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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. 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.

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). Cham, Switerland: 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 Yéku’s Soro Soke: When Poetry Speaks Up (2024)
Book Chapter
Ojebode, A. O. (2024). “Dirge to Slit Bodies”: EndSARS, Police Brutality, and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yéku’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 Yéku’s Soro Soke: When Poetry Speaks Up.

Bargaining the Rules of Evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
Thomason, M. (2024). Bargaining the Rules of Evidence. In M. Langer, M. McConville, & L. Marsh (Eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining & Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing

Plea bargains depend in large part on the available evidence against the defendant. Strictly speaking, these negotiations should be based only on evidence that is likely to be admissible at trial. Bargains therefore implicitly depend on the structure... Read More about Bargaining the Rules of Evidence.

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.

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.

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.

The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya (2024)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya. In W. Amin, S. Rizvi, & A. Hughes (Eds.), Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s). AMI Press

From streets to Sejm: Discourses of feminist protest and political change in Poland (2024)
Book Chapter
Chalupnik, M., & Brookes, G. From streets to Sejm: Discourses of feminist protest and political change in Poland. In Language, Gender and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan

Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet (All-Poland Women’s Strike) is a grassroots campaign engaging with social, feminist and women’s rights issues in Poland. Formed in 2016 in response to proposed tightening of abortion laws, the campaign coordinated a series... Read More about From streets to Sejm: Discourses of feminist protest and political change in Poland.

Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Donnell, E., Dolman, N., Everett, G., Kapetas, L., Ncube, S., & Thorne, C. (2024). Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities. In J. Lamond, D. Proverbs, & N. Bhattacharya Mis (Eds.), Research Handbook on Flood Risk Management (97-111). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102981.00015

Blue-Green Cities manage flood risk by recreating more naturally oriented water cycles in urban areas through the restoration of natural drainage channels, reduction in impervious surfaces and implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI - for ex... Read More about Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities.