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Mastectomy patients' decision-making for or against immediate breast reconstruction (2004)
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This multi-centred study examined how 93 women due to undergo mastectomy had elected for (n = 37) or against (n = 56) immediate breast reconstruction. Initial semi-structured interviews were conducted prior to undergoing surgery whilst follow-up inte... Read More about Mastectomy patients' decision-making for or against immediate breast reconstruction.

Safeguarding asylum seekers dignity (2004)
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The game thing: Ludology and other theory games (2004)
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The current state of computer games studies as it was in the early 2000s is critically examined in this paper by means of an analysis of the recently released computer game, The Thing. Game studies is an emerging area of humanities scholarship, an em... Read More about The game thing: Ludology and other theory games.

Law and nineteenth-century literature (2004)
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This article examines the connections between law and literature, briefly considering work accomplished in this interdisciplinary field before focusing upon Charles Dickens's debate with the legal reformer and barrister James Fitzjames Stephen over t... Read More about Law and nineteenth-century literature.

Modelling the implementation of technological innovations in construction (2004)
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Effective implementation of technological innovation in construction requires an understanding of the complexity underpinning the process. Most innovative projects do not fulfil their time and cost objectives and it is essential for construction orga... Read More about Modelling the implementation of technological innovations in construction.

The computer modelling methodology for the dynamic thermal simulation of a two-storey earth sheltered house (2004)
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This paper discusses the first, of three stages involved in the dynamic thermal simulation of a pair of two-storey earth sheltered houses (esh units). Stage one focused on the challenge of building a realistic computer model, using Tas Lite for the p... Read More about The computer modelling methodology for the dynamic thermal simulation of a two-storey earth sheltered house.

APOE promoter, ACE1 and CYP46 polymorphisms and β-amyloid in alzheimers disease (2004)
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Gene expression profile of the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine abusers: Evidence for dysregulation of myelin (2004)
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Chronic cocaine abuse induces long-term neural adaptations as a consequence of alterations in gene expression. This study was undertaken to identify those transcripts differentially regulated in the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine abusers. Affymet... Read More about Gene expression profile of the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine abusers: Evidence for dysregulation of myelin.

New equations for redox and nano-signal transduction (2004)
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Cells maintain redox potentials (Eh) in intracellular compartments, sometimes referred to as redox environments. These potentials are often very reducing, for example in the cytoplasm, but throughout the cell different potentials are maintained, comm... Read More about New equations for redox and nano-signal transduction.

Public image and private self in Rousseau and Browning (2004)
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This article examines how Browning used Rousseau’s confessional aesthetics as a point of reference when defining his own poetics.

Trajectories of a DAE near a pseudo-equilibrium (2004)
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We consider a class of differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) defined by analytic nonlinearities and study its singular solutions. The main assumption used is that the linearization of the DAE represents a Kronecker index-2 matrix pencil and that th... Read More about Trajectories of a DAE near a pseudo-equilibrium.

‘No need for fear or secrets’: Ruth Fisher and grotesque realism in Six Feet Under (2004)
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The paper explores the ways in the which the figure of the older woman is constructed and deployed in the TV drama Six Feet Under.

The development of an interprofessional foundation programme for the allied health professions (2004)
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Relationship between skatole and androstenone accumulation in Meishan pigs - the role of cytochrome P450IIE! expression (2004)
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Taking risks with advertising: The case of the not-for-profit sector (2004)
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‘I really hated school, and couldn’t wait to get out!’: Reflections on ‘a wasted opportunity’ amongst access to HE students. (2004)
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In constructing a narrative account of our lives, we may recall experiences of schooling with a mixture of resentment and regret, and perhaps a sense of ‘wasted opportunities’. This is particularly true if school has left us with a fragile academic s... Read More about ‘I really hated school, and couldn’t wait to get out!’: Reflections on ‘a wasted opportunity’ amongst access to HE students..

Los Museos interactivos como recurso didáctico: El Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos” (The interactive museums as an educational resource: The Science and Cosmos Museum) (2004)
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We describe the main features of a Science Centre, the Museum of Science and the Cosmos of La Laguna, Tenerife, making special emphasis on its various educational activities. It is in the frame of these that our collaboration is aimed at the creation... Read More about Los Museos interactivos como recurso didáctico: El Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos” (The interactive museums as an educational resource: The Science and Cosmos Museum).

The political economy of management knowledge transfer: Some insights from experience in Serbia and Montenegro (2004)
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Altered images - digital interpretations inspired by George Cartlidge's portrait tiles (2004)
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Article on the collaboration between the Stoke City Museum & Art Gallery and the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England to revive George Cartlidge's photographic tile process, resulting in an exhibition at the Stoke C... Read More about Altered images - digital interpretations inspired by George Cartlidge's portrait tiles.

The variable geometry of European trade unionism: The case of the European trade union confederation (2004)
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