All Outputs (140)

A method to assess taxonomic variation in shoot caesium concentration among flowering plants (1999)
Journal Article

A method was developed to obtain relative shoot caesium (Cs) concentration data from the literature and assess the influence of plant taxonomy on these values. A residual maximum likelihood (REML) analysis was performed on data from 14 published stud... Read More about A method to assess taxonomic variation in shoot caesium concentration among flowering plants.

The telling of terror: Helping trauma survivors construct a therapeutic narrative (1999)
Journal Article

Quality of life in alcohol-dependent subjects - A review (1999)
Journal Article

Although alcohol misuse is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and an important health care burden, the Quality of Life (QoL) of alcohol misusing subjects has been little studied to date. For example, only 5 out of 442 accepted abstracts at a re... Read More about Quality of life in alcohol-dependent subjects - A review.

Tomboy tales: The rural, nature and the gender of childhood (1999)
Journal Article

By following and connecting certain well-trodden routes through constructions of childhood, it is possible to arrive at a point at which the 'natural' gender of childhood is apparently male. This is indicated by the fact that girls are often termed '... Read More about Tomboy tales: The rural, nature and the gender of childhood.

Managing your self help group (1999)
Journal Article

Antenatal stress and midwife management (1999)
Journal Article

Brains, minds and selves: Changing conceptions of the losses involved in dementia (1999)
Journal Article

Until the last 10 years or so, dementia research had been dominated by the psychiatric or medical approach to dementia. However, increasing numbers of new psychological and social psychological approaches to dementia have begun to emerge. Consequentl... Read More about Brains, minds and selves: Changing conceptions of the losses involved in dementia.

Nationality as a factor in the use of information management technologies (1999)
Journal Article

In an attempt to uncover various non-technical and behavioural issues relating to the adoption of personal information management (PIM) technologies, an exploratory study was conducted into cultural and nationality factors in the usage of such artefa... Read More about Nationality as a factor in the use of information management technologies.

Learning from life: Nurses of the millennium, Doreen Norton (1999)
Journal Article

Tackling teenage pregnancy in the UK (1999)
Journal Article

The deleterious social and health outcomes of unplanned pregnancy have been recognized internationally for some time. In UK, birth rates among teenagers have not decreased; every year about 90,000 teenagers in England become pregnant. Of these, 7000... Read More about Tackling teenage pregnancy in the UK.

Expert decision making (1999)
Journal Article

The purpose of this paper is to outline the key aspects of how experts make decisions. The central theme of the paper is that decision making in dynamic settings is perceptual rather than conceptual. In high stress, time-pressured, high stakes, or un... Read More about Expert decision making.

Identification of volatiles generated by potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum CV: Maris piper) infected by Erwinia carotovora, Bacillus polymyxa and Arthrobacter sp. (1999)
Journal Article

Bacteria were isolated from internal tissues of surface sterilized healthy tubers of Solanum tuberosum cv. Maris Piper (8 different isolates) and from tubers inoculated with Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora showing soft-rot symptoms (3 different is... Read More about Identification of volatiles generated by potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum CV: Maris piper) infected by Erwinia carotovora, Bacillus polymyxa and Arthrobacter sp..

It's my first time: Be gentle with me (1999)
Journal Article

The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector (1999)
Journal Article

The perceived threat of climate change has become an important global issue of the 1990s, with measures to limit its ramifications now commonly linked to mainstream policy agendas. Reducing carbon intensity can be achieved through both supply and end... Read More about The prospects for improved energy efficiency in the UK residential sector.

Resuscitation and family presence: Implications for nurses in critical care areas (1999)
Journal Article

'Till our liberties be secure': Popular sovereignty and public space in Bristol, 1780-1850 (1999)
Journal Article

Struggles over the symbolic ownership of Bristol's open spaces were often influenced by association with conflicts between mercantile elites and 'the people' over the definition and nature of civic identity. Shifting political and cultural readings o... Read More about 'Till our liberties be secure': Popular sovereignty and public space in Bristol, 1780-1850.

Genetic diversity and pedigree for Sophora toromiro (Leguminosae): A tree extinct in the wild (1999)
Journal Article

Sophora toromiro was endemic to the Pacific island of Papa Nui (Easter Island) and is extinct in the wild. The species has survived in private and botanic gardens. The species is the subject of an international study to support its conservation ex si... Read More about Genetic diversity and pedigree for Sophora toromiro (Leguminosae): A tree extinct in the wild.

Asthma care (1999)
Journal Article

Prevalence of myopia in Sherpa and Tibetan children in Nepal (1999)
Journal Article

Background. Tibetan and Sherpa children living in Nepal share a common ancestry in Tibet and areas to the north of Nepal, but it is evident that these people experience widely contrasting educational and environmental conditions. The purpose of this... Read More about Prevalence of myopia in Sherpa and Tibetan children in Nepal.

Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer: Self selection probably occurred among patients studied (1999)
Journal Article