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Harold Nicolson and Appeasement (2014)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2014). Harold Nicolson and Appeasement. In M. H. Murfett (Ed.), Shaping British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century: A Tough Ask in Turbulent Times (136-158). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137431493_8

Harold Nicolson is remembered for many aspects of a remarkably varied life. The son of a Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, he became a successful diplomat himself, with a role in shaping the 1919 Paris peace settlement. He served as fa... Read More about Harold Nicolson and Appeasement.

Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects (2014)
Book Chapter
Curtis, B., & NOONAN, H. (2014). Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects. In K. Akiba, & A. Abasnezhad (Eds.), Vague Objects and Vague Identity: New Essays on Ontic Vagueness (305-326). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7978-5

Can identity itself be vague? Can there be vague objects? Does a positive answer to either question entail a positive answer to the other? In this chapter, we answer these questions as follows: no, no, and yes. First, we discuss Evans’s famous 1978 a... Read More about Castles Built on Clouds: Vague Identity and Vague Objects.

Territories of literary history: the shifting boundaries of Francophone literature in Canada (2014)
Book Chapter
Chapman, R. (2014). Territories of literary history: the shifting boundaries of Francophone literature in Canada. In N. Cheadle, J. Boissonneault, & A. Reguigui (Eds.), Language and territory: literary spaces/Langues et territoire: espaces littéraires. Laurentian University, Ontario

The writing of literary history opens up a range of questions about territory and boundaries. While recognising the energising role of Quebec nationalism in the emergence and affirmation of Québécois literature in the second half of the Twentieth Cen... Read More about Territories of literary history: the shifting boundaries of Francophone literature in Canada.

Developing mHealth Apps with Researchers: Multi-Stakeholder Design Considerations (2014)
Book Chapter
Craven, M. P., Lang, A. R., & Martin, J. L. (2014). Developing mHealth Apps with Researchers: Multi-Stakeholder Design Considerations. In A. Marcus (Ed.), Design, user experience, and usability: user experience design for everyday: Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, held as a part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings. Part III (15-24). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07635-5_2

The authors have been involved with developing a number of mHealth smartphone Apps for use in health or wellness research in collaboration with researchers, clinicians and patient groups for clinical areas including Sickle Cell Disease, Attention Def... Read More about Developing mHealth Apps with Researchers: Multi-Stakeholder Design Considerations.

Plant use in Mycenaean mortuary practice (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. A. K., Dabney, M. K., Kotzamani, G., Livarda, A., Tsartsidou, G., & Wright, J. C. (2014). Plant use in Mycenaean mortuary practice. In G. Touchais, R. Laffineur, & F. Rougemont (Eds.), Physis: l'environnement naturel et la relation homme-milieu dans le monde égéen protohistorique. Peeters Publishers

Adult learning: from the margins to the mainstream (2014)
Book Chapter
Špolar, V. A. M., & Holford, J. (2014). Adult learning: from the margins to the mainstream. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers

Conclusion (2014)
Book Chapter
Milana, M., & Holford, J. (2014). Conclusion. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers

Introduction: European adult education policy in question (2014)
Book Chapter
Holford, J., & Milana, M. (2014). Introduction: European adult education policy in question. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers

Capital structure and the issuance of corporate bonds in emerging Asia (2014)
Book Chapter
Mizen, P., Packer, F., Remolona, E., & Tsoukas, S. (2014). Capital structure and the issuance of corporate bonds in emerging Asia. In I. J. Azis, & H. S. Shin (Eds.), Global Shock, Risks, and Asian Financial Reform. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783477944

In emerging Asia's local-currency bond market, the government bond segments have largely come of age while the corporate bond markets have remained immature. This paper focuses on the question of what drives corporate bond issuance, an issue of great... Read More about Capital structure and the issuance of corporate bonds in emerging Asia.

Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England (2014)
Book Chapter
Griffiths, D., & Harding, S. E. (2014). Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England. In S. E. Harding, D. Griffiths, & E. Royles (Eds.), In search of Vikings: interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England. CRC Press

A wide variety of approaches based on historical, archaeological, place-name, linguistic, physical, and genetic tools can collectively provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This chapter and the rest of the book that fol... Read More about Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England.

Viewing Animal Models for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the Light of Evolution (2014)
Book Chapter
Howe, C. J., Serfontein, J., Nisbet, R. E. R., & de Vries, P. J. (2015). Viewing Animal Models for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the Light of Evolution. In Organism Models of Autism Spectrum Disorders (99-115). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2250-5_4

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a multisystem disorder usually caused by a mutation in either the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. Approximately 50 % of individuals with TSC develop an autism spectrum disorder. Between 1 and 4 % of autism is attributable to t... Read More about Viewing Animal Models for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the Light of Evolution.

Use of carbon accumulation rates to estimate the duration of coal seams and the influence of atmospheric dust deposition on coal composition (2014)
Book Chapter
Large, D., & Marshall, C. (2015). Use of carbon accumulation rates to estimate the duration of coal seams and the influence of atmospheric dust deposition on coal composition. In D. Smith, R. Bailey, P. Burgess, & A. Fraser (Eds.), Strata and Time: Probing the Gaps in Our Understanding (303-315). London, UK: Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP404.15

Time contained within coal seams is most commonly estimated using a volumetric approach that fails to take into account processes of carbon accumulation and loss during peat formation and coalification. A more appropriate approach for estimating the... Read More about Use of carbon accumulation rates to estimate the duration of coal seams and the influence of atmospheric dust deposition on coal composition.