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US climate nuisance action halted by Supreme Court (2011)
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Discussion of Connecticut ruling, 2011, with comparison drawn with English common law.

A new action library for localising brain activity specific to biological motion (2011)
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Ahlstrom, Blake, and Ahlstrom (1997) introduced a point-light stimuli set for the study biological motion perception. It consisted of 25 assorted actions sampled at 20 Hz for a 1 second duration and an additional 25 scrambled versions of the same act... Read More about A new action library for localising brain activity specific to biological motion.

Developing capacity and capability in health impact assessment across the South West of England (2011)
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This paper examines an exciting regional programme that sought to develop the capability and capacity of public health and planning professionals to engage in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of new residential developments. Health Impact Assessment i... Read More about Developing capacity and capability in health impact assessment across the South West of England.

The precuneus role in third-person perspective of dyadic social interaction (2011)
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The ability to interpret the actions of others is necessary for survival and a successful social life. Human fMRI studies have consistently identified involvement of the precuneus in first- and third-person perspective taking of social situations. Ho... Read More about The precuneus role in third-person perspective of dyadic social interaction.

Directly selected cytomegalovirus-reactive donor T cells confer rapid and safe systemic reconstitution of virus-specific immunity following stem cell transplantation (2011)
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Background: Adoptive transfer of virus-specific T cells may accelerate reconstitution of antigen-specific immunity and limit the morbidity and mortality of viral infections following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The logistics o... Read More about Directly selected cytomegalovirus-reactive donor T cells confer rapid and safe systemic reconstitution of virus-specific immunity following stem cell transplantation.

Involvement in volunteering: An exploration of the personal experience of people with aphasia (2011)
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This article reports results from a qualitative study in the UK of people with aphasia who have been involved in volunteering. The study describes their experiences; explores, from their perspective, the effects of involvement; and identifies key fac... Read More about Involvement in volunteering: An exploration of the personal experience of people with aphasia.

QTIMaps: A model to enable web maps in assessment (2011)
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Test-based e-Assessment approaches are mostly focused on the assessment of knowledge and not on that of other skills, which could be supported by multimedia interactive services. This paper presents the QTIMaps model, which combines the IMS QTI stand... Read More about QTIMaps: A model to enable web maps in assessment.

The importance of driving for older people and how the pain of driving cessation can be reduced (2011)
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Older people are more reliant on cars than ever before to meet their day-to-day needs. Giving-up driving is associated with much angst and can result in mental and physical health problems. However, such problems can be reduced if older drivers plan... Read More about The importance of driving for older people and how the pain of driving cessation can be reduced.

Towards autonomous robot swarms for multi-target localisation and monitoring with applications to counter IED operations (2011)
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Book review of “Penal Abolitionism” by Ruggiero, V (2011)
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Alexander Maconochie’s ‘mark system’ (2011)
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John Moore contributes a fascinating account of the innovative work of Alexander Maconochie, a prison governor on the Norfolk Island penal settlement in Australia, and at Birmingham prison in the mid 19th century. Many of his ideas, including conditi... Read More about Alexander Maconochie’s ‘mark system’.

The identity of counselling psychology in Britain is parochial, rigid and irrelevant but diversity offers a solution (2011)
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The promise of evidence-based child maltreatment prevention: Doing children more good than harm (2011)
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The who advocates an evidence-based approach to tackle the problem of child maltreatment. This article makes the case for evidence-based approaches in general, and then discusses what evidence exists about child maltreatment and how to tackle it.

Carfree, low-car - what's the difference (2011)
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‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Reflection and Change’: Stakeholder perceptions of transformative learning in higher education (2011)
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This paper explores theories of transformative learning in the context of research-informed practice in the domains of education for sustainable development (ESD), internationalisation and citizenship. The research process draws on structured discuss... Read More about ‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Reflection and Change’: Stakeholder perceptions of transformative learning in higher education.

Approaches to community flood science engagement: The River Severn catchment, UK as case-study (2011)
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Flood education forms a key element in preparedness strategies to increase flood risk awareness, and empower floodplain communities to act to manage personal risk. Flood science is variably part of education programmes, and yet has potential to incre... Read More about Approaches to community flood science engagement: The River Severn catchment, UK as case-study.

Professionals' contemporary theories and understandings of paedophilia (2011)
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This paper will discuss professionals' contemporary definitions and understandings of paedophilia, based upon empirical qualitative research with a range of professionals' working within paedophilia, or in related fields (Practitioners, Academics and... Read More about Professionals' contemporary theories and understandings of paedophilia.

On the internalisation, intraplasmodial carriage and excretion of metallic nanoparticles in the slime mould, Physarum polycephalum (2011)
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The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a large single cell visible with the naked eye. When inoculated on a substrate with attractants and repellents the plasmodium develops optimal networks of protoplasmic tubes which span sites of attractants (... Read More about On the internalisation, intraplasmodial carriage and excretion of metallic nanoparticles in the slime mould, Physarum polycephalum.

An emergent effect of phonemic cueing following relearning in semantic dementia (2011)
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Background: Semantic dementia (SD) is a disorder that leads to a gradual but profound breakdown of conceptual knowledge and, as a result, severe anomia that is not alleviated by phonemic cueing. Several studies have shown that practising to name a se... Read More about An emergent effect of phonemic cueing following relearning in semantic dementia.

Chemotherapy-induced damage to mesenchymal stem cells: An in vitro model (2011)
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