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Paws for dementia (2021)
Book Chapter
Riley, C., Campbell, S., & Clark, A. (2021). Paws for dementia. In M. Hammond, & N. Saunders (Eds.), A design for life : urban practices for an age-friendly city (76-79). Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University Press

The importance of social programmes that activate
the built environment, responding to the diverse
(social, medical or cultural) needs and aspirations of
older people.

Dementia in neighbourhoods (2021)
Book Chapter
Campbell, S., & Clark, A. (2021). Dementia in neighbourhoods. In M. Hammond, & N. Saunders (Eds.), A design for life : urban practices for an age-friendly city (73-75). Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University Press

The importance of interactions, activities and environments for improving quality of life for people living with dementia and their carers.

Chapitre 4. Guérilla jardinière, résistance et espace public (Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space) (2021)
Book Chapter
(Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space). In L. Granchamp, & S. Glatron (Eds.), Militantismes et potagers (Activists and vegetable gardens). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion

There is a small but emerging area of research that explores the impact of ‘guerrilla gardening’, an activity which involves actors occupying land, often in the public realm, without permission. Whilst several recent studies have charted the impact o... Read More about Chapitre 4. Guérilla jardinière, résistance et espace public (Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space).

Proceedings of Pathways to Resilient Zero Carbon Cities Conference, 12-13th July 2021 (2021)
Book Chapter
Jankovic, L. (2021). Proceedings of Pathways to Resilient Zero Carbon Cities Conference, 12-13th July 2021. In Pathways to Resilient Zero Carbon Cities

Due to the increasing risks from global warming, optimising our cities to cut carbon emissions to zero before 2050 is seen as one of the prerequisites for a sustainable world. In response to this challenge, a number of world cities have declared carb... Read More about Proceedings of Pathways to Resilient Zero Carbon Cities Conference, 12-13th July 2021.

Mental health in early life (2021)
Book Chapter
Foster, C., & Ayodeji, E. (2021). Mental health in early life. In A. Chadwick, & N. Murphy (Eds.), Mental Health, A non-specialist introduction for nursing and health care. Lantern Publishing

After reading this chapter you will be able to:
Understand the relationship between mental health problems and child development

Describe the legal framework that guides working with children and young people who have mental health needs

Be... Read More about Mental health in early life.

The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale (2021)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D., & Fletcher, G. (2021). The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale. In M. Goedicke, E. Neuhold, & K. Rannenberg (Eds.), Advancing Research in Information and Communication Technology : IFIP's exciting first 60+ years, views from the Technical Committees and Working Groups (363-380). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81701-5_15

In this chapter we briefly recount the history of the Human Choice and Computers conference series, and of Technical Committee 9, and show that not only has there been a marked focus, over more than four decades, on a critical and sociotechnical appr... Read More about The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale.

Compliant pneumatic muscle structures and systems for extra-vehicular and intra-vehicular activities in space environments (2021)
Book Chapter
Kihara, S., Al-Ibadi, A., Al-Fahaam, H., El-Hussieny, H., Davis, S., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Patrouix, P. (2021). Compliant pneumatic muscle structures and systems for extra-vehicular and intra-vehicular activities in space environments. In Y. Gao (Ed.), Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technologies, advances and applications (43-76). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE131E_ch3

In space environments, astronauts have duties that need to be addressed and some of them can be overwhelming, especially considering, in most cases, the crew members in the space station are normally a few. This can be resolved by accompanying the as... Read More about Compliant pneumatic muscle structures and systems for extra-vehicular and intra-vehicular activities in space environments.

Mental Health in adulthood (2021)
Book Chapter
McGlynn, L., Murphy, N., & Allen, S. (2021). Mental Health in adulthood. In A. Chadwick, & N. Murphy (Eds.), Mental Health : a non-specialist introduction for nursing and health care (83-99). Lantern

Nursing and caring for individuals with mental health problems (2021)
Book Chapter
Burns, E., Street, E., Allen, S., & Bluff, L. (2021). Nursing and caring for individuals with mental health problems. In A. Chadwick, & N. Murphy (Eds.), Mental Health : a non-specialist introduction for nursing and health care (43-62). Lantern

Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed (2021)
Book Chapter
Price, A. D., Cook, P. A., & Mukherjee, R. A. S. Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73966-9_2

Some historical clues suggest an ancient understanding that alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy, but these may have been overstated. Further evidence appears during times of widespread alcohol use in the middle ages, but the current understand... Read More about Overview of FASD: How Our Understanding of FASD Has Progressed.

Big data HE communities : could Twitter support UK universities amid the COVID-19 transition? (2021)
Book Chapter
Edghiem, F., & Abualqumboz, M. (2021). Big data HE communities : could Twitter support UK universities amid the COVID-19 transition?. In M. Ali (Ed.), Remote Work and Sustainable Changes for the Future of Global Business (33-44). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7513-0.ch003

This chapter intends to explore the use of the Twitter social media platform as a microblog to share COVID-19 prescribed knowledge through observing the Twitter accounts of the five most student-populated UK universities. The chapter provides valuabl... Read More about Big data HE communities : could Twitter support UK universities amid the COVID-19 transition?.

The social and economic context (2021)
Book Chapter
Hickson, K., & Williams, B. (2021). The social and economic context. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (Tenth edition) (62-81). UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4

his chapter analyses the changing social and economic context of British politics. The study of politics would have included a legal and historical discussion of the constitution and the major political institutions such as the monarchy, the Houses o... Read More about The social and economic context.

Women’s representation in politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Wolchik, S., & Chiva, M. (2021). Women’s representation in politics. In K. Fábián, J. Johnson, & M. Lazda (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (441-449). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138347762-74

This chapter argues that in order to understand the historical trajectory of women’s representation in politics in Central-Eastern Europe since the collapse of state socialism, it is important to focus on the interaction of two main factors: the pers... Read More about Women’s representation in politics.

System of systems as a solution to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 (2021)
Book Chapter
Yousuf, H., Zainal, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). System of systems as a solution to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. In A. Hassanien, S. Elghamrawy, & I. Zelinka (Eds.), Advances in Data Science and Intelligent Data Communication Technologies for COVID-19 : innovative solutions against COVID-19 (77-91). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77302-1_5

System of systems is a compilation of systems that focus on a specific task or a system by combining multiple resources to create complicated task-oriented or dedicated systems that combine their resources and skills to develop a new, more complicate... Read More about System of systems as a solution to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.

The influence of YouTube videos on the learning experience of disabled people during the COVID-19 outbreak (2021)
Book Chapter
Tahat, K., Al-Sarayrah, W., Salloum, S., Habes, M., & Ali, S. (2022). The influence of YouTube videos on the learning experience of disabled people during the COVID-19 outbreak. In A. Hassanien, S. Elghamrawy, & I. Zelinka (Eds.), Advances in Data Science and Intelligent Data Communication Technologies for COVID-19 : innovative solutions against COVID-19 (239-252). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77302-1_13

A record number of individuals are not attending educational institutions during the Covid-19 outbreak. This situation is highly thought-provoking, yet; the use of new media technology can overcome this challenge. In this regard, this chapter investi... Read More about The influence of YouTube videos on the learning experience of disabled people during the COVID-19 outbreak.

How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth (2021)
Book Chapter
Sant, T. (2021). How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth. In Media, Technology and Education in a Post-Truth Society: From Fake News, Datafication and Mass Surveillance to the Death of Trust (133–143). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-906-120211010

The world's most popular noncommercial website is built on five pillars, which include an assumption of good faith and ensuring all points of view are included in every encyclopedia article. How does this pan out in the day-to-day reality of fake new... Read More about How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth.

Grasping the social life of documents in human service practice (2021)
Book Chapter
Whitaker, E. (2021). Grasping the social life of documents in human service practice. In K. Jacobsson, & J. Gubrium (Eds.), Doing Human Service Ethnography (83-99). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.47674/9781447355809

Human service work of all kinds is full of documentation; it is central to the creation and maintenance of the work itself and to stabilising local professional cultures and identities. Yet, all too often, practices of authorship and readership are o... Read More about Grasping the social life of documents in human service practice.