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Public Value Leadership in the Context of Outcomes, Impact and Reform (2020)
Book Chapter
McMillan, J. (2021). Public Value Leadership in the Context of Outcomes, Impact and Reform. In J. Connolly, & A. Van der Zwet (Eds.), Public Value Management, Governance and Reform in Britain (173-200). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55586-3_7

The chapter considers leadership in public value settings. It examines public leadership practice in and for the creation of public value through exploring drivers and barriers in leadership action. Public value leadership is viewed through the compe... Read More about Public Value Leadership in the Context of Outcomes, Impact and Reform.

Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education (2020)
Book Chapter
Yorkstone, S., Clarke, S., & Mann, J. (2020). Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education. In C. Devis-Rozental, & S. Clarke (Eds.), Humanising Higher Education: A positive approach to enhancing wellbeing (221-241). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57430-7_13

Lean management is a compelling concept, with a significant history, and although not always described as lean in name, is having an impact in Universities worldwide. Central to lean is the idea of beginning from true purpose, and the authors seek to... Read More about Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education.

Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria (2020)
Book Chapter
Moyo, D., & Olowosegun, A. (2021). Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria. In R. Home (Ed.), Land Issues for Urban Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa (281-297). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52504-0_18

Informal public transport (IPT) has emerged as an adaptive alternative to formal public transport in developing countries. Transport sytems are an integral part of land allocation and urban governance in urban development, with positive and negative... Read More about Resilience of Informal Public Transport and Urban Land Governance in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Performing with Drum Kit Technologies (Advanced) (2020)
Book Chapter
Stillie, B. (2020). Performing with Drum Kit Technologies (Advanced). In A. P. bell (Ed.), The Music Technology Cookbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP)

This chapter describes an approach that introduces students to the features and musical affordances of drum kit technologies. Students learn how to use percussion controllers and electronic drum triggers, in conjunction with music software they have... Read More about Performing with Drum Kit Technologies (Advanced).

Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane (2020)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z. (2020). Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane. In A. P. bell (Ed.), The Music Production Cookbook: Ready-made Recipes for the Classroom. New York: Oxford University Press

This recipe encourages learners to develop their critical and analytic listening skills by seeking and recording sounds in their environment as a basis for music composition. The use of unorthodox (i.e. not inherently musical) sounds in a composition... Read More about Found Sounds: Music from The Mundane.

Cloud Security, Privacy and Trust Baselines (2020)
Book Chapter
Pitropakis, N., Katsikas, S., & Lambrinoudakis, C. (2020). Cloud Security, Privacy and Trust Baselines. In J. R. Vacca (Ed.), Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges. Boca Raton, US: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429055126

Cloud services vary from data storage and processing to software provision, posing requirements for high availability and on-demand commitment-free provision of services. Cloud providers must provide information through their privacy policy and/or up... Read More about Cloud Security, Privacy and Trust Baselines.

Austerity, Personalised Funding and the Degradation of Care Work: Comparing Scotland’s Self-Directed Support Policy and Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (2020)
Book Chapter
Baines, D., & Young, D. (2020). Austerity, Personalised Funding and the Degradation of Care Work: Comparing Scotland’s Self-Directed Support Policy and Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme. In D. Baines, & I. Cunningham (Eds.), Working in the Context of Austerity: Challenges and Struggles. Bristol University Press

Quantification of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Abundances in Environmental Samples by Quantitative-PCR (2020)
Book Chapter
Blaud, A., Maïder, A., & Clark, I. M. (2021). Quantification of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Abundances in Environmental Samples by Quantitative-PCR. In L. C. Carvalhais, & P. G. Dennis (Eds.), The Plant Microbiome: Methods and Protocols (135-146). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1040-4_12

Quantitative-PCR (qPCR) enables the quantification of specific DNA targets, such as functional or phylogenetic marker genes associated with environmental samples. During each qPCR cycle, the number of copies of a gene (or region) of interest in DNA s... Read More about Quantification of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Abundances in Environmental Samples by Quantitative-PCR.

Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera (2020)
Book Chapter
Cheng, L., & Leung, B. (2020). Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera. In W. W. Ma, K. Tong, & W. Bo Anna Tso (Eds.), Learning Environment and Design: Current and Future Impacts (213-226). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8167-0_13

Recent advancements in communication and computer technology have made available and affordable the immersive technology necessary for broader applications beyond industrial use. Facing growing competition from the emergence of new media as an attrac... Read More about Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera.

Sensory loss - hearing (2020)
Book Chapter
Goman, A., & Lin, F. (2020). Sensory loss - hearing. In C. Brayne, V. L. Feigin, L. J. Launer, & G. Logroscino (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology (355-363). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198749493.003.0034

Hearing loss is a major public health issue. Hearing loss increases with age and nearly two-thirds of adults over the age of 70 have hearing loss. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that hearing loss in older adults is strongly and independently... Read More about Sensory loss - hearing.

Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships (2020)
Book Chapter
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (2020). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9

Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (in press). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Partnership Working for the Goals. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals. Springer.

The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge (2020)
Book Chapter
Lawson, S. (2020). The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge. In M. P. Eve, & J. Gray (Eds.), Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access (161-172). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11885.001.0001

To complement contemporary discussions on open access, this chapter considers public libraries as one element of the longer history of access to scholarly knowledge. A historical perspective reveals that access to knowledge has undergone a long, slow... Read More about The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge.

The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy (2020)
Book Chapter
Anne McKay, E. (2020). The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy. In R. Twinley (Ed.), lluminating the Dark Side of Occupation: International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266256-4

This chapter will present a historical perspective of why we did not explore or engage with people involved with these occupations until now. It is useful to state upfront that it is not the occupation that is dark: it is the motivations for engagin... Read More about The dark side of occupation: an historical review of occupational therapy.

Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play (2020)
Book Chapter
Grady-Dominguez, P., Ihrig, K., Lane, S. J., Aberle, J., Beetham, K., Ragen, J., Spencer, G., Sterman, J., Tranter, P., Wyver, S., & Bundy, A. (2020). Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play. In S. Hepburn (Ed.), Family-Focused Interventions (1-45). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irrdd.2020.09.001

Risky play is invigorating, challenging play with uncertain outcomes that optimizes children's development, health, and everyday well-being and creates opportunities to develop decision-making skills in low-consequence contexts, experience positive f... Read More about Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play.

Technological Diversification in Retail Agglomerations: Case Studies Alongside the Digital Marketing Mix (2020)
Book Chapter
Dicdarevic, A., Evanschitzky, H., & Backhaus, C. (2020). Technological Diversification in Retail Agglomerations: Case Studies Alongside the Digital Marketing Mix. In E. Pantano (Ed.), Retail Futures: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Digital Transformation (37-50). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781838676636

The degree to which technologies are spread across retailing, the so-called technological diversification, is mainly considered at the firm-or store level in the retailing and marketing literature. However, also physical clusters of business and serv... Read More about Technological Diversification in Retail Agglomerations: Case Studies Alongside the Digital Marketing Mix.

Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality (2020)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2020). Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality. In M. Derks, & M. van den Berg (Eds.), Public Discourses About Homosexuality and Religion in Europe and Beyond (147-169). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56326-4_7

This chapter examines the discursive mechanism of drawing comparisons between antisemitism and homophobia in Polish (Catholic) culture that were popular among the left and liberal opinion makers in the mid/late 2000s. It questions the problematic nat... Read More about Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality.

Probation in Europe: Scotland (2020)
Book Chapter
Grant, S., Buchan, J., & O'Donnell, A. (2020). Probation in Europe: Scotland. In Probation in Europe. Utrecht: Confederation of European Probation

New Research Avenues in Human-Robot Interaction (2020)
Book Chapter
Zeller, F. (2020). New Research Avenues in Human-Robot Interaction. In D. Zhang, & B. Wei (Eds.), Human–Robot Interaction: Control, Analysis, and Design (75-92). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing