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A statistics-based genetic algorithm for quality improvements of power supplies (2009)
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This paper presents a new statistics-based evolutionary algorithm to improve the qualities of power supplies, in which operational costs and the stability of the power supply are optimised to provide a highly smooth but low-cost power supply service... Read More about A statistics-based genetic algorithm for quality improvements of power supplies.

HGF/Met signalling promotes PGE2 biogenesis via regulation of COX-2 and 15-PGDH expression in colorectal cancer cells (2009)
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Evidence points towards a pivotal role for cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 in promoting colorectal tumorigenesis through increasing prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels. PGE2 signalling is closely associated with the survival, proliferation and invasion of colorect... Read More about HGF/Met signalling promotes PGE2 biogenesis via regulation of COX-2 and 15-PGDH expression in colorectal cancer cells.

Obtaining malignant melanoma indicators through statistical analysis of 3D skin surface disruptions (2009)
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Background/purpose: It has been observed that disruptions in skin patterns are larger for malignant melanoma (MM) than benign lesions. In order to extend the classification results achieved for 2D skin patterns, this work intends to investigate the f... Read More about Obtaining malignant melanoma indicators through statistical analysis of 3D skin surface disruptions.

Parent-child relationships and the psychological well-being of 18-year-old adolescents conceived by in vitro fertilisation (2009)
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This article presents the findings of the first study to have followed up children conceived by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to late adolescence. As close as possible to their eighteenth birthday, standardised interviews and questionnaires were admin... Read More about Parent-child relationships and the psychological well-being of 18-year-old adolescents conceived by in vitro fertilisation.

The reproductive cycle of Norway lobster (2009)
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The reproductive biology of female Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus was studied throughout an annual cycle from January to December 2007 in Pagasitikos Gulf, a large semi-enclosed Gulf in the central west Aegean Sea, in Greece. Six ovarian maturati... Read More about The reproductive cycle of Norway lobster.

Student participation in sporting activities (2009)
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Given that many universities spend large sum of money supplying sports facilities for student use, comparatively little is known about the factors that influence the quantity of student sporting participation. This article presents evidence which sug... Read More about Student participation in sporting activities.

Nicole (2009)
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The tripartite forum of dialogue: Is this the solution to the 'problem' of Gibraltar? (2009)
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Following the abortive attempt by Britain and Spain to negotiate the joint sovereignty of Gibraltar in 2001 - 02, the incoming Spanish Government in 2004 proposed the establishment of a Forum of Dialogue, in which for the first time Gibraltar would t... Read More about The tripartite forum of dialogue: Is this the solution to the 'problem' of Gibraltar?.

Internal marketing: Focus on practice (2009)
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Most studies in Internal Marketing (IM) are divorced from the realities that management practitioners encounter in the flow of everyday organisational life. Although some studies have called for the incorporation of practitioner 'voice' in IM researc... Read More about Internal marketing: Focus on practice.

Social problem solving, anxiety, and depression in adult male prisoners (2009)
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Objectives. Social problem-solving ability has been identified as a significant mediator between stressful life-events and psychological distress in community samples. This study examined the relationships between social problem solving, anxiety, and... Read More about Social problem solving, anxiety, and depression in adult male prisoners.

'I want hold Postman Pat': An investigation into the acquisition of infinitival marker 'to' (2009)
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Infinitival-to omission errors (e.g., *I want hold Postman Pat) are produced by many English-speaking children early in development. This article aims to explain these omissions by investigating the emergence of infinitival-to, and its production/omi... Read More about 'I want hold Postman Pat': An investigation into the acquisition of infinitival marker 'to'.

The relationship between economic and subjective wellbeing indicators in Peru (2009)
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Previous studies in Peru have identified apparent mismatches between people's perceptions of their wellbeing and indicators of their material welfare. This paper draws on primary data from relatively poor localities in Central Peru to investigate the... Read More about The relationship between economic and subjective wellbeing indicators in Peru.

Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda (2009)
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to delineate "senior managers'" perception of the competencies required by project managers (PMs) in Ghana for mass house building projects (MHBPs) and to discuss the implication of the findings for professional... Read More about Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda.

Klanica pet – Slaughterhouse Five (2009)
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Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: Geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant (2009)
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This paper examines the geography of two policy instruments - the Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES) and the Processing and Marketing Grant (PMG) - that formed part of the second 'pillar' of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in England between 2000 and... Read More about Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: Geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant.

Farm diversification, tenancy and CAP reform: Results from a survey of tenant farmers in England (2009)
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Little work has considered explicitly the role of farm tenancy in influencing the uptake (or not) of diversification activities. The need to examine this link has been heightened because of the 2003 CAP reforms and the decision to tie Single Farm Pay... Read More about Farm diversification, tenancy and CAP reform: Results from a survey of tenant farmers in England.

The identification of variation in students' understandings of disciplinary concepts: The application of the SOLO taxonomy within introductory accounting (2009)
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Insights into students' understandings of disciplinary concepts are fundamental to effective curriculum development. This paper argues that a rounded picture of students' understandings is required to support such development. It is argued that one e... Read More about The identification of variation in students' understandings of disciplinary concepts: The application of the SOLO taxonomy within introductory accounting.

The loss of grammatical gender in cappadocian greek (2009)
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Cappadocian Greek is an extreme case of language change and dialectal variation among the Modern Greek dialects in having lost the tripartite grammatical gender distinction into masculine, feminine and neuter nominals, a distinction operative in Gree... Read More about The loss of grammatical gender in cappadocian greek.

Instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer (2009)
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The instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer saturated with the same fluid is studied. A three layer configuration is adopted, where a variable effective viscosity is modelled between the outer fluid and po... Read More about Instability of Poiseuille flow in a fluid overlying a glass bead packed porous layer.

Δ 9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins (2009)
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The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of feeding system and of supplementation of tannins (8.93% DM) on the relationship between intramuscular fat content, fatty acid composition and Δ 9 desaturase (Δ 9 d) protein expression in longis... Read More about Δ 9 desaturase protein expression and fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi muscle in lambs fed green herbage or concentrate with or without added tannins.