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ItemNo Preview AvailableFrom entanglement to equanimity: An application of Eastern holistic healing approach into social work practice on infertility(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-07)This international volume provides a comprehensive account of contemporary research, new perspectives and cutting-edge issues surrounding religion and spirituality in social work.
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ItemVision and motivation of adolescent language learners in Australia(Multilingual Matters, 2024)
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ItemQ methodology, subjectivity, and language research(Multilingual Matters, 2024)
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ItemAustralian-Korean multicultural family members' emotions about their family language policy(Multilingual Matters, 2024)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableAN A /R / TOGR APHIC BLUEPRINT FOR WALKING IN FOUR PROPOSITIONS(InSEA Publications, 2024-05-01)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableDRAWING, WRITING, AND WALKING: AN A/R/TOGRAPHIC PROPOSITION IN 7 PROMPTS(InSEA Publications, 2024-05-01)
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ItemMixed methods research(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)Mixed methods research designs meaningfully integrate both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand a research problem. Mixed methods research methodologies can be used to cast a nuanced light on complex legal problems, generating new answers which would not be perceived with one data source alone. However, mixed methods research appears rare in labour law research, perhaps reflecting gaps in legal data, the time and cost of undertaking such studies, and limited training in quantitative methods in some jurisdictions. This chapter identifies data sources that could enable a new generation of mixed methods labour law research.
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ItemContinuous Flow Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers and Carbon Materials(WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2017)The basic equipment associated with the synthesis of chemicals in the laboratory has remained essentially unchanged since the establishment of chemistry as a scientific discipline. Most techniques and apparatus are optimized for batch-by-batch processes. These traditional batch techniques have the benefit of familiar and time-tested methodology and low up-front cost, and therefore the shift to more modern apparatus requires some additional motivating factors. Continuous flow processing is a technique which involves a nontrivial initial investment of both time and finances, but which offers significant benefits to synthetic chemists. Continuous flow processing has been increasing in prominence in the research laboratory setting in the last decade, and a number of research groups now specialize in the development of methods for flow processing. This progress is buoyed by the commercial availability of the associated equipment, which can now be purchased from several vendors.
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ItemAggregation-induced emitters in light harvesting(Springer International Publishing, 2018-10-09)Light harvesting is an integral part of energy conversion of sunlight into chemicals and electricity. In this chapter, the application of materials with aggregation-induced emission properties in artificial photosynthesis and photon refining technologies is summarized and discussed. In artificial photosynthesis, aggregation-induced emitters enable efficient energy transfer in self-assembled arrays. Thin film luminescent solar concentrators have also been made possible by aggregation-induced emitters as high concentrations of these chromophores can be used in such devices. Aggregates are also important in photon upconversion where proximity of chromophores enables efficient triplet energy transfer and triplet-triplet annihilation processes.
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ItemRecalibrating Minimum Force: Some Unintended Consequences of Tom Swift's 'Electronic Rifle'(Springer Nature, 2024-05-23)This chapter explores some significant impacts of ‘electro-shock’ weapons on the practices and accountability of police. It argues that the introduction of conducted energy weapons (CEWs or ‘Tasers’) has resulted in the recalibration of the traditional policing principle of minimum force. Using evidence from a range of jurisdictions, we explore the way CEWs replace low-level and intermediate force options, rather than the use of deadly force they were initially marketed to reduce. We suggest that the adoption of this type of weapon fractures police conceptions of the use of force continuum. This results in a shift away from ensuring ‘coercive’ force as both threat of use of force and the actual use of force are minimised in model police practice towards the mission to appear ‘non-lethal’, or at least less ‘injurious’. While CEWs carry less risk of serious physical injury when deployed as compared with firearms, the increasing rates and normalisation of threatened use of force and associated threats of severe pain and injury in policing practice comprise a form of ‘weapons creep’ and carry a concomitant risk to police–community relations. We argue the widespread adoption of CEWs in policing has reinforced long-held concerns about ‘weapons drift’ and has consequently impacted police legitimacy for some observers and further served to materially subvert interpretations of the principle of ‘minimum force’ as a useful measure of the reasonableness of police use of force.