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Resilience: The Concept, a Literature Review and Future Directions (2015)
Book Chapter
Dani, S. (2015). Resilience: The Concept, a Literature Review and Future Directions. In Organisational Resilience (22-49). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/b19305-5

In an ever-more interconnected world, countries, communities, organisations and individuals are all subjected to a diverse and ever-changing environment. The threats that this often turbulent environment poses can vary in both severity and frequency.... Read More about Resilience: The Concept, a Literature Review and Future Directions.

Potential use of hybrid iron oxide gold nanoparticles as drug carriers (2015)
Book Chapter
Curtis, A., & Hoskins, C. Potential use of hybrid iron oxide gold nanoparticles as drug carriers. In Nano Based Drug Delivery (535-546). IAPC Publishing (International Association of Physical Chemists). https://doi.org/10.5599/obp.8.21

Hybrid nanoparticles are composed of more than one material fused together to increase functionality. These often consist of polymers coated onto the surface of metallic nanoparticles to render them useful in biomedicine [1,2]. In this chapter the te... Read More about Potential use of hybrid iron oxide gold nanoparticles as drug carriers.

Introduction (2015)
Book Chapter
Moss, G. P. (2015). Introduction. In Novel Delivery Systems for Transdermal and Intradermal Drug Delivery (1-40). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118734506.ch1

This chapter describes the physiology and structure of the skin, emphasising and focusing on the skin's main barrier to permeation – the stratum corneum – and how its structure and nature, compared to other regions and layers of the skin, results in... Read More about Introduction.

Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence (2015)
Book Chapter
Worrall, A., & Corcoran, M. (2015). Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence. In The Management of Change in Criminal Justice (259-274). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137462497_15

For more than a decade, the government in England and Wales has insisted that a very small proportion of offenders (around 10%) are committing a very large proportion of crime (around 50%) at any point in time (Home Office, 2001; 2003; 2004). Althoug... Read More about Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence.