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Oil well characterization and artificial gas lift optimization using neural networks combined with genetic algorithm (2014)
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This paper examines the characterization of six oil wells and the allocation of gas considering limited and unlimited case scenario. Artificial gas lift involves injecting high-pressured gas from the surface into the producing fluid column through on... Read More about Oil well characterization and artificial gas lift optimization using neural networks combined with genetic algorithm.

Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective (2014)
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This paper studies the individual and household-level determinants of economic insecurity in post-socialist countries. Exploring subjective, backward- and forward-looking measures of economic insecurity, the paper focuses on: (1) the perceptions of p... Read More about Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective.

Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis (2014)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of cultural research approaches that are applicable for investigating the interdependence of culture and labour. The "Introduction" notes two main constraints and four... Read More about Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis.

Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15 (2014)
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Purpose: Theoretical and empirical research on the impact of immigrants for local development is rather inconclusive regarding the direction of said impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify relationships between human capital and cultural cap... Read More about Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15.

Automation and validation of micronucleus detection in the 3D EpiDerm™ human reconstructed skin assay and correl (2014)
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Recent restrictions on the testing of cosmetic ingredients in animals have resulted in the need to test the genotoxic potential of chemicals exclusively in vitro prior to licensing. However, as current in vitro tests produce some misleading positive... Read More about Automation and validation of micronucleus detection in the 3D EpiDerm™ human reconstructed skin assay and correl.

Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers (2014)
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Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides a framework for the validation of outcome measures for use in rheumatology clinical research. However, imaging and biochemical measures may face additional validation challenge... Read More about Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers.

A proposed new clinical assessment framework for diagnostic medical ultrasound students (2014)
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Current financial pressures within higher education institutions (HEIs) are driving new ways of delivering education and assessment. New technological developments are facilitating opportunities to rethink traditional educational methods and explore... Read More about A proposed new clinical assessment framework for diagnostic medical ultrasound students.

Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery (2014)
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Background and Objectives: Combining laparoscopy and enhanced recovery provides benefit to short-term outcomes after colorectal surgery. Advances in training and techniques have allowed surgeons to operate on cases that are technically challenging an... Read More about Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy (2014)
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Aim: To explore the level of moral distress and potential associations between moral distress indices and (1) nurse-physician collaboration, (2) autonomy, (3) professional satisfaction, (4) intention to resign, and (5) workload among Italian intensiv... Read More about Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy.

On the diachrony of gender in Asia Minor Greek: The development of semantic agreement in Pontic (2014)
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Alongside the syntactic agreement system that it inherited from earlier stages in its history as a Greek dialect whereby targets agree with the morphologically-assigned gender of their controllers (masculine, feminine, neuter), Pontic has developed a... Read More about On the diachrony of gender in Asia Minor Greek: The development of semantic agreement in Pontic.

Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes (2014)
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Objective: At a previous Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) meeting, participants reflected on the underlying methods of patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument development. The participants requested proposals for more explicit instrument... Read More about Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes.

Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets (2014)
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Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides guidelines for the development and validation of outcome measures for use in clinical research. The "Truth" section of the OMERACT Filter presupposes an explicit framework for... Read More about Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets.

Top Managers and Information Systems: ‘Crossing the Rubicon!’ (2014)
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Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Supporting information systems requires both thought and action, which managers should consider in a consistent roadmap before ‘crossing the Rubicon’ to adopt such systems.

Mapping the Routes: An exploration of charges of racism made against the 1970s UK Reclaim the Night marches (2014)
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This article addresses early charges of racism, made against the original UK Reclaim the Night (RTN) marches in the 1970s. These charges appear to have stuck, and been accepted almost as a truism ever since, being maintained in several academic texts... Read More about Mapping the Routes: An exploration of charges of racism made against the 1970s UK Reclaim the Night marches.

How should economics curricula be evaluated? (2014)
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© 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper explores the evaluation of economics curricula. It argues that the dominant approach in economics education, experimentalism, has serious limitations which render it an unsuitable evaluation method... Read More about How should economics curricula be evaluated?.

Visions of a Pole Position: Developing Inimitable Resource Capacity through Enterprise Systems Implementation in Nestlé (2014)
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Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Multinational organizations can achieve a non-replicable capacity and may use the key nature of foresight to support the development and deployment of the enterprise system across several locations around the... Read More about Visions of a Pole Position: Developing Inimitable Resource Capacity through Enterprise Systems Implementation in Nestlé.

Therapeutic experiences of community gardens: Putting flow in its place (2014)
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This paper develops the concept of therapeutic place experiences by considering the role of activity. Research of community gardening finds that particular tasks are therapeutic and exhibit the characteristics of flow, but those who lack influence ov... Read More about Therapeutic experiences of community gardens: Putting flow in its place.

Faith and Fair Trade: The Moderating Role of Contextual Religious Salience (2014)
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Normative and historical arguments support the idea that religion potentially shapes decisions to support fair trade products. That said, the question of how religion influences organizational decision-makers to purchase fair trade products in a busi... Read More about Faith and Fair Trade: The Moderating Role of Contextual Religious Salience.

Patient involvement in outcome measures for Psoriatic arthritis (2014)
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory arthritis with a varied clinical phenotype. There has been considerable international collaboration over recent years to develop and prioritise appropriate disease domains and outcome measures... Read More about Patient involvement in outcome measures for Psoriatic arthritis.

Updating the omeract filter: Implications of filter 2.0 to select outcome instruments through assessment of "truth": Content, face, and construct validity (2014)
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Objective: The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides guidelines for the development and validation of outcome measures for use in clinical research. The "Truth" section of the OMERACT Filter requires that criteria be met to demon... Read More about Updating the omeract filter: Implications of filter 2.0 to select outcome instruments through assessment of "truth": Content, face, and construct validity.