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Evidence, Understanding and Complexity: Evaluation in Non-Linear Systems (2003)
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Barnes, M., Matka, E., & Sullivan, H. (2003). Evidence, Understanding and Complexity: Evaluation in Non-Linear Systems. Evaluation, 9(3), 265-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890030093003

© 2003, SAGE Publications This article discusses the challenges associated with the evaluation of complex policy initiatives, focusing on one element of the national evaluation of Health Action Zones in England: Building Capacity for Collaboration. I... Read More about Evidence, Understanding and Complexity: Evaluation in Non-Linear Systems.

Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning (2003)
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Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Melhuish, C. (2003). Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 37(3), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1025414424756

In this paper we discuss the experimental implementation of a chemical reaction-diffusion processor for robot motion planning in terms of finding the shortest collision-free path for a robot moving in an arena with obstacles. These reaction-diffusion... Read More about Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning.

New forms of local accountability: Coming to terms with 'many hands'? (2003)
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Sullivan, H. (2003). New forms of local accountability: Coming to terms with 'many hands'?. Policy and Politics, 31(3), 353-369. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557303322034992

The transformation of many western liberal democracies in the late 20th century has had important implications for the practice of public accountability, compounding the problem of 'many hands'. This article considers developments in academic debate... Read More about New forms of local accountability: Coming to terms with 'many hands'?.

A reflective approach to improve teaching of software engineering in large groups (2003)
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Odeh, M. (2003). A reflective approach to improve teaching of software engineering in large groups. International Arab Journal of Information Technology, 1, 11-17

The paper delivers as an innovative approach to learning and teaching of software engineering in large groups with reflections on quantitative and qualitative practical investigations run while teaching 170 students at UWE. This has been adopted whil... Read More about A reflective approach to improve teaching of software engineering in large groups.

Using environmental and growth characteristics of plants to detect long-term changes in response to atmospheric pollution: Some examples from British beechwoods (2003)
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Ling, K. A. (2003). Using environmental and growth characteristics of plants to detect long-term changes in response to atmospheric pollution: Some examples from British beechwoods. Science of the Total Environment, 310(1-3), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697%2802%2900640-X

This study uses the Ellenberg system of plant indicator values, along with Grime et al.'s plant growth strategy values, to investigate the nature of temporal changes in the composition of ground flora in two beechwoods in the Cotswolds region of the... Read More about Using environmental and growth characteristics of plants to detect long-term changes in response to atmospheric pollution: Some examples from British beechwoods.

Countryside Issues: A Creeping Crisis (2003)
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Greer, A. (2003). Countryside Issues: A Creeping Crisis. Parliamentary Affairs, 56(3), 523-542+ii+v. https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg104

This article explores the idea of countryside crisis in Britain. Countryside crisis is contrasted with more conventional single-issue crises because of its multi-stranded and complex character. Its main components are the contemporary problems of the... Read More about Countryside Issues: A Creeping Crisis.

Pattern reification as the basis for description-driven systems (2003)
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Estrella, F., Kovacs, Z., Le Goff, J., McClatchey, R., Solomonides, T., & Toth, N. (2003). Pattern reification as the basis for description-driven systems. Software and Systems Modeling, 2(2), 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-003-0023-0

This article represents the culmination of several years of research into description-driven systems in collaboration with CERN which resulted in the PhD thesis of Dr Florida Estrella from UWE's Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems. It has been cit... Read More about Pattern reification as the basis for description-driven systems.

Upon the intriguing stereoselective formation of organobismuth(V) complexes (2003)
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Barucki, H., Coles, S. J., Costello, J. F., & Hursthouse, M. B. (2003). Upon the intriguing stereoselective formation of organobismuth(V) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 9(12), 2877-2884. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200304852

The preparation of triphenyl-bismuth(v) 3a-k and antimony(v) 4e-k bis-carboxy ester complexes is described. A range of studies in solution suggest that the diastereoselective formation of (RR,SS)-3a-j is governed by the thermodynamic stability of rap... Read More about Upon the intriguing stereoselective formation of organobismuth(V) complexes.

Use of bioluminescent Escherichia coli O157:H7 to study intra-protozoan survival of bacteria within Tetrahymena pyriformis (2003)
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Salisbury, V. C., Taylor, E. L., Cooper, A. A., & Nelson, S. (2003). Use of bioluminescent Escherichia coli O157:H7 to study intra-protozoan survival of bacteria within Tetrahymena pyriformis. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 223(1), 95-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1097%2803%2900349-5

A method was developed that enabled real-time monitoring of the uptake and survival of bioluminescent Escherichia coli O157 within the freshwater ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis. Constitutively bioluminescent E. coli O157 pLITE27 was cocultured with T... Read More about Use of bioluminescent Escherichia coli O157:H7 to study intra-protozoan survival of bacteria within Tetrahymena pyriformis.

APOE ε4 influences the pathological phenotype of Alzheimer's disease by favouring cerebrovascular over parenchymal accumulation of Aβ protein (2003)
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Wilcock, G. K., Chalmers, K., & Love, S. (2003). APOE ε4 influences the pathological phenotype of Alzheimer's disease by favouring cerebrovascular over parenchymal accumulation of Aβ protein. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 29(3), 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2990.2003.00457.x

The relative amounts of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) in cerebral blood vessels and parenchyma vary considerably amongst patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this variability, the underlying genet... Read More about APOE ε4 influences the pathological phenotype of Alzheimer's disease by favouring cerebrovascular over parenchymal accumulation of Aβ protein.

Locally well-dominated and locally independent well-dominated graphs (2003)
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Zverovich, I., & Zverovich, V. (2003). Locally well-dominated and locally independent well-dominated graphs. Graphs and Combinatorics, 19(2), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-002-0507-7

In this article we present characterizations of locally well-dominated graphs and locally independent well-dominated graphs, and a sufficient condition for a graph to be k-locally independent well-dominated. Using these results we show that the irred... Read More about Locally well-dominated and locally independent well-dominated graphs.

Women, work and equal opportunities in post-communist transition (2003)
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Pollert, A. (2003). Women, work and equal opportunities in post-communist transition. Work, Employment and Society, 17(2), 331-357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017003017002006

This article examines gender work and equal opportunities (EO) in five central eastern European (CEE) candidates to an enlarged European Union (EU): the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. It demonstrates how capitalist transition... Read More about Women, work and equal opportunities in post-communist transition.

Regulating cars and buses in cities: The case of pedestrianisation in Oxford (2003)
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Parkhurst, G. (2003). Regulating cars and buses in cities: The case of pedestrianisation in Oxford. Economic Affairs, 23(2), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0270.00410

Debates about whether traffic regulations that limit car use will enhance or hinder a particular urban economy are complex and often emotive. The present article considers evidence from the implementation of a radical traffic restraint and pedestrian... Read More about Regulating cars and buses in cities: The case of pedestrianisation in Oxford.

Suggestions in training students in using the internet for career counselling (2003)
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McCarthy, C. J., Moller, N. P., & Beard, M. (2003). Suggestions in training students in using the internet for career counselling. Career Development Quarterly, 51, 368-382

The Internet is increasingly important for career counseling; however, thre are few suggestions for trainign graduate counseling students how to use this technology. This project sought to address that lack by having graduate counseling students use... Read More about Suggestions in training students in using the internet for career counselling.