The skeptical deduction: Reading Kant and Cavell in Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
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Justus Lipsius's De Constantia: A stoic spiritual exercise (2007)
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This essay offers an introduction to Justus Lipsius's dialogue De Constantia, first published in 1584. Although the dialogue bears a superficial similarity to philosophical works of consolation, I suggest that it should be approached as a spiritual e... Read More about Justus Lipsius's De Constantia: A stoic spiritual exercise.
Partnerships and work-based learning: An evaluation of an opportunity to pioneer new ways to care for the older people in the community (2007)
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The following British case study illustrates how a group of Primary Health Care Trusts expanded partnerships with a university to support the development of 12 new advanced primary nurses (APNs). The cohort of APNs were undertaking new roles and were... Read More about Partnerships and work-based learning: An evaluation of an opportunity to pioneer new ways to care for the older people in the community.
War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945 (2007)
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Archive-based regional studies can contribute much that is new to the economic, political and social history of the Second World War. This paper considers the process of industrial mobilisation in Northern Ireland, a politically divided region which... Read More about War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945.
Chapter 23 Screen-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors in biomedical, environmental and industrial applications (2007)
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This chapter describes a number of approaches for the fabrication of prototype screen-printed electrochemical (bio) sensors together with selected applications in the areas of biomedical, environmental and industrial analyses. Novel methods of immobi... Read More about Chapter 23 Screen-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors in biomedical, environmental and industrial applications.
Gilles Deleuze and the history of philosophy (2007)
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Capital mobility, job loss, and union strategy: The case of the UK aerospace industry (2007)
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Drawing on case study data, this article analyzes contrasting workplace union responses to organizational restructuring in the United Kingdom's aerospace industry. It critically evaluates two distinct union strategies that resonate with contemporary... Read More about Capital mobility, job loss, and union strategy: The case of the UK aerospace industry.
Total knee replacement: Is it really an effective procedure for all? (2007)
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Total knee replacement (TKR) is considered an effective intervention for the treatment of chronic knee pain and disability. Yet there is increasing evidence, based on research using patient-based outcome measures, that a significant proportion of pat... Read More about Total knee replacement: Is it really an effective procedure for all?.
Informed consent is a fundamental principle of health care ethics. All patients should have equal opportunities in accessing information to help them make informed decisions about their treatments. Literature on informed consent, translators in healt... Read More about A review of the literature surrounding the provision of interpreters in health care, focusing on their role in translating information for non-English-speaking cancer patients and issues relating to informed consent.
This paper presents the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and the European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint P... Read More about The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement.
The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level (2007)
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As a growing number of stories unravelled the involvement of United Nations peacekeepers in human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases, the United Nations adopted in 2003 and implemented a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual encounters between... Read More about The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level.
MammoGrid - a prototype distributed mammographic database for Europe (2007)
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This paper describes the prototype for a Europe-wide distributed database of mammograms entitled MammoGrid, which was developed as part of an EU-funded project. The MammoGrid database appears to the user to be a single database, but the mammograms th... Read More about MammoGrid - a prototype distributed mammographic database for Europe.
Visible difference amongst children and adolescents: Issues and interventions (2007)
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Whether present at birth or acquired later in life, a visible difference (disfigurement) can have considerable psychological ramifications for children and adolescents. Whilst many young people adapt to the demands placed upon them and appear relativ... Read More about Visible difference amongst children and adolescents: Issues and interventions.
Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: A systematic review (2007)
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Aim: To conduct a systematic review of longitudinal studies that examined the association between childhood socio-economic status (SES) and alcohol use in later life. Methods: A systematic search to identify all longitudinal population-based studies... Read More about Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: A systematic review.
Online interprofessional learning: The student experience (2007)
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Health and social care students in a faculty in the United Kingdom learn together in an interprofessional module through online discussion boards. The module assessment encourages engagement with technology and with group members through peer review.... Read More about Online interprofessional learning: The student experience.
Evaluating the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for individuals with visible differences: A systematic review of the empirical literature (2007)
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The objective of this review was to systematically identify and evaluate all known studies testing empirically the efficacy of psychosocial intervention programmes for adults with visible differences. Twelve papers met the inclusion criteria. None of... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for individuals with visible differences: A systematic review of the empirical literature.
Using art-based techniques in engaging children and young people in health care consultations and/or research (2007)
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This paper outlines how art-based techniques and activities can applied for use in consultation work and/or research projects with children and young people. First, the concept of what constitutes an art-based activity and how it might be used in con... Read More about Using art-based techniques in engaging children and young people in health care consultations and/or research.
Official responses to foreign travel at the british foreign andlndia offices before 1914 (2007)
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LGBT psychosocial theory and practice in the UK: A review of key contributions and current developments (2007)
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This paper outlines the recent history of LGBT psychology and psychotherapy in the United Kingdom, focusing on key publications, and the current terrain, highlighting similarities and differences between the UK and the US contexts. The paper is divid... Read More about LGBT psychosocial theory and practice in the UK: A review of key contributions and current developments.
Fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural, waste and polluted waters - A review (2007)
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic systems originates from a range of sources. Some is allochthonous, transported from the surrounding landscape to the water body, and is derived from and influenced by the geology, land use and hydrology of it... Read More about Fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural, waste and polluted waters - A review.