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Determining the defence industrial base (2007)
Journal Article

This paper models the determination of the defence industrial base - the number of different military systems a country decides to maintain. High R&D costs means that few countries can afford to produce major weapons systems and the producers also im... Read More about Determining the defence industrial base.

Can I be ill and happy? (2007)
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Can one be ill and happy? I use a phenomenological approach to provide an answer to this question, using Merleau-Ponty's distinction between the biological and the lived body. I begin by discussing the rift between the biological body and the ill per... Read More about Can I be ill and happy?.

Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil (2007)
Journal Article

Purpose - The paper seeks to perform a detailed numerical study of flow over a generic fan-wing airfoil and also attempts to modify the geometry for the improvement of the aerodynamic performance. Design/methodology/approach - Advanced computational... Read More about Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil.

Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors (2007)
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Accuracy and the computational load are two important issues of Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network planning and optimisation. Link-level performance factors such as the impact of Soft Handover (SHO) and fast power control need to... Read More about Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors.

"GROw"ing up: Tweenagers' involvement in family decision making (2007)
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Purpose - Practitioners in particular have noted that kids are growing older younger (KGOY) and academic research has in parallel shown that children are becoming more involved in the final stages of purchase decisions, albeit in a limited number of... Read More about "GROw"ing up: Tweenagers' involvement in family decision making.

Streamlined variance calculations for semiparametric mixed models (2007)
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Semiparametric mixed model analysis benefits from variability estimates such as standard errors of effect estimates and variability bars to accompany curve estimates. We show how the underlying variance calculations can be done extremely efficiently... Read More about Streamlined variance calculations for semiparametric mixed models.

Incorporating project specific criteria and client utility into the evaluation of construction tenders (2007)
Journal Article

Generation of cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs and demembranated sperm chromatin for the assembly and isolation of in vitro-formed nuclei for Western blotting and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (2007)
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This protocol details methods for the generation of cell-free extracts and DNA templates from the eggs and sperm chromatin, respectively, of the clawed toad Xenopus laevis. We have used this system with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), as detailed... Read More about Generation of cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs and demembranated sperm chromatin for the assembly and isolation of in vitro-formed nuclei for Western blotting and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

What is stopping sustainable building in England? Barriers experienced by stakeholders in delivering sustainable developments (2007)
Journal Article

In England there is both top-down and bottom-up pressure to deliver a sustainable built environment. However, most new projects display few sustainability features. This paper presents 12 barriers to achieving sustainability in development schemes, d... Read More about What is stopping sustainable building in England? Barriers experienced by stakeholders in delivering sustainable developments.

A framework of sustainable behaviours tha can be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments (2007)
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The purpose of this paper is to present, and explain, the development of a framework of sustainable behaviours that can, potentially, be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments. To be sustainable, such developments need to be t... Read More about A framework of sustainable behaviours tha can be enabled through the design of neighbourhood-scale developments.

'Bringing great shame upon this city': Sodomy, the courts and the civic idiom in eighteenth-century Bristol (2007)
Journal Article

During the 1730s, Bristol acquired an unenviable reputation as a city in which sodomy was endemic and rarely punished by the civil power. Although the cause lay partly in difficulties experienced in securing convictions, the resolve of magistrates wa... Read More about 'Bringing great shame upon this city': Sodomy, the courts and the civic idiom in eighteenth-century Bristol.

Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice (2007)
Journal Article

The UK government has recently taken steps to exclude certain groups of migrants from free treatment under the National Health Service, most controversially from treatment for HIV. Whether this discrimination can have any coherent ethical basis is qu... Read More about Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice.

The impact of skills for Life on adult basic skills in England: How should we interpret trends in participation and achievement? (2007)
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The English Skills for Life strategy symbolises the prominent place that adult basic skills have claimed in education and training policy in England since the beginning of this century. The strategy aims to improve the skills of a large number of lea... Read More about The impact of skills for Life on adult basic skills in England: How should we interpret trends in participation and achievement?.

The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions (2007)
Journal Article

Midwifery managers' views about the use of complementary therapies in the maternity services (2007)
Journal Article

The burgeoning interest in complementary therapies (CTs) in the general population over the last decade has created a demand for CTs to be made available within the NHS. There are some excellent examples of midwives who have introduced CTs into clini... Read More about Midwifery managers' views about the use of complementary therapies in the maternity services.

The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK (2007)
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The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering have to date received insufficient attention in the UK where the focus has been centred on the client-main contractor relationship. An investigation into the position of specialists br... Read More about The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK.

The effects of posturing on two groups of patients recovering from retinal detachment surgery (2007)
Journal Article

Patient perspective workshop: Fatigue as a recommended patient-centred outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Journal Article

The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 8 considered evidence for the importance of fatigue to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether measurement of fatigue meets the requirements of the OMERACT filter. The workshop participants incl... Read More about Patient perspective workshop: Fatigue as a recommended patient-centred outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis.

Improving mental health care in general hospitals (2007)
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The mental health needs of older people being cared for within general hospitals and other acute healthcare settings has been specifically identified as a priority for improvement. Yet in reality little has changed. The Department of Health (DH) (200... Read More about Improving mental health care in general hospitals.

An online clinical governance learning package for student radiographers (2007)
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Purpose: Clinical governance is a key element of the Government's plan for reform in the National Health Service. As such, it is an essential element for final year undergraduate radiography studies. With Ciris becoming a standard web-based solution... Read More about An online clinical governance learning package for student radiographers.