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Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue (2015)
Book Chapter
Standen, P., Ward, C. D., Saunders, L., & Beer, C. (2015). Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue. In C. D. Ward (Ed.), Meanings of ME: interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue (67-85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137467324_7

Fatigue, which is the central symptom of CFS/ME, is notoriously difficult to define. We describe an investigation in which we raise two questions. First, does the way people use fatigue-related language reflect distinctive patterns? Second, is there... Read More about Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue.

Finite element analysis (FEA) modelling of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) repair in offshore risers (2015)
Book Chapter
Johnson, M., Chan, P., Tshai, K., & Li, S. (2015). Finite element analysis (FEA) modelling of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) repair in offshore risers. Rehabilitation of pipelines using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites (177-210). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-85709-684-5.00009-6

The use of relatively inexpensive, high strength to weight ratio fiber reinforced polymer composite (FRPC) as a load bearing pipe repair sleeve is an emerging technology that is becoming common for offshore applications. This chapter will first outli... Read More about Finite element analysis (FEA) modelling of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) repair in offshore risers.

The Viking Diaspora (2015)
Book Chapter
Jesch, J. (2015). The Viking Diaspora. In The Viking Diaspora (55-86). Routledge

The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9 (2015)
Book Chapter
Duncombe, M. (2015). The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9. In B. Inwood (Ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, volume 48 (37-60). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198735540.003.0002

In Republic IV (436b9-439c9), Socrates argues that the soul has parts. Some commentators object that his argument fails to show that the soul has more than one part. Other commentators worry that Socrates' argument entails that the soul has indefinit... Read More about The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9.

The social, political, environmental, and health-related consequences of conspiracy theories: Problems and potential solutions (2015)
Book Chapter
Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Jolley, D., & Wood, M. J. (2015). The social, political, environmental, and health-related consequences of conspiracy theories: Problems and potential solutions. In M. Bilewicz, A. Cichocka, & W. Soral (Eds.), The Psychology of Conspiracy (183-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315746838

Once they have reached public awareness, unfounded conspiracy allegations may be a powerful source of influence, swaying people's attitudes, intentions, and behaviors, with potentially damaging consequences not only for individuals, but also for the... Read More about The social, political, environmental, and health-related consequences of conspiracy theories: Problems and potential solutions.

'Criticism at the frontier: Lawrence Alloway at the Movies' (2015)
Book Chapter
Bradnock, L. (2015). 'Criticism at the frontier: Lawrence Alloway at the Movies'. In L. Bradnock, C. J. Martin, & R. Peabody (Eds.), Lawrence Alloway: critic and curator. Getty Research Institute

This essay examines the role of film viewing and film criticism in the early intellectual formation of the British art critic and curator Lawrence Alloway. Drawing on archival material from the Alloway Papers at the Getty Research Institue, including... Read More about 'Criticism at the frontier: Lawrence Alloway at the Movies'.

Threatened species and vulnerable marine ecosystems (2015)
Book Chapter
Goodwin, E. J. (2015). Threatened species and vulnerable marine ecosystems. In D. R. Rothwell, A. G. Oude Elferink, K. N. Scott, & T. Stephens (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the law of the sea. Oxford University Press

Plutarch and Dio on Cicero at the Trial of Milo (2015)
Book Chapter
Fotheringham, L. S. (2015). Plutarch and Dio on Cicero at the Trial of Milo. In R. Ash, J. Mossman, & F. B. Titchener (Eds.), Fame and infamy: essays for Christopher Pelling on characterization in Greek and Roman biography and historiography (193-207). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199662326.003.0013

The accounts of the trial of Milo given by Plutarch and Dio provide a valuable insight into the working methods of the two writers. A close examination of the incident in relation to the structure of Plutarch’s Life of Cicero confirms that the Life i... Read More about Plutarch and Dio on Cicero at the Trial of Milo.

Exports and FDI in China (2015)
Book Chapter
Zhang, J., & Zhang, X. (2015). Exports and FDI in China. In O. Morrissey, R. A. López, & K. Sharma, (Eds.), Handbook on trade and development. Edward Elgar

Since it adopted open-door policy and launched economic reforms in 1978, China’s exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and economy have grown rapidly. China has become the largest exporter since 2009 and its exports have grown much faster t... Read More about Exports and FDI in China.

Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty (2015)
Book Chapter
Ackah, C., Leyaro, V., & Morrissey, O. (2015). Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty. In O. Morrissey, R. Lopez, & K. Sharma (Eds.), Handbook on trade and development (19-35). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781005316.00007

Increased globalization and widespread trade liberalization in developing countries since the 1980s has inspired considerable debate on the impact of globalization in general, and trade liberalization in particular, on growth, incomes and poverty. Th... Read More about Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty.

“The Lighthouse” (Edgar Allan Poe, 1849; Cristina Fernández Cubas, 1997): from the “egocentred” to a “geocentred” analysis (2015)
Book Chapter
Garcia, P. (2015). “The Lighthouse” (Edgar Allan Poe, 1849; Cristina Fernández Cubas, 1997): from the “egocentred” to a “geocentred” analysis. In B. Le Juez (Ed.), Shipwreck and Island Motifs in Literature and the Arts (97-107). Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004298750

When Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 he left behind an unfinished text about a nobleman who accepts a position as a lighthouse keeper. The manuscript was later found and assigned the title of “The Lighthouse” (Woodberry 1909), which has since been accep... Read More about “The Lighthouse” (Edgar Allan Poe, 1849; Cristina Fernández Cubas, 1997): from the “egocentred” to a “geocentred” analysis.

Environmental history and conservation conflicts (2015)
Book Chapter
Lambert, R. A. (2015). Environmental history and conservation conflicts. In S. M. Redpath, R. Gutierrez, K. A. Wood, & J. C. Young (Eds.), Conflicts in Conservation: navigating towards solutions. Cambridge University Press

Poetics (2015)
Book Chapter
Stockwell, P. (2015). Poetics. In E. Dabrowska, & D. Divjak (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. de Gruyter Mouton

“I don’t see what good a book is without pictures or conversations”: imaginary worlds and intertextuality in Alice in Wonderland and Alice in Sunderland (2015)
Book Chapter
Green, M. A. (2015). “I don’t see what good a book is without pictures or conversations”: imaginary worlds and intertextuality in Alice in Wonderland and Alice in Sunderland. In S. E. Tabachnick, & E. B. Saltzman (Eds.), Drawn from the classics: essays on graphic adaptations of literary works (110-126). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company

Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs (2015)
Book Chapter
Lee, C.-Y. (2015). Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs. In A. Fulda (Ed.), Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137518644

It is not easy to set up non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China. They have to register with the government and, for a long time, the government subjected them to a complicated qualification system. They could not register with the Ministry of... Read More about Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs.