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Transport and social exclusion: Investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility (2002)
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This paper introduces a mobility dimension to social exclusion, suggesting a strong correlation between a lack of access to adequate mobility and lack of access to opportunities, social networks, goods and services. This correlation exists as both a... Read More about Transport and social exclusion: Investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility.

A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction (2002)
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This paper examines the early progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction. It is based on a literature review and survey of the views of construction practitioners. We contend that SCM has many of the... Read More about A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction.

Rape sentencing (2002)
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The differentiation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable dissolved organic matter in wastewaters using fluorescence spectroscopy (2002)
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The chemical and biochemical oxygen demand values of a number of synthetic and wastewater samples were determined using fluorescence spectroscopy. Treated and untreated sewage samples were obtained from a local sewage treatment works while synthetic... Read More about The differentiation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable dissolved organic matter in wastewaters using fluorescence spectroscopy.

From insiders to outsiders: Caribbean banana interests in the new international trading framework (2002)
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The paper considers the role of the Caribbean banana interests in the defence of the European Union’s banana regime, within the context of the dispute between the EU and the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper examines how... Read More about From insiders to outsiders: Caribbean banana interests in the new international trading framework.

Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and self-esteem: A comparison of 15-16-year-olds from France and the UK (2002)
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This paper compares samples of 15-16-year-olds from the UK and France on their use of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (Rosenberg 1965) and on the relationships between total self-esteem and substance use. On all 10 of the scale items French students... Read More about Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and self-esteem: A comparison of 15-16-year-olds from France and the UK.

Market share: The conduit to future success? (2002)
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Market share is often used to describe the position and success of a firm in an industrial sector. While the impact of market share is not always reflected in a firm's profitability or performance, many firms see it as an important organisational goa... Read More about Market share: The conduit to future success?.

Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France (2002)
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This article seeks to re-animate the Anglo-French debate on neighbourhood renewal and urban policy that characterized the mid 1990s. This is appropriate given the apparent similarities between the recent approaches adopted in the two countries. The c... Read More about Neighbourhood renewal and urban policy: A comparison of new approaches in England and France.

The pulse of freedom? Bhaskar's dialectic and marxism (2002)
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Younger people in dementia care: A review of service needs, service provision and models of good practice (2002)
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This paper reviews the literature on younger people (under 65 years of age) with dementia, in dementia care. Seventy-four relevant papers were identified by use of a search strategy derived from the methodology of systematic reviews, the majority of... Read More about Younger people in dementia care: A review of service needs, service provision and models of good practice.

Child protection drama in primary school – an effective educational approach? (2002)
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“Hello, Craig”, a child protection drama, was targeted at five- and six-year olds in 28 primary schools in England. It aimed to encourage pupils to develop strategies to deal with appropriate and inappropriate touch in a variety of social settings. I... Read More about Child protection drama in primary school – an effective educational approach?.

Towards constructivism: Investigating students' perceptions and learning as a result of using an online environment (2002)
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The effects of changing to an online delivery mechanism within a third year, undergraduate, module have been evaluated against the lecturing staff's intended move towards a student-centred, constructivist learning approach. It has been suggested that... Read More about Towards constructivism: Investigating students' perceptions and learning as a result of using an online environment.

Improving the quality of written information for patients (2002)
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Good communication with patients is vital. A national audit reported that written information for patients was of poor quality (Audit Commission 1993): this was followed by a number of interrelating studies reinforcing aspects of the report. This lit... Read More about Improving the quality of written information for patients.

School-based violence prevention programs: Systematic review of secondary prevention trials (2002)
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Objective: To quantify the effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs for children identified as at risk for aggressive behavior. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Electronic databases and bi... Read More about School-based violence prevention programs: Systematic review of secondary prevention trials.

Researching: Our experience of working on a research project as people with learning difficulties (2002)
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Global asymptotic behaviour in some functional parabolic equations (2002)
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The global asymptotic behavior in some functional parabolic equations was presented. The sufficient condition for the global convergence to a spatially uniform equilibrium in the system of functional partial differential equations was provided. Resul... Read More about Global asymptotic behaviour in some functional parabolic equations.

New horizons: Developing the novice infection control nurse through work-based learning and the new professional core competencies (2002)
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This article aims to provide the reader with an example of using the professional core competencies for infection control nurses, together with the self-assessment tool, to provide a framework for the development of a trainee infection control nurse... Read More about New horizons: Developing the novice infection control nurse through work-based learning and the new professional core competencies.

Local authority housing stock transfer in the UK: From local initiative to national policy (2002)
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Since 1988 stock transfer has been transformed from a local initiative into a central part of government policy for housing in the UK. It began as a largely rural and suburban phenomenon, generating substantial capital receipts, but has also become a... Read More about Local authority housing stock transfer in the UK: From local initiative to national policy.

Herpesviruses in brain and Alzheimer's disease (2002)
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It has been established, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is present in a high proportion of brains of elderly normal subjects and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. It was subsequently discovered that th... Read More about Herpesviruses in brain and Alzheimer's disease.

Identification of a peroxide-sensitive redox switch at the CXXC motif in the human mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase (2002)
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The human mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase isoenzyme (hBCATm) must be stored in a reducing environment to remain active. Oxidation or labeling of hBCATm with sulfhydryl reagents results in enzyme inhibition. In this study, we investigate... Read More about Identification of a peroxide-sensitive redox switch at the CXXC motif in the human mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase.