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Gene expression profiling in the brains of human cocaine abusers (2006)
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Chronic cocaine abuse induces long-term neurochemical, structural and behavioural changes thought to result from altered gene expression within the nucleus accumbens and other brain regions playing a critical role in addiction. Recent methodological... Read More about Gene expression profiling in the brains of human cocaine abusers.

Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England (2006)
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Local authority planning departments within the United Kingdom are required to undertake gender mainstreaming as a result of European Union and domestic government requirements. However, research undertaken for the Royal Town Planning Institute demon... Read More about Institutional and conceptual barriers to the adoption of gender mainstreaming within spatial planning departments in England.

City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008 (2006)
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In the current era of globalization, manufacturing decline and place marketing, many cities have turned to culture as a favoured means of gaining competitive advantage. The European Capital of Culture (ECOC) programme has been a significant catalyst... Read More about City/culture discourses: Evidence from the competition to select the European Capital of Culture 2008.

High resolution analysis of mammalian nuclear structure throughout the cell cycle: Implications for nuclear pore complex assembly during interphase and mitosis (2006)
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are the gateways for both active and passive bidirectional molecular transport between the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. These mega-dalton assemblies are composed of multiple copies of approximately 30 distinct proteins ter... Read More about High resolution analysis of mammalian nuclear structure throughout the cell cycle: Implications for nuclear pore complex assembly during interphase and mitosis.

The importance of being trustworthy (2006)
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The idea that nurses should be trustworthy seems to be accepted as generally unproblematic. However, being trustworthy as a nurse is complicated because of the diverse range of expectations from patients, relatives, colleagues, managers, peers, profe... Read More about The importance of being trustworthy.

Critical realism in economics and open-systems ontology: A critique (2006)
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This paper examines the treatment of ontology offered by critical realism. It addresses much of the material elaborated upon in two editions of this journal. Three main groups of criticisms are made here of the critical realist treatment of open syst... Read More about Critical realism in economics and open-systems ontology: A critique.

Advertising and children: Issues and policy options (2006)
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This article reviews the debate regarding the issue of growing obesity in society in terms of issues and possible policy options. The issue is most focused on children though having obvious ramifications for adults in many economies around the world.... Read More about Advertising and children: Issues and policy options.

New channels/old channels: Customer management and multi-channels (2006)
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Purpose - This paper seeks to concern itself with the implications for the management of customer relationships of pursuing a multi-channel approach. Design/methodology/approach - The case study method is used in analysing the situation of four organ... Read More about New channels/old channels: Customer management and multi-channels.

Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations (2006)
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This article argues that public organizations are inherently more complex than private ones. Their complexity derives from two sources. The public sphere is the site for the continuous contestation of public purposes and this means that questions reg... Read More about Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations.

Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health (2006)
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Prison social environments play an important role in the health of prisoners. How they respond to imprisonment is partially dependent upon how effectively they integrate into an institution’s social structure, learn to fit in with others and adapt to... Read More about Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health.

Splendid scope for public service: Leading the London County Council nursing service, 1929-1948 (2006)
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Clinical and consumer guidelines related to the management of childhood fever: A literature review (2006)
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Background: The majority of childhood fever episodes are considered part of normal childhood development. However, febrile children frequently present to hospital and general practitioners. Health providers and parents therefore require knowledge on... Read More about Clinical and consumer guidelines related to the management of childhood fever: A literature review.

Diversity or the lack of it in the architectural profession (2005)
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Approximately 37 per cent of architectural students are women and the percentage is increasing. This increase is not reflected in the architectural profession; women represent only 13 per cent of the total and analysis reveals that women are leaving... Read More about Diversity or the lack of it in the architectural profession.

The effectiveness of coercive interrogation: Scholarly and judicial responses (2005)
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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (2005)
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Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) contribute to the regeneration of mesenchymal tissues, and are essential in providing support for the growth and differentiation of primitive hemopoietic cells within the bone marrow micro-environment. Techniques a... Read More about Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms (2005)
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Drawing upon relevant concepts in organizational social theory (becoming ontology and processual view of complexity), and adopting an interpretative approach to studying organizational phenomena, this paper aims to make a contribution to the understa... Read More about Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms.

Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience (2005)
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This article addresses the role of 'employee voice' in workplace partnership. Drawing on two organizational case studies from the UK's aerospace sector, it analyses employee experiences of two key dimensions of worker participation in partnership env... Read More about Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience.

Joined up lean (2005)
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Author's views on a a lean process methodology for core competence understanding are highlighted. UK companies have been employing lean principles to great effect. They have been supported and guided in their efforts by programmes such as the UK Lean... Read More about Joined up lean.

A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy, and design issues (2005)
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The combination of evolutionary algorithms with local search was named "memetic algorithms" (MAs) (Moscato, 1989). These methods are inspired by models of natural systems that combine the evolutionary adaptation of a population with individual learni... Read More about A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy, and design issues.

A critical realist reply to Walters & Young (2005)
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In a contribution to this journal, Bernard Walters & David Young offer a brief sketch of critical realism and three objections to it. This reply starts with three points of clarification to their sketch before going on to tackle their objections. © 2... Read More about A critical realist reply to Walters & Young.