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Attitudes towards English in France (2015)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (2015). Attitudes towards English in France. In . A. Linn, N. Bermel, & G. Ferguson (Eds.), Attitudes towards English in Europe: English in Europe, Volume 1 (27-54). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515517-003

© 2015 Walter de Gruyter, Inc., Berlin/Boston. It is often claimed that French speakers display a particularly high level of concern about the effect that English has on the French language. The Académie française is seen to be representative of such... Read More about Attitudes towards English in France.

Acts of violence: the World War II veteran private-eye movie as an ideological crime series (2015)
Book Chapter
Heffernan, N. (2015). Acts of violence: the World War II veteran private-eye movie as an ideological crime series. In C. Miranda, J. Anderson, & B. Pezzotti (Eds.), Serial crime fiction: dying for more. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137483690

According to Gramsci, serial tales are ‘a powerful factor in the formation of the mentality and morality of the people’. ‘The serial novel’, he suggests, ‘is a real way of day-dreaming’ whose heroes ‘enter into the intellectual life of the people […]... Read More about Acts of violence: the World War II veteran private-eye movie as an ideological crime series.

EDA and EU defence procurement integration (2015)
Book Chapter
Georgopoulos, A. (2015). EDA and EU defence procurement integration. In N. Karampekios, & I. Oikonomou (Eds.), The European Defence Agency: arming Europe. Routledge

The chapter reflects upon the ten years since the establishment of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and analyses its role in the process of European integration in the area of defence procurement. The chapter examines the various initiatives underta... Read More about EDA and EU defence procurement integration.

Chaucer the Puritan (2015)
Book Chapter
Jones, M. (2015). Chaucer the Puritan. In I. Davis, & C. Nall (Eds.), Chaucer and Fame: Reputation and Reception (165-184). Boydell & Brewer

Slavery as a Social Institution (2015)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2015). Slavery as a Social Institution. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 43-48. (2nd). Elsevier

Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons (2015)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, A. J., Gromadskyi, D. G., Hu, D., Chae, J., Guan, L., Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2015). Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons. In X. Feng (Ed.), Nanocarbons for Advanced Energy Storage. Volume 1 (179-210). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527680054.ch6

© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All rights reserved. This chapter considers the development and role of supercapatteries as practical energy storage devices for commercial development. Current battery technology can produce a high power de... Read More about Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons.

Applied Criminology and Criminal Justice (2015)
Book Chapter
Stout, B., & Clamp, K. (2015). Applied Criminology and Criminal Justice. International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences (832-838). (Second edition). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.10512-4

Applied criminology may be thought of as being concerned with the application of the discipline of criminology to ‘real world’ problems of crime and criminal justice. It is both critical and engaged and seeks to find solutions to particular issues of... Read More about Applied Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Introduction: The Arkhitekton (2015)
Book Chapter
García, P. (2015). Introduction: The Arkhitekton. In Space and the postmodern fantastic in contemporary literature: the architectural void. Routledge

Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality (both factual and fictional), this book investigates how conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the histor... Read More about Introduction: The Arkhitekton.

Military crimes (2015)
Book Chapter
Wright, J. L., & Crouch, C. (2015). Military crimes. In B. Strawn (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref%3Aobso/9780199843305.001.0001

Concerned with Israel’s history and future, the Bible devotes considerable space to war—the most powerful catalyst of change in the lives of nations. The biblical authors often display a consciousness of illicit activities in wartime, anticipating wh... Read More about Military crimes.

Adaptation for climate-sensitive crops using agroforestry: case studies for coffee and rice (2015)
Book Chapter
Lin, B., Murchie, E., & Burgess, A. (2015). Adaptation for climate-sensitive crops using agroforestry: case studies for coffee and rice. In C. K. Ong, C. R. Black, & J. Wilson (Eds.), Tree-crop interactions: agroforestry in a changing climate (278-308). CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780645117.0278

This chapter examines how agroforestry systems can provide an effective adaptive strategy for agricultural production in the face of climate change and analyses its effectiveness using case studies for two important commercial crops produced by small... Read More about Adaptation for climate-sensitive crops using agroforestry: case studies for coffee and rice.