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Herpetofaunal observations in agricultural drainage dykes, Naoussa, northwestern Greece (2002)
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The following report details observations on three of eight species of reptile found on Maria Island Major during a vacation to St. Lucia in December 1998. The visit was led by a registered guide from the St. Lucia National Trust. The Lesser Antilles... Read More about Herpetofaunal observations in agricultural drainage dykes, Naoussa, northwestern Greece.

Threats facing endemic herpetofauna in the cloud forest reserves of Ecuador (2002)
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This report documents species of herpetofauna found in three cloud forest habitats and comments on the conservation, ecology, and precarious situation of herpetofauna in tropical Ecuador. The expedition was organised with the Pontificia Universidad C... Read More about Threats facing endemic herpetofauna in the cloud forest reserves of Ecuador.

Controlled modification of carbon supported platinum electrocatalysts by Mo (2002)
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A carbon-supported platinum electrocatalyst was modified with molybdenum using surface organometallic chemistry. The catalyst was characterized using transmission electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry (CV), polarization studies, and in situ fluores... Read More about Controlled modification of carbon supported platinum electrocatalysts by Mo.

Country Report: Bangladesh (2002)
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This is an annual environmental status report on Bangladesh.

A new role for an old enzyme: Nitrate reductase-mediated nitric oxide generation is required for abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis thaliana (2002)
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The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA), synthesized in response to water-deficit stress, induces stomatal closure via activation of complex signaling cascades. Recent work has established that nitric oxide (NO) is a key signaling molecule mediating AB... Read More about A new role for an old enzyme: Nitrate reductase-mediated nitric oxide generation is required for abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Mission impossible? "Humanitarian intervention" and the new paradigm of international criminal law (2002)
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There is a growing emphasis on individual criminal liability for international crimes. Individual liability for aggressive wars is not new in international law.2 The question, however, is whether illegal "humanitarian" intervention could constitute i... Read More about Mission impossible? "Humanitarian intervention" and the new paradigm of international criminal law.

α- and β-secretase: Profound changes in Alzheimer's disease (2002)
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The amyloid plaque, a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, is produced by the deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide, which is cleaved from Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) by the enzyme β-secretase. Only small amounts of Aβ form in normal... Read More about α- and β-secretase: Profound changes in Alzheimer's disease.

Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow (2002)
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Computations of turbulent trailing-edge flow have been carried out at a Reynolds number of 1000 (based on the free-stream quantities and the trailing-edge thickness) using an unsteady 3D Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) code, in which two-equa... Read More about Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow.

From "carefree casuals" to "professional wanderers": Segmentation possibilities for football supporters (2002)
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Academically constructed segments may often fail to be implemented by practitioners. There may be a number of reasons for this, but at the heart of the matter for practitioners must be an economic reward that outweighs the incremental costs of segmen... Read More about From "carefree casuals" to "professional wanderers": Segmentation possibilities for football supporters.

Formal strategic planning: The key to effective business process management? (2002)
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The literature contends that the lack of strategic business planning is a major drawback in the implementation of business process initiatives such as total quality management. In addition, it is evident that strategic planning firms achieve better p... Read More about Formal strategic planning: The key to effective business process management?.

The sexual geographies of reading in post-war London (2002)
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This article examines the way in which the spaces, practices and pleasures of reading books became inscribed within a heteronormative geographical imaginary in Britain after the end of the Second World War. The active state provision of cultural welf... Read More about The sexual geographies of reading in post-war London.

The speech and language of children aged 25 months: Descriptive data from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children (2002)
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A major epidemiological study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, has provided the opportunity for a population study of children's speech and language. Data collected via direct assessments and maternal self-completion questionnair... Read More about The speech and language of children aged 25 months: Descriptive data from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children.

Breathing control techniques in the management of asthma (2002)
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Asthma is a growing problem, both in the United Kingdom and throughout the world. It is estimated that in the UK over 3.4 million people have asthma (NAC, 1999). Consequently the economic burden is huge. The annual cost of asthma to the National Heal... Read More about Breathing control techniques in the management of asthma.

The cultural acceptability of the EBEM in Yemen (2002)
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This paper examines the importance of quality management for Yemen, a developing country, in the light of challenges introduced by recent changes in levels of protection from international competition previously enjoyed by Yemeni companies. The curre... Read More about The cultural acceptability of the EBEM in Yemen.

Marketing principles in the application of e-commerce (2002)
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E-commerce has been much hyped as a potentially transformational force in many industries, and financial services is an industry where its impact is expected to be particularly strong. In this qualitative research four case studies have been develope... Read More about Marketing principles in the application of e-commerce.

An evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in promoting Deep learning: A preliminary investigation (2002)
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This article defines and evaluates the role of foreign fieldwork in promoting deep learning by university undergraduates of geography and environmental management. Empirical results show that students generally rose to the challenge of predictive-ana... Read More about An evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in promoting Deep learning: A preliminary investigation.

People and places: Some factors in the alcohol-violence link (2002)
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The possible association between heavy drinking and intoxication with aggression and violence has been debated for centuries. A select and concise review of some of the evidence on this topic will be presented. This seeks to draw some general conclus... Read More about People and places: Some factors in the alcohol-violence link.

Linking Business Processes and Information Systems Provision in a Dynamic Environment (2002)
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This paper discusses decision and communication processes which link strategic activity in a business with information systems development activity. We develop a model which illustrates these processes as abserved in one company (AXA Sun Life, Bristo... Read More about Linking Business Processes and Information Systems Provision in a Dynamic Environment.

A conditional autoregressive Gaussian process for irregularly spaced multivariate data with application to modelling large sets of binary data (2002)
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A Gaussian conditional autoregressive (CAR) formulation is presented that permits the modelling of the spatial dependence and the dependence between multivariate random variables at irregularly spaced sites so capturing some of the modelling advantag... Read More about A conditional autoregressive Gaussian process for irregularly spaced multivariate data with application to modelling large sets of binary data.

Proof of a conjecture on irredundance perfect graphs (2002)
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Let ir(G) and γ(G) be the irredundance number and the domination number of a graph G, respectively. A graph G is called irredundance perfect if ir(H) = γ(H), for every induced subgraph H of G. In this article we present a result which immediately imp... Read More about Proof of a conjecture on irredundance perfect graphs.