Since coming to power in 1997, New Labour has identified reducing anti-social behaviour and fear of crime as key issues to be dealt with. In the main, its response has been to introduce a range of punitive measures. The main…

Choline, the precursor and the metabolite of acetylcholine, is reputed as a selective α7 nicotinic receptor agonist. In this study, however, we
have seen that choline exerted a dual effect on bovine nicotinic receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. On the…

The idea that technology can transfer a person to a different environment without any physical movement and create the illusion of interaction with the artificial environment is not new. Scientists and engineers have been dedicating their efforts to its progressive…

A revision of the calpionellid bio-chronostratigraphy in Western Sicily (Italy)
was carried out, in order to update the taxonomy of this group, through the
identification of some genera (Borziella, Longicollaria, Chitinoidella, Dobeniella,
Sturiella, Borzaiella and Praecalpionellites) and species (Remaniella
catalanoi…

This paper originates from accessing
the Cornwall Council website (Cornwall
Council, 2010) in order to download the
report of the serious case review into the
murder of Steven Hoskin for teaching
purposes on a Post-Qualifying Social
Work programme. However, there…

The exclusionary rule which prohibits references to parliamentary materials as an aid to statutory interpretation has been applied for decades in most common law jurisdictions. The House of Lords handed down its fundamental decision in Pepper v. Hart which allowed…

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: O’Brien, N., 2009. Secondary school teachers’ and pupils’ definitions of bullying in the UK:…

In this paper we analyze a simple experiment to study the effects of polarized light. A simple optical system composed of a polarizer, a retarder (cellotape) and an analyzer is used to study the effect on the polarization state of…

Within the general frame of proposals for an adequate management of business ethics, this paper is based on the vision of corporate culture as a pattern to achieve such purpose. If we consider ethics as a specific value of corporate…

The analysis of literature showed that while football (soccer) has many articles about different match analysis, field hockey has little such publications. Mainly West European Country teams or teams from other continents are studied. Still, there is no such information…