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Designing video games for history classrooms (2022)
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History is very much present in children's lives through a myriad of cultural products varying from TV shows, historical fiction books, films and video games. The latter undoubtedly has become one of the most popular engagements with the past for new... Read More about Designing video games for history classrooms.

Complex lives : exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during Covid-19 (2022)
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Exploring Universal Credit (UC) in Salford is a qualitative longitudinal project delivered by the Salford Anti-Poverty Taskforce; a research and knowledge exchange partnership between the University of Salford and Salford City Council. The project be... Read More about Complex lives : exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during Covid-19.

Social security during Covid-19: The experiences of military veterans (2022)
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Research published prior to Covid-19 has illustrated some of the difficulties that veterans can experience within the benefits. Drawing upon unique insights from the UK’s first substantive qualitative research focusing on veterans within the benefits... Read More about Social security during Covid-19: The experiences of military veterans.

Welfare at a (social) distance : accessing social security and employment support during the Covid-19 and its aftermath (2022)
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This chapter reflects on both our key findings and our experiences of undertaking the research during the pandemic. First, we examine the experiences of claimants, focusing specifically on Universal Credit (UC) and those who were engaging with the be... Read More about Welfare at a (social) distance : accessing social security and employment support during the Covid-19 and its aftermath.

Social Policy (2022)
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This chapter seeks to examine Neil Kinnock's approach to social policy during his nine-year stint as Labour Leader, incorporating two general elections, his own personal values, specific aspects and areas within this policy sphere, as well as analysi... Read More about Social Policy.

Memories of family events and their resonance in a Lancashire park space (2022)
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Based on interviews and field visits with park users, this chapter explores how family events have been formed and deposited as memories that continue to resonate in a Lancashire park space. The chapter draws our attention to the importance of everyd... Read More about Memories of family events and their resonance in a Lancashire park space.

Active Buildings: Concept, Definition, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Literature Review (2022)
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Due to the energy crisis and air pollution issues, energy-saving and demand flexibility in buildings have received significant attention in recent years since buildings are a large energy consumer sector in the today’s world. For this aim, the conven... Read More about Active Buildings: Concept, Definition, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Literature Review.

Active Buildings Demand Response: Provision and Aggregation (2022)
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Nowadays, the world is facing energy crisis and environmental issues. This is why the energy demand is increasing in different energy sections. The buildings as a large energy consumer are critical to face with these issues. To overcome these challen... Read More about Active Buildings Demand Response: Provision and Aggregation.

Race (2022)
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An Introduction to Sociology is your essential guide to understanding the social forces that shape our lives and the world around us.

This innovative textbook introduces you to the key theories, themes, and concepts in the discipline of sociology... Read More about Race.

Race and racialised crime (2022)
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Cholesterol transport in blood, lipoproteins, and cholesterol metabolism (2022)
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Mc Auley, M. T., & Morgan, A. E. (2022). Cholesterol transport in blood, lipoproteins, and cholesterol metabolism. . Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85857-1.00025-0

The aim of this chapter is to critically discuss recent work which has focused on the dynamics of cholesterol transport and its intersection with health. Firstly, we provide an overview of the main lipoproteins, and their role in whole-body cholester... Read More about Cholesterol transport in blood, lipoproteins, and cholesterol metabolism.

Reflexive ethnography (2022)
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Reflexivity refers to the fact that the perspectives and methods of the social sciences construct the phenomena that are studied. Reflexivity is not a matter of choice nor is it a researcher virtue. Ethnographic research needs to take account of the... Read More about Reflexive ethnography.

Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works (2022)
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Nevell, M. Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (274-290). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.8

This chapter looks at the development of mechanical engineering and integrated engineering works in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. It focusses on the main buildings on the sites, including pattern shop, foundry and forge, fit... Read More about Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works.

The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain (2022)
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Nevell, M. The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (323-340). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.7

This chapter deals with the physical remains of the iron and steel industry in Britain. The focus is on extraction and processing rather than the products. The archaeological evidence spans the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, but with an emphas... Read More about The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain.

Global Communications, 1561 to 2016 (2022)
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Linge, N. Global Communications, 1561 to 2016. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (425-444). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.44

This chapter explores how the UK has always been at the forefront of global communications. It starts with packet ships that were used to carry handwritten messages across the oceans of the world and established Falmouth in Cornwall as an internation... Read More about Global Communications, 1561 to 2016.

Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain (2022)
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Nevell, M. Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (507-528). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.32

This chapter focuses on the archaeological and standing buildings evidence for industrial housing directly associated with industry and urbanization in Britain during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Such housing was a neces... Read More about Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain.

Warehouses <i>c</i>.1770 to 1914 (2022)
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Nevell, M. Warehouses c.1770 to 1914. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (445-456). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.28

This chapter covers the new warehouse types of the industrial period in Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This includes those commercial building types involved with the short- to medium-term storage and distrib... Read More about Warehouses <i>c</i>.1770 to 1914.

The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry (2022)
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Palmer, M., & Nevell, M. The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry. In The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (74-94). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.10

This chapter concentrates on the archaeology of the coal industry within Britain, with a focus on extraction, processing, and transport, while placing the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century industrial remains within a wider European cont... Read More about The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry.

A systematic review of information technologies to assist policymaking in crisis management (2022)
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Ali, M. (2022). A systematic review of information technologies to assist policymaking in crisis management. In Future Role of Sustainable Innovative Technologies in Crisis Management (1-12). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9815-3.ch001

The COVID-19 crisis has engulfed several countries, leaving policymakers perplexed and unprepared to deal with the situation. Choosing the most appropriate course of action has become more challenging as a result of the infection and its effects on t... Read More about A systematic review of information technologies to assist policymaking in crisis management.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a decision-making tool to control crisis situations (2022)
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Ali, M., & Trevor Wood-Harper, A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a decision-making tool to control crisis situations. In Future Role of Sustainable Innovative Technologies in Crisis Management (71-83). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9815-3.ch006

Recent events have emphasised the critical nature of making key decisions with the support of innovative technologies to manage crises. This chapter will review pertinent literature on crisis management and existing categorizations or typologies befo... Read More about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a decision-making tool to control crisis situations.