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Dynamics of arc phenomena at closure of electrical contacts in vacuum circuit breakers (2005)
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Kharin, S. N., Nouri, H., & Amft, D. (2005). Dynamics of arc phenomena at closure of electrical contacts in vacuum circuit breakers. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 33(5 I), 1576-1581. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2005.856528

Dynamic phenomena accompanying electrical contact closure in vacuum circuit breakers are considered as consecutive stages, including breakdown, touch, compression, restitution, bridging, and arcing at bouncing. The hybrid mathematical model is elabor... Read More about Dynamics of arc phenomena at closure of electrical contacts in vacuum circuit breakers.

Food supply chains and sustainability: Evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders (2005)
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Ilbery, B., & Maye, D. (2005). Food supply chains and sustainability: Evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders. Land Use Policy, 22(4), 331-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.06.002

Despite an increasing interest in more sustainable forms of land management, few analyses have examined whether 'local' or 'alternative' food supply systems are sustainable in environmental, economic and social terms. Using SUSTAIN's 'sustainable foo... Read More about Food supply chains and sustainability: Evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders.

A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003 (2005)
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Gray, S., Perlman, F., & Griffiths, S. (2005). A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003. Public Health, 119(10), 900-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2005.03.010

This first survey of the specialist public health workforce conducted by the UK Faculty of Public Health (UKFPH) highlights lack of capacity and variability, raising the profile of workforce issues. It provided a baseline for the 2005 survey (to be r... Read More about A survey of the specialist public health workforce in the UK in 2003.

Can improvisation be taught? (2005)
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Peters, G. (2005). Can improvisation be taught?. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 24(3), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2005.00453.x

The aim of this article is to reconsider the (age old) problem of relating theory to practice in art education by placing it within the largely ignored context of improvisation. In so doing it is hoped that some of the well-known 'difficulties' art p... Read More about Can improvisation be taught?.

Infection control in neonatal intensive care units (2005)
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Chudleigh, J., Fletcher, M., & Gould, D. (2005). Infection control in neonatal intensive care units. Journal of Hospital Infection, 61(2), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.02.017

Healthcare-associated infection is a major problem in acute hospital settings. Hand decontamination is considered to be the most effective means of preventing healthcare-associated infection, but is poorly performed. Few studies have examined techniq... Read More about Infection control in neonatal intensive care units.

Automatic machine vision calibration using statistical and neural network methods (2005)
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Smith, L. N., & Smith, M. L. (2005). Automatic machine vision calibration using statistical and neural network methods. Image and Vision Computing, 23(10), 887-899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2005.03.009

A methodology is presented for camera calibration that is designed to improve the accuracy of machine vision based object measurement systems. The regression and artificial neural network techniques studied are considered to be complimentary rather t... Read More about Automatic machine vision calibration using statistical and neural network methods.

Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women (2005)
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Khawaja, M., & Barazi, R. (2005). Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(10), 840-841. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.031625

Wife beating, the most widespread form of domestic violence, has adverse consequences on the health and wellbeing of women and is a major cause of disability and death in many countries.1 In the past few years, it has been widely reported in developi... Read More about Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women.

Antecedents and outcomes of service recovery performance in a public health-care environment (2005)
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Ashill, N. J., Carruthers, J., & Krisjanous, J. (2005). Antecedents and outcomes of service recovery performance in a public health-care environment. Journal of Services Marketing, 19(5), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/08876040510609916

Purpose - This paper proposes investigating a model of service recovery performance in a public health-care setting. Design/methodology/approach - Frontline hospital staff (administrative and nursing staff) representing a range of out-patient departm... Read More about Antecedents and outcomes of service recovery performance in a public health-care environment.

X-TCS: Accuracy-based learning classifier system robotics (2005)
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Studley, M., & Bull, L. (2005). X-TCS: Accuracy-based learning classifier system robotics. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2005.1554954

Although most learning classifier system (LCS) research uses the accuracy-based XCS, it had never been used to control a physical robot before. In comparison to purely evolutionary or purely reinforcement learning approaches, an LCS should be faster... Read More about X-TCS: Accuracy-based learning classifier system robotics.

Ritzer's McDonaldization and applied qualitative marketing research (2005)
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Nancarrow, C., Vir, J., & Barker, A. (2005). Ritzer's McDonaldization and applied qualitative marketing research. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 8(3), 296-311. https://doi.org/10.1108/13522750510603352

Purpose – The purpose is to examine the insights gained from applying Ritzer's thesis of McDonaldization to international qualitative marketing research, in particular the four pillars of McDonaldization: efficiency, calculability, predictability, an... Read More about Ritzer's McDonaldization and applied qualitative marketing research.

A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke (2005)
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Turton, A., & Britton, E. (2005). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 19(6), 600-612. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215505cr891oa

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effects of daily stretch positioning for prevention of contractures in stroke patients without arm function. Design: Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: Stroke rehabilitation ward, UK. Subjects: Twen... Read More about A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke.

Genetic programming with a genetic algorithm for feature construction and selection (2005)
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Smith, M. G., & Bull, L. (2005). Genetic programming with a genetic algorithm for feature construction and selection. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 6(3), 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10710-005-2988-7

The use of machine learning techniques to automatically analyse data for information is becoming increasingly widespread. In this paper we primarily examine the use of Genetic Programming and a Genetic Algorithm to pre-process data before it is class... Read More about Genetic programming with a genetic algorithm for feature construction and selection.

Spinners or sinners? PR, journalists and public trust (2005)
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Jempson, M. (2005). Spinners or sinners? PR, journalists and public trust. Journal of Communication Management, 9(3), 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1108/13632540510621542

The credibility of journalists and public relations professionals took some bad knocks in 2004. This paper examines the recent history of the debate and some of the efforts being made within the communications industry to rebuild the public confidenc... Read More about Spinners or sinners? PR, journalists and public trust.

Predicting inter-taxa differences in plant uptake of cesium-134/137 (2005)
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Willey, N., Tang, S., & Watt, N. R. (2005). Predicting inter-taxa differences in plant uptake of cesium-134/137. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34(5), 1478-1489. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2004.0454

For 134/137Cs, and many other soil contaminants, research into transfer to plants has focused on particular crops and phytoremediation candidates, producing uptake data for a small proportion of all plant taxa. Despite the significance of differences... Read More about Predicting inter-taxa differences in plant uptake of cesium-134/137.

Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction (2005)
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Dunn, C. D., Feneley, R. C., Speakman, M. J., Swinkels, A., & Dorey, G. (2005). Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction. BJU International, 96(4), 595-597. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05690.x

OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of pelvic floor exercises as a way of restoring erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In all, 55 men aged >20 years who had experienced erectile dysfunction for ≥6 months were recruit... Read More about Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction.

Spreading out or conscetrating weekly consumption: Alcohol problems and other consequences within a UK population sample (2005)
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Miller, P., Plant, M., & Plant, M. (2005). Spreading out or conscetrating weekly consumption: Alcohol problems and other consequences within a UK population sample. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 40(5), 461-468. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agh169

Aims: To consider the consequences, within a UK population sample, of consuming a given amount of alcohol weekly in one or two sessions as against spreading it out over several sessions. Methods: A new analysis of data from the UK components of the G... Read More about Spreading out or conscetrating weekly consumption: Alcohol problems and other consequences within a UK population sample.