Determination of the bending stiffness for a spiral strand by Mohammed Raoof, T.J. Davies

“…Beyond a certain limit of this ratio, plane sections do not remain plane and, depending on the level of axial tension and imposed radius of curvature, interlayer slippage takes place, starting from the outer layer and spreading towards the centre of the strand. …”
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Structural characteristics of various types of helically wound cables in bending by Sajjad W. Khan

“…The primary aim of this research was to investigate the bending behaviour of helically wound steel cables of various types (i.e. normal spiral strands, sheathed spiral strands and locked coil cables) in the presence of friction and to propose more efficient computational models for their analysis under combined tension and bending. …”
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Body size affects the vertical movement of benthic amphipods through subsurface sediments in response to drying by C Patel, AN Vadher, Kate Mathers, Ciara Dwyer, Paul Wood

“…Larger amphipods were more likely to become stranded above the waterline. Amphipods migrated to greater depths during faster water level reduction rates with smaller individuals displaying greater overall movement. …”
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Popular resistance and the idea of rights by Guy Aitchison

“…I examine an early radical strand of natural rights thinking as articulated by the English Levellers. …”
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A spectrum of pedagogical awareness for undergraduate mathematics: from "tricks" to "techniques" by Elena Nardi, Barbara Jaworski, Stephen Hegedus

“…We exemplify the four levels of SPA, across these three strands, in 12 characteristic examples where tutors discuss episodes from the observed tutorials. …”
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Identification of road user related risk factors, deliverable 4.1 of the H2020 project SafetyCube. by Rachel Talbot, E. Aigner-Breuss, S. Kaiser, R. Alfonsi, E. Braun, A. Eichhorn, V. Etienne, Ashleigh Filtness, C. Gabaude, Charles Goldenbeld, M. Hay, M. Jansch, J. Leblud, B. Leskovsek, L. Paire-Ficourt, Eleonora Papadimitriou, M. Pilgerstorfer, K. Russwurm, J. Sandin, A. Soteropoulos, N. Strand, Athanasios Theofilatos, Ingrid van Schagen, George Yannis, A. Ziakopoulos

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Research does matter: as illustrated by the posters at the National Annual Conference by Lorraine Cale, Anne Chappell

“…The presentations offered an opportunity for both new and experienced researchers to share their recently completed research, or work in progress, as part of the research strand. The posters were very well received and facilitated fruitful discussions about research with colleagues in a relatively informal and relaxed setting. …”
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Neo-institutional theory and institutional change : executive share options in Germany by Amon Chizema

“…However, recent developments in neo-institutional theory, under a combination of the New Institutional Sociology strand and the Old Institutional Economics strand identify the circumstances in which change is likely to occur, and this theory is developed to produce hypotheses in relation to governance changes. …”
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Further evidence on the determinants of audit pricing in universities by Bai Xue, Noel O'Sullivan

“…The study contributes to a fledgling strand of research examining audit pricing in the public sector. …”
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Approaches to cognitive stimulation in the prevention of dementia by Nils Niederstrasser, Eef Hogervorst, Eleftheria Giannouli, Stephan Bandelow

“…Therefore, rather than focusing on a few high-level categories, it might be beneficial to examine the efficacy of more basic cognitive intervention ingredients, which form the building blocks of complex multi-strand cognitive intervention strategies. …”
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The merits of peer group review as a component in the assessment of design and technology project work in education by Clive Mockford

“…An important aspect of these methods concerns the provision of effective and efficient strategies for delivering high quality feedback to students, communicating performance levels and supportive advice. In Technology education, a well established research strand has focused attention towards the assessment of design and technology capability, particularly linked to school based activities and examination performance. …”
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Women publishers of puritan literature in the mid-seventeenth century: three case studies by Maureen Bell

“…Mary Westwood's career reveals a level of publishing outside the London book trade and concerned exclusively with a Quaker market largely in-the provinces. …”
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Conceptualizing the relationship between personal values and sustainability—a TMO case study by Mohammad Rickaby, Jacqueline Glass, Scott Fernie

“…Sustainability is associated with many contemporary challenges facing society, prompting sustainability initiatives and research in this field. An emerging strand of research has sought to investigate sustainability as a function of values. …”
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Towards a Postphenomenological Approach to Wearable Technology through Design Journeys by Pauline van Dongen, Ron Wakkary, Oscar Tomico, Stephen Wensveen

“…Both approaches seem to hinder the intersection of digital technologies and textiles on a material and embodied level. While the role of wearable technologies in the everyday could benefit from it. …”
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'Response to Stanley Cavell's The World Viewed' by Paul Jenner

“…Both of these strands develop preoccupations and discoveries found in Cavell’s reception of ordinary language philosophy. …”
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Nanotechnology in construction and demolition: What we know, what we don’t by Alistair Gibb, Wendy Jones, Chris Goodier, Phillip D. Bust, Mo Song, Jie Jin

“…Some long and very thin strands might act like asbestos if they are inhaled, for instance. …”
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Vertical movements through subsurface stream sediments by benthic macroinvertebrates during experimental drying are influenced by sediment characteristics and species traits by Atish N. Vadher, Catherine Leigh, Jonathan Millett, Rachel Stubbington, Paul Wood

“…Most individuals of species with a weaker subsurface affinity (i.e. the benthic grazer Heptagenia sulphurea and the filter-feeder Hydropsyche siltalai) became stranded as water levels were reduced in all sediment treatments. …”
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Disruption of emergency response to vulnerable populations during floods by Dapeng Yu, Jie Yin, Robert Wilby, Stuart N. Lane, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Ning Lin, Min Liu, Hongyong Yuan, Jianguo Chen, Christel Prudhomme, Mingfu Guan, Avinoam Baruch, Charlie W. D. Johnson, Xi Tang, Lizhong Yu, Shiyuan Xu

“…The results provide opportunities to identify hotspots of vulnerability (such as care homes, sheltered accommodation, nurseries and schools) for optimizing the distribution of response stations and developing contingency plans for stranded sites.…”
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Sources of literature on data protection and human rights by Adam Warren, James A. Dearnley, Charles Oppenheim

“…Additionally, sources of information regarding legal text, current awareness and so-called 'grey literature' have been discussed and analysed. …”
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Monitoring aptamer-protein interactions using Tunable Resistive Pulse Sensing by Emily R. Billinge, Murray Broom, Mark Platt

“…Aptamers are short single-stranded pieces of DNA or RNA capable of binding to analytes with specificity and high affinity. …”
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A UK minimum digital living standard for households with children by Chloe Blackwell, Abigail Davis, Katherine Hill, Matt Padley, Simeon Yates

“…A full report including other strands of the research will be published at the end of the project. …”
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Capacity strengthening in sanitation : benefits of a long-term collaboration with a utility and research institute by Magalie Bassan, Linda Strande

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The meaning professionals give to management... and strategy by John McAuley, Joanne Duberley, Laurie Cohen

“…It is our belief that this paper will be of interest at two levels. At a specific level, little appears to exist with regard to understanding of the management of research scientists working in the public sector environment. …”
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Dreaming sustainability, realising utopia: ‘convergence’ and ‘divergence’ in art and design practice by Robert G. Harland, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Gillian Whiteley

“…Or is it also related to the financial/economical, technical, environmental/public health, institutional, and policy/legal aspects of waste management frameworks? This paper makes explicit the potential for specific socially-engaged art practices to contribute to a waste discourse about re-purpose, re-use and appropriation. …”
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Balancing looked after children's protective, provisional and participatory rights in research, policy and practice by Emily R. Munro

“…Children s participation rights are also constrained due to assumptions about the (in)capacities of younger children to express their wishes and feelings. In this context parents rights tend to be prioritised at the expense of the rights of the child. …”
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Scientific and technological literacy and UNESCO Project 2000+: and agenda for curriculum and professional development in Nigeria by Eric Parkinson

“…Scientific and technological literacy (STL) are key strands in Project 2000+, which is co-ordinated by UNESCO. …”
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Is Prevent doomed to fail? A qualitative study of perceptions towards the United Kingdom Prevent strategy 2011-2021 by Sean Calvin

“…The Prevent strategy is one of the four delivery strands for countering domestic and international terrorism under the United Kingdom’s (UK) national counterterrorism strategy, Contest (HM Government, 2018). …”
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The role of good regulatory practice (GRP) in the Malaysian water services industry by Tini Yahya

“…Both strands of findings are interpreted in relation to quality and reliability of water services either in or outside the water services regulation framework.…”
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Estimating safely managed sanitation in urban areas; lessons learned from a global implementation of excreta-flow diagrams by Andy Peal, Barbara Evans, Sangaralingam Ahilan, Radu Ban, Isabel Blackett, Peter Hawkins, Lars Schoebitz, Rebecca Scott, Andy Sleigh, Linda Strande, Oscar Veses

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An analysis of the implementation of Clubmark and two associated policies in boxing, swimming and rugby union by Alex J. Thurston

“…Available NGB capacity to offer VSC support proved to be pivotal for implementation success in addition to the ability of the NGBs recognising the range of contextual constraints, which limited VSCs in the implementation process. At the club-level, motivation and willingness of VSC compliance for the three main policy strands varied across sports and clubs, which demonstrated how the role of the VSC members, as implementing agents, was fundamental in the policy process. …”
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Minimally invasive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by detecting microRNA using a quartz crystal resonator by Sam Swarbrick

“…The RNA from the post-mortem brain samples were isolated and the change in miRNA levels were determined using PCR and the ΔΔct method. …”
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Researchers’ green Open Access practice: a cross-disciplinary analysis by Valerie Spezi, Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Stephen Probets, Sonya White

“…The article identifies disciplinary patterns of behaviour at the level of the Medical sciences, Life sciences, Physical sciences & mathematics, and Social sciences, humanities & arts in order to better understand the role of OARs in the scholarly communication landscape.…”
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