An experimental investigation was undertaken to study whether the strength behavior of concrete made with glass aggregate
differed significantly from that made with natural aggregates when concretes cured in low temperatures. The aim of the
research work presented is to…

This paper explores Heidegger's relevance to SF and proposes links between his philosophy and SF approaches. It also explores phenomenology as a useful concept for SF.

Proposes some fundamental differences in assumptions between old and new paradigms and argues that the preoccupation with growth
characteristic of a materialist view is what has
brought about our current crisis.

Bronwen Rees interviews Professor Apichai Puntasen
about the attempts to introduce the King’s ideas
of Sufficiency Economy into Thailand. The core of this philosophy is developing compassion and co-operation rather than competition.

Background: In the UK there is a policy initiative to encourage volunteering to promote community participation and engagement in society. ‘Volunteers in Child Protection’ is a scheme promoting volunteers to work alongside statutory child care workers in complex child protection…

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In the past, as in the present, older people constituted the
largest single group of recipients of nursing care in both
hospital and community settings. However, the practical
realities associated with providing that nursing care and the
changing organisational frameworks…

The closing decades of the twentieth century saw a dramatic shift from institutional to community-based care for the mentally ill. This paper describes a study of the social representation of mental illness by mental health professionals working in Britain and…

The Irish are the largest and longest-established non-British minority ethnic group in Britain, but their difference
is recognised only in the migrant generation. Unlike the second generations of the so-called 'visible' ethnic groups, children of Irish-born parents in England are…