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DVD review: Rene Laloux's Fantastic Planet (2008)
Journal Article

A review of the DVD release of Rene Laloux’s SF animated feature. Considers the nature of animation as a distinct cinematic form.

Living with a long-term urinary catheter: Older people's experiences (2008)
Journal Article

Title. Living with a long-term urinary catheter: older people's experiences. Aim. This paper is a report of a study of the experiences of older people living with a long-term urinary catheter and the development of a substantive theory grounded in th... Read More about Living with a long-term urinary catheter: Older people's experiences.

Commemoration of war (2008)
Book Chapter

In the four weeks leading to 11th November 1928 the now defunct illustrated newspaper Answers published a ‘magnificent series of plates celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Armistice’. Under the strapline ‘Ten years after, 1918 - 1928’ the plates... Read More about Commemoration of war.

Are we there yet?: Women and transport revisited (2008)
Book Chapter

Exploring student midwives creative expression of the meaning of birth (2008)
Journal Article

Exploring student midwives creative expression of the meaning of birth (2008)
Journal Article

This paper presents a study which explored creative pieces made by student midwives during an educational session on spirituality in relation to midwifery. Background: Exploration of methods of teaching relating to midwifery has been limited, specifi... Read More about Exploring student midwives creative expression of the meaning of birth.

The inter-city challenges (2008)
Journal Article

The Map as a Musical Score: Fantasies of Temporal Management and Resistance in 1930s London (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Beyond the study of the contemporary moment, rhythmanalysis has great potential for the historical geographer. By drawing our attention to tempo and rhythm, it can reanimate the lifeless remains entombed within the archive (maps, diagrams, photograph... Read More about The Map as a Musical Score: Fantasies of Temporal Management and Resistance in 1930s London.

Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wordsworth's Stepping Westward, one of the Poems Written During a Tour in Scotland included in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807), has received little critical attention compared with its companion tour poem, The Solitary Reaper. This essay offers a fresh... Read More about Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward.

The challenge of being diagnosed and treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (2008)
Journal Article

Following the introduction of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) in the UK increasing numbers of women are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). In DCIS, the cancer cells are confined to the ducts of the breast... Read More about The challenge of being diagnosed and treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Rosiglitazone produces a greater reduction in circulating platelet activity compared with gliclazide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-An effect probably mediated by direct platelet PPARγ activation (2008)
Journal Article

Aims: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with enhanced platelet activation. We conducted a randomised double-blind study to compare the effects of combination metformin and rosiglitazone or metformin and gliclazide therapy on platelet func... Read More about Rosiglitazone produces a greater reduction in circulating platelet activity compared with gliclazide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-An effect probably mediated by direct platelet PPARγ activation.

Space Craft: developments in architectural computing (2008)
Book

This book is a snapshot of the rapidly developing subject of archtiectural computing. Increasingly important in contemporary archtiecture, many of today's iconic free-form structures could not be made without the advanced digital techniques described... Read More about Space Craft: developments in architectural computing.

Being "pulled up short": Creating moments of surprise and possibility in accounting education (2008)
Journal Article

This paper identifies characteristic features of a pedagogic approach that may be used effectively within a dialogical approach to accounting education. The development of the ideas in the paper arose as a form of praxis: moments of surprise within t... Read More about Being "pulled up short": Creating moments of surprise and possibility in accounting education.

(310) Cognitive behavioral components of mindfulness in patients with chronic pain (2008)
Journal Article

"We can't join a union, that would harm the horses": Worker resistance in the UK horseracing industry (2008)
Journal Article

Caseload management in community children's nursing (2008)
Journal Article

The effectiveness of somatic embryogenesis in eliminating the cocoa swollen shoot virus from infected cocoa trees (2008)
Journal Article

Investigations were undertaken on the use of somatic embryogenesis to generate cocoa swollen shoot virus (CSSV) disease free clonal propagules from infected trees. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) capillary electrophoresis revealed the presence of CSS... Read More about The effectiveness of somatic embryogenesis in eliminating the cocoa swollen shoot virus from infected cocoa trees.

Tourism and the competitiveness and attractiveness of regions (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Enteral feeding practices in European ICUs: A survey from the European federation of critical care nursing associations (EfCCNa) (2008)
Journal Article

Background: Evidence-based enteral feeding guidelines have being developed for use in critically ill patients. However, current enteral nutrition practices in European intensive care units are unknown. The aim of this study was to assess current feed... Read More about Enteral feeding practices in European ICUs: A survey from the European federation of critical care nursing associations (EfCCNa).

Intercollegiate female coaches' use of verbally aggressive communication toward African American female athletes (2008)
Journal Article

Despite the high proportionality of African American female athletes in intercollegiate sports, the combination of a primarily White sports media and White coaching personnel creates a fertile environment for the reproduction of racialized and gender... Read More about Intercollegiate female coaches' use of verbally aggressive communication toward African American female athletes.