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Investigating the mechanisms of pattern replication in language convergence* (2007)
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The replication of concrete formal-structural material (morpho-phonological forms with attached meanings) from one language in another is universally understood to instantiate grammatical and lexical 'borrowing' (we follow mainstream usage here and a... Read More about Investigating the mechanisms of pattern replication in language convergence*.

The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain (2007)
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In the face of a society that exhibits an increasing dependence on motorised mobility, the response of transport policy is one that remains grounded in the pursuit of quicker journey times. Less time spent travelling is assumed to convert 'unproducti... Read More about The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain.

The knowledge challenge within the transition towards sustainable soil management: An analysis of agricultural advisors in England (2007)
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The sustainable management of soils, while constituting an important resource conservation concern in some contexts, has been neglected in the UK. However, this all seems set to change, with implications for various actors within the agricultural kno... Read More about The knowledge challenge within the transition towards sustainable soil management: An analysis of agricultural advisors in England.

Anthropomorphic taxidermy and the death of nature: The curious art of Hermann Ploucquet, Walter Potter, and Charles Waterton (2007)
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This refereed journal article was commissioned by the editor Barbara Gates following an abstract in response to a call for papers. It draws on talks and writing on taxidermy for the exhibition Nanoq Flat-Out and Bluesome by the artists Mark Wilson an... Read More about Anthropomorphic taxidermy and the death of nature: The curious art of Hermann Ploucquet, Walter Potter, and Charles Waterton.

Measuring progress: An evaluative study of aimhigher south west 2003-2006 (2007)
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The persistence of the social class gap in higher education (HE) participation presents one of the biggest challenges for the English HE sector at the start of the 21st century. This paper considers the evidence collected by the Aimhigher partnership... Read More about Measuring progress: An evaluative study of aimhigher south west 2003-2006.

Planting peace: The Greater London council and the community gardens of central London (2007)
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'Peace' has not lent itself easily to emblematic or mnemonic forms of representation. In Europe's furnished urban landscapes of the 19th century peace was often personified in female allegorical form. She can be seen in many of the sculpted memorials... Read More about Planting peace: The Greater London council and the community gardens of central London.

Volatile organic compounds from feces and their potential for diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease (2007)
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Human fertilisation and embryology act 1990: Still fit for purpose in the 21st century? (2007)
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Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science (2007)
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This paper argues that mixed-methods triangulation can be understood as the manifestation of retroduction, the logic of inference espoused by critical realism. As such, it can provide the basis upon which different insights upon the same phenomenon c... Read More about Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science.

Adaptive hypermedia system interoperability: A 'real world' evaluation (2007)
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Adaptive Hypermedia (AH) authoring is widely acknowledged to be complex and time consuming, yet this vital process is rarely evaluated. Recent research has approached the authoring problem by ensuring that previously created materials can be converte... Read More about Adaptive hypermedia system interoperability: A 'real world' evaluation.

Developing attributes and levels for discrete choice experiments using qualitative methods (2007)
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Objectives: The rigour with which the first two stages of discrete choice experiments (attribute development and the choice of levels of these attributes) are generally conducted is questionable. This paper provides a case study describing how attrib... Read More about Developing attributes and levels for discrete choice experiments using qualitative methods.

Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution (2007)
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The successful management of strategic change requires an understanding of which moves are possible in specific contexts, and thus of how specific contexts variously require, forbid, or permit certain organizational or policy actions. Appreciation of... Read More about Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution.

Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol (2007)
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New-build city-centre residential development in the UK has increasingly been identified as a form of 'third-wave' or 'postrecession' gentrification. The aim of this paper is, first, to extent our understanding of new, developer-led, residential deve... Read More about Designer neighbourhoods: New-build residential development in nonmetropolitan UK cities - The case of Bristol.

'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands (2007)
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On 3 August 1829, north-east Scotland recorded one of the most severe catastrophic floods in modern UK history. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's An account of the great floods of August 1829 in the province of Moray and adjoining districts (1830) provides a... Read More about 'The Muckle Spate of 1829': The physical and societal impact of a catastrophic flood on the River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands.

Face transplantation: A review of the technical, immunological, psychological and clinical issues with recommendations for good practice (2007)
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Three years ago, the Working Party on Facial Transplantation concluded that until there was more information available about risks any potential patient would be exposed to, it would be unwise to proceed with transplantation of the human face. Over t... Read More about Face transplantation: A review of the technical, immunological, psychological and clinical issues with recommendations for good practice.

Exploring the Trainees' view of a socio-political approach within UK clinical psychology (2007)
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This paper aims to provide preliminary insights into the relationship between clinical psychology and a socio-political approach known as Critical Community Psychology (CCP). Methodologically, it uses statements about CCP as stimulus material, and ut... Read More about Exploring the Trainees' view of a socio-political approach within UK clinical psychology.

An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage (2007)
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Consumer disadvantage, concerned with inequality in the market place, is a topic that has attracted waves of interest for over 30 years. Despite recent, renewed interest among academics in marketing and related disciplines, it remains to be clearly c... Read More about An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage.

Language contact between Spanish and Mosetén: A study of grammatical integration (2007)
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Mosetén (Mosetenan) is spoken by approximately 800 people in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes. All of the speakers are bilingual in Spanish and Mosetén. Spanish is highly dominant and as expected, Mosetén has borrowed many structures from this lan... Read More about Language contact between Spanish and Mosetén: A study of grammatical integration.

How 'local' are the liberal democrats? Recent evidence from electoral performance and campaigning (2007)
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Unhealthy prisons: Exploring structural determinants of prison health (2007)
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Prisoner health is influenced as much by structural determinants (institutional, environmental, political, economic and social) as it is by physical and mental constitutions of prisoners themselves. Prison health may therefore be better understood wi... Read More about Unhealthy prisons: Exploring structural determinants of prison health.