A grounded theory study was undertaken to gain insight into the processes underpinning health visiting. It was found that health visitors introduce their services into the client domain via a process constructed in this study as ‘marketing’. This process involves…

Suggests that we are reaching a crisis in the Western worldview where abstract thinking has lost touch with nature as untrammelled growth leads to chaos
in the money markets, global warming
and violence. The purely rational
worldview which began with…

Ce document est la pré-publication d'un article paru dans AIDS and Behavior 2011; 15(1): 75-85 url: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10461, IRSC et FRSQ Réseau SIDA et maladies infectieuses

This paper introduces a Special Issue on heterodox economics of the environment and sustainability. At present, humanity faces several challenges, such as resource scarcity, biodiversity loss and climate change. And yet, we would argue, contributions from traditional ‘heterodox’ schools of…

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An algorithm is presented that is based on a representation
method for products, which lets us show, intuitively, the hierarchical
relationships among components and/or assemblies of
the product. This paper presents an algorithm for establishing
a partial non-destructive disassembly sequence…

Electrocrystallization of PbO2 on glassy carbon electrodes was studied in 1 M HNO3 + 0.1 M Pb(NO3)2 using cyclic voltammetry rotating disk electrode experiments, chronoamperometry, and scanning electron microscopy. In order to explain the experimental curves, a new theory of…

This special issue of the Journal of Physical Agents is devoted to human interaction with domestic robots. The form, features and future, of domestic robotic devices, from entertainment-based agents through to robotic cleaners, companions, assistants and helpers, are considered and…

We studied the phylogeny and systematics of the tribe Paragini (Diptera: Syrphidae) using morphological and molecular data. The paper presents separate parsimony analyses of both adult morphological characters and partial DNA sequence data from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I and…

Education as a liberating and democratic process remains an aim and belief in discourses within the field and beyond. The arts also have a tradition in which ‘artistic freedom’ is valued even if what constitutes artistic freedom is contested. In…