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Growth processes of Italian manufacturing firms (2011)
Journal Article

This paper presents a multidimensional empirical analysis of firm growth. Exploiting census data on Italian manufacturing firms, 1989-1997, we estimate a reduced-form VAR to analyze the co-evolution of employment growth, sales growth, growth of profi... Read More about Growth processes of Italian manufacturing firms.

Phenomenology and its application in medicine (2011)
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Phenomenology is a useful methodology for describing and ordering experience. As such, phenomenology can be specifically applied to the first person experience of illness in order to illuminate this experience and enable health care providers to enha... Read More about Phenomenology and its application in medicine.

Advocacy, social justice and children's rights (2011)
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The emergence of independent advocacy services for children and young people has had an impact on promoting the rights of children and young people. Historically, advocacy has been considered an important social work skill underpinned by principles o... Read More about Advocacy, social justice and children's rights.

Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research (2011)
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In this paper we describe the implementation of a Linux extension board for the e-puck educational mobile robot, designed to enhance the computation, memory and networking performance of the robot at very low cost. The extension board is based on a 3... Read More about Open-hardware e-puck Linux extension board for experimental swarm robotics research.

Working with women and children experiencing domestic violence (2011)
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A low cost course information syndication system (2011)
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This study presents a cost-effective, reliable, and convenient mobile web-based system to facilitate the dissemination of course information to students, to support interaction that goes beyond the classroom. The system employed the Really Simple Syn... Read More about A low cost course information syndication system.

The UK overseas territories: A decade of progress and prosperity? (2011)
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This article analyses the relationship between the UK and its Overseas Territories since the publication of the 1999 White Paper Partnership for Progress and Prosperity. The article considers the efforts by the UK government to improve links with the... Read More about The UK overseas territories: A decade of progress and prosperity?.

Effects of 7.5% CO2 inhalation on allocation of spatial attention to facial cues of emotional expression (2011)
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Increased vigilance to threat-related stimuli is thought to be a core cognitive feature of anxiety. We sought to investigate the cognitive impact of experimentally induced anxiety, by means of a 7.5% CO2 challenge, which acts as an unconditioned anxi... Read More about Effects of 7.5% CO2 inhalation on allocation of spatial attention to facial cues of emotional expression.

Sketching a socio-economic model of labour markets (2011)
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Using insights from the 'socio-economics of labour markets' and building upon critical realist meta-theory, this paper offers the first sketch of a socio-economic model of labour markets as an alternative to the orthodox model. © The Author 2010. Pub... Read More about Sketching a socio-economic model of labour markets.

Sense making through Poem Houses: An arts based approach to understanding leadership (2011)
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This article introduces an arts based approach to leadership inquiry using ‘Poem Houses’- an art form developed by Brigid Collins. Poem houses are three dimensional artifacts combining visual interpretation with poetic text and which hold special sig... Read More about Sense making through Poem Houses: An arts based approach to understanding leadership.

A screen-printed microband glucose biosensor system for real-time monitoring of toxicity in cell culture (2011)
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Microband biosensors, screen-printed from a water-based carbon ink containing cobalt phthalocyanine redox mediator and glucose oxidase (GOD) enzyme, were used to monitor glucose levels continuously in buffer and culture medium. Five biosensors were o... Read More about A screen-printed microband glucose biosensor system for real-time monitoring of toxicity in cell culture.

Pain and other symptoms of CRPS can be increased by ambiguous visual stimuli - An exploratory study (2011)
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Background: Visual disturbance, visuo-spatial difficulties, and exacerbations of pain associated with these, have been reported by some patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Aims: We investigated the hypothesis that some visual stimuli... Read More about Pain and other symptoms of CRPS can be increased by ambiguous visual stimuli - An exploratory study.

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2010 - 30 September 2010 (2011)
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This article documents the addition of 229 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Acacia auriculiformis-×-Acacia mangium hybrid, Alabama argillacea, Anoplopoma fimbria, A... Read More about Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2010 - 30 September 2010.

Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the uk: Are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments? (2011)
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In this paper we present aspects of a study that scoped e-learning implementation in nursing and health science disciplines throughout the UK and explored the factors affecting use. Data related to the use of technologies are presented here. While th... Read More about Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the uk: Are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments?.

Improved fault analysis method based on a new arc resistance formula (2011)
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To calculate fault currents in distribution systems accurately, the fault model must include the electrical arc existing at the fault point, which plays an important role in the fault currents calculation. In existing approaches, the value of the arc... Read More about Improved fault analysis method based on a new arc resistance formula.

Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting (2011)
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Subcontracting has been noted to have an adverse influence on health and safety. Through a critique of the health and safety literature the causative factors of this adverse influence are identified, and a subsequent examination of the Construction (... Read More about Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting.

The effect of hole shape on blade cooling effectiveness (2011)
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Numerical analysis of wall properties in crossing-shock-wave/turbulent-boundary-layer interactions (2011)
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The economic surplus as a fund for social change and post-neoliberal governance (2011)
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The central problem in capitalism today is not one of scarce resources clashing against innate, insatiable wants. Rather, the modern problem of monopoly capitalism is one of abundance of production clashing against scarcity of consumers. Indeed, su... Read More about The economic surplus as a fund for social change and post-neoliberal governance.

School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance (2011)
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Working memory is a complex cognitive system responsible for the concurrent storage and processing of information. Given that a complex cognitive task like mental arithmetic clearly places demands on working memory (e.g., in remembering partial resul... Read More about School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance.