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Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK
Book Chapter
Stafford, B., & Kellard, K. Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK. In R. van Berkel, & B. Valkenburg (Eds.), Making it Personal: Individualising activation services in the EU. Policy Press

This paper highlights the degree of flexibility and personalisation in the UK’s welfare to work programmes. The Labour Government’s New Deals as originally designed were meant to provide personalised and tailor-made services and to meet the needs of... Read More about Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK.

Self-organizing maps in computer security
Book Chapter
Feyereisl, J., & Aickelin, U. (in press). Self-organizing maps in computer security. In R. D. Hopkins, & W. P. Tokere (Eds.), Self-organizing maps in computer security: intrusion, detection and prevention. Nova Science

From SnappyApp to Screens in the Wild: gamifying an Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder continuous performance test for public engagement and awareness
Book Chapter
Craven, M. P., Young, Z., Simons, L., Schnädelbach, H., & Gillott, A. From SnappyApp to Screens in the Wild: gamifying an Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder continuous performance test for public engagement and awareness. In 2014 International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Games, ITAG 2014: 16-17 October 2014, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/iTAG.2014.12

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that is characterised by three core behaviours: inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. It is typically thought that around 3-5% of school aged children have ADHD,... Read More about From SnappyApp to Screens in the Wild: gamifying an Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder continuous performance test for public engagement and awareness.

Human-data interaction
Book Chapter
Mortier, R., Haddadi, H., Henderson, T., McAuley, D., Crowcroft, J., & Crabtree, A. (in press). Human-data interaction. In The encyclopedia of human-computer interaction. Interaction Design Foundation

We have moved from a world where computing is siloed and specialised, to a world where computing is ubiquitous and everyday. In many, if not most, parts of the world, networked computing is now mundane as both foreground (e.g., smartphones, tablets)... Read More about Human-data interaction.

Bicameralism
Book Chapter
Testa, C. (2019). Bicameralism. In R. D. Congleton, B. N. Grofman, & S. Voight (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of public choice. Oxford University Press

In modern democracies, the legislative power is vested in parliaments with diverse organizational structures. Bicameral legislatures, requiring concurrent deliberation by two bodies, are present in about one-third of the world’s countries. Bicamerali... Read More about Bicameralism.

Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study
Book Chapter
Wu, B. (2016). Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study. In H. Wang, & Y. Liu (Eds.), Entrepreneur and talent management from a global perspective : Chinese returnees. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Unprecedented growth and circulation of Chinese international students cannot be fully understood unless the roles of host societies including diaspora Chinese communities are taken into account. This chapter draws attention to a phenomenon of local... Read More about Chinese student mobility, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England: an empirical study.

New voices: multicultural short stories
Book Chapter
Ward, A. (2016). New voices: multicultural short stories. In D. Head (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to the British and Irish short story. Cambridge University Press

International division of labor
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. International division of labor. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley-Blackwell

International division of labor refers to a conception of economic production as intrinsically transnational; of the interdependence between economic production and geographically-differentiated labor power in the first instance. ‘Old’ and ‘new’ vers... Read More about International division of labor.

Labor market
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. Labor market. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley-Blackwell

Labor markets are socially-constructed entities that facilitate the buying and selling of labor power. They are effectively political-geographic institutions, governed predominantly by state regulations that apply within specific territorial boundari... Read More about Labor market.

Regulation/deregulation
Book Chapter
Lim, K. F. Regulation/deregulation. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. F. Goodchild, A. L. Kobayashi, & R. Marston (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley Blackwell

Economic regulation is dynamically entwined with deregulation. Contrary to the logic of market fundamentalism, producers and/or consumers do not always benefit from deregulation. Rational-choice theories of regulation have not impacted economic-geogr... Read More about Regulation/deregulation.

Aid and taxation
Book Chapter
Morrissey, O., & Torrance, S. Aid and taxation. In B. M. Arvin, & B. Lew (Eds.), Handbook on the economics of foreign aid. Edward Elgar

The toponymy of communal activity: Anglo-Saxon assembly sites and their functions
Book Chapter
Baker, J. The toponymy of communal activity: Anglo-Saxon assembly sites and their functions. In J. Tort I Donada (Ed.), Els noms en la vida quotidiana. Actes del XXIV Congrés Internacional d’ICOS sobre Ciències Onomàstiques. ICOS

The paper builds on earlier discussion of the multiple functions of medieval judicial assembly sites, providing a comprehensive evaluation of relevant English hundred-names, and making reference to associated microtoponymy. While religious, military,... Read More about The toponymy of communal activity: Anglo-Saxon assembly sites and their functions.

What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?
Book Chapter
Cassaday, H. J. What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?. In G. Lee, J. Illes, & F. Ohl (Eds.), Ethical issues in behavioral neuroscience. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2014_333

Where there is no viable alternative, studies of neuronal activity are conducted on animals. The use of animals, particularly for invasive studies of the brain, raises a number of ethical issues. Practical or normative ethics are enforced by legislat... Read More about What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?.

James Buchanan and the secession crisis
Book Chapter
Ashworth, J. James Buchanan and the secession crisis. In J. H. Silbey (Ed.), A companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837-1861. Wiley-Blackwell

An account of the actions, motives, successes and failure of President James Buchanan as he confronted the collapse of the American nation in 1860-1861