I have never been to Africa by Phil Sawdon

“…I have never been to Africa…”
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Reports of the hybrid's death have been greatly exaggerated by Jim Saker

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Reactions to victimisation: why has anger been ignored? by Jason Ditton, Stephen Farrall, Jon Bannister, Elisabeth Gilchrist, Ken Pease

“…Reactions to victimisation: why has anger been ignored?…”
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What have historians been arguing about... youth culture? by Marcus Collins

“…British Social History, c.1920–2000 (2023) provides a disarmingly conventional account of youth in the 1960s as ‘mostly better educated and informed than their parents had been at their age [and able] … to find work and to earn good money … Many young adults were keen and confident to challenge what they saw as the mistakes of the older generations.’ …”
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How far have the general principles of ergonomics been understood and applied by libraries? by Donna J. Hayball

“…How far have the general principles of ergonomics been understood and applied by libraries?…”
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Women in mosques: fixating on the number of female imams overlooks the progress that has been made by Line Nyhagen

“…Debate continues in the wake of a high-profile Radio 4 Woman’s Hour interview with Zara Mohammed, the first woman general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. …”
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"Have you been married, or ...?": Eliciting and accounting for relationship histories in speed-dating interaction by Elizabeth Stokoe

“…In the final section, the analysis shows that and how participants treat some relationship histories as more accountable than others (e.g., being never married). …”
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'The rhino horn on display has been replaced by a replica': Museum security in Finland and England by Louise Nicholas, Suzie Thomas

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Disability inclusion in WASH: what has been achieved and how can this help other practitioners? by Wahyu Triwahyudi, Eka Setiawan

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I feel as if I've been able to reinvent myself - a biographical interview with Doreen Massey by Tim Freytag, Michael Hoyler

“…I feel as if I've been able to reinvent myself - a biographical interview with Doreen Massey…”
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Belted driver protection in frontal impact - what has been achieved and where do future priorities lie? by Richard Frampton, Ruth Welsh, Pete Thomas

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W.H. Smith and Son's circulating library by Linda M. Griffiths

“…The literature on these libraries has tended to be dominated by the 'leviathan', Charles Mudie's 'Select Library', whilst comparatively scant attention has been paid to W.H. Smith and Son's library. This has resulted in a neglect of the major and unique contribution made by this library to library history. …”
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Architectural management: exploring definitions and impacts by Stephen Emmitt, Peter Demian, Mohammed Alharbi

“…Since the emergence of the term "architectural management" nearly 50 years ago in the UK there have been very few attempts to define the term, or indeed, the field of knowledge. …”
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Creating assessments that conform to W3C accessibility guidelines by Martin Belton, S. Knopf

“…In these situations, it is vitally important that authors and administrators are rigorous in making sure that their assessments meet the accessibility guidelines that have already been specified by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. …”
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The analysis of airborne acoustics of S.A.W. using neural networks by K.L. Burge, T.J. Harris, Raymond Stroud, John McCardle

“…The paper describes a successful application of a Neural Network hybrid system to determine weld stability in submerged arc welding (S.A.W) through the interpretation of airborne acoustics.…”
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Production of sunflower oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions using nickel microsieves by Marijana M. Dragosavac, Milan N. Sovilj, S.R. Kosvintsev, Richard Holdich, Goran Vladisavljevic

“…In these applications, uniform drops of controlled size are needed to achieve a controlled release at adjustable rates. In this work, O/W emulsions have been prepared by injecting sunflower oil through a flat disc nickel membrane into stirred continuous phase (aqueous solution of Tween® 20 or Pluronic® F-68). …”
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Strengthening the W in WASH: community based water resource management for water security by Lucien Damiba, Richard C. Carter, Vincent Casey, S. Day, Amelie Traore

“…This briefing paper describes the early experiences of a community-based water resources management (CBWRM) initiative carried out by WaterAid in Burkina Faso. …”
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Electroless Ni-W-P alloys as barrier coatings for liquid solder interconnects by Keming Chen, Changqing Liu, David Whalley, David Hutt, Jianfeng Li, Samjid H. Mannan

“…In this paper, binary Ni-P was modified with the co-deposition of a refractory alloying element, tungsten (W), from its soluble metal salt added to the plating bath. …”
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WADA-W: A modified WADA SNR estimator for audio-visual speech recognition by Thum Wei Seong, MZ Ibrahim, David Mulvaney

“…In this study, WADA-white (WADA-W) has been developed, which rebuilds the precomputed look-up table using a white noise profile in combination of our own AVSR database. …”
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Dodecahedral W@WC composite as efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution and Nitrobenzene reduction reactions by Zhao-Yang Chen, Long-Fa Duan, Tian Sheng, Xiao Lin, Ya-Feng Chen, You-Qun Chu, Shi-Gang Sun, Wen-Feng Lin

“…Core-shell composites with strong phase-phase contact could provide an incentive for catalytic activity. A simple yet efficient H2O-mediated method has been developed to synthesize mesoscopic core-shell W@WC architecture with dodecahedral microstructure, via one-pot reaction. …”
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Supporting information for "Dodecahedral W@WC composite as efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution and Nitrobenzene reduction reactions" by Zhao-Yang Chen, Long-Fa Duan, Tian Sheng, Xiao Lin, Ya-Feng Chen, You-Qun Chu, Shi-Gang Sun, Wen-Feng Lin

“…A simple yet efficient H2O-mediated method has been developed to synthesize mesoscopic core-shell W@WC architecture with dodecahedral microstructure, via one-pot reaction. …”
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The impact of failing liquids with liquid surfaces by Iain W. Cumming

“…Both these phenomena have been examined photographically and as a result mechanisms have been proposed for them both. …”
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Transistorised induction heating power supplies using MOSFET's by David W. Tebb

“…The design and layout of a three phase current fed full bridge inverter that can feed 5 kW into an industrially relevant coil at 400 kHz and a single phase 2.5 kW version are described. …”
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Polymer blend miscibility by Peter W. Williams

“…A number of quasi-binary homopolymer blends have been investigated with regard to their miscibility. …”
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Aromatic nitration at high sulphuric acid strengths by John W. Chapman

“…In the last few years, however, much progress has been made arid a better understanding of the processes involved in these systems is now possible. …”
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Ultra-thin film tribology of elastomeric seals in pressurised metered dose inhalers by David W. Grimble

“…The modelling of the device has been conducted within the environment of the multibody dynamics commercial software ADAMS, where a virtual prototype has been built using solid CAD geometries of the valve components. …”
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Mechanism of fluidization by Alec W. Lawson

“…By means of an artificially created discontinuity or parvoid the mechanism of propagation of these parvoids has been studied and a correlation produced which agrees with the data obtained from the naturally occurring parvoids up to a superficial water velocity of 1.5 Umf. …”
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Control of the properties of semiconducting thin films deposited using magnetron sputtering by Gareth W. Hall

“…DC sputtering of silicon in the presence of oxygen, nitrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, and nitrogen and air has been used to produce films of refractive index between 2.27 and 1.45 at rates between 0.5 and 2 nms-1 depending on composition. …”
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Crystal structures of some compounds containing phosphorus–sulphur bonds by G.W. Goodacre

“…A rough structure of tetramethyl diphosphine disulphide had previously been published based on vary limited two-dimensional data, and this structure has been confirmed and refined from three-dimensional data. …”
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The performance of pavement foundations during construction by Matthew W. Frost

“…The laboratory testing shows that the sub grade permanent deformation under cyclic loading (used to simulate construction operations) becomes unstable at a deviator stress of half the deviator stress at failure (0.5qmax)· The stiffness at this applied stress and above is shown to be approaching a consistent value. …”
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Low-resolution watermarking for print security by Khaled W. Mahmoud

“…In this thesis a new approach to digital watermarking printed documents is presented. …”
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Structural characteristics of various types of helically wound cables in bending by Sajjad W. Khan

“…Numerical results have been obtained and analysed for three different 127 mm diameter strands with lay angles of 12°, 18° and 24° respectively, experiencing a wide range of external hydrostatic pressures of 0 to 2,000 metres. …”
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The feasibility of sand-abstraction as a viable method of ground water abstraction by Stephen W. Hussey

“…Despite a perceived potential for this water resource there has been little development of any small-scale technology that is suitable for use at a basic rural level. …”
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An experimental investigation of the lattice-magnetism interactions in rare earth and transition metal compounds by Jonathan W. Taylor

“…Both localised moment systems, as represented by the rare earth compounds Tb2Agln, Pd2Gdln and Cu2Gdln, as well as transition metal compounds, Ni2MnGa and V20 3 have been characterised at low temperatures. …”
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The early age behaviour of concrete industrial ground floor slabs by Jonathan W. Bishop

“…Uncertainties about the true behaviour of industrial floors have been addressed by a programme of in-situ monitoring. …”
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Development of high efficiency dye sensitized solar cells: novel conducting oxides, tandem devices and flexible solar cells by Jake W. Bowers

“…Although electrically and optically of very high quality, the production of DSCs on this material is difficult due to the heat and chemical instability of the film, as well as the poor adhesion of TiO2 on the ITiO surface. Deposition of a interfacial SnO2 layer and a post-deposition annealing treatment in vacuum aided the deposition process, and transparent DSCs of 7.4% have been fabricated. …”
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The use of gel-cast ceramic foams as diesel particulate filters by Steven W. Hughes

“…Interest in diesel particulate reduction technologies has been revived over the past few years as a result of the increased popularity in Europe of diesel passenger cars, due to their superior fuel efficiency and advances made in performance, along with new legislation requiring the reduction of exhaust emission products. …”
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Retailer buyer power in European markets: lessons from grocery supply by Paul W. Dobson

“…These developments have offered consumers increased shopping convenience through superstores offering one-stop shopping for food and other daily consumer goods.1 However, with consumers’ shopping habits changing in favour of these large-store formats the consequence has been a sharp decline in the number of traditional and specialist retailers. …”
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Energy-efficient SOC design technology and methodology by David W. Flynn

“…A canonical System-On-Chip (SOC) design, representative of portable battery powered low-power customer designs, was specified and developed in the first year of the research project and has been extended and developed over the five years. …”
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The effect of mass distribution on cricket bat playing properties by Ashley W. Symes

“…Unlike most major sports, the game of cricket has seen little development in its implements based on modern technologies. It is likely that the first bat was an unfashioned branch from a tree and was used to defend against a suitably round stone in the games from which cricket evolved. …”
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The aerodynamic performance of an annular S-shaped duct by D.W. Bailey

“…Measurements of both the mean flow and turbulent structure have been obtained using both 5 hole pressure probes and a3 component Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) system. …”
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Production data analysis for discrete component manufacture by Richard W. Bagshaw

“…This thesis reports research into a workshop oriented PC-based machine and inspection facility for a contemporary metalworking SME. …”
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Aspects of the biological activity of the schistosomicide oxamniquine by Catherine W. Karekezi

“…Oxamniquine, 6-hydroxymethyl-2-N-isopropylaminomethyl-7-nitro-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroquinoline, is a potent schistosomicide used clinically in the treatment of infections due to Schistosoma mansoni. …”
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