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Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7 (2005)
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Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Heiberg, T., Hughes, R., Carr, M., Hehir, M., …Wale, J. (2005). Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7. Journal of Rheumatology, 32, 2250-2256

The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 7 addressed the question of assessing the outcomes of intervention in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the perspective of those who experience the disease. A particular emphasis at this workshop was placed on... Read More about Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7.

Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment (2005)
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Kirwan, J. R., Ahlmen, M., de Wit, M., Heiberg, T., Hehir, M., Hewlett, S., …Richards, P. (2005). Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment. Journal of Rheumatology, 32(11), 2246-2249

The first OMERACT Patient Perspective Workshop took place at OMERACT 6 in 2002. Through a series of meetings and discussion sessions a research agenda emerged and this report outlines progress made on this agenda. Work on identifying novel outcomes,... Read More about Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment.

Audit failure, litigation, and insurance in early twentieth century Britain (2005)
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Chandler, R. A., & Fry, N. (2005). Audit failure, litigation, and insurance in early twentieth century Britain. Accounting History, 10(3), 13-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/103237320501000302

The relationships between audit failure, judicial fault-finding and the availability of professional indemnity insurance have been debated by legal and accounting writers in both academic and professional circles. This paper adds an historical perspe... Read More about Audit failure, litigation, and insurance in early twentieth century Britain.

Outre-manehe/across the channel: Ongoing training and gender in France and Britain (2005)
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Fletcher, C. (2005). Outre-manehe/across the channel: Ongoing training and gender in France and Britain. Gender, Work and Organization, 12(6), 572-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00289.x

The French state-levy system of ongoing training at work has not provided greater access for women than the laissez-faire British system. While headlines figures suggest that women receive more training than men in Britain and that the gap has also c... Read More about Outre-manehe/across the channel: Ongoing training and gender in France and Britain.

Global hypomethylation of the genome in XX embryonic stem cells (2005)
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Zvetkova, I., Apedaile, A., Ramsahoye, B., Mermoud, J. E., Crompton, L., John, R., …Brockdorff, N. (2005). Global hypomethylation of the genome in XX embryonic stem cells. Nature Genetics, 37(11), 1274-1279. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1663

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are important tools in the study of gene function and may also become important in cell therapy applications. Establishment of stable XX ES cell lines from mouse blastocysts is relatively problematic owing to frequent loss o... Read More about Global hypomethylation of the genome in XX embryonic stem cells.

Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored (2005)
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Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., Byron, M., Kitchen, K., Tipler, S., Pope, D., & Hehir, M. (2005). Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored. Arthritis Care and Research, 53(5), 697-702. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21450

Objective. Fatigue is commonly reported by patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but is rarely a treatment target. The aim of this study was to explore the concept of fatigue as experienced by patients with RA. Methods. Fifteen patients with RA and... Read More about Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored.

Brand sickness and health following major product withdrawals (2005)
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Rose, L. C., Kitchen, P. J., Eagle, L., & Hawkins, J. (2005). Brand sickness and health following major product withdrawals. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 14(5), 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1108/10610420510616340

Purpose - The mandatory withdrawal of almost 2,000 complementary and alternative medicines, manufactured under contract on behalf of multiple brand names, primarily in the Australian and New Zealand markets, provides an opportunity to examine the imp... Read More about Brand sickness and health following major product withdrawals.

In vitro method to assess the antimicrobial activity and potential efficacy of novel types of wound dressings (2005)
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Thorn, R., Greenman, J., & Austin, A. J. (2005). In vitro method to assess the antimicrobial activity and potential efficacy of novel types of wound dressings. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 99(4), 895-901. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02671.x

Aims: To develop a simple, reproducible in vitro static diffusion method using cellulose disks and defined species to test antimicrobial efficacy of wound dressings. Methods and Results: Cellulose disks were inoculated by immersion in cell suspension... Read More about In vitro method to assess the antimicrobial activity and potential efficacy of novel types of wound dressings.

Best value and workplace partnership in local government (2005)
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Richardson, M., Tailby, S., Danford, A., Stewart, P., & Upchurch, M. (2005). Best value and workplace partnership in local government. Personnel Review, 34(6), 713-728. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480510623484

Purpose - This paper explores employee experiences concerning job security/insecurity, workload, job satisfaction and employee involvement in the aftermath of Best Value reviews in a local authority. Design/methodology/ approach - Using a mix of quan... Read More about Best value and workplace partnership in local government.

A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy and design issues (2005)
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Krasnogor, N., & Smith, J. (2005). A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy and design issues. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 9(5), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2005.850260

The combination of evolutionary algorithms with local search was named "memetic algorithms" (MAs) (Moscato, 1989). These methods are inspired by models of natural systems that combine the evolutionary adaptation of a population with individual learni... Read More about A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy and design issues.

Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake (2005)
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Willey, N., & Fawcett, K. (2005). Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 7(4), 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/16226510500327152

High concentrations of 35Cl and the radioisotope 36Cl (produced naturally by cosmic radiation and anthropogenically by U fission and the use of neutron sources) can be problematic in soil, but are potentially amenable to phytoremediation if appropria... Read More about Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake.

Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig (2005)
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McGivan, J. D., Skinner, T. M., Doran (nee Udovikova), O., Haley, C. S., & Archibald, A. L. (2005). Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig. Animal Genetics, 36(5), 417-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01342.x

The porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 (CYP2E1) gene was isolated by screening a pig BAC library and partially sequenced. This sequence information was used to identify six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the CYP2E1 gene and its promoter. In a... Read More about Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig.

Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms (2005)
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O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2005). Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms. Technovation, 25(10), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4972%2803%2900091-9

This paper contends that firms can be classified according to the level of technology deployed in their products and processes into two main types: high and low technology firms. The paper further contends that the level of technology deployed will i... Read More about Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms.