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The Severe Impairment Battery (2017)
Book Chapter
Hutchinson, N. (2018). The Severe Impairment Battery. In V. P. Prasher (Ed.), Neuropsychological Assessments of Dementia in Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities (235-254). (2nd ed.). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61720-6_13

The term dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a clinical syndrome that consists, primarily, of significant, progressive and irreversible deterioration of cognitive functioning (learning and memory, language, perception, executive functioning... Read More about The Severe Impairment Battery.

Reflections on the origins, interpretations and development of the creative city idea (2017)
Book Chapter
Bianchini, F. (2017). Reflections on the origins, interpretations and development of the creative city idea. In I. Van Damme, B. De Munck, & A. Miles (Eds.), Cities and creativity from the renaissance to the present (23-42). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315167046-2

This chapter considers the complex origins of the concept of the creative city in the late 1980s to early 1990s and some of the ways in which it has evolved and been applied since then. It explains how the idea of the creative city evolved in several... Read More about Reflections on the origins, interpretations and development of the creative city idea.

Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era (2017)
Book Chapter
Skinner, A. (2017). Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era. In A. Aronson (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Scenography (435-443). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781317422266-41

The complex, metaphorical scenographies that are seen in the work of Russian designers during the 1970s and 1980s are a clear legacy of the Soviet period, where the necessities of censorship led to the emergence of specific modes of expression. The m... Read More about Metaphor, Mythology and Metonymy: Russian Scenography in the Yeltsin Era.

How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is Being Used to Support People Living with Dementia—Design Challenges and Future Directions (2017)
Book Chapter
Hayhurst, J. (2018). How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is Being Used to Support People Living with Dementia—Design Challenges and Future Directions. In T. Jung, & M. C. tom Dieck (Eds.), Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality: Empowering Human, Place and Business (295-305). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64027-3_20

The number of people worldwide that suffer with Dementia is estimated at 46 million people and is set to increase to 131.5 million by 2050 at a combined cost estimated at $818bn. Caring for our elderly population living with dementia raises issues ov... Read More about How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is Being Used to Support People Living with Dementia—Design Challenges and Future Directions.

Galactic chemical evolution (2017)
Book Chapter
Mollá, M., Cavichia, O., Costa, R. D. D. D., Gibson, B. K., & Díaz, Á. I. (in press). Galactic chemical evolution. In Highlights of Spanish astrophysics IX. Sociedad Española de Astronomía

We analyze the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients resulting from our chemical evolution models calculated with different prescriptions for the star formation rate (SFR) and for the gas infall rate, in order to assess their respective role... Read More about Galactic chemical evolution.

DEIS: Dependability Engineering Innovation for Industrial CPS (2017)
Book Chapter
Armengaud, E., Macher, G., Massoner, A., Frager, S., Adler, R., Schneider, D., …Kelly, T. (2018). DEIS: Dependability Engineering Innovation for Industrial CPS. In C. Zachäus, B. Müller, & G. Meyer (Eds.), Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2017 : Smart Systems Transforming the Automobile (151-163). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66972-4_13

The open and cooperative nature of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) poses new challenges in assuring dependability. The DEIS project (Dependability Engineering Innovation for automotive CPS. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Hor... Read More about DEIS: Dependability Engineering Innovation for Industrial CPS.

From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism (2017)
Book Chapter
Cullen, D. A., Cease, A. J., Latchininsky, A. V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., …Rogers, S. M. (2017). From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. In H. Verlinden (Ed.), Insect Epigenetics (167-285). London: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2017.06.002

Locusts are grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) that are characterised by their capacity for extreme population density-dependent polyphenism, transforming between a cryptic solitarious phase that avoids other locusts, and a swarming gregarious phas... Read More about From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism.

Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916–39 (2017)
Book Chapter
Macleod, J. (2017). Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916–39. In K. Ariotti, & J. E. Bennett (Eds.), Australians and the First World War: Local-Global Connections and Contexts (185-201). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5

The First World War set in train the development of ideas and traditions that had profound implications for nations and for national identity. Whilst the British Empire grew in size at war’s end, revolution and war beset the United Kingdom, the very... Read More about Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916–39.

Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916-39 (2017)
Book Chapter
Macleod, J. (2017). Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916-39. In K. Ariotti, & J. E. Bennett (Eds.), Australians and the First World War : Local-Global Connections and Contexts (185-201). Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5_11

The First World War set in train the development of ideas and traditions that had profound implications for nations and for national identity. Whilst the British Empire grew in size at war’s end, revolution and war beset the United Kingdom, the very... Read More about Decentering Anzac: Gallipoli and Britishness, 1916-39.

Early Stuart Controversy (2017)
Book Chapter
Prior, C. W. A. (2017). Early Stuart Controversy. In A. Hiscock, & H. Wilcox (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Literature and Religion (69-83). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672806.013.6

The literature of religious controversy that appeared between 1603 and 1642 was concerned with much more than debates on predestinarian theology. Instead, it should be seen as a vital conduit for the discussion of one of the most powerful legacies of... Read More about Early Stuart Controversy.

Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and the "Smarter State': An Evaluation of the Politics of Austerity in the United Kingdom, May 2010 to February 2016 (2017)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2017). Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and the "Smarter State': An Evaluation of the Politics of Austerity in the United Kingdom, May 2010 to February 2016. In S. McBride, & B. M. Evans (Eds.), The Austerity State (123-143). Toronto: University of Toronto Press

The fall-out from the economic and financial crisis of 2008 had profound implications for countries across the world, leading different states to determine the best approach to mitigating its effects. In The Austerity State, a group of established an... Read More about Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and the "Smarter State': An Evaluation of the Politics of Austerity in the United Kingdom, May 2010 to February 2016.

The impact of crime: victimisation, harm and resilience (2017)
Book Chapter
Green, S., & Pemberton, A. (2017). The impact of crime: victimisation, harm and resilience. In S. Walklate (Ed.), Handbook of Victims and Victimology (77-101). (2nd). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315712871-6

This chapter explores the impact of crime upon people’s lives. The specifics of criminal victimisation concern the importance of intent, and the moral and ethical corollaries of the experience of injustice. The impact of crime is a balance between th... Read More about The impact of crime: victimisation, harm and resilience.

Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation (2017)
Book Chapter
Harrison, K. (2017). Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation. In T. Sanders (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Sex Offenders and Sex Offences (327-343). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213633.013.19

This essay considers sex offender legislation in a number of countries, including England and Wales, Germany, and the United States, and details sex offender sentencing provisions in various systems. It evaluates the policies behind these laws. The e... Read More about Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation.

A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications (2017)
Book Chapter
Aljaber, T., & Gordon, N. (2018). A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Advances in Usability and User Experience (282-290). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60492-3_27

© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Mobile health education applications (MHEAs) are used to support different users. However, although these applications are increasing in number, there is no effective evaluation framework to measure their... Read More about A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications.

'Convict Prisons', 'Local Prisons' and 'Prison Reform' (2017)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2017). 'Convict Prisons', 'Local Prisons' and 'Prison Reform'. In J. Turner, P. Taylor, S. Morley, & K. Corteen (Eds.), A Companion to the History of Crime and Criminal Justice. Policy Press

Contemporary slavery and its definition in law (2017)
Book Chapter
Allain, J. (2017). Contemporary slavery and its definition in law. In A. Bunting, & J. Quirk (Eds.), Contemporary slavery: Popular rhetoric and political practice (36-66). UBC Press

Decolonisation as the source of the concepts of Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes (2017)
Book Chapter
Allain, J. (2017). Decolonisation as the source of the concepts of Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes. In Z. Yihdego, M. Geboye Desta, & F. Merso (Eds.), Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2016 (35-59). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55898-1_3

The scholarly consensus is that jus cogens emerged from the work of the UN International Law Commission on invalidation of treaties, and the International Court of Justice developed the concept of obligations erga omnes in its wake. This study cha... Read More about Decolonisation as the source of the concepts of Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes.

High stakes: The role of weapons in offender decision making (2017)
Book Chapter
Brennan, I. R. (2017). High stakes: The role of weapons in offender decision making. In W. Bernasco, J.-L. van Gelder, & H. Elffers (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of offender decision making (421-444). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199338801.013.17

This chapter describes the contradictory roles that weapons play in offender decision making as mechanisms that can both increase the physical harm to a victim of violence and also reduce the need for physical harm in victims of robbery. Because weap... Read More about High stakes: The role of weapons in offender decision making.