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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Jessop"”.
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Harnessing alternative post-growth development pathways in Northampton: learning from innovative green information systems in Bristol and China
… from a Strategic Relational Approach (SRA) (Jessop, 2000, 2005, 2010), the role of Information Systems (IS) in the discursive and material mechanisms that can hinder or facilitate degrowth-oriented transformative networks. She has defined IS as spaces of intersubjective interactions, using …
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Crisis, hegemony, and the social investment market: The cultural political economy of an emerging governance strategy
… economy perspective, developed by Sum and Jessop (2013), with a historical materialist policy analysis, which allows me to explain ‘moral capitalism’ – defined by Clarke (2010a, p. 388) as a “muted echo of popular scepticism and outrage about the crisis of the present” – in …
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Preparation of CO2-Switchable Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Latexes by Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization
… over previous work in the Cunningham and Jessop groups). A ratio of VA-044:DMAEMA within the range of 1:8~1:2, a minimum overall N% (NDMAEMA+NVA-044) at 1% and a maximum solids content at 20% were the required conditions in order to make latex successfully recover from two switching …
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The limits of local politics: local socialism and the local economy in the 1980s; a case study of Sheffield's economic policies
… with the analyses of the state developed by Jessop at a more abstract level.
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The role of Sir Joseph Banks, K.B., P.R.S., in the promotion and development of Lincolnshire canals and navigations
… different relationships and those with William Jessop, John Rennie and George Maxwell are especially investigated in depth. Finally, an assessment is attempted of the part he played and the significance of his contribution to the promotion and development of the Lincolnshire waterways.
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‘Oil that harvests culture’: state, oil and culture in petrosocialism (Venezuela, 2007-2013)
… By engaging with the work of Henri Lefebvre, Bob Jessop and George Yúdice this thesis sets out to challenge the disciplinary compartmentalisation of the analysis of the material and cultural effects of oil to demonstrate that within the extractive logic of the Petrostate and the oil industry, …
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Task-specific observer performance and image quality : direct and indirect relationships in low-dose CT images
Aim: The aim of this research was to examine image quality in low-dose CT images, as determined by a range of image quality measures (IQM), in addition to psychophysical assessment, and look at direct or indirect relationships. Method: CT images of an anthropomorphic chest phantom were obtained …
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The Fecal Microbiota of Healthy and Diarrheic Calves Before, During and at Recovery From Diarrhea
The changes associated with the gastrointestinal microbiota before, during and after neonatal calf diarrhea still needs to be fully understood and described. The first chapter of this thesis reviews our current understanding of the composition of a “healthy” fecal microbiome, microbial changes …
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Development of a novel approach to expand umbilical cord blood-derived haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells ex vivo for clinical transplantation
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a well established alternative source of haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). One factor limiting the wider use of UCB for transplantation is the relatively low cell dose from a UCB unit compared to bone …
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Correlation of Macroscopic and Microscopic Placental Lesions with Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes in an unselected Population
Many abnormalities of the placenta are reported to be significant in the setting of maternal health problems and adverse fetal/neonatal outcomes. In specific clinicopathological circumstances - eg vascular lesions in the growth restricted fetus – correlation does exist between the placental lesion …
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Discursive Subcultures in UK Counselling Psychology: a Profession and its Practitioners’ constructions of Rupture in the Therapeutic Alliance
There is a distinct lack of empirical research pertaining to how UK counselling psychology and its practitioners construct ‘rupture in the therapeutic alliance’, and what the term accomplishes for those that use it. Arguably there is also the potential for discourses of ‘rupture’ to be overlooked …
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Tradeoffs among ecosystem services in restored wetlands
Recently restoration ecology and land management have found new focus and direction by emphasizing the value of ecosystem services to society. Resource management decisions frequently involve choices that reflect tradeoffs among ecosystem services. Tradeoffs occur when one service changes at the …
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Family impacts reported by parents raising children with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS)
… with the Impact on Family Scale (IOFS) (Stein & Jessop, 2003). Parents were recruited through PANDASNetwork.org and were asked to complete the online survey which included the demographic and illness questions, the CY-BOCS-PR, and the IOFS assessment. This study examined the differences between …
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Neoliberalização e Reforma Educacional: Ensina! Brasil e os ensaios da rede global Teach For All no país
… sua era de ouro. Partindo principalmente de Bob Jessop, Neil Brenner, Jamie Peck e Nik Theodore aponto para emersão, nesse período, de um tipo de racionalização ideológica dominante, aqui entendida como neoliberalização: uma reestruturação regulatória orientada pela lógica de mercado que busca …
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The employment requirements of disabled persons : a study of the development of state supported employment provision.
… described as a 'Schumpeterian Workfare State' (Jessop, 1992,1994), ensured that the ES, Disability Service, faced a need for radical reform. It is the framework and conception of this revised approach, to disabled persons labour-market involvement, that constitutes the basis of the present …
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Near-Field Pressure Distributions to Enhance Sound Transmission into Multi-Layer Materials
<p>The large impedance difference between air and most solids prevents significant energy transfer from incident acoustic waves across the air-material interface. Refraction also plays a role in preventing acoustic transmission, as the wave speed difference between air and solid materials results …
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TO NEIGHBOR: Stories from Melville, Montana, a Crossroads of Land, Community, and a Way of Life
This collection of essays revolves around several trips I made to Sweet Grass County and most specifically, Melville, Montana, population approximately 140. I discovered Melville on a class trip to Sweet Grass County and couldn’t get the community out of my mind. Relatively unchanged for the past …
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TO NEIGHBOR: Stories from Melville, Montana, a Crossroads of Land, Community, and a Way of Life
This collection of essays revolves around several trips I made to Sweet Grass County and most specifically, Melville, Montana, population approximately 140. I discovered Melville on a class trip to Sweet Grass County and couldn’t get the community out of my mind. Relatively unchanged for the past …
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Book buddies : celebrating shared reading
This thesis describes a project involving reading books with a partner, and writing about the experience in journals kept by each of the partnerships. There were two groups of participants partnered together: one comprised of 12-13 year-old English second language (ESL) learners, and the other, …
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A Semantic Differential Analysis of Integrity Group Concepts
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