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The scientist-practitioner and the reflective practitioner (2017)
Book Chapter
Amos, I., & Hanley, T. (2017). The scientist-practitioner and the reflective practitioner. In V. Galbraith (Ed.), Topics in Applied Psychology: Counselling Psychology. Routledge

This chapter explores two models that have been identified as appropriate for the training and ongoing practice and professional development of counselling psychology practitioners and researchers. These are the scientist-practitioner model and the r... Read More about The scientist-practitioner and the reflective practitioner.

Venezuela, Corrections in (2017)
Book Chapter

The correctional system of Venezuela is best understood as a system of internment. The inmate population doubled between 2008 and 2015, and overcrowding is at 270%. Remand and sentenced inmates are usually not segregated and most centers are in a ver... Read More about Venezuela, Corrections in.

"Description" (2017)
Book Chapter

Writers have been creating virtual realities since before computers were even dreamed of. Good fiction conjures an alternative world, gives you a window into someone else’s life, takes you somewhere other. Above all, it’s convincing. Effective descri... Read More about "Description".

Culture and mental health (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on the following issues: concepts of normality and abnormality, transcultural psychiatry; culture-bound syndromes; cultural competency skills for mental health practitioners; culture in care and treatment; intercultural communica... Read More about Culture and mental health.

Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration (2017)
Book Chapter
Heysham, N. (2017). Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration. In G. Rodriguez, C. Brebbia, & D. Almorza (Eds.), Coastal Cities and Their Sustainable Future II (73-83). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CC170081

Alexandria is one of the largest cities in Egypt in terms of population and urban density, second only
to Cairo. Since its origination in the 300s BC, it has been one of the biggest metropolises in the ancient
world, culturally, intellectually, pol... Read More about Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration.

A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining (2017)
Book Chapter
Zahedi, E., Saraee, M., & Baniasadi, Z. (2017). A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining. In Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2017 (1475-1480). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IranianCEE.2017.7985276

Opinion data are produced rapidly by a large and uncontrolled number of opinion holders in different domains (public, business, politic and etc). The volume, variety and velocity of such data requires an opinion mining model to be also adopted with t... Read More about A distributed joint sentiment and topic modeling using spark for big opinion mining.

Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions (2017)
Book Chapter
Choi, I. (2017). Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME 2017). MUME

This paper focuses on a methodological framework where the creative design process evolves through iterative cycles. The design process undertakes a complex network of tasks for integrating two domain models: dynamical simulation and musical interact... Read More about Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions.

Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth (2017)
Book Chapter
Ali, A., & Alpaslan, B. (2017). Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth. In M. Yülek (Ed.), Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth (1-23). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3964-5_8-2

This study examines how pro-industry policies and environmental sustainability relate to industrial growth in countries with varying environmental records using a large panel dataset on 104 developing and developed countries over the period 2002–2012... Read More about Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth.

Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Al-Noori, A., Duncan, P., & Li, F. (2017). Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments. In Proceedings: 2017 AES International Conference on Audio Forensics. Audio Engineering Society

Reliability of Speaker Recognition (SR) is crucial for critical applications, especially in adverse acoustic
conditions. Ambient noises and their variations represent a significant challenge for such applications. In this
paper, a new technique is... Read More about Training "on the fly" to improve the performance of speaker recognition in noisy environments.

Effects of occupational health and safety assessment series (OHSAS) standard: A study on core competencies building and organizational learning (2017)
Book Chapter
Kwegyir-Afful, E., Kwegyir-Afful, E., Addo-Tenkorang, R., & Kantola, J. (2017). Effects of occupational health and safety assessment series (OHSAS) standard: A study on core competencies building and organizational learning. In J. Kantola, T. Barath, & S. Nazir (Eds.), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership (395-405). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60372-8_38

Promoting the human factor of every organization is an important component that needs to be continuously up held to build employee competencies. Ultimately, this strengthens the competitiveness and sustainability of the operations within the organiza... Read More about Effects of occupational health and safety assessment series (OHSAS) standard: A study on core competencies building and organizational learning.

Obesity: Maternal (2017)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., Furber, C., & Mills, T. (2017). Obesity: Maternal. In J. L. Buttriss, A. A. Welch, J. M. Kearney, & S. A. Lanham-New (Eds.), Public Health Nutrition (195 - 204). (Second). The Nutrition Society