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I just wanted to be a doctor: We need to be more than "just" doctors [1] (2006)
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The impact of formal education and training on urodynamic practice in the United Kingdom: A survey (2006)
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Aim: A previous survey of personnel performing urodynamics had shown that half of the respondents thought that their training had been inadequate. In order to address this the outcome of a 4-day practical course for teaching urodynamics, which has be... Read More about The impact of formal education and training on urodynamic practice in the United Kingdom: A survey.

Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication (2006)
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Allopolyploidy, which involves genome doubling of an interspecific hybrid is an important mechanism of abrupt speciation in flowering plants [1-6]. Recent studies show that allopolyploid formation is accompanied by extensive changes to patterns of pa... Read More about Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication.

Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD (2006)
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Health professionals recommend education of patients about COPD. There is no satisfactory instrument to measure their knowledge and therefore to assess the results of education. A multiple-choice questionnaire (BCKQ) has been designed and tested. Eac... Read More about Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD.

The world of organized crime (2006)
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A Legendre spectral element method for eigenvalues in hydrodynamic stability (2006)
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A Legendre polynomial-based spectral technique is developed to be applicable to solving eigenvalue problems which arise in linear and nonlinear stability questions in porous media, and other areas of Continuum Mechanics. The matrices produced in the... Read More about A Legendre spectral element method for eigenvalues in hydrodynamic stability.

Patients and professionals as research partners: Challenges, practicalities, and benefits (2006)
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Electrophysiological measurements in three-dimensional in vivo-mimetic organotypic cell cultures: Preliminary studies with hen embryo brain spheroids (2006)
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Using three-dimensional artificial tissue constructs shown to offer organotypic functionality, hen embryo brain spheroids were used as a novel electrophysiological paradigm. For the first time, single spontaneous action potentials were recorded from... Read More about Electrophysiological measurements in three-dimensional in vivo-mimetic organotypic cell cultures: Preliminary studies with hen embryo brain spheroids.

What do students think about counselling? (2006)
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A brief summary of dissertation research looking at student experiences of their counselling at university

The effect of phenol on the growth of Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella VT-1 (2006)
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The microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella VT-1 were compared with their growth in the presence of phenol (0-400 mg l-1, 4.24 mM). Both algae could tolerate phenol but Chlorella VT-1 was more tolerant being able to grow albeit slowly in the pres... Read More about The effect of phenol on the growth of Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella VT-1.

Marketing bequest club membership: An exploratory study of legacy pledgers (2006)
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Although bequest income accounts for 9% of overall giving in the United States many nonprofits continue to focus their solicitation efforts on the very wealthy, ignoring the bulk of the fund-raising database. In this study the authors work with three... Read More about Marketing bequest club membership: An exploratory study of legacy pledgers.

What is Mindplay? (2006)
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The article focuses on the conference Mindplay held on January 20, 2006 at London Metropolitan University in England. It was organised by the Group for Research in Interactive Media within the Department of Applied Sciences. The conference focused on... Read More about What is Mindplay?.

A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management (2006)
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There exists a clear imperative across the EU and within the UK towards the enhanced integration of community knowledge in environmental and health decision-making processes. The underlying social force that underpins this dynamic is the drive for a... Read More about A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management.

The effect of exercise in reducing desire to smoke and cigarette withdrawal symptoms is not caused by distraction (2006)
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Aims and design: Moderate-intensity exercise has been shown to reduce common smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke in acutely abstinent smokers. The aim of the present study was to determine if this was caused by distraction. A secondary ai... Read More about The effect of exercise in reducing desire to smoke and cigarette withdrawal symptoms is not caused by distraction.

Increase in schizophrenia incidence rates: Findings in a Canadian cohort born 1975-1985 (2006)
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Background: Results from previous studies on the incidence rates for schizophrenia are inconsistent, with some showing a declining rate [e.g., Suvisaari et al. (1999) Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:733-740] and others showing an increasing rate [e.g., Boydel... Read More about Increase in schizophrenia incidence rates: Findings in a Canadian cohort born 1975-1985.

Obesity, abdominal obesity and Alzheimer disease (2006)
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Background/Aims: Obesity has a strong association with vascular and metabolic diseases, which have been linked with Alzheimer disease (AD). While recent studies have reported an association between mid-life obesity and dementia, the role of later-lif... Read More about Obesity, abdominal obesity and Alzheimer disease.

The three challenges of community leadership (2006)
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The ongoing reform of UK local government emphasises the development of local authorities as 'community leaders'. Both the definition of the term, and local government's fitness for the role are, however, contested. Previous research suggests that to... Read More about The three challenges of community leadership.

Modelling of cutting induced workpiece temperatures for dry milling (2006)
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A thermal model has been developed that predicts machining induced workpiece temperatures for peripheral milling. The model was developed to determine the magnitude and distribution of workpiece temperatures for dry milling of aerospace aluminium all... Read More about Modelling of cutting induced workpiece temperatures for dry milling.

Hierarchical fuzzy rule based systems using an information theoretic approach (2006)
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This paper proposes a novel anytime algorithm for the construction of a Hierarchical Fuzzy Rule Based System using an information theoretic approach to specialise rules that do not effectively model the decision space. The amount of uncertainty toler... Read More about Hierarchical fuzzy rule based systems using an information theoretic approach.

Preferences for aspects of a dermatology consultation (2006)
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Background: General practitioners with special interests (GPSIs) are increasingly being used to provide dermatology services in the U.K. Little is known about U.K. dermatology patient attitudes to proposed variations in secondary care service deliver... Read More about Preferences for aspects of a dermatology consultation.