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Research dissemination: The art of writing an abstract for conferences (2006)
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This article aims to assist readers with developing an abstract for a conference in order to have a paper accepted for presentation at a conference, whether it is in poster or an oral format. This is important as the authors argue that use of confere... Read More about Research dissemination: The art of writing an abstract for conferences.
‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families (2006)
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The argument that children require role models of both sexes is a central theme in opposition to lesbian parenting. Challenges to this opposition have emphasised the ways in which children in lesbian families are compensated for the alleged deficit o... Read More about ‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families.
Music-Centred Music Therapy by Kenneth Aigen [Review] (2006)
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Contemporary advocacy: Providing advocacy for young people using mental health services (2006)
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Analysis of clinical decision-making in multi-disciplinary cancer teams (2006)
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Management decisions for patients with cancer are frequently taken within the context of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). There is little known, however, about decision-making at team meetings and whether MDT decisions are all implemented. This study... Read More about Analysis of clinical decision-making in multi-disciplinary cancer teams.
Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? the effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls (2006)
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The ubiquitous Barbie doll was examined in the present study as a possible cause for young girls' body dissatisfaction. A total of 162 girls, from age 5 to age 8, were exposed to images of either Barbie dolls, Emme dolls (U.S. size 16), or no dolls (... Read More about Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? the effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls.
Learning from the little engines that couldn't: Transported by Gernsback, Wells and Latour (2006)
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Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present (2006)
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The new maximum recorded river flows in Scotland since 1988 have triggered widespread interest in whether floods are becoming more frequent and in the conditions that generate floods of different magnitudes and frequencies. There are questions about... Read More about Flood seasonality and generating conditions in the Tay catchment, Scotland from 1200 to present.
Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland (2006)
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Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphi... Read More about Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland.
The international consultation on incontinence modular questionnaire: www.iciq.net (2006)
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Purpose: In 1998 the first ICI was held in Monaco, sponsored by WHO and organized by the International Continence Society and International Consultation on Urological Diseases. The Scientific Committee recognized the need to develop a universally app... Read More about The international consultation on incontinence modular questionnaire: www.iciq.net.
Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography (2006)
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What might geography in 'the universities' look like if geographers seriously confronted the growing dichotomy between research and teaching? This challenge goes to the heart of 'the university' as a site of learning. The authors argue that the globa... Read More about Co-learning: Re-linking research and teaching in geography.
On inspiration from different "texts" (2006)
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Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes (2006)
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In this study the authors examined both preventive psychological coping resources and negative mood regulation expectancies as potential mediators between parental attachment and two types of stress outcomes: stress symptoms and stress-produced emoti... Read More about Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes.
Dorsal stream associations with orthographic and phonological processing (2006)
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Several studies have indicated a key role for dorsal stream processing in lexical decoding. To examine this relationship further, performance on orthographic and phonological reading tests was compared with both steady-state visual evoked potentials... Read More about Dorsal stream associations with orthographic and phonological processing.
Perceptual determinants of nonprofit giving behavior (2006)
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This paper provides the first empirically based marketing model of the perceptions of givers and the resulting impact on donations. Within nonprofit marketing there is a considerable amount of extant research to support the view that both extrinsic a... Read More about Perceptual determinants of nonprofit giving behavior.
On the enforcement of the zero mean pressure condition in the spectral element approximation of the Stokes problem (2006)
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This paper considers the spectral element approximation of the Stokes problem and the conditioning of the resulting discrete problem. The well-posedness of the variational formulation of the Stokes problem and, in particular, the uniqueness of the pr... Read More about On the enforcement of the zero mean pressure condition in the spectral element approximation of the Stokes problem.
Effects of caffeine in overnight-withdrawn consumers and non-consumers (2006)
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Rationale: A number of recent studies have suggested that caffeine only improves mood and cognitive performance in regular caffeine consumers who are caffeine withdrawn at test (the "withdrawal hypothesis"). This can be tested by investigating the ef... Read More about Effects of caffeine in overnight-withdrawn consumers and non-consumers.
Improving communication for people with learning disabilities (2006)
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