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Effects of pathogens and disease on plant physiology (2024)
Book Chapter
Ray, R. V. (2024). Effects of pathogens and disease on plant physiology. In Agrios' Plant Pathology (63-92). (6). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822429-8.00002-9

Plant disease is the lasting departure from the normal physiological functioning of a plant caused by a pathogen interfering with the metabolism of its host for the purposes of nutrition acquisition, reproduction, and survival. The effects of disease... Read More about Effects of pathogens and disease on plant physiology.

Oxytocin (2024)
Book Chapter
Anand-Ivell, R., Ludwig, M., Tribe, R., & Ivell, R. (2024). Oxytocin. In Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21477-6.00121-8

The small peptide hormone oxytocin has long been recognized as a key factor in the natural induction of the birth process at the end of pregnancy, as well as in the release of milk upon suckling by the infant. It has additional roles within the brain... Read More about Oxytocin.

Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare (2024)
Book Chapter
Bishop, S. (2024). Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare. In J. Braithwaite, Y. Zurynski, & C. K-lynn Smith (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability (321-330). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032701196-38

This chapter discusses the implications of the environmental sustainability agenda for organisations, management, and professionals in healthcare. It first considers the way in which sustainability is being promoted within public policy, supported by... Read More about Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare.

Pregnancy, Birth, and Medicine (2024)
Book Chapter
(2024). Pregnancy, Birth, and Medicine. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, Stanford University

Pregnancy and birth can be approached from many philosophical angles, including philosophy of law, philosophy of biology, and mereology. Some authors have focused on ethical issues surrounding abortion and assisted reproduction, others have discussed... Read More about Pregnancy, Birth, and Medicine.

Countermeasures and sanctions (2024)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2024). Countermeasures and sanctions. In M. Evans (Ed.), International Law (521-547). Oxford University Press (OUP)

The issue of enforcement by means of non-forcible measures is one of the least developed areas of international law. Two legal regimes are relatively clear—non- forcible countermeasures taken by States (countermeasures) and non-forcible measures take... Read More about Countermeasures and sanctions.

Eeen extraatje (2024)
Book Chapter
TORREMANS, P. (2024). Eeen extraatje. In J. Vanherpe (Ed.), Révérences to Marie-Christine Janssens (175-182). Owl Press Legal

Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Fictional men: (De)constructing a military hero-military masculinity, national identity and bipolar disorder in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus (2024)
Book Chapter
Ojebode, A. O. (2024). Fictional men: (De)constructing a military hero-military masculinity, national identity and bipolar disorder in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. In The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities (349-372). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49167-2_18

Despite extensive criticisms of masculinities in Africa, mainly within sociology, critical men's studies, masculinity studies, feminism and anthropology, there is little compelling research on the intersection between military masculinity, constructi... Read More about Fictional men: (De)constructing a military hero-military masculinity, national identity and bipolar disorder in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus.

"Dirge to slit bodies": EndSARS, police brutality, and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yeku's Soro Soke: When poetry speaks up (2024)
Book Chapter
Ojebode, A. (2024). "Dirge to slit bodies": EndSARS, police brutality, and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yeku's Soro Soke: When poetry speaks up. . Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_14

Since the post-independent era, Nigerian literary and political activists from Fela Anikupo Kuti’s Zombie to Ken Saro-Wiwa’s “Silence Would Be Treason”, and Wole Soyinka’s The Man Die have utilized a plethora of genres to parody, protest, and provoke... Read More about "Dirge to slit bodies": EndSARS, police brutality, and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yeku's Soro Soke: When poetry speaks up.

Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology (2024)
Book Chapter
Bowden, W. (2024). Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology. In Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity. Taylor and Francis Group

This paper argues that late antique archaeologists’ focus on space (particularly urban space) reflects the origins of late antique archaeology in challenges to paradigms of “decline” as well as the broader disciplinary histories of classical archaeol... Read More about Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology.

Machinic Highs and Pathic Patchworks of Addicted Systems (2024)
Book Chapter
Goffey, A., & Fuller, M. (2024). Machinic Highs and Pathic Patchworks of Addicted Systems. In M. Sehgal, & A. Wilkie (Eds.), More-Than-Human Aesthetics: Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature (153-171). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529227819.ch010

Adopting, as its starting point for the engagement with more-than-human aesthetics, a discussion of the concept of the machinic ‘high’ to be found in the work of Félix Guattari, this chapter proposes an ‘ethico-aesthetic’ engagement with networked di... Read More about Machinic Highs and Pathic Patchworks of Addicted Systems.

Leaders resisting? The very idea (2024)
Book Chapter
Thomson, P., McKay, A., & Blackmore, J. (2024). Leaders resisting? The very idea. In A. McKay, P. Thomson, & J. Blackmore (Eds.), Resistance in Educational Leadership, Management, and Administration (3-23). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003279334-2

While educational researchers have taken up the question of resistance, their interest is not shared by the majority of researchers in the educational leadership management and administration field. Our review of literatures within and beyond educati... Read More about Leaders resisting? The very idea.

Implications for legal education and training in a guilty plea environment (2024)
Book Chapter
Kemp, V., & Gibson, C. (2024). Implications for legal education and training in a guilty plea environment. In M. Langer, M. McConville, & L. Marsh (Eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing

This Chapter examines implications for legal education and training of lawyers when working within an environment where clients are under pressure to plead guilty. After first considering the background to plea bargaining, and the increasing pressure... Read More about Implications for legal education and training in a guilty plea environment.

Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage (2024)
Book Chapter
Güleç, F., Oakley, W., Liu, X., Nayebossadri, S., Wang, F., Smith, E. K., …Lester, E. H. (2024). Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage. In J. A. Okolie, E. I. Epelle, A. Mukherjee, & A. El Din Mahmoud (Eds.), Nanomaterials for Sustainable Hydrogen Production and Storage (136-165). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003371007-8

Hydrogen could be one of the long-term environmentally friendly solutions for a sustainable and clean energy future. The fundamental elements of a hydrogen economy are sustainable and clean hydrogen production, low-cost/high-capacity storage, wide di... Read More about Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage.