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All change for The Journal: Welcome new members, farewell old colleague and friend – Erratum Open

Jonathan Fishman, Ann-Louise McDermott, Stephen Jones · 2025

All change for The Journal: Welcome new members, farewell old colleague and friend Open

Jonathan Fishman, Ann-Louise McDermott, Stephen Jones · 2025

Georgian and Soviet: Entitled Nationhood and the Specter of Stalin in the Caucasus by Claire P.Kaiser. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2022. vi + 275 pp. $43.95. ISBN 978‐1‐5017‐6680‐0 Open

Stephen Jones · 2023

Identification of Cultural Differences and Their Effects on International Relations: A Novel Approach Open

Stephen Jones · 2021

International Relations suffers from underspecified treatments of culture that risk reifying, essentializing, or ignoring the effects of cultural differences in the conduct of relationships between states. Following a review of the develop…

Nanoparticle clearance is governed by Th1/Th2 immunity and strain background Open

Stephen Jones, Reid A. Roberts, Gregory R. Robbins, Jillian L. Perry, Marc P. Kai , et al. · 2020

Extended circulation of nanoparticles in blood is essential for most clinical applications. Nanoparticles are rapidly cleared by cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS). Approaches such as grafting polyethylene glycol onto particle…

The effect of particle size on the biodistribution of low-modulus hydrogel PRINT particles Open

Timothy J. Merkel, Kai Chen, Stephen Jones, Ashish Pandya, Shaomin Tian , et al. · 2020

There is a growing recognition that the deformability of particles used for drug delivery plays a significant role on their biodistribution and circulation profile. Understanding these effects would provide a crucial tool for the rational …

The business value of BIM for asset owners: a cross-case analysis Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen Finnegan · 2020

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and identify the activity systems that drive building information modelling (BIM) business value in asset management (AM). The utilisation of BIM has widened in scope, functionality, flex…

BIM business value for asset owners: key issues and challenges Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen Finnegan · 2020

Purpose There is a need to develop the understanding of asset owners concerning the constraints of building information modelling (BIM) implementation, and its subsequent value realisation activities in asset management (AM) cannot be over…

BIM-based operational information requirements for asset owners Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen Finnegan · 2020

It is widely recognised in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry that asset owners do not really understand their information needs for effective BIM-based Asset Management (AM). Hence, they may be unable to develop…

BIM business value for asset owners through effective asset information management Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Finnegan, Stephen Jones · 2019

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the processes, tools and techniques of strategic asset information management (AIM) for built assets, and how the asset information content enhances the proficiency of asset managers to e…

Development of a BIMAsset Maturity Model Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen Finnegan, P. Mêda · 2019

This paper presents a BIMAsset Maturity Model (BAMM) which demonstrates how asset owners can appraise the maturity of their organisations in relation to their capability of realising Building Information Modelling (BIM) business value in A…

BIM business value generation theory: a grounded theory approach Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen Finnegan · 2019

Theoretical developments in the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry have been deficient, especially for the operations and use phase. The need for asset owners to understand the Building Information Modelling (BIM) pr…

Business value of integrated BIM-based asset management Open

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones · 2019

Purpose Currently, building information modelling (BIM) is largely seen as a 3D model, not as an information model or information management tool. This wrong perception of BIM and low interest in 3D asset management (AM) is one of the majo…

G263(P) Medical students, neonatology and the world Open

Tiffany Keep, W McPartland, Stephen Jones · 2018

Aim Neonatal mortality and morbidity remains to be a significant global challenge, as shown by The Lancet ‘the Every Newborn Series’. Currently, 2.9 million newborns die annually, accounting for 44% of deaths in the Method A literature se…

Improving upon Bogardus: Creating a More Sensitive and Dynamic Social Distance Scale Open

Darin M. Mather, Stephen Jones, Scott Moats · 2017

Since 1925, the Bogardus Social Distance Scale has been a staple in social science research. This scale, which is often used to study prejudice and intergroup relations, asks participants to self-disclose their feelings of acceptance for m…

Lateral impact response of end-plate beam-column connections Open

Ali Al-Rifaie, Zhongwei Guan, Stephen Jones, Qingyuan Wang · 2017

The behaviour of different steel beam to column connections has been studied intensively against static and seismic loading regimes. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the response of such connections against impact and blast. In ord…

A Methodology Of Testing Beam To Column Connection Under Lateral Impact Load Open

Ali Al-Rifaie, Z.W. Guan, Stephen Jones · 2017

Beam to column connection can be considered as the most important structural part that affects the response of buildings to progressive collapse. However, many studies were conducted to investigate the beam to column connection under accid…

Quasi-Static Analysis Of End Plate Beam-To-Column Connections Open

Ali Al-Rifaie, Z.W. Guan, Stephen Jones · 2017

This paper presents a method for modelling and analysing end plate beam-to-column connections to obtain the quasi-static behaviour using non-linear dynamic explicit integration. In addition to its importance to study the static behaviour o…

Spiral strand cables subjected to high velocity fragment impact Open

R. Judge, Zhenjun Yang, Stephen Jones, Greg Beattie, Ian Horsfall · 2017

Numerical Based Performance of UK Industry Standard Simple and/or Semi-rigid Steel Connections Subjected to Rapid Rotations Open

M. Kidd, R. Judge, Stephen Jones · 2017

The majority of multistory steel framed buildings in the UK are designed such that the connections between the frame elements can be classified as 'simple' or 'semi-rigid'. Current UK design provisions relating to structural integrity and …

Current UK trends in the use of simple and/or semi-rigid steel connections Open

M. Kidd, R. Judge, Stephen Jones · 2016

This paper presents the findings of an internet based survey conducted on members of the UK steel construction industry. The survey was in the form of an online questionnaire that was open from April to October of 2015. The purpose of the …

Front Matter Open

Stephen Jones, Arno Huss, Emre Kural, Alexander Massoner, Edoardo Morra , et al. · 2016

Performance of Concrete Patch Repairs: From a Durability Point of View Open

Choorackal Avirachan Eldho, Stephen Jones, Ominda Nanayakkara, Jun Xia · 2016

Chloride contamination in reinforced concrete leads to the corrosion of steel bars. Concrete patch repairs are widely practiced as a remedial measure for the mitigation of such corrosion in reinforced concrete structures. The performance o…

ASSESSING GLOBAL SERVICE-LEARNING: A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH TO EVALUATING STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Open

Stephen Jones, David D. Hof, Douglas R Tillman · 2016

Research problem: Global Service-Learning (GSL), as service-learning that takes place outside of an institution's home culture, has long been touted as an important contributor to student's intercultural development. However, GSL practitio…

JLO volume 129 issue 12 Cover and Front matter Open

Kim Ah‐See, David Baguley, Martin Bailey, Jon Bennett, Abir Bhattacharyya , et al. · 2015