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Art or science? Formulating empathy in Breaking Bad (2017)
Book Chapter
Bentham, A. (2018). Art or science? Formulating empathy in Breaking Bad. In R. Nelems, & N. Theo (Eds.), Exploring Empathy : its propagations perimeters and potentialities (161-192). Leiden: Brill

When Vince Gilligan pitched the idea for ‘Breaking Bad’ to studio bosses at AMC, his description of it as ‘a story about a man who transforms himself from Mr Chips into Scarface’ proved to be enough of a hook to take the show into production. Howeve... Read More about Art or science? Formulating empathy in Breaking Bad.

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In Experiments in Life-Writing (249-272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-progress. When attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Renaissance playwright Elizabeth Cary (1584–1639) foundered, I developed an experimental form in order to accommodate... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In L. Boldrini, & J. Novak (Eds.), Experiments in Life-Writing : Intersections of Auto/Biography and Fiction (249-272). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3_11

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-process. It unfolds a narrative of 'accidental experiment', as attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Cary (1584 – 1639) foundered. That is to say, the project did not set... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

Physical functioning and symptoms of chronic fatigue in sarcoidosis patients (2017)
Book Chapter
Pilzak, K., Żebrowska, A., Sikora, M., Hall, B., Łakomy, O., Kostorz, S., …Jastrzębski, D. (2017). Physical functioning and symptoms of chronic fatigue in sarcoidosis patients. In M. Pokorski (Ed.), Clinical Research Involving Pulmonary Disorders (13-21). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2017_85

Scientific reports underscore the importance of measuring the health-related quality of life in sarcoidosis patients. The present study seeks to define how sarcoidosis patients’ quality of life, daily physical activity, and physical performance are r... Read More about Physical functioning and symptoms of chronic fatigue in sarcoidosis patients.

Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural? (2017)
Book Chapter
Allen, D. (2017). Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural?. In K. Bhatti-Sinclair, & C. Smethurst (Eds.), Diversity, Difference and Dilemmas : Analysing Concepts and Developing Skills. Open University Press

The famous French philosopher Voltaire once wrote that ‘those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities’, and it is in the context of this quote that this chapter is written. Throughout history, we have witnessed the vario... Read More about Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural?.

European Union telecommunications policy (2017)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S. (2017). European Union telecommunications policy. In J. Nussbaum (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.128

This article explores the character and development of telecommunications policy at EU level. For most of the 20th century a matter of national governance and thus of peripheral interest to the EU, from the mid to late 1980s the EU began to develop a... Read More about European Union telecommunications policy.

Behavioral and learning disorders (2017)
Book Chapter
Allely, C. (2017). Behavioral and learning disorders. In B. Hopkins, E. Geangu, & S. Linkenauger (Eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (613-620). England: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Classification of developmental disorders and diseases (2017)
Book Chapter
Allely, C. (2017). Classification of developmental disorders and diseases. In B. Hopkins, E. Geangu, & S. Linkenauger (Eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (605-612). England: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Defamation of religion and freedom of speech (2017)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, A., & Raj, R. (2017). Defamation of religion and freedom of speech. In R. Raj, & K. Griffin (Eds.), Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism (23-30). Oxfordshire/Boston, MA: CABI

Digital campaigning (2017)
Book Chapter
Ward, S., Gibson, R., & Cantijoch, M. (2017). Digital campaigning. In J. Fisher, E. Fieldhouse, M. Franklin, R. Gibson, M. Cantijoch, & C. Wlezien (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behaviour and Public Opinion (319-341). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315712390

It is now over 20 years since political parties began to move online and fight elections using new internet technologies, although in most established democracies it took another decade, or more, before internet access spread to the majority of voter... Read More about Digital campaigning.

Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface (2017)
Book Chapter
Swan, W., Bayat, N., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface. In M. Eames, T. Dixon, M. Hunt, & S. Lannon (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World (53-67). Oxford: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119007241.ch4

Deep energy efficient retrofit of hard to treat (HTT) properties is emerging as a major concern in the UK. A number of studies have highlighted the difficulties of effective delivery of this type of retrofit, citing issues of lower than expected perf... Read More about Performance gap in ‘deep’ retrofit of housing : issues at the design and construction interface.

Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights (2017)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights. In F. Cowell (Ed.), Critically Examining the Case Against the 1998 Human Rights Act (169-184). Routledge

This chapter insists on taking seriously the criticism that there has been a loss of ‘common sense’ in the application of the law due to the application of the HRA. It can appear that the criticisms made by the press against the court(s) are valid be... Read More about Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights.

Introduction to Forms of Hypocrisy (2017)
Book Chapter
Nigri, L., & Tsentourou, N. (2017). Introduction to Forms of Hypocrisy. In L. Nigri, & N. Tsentourou (Eds.), Forms of hypocrisy in Early Modern England (1-14). New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

The diasporic community's intervention in the Libya uprising (2017)
Book Chapter
Ndlovu, E. (2017). The diasporic community's intervention in the Libya uprising. In O. Ogunyemi (Ed.), Media, Diaspora and Conflict (37-51). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56642-9_3

This chapter examines the conflict resolution initiatives by the diaspora communities during the Libya uprising in 2011. In collaboration with their fellow citizens in the country, organisations like the Libya Outreach Group established online initia... Read More about The diasporic community's intervention in the Libya uprising.

Religious hypocrisy in performance : Roman Catholicism and the London stage (2017)
Book Chapter
Roman Catholicism and the London stage. In L. Nigri, & N. Tsentorou (Eds.), Forms of hypocrisy in Early Modern England (57-71). New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315265568-4

From the Medieval period to the Restoration, the hypocrite remained a remarkably popular figure, proving its resilience as an object of fascination not only in literature but in theological, political, and social debates. In the Tudor and Stuart peri... Read More about Religious hypocrisy in performance : Roman Catholicism and the London stage.

Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel (2017)
Book Chapter
Power, E. (2017). Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel. In High Performance Apparel: Materials, Development, and Applications (113-128). London, UK: Elsevier

The chapter provides substantial evidence to support the importance of the knitting sector to technical and medical applications including performance apparel. It details specific examples of advanced knitted structures used in sport, protection and... Read More about Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel.

Vimeo killed the video star : Burial and the user-generated music video (2017)
Book Chapter
music video. In D. Cookney, K. Fairclough, M. Goddard, & G. Arnold (Eds.), Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media (255-267). New York: Bloomsbury Academic

This chapter looks at how user generated content on sites such as Vimeo and Youtube has responded to and further facilitated the practice of ‘facelessness’ employed by, electronic music producer, Burial. For a notoriously media-shy producer who is sy... Read More about Vimeo killed the video star : Burial and the user-generated music video.

Moving the music : dance, action, and embodied identity (2017)
Book Chapter
Slee, S. (2017). Moving the music : dance, action, and embodied identity. In G. Arnold, D. Cookney, K. Fairclough, & M. Goddard (Eds.), Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media (147-162). Bloomsbury Academic Press

Discourse on music videos widely views and examines the image within the video, along with the visual animation and consumption of music. Yet music videos often incorporate dance, movement and embodied action as fundamental, constituent elements, exp... Read More about Moving the music : dance, action, and embodied identity.