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Rural planning in England: A critique of current policy (2009)
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The article briefly explores the enduring primacy of agricultural planning over land use planning in rural areas in England since the Second World War. From this contextual Overview, The paper critically evaluates in some detail a number of embedded... Read More about Rural planning in England: A critique of current policy.
Critical evaluation of the Mental Health Literacy framework using qualitative data (2009)
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Brands, markets and charitable ethics: MTV exit campaign (2009)
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MTV's EXIT campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisation when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose et... Read More about Brands, markets and charitable ethics: MTV exit campaign.
Numerical and experimental investigation for stability lobes prediction in thin wall machining (2009)
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A Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Fourier transform approach to obtain frequency response function (FRF) is presented in this paper. The aim in this paper is to eliminate the need for the classical impact experimental approach used in extracting st... Read More about Numerical and experimental investigation for stability lobes prediction in thin wall machining.
Decentralisation in India: Towards `localism' or `regionalism'? (2009)
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This paper offers a commentary on what decentralisation has come to mean in India, based on recent research conducted in Kerala, one of the southern states. In particular, the paper discusses the tensions between ‘regionalism’ and ‘localism’. It begi... Read More about Decentralisation in India: Towards `localism' or `regionalism'?.
Ontogeny of long bone geometry in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and Cebus apella): Implications for locomotor development and life history (2009)
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Studies of a diverse array of animals have found that young individuals often have robust bones for their body size (i.e. augmented crosssectional dimensions), limiting fracture risk despite general musculoskeletal immaturity. However, previous resea... Read More about Ontogeny of long bone geometry in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and Cebus apella): Implications for locomotor development and life history.
Karin Krommes: Cosmic debris and swarming metals (2009)
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Karin Krommes' studio in Bristol is compact and clean; her pristine canvases are neatly stacked, their painted engines float in a talcum of whiteness, speaking of both mass and delicate weightlessness, of affinity and yet also of detachment. Neatly a... Read More about Karin Krommes: Cosmic debris and swarming metals.
A fuzzy semantic information retrieval system for transactional applications (2009)
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In this paper, we present an information retrieval system based on the concept of fuzzy logic to relate vague and uncertain objects with un-sharp boundaries. The simple but comprehensive user interface of the system permits the entering of uncertain... Read More about A fuzzy semantic information retrieval system for transactional applications.
Successful strategic re-orientation: lessons from Cadbury's experience: An interview with Todd Stitzer, Chief Executive of Cadbury (2009)
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© 2009, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how key strategic decisions are made in practice at a successful FTSE 100 company. Design/methodology/ approach – The paper is based on semi-structured... Read More about Successful strategic re-orientation: lessons from Cadbury's experience: An interview with Todd Stitzer, Chief Executive of Cadbury.
Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments (2009)
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The paper draws on a study of a manufacturing company which delivers engineering solutions, through projects, to customers in the international oil and gas industry. It focuses on the problem of persistent project delays and failure to meet promised... Read More about Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments.
Users' perceptions of the free, virtual-only service experience (2009)
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Using two stages of large-scale empirical data collection and analysis, this article presents a first attempt to develop a scale (netQ) for measuring the quality of free, virtual-only service experience. In the first stage, based on responses to an o... Read More about Users' perceptions of the free, virtual-only service experience.
'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows': Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK (2009)
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This paper provides case study analysis of the workplace experiences of British scientists working in the field of climatology. In the context of the restructuring of work organisation brought about by the interplay between the commercialisation of s... Read More about 'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows': Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK.
Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison (2009)
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Urban resilience is a key focus of current approaches to flood management. The notion of resilience encompasses pre-disaster planning and warning systems, emergency handling procedures and post-disaster reconstruction. Both human and physical systems... Read More about Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison.
Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients? (2009)
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In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deter... Read More about Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?.
Development of an amperometric assay for phosphate ions in urine based on a chemically modified screen-printed carbon electrode (2009)
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An amperometric assay for the determination of inorganic phosphate (Pi) in urine has been developed without the need for sample preparation. A screen-printed carbon electrode modified with the electrocatalyst cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC-SPCE) and cov... Read More about Development of an amperometric assay for phosphate ions in urine based on a chemically modified screen-printed carbon electrode.
Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189 (2009)
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Case comment on an important ruling providing valuable confirmation of the significance of institutional balance in the decision-making process and the delegation of powers, including the established position of comitology. It identifies the real sig... Read More about Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189.
Tensions and contradictions left and right: The predictable disappointments of planning under New Labour in historical perspective (2009)
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This article situates the disappointments of New Labour's record over environmental planning within the longer historical perspective of British post-Second World War social democracy and planning. It makes two main claims. First, that New Labour ide... Read More about Tensions and contradictions left and right: The predictable disappointments of planning under New Labour in historical perspective.
Geographical structure of the Y-chromosomal genetic landscape of the levant: A coastal-inland contrast (2009)
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We have examined the male-specific phylogeography of the Levant and its surroundings by analyzing Y-chromosomal haplogroup distributions using 5874 samples (885 new) from 23 countries. The diversity within some of these haplogroups was also examined.... Read More about Geographical structure of the Y-chromosomal genetic landscape of the levant: A coastal-inland contrast.