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Tagore on the Creative Principle. (2015)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2015). Tagore on the Creative Principle. In I. Chaudhuri (Ed.), Tagore's Vision of the Contemporary World. Haranand Publications/ICCR

Poems. (2015)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2015). Poems. In Six Seasons Review. The University Press Limited (UPL)

The Poetry of Modernity (1870–1950) (2015)
Book Chapter
Dymock, E., & Lyall, S. (2015). The Poetry of Modernity (1870–1950). In C. Sassi (Ed.), The International Companion to Scottish Poetry (74-82). Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies

No abstract available.

The information society. (2015)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2015). The information society. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (83-89). Elsevier

No abstract available.

Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology? (2015)
Book Chapter
Best, D., & Aston, E. V. (2015). Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?. In N. Ronel, & D. Segev (Eds.), Positive Criminology: the good can overcome the bad (177-193). Routledge

The positive criminology perspective looks at positive life influences that distance individuals from offending, and enable the growth of personal and social strengths. Within a recovery model for alcohol and drug addiction, as part of a strengths-ba... Read More about Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?.

A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2015)
Book Chapter
Song, D., & Yeo, G. (2015). A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. In H. Haralambides (Ed.), Port Management (339-359). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137475770_16

Over 20% of the world's container traffic occurs from Asian ports. China's entry into the market has significantly stimulated this process. Since China adopted its liberalised economic policy in the 1970s, its economy has grown at an average rate of... Read More about A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya (2015)
Book Chapter
Ruteere, M., & Wairuri, K. (2015). Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya. In K. Njogu, & P. Wafula Wekesa (Eds.), Kenya's 2013 General Election: Stakes, Practices and Outcomes (112-123). Twaweza Communications. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh8r0bc.12

Much of the literature on human rights and elections-related violence in Kenya focuses on the patterns and nature of the human rights violations and assessment of the relevant norms that these acts transgress. Explanations of why the violations occur... Read More about Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya.

Ford and the First World War (2015)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2015). Ford and the First World War. In A. Chantler, & R. Hawkes (Eds.), An Introduction to Ford Madox Ford (121-133). Ashgate Publishing

No abstract available.

The teaching of thermodynamics today. (2015)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, R., & Kubie, J. (2015). The teaching of thermodynamics today. In M. W. Collins, R. C. Dougal, C. Koenig, & I. S. Ruddock (Eds.), Kelvin, Thermodynamics and the Natural World; WIT Transactions on State of the Art in Science and Engineering (261-271). WITPRESS LTD. https://doi.org/10.2495/978-1-84564-149-8/011

Although there are several robust theories of ‘thermodynamics’ operating very successfully over a range of different disciplines, for example, biology, chemistry, geoscience, quantum theory, astrophysics and numerous associated technologies, there ar... Read More about The teaching of thermodynamics today..

The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions. (2015)
Book Chapter
Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Sprawson, A. (2015). The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions. In M. Brunger, S. Tong, & D. Martin (Eds.), Introduction to policing research : taking lessons from practice (185-203). Routledge

This chapter examines key ethical dilemmas faced by social science researchers. It explores informed and voluntary consent, confidentiality and anonymity, and relationships in the field, but with specific reference to research on the police, drawing... Read More about The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions..

Soziale Medien in der empirischen Forschung (2015)
Book Chapter
Zeller, F. (2015). Soziale Medien in der empirischen Forschung. In J. Schmidt, & M. Taddicken (Eds.), Handbuch Soziale Medien (1-19). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03895-3_21-1

Der Beitrag bietet einen Überblick zu sozialen Medien in der empirischen Forschung mit einem methodologischen und instrumentellen Fokus. Es werden die unterschiedlichen Methoden diskutiert, welche aus der Onlineforschung übernommen werden können sowi... Read More about Soziale Medien in der empirischen Forschung.

You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production (2015)
Book Chapter
Macleod, K. (2015). You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production. In E. Thorsen, H. Savigny, D. Jackson, & J. Alexander (Eds.), Media, Margins And Popular Culture (28-40). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137512819_3

This chapter draws on the author’s practice-led research in community-based media to explore how participatory production techniques and strategies create opportunities to increase older women’s visibility on screen and in production. Through examini... Read More about You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production.

Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle. (2015)
Book Chapter
Bakiewicz, J., Leask, A., Barron, P., & Rakić, T. (2015). Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle. In M. Kozak, & N. Kozak (Eds.), Destination Marketing: international perspectivesRoutledge

No abstract available. Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle.

Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses (2015)
Book Chapter
Palmer-Green, D. (2015). Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses. In ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine (1-4). (4th). Wiley

OVERVIEW • Sports injury and illness epidemiology research is continuing to grow • Study design and methods can influence the conclusions made • The definition of injury/illness, and rate and severity indices should be appropriate to the cohort... Read More about Epidemiology of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.

A Lean healthcare journey: the Scottish Experience (2015)
Book Chapter
Lindsay, C., & Kumar, M. (2015). A Lean healthcare journey: the Scottish Experience. In Public Service Operations Management: A research handbook. Routledge

Lean has been adopted by public sector organisations to combat the growing challenges in tackling demand, capacity, service provision and issues around the reduction of errors and managing variation in processes. This chapter discusses the specific c... Read More about A Lean healthcare journey: the Scottish Experience.

Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement. (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, Z., & Cheng, G. (2015). Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement. In E-Health and Telemedicine : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (1606-1634). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch080

The authors present an analysis which concludes that most e-health system are packaged for large-scale access through cloud-based services shared in a real-time service deployment environment. The service, which has already been deployed in the cloud... Read More about Service evolution in clouds for dementia patient monitoring system usability enhancement..