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The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change (2012)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2012). The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 7(2), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1163/187119112X625538

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the article explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countri... Read More about The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change.

Modelling quality in replacement and inspection maintenance (2012)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Cavalcante, C. (2012). Modelling quality in replacement and inspection maintenance. International Journal of Production Economics, 135(1), 372-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.08.011

Heterogeneity in component and maintenance quality is considered in the context of age-based inspection and replacement for a single component system. A three-state component failure model is assumed, with a defective state preceding the failed state... Read More about Modelling quality in replacement and inspection maintenance.

Participation without belonging : apostrophe and aberration in Seamus Heaney’s North (2012)
Book Chapter

Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint (2012)
Book Chapter

Publisher's description of book:
This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the... Read More about Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint.

Peer mentoring to secure student placements (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose
This paper describes a case study where student peer mentors were employed to motivate and assist undergraduates to secure optional professional placement positions.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper describes the reasons for establis... Read More about Peer mentoring to secure student placements.

Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland? (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, J., & Tonge, J. (2012). Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?. Terrorism and Political Violence, 24(1), 61-78

Dissident Irish Republicans have increased their violent activities in recent years.
These ‘‘spoilers’’ reject the 1998 Good Friday Agreement power-sharing deal
between Unionist and Nationalist traditions in Northern Ireland. Instead dissident
IRA... Read More about Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?.

Leveraging the UK's research resources: University/business knowledge transfer. Accessing IP through funded research (2012)
Book Chapter
Burke, M. (2012). Leveraging the UK's research resources: University/business knowledge transfer. Accessing IP through funded research. In Blakes Parliamentary Yearbook 2012. Blake Media

Multi-professional working (2012)
Book Chapter

The Human Rights Act and assisted dying: ‘The (most) unkindest cut of all’? (2012)
Book Chapter

Embedding crime prevention within design development (2012)
Book Chapter
Wootton, A., & Davey, C. (2012). Embedding crime prevention within design development. In P. Ekblom (Ed.), Design against crime : Crime proofing everyday products. Reiner Publishers

Through initiatives such as Design Against Crime (DAC), European designers, manufacturers and developers are being encouraged to address crime and related social issues within design and development projects. But how can their efforts be evaluated, w... Read More about Embedding crime prevention within design development.

Using the patchwork text assessment as a vehicle for evaluationg students' perceptions of their clinical leadership (2012)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Rutherford, J., Wild, J., Cappleman, J., & Hynes, C. (2012). Using the patchwork text assessment as a vehicle for evaluationg students' perceptions of their clinical leadership. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2011.05.006

A shift in universities world wide in providing theoretical post graduate programmes of study underpinned by traditional assessment strategies to work based learning programmes supported by innovative assessment strategies is required if Higher educa... Read More about Using the patchwork text assessment as a vehicle for evaluationg students' perceptions of their clinical leadership.

Europe and the new jazz studies (2012)
Book Chapter

Publisher's description of book:
It is often said that jazz is America’s great gift to the world, but while true, this belies the surprising, often crucial role that Europe has played in the development and popularity of jazz throughout the world.... Read More about Europe and the new jazz studies.

Transdisciplinarity and digital humanities : lessons learned from developing text-mining tools for textual analysis (2012)
Book Chapter

The development and implementation of e-Research tools have signified and signalled a dramatic "computational turn" in conducting research in humanities. Digital humanities has been heralded as the future of humanities research. e-Research programmes... Read More about Transdisciplinarity and digital humanities : lessons learned from developing text-mining tools for textual analysis.

Building information modelling (BIM) for facilities management (FM): The MediaCity case study approach (2012)
Journal Article

Facilities Management (FM) as the total management of all services supports the core businesses of an organisation in a building. However, today’s buildings are increasingly sophisticated and the need for information to operate and maintain them is v... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) for facilities management (FM): The MediaCity case study approach.

Maintenance scheduling of a protection system subject to imperfect inspection and replacement (2012)
Journal Article
Berrade, M., Cavalcante, C., & Scarf, P. (2012). Maintenance scheduling of a protection system subject to imperfect inspection and replacement. European Journal of Operational Research, 218, 716-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.003

An inspection and replacement policy for a protection system is described in which the inspection process
is subject to error, and false positives (false alarms) and false negatives are possible. We develop two
models: one in which a false positive... Read More about Maintenance scheduling of a protection system subject to imperfect inspection and replacement.

Physical restraint in a therapeutic setting: A necessary evil? (2012)
Journal Article
Perkins, E., Prosser, H., Riley, D., & Whittington, R. (2012). Physical restraint in a therapeutic setting: A necessary evil?. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 35(1), 43-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.11.008

Physical restraint of people experiencing mental health problems is a coercive and traumatic procedure which is only legally permitted if it is proportionate to the risk presented. This study sought to examine the decision-making process used by ment... Read More about Physical restraint in a therapeutic setting: A necessary evil?.

Experiential learning from PFI road projects in the UK (2012)
Journal Article

Design is that activity, largely executed by consultants and inhouse disciplines, which translates the aspirations of the Client,
into a series of documents, both drawn and written, which in
combination can be used to procure the manufacture, as... Read More about Experiential learning from PFI road projects in the UK.

Insurance issues and design and build construction contracts (2012)
Journal Article

One of the primary functions of a construction contract is to
allocate certain risks to one or other of the parties. One of the
parties is liable to the other if a particular kind of loss or damage
occurs placing all the risk of that loss or da... Read More about Insurance issues and design and build construction contracts.

Design and design management in building projects : a review (2012)
Journal Article

Design is that activity, largely executed by consultants and inhouse disciplines, which translates the aspirations of the Client,
into a series of documents, both drawn and written, which in
combination can be used to procure the manufacture, as... Read More about Design and design management in building projects : a review.

To worlds unknown (2012)
Other
Graham, P. (2012). To worlds unknown. [print]

On March 17 1923 my grandfather, John Graham, set sail from Glasgow Scotland on the TSS Cameronia bound for the coal fields of West Virginia. As Europe struggled to recover from the aftermath of the war to end all wars a generation of young immigrant... Read More about To worlds unknown.