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Publication date: 1 February 1968

Russell Edwards

Last month Russell Edwards dealt with molecular models in plasticine. In School Science 4 he considers a first lesson in crystallography.

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Last month Russell Edwards dealt with molecular models in plasticine. In School Science 4 he considers a first lesson in crystallography.

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Education + Training, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 April 1968

Russell Edwards

School Science 4, February issue, dealt with a first lesson in crystallography. In this issue Russell Edwards indicates how he can demonstrate test tube reactions using a slide…

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School Science 4, February issue, dealt with a first lesson in crystallography. In this issue Russell Edwards indicates how he can demonstrate test tube reactions using a slide projector.

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Education + Training, vol. 10 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 January 1968

Russell Edwards

In School Science 2, in our November 1967 issue, Russell Edwards discussed building a home‐made back‐projector. This month he deals with molecular models in plasticine.

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In School Science 2, in our November 1967 issue, Russell Edwards discussed building a home‐made back‐projector. This month he deals with molecular models in plasticine.

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Education + Training, vol. 10 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 11 January 2013

Gary D. Holt

Business failure has evolved a major research domain, both of corporate finance generally and of construction management, equally. Much of this attention has focused on assessing…

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Purpose

Business failure has evolved a major research domain, both of corporate finance generally and of construction management, equally. Much of this attention has focused on assessing business “health” to predict longevity, but less so, on causal agents of failure. The aim of this study is to synthesise published knowledge in the subject domain to explore construction failure agents.

Design/methodology/approach

Extant literature drawn from both corporate finance and construction management disciplines are synthesised. Subjective, textual analysis is undertaken and causal agents thematically grouped. A failure relationship model is derived that conceptualises construction business failure in relation to its operating universe.

Findings

Generic failure agents (GFA) (ordered, based on percentage frequency among the literature observed) are shown to be: managerial, financial, company characteristics, and macroeconomic. The first three are proffered to reciprocally interact within a “universe” defined by the latter. Numerous sub‐causal agents (SCA) are attributed to each generic agent. The role of innovation is suggested to hold potential negative (as well as positive) impacts on mitigating GFA and SCA.

Research limitations/implications

Limitations relate to synthesis of contemporary published evidence, so a progressive iteration would be empirical study of identified agents within live construction environments. An implication is the call for research realignment; from emphasis on business health assessment, to that of root causal agents.

Practical implications

Advancement of theory relating to business failure has significant implications for construction management research.

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The failure relationship model and its linkage to innovation is novel.

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Construction Innovation, vol. 13 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1471-4175

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Publication date: 20 November 2023

Ada T. Cenkci, Megan S. Downing, Tuba Bircan and Karen Perham-Lippman

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Overcoming Workplace Loneliness
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ISBN: 978-1-80382-502-1

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Publication date: 1 July 2011

Mary Ellin Logue and SooJoung Kim

The Persona Doll Project describes an experiential intervention with undergraduate preservice teachers designed to increase awareness about diversity and apply this awareness to…

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The Persona Doll Project describes an experiential intervention with undergraduate preservice teachers designed to increase awareness about diversity and apply this awareness to curriculum planning and advocacy for children. Sixty-three undergraduate students in a social studies methods class were each assigned a persona doll for the semester whose background differed from their own. Each was charged with becoming the advocate for the child, represented by the doll, by telling informed stories that would help other students better understand a level of diversity beyond what they knew from their own lives. Students heightened awareness of their own assumptions through narrative, inquiry and reflection and used that knowledge to critically analyze teaching practices that promote inclusion or exclusion. Students reported increased confidence for working in diverse communities. One goal of teacher education programs is to prepare teachers to work with students from racial/cultural/linguistic backgrounds other than their own. This article provides one example of how to address this important goal.

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Social Studies Research and Practice, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1933-5415

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Publication date: 1 October 1999

G.G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury

Digital library research has attracted much attention in the most developed, and in a number of developing, countries. While many digital library research projects are funded by…

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Digital library research has attracted much attention in the most developed, and in a number of developing, countries. While many digital library research projects are funded by government agencies and national and international bodies, some are run by specific academic and research institutions and libraries, either individually or collaboratively. While some digital library projects, such as the ELINOR project in the UK, the first two phases of the eLib (Electronic Libraries) Programme in the UK, and the first phase of DLI (Digital Library Initiative) in the US, are now over, a number of other projects are currently under way in different parts of the world. Beginning with the definitions and characteristics of digital libraries, as proposed by various researchers, this paper provides brief accounts of some major digital library projects that are currently in progress, or are just completed, in different parts of the world. There follows a review of digital library research under sixteen major headings. Literature for this review has been identified through a search on LISA CD‐ROM database, and a Dialog search on library and information science databases, and the resulting output has been supplemented by a scan of the various issues of D‐Lib Magazine and Ariadne, and the websites of various organisations and institutions engaged in digital library research. The review indicates that we have learned a lot through digital library research within a short span of time. However, a number of issues are yet to be resolved. The paper ends with an indication of the research issues that need to be addressed and resolved in the near future in order to bring the digital library from the researcher‘s laboratory to the real life environment.

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Journal of Documentation, vol. 55 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0022-0418

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Publication date: 1 March 2000

David Harrison

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Reference Reviews, vol. 14 no. 3
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ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 1 December 2000

G.G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury

A number of digital libraries have been set up in the course of various research and development activities in different parts of the world during the last few years. How do these…

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A number of digital libraries have been set up in the course of various research and development activities in different parts of the world during the last few years. How do these digital libraries fair in terms of information retrieval features? This paper looks into this question by reviewing the information retrieval features of 20 digital libraries chosen from around the globe. The first part of the paper briefly describes the features of the chosen digital libraries in terms of their nature and content. The second part looks into the information retrieval features of each digital library. Unique features of some digital libraries have been indicated. Major areas of research that would improve the information retrieval features of the future digital libraries have been indicated.

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Program, vol. 34 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0033-0337

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Publication date: 1 October 1970

Norman Barfield

AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING was born in March 1929 of the belief that the emerging technology from which it took its title would become a fundamental element of engineering progress. The…

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AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING was born in March 1929 of the belief that the emerging technology from which it took its title would become a fundamental element of engineering progress. The keystone of its policy was that it would attempt to meet the needs of engineers and students working in this field and that its contents should be ‘written by engineers — for engineers’. That this venture was fully justified has been amply vindicated by the achievements of the industry during the ensuing 41 years — as recorded in the first 500 issues of this Journal, the major milestone celebrated this month. This is a propitious occasion on which to review the record to date because, although aviation has always been about looking forward, history is instructive and it is the impressive performance of the aerospace industry to date that inspires and motivates confidence in its future.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 42 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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