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Molecular bridging of silicon nanogaps (2010)
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The highly doped electrodes of a vertical silicon nanogap device have been bridged by a 5.85 nm long molecular wire, which was synthesized in situ by grafting 4-ethynylbenzaldehyde via C-Si links to the top and bottom electrodes and thereafter by cou... Read More about Molecular bridging of silicon nanogaps.

Law and breastfeeding (2010)
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The effects of resistance training on quality of life in cancer: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis (2010)
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of resistance training upon quality of life (QoL) in cancer. Methods Search strategy: A wide range of electronic databases were searched f... Read More about The effects of resistance training on quality of life in cancer: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

Collaboration with patients in the design of patient reported outcome measures: Capturing the experience of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2010)
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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) need to include concepts and language relevant to patients and be easily understood. These studies aimed to develop draft PROMs to measure rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fatigue and its impact by collaborating wit... Read More about Collaboration with patients in the design of patient reported outcome measures: Capturing the experience of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.

Time spent studying on a pre-registration nursing programme module: An exploratory study and implications for regulation (2010)
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European Union (EU) regulations require that university programmes are of specified duration. Additional EU regulations apply specifically to university based nurse education, enacted in the UK by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). However, lit... Read More about Time spent studying on a pre-registration nursing programme module: An exploratory study and implications for regulation.

Value dissonance in nursing: Making sense of disparate literature (2010)
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How many words should we provide in anomia therapy? A meta-analysis and a case series study (2010)
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Aims: This study investigated whether the number of words provided in naming therapy affects the outcome. A second aim was to investigate whether severity of anomia should be used to determine the number of words provided in therapy. Methods & Proced... Read More about How many words should we provide in anomia therapy? A meta-analysis and a case series study.

Evaluating the fundamental qualities of a nuclear medicine radiographer for the provision of an optimal clinical service (2010)
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The developing nature of nuclear medicine practice highlights the need for an evaluation of the fundamental qualities of a Radiographer working within this discipline. Existing guidelines appear to be in place for clinical technologists working withi... Read More about Evaluating the fundamental qualities of a nuclear medicine radiographer for the provision of an optimal clinical service.

The end of an affair: Discharging clients from speech-language pathology (2010)
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This paper expands on the lead article by Hersh (2010) regarding a number of challenges that face speech-language pathologists (SLPs) when ending therapy, in this case focusing on children's speech and language impairment. Children's speech and langu... Read More about The end of an affair: Discharging clients from speech-language pathology.

Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children: Where are all the nurses? (2010)
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We report an ethnographic study of 10 preschool children aged 2-6 years recruited from kindergartens in Hong Kong, 6 of whom were overweight or obese. Each was followed for 12-18 months. We confirmed previously described risk factors and showed how t... Read More about Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children: Where are all the nurses?.

Student nurse absenteeism in higher education: An argument against enforced attendance (2010)
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Unauthorised student nurse absenteeism in higher education troubles many university lecturers. Anecdotally, absenteeism is occasionally raised as an issue by attending students who resent others " getting away" with non-attendance and some policy doc... Read More about Student nurse absenteeism in higher education: An argument against enforced attendance.

Within-day and day-to-day intrarater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in healthy people (2010)
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Shoulder subluxation is subjectively assessed by a palpable increase in the distance between the acromion and the humerus. Diagnostic ultrasound has potential for objective assessment of this distance. We used portable ultrasound to measure the dista... Read More about Within-day and day-to-day intrarater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity distance in healthy people.

Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory (2010)
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Childhood obesity is particularly prevalent in areas that have seen rapid economic growth, urbanisation, cultural transition, and commodification of food systems. Structuration theory may illuminate the interaction between population and individual-l... Read More about Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory.

Mentoring in nuclear medicine and hybrid practice: developing a future framework (2010)
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Dramatic advances in nuclear medicine have been witnessed over the last 10 years. The advent of new technologies such as SPECT/CT and PET/CT has significantly influenced the working practices of the nuclear medicine practitioner. While such advances... Read More about Mentoring in nuclear medicine and hybrid practice: developing a future framework.

Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples' conversations: A single case study (2010)
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Background: In recent years conversation has become an area of interest for aphasia therapy, with several studies using conversation analysis (CA) to target and evaluate therapy. Most of these studies have focused on the main conversation partner of... Read More about Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples' conversations: A single case study.

Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds (2010)
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Purpose – This study seeks to examine what theory of crowd psychology is being applied within public order police training in England and Wales and what accounts of crowds, police strategies and tactics subsequently emerge among officers who undertak... Read More about Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds.

GI Joe or Average Joe? The impact of average-size and muscular male fashion models on men's and women's body image and advertisement effectiveness (2010)
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Increasing body size and shape diversity in media imagery may promote positive body image. While research has largely focused on female models and women's body image, men may also be affected by unrealistic images. We examined the impact of average-s... Read More about GI Joe or Average Joe? The impact of average-size and muscular male fashion models on men's and women's body image and advertisement effectiveness.

Examination of a sociocultural model of excessive exercise among male and female adolescents (2010)
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There is substantial evidence that sociocultural pressures and body image disturbances can lead to disordered eating, yet few studies have examined their impact on excessive exercise. The study adapted a sociocultural model for disordered eating to p... Read More about Examination of a sociocultural model of excessive exercise among male and female adolescents.

The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing (2010)
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Social psychological research suggests that where police hold a theoretical view of the crowd in line with the 'classic' crowd psychology of Gustavé Le Bon this can lead to police practices that inadvertently escalate public disorder. This research r... Read More about The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing.

Measuring perceived differences in surface texture due to changes in higher order statistics (2010)
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We investigate the ability of humans to perceive changes in the appearance of images of surface texture caused by the variation of their higher order statistics. We incrementally randomize their phase spectra while holding their first and second orde... Read More about Measuring perceived differences in surface texture due to changes in higher order statistics.