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Childhood empyema: Limited potential impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (2006)
Journal Article

During 2003-2004, locally presenting pleural empyema cases in children increased 3-fold. Antigen analysis of empyema fluid identified Streptococcus pneumoniae in 27 of 29 cases for whom samples were available and capsular polysaccharide type 1 in 18... Read More about Childhood empyema: Limited potential impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Accounting students' perceptions of a virtual learning environment: Springboard or safety net? (2006)
Journal Article

This research study elicits students' perceptions of the extent to which a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) supports, or indeed enhances, their learning experiences. A phenomenographic research study was conducted among first year, undergraduate ac... Read More about Accounting students' perceptions of a virtual learning environment: Springboard or safety net?.

Culturing Cells, Reproducing and Regulating the Self (2006)
Journal Article

This article is based on an ESRC funded project looking at governance of tissue engineering in Europe. The proportional contribution from Kent was 95%.

Editorial (2006)
Journal Article

Personal impact of disability in osteoarthritis: patient, professional and public values. (2006)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability. Numerous tools are available to assess this, but they fail to place a patient value upon disability. In rheumatoid arthritis, research has shown patients have different importance valu... Read More about Personal impact of disability in osteoarthritis: patient, professional and public values..

Landscapes for living and leisure (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Materializing israeliness: Difference and mixture in transnational ova donation (2006)
Journal Article

A South West regional survey to identify education staff development needs in clinical skills and practice (2006)
Journal Article

This paper reports tentative findings from a survey (undertaken in 2001) of education staff employed to teach nurses and midwives in four highereducation institutions in the South West of England, with specific focus on answers regarding clinical ski... Read More about A South West regional survey to identify education staff development needs in clinical skills and practice.

Incongruous compounds: Re-reading jekyll and hyde and late-victorian psychology (2006)
Journal Article

Visible display of automated observation of collaborative workspaces (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Through the Facilities Innovation Research Programme, (www. facilitiesinnovation.co.uk) staff at the University of the West of England, Bristol and at Johnson Controls have been investigating systems that have the potential to track collaborative act... Read More about Visible display of automated observation of collaborative workspaces.

Clinical and consumer guidelines related to the management of childhood fever: A literature review (2006)
Journal Article

Background: The majority of childhood fever episodes are considered part of normal childhood development. However, febrile children frequently present to hospital and general practitioners. Health providers and parents therefore require knowledge on... Read More about Clinical and consumer guidelines related to the management of childhood fever: A literature review.

Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa (2006)
Journal Article

A study was undertaken between 29th January and 17th February 2004 to test the applicability of the South African Scoring System Version 5 (SASS5) scoring and calculation procedure in nutrient-enriched palustrine wetlands in the midlands of KwaZulu-N... Read More about Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa.

Downplaying Leadership: Researching How Leaders Talk About Themselves (2006)
Journal Article

This article identifies the notion of downplaying leadership. While some attempt is made to explore the meaning of this practice, our primary intention is to describe a method and framework for analysing the transcripts of leadership interviews. This... Read More about Downplaying Leadership: Researching How Leaders Talk About Themselves.

Trafficking and women’s rights: Beyond the sex industry to ‘other industries’1 (2006)
Journal Article

In this article I put forward three lines of argument. Firstly, the current debate on trafficking in human beings focuses narrowly on exploitation in the sex industry. This has produced a stand-off between moralists and liberals which is detrimental... Read More about Trafficking and women’s rights: Beyond the sex industry to ‘other industries’1.

Yvon delbos and anthony eden: Anglo-french cooperation, 1936-1938 (2006)
Journal Article

The period of tenure of Anthony Eden and Yvon Delbos as the foreign ministers of their respective countries coincided with a remarkable improvement and convergence in Anglo-French relations. This was no accident. Both men had similar ideas in relatio... Read More about Yvon delbos and anthony eden: Anglo-french cooperation, 1936-1938.

The road to uniformity: Accounting change in UK voluntary hospitals (2006)
Journal Article

This paper explores the development and spread of the uniform system of accounts in United Kingdom voluntary hospitals in the period 1880-1920. The antecedent contextual factors are first established and include the growth of hospital care, changes i... Read More about The road to uniformity: Accounting change in UK voluntary hospitals.