.

Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2024)
Book Chapter
Friedman, C., & Spassiani, N. A. (2024). Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In G. Bennett, & E. Goodall (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability (1-10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40858-8_77-1

Historically, research about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been conducted through proxies because of ableist assumptions about people with IDD’s abilities to contribute to research and methodological challenges to... Read More about Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games (2023)
Book Chapter
Donald, I., & Austin, H. J. (2023). Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games. In R. Yilmaz, M. N. Erdem, & F. Resuloğlu (Eds.), Research anthology on game design, development, usage, and social impact (1435-1456). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7589-8.ch069

This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's comics series The Walking Dead. It examines key aspects from the comics series and AMC's adaptive... Read More about Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games.

Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Literary Revival (2023)
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. (2024). Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Literary Revival. In G. Carruthers (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Scottish Literature (127-139). Wiley-Blackwell

The Scottish literary renaissance is a paradox. Imagining Scottish history as a series of catastrophes – Reformation, Union, Enlightenment, industrialisation – the renaissance sought rebirth in the nation's cultural past. Critics usually locate such... Read More about Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Literary Revival.

Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets (2023)
Book Chapter
D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2024). Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets. In R. Azari, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277927-5

The climate change burden associated with buildings and construction is increasingly globally recognised by the many stakeholders involved. For decades there has been an unnecessary divide between the operational and embodied impacts of buildings, wi... Read More about Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets.

Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (2023)
Book Chapter
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe, K., Slimmen, S., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Timmermans, O. (2023). Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023. In J. Coene, T. Ghys, B. Hubeau, S. Marchal, P. Raeymaeckers, R. Remmen, W. Vandenhole, W. Van Dooren, & H. Van Regemortel (Eds.), Armoede en Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (317-337). Acco Uitgeverij

Mikolajczak-Degrauwe K, Slimmen S, Fontein-Kuipers Y, Timmermans O. Op weg naar sociale inclusie: effecten van een Peer Support-methodiek. In: Coen J, Ghys T, Hubeau B, Marchal S, Raeymaeckers P, Remmen R, Vandenhole W, Van Dooren W, Van Regemortel H... Read More about Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023.

Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean (2023)
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Matouq, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Weaver, M. (2024). Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean. In W. Leal Filho, G. Nagy, & D. Ayal (Eds.), Handbook of Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98067-2_85-1

Despite the current technological advancement in agriculture to improve the production capacity and livelihood of the estimated 608 million smallholder family farmers across the globe, there is a need to uptake these technologies among smallholder fa... Read More about Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean.

Qualitative Research Approaches: Case Study Research Method (2023)
Book Chapter
Tjandra, N. C., & Feri, A. (2023). Qualitative Research Approaches: Case Study Research Method. In P. Foroudi, & C. Dennis (Eds.), Researching and Analysing Business: Research Methods in Practice. Routledge

In this chapter we have provided a guidance of conducting a qualitative case study in business and management research. At the end of this chapter the reader will be able to (i) comprehend what is a case study research method, (ii) identify the relev... Read More about Qualitative Research Approaches: Case Study Research Method.

“It is important to be a prison officer and have trade union backup”: An Analysis of factors that influence the high level of unionisation within the Scottish Prison Service (2023)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K., & Maycock, M. (2023). “It is important to be a prison officer and have trade union backup”: An Analysis of factors that influence the high level of unionisation within the Scottish Prison Service. In H. Arnold, M. Maycock, & R. Ricciardelli (Eds.), Prison Officers: International Perspectives on Prison Officer Work (213-236). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41061-1_9

Within many countries uniformed prison officers are the most unionised profession, running counter to wider trends that point towards a consistent decline in trade union membership. Within Scotland, over 85% of eligible prison officers are members of... Read More about “It is important to be a prison officer and have trade union backup”: An Analysis of factors that influence the high level of unionisation within the Scottish Prison Service.

Stalingrad (2023)
Book Chapter
Bishop, D. (2023). Stalingrad. In Fiends of the Eastern Front (48-95). Rebellion

A graphic fiction serial by David Bishop and Colin MacNeil, published in Fiends of the Eastern Front Volume 1.