Contemporary advocacy: Providing advocacy for young people with communication difficulties
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Out of balance: Lecturers' perceptions of differential status and rewards in relation to teaching and research (2006)
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One of the few areas of consensus in the literature of higher education concerns the status of teaching. Unanimously, writers report the low status which higher education institutions give to teaching as an activity. This article draws on research in... Read More about Out of balance: Lecturers' perceptions of differential status and rewards in relation to teaching and research.
Demand analysis projections for recreational visits to countryside woodlands in Great Britain (2006)
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Forests and woodlands have long been associated with tourism and recreation and there is a growing demand for improved planning tools to measure and maximize amenity value from policy intervention. Building on earlier studies, this study develops a t... Read More about Demand analysis projections for recreational visits to countryside woodlands in Great Britain.
Helping people who self-harm [Letter] (2006)
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A letter to seek views from the psychological community about an article in the Sunday Times (5 February 2006) by medical correspondent Sarah-Kate Templeton, entitled ‘Self-harmers to be given clean blades’. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is sugg... Read More about Helping people who self-harm [Letter].
Managing asymmetric conflict (2006)
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This paper considers a simple model of asymmetric conflict, between an incumbent, e.g. government or dominant firm, and potential challengers, e.g. guerrillas or entrants. It is not uncommon for challengers to win such conflicts despite their lack of... Read More about Managing asymmetric conflict.
An evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational programme promoting the introduction of routine antenatal enquiry for domestic violence (2006)
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Objective: a feasibility study to evaluate the effect of an educational programme on midwives' knowledge, skills, attitudes and implementation of routine antenatal enquiry for domestic violence. Design: pre-, post- and follow-up survey. Setting: an a... Read More about An evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational programme promoting the introduction of routine antenatal enquiry for domestic violence.
‘i don’t feel like ‘a student’, i feel like ‘me’!’: The over‐simplification of mature learners’ experience(s) (2006)
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Many studies of mature students within further and higher education portray them as a distinct social category with particular shared characteristics. Such representations are sometimes sub‐divided further along lines of social division. For instance... Read More about ‘i don’t feel like ‘a student’, i feel like ‘me’!’: The over‐simplification of mature learners’ experience(s).
Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms (2006)
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Assault by acid burns typically results in severe disfigurement, yet the psychosocial impact of this injury is so far unreported. This study provides the first empirical data using standardised assessment scales, from 44 acid burns survivors in Bangl... Read More about Psychosocial outcomes derived from an acid burned population in Bangladesh, and comparison with Western norms.
The X-ray request - An effective vehicle of communication? (2006)
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An X-ray request is an essential vehicle for communicating clinical information from the referring clinician to the radiographer, responsible for undertaking the procedure, who requires sufficient information to justify an exposure. Abbreviations and... Read More about The X-ray request - An effective vehicle of communication?.
A reduced protein diet induces stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in pig muscle but not in subcutaneous adipose tissue: Relationship with intramuscular lipid formation (2006)
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A reduced protein diet (RPD) is known to increase the level of intramuscular lipid in pig meat with a smaller effect on the amount of subcutaneous adipose tissue. This might be due to tissue-specific activation of the expression of lipogenic enzymes... Read More about A reduced protein diet induces stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in pig muscle but not in subcutaneous adipose tissue: Relationship with intramuscular lipid formation.
Attitudes towards vehicle driving behaviour: Categorising and contextualising risk (2006)
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In driving motorised vehicles, the amount of risk accepted varies between individuals. Traditional theories of risk have tended to focus on a lack of skill as a function of risk taking and have ignored social motivations and attitudes for engaging in... Read More about Attitudes towards vehicle driving behaviour: Categorising and contextualising risk.
South Africa's reserve: Challenges and recommendations for implementing sustainable development policies (2006)
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South Africa introduced a visionary policy for water resource management in 1998. The South African National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) contains several innovative mechanisms with the potential to transform water resource management within the countr... Read More about South Africa's reserve: Challenges and recommendations for implementing sustainable development policies.
Catholic doctrine versus women's rights: The new Italian law on assisted reproduction (2006)
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Integrating complementary therapies (2006)
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Family nursing and parents who have a learning disability (2006)
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Famous five reasons why donors give (2006)
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Do company wage policies persist in the face of minimum wages? (2006)
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How routine is a routine? An analysis of the day-to-day variability in prism vertex location (2006)
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This study is concerned with how routine an individual's routine really can be. This question is addressed by examining the day-to-day variability of the time co-ordinate of the vertex of a time-space prism; in other words, by examining how the timef... Read More about How routine is a routine? An analysis of the day-to-day variability in prism vertex location.
The 'accessibility diary': Discussing a new methodological approach to understand the impact of Internet use upon personal travel and activity participation (2006)
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Diary studies have become increasingly popular in the field of transport research since their first recorded use just over 60 years ago, allowing collection of data not only on patterns of travel, but also on the full context for travel. However, few... Read More about The 'accessibility diary': Discussing a new methodological approach to understand the impact of Internet use upon personal travel and activity participation.
A care home learning network (2006)
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