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Physical modeling for the evaluation of the seismic behavior of square tunnels (2014)
Book Chapter
Tsinidis, G., Heron, C., Pitilakis, K., & Madabhushi, G. (2014). Physical modeling for the evaluation of the seismic behavior of square tunnels. In A. Ilki, & M. N. Fardis (Eds.), Seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of structures (389-406). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00458-7_22

The Chapter summarizes results from dynamic centrifuge tests performed on a rectangular tunnel model embedded in dry sand. The tests were carried out at the geotechnical centrifuge facility of the University of Cambridge, within the Transnational Acc... Read More about Physical modeling for the evaluation of the seismic behavior of square tunnels.

The use of weapons in peace operations (2014)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2014). The use of weapons in peace operations. In S. Casey-Maslen (Ed.), Weapons under international human rights law (197-239). Cambridge University Press

Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans (2014)
Book Chapter
Van Zyl Smit, B. (2014). Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans. In S. D. Olson (Ed.), Ancient Comedy and Reception (984-999). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511250.984

Afrikaans became an official language of the Union of South Africa in 1925. Many works of the Western canon that had been brought to the country by the colonial powers were translated into the new language. To boost the prestige of the language and t... Read More about Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans.

The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States (2014)
Book Chapter
PETHERS, M. (2014). The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States. In P. Parrinder, A. Nash, & N. Wilson (Eds.), New Directions in the History of the Novel (63-75). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137026989_4

Following the trend towards authoritative ‘collected works’ and definitive ‘libraries of classics’ inaugurated in both Britain and the United States in the 1860s, publishers today tend to package old novels in a seamless, self-contained, visually uni... Read More about The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States.

Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways (2014)
Book Chapter
Dörnyei, Z., Muir, C., & Ibrahim, Z. (2014). Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways. In D. Lasagabaster, A. Doiz, & J. M. Sierra (Eds.), Motivation and foreign language learning: From theory to practice (9-29). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.40.01dor

In this chapter, we introduce a novel psychological construct whose key aspects are well-established in major motivation theories. A Directed Motivational Current (DMC) is a conceptual framework which depicts unique periods of intensive motivational... Read More about Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways.

Invisible enemies (2014)
Book Chapter
Lee, C. (2014). Invisible enemies. In C. Lee, & S. Crawford (Eds.), Social Dimensions of Medieval Disease and DisabilityArchaeopress

Stallone and Hollywood in Transition (2014)
Book Chapter
Gallagher, M. (2014). Stallone and Hollywood in Transition. In C. Holmlund (Ed.), The Ultimate Stallone Reader, 97-119. Columbia University Press

Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order (2014)
Book Chapter
Gaechter, S. (2014). Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order. The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and the Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199945474.013.0002

This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioral research on the role of human prosocial motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualized as a public goods game. Past attempts to explain social order typic... Read More about Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order.

Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German (2014)
Book Chapter
McLelland, N. (2014). Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German. In G. Rutten, R. Vosters, & W. Vandenbussche (Eds.), Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900. A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective. Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.3.11lel

This chapter examines the relationship between language prescription and language use in seventeenth-century German, reporting on a corpus investigation of the influence (or otherwise) of the leading grammarian Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676) on... Read More about Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German.

Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults (2014)
Book Chapter
Kam-Tuck Yip, A., & Page, S. (2014). Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults. . Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004272385_007

This paper examines the understandings and practices of 515 heterosexual religious young adults living in the United Kingdom in terms of their religious faith and sexuality. It presents qualitative and quantitative data drawn from questionnaires, int... Read More about Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults.

Proline Rich Homeodomain (PRH/HHEX) protein in the control of haematopoiesis and myeloid cell proliferation and its potential as a therapeutic target in myeloid leukaemias and other cancers. (2013)
Book Chapter
Kershaw, R., Gaston, K., & Jayaraman, P. (2013). Proline Rich Homeodomain (PRH/HHEX) protein in the control of haematopoiesis and myeloid cell proliferation and its potential as a therapeutic target in myeloid leukaemias and other cancers. In S. Douglas (Ed.), Myeloid cells: biology & regulation, role in cancer progression and potential implications for therapyNOVA Publishers

Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language (2013)
Book Chapter
Stock, K., Pasley, R. C., Gardner, Z., Brindley, P., Morley, J., & Cialone, C. (2013). Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language. In T. Tenbrink, J. Stell, A. Galton, & Z. Wood (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory: 11th International Conference, COSIT 2013, Scarborough, UK, September 2-6, 2013. Proceedings (279-298). Spatial Information Theory: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01790-7_16

The description of location using natural language is of interest for a number of research activities including the automated interpretation and generation of natural language to ease interaction with geographic information systems. For such activiti... Read More about Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language.

The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69 (2013)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2013). The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69. In J. W. Young, E. G. Pedaliu, & M. D. Kandiah (Eds.), Britain in Global Politics Volume 2 (139-158). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313584_8

One of Saki Dockrill’s most significant publications was her monograph, Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez.1 In this, the first archival study of the subject, she set Britain’s reassessment of its defence priorities in a broad context, looking not o... Read More about The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69.

Estimation of Conductivity Tensors from Human Ventricular Optical Mapping Recordings (2013)
Book Chapter
Walmsley, J., Mirams, G. R., Efimov, I. R., Burrage, K., & Rodriguez, B. (2013). Estimation of Conductivity Tensors from Human Ventricular Optical Mapping Recordings. In S. Ourselin, D. Rueckert, & N. Smith (Eds.), Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart: 7th International Conference, FIMH 2013, London, UK, June 20-22, 2013. Proceedings (224-231). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38899-6_27

Experimental recordings of transmural activation in the human left ventricle show variability in recorded activation times. In this paper we demonstrate a framework for fitting the conductivity tensor of a monodomain model to reproduce activation tim... Read More about Estimation of Conductivity Tensors from Human Ventricular Optical Mapping Recordings.