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Staging the Ghost Story: Shadows in the Limelight
No full textThis monograph takes as its focus the relationship between the theatre and the ghost story, that is, tales of the supernatural as narrative itself takes centre stage. The ghost story on stage has not been subject to any past historical study, which is remarkable when the genre itself raises pertinent questions about the relationship between representation and liveness, the limits of the natural in the theatre (and stage naturalism), the challenges of embodiment, theatrical effect and structure, and the power of storytelling. Moreover, it asks us to consider the importance of the theatrical medium itself in the dissemination of the ghost story.</p
Diffusion of community heart failure service innovation in Northamptonshire, England: a qualitative study
No full textThis article explores the implementation of community heart failure service innovation in Northamptonshire through a Diffusion of Innovation lens.</p
Governance, Ownership Structure, and Financial Leverage: The Role of Board Gender Diversity in UK Firms
No full textThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between governance structure, ownership structure, and financial leverage of corporations in the UK, with a special emphasis on the boardroom gender diversity. The study sample includes 484 UK firms from the FTSE All-Share Index for the period (2015–2023), with 4356 firm-year observations. The results show that CEO duality, gender diversity, managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and government shareholding are all positively associated with financial leverage, thus confirming the importance of these governance and ownership characteristics in determining capital structure policies. On the other hand, board size and the proportion of non-executive directors are not found to have a significant impact on financial leverage, which points to some room for improvement in UK board practices. In this regard, the study contributes to the governance-sustainability-finance nexus discussion by focusing on these dimensions in the UK corporate sector. As such, the findings of this study are important in providing policy recommendations for policymakers and corporate leaders and contribute to the ongoing wave of global corporate governance reforms and practical insights into enhancing governance frameworks at the firm level.</p
Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age
No full textWith biodiversity loss escalating globally, a step-change is needed in our capacity to accurately monitor species populations across ecosystems. Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) offer technological solutions that may significantly advance terrestrial biodiversity monitoring, but this potential is yet to be considered systematically. We used a modified Delphi technique to synthesise knowledge from 98 biodiversity and 31 RAS experts from around the world, identifying the major methodological barriers that currently hinder monitoring, and exploring the opportunities and challenges that RAS offer to overcome these barriers. Biodiversity experts identified four barrier categories: site access, species/individual identification, data handling/storage and power/network availability. RAS experts highlighted currently available technologies and capabilities that could overcome these barriers. Some existing RAS could be optimised relatively easily to survey species, but would require development to monitor more ‘difficult’ taxa and be robust enough to work in the uncontrolled, and often extreme, conditions within ecosystems. Other nascent technologies (e.g., novel sensors, biodegradable robots) need accelerated research. Overall, it was felt that RAS could lead to major progress in monitoring terrestrial biodiversity by supplementing, rather than supplanting, existing methods. Transdisciplinarity needs to be fostered between biodiversity and RAS experts, so future ideas and technologies can be co-developed effectively.</p
Reintroducing evidence of the role of energy usage dynamics on environmental management in E7 countries
No full textThis study examines the environmental impacts of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and energy consumption in E7 countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Turkey). As an innovative contribution to the literature, this is one of the first studies to integrate the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and the Energy Kuznets Hypothesis (EKH). Using unbalanced panel data for 1988-2022, the effects of renewable and non-renewable energy sources on environmental degradation are analyzed. The findings show that economic growth initially increases environmental degradation, but this effect reverses after a certain threshold. When the model is extended with the EKH, it is found that renewable energy use promotes environmental sustainability, whereas non-renewable sources increase environmental damage.The results of the study provide generalizable policy recommendations not only for E7 countries but also for all emerging economies in the energy transition. In particular, it is suggested that differentiating energy policies and regulatory quality according to countries' income levels can accelerate environmental improvement. In this respect, the study provides a multidimensional roadmap for sustainable development strategies that applies to policymakers.</p
Ottoman-Armenians and Ideas of Iran: Dikran Kelekian, KirkorMinassian and Hagop Kevorkian’s ‘Persian’ portable Arts in Europe and America at the Turn of the twentieth Century
No full textThis chapter is part of an edited volume which is the result of the Idea of Iran Syposium at SOAS in 2024, which was funded by the Soudavar Memorial Foundation. The chapter explores the roles of three dealers in sourcing and selling of what they called 'Persian' ceramics: Dikran Kelekian, Hagop Kevorkian and Kirkor Minassian. It charts their origins in Ottoman Anatolia and their decision to break with their Ottoman origins and shift their allegiance to the Qajar Shah, after the Hamidian Massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire. Thus, it interprets the rise of 'Persian ceramics' in Western museums as, in part, the result of this violence and dislocation. </p
Forced Displacement of Journalists and Human Rights
No full textThe chapter examines the experiences of refugee journalists from a human rights perspective to understand the impact of displacement on them. </p
Insights on Journalism and Human Rights
No full textThe book maps the field of human rights and journalism, outlining the evolving interaction between journalists and the human rights movement. Chapters focus on journalists who find themselves at the centre of human rights violations and explore the challenges they face when covering human rights abuses, including their own safety and responsibilities. The book also scrutinises the media’s treatment of various human rights-related issues such as terrorism, missing people, climate change, and migration, and identifies weaknesses and gaps in their coverage. </p
'Be my enemy for friendship's sake': Hayley and Blake's Biographers
No full textThis chapter examines how Blake's patron, William Hayley, has been mischaracterised in biographies of Blake which tend to take the Romantic artist's unreliable private notebook poems as indicators of all aspects of the relationship, ignoring strong external evidence that demonstrates Hayley was an important and respectful patron of Blake as an engraver. </p
Ambulance Staff Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Emergencies in Care Homes in the East Midlands, United Kingdom: A Qualitative Interview Study
No full textA qualitative study exploring ambulance staff experiences and perceptions of medical emergencies in care homes in the East Midlands, United Kingdom.</p