Manchester Metropolitan University

About: Manchester Metropolitan University is a education organization based out in Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 5435 authors who have published 16202 publications receiving 442561 citations. The organization is also known as: Manchester Polytechnic & MMU.

"Pushes and pulls" on the parents of children who use AAC

Abstract: Anecdotal and research evidence suggest that professionals may not fully understand the perspectives of families of children who need or use AAC. The parents/carers of 11 children in Britain, who were in the early stages of using AAC, were recruited to take part in this study. Ethnographic interviewing was used to access rich descriptions of parents' experiences and views about having a child who needs to use AAC. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed. Analysis revealed three global themes: the child's communication or interaction, wider societal issues, and parents' views and experiences. One organizing theme, demands on parents, is discussed in greater depth. The findings are discussed with reference to previous research and the implications for professional practice are considered.

Career Management and the Changing Psychological Contract.

Abstract: This study was carried out in a major UK retail bank over a seven‐year period. The initial survey in 1993 revealed the lack of a strategic approach to career management and a negative psychological contract. The follow‐up survey was carried out in March 2000. The research findings reveal a failure by management both to provide the tools necessary for career management and successfully to change the nature of the psychological contract. The “new” contract transferred responsibility to employees for managing their own career and was considered by employees as a violation of the “old”, paternalistic psychological contract. The “new” contract in this organisation was seen to be a regressive move from a relational contract to a transactional contract. Little progress had been made by management to gain acceptance of the new contract during the period of the research.

A Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode material for use in hybrid lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: A NASICON-structure Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode material prepared by carbothermal reduction method is employed in a hybrid-ion battery with Li-involved electrolyte and anode. The ion-transportation mechanism is firstly investigated in this complicated system for an open three-dimensional framework Na3V2(PO4)3. Ion-exchange is greatly influenced by the standing time, for example, the 1 hour battery presents a specific capacity of 128 mA h g−1 while the 24 hour battery exhibits a value of 148 mA h g−1 with improved rate and cycling performances over existing literature reported Li-ion batteries. In the hybrid-ion system, an ion-exchange process likely takes place between the two Na(2) sites in the rhombohedral structure. NaLi2V2(PO4)3 could be produced by ion-transportation since the Na+ in the Na(1) site is stationary and the three Na(2) sites could be used to accommodate the incoming alkali ions; LixNayV2(PO4)3 would come out when the vacant site in Na(2) was occupied depending on the applied voltage range. The reported methodology and power characteristics are greater than those previously reported.