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Between Militarism and Antimilitarism: ‘Masculine’ Choice in Post-Soviet Russia (2018)
Book Chapter
Yusupova, M. (2018). Between Militarism and Antimilitarism: ‘Masculine’ Choice in Post-Soviet Russia. In L. Attwood, E. Schimpfössl, & M. Yusupova (Eds.), Gender and Choice After Socialism (187-215). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73661-7_8

This chapter looks into two paradoxes of the post-Soviet Russian gender order and post-Soviet Russian masculinities. The first paradox is a large-scale, well-documented structural contradiction which has persisted throughout the entire post-Soviet pe... Read More about Between Militarism and Antimilitarism: ‘Masculine’ Choice in Post-Soviet Russia.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., Vettese, S., & Calder, L. (2018). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs. In L. Egberts, & M. D. Alvarez (Eds.), Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age (151-171). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462985353

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs.

Promoting Mental Health And Well Being (2018)
Book Chapter
Toner, A., & Snowden, A. (2018). Promoting Mental Health And Well Being. In The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing. (4). Open University Press

Power (2018)
Book Chapter
Maglione, G. (2018). Power. In B. Arrigo (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. SAGE Publications

The concept of power is acknowledged as one of the few steady axes around which social sciences have been revolving at least since the first half of the XX th century. In fact, very few concepts have been as pervasive and generative. Equally undisput... Read More about Power.

Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body (2018)
Book Chapter
Cityscapes of the Future (49-65). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004361317_005

This chapter investigates the ways in which China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station, Alastair Reynolds’ Terminal World and Christopher Priest’s Inverted World represent governments which enforce submission by creating monstrous architectural structur... Read More about Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body.

Polymer nanocomposites and related legal issues: An overview (2018)
Book Chapter
Karim, M. E., Munir, A. B., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Hasanuzzaman, M. (2018). Polymer nanocomposites and related legal issues: An overview. In C. M. Hussain, & A. K. Mishra (Eds.), New polymer nanocomposites for environmental remediation (679-698). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811033-1.00026-3

Manipulation of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) to develop different consumer and industrial products are the preferred choice in modern day industrial production due to their unprecedented, but diversified promises and prospects. The researchers cla... Read More about Polymer nanocomposites and related legal issues: An overview.

Social work and Substance Misuse (2018)
Book Chapter
Hillen, P. (2018). Social work and Substance Misuse. In V. E. Cree, & M. Smith (Eds.), Social Work in a Changing Scotland. London: Routledge

No abstract available.

Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games (2018)
Book Chapter
Donald, I., & Austin, H. (2018). Playing with the dead: transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games. In R. Yılmaz, M. N. Erdem, & F. Resuloğlu (Eds.), Handbook of research on transmedia storytelling and narrative strategies (50-71). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5357-1.ch004

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.

Spleen (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). Spleen. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry.

Metropolis (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). Metropolis. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry

The Crowd (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). The Crowd. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry

Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission? (2018)
Book Chapter
Mendoza Beltran, M. A., Pomponi, F., Guinée, J. B., & Heijungs, R. (2018). Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?. In F. Pomponi, C. De Wolf, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), Embodied Carbon in Buildings (3-21). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7_1

Embodied carbon assessments of buildings are not methodologically very different from the more well-known life cycle assessments (LCAs). In particular, the two also share the frequent lack of uncertainty analysis in many assessments produced by acade... Read More about Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?.

Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions (2018)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., & Campos, L. M. (2018). Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions. In F. Pomponi, C. De Wolf, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), Embodied Carbon in Buildings (483-503). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7_22

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art on embodied carbon and life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings in the context of Latin America. It reviews the current situation by assessing existing policies and initiatives ai... Read More about Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.

Mining for counterculture (2018)
Book Chapter
Malcolm, C. (2018). Mining for counterculture. In A. Dillane, M. J. Power, & E. Devereux (Eds.), Heart and Soul - Critical essays on Joy Division. , (195-208). Rowman and Littlefield international

Malcolm, C. (2018). Mining for counterculture. In A. Dillane, M. J. Power, & E. Devereux (Eds.), Heart and Soul - Critical essays on Joy Division, (195-208). Rowman and Littlefield international

'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2018)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2018). 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. In M. Pietrzak-Franger, N. Pleßke, & E. Voigts (Eds.), Transforming Cities (91-106). Universitätsverlag Winter

The figure of the prostitute has long been associated with the city and although prostitution may take place anywhere, the connection between female prostitution and the city remains prevalent across literature, film, television and fine art. The pro... Read More about 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close..

Interprofessional Working with Children and Young People (2018)
Book Chapter
McGirr, D., & Richardson-Read, S. (2018). Interprofessional Working with Children and Young People. In J. Price, & O. Mc Alinden (Eds.), Essentials of Nursing Children and Young PeopleLondon: SAGE Publications

This chapter focuses on key elements of interprofessional working to enhance knowledge and understanding of staff working with children and young people. It explores the following topics:
~ core elements of interprofessional working
~ challenges... Read More about Interprofessional Working with Children and Young People.

Computational Mechanics and the Finite Element Method (2018)
Book Chapter
Okereke, M., & Keates, S. (2018). Computational Mechanics and the Finite Element Method. In S. Choi, H. Duan, Y. Fu, C. Guardiola, & J. Sun (Eds.), Finite Element Applications: A Practical Guide to the FEM Process (3-25). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67125-3_1

This textbook demonstrates the application of the finite element philosophy to the solution of real-world problems and is aimed at graduate level students, but is also suitable for advanced undergraduate students. An essential part of an engineer?s t... Read More about Computational Mechanics and the Finite Element Method.