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Bladder outlet physiology in the context of lower urinary tract dysfunction (2011)
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Physiological function of the bladder outlet is complex and symptomatic consequences can result from outlet dysfunction. Within the outlet, smooth, and skeletal muscles constitute the contractile apparatus, but additional cell types include interstit... Read More about Bladder outlet physiology in the context of lower urinary tract dysfunction.

The fight against illicit finance: A critical review of the Labour government's policy (2011)
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The aim of this article is to identify and critically consider the effectiveness of the Labour government's policy towards financial crime. The article highlights the general threat posed by financial crime, yet concentrates on the government's polic... Read More about The fight against illicit finance: A critical review of the Labour government's policy.

Towards a 'scholarship of teaching and learning': The individual and the communal journey (2011)
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This paper is a summary of a presentation made at the 2010 Annual Conference of the British Accounting Association's Special Interest Group on Accounting Education, held at Dublin City University. This presentation set out a case for a communal schol... Read More about Towards a 'scholarship of teaching and learning': The individual and the communal journey.

Men's experiences of rheumatoid arthritis: An inductive thematic analysis (2011)
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Objectives. There is a lack of evidence for understanding the clinical needs of men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study investigated the psychosocial experience of this group, to inform clinical practice and generate further research. Methods.... Read More about Men's experiences of rheumatoid arthritis: An inductive thematic analysis.

Evaluation of activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) reagents for application in biomedical diagnostic device development (2011)
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Introduction: The most commonly used test for monitoring heparin therapy is the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). The response of available aPTT reagents to heparin varies significantly. The aim of this study was to highlight the differen... Read More about Evaluation of activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) reagents for application in biomedical diagnostic device development.

Seeing the beauty in everyday people: A qualitative study of young Australians' opinions on body image, the mass media and models (2011)
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While governments have called for greater body size diversity in media imagery to promote positive body image and prevent disordered eating, the fashion and advertising industries often argue that average-size models do not appeal to consumers. Focus... Read More about Seeing the beauty in everyday people: A qualitative study of young Australians' opinions on body image, the mass media and models.

Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England (2011)
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This article examines the concept of integrated spatial planning through a case study of subregional working in South Hampshire, England. It argues that while the government's notion of integration was ill-defined and inconsistent, there were critica... Read More about Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England.

Kierkegaard, battersby and feminism (2011)
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On electrical correlates of physarum polycephalum spatial activity: Can we see physarum machine in the dark? (2011)
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Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye, which spans sources of nutrients with its protoplasmic network. In a very simple experimental setup we recorded electric potential of the propagating plasmodium. We discover... Read More about On electrical correlates of physarum polycephalum spatial activity: Can we see physarum machine in the dark?.

Self-management of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial of group cognitive-behavioural therapy (2011)
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Objectives To investigate the effect of group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for fatigue self-management, compared with groups receiving fatigue information alone, on fatigue impact among people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Two-arm, p... Read More about Self-management of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial of group cognitive-behavioural therapy.

Test-retest reliability of Quantitative Sensory Testing in knee osteoarthritis and healthy participants (2011)
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Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST), which assesses somatosensory function by recording participant's responses to external stimuli of controlled intensity, is a useful tool to provide insight into the complex pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA) pa... Read More about Test-retest reliability of Quantitative Sensory Testing in knee osteoarthritis and healthy participants.

Operationalizing and measuring language dominance (2011)
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The aim of this article is to show how measures of lexical richness (Guiraud, 1954; Malvern, Richards, Chipere, & Durán, 2004) can be used to operationalize and measure language dominance among bilinguals. A typology of bilinguals is proposed based o... Read More about Operationalizing and measuring language dominance.

Rethinking how to tackle binge drinking using social marketing: A neotribal analysis (2011)
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In this article the authors report on primary research undertaken with young people in a deprived area of northwest England who use regular binge drinking as the lynch pin of their social group. Traditional health messaging approaches have had little... Read More about Rethinking how to tackle binge drinking using social marketing: A neotribal analysis.

Gender differences in adolescent sport participation, teasing, self-objectification and body image concerns (2011)
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This study examined gender differences in adolescent participation in sport and physical activity, in teasing experiences specific to the physical activity domain, and the relationship between adolescent physical activity and body image. A sample of... Read More about Gender differences in adolescent sport participation, teasing, self-objectification and body image concerns.

Early stroke discharge team: A participatory evaluation (2011)
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Aims: International evaluation of Early Stroke Discharge (ESD) has concentrated on measuring the impact of service provision. This research aimed to address the question, ‘How did the ESD team members and external stakeholders experience the service... Read More about Early stroke discharge team: A participatory evaluation.

Sounds synthesis with slime mould of Physarum Polycephalum (2011)
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This paper introduces a novel application of bionic engineering: a bionic musical instrument using Physarum polycephalum. Physarum polycephalum is a huge single cell with thousands of nuclei, which behaves like a giant amoeba. During its foraging beh... Read More about Sounds synthesis with slime mould of Physarum Polycephalum.

Psychological advances in chronic pain: A concise selective review of research from 2010 (2011)
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The largest number of psychological studies categorized for this review focused on psychological factors in relation to opioid use. These studies include ones to identify risk factors for aberrant drug behavior. This result seems to reflect that the... Read More about Psychological advances in chronic pain: A concise selective review of research from 2010.

Three-dimensional spheroid cultures of A549 and HepG2 cells exhibit different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor expression and LPS-induced cytokine response compared with monolayer cultures (2011)
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent modulator of pathogen-induced host inflammatory responses. Lipopolysaccharide signaling to host cells is correlated with the expression of well-characterized LPS receptors. We have developed three-dimensional (3-D... Read More about Three-dimensional spheroid cultures of A549 and HepG2 cells exhibit different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor expression and LPS-induced cytokine response compared with monolayer cultures.

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) populations and human influences on habitat on the River Chambal, India (2011)
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The gharial, Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin 1789), a piscivorous reptile of Asian river systems, is increasingly threatened by diverse human pressures. Three survey expeditions were launched to monitor gharial populations, notable wildlife, and the acti... Read More about Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) populations and human influences on habitat on the River Chambal, India.

CMS workflow execution using intelligent job scheduling and data access strategies (2011)
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Complex scientific workflows can process large amounts of data using thousands of tasks. The turnaround times of these workflows are often affected by various latencies such as the resource discovery, scheduling and data access latencies for the indi... Read More about CMS workflow execution using intelligent job scheduling and data access strategies.