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Inventing rituals, inhabiting places: Ritual and community in public art (2009)
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Based on the public art projects for Holy Hiatus 2008, this article explores the possibilities for ritual to be employed creatively in public art practice, and to examine the ways that artists can draw audiences into unexpected and potentially ‘limin... Read More about Inventing rituals, inhabiting places: Ritual and community in public art.

South Asian community views about individuals with a disfigurement (2009)
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There is a paucity of research exploring the views of
different cultural and ethnic groups about individuals
with a visible difference. This research is a priority
area given that issues of disfigurement, stigma and shame may be particularly bound... Read More about South Asian community views about individuals with a disfigurement.

Inside information: researching long-term breastfeeding (2009)
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The disempowerment of empowerment: How stakeholding clogs up rural decision-making (2009)
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In the context of a growth in both participatory democracy and responsible participation, rural decision-making in England has become increasingly complex over the past 30 years, fuelled by national polices relating to regionalism, citizenship and re... Read More about The disempowerment of empowerment: How stakeholding clogs up rural decision-making.

Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? (2009)
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Background: Naming accuracy for nouns and verbs in aphasia can vary across different elicitation contexts, for example, simple picture naming, composite picture description, narratives, and conversation. For some people with aphasia, naming may be mo... Read More about Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech?.

Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis? (2009)
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This paper aims to explore the corporate governance of
banks in economic crisis and whether poor corporate governance has led to the crisis. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the complex world of financial regulation
and that corporate govern... Read More about Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis?.

P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state (2009)
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Background: Three functional c-ras genes, known as c-H-ras, c-K-ras, and c-N-ras, have been largely studied in mammalian cells with important insights into normal and tumorigenic cellular signal transduction events. Two K-Ras mRNAs are obtained from... Read More about P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state.

Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change (2009)
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This narrative review outlines the potential benefits of supporting clients to successfully change existing patterns of behavior in the context of wound care. In acknowledging the complexities involved in changing deeply ingrained patterns of behavio... Read More about Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change.

The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004 (2009)
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The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975 - 2004. Applying a dynamic system approach based on GMM, we find that the local concentration of the Creative Clas... Read More about The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004.

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneouse adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content (2009)
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UK release practices for official microdata (2009)
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This paper describes the principles and practices by which microdata collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is made available to researchers. Access to detailed confidential microdata, often from official sources, is acknowledged to be... Read More about UK release practices for official microdata.

Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives (2009)
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This paper reviews four major topics related to the long-term psychosocial rehabilitation for burn survivors; (1) Body image adjustment process; (2) Social functioning challenges; (3) Interventions designed to address psychosocial rehabilitation chal... Read More about Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives.

Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee (2009)
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This article examines distributional implications of the restructuring of international coffee markets that has occurred since the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 and market liberalization in coffee producing countries under st... Read More about Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee.

The adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis (2009)
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This study examines the adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis. We use data from a large firm-level survey to examine and compare the adoption of downsizing by firms across sectors and across three countries - Indonesia, the Philippi... Read More about The adoption of downsizing during the Asian economic crisis.

The banking sector and CSR: An unholy alliance? (2009)
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR), financial exclusion and banks are not happy bed fellows, yet their relationship and working partnership is essential to ensure financial security within a stable economy. The position of this paper is to context... Read More about The banking sector and CSR: An unholy alliance?.

Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their HLA-C ligands in two Iranian populations (2009)
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) gene frequencies vary between populations and contribute to functional variation in immune responses to viruses, autoimmunity and reproductive success. This study describes the frequency distribution of... Read More about Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their HLA-C ligands in two Iranian populations.

The effectiveness of knowledge networks: An investigation of manufacturing SMEs (2009)
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Purpose: Although considerable attention in the extant literature has been devoted to knowledge acquisition and transfer within firms, there is a dearth of research on the effectiveness of outside sources of knowledge for technology-based small to me... Read More about The effectiveness of knowledge networks: An investigation of manufacturing SMEs.

Impaired maintenance of naturally acquired T-cell memory to the meningococcus in patients with B-cell immunodeficiency (2009)
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The importance of T cells in the generation of antigen-specific B-cell immunity has been extensively described, but the role B cells play in shaping T-cell memory is uncertain. In healthy controls, exposure to Neisseria meningitidis in the upper resp... Read More about Impaired maintenance of naturally acquired T-cell memory to the meningococcus in patients with B-cell immunodeficiency.

Beyond the call of duty (2009)
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Discovering patterns of behavior in a smart home (2009)
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