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Leading innovation in a complex environment (2009)
Journal Article
Electricity from landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Comparison with a biological aerated filter (2009)
Journal Article
Four experimental columns were employed in this study to investigate their performance under wastewater treatment conditions. One column was set-up as a biological aerated filter and the remaining three were set-up as microbial fuel cells (MFCs), two... Read More about Electricity from landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Comparison with a biological aerated filter.
Tourism geographies: Space, place and lifestyle mobilities (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PET/CT: Service provision and understanding patients’ needs (2009)
Journal Article
Changing credit rating standards in the UK: Empirical evidence from 1999 to 2004 (2009)
Journal Article
In recent years, the number of downgrades in UK corporate credit ratings has exceeded the number of upgrades, leading some to conclude that the credit quality of UK companies has deteriorated. However, another explanation is that the credit rating ag... Read More about Changing credit rating standards in the UK: Empirical evidence from 1999 to 2004.
The genre of corporate history (2009)
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Purpose - This paper seeks to identify and define the genre of corporate history within the pervasive historical discourse produced by and about organizations which tells the past of an organization across a multiplicity of texts: published works - c... Read More about The genre of corporate history.
Implementation of glider guns in the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium (2009)
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In cellular automata models a glider gun is an oscillating pattern of nonquiescent states that periodically emits traveling localizations (gliders). The glider streams can be combined to construct functionally complete systems of logical gates and th... Read More about Implementation of glider guns in the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium.
A critical review of shoulder subluxation and its association with other post-stroke complications (2009)
Journal Article
© 2009 Maney Publishing. Objectives: Shoulder subluxation affects up to 81% of patients with stroke and has been the subject of clinical research studies for decades. Despite this, its role in upper limb recovery is poorly understood. Subluxation has... Read More about A critical review of shoulder subluxation and its association with other post-stroke complications.
Construction of environmental knowledge: Experiences from India (2009)
Journal Article
This paper explored key issues in how knowledge of the environment is constructed in the Third World. Drawing on which, it showed that there are both explicit and implicit ways in which this knowledge is contested. Particularly, it discussed how impl... Read More about Construction of environmental knowledge: Experiences from India.
Case study: Constraint-based improvement of an overwrapping machine (2009)
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The paper presents the successful application of a constraint-based modelling to improve the performance of an overwrapping packaging machine. The constraint-based modelling was employed to manipulate the geometry of the individual components and the... Read More about Case study: Constraint-based improvement of an overwrapping machine.
Routine enquiry for health professionals (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Towards representative expert surveys: legitimizing the collection of expert data (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A consistent problem with key informant, elite and expert interviewing is the representativeness of sample populations. Since studies that employ such techniques depend on a small number of respondents, they are often classed as qualitative. The poss... Read More about Towards representative expert surveys: legitimizing the collection of expert data.
Medical waste management in Ibadan, Nigeria: Obstacles and prospects (2009)
Journal Article
Quantification and characterization of medical waste generated in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in a developing African nation has been conducted to provide insights into existing waste collection and disposal approaches, so as to provide sustainable... Read More about Medical waste management in Ibadan, Nigeria: Obstacles and prospects.
The role of creative arts in encouraging participation in a mental healthcare setting (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
An exploratory, comparative study investigating attrition and retention of student midwives (2009)
Journal Article
Objective: to explore the retention and attrition of pre-registration midwifery students. Design: an exploratory, comparative design that enabled the comparison of a 3-year and a 78-week midwifery programme. The methodology was designed into two main... Read More about An exploratory, comparative study investigating attrition and retention of student midwives.
'Catch up' in children born prematurely: Maternal expectations (2009)
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The term catch-up forms part of discourses that surround discussions about the development of children born prematurely. However, it is a critically unchallenged term. Doctoral research explored maternal expectations that have arisen from the adoptio... Read More about 'Catch up' in children born prematurely: Maternal expectations.
The views and preferences of resuscitated and non-resuscitated patients towards family-witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study (2009)
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BACKGROUND: A number of international studies have explored the views of family members and healthcare professionals on the concept of family witnessed resuscitation. However, the perspective and preferences of patients have been under-researched. OB... Read More about The views and preferences of resuscitated and non-resuscitated patients towards family-witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study.
The role of nurses in interprofessional health and social care teams (2009)
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