From periphery to periphery: The Pennants' Jamaican plantations and industrialisation in North Wales, 1771-1812
(2011)
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Burnard, T. (2011). From periphery to periphery: The Pennants' Jamaican plantations and industrialisation in North Wales, 1771-1812. In H. Bowen (Ed.), Wales and the British Overseas Empire : Interactions and Influences, 1650-1830 (114-142). Manchester University Press
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Commerciality and the construction of commercial contracts. Some observations on the use of legal reasoning (2011)
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Barnes, R. (2011). Commerciality and the construction of commercial contracts. Some observations on the use of legal reasoning. In G. Villalta Puig, & C. Twigg-Flesner (Eds.), The Boundaries of Commercial and Trade Law (179 - 204). Sellier European Law Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783866539198
Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules (2011)
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Gilroy, P., & Gilroy, P. (2012). Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules. In D. N. Aspin, R. Bagnall, K. Evans, J. Chapman, D. N. Aspin, J. D. Chapman, K. Evans, & R. Bagnall (Eds.), Second International Handbook of Lifelong Learning (51-59). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2360-3_3Any novice to the literature of lifelong learning cannot help but discern two threads that weave their way through the material. The first is what appears to be the inherent ambiguity of the term, and the second the focus on learning, however defined... Read More about Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules.
Vengeance and furies: existential dilemmas in penal decision-making (2011)
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Green, S. (2011). Vengeance and furies: existential dilemmas in penal decision-making. In J. Hardie-Bick, & R. Lippens (Eds.), Crime, Governance and Existential Predicaments (61-84). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230343184_4For over two and a half thousand years the Western intellectual tradition has been dominated by a philosopy that saw knowledge and reason as the route by which understanding and progress could be achieved. Since Socrates ruminated in ancient Athens t... Read More about Vengeance and furies: existential dilemmas in penal decision-making.
Inclusion, place and disadvantage in the English education system (2011)
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Dyson, A., Kerr, K., & Jones, L. (2011). Inclusion, place and disadvantage in the English education system. In Inclusive education: examining equity on five continents (69 - 88). Harvard Education Press
Carbon nanotubes applications: Solar and fuel cells, hydrogen storage, lithium batteries, supercapacitors, nanocomposites, gas, pathogens, dyes, heavy metals and pesticides (2011)
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Tan, C. W., Tan, K. H., Ong, Y. T., Mohamed, A. R., Zein, S. H. S., & Tan, S. H. (2012). Carbon nanotubes applications: Solar and fuel cells, hydrogen storage, lithium batteries, supercapacitors, nanocomposites, gas, pathogens, dyes, heavy metals and pesticides. In E. Lichtfouse, J. Schwarzbauer, & D. Robert (Eds.), Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, Volume 1: Nanotechnology and Health Risk (3-46). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2442-6_1Energy and environment are major global issues inducing environmental pollution. Energy generation from conventional fossil fuels has been identified as the main culprit of environmental degradation from global warming effects, in addition to environ... Read More about Carbon nanotubes applications: Solar and fuel cells, hydrogen storage, lithium batteries, supercapacitors, nanocomposites, gas, pathogens, dyes, heavy metals and pesticides.
The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (2011)
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Lonsdale, D. J. (2011). The Campaigns of Alexander the Great. In J. A. Olsen, & C. S. Gray (Eds.), The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present (15-35). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199608638.003.0002By the time of his death in 323 BC, Alexander the Great had added the Persian Empire to Macedon's European territories, thus controlling most of the world as known to the ancient Greeks. In Chapter 1, David J. Lonsdale examines Alexander's campaigns... Read More about The Campaigns of Alexander the Great.
Big men, small horses: Ridership, social standing and environmental adaptation in the early modern philippines (2011)
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Bankoff, G. (2012). Big men, small horses: Ridership, social standing and environmental adaptation in the early modern philippines. In P. Edwards, K. A. Enenkel, & E. Graham (Eds.), The Horse as Cultural Icon: The Real and Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World (99-120). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004222427_005
Thomas Jefferson and a summary view of the rights of British North America (2011)
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Ray, K. (2011). Thomas Jefferson and a summary view of the rights of British North America. In F. D. Cogliano (Ed.), A companion to Thomas Jefferson (32-43). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444344639.ch3
Keeping it in the Family: Conducting Research Interviews with your own Family Members (2011)
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Seymour, J. (2011). Keeping it in the Family: Conducting Research Interviews with your own Family Members. In Researching Families and Relationships: Reflections on Process (90 - 92). Palgrave MacmillanAs a family researcher I am writing about a project which came literally close to home; one that involved interviewing members of my own family. I focus mostly on the process of interviewing them and the issues that emerged from this. I also talk b... Read More about Keeping it in the Family: Conducting Research Interviews with your own Family Members.
Integrated application of compositional and behavioural safety analysis (2011)
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Sharvia, S., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2011). Integrated application of compositional and behavioural safety analysis. In W. Zamojski, J. Kacprzyk, J. Mazurkiewicz, J. Sugier, & T. Walkowiak (Eds.), Dependable Computer Systems (179-192). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21393-9_14The design complexity of modern safety critical systems presents various challenges for its safety assessment process. In recent years, Model-Based Safety Analysis (MBSA) has been proposed to achieve more-robust and effective safety assessment techni... Read More about Integrated application of compositional and behavioural safety analysis.
A Multiple Ant Colony Optimisation Approach for a Multi-objective Manufacturing Rescheduling Problem (2011)
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Kumar, V., Mishra, N., Chan, F. T. S., Kumar, N., & Verma, A. (2011). A Multiple Ant Colony Optimisation Approach for a Multi-objective Manufacturing Rescheduling Problem. In L. Wang, A. H. Ng, & K. Deb (Eds.), Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing (343-361). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-652-8_12Manufacturing scheduling is a well-known complex optimisation problem. A flexible manufacturing system on one side eases the manufacturing processes but on the other hand it increases the complexity in the decision making processes. This complexity f... Read More about A Multiple Ant Colony Optimisation Approach for a Multi-objective Manufacturing Rescheduling Problem.
The Roman des Franceis of Andrew de Coutances: significance, text and translation (2011)
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Crouch, D. (2011). The Roman des Franceis of Andrew de Coutances: significance, text and translation. In Normandy and its neighbours, 900-1250. Essays for David Bates (175 - 198). Turnhout
Pakistan's post-test nuclear use doctrine (2011)
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Chakma, B. (2011). Pakistan's post-test nuclear use doctrine. In B. Chakma (Ed.), The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia (75-90). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554334This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the debate on the impact of this development, particularly on the issue of whether overt nuclearisation has injected a dose of stability in an otherwise unstable region or has added more instability. It p... Read More about Pakistan's post-test nuclear use doctrine.
South Asia's nuclear deterrence and the USA (2011)
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Chakma, B. (2011). South Asia's nuclear deterrence and the USA. In B. Chakma (Ed.), The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia (113-136). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554334This chapter explains the rationale, essence and practicality of tripartite measures to reduce nuclear dangers and undertake confidence-building measures (CBMs) involving China, India and Pakistan. The chapter discusses the reasons why China, India a... Read More about South Asia's nuclear deterrence and the USA.
The Pakistani nuclear deterrent (2011)
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Chakma, B. (2011). The Pakistani nuclear deterrent. In B. Chakma (Ed.), The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia (39-54). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554334This chapter examines the development and evolution of Pakistani nuclear doctrine since the May 1998 nuclear tests. It identifies the dilemmas and challenges of Islamabad in crafting a suitable use doctrine. The nuclear doctrine of a state specifies... Read More about The Pakistani nuclear deterrent.
Family Hold Back:Displaying Families in the Single-Location Home/Workplace (2011)
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Seymour, J. (2011). Family Hold Back:Displaying Families in the Single-Location Home/Workplace. In Displaying families: a new concept for the sociology of family life (160 - 174). Palgrave MacmillanThis chapter, in keeping with the overall aim of this volume, takes up Finch?s invitation to assess and develop the new concept of „Displaying Families? (Finch 2007). It aims particularly, as proposed in the original article, to use empirical data to... Read More about Family Hold Back:Displaying Families in the Single-Location Home/Workplace.
Developing 'displaying families': a possibility for the future of the sociology of personal life (2011)
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Dermott, E., & Seymour, J. (2011). Developing 'displaying families': a possibility for the future of the sociology of personal life. In Displaying families: a new concept for the sociology of family life (43160). Palgrave Macmillan
Tool Selection in FMS A Hybrid SA-Tabu Algorithm Based Approach (2011)
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Khilwani, N., Harding, J. A., & Mishra, N. (2011). Tool Selection in FMS A Hybrid SA-Tabu Algorithm Based Approach. In M. Tiwari, & J. A. Harding (Eds.), Evolutionary Computing in Advanced Manufacturing (123-150). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118161883.ch7A major advantage of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) is that a family of related parts can be processed simultaneously using sets of computer controlled workstations, capable of performing a number of different operations and interconnected by a... Read More about Tool Selection in FMS A Hybrid SA-Tabu Algorithm Based Approach.
Genetic Algorithms with Chromosome Differentiation (GACD) Based Approach for Process Plan Selection Problems (2011)
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Mishra, N., & Kumar, V. (2011). Genetic Algorithms with Chromosome Differentiation (GACD) Based Approach for Process Plan Selection Problems. In M. Tiwari, & J. A. Harding (Eds.), Evolutionary Computing in Advanced Manufacturing (77-94). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118161883.ch5The changing global scenario and increased competitiveness has enforced manufacturers to optimize their processes to sustain their position in the market. Manufacturing firms rely on an effective process plan to efficiently utilize their manufacturin... Read More about Genetic Algorithms with Chromosome Differentiation (GACD) Based Approach for Process Plan Selection Problems.