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Editorial: recent developments in prospect theory-based travel behaviour research (2010)
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Avineri, E., & Chorus, C. (2010). Editorial: recent developments in prospect theory-based travel behaviour research. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 10(4), 293-298

Prospect theory, a descriptive approach of modeling individual choice making which has been applied in a range of contexts, has recently attracted the interest of transport academics and professionals and is seen by many as a promising framework for... Read More about Editorial: recent developments in prospect theory-based travel behaviour research.

A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia (2010)
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Salisbury, V. C., Hill, P. J., Angell, J. E., Ruddock, M. W., Martin, A. D., Alloush, H. M., …Mehta, P. (2010). A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia. Clinical Chemistry, 56(12), 1862-1870. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2010.145581

BACKGROUND: The nucleoside analog cytarabine (Ara-C [cytosine arabinoside]) is the key agent for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML); however, up to 30% of patients fail to respond to treatment. Screening of patient blood samples to determine drug... Read More about A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia.

The writing's in the wall: A review of new preliminary applications of electrical resistivity tomography within archaeology (2010)
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Mol, L., & Preston, P. R. (2010). The writing's in the wall: A review of new preliminary applications of electrical resistivity tomography within archaeology. Archaeometry, 52(6), 1079-1095. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00516.x

Natural processes are known to cause significant damage to archaeological monuments. In fact, the key to understanding the decay of building materials is the internal movement of water through the mineral matrix, which influences the distribution of... Read More about The writing's in the wall: A review of new preliminary applications of electrical resistivity tomography within archaeology.

Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway (2010)
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Owen, G., Hiemstra, J. F., Matthews, J. A., & Mcewen, L. J. (2010). Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 92(4), 421-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00405.x

A tongue-like, boulder-dominated deposit in Tverrbytnede, upper Visdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway, is interpreted as the product of a rock avalanche (landslide) due to its angular to subangular boulders, surface morphology with longitudinal ridg... Read More about Landslide-glacier interaction in a neoparaglacial setting at tverrbytnede, jotunheimen, Southern Norway.

Adaptive cancelation of self-generated sensory signals in a whisking robot (2010)
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Anderson, S. R., Pearson, M., Pipe, A., Prescott, T. J., Dean, P., & Porrill, J. (2010). Adaptive cancelation of self-generated sensory signals in a whisking robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 26(6), 1065-1076. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2010.2069990

Sensory signals are often caused by ones own active movements. This raises a problem of discriminating between self-generated sensory signals and signals generated by the external world. Such discrimination is of general importance for robotic system... Read More about Adaptive cancelation of self-generated sensory signals in a whisking robot.

The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone (2010)
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Shaw, I. S. (2010). The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone. Journal of Global Ethics, 6(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2010.524799

A leading scholar of humanitarian intervention, Brown (2002) refers to British internal politics to satisfy the influential church and other non-conformist libertarian community leaders, and above all 'undermining Britain's competitors, such as Spain... Read More about The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation (2010)
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Startin, N. (2010). Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 11(4), 429-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2010.524402

Amidst all the academic and media discussion in recent years of the causes and consequences of the rise in support for Radical Right parties (RRPs) in Europe, a related, but equally significant development, has generated less debate; namely the rise... Read More about Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation.

Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk (2010)
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Angouri, J., & Marra, M. (2010). Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk. Text and Talk, 30(6), 615-636. https://doi.org/10.1515/TEXT.2010.030

Meetings are the backbone of organizational life and as such constitute an important component of workplace discourse. We expand here upon earlier work which suggests that a meeting constitutes a distinct genre, taking informal rather than formal mee... Read More about Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk.

Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture (2010)
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Crogan, P. (2010). Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture

This essay takes Mamoru Oshii’s Avalon (2001) as a starting point for consideration of the impact of simulational interactive media on contemporary technoculture. The connections made in the film between virtual reality games and military research an... Read More about Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture.

Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention (2010)
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Matthews, P., & Stephens, R. (2010). Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention. Aslib Proceedings, 62(6), 539-553. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011089667

Purpose – This paper seeks to outline a social epistemological and ethical warrant for engaging in knowledge exchange on the social web, and to emphasise sociocognitive and emotional factors behind motivation and credibility in communities supported... Read More about Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention.

Abducting both arms improves stability during breast radiotherapy: The Bi Arm study in radiotherapy (2010)
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Simcock, R. S., Francis, M. F., Chalmers, A. C., Tremlett, J. T., Sinclair, N. S., & Goldsworthy, S. G. (2011). Abducting both arms improves stability during breast radiotherapy: The Bi Arm study in radiotherapy. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 10(4), 250-259. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1460396910000452

Background: A randomised study to investigate whether bilateral arm abduction is superior to unilateral abduction with respect to stability using shifts on treatment as the main outcome measure. Material and Methods: 50 consecutive female patients we... Read More about Abducting both arms improves stability during breast radiotherapy: The Bi Arm study in radiotherapy.

Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning? (2010)
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Pryce-Miller, M. (2010). Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning?. Nursing Times, 106(46), 16-18

Abstract BACKGROUND: Changing demands on the nursing workforce have led to considerable changes in undergraduate nurse education. Nurse educators have sought to incorporate self directed learning (SDL) into the curriculum to encourage student nurse... Read More about Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning?.

The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty (2010)
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Kumar, V., Batista, L., & Maull, R. (2010). The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty. Service Science, 3(2), 158-171. https://doi.org/10.1287/serv.3.2.158

This research develops a longitudinal study that builds upon previous findings that operations performance of service delivery can positively affect customer satisfaction, further extending this verdict to point out operations performance as a direct... Read More about The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty.

Evaluating social justice in transport: Lessons to be learned from the capability approach (2010)
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Beyazit, E. (2011). Evaluating social justice in transport: Lessons to be learned from the capability approach. Transport Reviews, 31(1), 117-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2010.504900

Recent theoretical and empirical studies show that there is a growing interest in considering wider social and economic impacts of transport. Since transport has an important role in distributing socio-economic benefits or losses created by different... Read More about Evaluating social justice in transport: Lessons to be learned from the capability approach.

Semantic change: Evidence from false friends (2010)
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Beeching, K. (2010). Semantic change: Evidence from false friends. Languages in Contrast, 10(2), 139-165. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.10.2.03bee

Functional linguists are in general agreement that semantic change may be triggered as part of the negotiation of meaning in interactional contexts: a 'one-off' contextual implicature generalises to become a new core meaning of a lexical item (Traugo... Read More about Semantic change: Evidence from false friends.

Enhanced change detection performance reveals improved strategy use in avid action video game players (2010)
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Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011). Enhanced change detection performance reveals improved strategy use in avid action video game players. Acta Psychologica, 136(1), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.10.003

Recent research has shown that avid action video game players (VGPs) outperform non-video game players (NVGPs) on a variety of attentional and perceptual tasks. However, it remains unknown exactly why and how such differences arise; while some prior... Read More about Enhanced change detection performance reveals improved strategy use in avid action video game players.