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The relationship between quality management and competitive advantage : an empirical study of the Egyptian hotel industry (2012)
Thesis
Elshaer, I. A. The relationship between quality management and competitive advantage : an empirical study of the Egyptian hotel industry. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213389

According to the resource based view (RBV) of the firm, quality management (QM) is one of the sources the firm can use to generate competitive advantage (CA). Although QM and CA have widely attracted the attention of both academics and practitioners,... Read More about The relationship between quality management and competitive advantage : an empirical study of the Egyptian hotel industry.

Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2012)
Journal Article
Fahim, A., Faruqi, S., Wright, C. E., Kastelik, J. A., & Morice, A. H. (2012). Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 7(3), 140-144. https://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.98846

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of respiratory-related morbidity and mortality. Inhaled steroids are frequently used in patients with moderate to severe disease and may lead to adrenal suppression. Object... Read More about Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Morphology of silicon carbide synthesized using laser ablation of a mixture of nanofibrous carbon with xerogel (2012)
Journal Article
Kuvshinov, G. G., Krutskii, Y. L., Orishich, A. M., Chukanov, I. S., Varfolomeeva, A. S., Afonin, Y. V., Zaikovskii, V. I., & Kuvshinov, D. G. (2012). Morphology of silicon carbide synthesized using laser ablation of a mixture of nanofibrous carbon with xerogel. Nanotechnologies in Russia, 7(7-8), 385-391. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078012040088

The results of studying products obtained using the laser ablation of a composite consisting of granular nanofibrous carbon impregnated by an organic-silicon compound-tetraethoxysilane-based alcogel-are presented. A continuous CO 2 laser with a power... Read More about Morphology of silicon carbide synthesized using laser ablation of a mixture of nanofibrous carbon with xerogel.

Government bias in education, schooling attainment, and long-run growth (2012)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K., & Basu, P. (2012). Government bias in education, schooling attainment, and long-run growth. Southern Economic Journal, 79(1), 127-143. https://doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-79.1.127

A surprising cross-country stylized fact is that higher public spending on education tends to lower the long-run growth rate of per capita GDP and the returns to schooling. This is contrary to the conventional wisdom that education is a major driver... Read More about Government bias in education, schooling attainment, and long-run growth.

Between the 'Metaphysics of the Stone Age' and the 'Brave New World': H.L.A. Hart on the Law's Assumptions about Human Nature (2012)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2012). Between the 'Metaphysics of the Stone Age' and the 'Brave New World': H.L.A. Hart on the Law's Assumptions about Human Nature. In M. Jovanović, & B. Spaić (Eds.), Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy in the 21st Century: Reassessing Legacies (71 - 89). Peter Lang Pub Inc

This paper analyses H.L.A. Hart’s views on the epistemic character of the law’s assumptions about human behaviour, as articulated in Causation in the Law and Punishment and Responsibility. Hart suggests that the assumptions behind legal doctrines typ... Read More about Between the 'Metaphysics of the Stone Age' and the 'Brave New World': H.L.A. Hart on the Law's Assumptions about Human Nature.

Elsewhere (2012)
Book Chapter
French, R. (2012). Elsewhere. In Under Travelling Skies, departures from Larkin (0 - 0). Kingston Press

Short story about John Lennon meeting Philip Larkin in a motorway service cafe.

A critical view on the professionalisation efforts of nursing in Singapore through a Foucauldian lens (2012)
Journal Article
Loke, J. (2012). A critical view on the professionalisation efforts of nursing in Singapore through a Foucauldian lens. Singapore nursing journal, 39(3), 43013

Singapore was once a British colony and nursing has since been under considerable influence from the dominant western political-medical power. Up till the present day, nursing in Singapore is still looking towards the West for knowledge to guide loca... Read More about A critical view on the professionalisation efforts of nursing in Singapore through a Foucauldian lens.

Highly active 8-benzoxazolyl- or 8-benzothiazolyl-2- alkylquinolinylnickel(II) complexes for ethylene dimerization and vinyl polymerization of norbornene (2012)
Journal Article
Hao, P., Song, S., Xiao, T., Li, Y., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Highly active 8-benzoxazolyl- or 8-benzothiazolyl-2- alkylquinolinylnickel(II) complexes for ethylene dimerization and vinyl polymerization of norbornene. Polyhedron, 52, 1138-1144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2012.06.056

The series of nickel halide complexes LNiX2 (C1-C6, X = Cl; C7-C12, X = Br), where L represents one of 8-benzoxazolyl-2-alkylquinoline or 8-benzothiazolyl-2-alkylquinoline derivatives, have been prepared. The molecular structures of the representativ... Read More about Highly active 8-benzoxazolyl- or 8-benzothiazolyl-2- alkylquinolinylnickel(II) complexes for ethylene dimerization and vinyl polymerization of norbornene.

Information systems strategy: Past, present, future? (2012)
Journal Article
Merali, Y., Papadopoulos, T., & Nadkarni, T. (2012). Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 21(2), 125-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2012.04.002

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the current discourse in the Strategic Information Systems (SIS) domain about the future and identity of SIS. We draw on Nelson's theorisation of the co-evolution of Physical and Social Technologies to re... Read More about Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?.

An integrated model for designing and optimising an international logistics network (2012)
Journal Article
Creazza, A., Dallari, F., & Rossi, T. (2012). An integrated model for designing and optimising an international logistics network. International Journal of Production Research, 50(11), 2925-2939. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2011.578157

Supply-chain configuration has recently gained increasing attention both from the practitioner’s perspective and as a research area. This paper proposes an integrated model for designing and optimising international logistics networks. It consists of... Read More about An integrated model for designing and optimising an international logistics network.

Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development (2012)
Journal Article
Bottery, M., Wright, N., & James, S. (2012). Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development. Education 3-13, 40(3), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2010.512563

This paper describes how two primary head teachers, nationally recognised as role models for the development of an education for sustainable development (ESD) in their schools, manage the implementation of this area. In doing so, it shows how they ad... Read More about Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development.

Why Monitor Violent Websites? A Justification (2012)
Journal Article
Haleva-Amir, S., & Cohen-Almagor, R. (2012). Why Monitor Violent Websites? A Justification. Beijing law review, 3(2), 64-71. https://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2012.32009

The authors argue that the international community should continue working together to devise rules for monitoring specific Internet sites, as human lives are at stake. Preemptive measures could prevent the translation of murderous thoughts into murd... Read More about Why Monitor Violent Websites? A Justification.

Cyanoalkyl difluoro-terphenyl-carboxylate chiral dopants (2012)
Journal Article
Kayani, Z. N., Lewis, R. A., & Naseem, S. (2012). Cyanoalkyl difluoro-terphenyl-carboxylate chiral dopants. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 170, 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2012.03.018

A liquid crystal like difluoroterphenyl chiral dopant was synthesized to match the dimensions of a host chiral dopant mixture. The melting point of the chiral dopants was decreased by increasing the length of the alkyl chain. The melting point of the... Read More about Cyanoalkyl difluoro-terphenyl-carboxylate chiral dopants.

Personalized content provision for virtual learning environments via the semantic web (2012)
Journal Article
Wen, L., Brayshaw, M., & Gordon, N. (2012). Personalized content provision for virtual learning environments via the semantic web. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 11(1), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2012.11010014

In this paper we discuss how we may personalize e-learning along three distinct axes, namely: teaching and learning pedagogical philosophies, personalized educational processes to taste and the coordination of these processes during execution. In doi... Read More about Personalized content provision for virtual learning environments via the semantic web.

(Re-)conceptualisation in asperger's syndrome and typical individuals with varying degrees of autistic-like traits (2012)
Journal Article
Burnett, H., & Jellema, T. (2013). (Re-)conceptualisation in asperger's syndrome and typical individuals with varying degrees of autistic-like traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(1), 211 - 223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1567-z

The abilities to form new concepts from scratch(conceptualisation), and to flexibly switch from one conceptto another (re-conceptualisation), were investigated inadults with Asperger's Syndrome and in typically-developedadults with low and high autis... Read More about (Re-)conceptualisation in asperger's syndrome and typical individuals with varying degrees of autistic-like traits.

Visual cognition during real social interaction (2012)
Journal Article
Skarratt, P., Cole, G. G., & Kuhn, G. (2012). Visual cognition during real social interaction. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 6, 42979. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00196

Laboratory studies of social visual cognition often simulate the critical aspects of joint attention by having participants interact with a computer-generated avatar. Recently, there has been a movement toward examining these processes during authent... Read More about Visual cognition during real social interaction.

A Dismal Story? Britain, the Gurkhas and the Partition of India, 1945-1948 (2012)
Book Chapter
Omissi, D. (2012). A Dismal Story? Britain, the Gurkhas and the Partition of India, 1945-1948. In A. Jeffreys, & P. Rose (Eds.), The Indian Army, 1939–47: Experience and Development (195 - 214). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315556772

Broadly speaking this is indeed what happened, with one striking exception – the Gurkhas. No Gurkha regiments were ‘transferred’ to the Indian Army in 1947, for the simple reason that they already were part of the Indian Army. Instead, four of the In... Read More about A Dismal Story? Britain, the Gurkhas and the Partition of India, 1945-1948.