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Instability of equilibria in some delay reaction-diffusion systems (2000)
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Laister, R. (2000). Instability of equilibria in some delay reaction-diffusion systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 247(2), 588-607. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmaa.2000.6883

A new result is derived which extends a known instability result for a class of reaction-diffusion equations to a corresponding system incorporating time delay effects. For a significant class of nonlinear equations it is shown that an unstable equil... Read More about Instability of equilibria in some delay reaction-diffusion systems.

Using a red-blue exercise to facilitate learning about complex systems (2000)
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Simpson, P. (2000). Using a red-blue exercise to facilitate learning about complex systems. Journal of European Industrial Training, 24(5), 291-296. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590010372065

The red-blue exercise is an example of an iterated prisoner's dilemma (IPD) and is commonly used in educational and training settings to help participants to develop skills in conflict management, negotiation, and inter-group dynamics. In this paper,... Read More about Using a red-blue exercise to facilitate learning about complex systems.

Collaboration in disability policies (2000)
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Chapuis, L., Flower, J., Wirz, S., Jennings, B., & Jackson, K. (2000). Collaboration in disability policies. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 23(2), 81-89

Collaboration between stakeholders of disability policies in the South and in the North.

Projections of alcohol- and tobacco-related cancer mortality in Central Europe (2000)
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Bray, I., Brennan, P., & Boffetta, P. (2000). Projections of alcohol- and tobacco-related cancer mortality in Central Europe. International Journal of Cancer, 87(1), 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0215%2820000701%2987%3A1%3C122%3A%3AAID-IJC18%3E3.0.CO%3B2-W

Central European mortality rates for cancer sites related to tobacco and alcohol have increased rapidly in recent decades. From a public health point of view, it is of considerable interest to know whether these past increases in cancer mortality wil... Read More about Projections of alcohol- and tobacco-related cancer mortality in Central Europe.

IMC, brand communications and corporate cultures: Client/advertising agency co-ordinations and cohesion (2000)
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Eagle, L., & Kitchen, P. J. (2000). IMC, brand communications and corporate cultures: Client/advertising agency co-ordinations and cohesion. European Journal of Marketing, 34(5-6), 667-686. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560010321983

The concept of integrated marketing communication (IMC) has received considerable coverage in the literature, but even its most ardent supporters have noted problems in translating the concept into reality. Reports on an extensive two‐phase study of... Read More about IMC, brand communications and corporate cultures: Client/advertising agency co-ordinations and cohesion.

Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand? (2000)
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Miller, C., & Ahmad, Y. (2000). Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20(5-6), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330010789151

Posits that collaboration in the UK is either recommended as good practice or enshrined within legislation as a necessity. Chronicles that there has been a sustained growth in the number of formal and informal collaborative relationships between stat... Read More about Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand?.

Rhetoric or reality? The participation of disabled people in NGO planning (2000)
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Flower, J., & Wirz, S. (2000). Rhetoric or reality? The participation of disabled people in NGO planning. Health Policy and Planning, 15(2), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/15.2.177

User involvement in planning is now well established in the fields of both health and development. This study looks at one particular client group, namely disabled people, and addresses the question: How do selected European-based international non-g... Read More about Rhetoric or reality? The participation of disabled people in NGO planning.

Factors implicated in the decision whether or not to join the tamoxifen trial in women at high familial risk of breast cancer (2000)
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Rumsey, N., Lovegrove, E., Lovegrove, E., Rumsey, N., Harcourt, D., & Cawthorn, S. J. (2000). Factors implicated in the decision whether or not to join the tamoxifen trial in women at high familial risk of breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 9(3), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1611%28200005/06%299%3A3%3C193%3A%3AAID-PON454%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P

Why, given similar medical circumstances - high familial risk of breast cancer - will some women elect to join a trial of drugs designed to reduce that risk but others choose not to take part? The aim of this study was to identify measurable differen... Read More about Factors implicated in the decision whether or not to join the tamoxifen trial in women at high familial risk of breast cancer.

Checking the carotid pulse: Diagnostic accuracy in students of the healthcare professions (2000)
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Moule, P. (2000). Checking the carotid pulse: Diagnostic accuracy in students of the healthcare professions. Resuscitation, 44(3), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0300-9572%2800%2900139-8

This study evaluated the competence of students of the healthcare professions to locate the carotid pulse using a computerised manikin, within 10 s. A sample of 105 students from physiotherapy, radiography, midwifery and nursing participated in measu... Read More about Checking the carotid pulse: Diagnostic accuracy in students of the healthcare professions.

The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years (2000)
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Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., Baker, I. A., Spencer, I. C., Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., …Easty, D. (2000). The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 84(5), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.5.456

Aim - To examine the outcome of care for patients with glaucoma followed up by the hospital eye service compared with those followed up by community optometrists. Methods - A randomised study with patients allocated to follow up by the hospital eye s... Read More about The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years.

Meeting the needs of mature students (2000)
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McDonald, R. C., & Eagle, L. (2000). Meeting the needs of mature students. Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, 79(4), 34-39