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Young people's transport and mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: The gendered journey to school (2011)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Tanle, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M., & Maponya, G. (2011). Young people's transport and mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: The gendered journey to school. Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 57(1), 61-79. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/dag.813

This paper draws on rich ethnographic data and complementary survey research from a three-country study (Ghana, Malawi, South Africa) of young people's mobility to explore the gendered nature of children's journeys to school in sub-Saharan Africa. In... Read More about Young people's transport and mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: The gendered journey to school.

Mobility, surveillance and control of children and young people in the everyday: Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Munthali, A., & Robson, E. (2011). Mobility, surveillance and control of children and young people in the everyday: Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa. Surveillance and Society, 9(1-2), 114-131. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v9i1/2.4110

© The authors, 2011. Surveillance of children and young people in non–Western contexts has received little attention in the literature. In this paper we draw principally on our research in one African country, Malawi, to examine the ways in which the... Read More about Mobility, surveillance and control of children and young people in the everyday: Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa.

Addressing lot sizing and warehousing scheduling problem in manufacturing environment (2011)
Journal Article
Mishra, N., Kumar, V., Kumar, N., Kumar, M., & Tiwari, M. K. (2011). Addressing lot sizing and warehousing scheduling problem in manufacturing environment. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(9), 11751-11762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.03.062

In recent years, lot sizing issues have gained attention of researchers worldwide. Previous studies devoted on lot sizing scheduling problems were primarily focused within the production unit in a manufacturing plant. In this article lot sizing conce... Read More about Addressing lot sizing and warehousing scheduling problem in manufacturing environment.

Effect of machine flexibility on the performance of FMS subjected to frequent breakdowns (2011)
Journal Article
Verma, A., Mishra, N., & Singh, R. K. (2011). Effect of machine flexibility on the performance of FMS subjected to frequent breakdowns. International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 6(1-2), 45-70. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSOI.2011.038314

The paper studies the scheduling problem in a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) operating under uncertain environment. Depending upon the intensity, nature and information, the uncertainties are classified into: (1) completely unknown, (2) suspicio... Read More about Effect of machine flexibility on the performance of FMS subjected to frequent breakdowns.

Place of death: Is home always best? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, U. Place of death: Is home always best?

Place of death is now a quality marker of end of life care. Decisions around place of death are complex. This article considers the extent to which place of death is an appropriate way to determine good end of life care.

Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm (2011)
Journal Article
Pacheco-Galván, A., Hart, S. P., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm. Archivos de Bronconeumología, 47(4), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1579-2129%2811%2970046-5

Our understanding of the relationship between gastro-oesophageal reflux and respiratory disease has recently undergone important changes. The previous paradigm of airway reflux as synonymous with the classic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) c... Read More about Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm.

Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education (2011)
Journal Article
Nganji, J. T., Brayshaw, M., & Tompsett, B. (2011). Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 10(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2011.10010001

The number of students with disabilities in UK higher education institutions increases every year. Delivering education online is becoming increasingly challenging as institutions encounter some disabilities requiring adjustments of learning environm... Read More about Ontology-based e-learning personalisation for disabled students in higher education.

Prison(er) auto/biography, 'true crime', and teaching, learning, and research in criminology (2011)
Journal Article
Dearey, M., Petty, B., Thompson, B., Lear, C. R., Gadsby, S., & Gibbs, D. (2011). Prison(er) auto/biography, 'true crime', and teaching, learning, and research in criminology. Critical Survey, 23(3), 86-102. https://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2011.230307

The main aim of this essay is to explore prisoner life writing within the specific, richly and multiply dependent context of teaching and learning undergraduate criminology at an English university, from the authorial viewpoint of a teacher and her s... Read More about Prison(er) auto/biography, 'true crime', and teaching, learning, and research in criminology.

Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations (2011)
Journal Article
Reedy, P., & Learmonth, M. (2011). Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations. Organization Studies, 32(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840610387242

Mortality has not been given the attention it deserves within organization studies. Even when it has been considered, it is not usually in terms of its implications for own lives and ethical choices. In particular, Heidegger's writing on death has be... Read More about Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations.

Joanne Rochester, Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger (2011)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2011). Joanne Rochester, Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger. Early Modern Literary Studies, 15(3), 0 - 0

Review of Joanne Rochester's book on "Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger" drawing contextual links to early modern drama in Europe

A co když je to svetec?: Massingeruv Rímský herec jako krypto-Genesius (What if it's a saint?: Massinger's The Roman actor as a crypto-genesius) (2011)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2011). A co když je to svetec?: Massingeruv Rímský herec jako krypto-Genesius (What if it's a saint?: Massinger's The Roman actor as a crypto-genesius). In Ad honorem Eva Stehlíková (81 - 86). Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (The Philosophy Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)

A study dedicated to the Baroque tragedy The Roman Actor (1626) by the Jacobean dramatist Philip Massinger, and its relations to Lope de Vega's play Lo fingido verdadero (1605).

Classical traditions and cultural geographies (2011)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, D. (2011). Classical traditions and cultural geographies. In Visual and historical geography: essays in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove (44075). Historical Geography Research Series, Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers

The theatre and political control (2011)
Book Chapter
Clare, J. (2011). The theatre and political control. In Thomas Middleton in context (176 - 184). Cambridge University Press

Retailing (2011)
Book Chapter
Grant, D. (2011). Retailing. In The alphaBEM of the sustainable supply chain : A-Z (99 - 102). Bordeaux Ecole de Management