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COVID-19, Care Ethics, and Vulnerability (2022)
Book Chapter
Baron, T. (2022). COVID-19, Care Ethics, and Vulnerability. In G. Schweiger (Ed.), The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethical and Philosophical Reflection (157-176). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9_10

The economic crash of 2008 demonstrated the fragility of financial systems throughout the world; COVID-19, as the first pandemic in over a century to wreak global havoc, has demonstrated the fragility of healthcare systems. At the time of writing, th... Read More about COVID-19, Care Ethics, and Vulnerability.

Networking Small Rural Schools in the Pandemic (2022)
Book Chapter
Greany, T., & Wolfe, A. (2022). Networking Small Rural Schools in the Pandemic. In The Power of Professional Learning Networks - traversing the present; transforming the future (11). London: John Catt Educational Ltd

This chapter draws on findings from an evaluation of two regional networks developed by the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership to support senior leaders in small rural schools in England. The networks were launched in September 2... Read More about Networking Small Rural Schools in the Pandemic.

Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials (2022)
Book Chapter
Li, S. (2022). Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials. In S. W. Tsaï (Ed.), Double-Double: a new perspective in the manufacture and design of composites (173-206). Stanford & JEC

By examining the quadratic function of the original Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials from the perspective of analytic geometry, two of the troublesome coefficients associated with the interactive terms, one describing in... Read More about Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials.

AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment (2022)
Book Chapter
Ulgen, O. (2022). AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment. In A. J. Hampton, & J. A. DeFalco (Eds.), Law and Moral Philosophy to Center Human Dignity as an Indicator of Ethical AI: Concerns, Cultural Touchpoints, Paths Forward. Routledge

Human dignity as a universal moral value has not previously been explored as an important indicator of whether AI is ethically designed, developed, and deployed. Drawing on law and moral philosophy, this chapter develops a legal-philosophical concept... Read More about AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment.

Personal Identity and Morality (2022)
Book Chapter
Noonan, H. (2022). Personal Identity and Morality. In K. Tobia (Ed.), Experimental Philosophy of Identity and the Self (87-97). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350246928.0011

Does the true account of personal identity undermine everyday moral thinking? Do every day moral practices presuppose a false account of our nature and persistence conditions? I shall consider the three main accounts of personal identity in the conte... Read More about Personal Identity and Morality.

A Presence in Languedoc (12th–13th Centuries) (2022)
Book Chapter
Taylor, C. (2022). A Presence in Languedoc (12th–13th Centuries). In M. Benedetti, & E. Cameron (Eds.), A Companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages (35-77). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004420410_004

The expression above was attributed to Pérégrine Gasc, an inquisitorial deponent of Moissac, a town in the diocese of Cahors and the medieval county of Quercy, in 1244. She is referring to her experience of Waldensians in the town of Toulouse and... Read More about A Presence in Languedoc (12th–13th Centuries).

Discourse Analysis of Print Media (2022)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (2022). Discourse Analysis of Print Media. In Research Methods in Language Attitudes (19-34). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108867788.004

This chapter examines how discourse analysis as applied to print media can be used to examine language attitudes. It outlines the main strengths and limitations of this method. One of the most important strengths lies in the fact that the printed pre... Read More about Discourse Analysis of Print Media.

Optical Memristors: Review of Switching Mechanisms and New Computing Paradigms (2022)
Book Chapter
Gee, A., Jaafar, A. H., & Kemp, N. T. (2022). Optical Memristors: Review of Switching Mechanisms and New Computing Paradigms. In L. O. Chua, R. Tetzlaff, & A. Slavova (Eds.), Memristor Computing Systems (219-244). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90582-8_10

Memristors are known for their low-power non-volatile memory operation, high scalability and simple two-terminal geometry. Their ability to emulate the analogue switching and learning properties of biological synapses has also emerged as a significan... Read More about Optical Memristors: Review of Switching Mechanisms and New Computing Paradigms.

China’s Public Diplomacy and Its Foreign Policy Towards Central and South Asia (2022)
Book Chapter
Burcu, O., & Boni, F. (2022). China’s Public Diplomacy and Its Foreign Policy Towards Central and South Asia. In X. Zhang, & C. Schultz (Eds.), China's International Communication and Relationship Building (79-96). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003254157-7

This chapter analyses how China has promoted its interests under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) using a set of strategic tools, which we define as enmeshment and appeasement. More specifically, the analysis considers the dynamics characterizing C... Read More about China’s Public Diplomacy and Its Foreign Policy Towards Central and South Asia.

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing (2022)
Book Chapter
Myers, M. (2022). Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing. In Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds (37-47). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160526-4

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities suffer some of the worst health outcomes in the UK including low levels of life expectancy, high rates of infant mortality, and a high prevalence of chronic health conditions (McFadden et al., 2018; NHS, 2... Read More about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing.

Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity (2022)
Book Chapter
Bhana, D., & Salvi, F. (2022). Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity. In E. Moore (Ed.), Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in South Africa (86-101). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003147398

When African teenagers in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa become fathers out of wedlock, cultural practices around the acknowledgement of paternity and the payment of damages are invoked. Damage payments refer to culturally embedded compen... Read More about Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity.

Language, labour and ideology Constructing epistemologies of childbirth in the first three centuries of English-language midwifery texts (1540–1800) (2022)
Book Chapter
Whitt, R. J. (2022). Language, labour and ideology Constructing epistemologies of childbirth in the first three centuries of English-language midwifery texts (1540–1800). In T. Hiltunen, & I. Taavitsainen (Eds.), Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse (179-202). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.330.08whi

Writings on midwifery and women’s medicine related to childbirth reflect the many changes affecting this field during the Early Modern period, which in turn reflect changes in epistemological values Through the lens of critical discourse analysis, th... Read More about Language, labour and ideology Constructing epistemologies of childbirth in the first three centuries of English-language midwifery texts (1540–1800).

Screening Mutants by Single Fly Genomic PCR (2022)
Book Chapter
Nagarajan, U., & Georgiou, M. (2022). Screening Mutants by Single Fly Genomic PCR. In Notch Signaling Research (15-25). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2201-8_2

Imprecise P-element excision or FRT-mediated recombination is routinely performed to mutagenize a gene of interest. It is, however, tedious to maintain all independent and individual excised mutant fly lines before the presence of a mutation is confi... Read More about Screening Mutants by Single Fly Genomic PCR.

Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security (2022)
Book Chapter
King, J., Grewal, S., Fellers, J. P., & King, I. P. (2022). Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security. In Wheat Improvement: Food Security in a Changing Climate (319-340). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3_18

Increasing the genetic diversity of wheat is key to its future production in terms of increasing yields, resistance to diseases and adaptability to fluctuations in global climate. The use of the progenitor species of wheat and also its wild relatives... Read More about Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security.

Children's Rights (2022)
Book Chapter
Nolan, A. (2022). Children's Rights. In D. Moeckli, S. Shah, S. Sivakumaran, & D. Harris (Eds.), International Human Rights Law (339-358). (Fourth Edition). Oxford University Press (OUP)

The last 30 years have seen the emergence of children as a discrete—and increasing—focus of international human rights law attention. Centring on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the work of its treaty-monitoring body, the UN Commi... Read More about Children's Rights.

Female Book Ownership and Networks (2022)
Book Chapter
Martin, J., & Wingfield, E. (in press). Female Book Ownership and Networks. In D. Green, A. Mann, J. Marshall, & E. Wingfield (Eds.), The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland, Volume 1: Medieval to 1707. Edinburgh University Press

Literary Anthologies , c. 1500-1603 (2022)
Book Chapter
Martin, J. (in press). Literary Anthologies , c. 1500-1603. In D. Green, A. Mann, J. Marshall, & E. Wingfield (Eds.), The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland, Volume 1: Medieval to 1707. Edinburgh University Press