All Outputs (98)

Researching social work (2009)
Book Chapter
McLaughlin, H. (2009). Researching social work. In R. Adams, L. Dominelli, & M. Payne (Eds.), Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (3rd edn.) (143-155). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter argues that practitioners underuse research evidence to support their practice. The chapter highlights key themes in social work research, including its context and distinctiveness and its methodologies. It also offers a criticallook at... Read More about Researching social work.

Sexuality (2009)
Book Chapter
Hicks, S. (2009). Sexuality. In R. Adams, L. Dominelli, & M. Payne (Eds.), Practising social work in a complex world. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

The practitioner researcher: a critical and reflexive approach to professional practice (2009)
Book Chapter
Taylor, C., & Hicks, S. (2009). The practitioner researcher: a critical and reflexive approach to professional practice. In N. Lee (Ed.), Achieving your professional doctorate: a handbook. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill

Revealing memories from darkness (2009)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2009). Revealing memories from darkness. In P. P. A. Funari, A. Zarankin, & M. A. Salerno (Eds.), Memories from darkness : archaeology of repression and resistance in Latin America (177-185). New York: Springer

Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina. (Imprisonment and Internment: Comparing Penal Facilities in the Americas) (2009)
Book Chapter
Birkbeck, C. (2009). Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina. (Imprisonment and Internment: Comparing Penal Facilities in the Americas). In Crimen e Inseguridad: Políticas, Temas y Problemas en las Américas (133-160). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Catalonia

Recent references to the “warehouse prison” in the United States and the “prisión-depósito” in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the Western Hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise.... Read More about Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina. (Imprisonment and Internment: Comparing Penal Facilities in the Americas).

Living, teaching and learning by social software: some emerging themes and practice issues (2009)
Book Chapter
Keegan, H., & Lisewski, B. (2009). Living, teaching and learning by social software: some emerging themes and practice issues. In S. Hatzipanagos, & S. Warburton (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies (217-230). Hershey, Pennsylvania, US: IGI Global

This chapter explores emergent behaviours in the use of social software across multiple online communities of practice where informal learning occurs beyond traditional higher education (HE) institutional boundaries. Employing a combination of resear... Read More about Living, teaching and learning by social software: some emerging themes and practice issues.

Introduction: (Post-)subculture theory, and practice in East-Central Europe (2009)
Book Chapter
Mckay, G., & Goddard, M. (2009). Introduction: (Post-)subculture theory, and practice in East-Central Europe. In G. McKay, C. Williams, M. Goddard, N. Foxlee, & E. Ramanauskaite (Eds.), Subcultures and New Religious Movements in Russia and East-Central Europe (3-14). Oxford: Peter Lang

This section of the book contains essays which explore recent and current subcultural and related practices and formations in a geographical spread across Eastern Europe, the Baltic states and Russia. We are concerned with presenting material that fo... Read More about Introduction: (Post-)subculture theory, and practice in East-Central Europe.

Institutional culture and diversity: engagement and dialogue in a South African university (2009)
Book Chapter
Hall, M., Aiken, D., & Mohamed, N. (2009). Institutional culture and diversity: engagement and dialogue in a South African university. In D. L. Featherman, M. Hall, & M. Krislov (Eds.), The next twenty-five years : affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press

Nothing is different but everything’s changed (2009)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2009). Nothing is different but everything’s changed. In D. L. Featherman, M. Hall, & M. Krislov (Eds.), The next twenty-five years : affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press

Children of San'a (2009)
Book Chapter
Watson, J. (2009). Children of San'a. In W. Arnold, M. Jursa, W. W. Müller, & S. Procházka (Eds.), Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra: Analecta Semitica in Memoriam Alexander Sima (383-394). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz

The Arabic dialect of a Šawāwī community of Northern Oman (2009)
Book Chapter
Eades, D. (2009). The Arabic dialect of a Šawāwī community of Northern Oman. In R. de Jong, & E. Al-Wer (Eds.), Arabic dialectology: In honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his 60th birthday (77-98). Leiden; Boston: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004172128.i-298.36

This article examines the Arabic dialect of a Šawāwī community of northern Oman. The Šawāwī are nomadic pastoralists who live in the mountainous interior of Oman, and are distinguished from the sedentary populace of the towns and villages of the moun... Read More about The Arabic dialect of a Šawāwī community of Northern Oman.

Facilities management new directions: Applications of social enterprise principles in an urban FM setting (2009)
Book Chapter
Amaratunga, R. (2009). Facilities management new directions: Applications of social enterprise principles in an urban FM setting. In I. Seneviratne, R. Rameezdeen, & S. Senaratne (Eds.), Value addition of facilities management and quantity surveying to economic development. Sri Lanka: University of Moratuwa

Introduction: Some of the challenges facing the academic study of industrial relations (2009)
Book Chapter
Darlington, R. (2009). Introduction: Some of the challenges facing the academic study of industrial relations. In R. Darlington (Ed.), What's the point of industrial relations? In defence of critical social science (1-16). Manchester: British Universities Industrial Relations Association

Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure (2009)
Book Chapter
Danson, F., Morsdorf, F., & Koetz, B. (2009). Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure. In G. Heritage, & A. Large (Eds.), Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences (201-219). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444311952.ch13

Terrestrial vegetation covers 60% of the Earth’s land surface, varying spatially and temporally in cover, composition and function with climatic gradients and disturbance patterns. The vegetation canopy is the interface between the land surface and t... Read More about Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure.

Producing 3D applications for urban planning by integrating 3D scanned building data with geo-spatial data (2009)
Book Chapter
Song, Y., Wang, H., Hamilton, A., & Arayici, Y. (2009). Producing 3D applications for urban planning by integrating 3D scanned building data with geo-spatial data. In 3D Geo-Information Sciences (397-412). SpringerLink

Visual Information Systems for urban planning can be produced in a variety of ways. In this paper we give an account of research into integrating scanned data with urban data sets to produce 3D applications that span built environment spatial scales... Read More about Producing 3D applications for urban planning by integrating 3D scanned building data with geo-spatial data.

A survey of pragmatic information in bilingual English-Chinese learners’ dictionaries (2009)
Book Chapter
Rasmussen, S. (2009). A survey of pragmatic information in bilingual English-Chinese learners’ dictionaries. In V. B. Ooi, A. Pakir, P. K. Tan, & I. S. Talib (Eds.), Perspectives in Lexicography: Asia and beyond (25-38). Isreal: K Dictionaries Ltd

Pragmatics describes how people use language and reflects the relationship between language and human life. Due to the great difference between the conventions and cultures of languages, learners’ dictionaries, especially bilingual ones, need to prov... Read More about A survey of pragmatic information in bilingual English-Chinese learners’ dictionaries.

Semiotics and lexicography (2009)
Book Chapter
Saihong, L. (2009). Semiotics and lexicography. In IASS-AIS Communication: Understanding and misunderstanding (915-922). Helsinki: Semiotic Society of Finland, International Semiotics Institute

Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of Semiotics', IASS-AIS 2007, Helsinki, Finland.

Yoruba identity and Western museums: ethnic pride and artistic representations (2009)
Book Chapter
Catalani, A. (2009). Yoruba identity and Western museums: ethnic pride and artistic representations. In M. Anico, & E. Peralta (Eds.), Heritage and Identity: Engagement and Demission in the Contemporary World (181-192). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Mediating the 1930s: Documentary and politics in Theatre Union's "Last Edition" (1940) (2009)
Book Chapter
Harker, B. (2009). Mediating the 1930s: Documentary and politics in Theatre Union's "Last Edition" (1940). In Get Real: Documentary Theatre Past and Present (24-38). London: Palgrave Macmillan

Developing standardized terminologies in nursing informatics (2009)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N. (2009). Developing standardized terminologies in nursing informatics. In D. McGonigle, & K. Mastrian (Eds.), Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (97-106). Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers LLC