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Relationship of attachment and social support to college students' adjustment following a relationship breakup (2003)
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Two constructs integral to adolescent development, continuing parental attachment and social support, were investigated to assess whether the constructs are differentially related to indices of adjustment following a romantic relationship breakup. Pa... Read More about Relationship of attachment and social support to college students' adjustment following a relationship breakup.

A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities (2002)
Journal Article

Local authorities in Great Britain have (in the main) completed their air quality review and assessments, the aim of the process being the identification of local hotspots where national air quality objectives are not likely to be met Across Great Br... Read More about A comparative analysis of the air quality management challenges and capabilities in urban and rural english local authorities.

Involvement of conventional kinesin in glucose-stimulate secretory granule movements and exocytosis in clonal pancreatic β-cells (2002)
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Recruitment of secretory vesicles to the cell surface is essential for the sustained secretion of insulin in response to glucose. At present, the molecular motors involved in this movement, and the mechanisms whereby they may be regulated, are undefi... Read More about Involvement of conventional kinesin in glucose-stimulate secretory granule movements and exocytosis in clonal pancreatic β-cells.

Older women's understanding of elder abuse: Quality relationships and the ‘stresses of caregiving’ (2002)
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Specifically feminist perspectives are largely absent from the developing discourse of elder abuse in the United Kingdom. This paper describes how focus groups were used to gather older women's understandings and experiences of elder abuse. A perspec... Read More about Older women's understanding of elder abuse: Quality relationships and the ‘stresses of caregiving’.

Social capital and health: Measuring and understanding social capital at a local level could help to tackle health inequalities more effectively (2002)
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This paper examines whether an understanding of the concept of social capital and its local measurement can help to tackle inequalities in health within and across communities. The paper concludes that the concept of social capital offers a valuable... Read More about Social capital and health: Measuring and understanding social capital at a local level could help to tackle health inequalities more effectively.

Minority ethnic groups in dementia care: A review of service needs, service provision and models of good practice (2002)
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Sixty-seven English language articles were obtained for the review, the majority of which (44, 65.7%) had US origins. Broadly, the main issues covered in the literature were the under-utilization of services by minority ethnic groups; the prevalence... Read More about Minority ethnic groups in dementia care: A review of service needs, service provision and models of good practice.