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Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study (2007)
Journal Article
Posel, D., Kahn, K., & Walker, L. (2007). Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study. Scandinavian journal of public health, 35(SUPPL. 69), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/14034950701356443

Aims: To examine how a rural community profoundly affected by escalating rates of largely AIDS-related deaths of young and middle-aged people makes sense of this phenomenon and its impact on their everyday lives. Methods: Data were collected in Aginc... Read More about Living with death in a time of AIDS: A rural South African case study.

The polynomial degree of the Grassmannian G1,n,2 (2006)
Journal Article
Shaw, R., & Gordon, N. A. (2006). The polynomial degree of the Grassmannian G1,n,2. Designs, codes, and cryptography, 39(2), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-005-4524-4

For a subset ψ of PG(N, 2) a known result states that ψ has polynomial degree ≤ r, r ≤ N, if and only if ψ intersects every r-flat of PG(N, 2) in an odd number of points. Certain refinements of this result are considered, and are then applied in the... Read More about The polynomial degree of the Grassmannian G1,n,2.

Partial spreads in PG(4,2) and flats in PG(9,2) external to the Grassmannian G1,4,2 (2005)
Journal Article
Shaw, R., Gordon, N. A., & Maks, J. G. (2005). Partial spreads in PG(4,2) and flats in PG(9,2) external to the Grassmannian G1,4,2. Discrete Mathematics, 301(1), 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2004.11.023

We consider the following 'even hyperplane construction'of flats in the projective space PG(9, 2) = P(boolean AND(2) V(5, 2)) which are external to the Grassmannian G(1,4,2) of lines of PG(4,2). Let the Grassmann image in G(1,4,2) of a partial spread... Read More about Partial spreads in PG(4,2) and flats in PG(9,2) external to the Grassmannian G1,4,2.

Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994 (2005)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2005). Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994. Culture, health & sexuality, 7(3), 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691050410001713215

Liberal versions of sexuality, which mark South Africa's new democracy, have had a number of highly contradictory consequences for women and men, as old notions of masculinity and male privilege have been destabilized. The transition to democracy has... Read More about Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994.

The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession (2005)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2005). The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(2), 348-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870420000315889

This article explores meanings of whiteness through a case study of the South African Society of Medical Women [SASMW]. It unpacks the social meanings attached to being a white woman doctor in South Africa under apartheid, through an analysis of the... Read More about The colour white: racial and gendered closure in the South African medical profession.

The quintic Grassmannian g(1,4,2) in PG(9,2) (2004)
Journal Article
Shaw, R., & Gordon, N. (2004). The quintic Grassmannian g(1,4,2) in PG(9,2). Designs, codes, and cryptography, 32(1-3), 381 - 396. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3ADESI.0000029236.10701.61

The 155 points of the Grassmannian g(1,4,2) of lines of PG(4,2) = PV(5,2) are those points x is an element of PG(9,2) = P(boolean AND V-2(5,2)) which satisfy a certain quintic equation Q(x) = 0. (The quintic polynomial Q is given explicitly in Shaw a... Read More about The quintic Grassmannian g(1,4,2) in PG(9,2).

The social reality of the imaginary audience: A grounded theory approach (2003)
Journal Article
Bromnick, R. D., & Bell, J. H. (2003). The social reality of the imaginary audience: A grounded theory approach. Adolescence -San Diego-, 38(150), 205-219

Traditional approaches to understanding the imaginary audience are challenged in this study. Three hundred sixty-one British schoolchildren (aged 14 and 15 years) were asked to express their worries and concerns, using grounded theory methodology. Qu... Read More about The social reality of the imaginary audience: A grounded theory approach.

The identification of environments and cultures that promote the abuse of people with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature (2003)
Journal Article
White, C., Holland, E., Marsland, D., & Oakes, P. (2003). The identification of environments and cultures that promote the abuse of people with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00147.x

Background The present paper examines the literature regarding abuse within long-stay hospitals and community-based residences for people with intellectual disabilities. Methods Research and policy developments are reviewed, and concerns regarding th... Read More about The identification of environments and cultures that promote the abuse of people with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature.

Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hård Af Segerstad, Y., Bell, J., Giaxoglou, K., Pitsillides, S., & Yeshua-Katz, D. Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement. Presented at Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers., 2020

The notion that ‘death is a taboo’ pervades private, public and academic discourses around death, dying and bereavement in contemporary Western societies. The rise of digital media within the last decades further complicates the appreciation of the s... Read More about Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement.