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ProtectED Code of Practice: Introduction & Overview (2017)
Book Chapter
Wootton, A., Marselle, M., Davey, C., Nuttall, B., & Jones, T. (2017). ProtectED Code of Practice: Introduction & Overview. In ProtectED Code of Practice Self Assessment Workbook. University of Salford

Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan (2017)
Book Chapter
in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan. In C. Rowley, & E. Paulet (Eds.), The China business model. London: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100750-1.00007-3

In this chapter, we explores MEH (manager-employee-heterophily) and its organizational influence. MEH refers to a phenomenon in the workplace where managers and employees are from different ethnic backgrounds: the managers are typically expatriates f... Read More about Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan.

Generating a medical dramaturgy : live intersections between intermediality and health (2017)
Book Chapter
McLaughlin, D., & Scott, J. (2017). Generating a medical dramaturgy : live intersections between intermediality and health. In V. Baxter, & K. Low (Eds.), Applied Theatre : Performing Health and Wellbeing. Bloomsbury

This snapshot introduces an intermedial Practice as Research (PaR) project, exploring the intersections between live media practice, disability and health. As part of this collaborative work, we are seeking to discover new ways of formulating and ex... Read More about Generating a medical dramaturgy : live intersections between intermediality and health.

University libraries 2011-2015 (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurst, S. (2017). University libraries 2011-2015. In J. Bowman (Ed.), British Librarianship and Information Work 2011-2015. JH Bowman

Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director (2017)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K., & Willis, A. (2017). Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director. In N. Morris (Ed.), A Companion to Steven Spielberg (466-478). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118726747.ch26

This chapter looks at Steven Spielberg's career at different stages, considering how it can be read as emblematic of the rise of what might be termed the celebrity director. By the early 1970s, when a new young generation of directors found their way... Read More about Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director.

Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests (2017)
Book Chapter
Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Turon, X., & Palacín, C. (2017). Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests. In Marine animal forests : the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots (1-24). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17001-5_52-1

Competition, predation, and facilitation mechanisms are the major drivers of biodiversity and community structure in marine benthic ecosystems. Habitat complexity is a determining factor of faunal richness and biodiversity in these communities. The s... Read More about Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests.

Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial (2017)
Book Chapter
Tharwat, A., Gaber, T., Hassanien, A., & Elnaghi, B. (2017). Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial. In T. Gaber, & A. Hassanien (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Innovations and Trends (614-635). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2229-4.ch026

Optimization algorithms are necessary to solve many problems such as parameter tuning. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is one of these optimization algorithms. The aim of PSO is to search for the optimal solution in the search space. This paper hig... Read More about Particle Swarm Optimization : a tutorial.

Therapeutic endings (2017)
Book Chapter
Amos, I. (2017). Therapeutic endings. In C. Feltham, T. Hanley, & L. Winter (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sage

The fact that the therapeutic relationship will end is an implicit premise from the outset of therapy, and therefore requires specific attention from the counsellor or psychotherapist. Endings have been identified as a fundamental concept within psy... Read More about Therapeutic endings.

Therapeutic beginnings (2017)
Book Chapter
Amos, I. (2017). Therapeutic beginnings. In C. Feltham, T. Hanley, & L. Winter (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sage

For anyone who is interested in the process of therapy, or contemplated undertaking a training course in counselling or psychotherapy, it is quite possible that the question of ‘how therapy goes’ has been considered. Whilst it is not possible to pred... Read More about Therapeutic beginnings.

Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi (2017)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2017). Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi. In A. Chiaramonte, & A. Wilson (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2017 (143-166). Bologna: Il Mulino

On 4 December 2016, Italians voted on a significant constitutional reform proposal, only the third constitutional reform proposal in the history of the Italian Republic. The proposal promised to rewrite about a third of the Constitution. They were pr... Read More about Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi.

Moving forward : opportunities and challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Lockwood, K., Smith, K., & Woodiwiss, J. (2017). Moving forward : opportunities and challenges. In J. Woodiwiss, K. SMith, & K. Lockwood (Eds.), Feminist narrative research : opportunities and challenges (207-213). London: Palgrave Macmillan

Listening to Mum : narratives of mothers in prison (2017)
Book Chapter
Lockwood, K. (2017). Listening to Mum : narratives of mothers in prison. In J. Woodiwiss, K. Smith, & K. Lockwood (Eds.), Feminist narrative research : opportunities and challenges (123-146). London: Palgrave Macmillan

Visual control of adaptive locomotion and changes due to natural ageing (2017)
Book Chapter
Hollands, M., Hollands, K., & Rietdyk, S. (2017). Visual control of adaptive locomotion and changes due to natural ageing. In F. Barbieri,, & R. Vitório (Eds.), Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults (55-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48980-3_5

This chapter will review current theories of how adults use vision to guide adaptations to the basic locomotor rhythm in order to cope with environmental demands, e.g. to step over an obstacle in our path or to guide the foot to specific safe area... Read More about Visual control of adaptive locomotion and changes due to natural ageing.

High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control (2017)
Book Chapter
Mahboubi, S., Milella, F., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2017). High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989688

Grasping an object in the presence of unpredictable disturbances and with no previous knowledge of the geometry and mass distribution of it represents a significant challenge in Robotics. Also, grasping an object with sufficient force to prevent... Read More about High-performing adaptive grasp for a robotic gripper using super twisting sliding mode control.