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Trainee Teachers with Dyslexia: Results of a Qualitative Study of Teachers and their Mentors (2017)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (2017). Trainee Teachers with Dyslexia: Results of a Qualitative Study of Teachers and their Mentors. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 16(12), 87-107. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.16.12.6

This study explored the perceptions of trainee teachers with dyslexia, and their mentors, of their placement experiences during their initial teacher training course. The research was conducted within one initial teacher education partnership in the... Read More about Trainee Teachers with Dyslexia: Results of a Qualitative Study of Teachers and their Mentors.

What Could Replace the Phonics Screening Check during the Early Years of Reading Development? (2017)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (2017). What Could Replace the Phonics Screening Check during the Early Years of Reading Development?. Forum for Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 59(2), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2017.59.2.175

This article argues that the phonics screening check, introduced in England in 2012, is not fit for purpose. It is a test of children’s ability to decode words rather than an assessment of their reading skills. Whilst this assessment may, to some ext... Read More about What Could Replace the Phonics Screening Check during the Early Years of Reading Development?.

Determining the role of moral and global-local framing on the anti-consumption of halal endorsed products (2017)
Thesis
Colmekcioglu, N. (2017). Determining the role of moral and global-local framing on the anti-consumption of halal endorsed products. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4266540

Increasingly pluralistic, multi-ethnic and diverse marketplaces have become an important and characteristic trend of globalised and developed economic marketplaces, the world over. Despite the obvious advantages of this marketplace multi-culturalism,... Read More about Determining the role of moral and global-local framing on the anti-consumption of halal endorsed products.

Insanity Constructs (2017)
Book Chapter
Wondemaghen, M. (2017). Insanity Constructs. In M. D. White (Ed.), The Insanity Defense: Multidisciplinary Views on its History, Trends, and Controversies (133-152). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO

Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity (2017)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2017). Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity. In C. Coron, & L. Dalingwater (Eds.), Wellbeing: Challenging the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony (81-93). Paris: Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

The authors of this volume set out to find whether there are any specific cultural features of the Anglo-American notion of wellbeing or whether there is a specific model. Among the wealth of literature on wellbeing over the last few years, a number... Read More about Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity.

Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico (2017)
Journal Article
Font-Palma, C., & Díaz, A. G. (2017). Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico. Energy procedia, 142, 3517-3523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.239

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This paper evaluates the introduction of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to Mexico. The gasification technology is presented as a potential alternative to be applied into refinery plants due to high pet... Read More about Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico.

A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Sydelko, P., Midgley, G., & Espinosa, A. (2017). A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems. In Proceedings of the 61st Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (23-54)

Wicked problems are open-ended, highly interdependent issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, political and geopolitical boundaries. This confounds governments because policies and budgets tend to be aligned within these boundaries an... Read More about A systemic integration approach to designing interagency responses to wicked problems.

A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators (2017)
Journal Article
Li, J., Gao, G., Pei, G., Li, P., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2017). A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators. Energy procedia, 142, 386-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.061

A novel direct steam generation solar power system is proposed based on steam screw expander, cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators. The high temperature accumulator (HTA) enables smooth power conversion and stores the... Read More about A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators.

Comparison of hydrodynamic loading models for vertical cylinders in nonlinear waves (2017)
Journal Article
Mockute, A., Marino, E., Lugni, C., & Borri, C. (2017). Comparison of hydrodynamic loading models for vertical cylinders in nonlinear waves. Procedia Engineering, 199, 3224-3229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.329

This paper introduces a comparison study between various hydrodynamic loading models in highly nonlinear waves and discusses its first phase - comparing Morison equation and Rainey corrections on a fixed cylinder in regular steep waves. In this study... Read More about Comparison of hydrodynamic loading models for vertical cylinders in nonlinear waves.

Attitude of nurses and predisposition to occurrence of adverse events in intensive care units (2017)
Journal Article
Lobão, W., & Menezes, I. G. (2017). Attitude of nurses and predisposition to occurrence of adverse events in intensive care units. Journal of Nursing UFPE on line, 11(5), 1971-1979. https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963-v11i5a23350p1971-1979-2017

Objective: to evaluate the attitudes of nurses towards conditions that may predispose to the occurrence of adverse events in the ICU. Method: exploratory, analytical, descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach performed in six high... Read More about Attitude of nurses and predisposition to occurrence of adverse events in intensive care units.

Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY] (2017)
Journal Article
Okezue, C., & Kuvshinov, D. (2017). Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY]. Energy procedia, 142, 3675-3682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.261

© 2017 The Author(s). Several research studies have been published on CO 2 pipeline transportation. Most of them focus on developing hydraulic models of entire CO 2 pipeline networks. From these studies, a lot of original knowledge has been produced... Read More about Effect of Chemical Impurities on Centrifugal Machine Performance: Implications for Compressor Sizing in A CO 2 Transport Pipeline [QUERY].

Reframing 'Attainment': creating and developing spaces for learning within schools (2017)
Journal Article
Hope, M. A. (2017). Reframing 'Attainment': creating and developing spaces for learning within schools. Forum for Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 59(3), 413-422. https://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2017.59.3.413

This article, based on a keynote presentation given at a conference in Tasmania, examines the notion of 'attainment' and argues that a narrow focus on standardised test scores is highly problematic for those concerned with social justice. Using examp... Read More about Reframing 'Attainment': creating and developing spaces for learning within schools.

International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline (2017)
Book
Beyer, A. C. (2017). International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37779-1

This book intends to harvest insights from the discipline of Psychology, in its broad understanding, for application to International Relations. Although Psychology offers an abundance of theories that are useful for this purpose, they have so far re... Read More about International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline.

Decision making for personal investment: Real estate financing, foreclosures and other issues (2017)
Book
Rodgers, W., & McFarlin, T. G. (2017). Decision making for personal investment: Real estate financing, foreclosures and other issues. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47849-4

This book presents a personal financial decision making model based on six dominant decision making pathways. It outlines each pathway in detail before focusing on real estate investments in the second part of the book. Based on the authors extensive... Read More about Decision making for personal investment: Real estate financing, foreclosures and other issues.

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China in 1990 and 2010 (2017)
Journal Article
Chan, K. Y., Li, X., Chen, W., Song, P., Wong, N. W. K., Poon, A. N., …Rudan, I. (2017). Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China in 1990 and 2010. Journal of Global Health, 7(2), Article 020704. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.07.020704

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is set to become the third most frequent cause of death and also the third largest cause of global morbidity by 2020. In China, where the population is aging rapidly, COPD has become one of the... Read More about Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China in 1990 and 2010.