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Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents (2012)
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Bredeche, N., Montanier, J. M., Liu, W., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 18(1), 101-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/13873954.2011.601425

This article is concerned with a fixed-size population of autonomous agents facing unknown, possibly changing, environments. The motivation is to design an embodied evolutionary algorithm that can cope with the implicit fitness function hidden in the... Read More about Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents.

Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants (2012)
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Du, W., Wu, X., & Zhu, Q. (2012). Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 226(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651811409655

Facing the big challenge of directly designing a generalized predictive controller (GPC) for a class of smooth non-linear dynamic plants described with polynomial models, this study reformulates the classical GPC into a U-model-based implementation.... Read More about Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants.

Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial) (2012)
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Marsh, D., Eastell, R., Khaw, K. T., Grant, A. M., McDonald, A. M., MacLennan, G. S., …Wallace, W. A. (2012). Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial). Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 97(2), 614-622. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-1309

Context: Vitamin D or calcium supplementation may have effects on vascular disease and cancer. Objective: Our objective was to investigate whether vitamin D or calcium supplementation affects mortality, vascular disease, and cancer in older people. D... Read More about Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial).

Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people (2012)
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Shergold, I., Parkhurst, G., & Musselwhite, C. (2012). Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people. Transportation Planning and Technology, 35(1), 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.635417

Community activity is a key contributor to quality of life for many older people. It also plays a role in the well-being of the communities they live in. Mobility, though, is central to such activity, and thus a conceptual link is proposed between 'm... Read More about Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people.

Facilitating and disrupting speech perception in word deafness (2012)
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Robson, H., Davies, S., Lambon Ralph, M. A., & Sage, K. (2012). Facilitating and disrupting speech perception in word deafness. Aphasiology, 26(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.629360

Background: Word deafness is a rare condition where pathologically degraded speech perception results in impaired repetition and comprehension but otherwise intact linguistic skills. Although impaired linguistic systems in aphasia resulting from dama... Read More about Facilitating and disrupting speech perception in word deafness.

Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand (2012)
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Kumar, S., Webber, D. J., & Fargher, S. (2012). Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand. Applied Economics, 44(5), 607-616. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.511994

Wagner's Law states that the share of government expenditure in Gross National Product (GNP) will increase with economic development; many associated empirical studies substitute GNP with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This article presents an empiric... Read More about Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand.

Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia (2012)
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Kumar, S., Webber, D. J., & Fargher, S. (2012). Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia. Applied Economics, 44(5), 599-605. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.511993

This article presents the details of an investigation into the relationship between investment and savings in Australia over the period 1960 to 2007. Using five time series techniques our results reveal that the Feldstein- Horioka puzzle exists in a... Read More about Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia.

Marketing as an applied science: Lessons from other business disciplines (2012)
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Hughes, T., Bence, D., Grisoni, L., O'Regan, N., & Wornham, D. (2012). Marketing as an applied science: Lessons from other business disciplines. European Journal of Marketing, 46(1), 92-111. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561211189257

Purpose: This paper seeks to investigate what the marketing field can learn, with regard to the academic/practitioner divide, from other management disciplines that have a range of different relationships with their respective practitioners. Design/m... Read More about Marketing as an applied science: Lessons from other business disciplines.

A survey of European intensive care nurses' knowledge levels (2012)
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Baktoft, B., Albarran, J. W., Fulbrook, P., Albarran, J., Baktofd, B., & Sidebottom, B. (2012). A survey of European intensive care nurses' knowledge levels. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49(2), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.06.001

Background: The application of knowledge to the care of critically ill patients is a hallmark of professional nursing practice. However, the educational preparation of intensive care nurses varies from country to country, and there has been little re... Read More about A survey of European intensive care nurses' knowledge levels.

Transformational leadership across hierarchical levels in UK manufacturing organizations (2012)
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Edwards, G., & Gill, R. (2012). Transformational leadership across hierarchical levels in UK manufacturing organizations. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 33(1), 25-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437731211193106

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on an empirical study of the effectiveness of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership across hierarchical levels in manufacturing organizations in the UK. The aim was to develop a f... Read More about Transformational leadership across hierarchical levels in UK manufacturing organizations.

Differential redox potential between the human cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (2012)
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Coles, S. J., Hancock, J. T., & Conway, M. E. (2012). Differential redox potential between the human cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, 44(2), 172-176. https://doi.org/10.1093/abbs/gmr103

The human branched-chain aminotransferase (hBCAT) isoenzymes are CXXC motif redox sensitive homodimers central to glutamate metabolism in the central nervous system. These proteins respond differently to oxidation by H 2O 2, NO, and S-glutathionylati... Read More about Differential redox potential between the human cytosolic and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase.

Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe? (2012)
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Taylor, G., Mathers, A., & Upchurch, M. (2012). Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?. Capital and Class, 36(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816811428664

This article engages critically with Richard Hyman's work on union identity and European integration. It includes a sympathetic review of Hyman's contribution to the debate on these topics over the past two decades, alongside a critique of Hyman's ap... Read More about Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?.

The southern European social model: Familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal (2012)
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Tavora, I. (2012). The southern European social model: Familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal. Journal of European Social Policy, 22(1), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928711425269

This paper focuses on the high rates of female full-time employment in Portugal and examines whether these are consistent with the familialistic features that typify the southern European social model. It employs a comparative methodology to investig... Read More about The southern European social model: Familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal.

Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction (2012)
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Tiggeman, M., Slater, A., Firth, B., & Hawkins, K. (2012). Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(2), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2012.31.2.105

Policy makers across a number of Western countries have suggested that warning labels be placed on idealized media images to inform viewers that the images have been digitally altered or enhanced, as a means of ameliorating the negative psychological... Read More about Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction.

The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead (2012)
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Liang, Y., Shetty, A. K., Duckett, S. G., Ma, Y., Kapetanakis, S., Ginks, M., …Rinaldi, C. A. (2012). The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 35(2), 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03268.x

Background: It is not clear whether there is a large difference in acute hemodynamic response (AHR) to left ventricle (LV) pacing in different regions of the same coronary sinus (CS) vein. Using the four electrodes available on a Quartet LV lead, we... Read More about The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead.

Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach (2012)
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Phillips, W., Lamming, R., & Caldwell, N. (2012). Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach. Strategic Change, 21(5-6), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1908

Adopting an innovation systems approach, this paper addresses how institutions in supply markets, in the institutional economics sense of informal constraints and formal rules, influence the innovation process between firms. Within an innovation sys... Read More about Customer-supplier relationships during the process of innovation: An innovation systems approach.

Going with the flow: A systems approach to how an academic health science centre creates value through collaboration (2012)
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Ng, I., Parry, G., Davies, S., & Lim, W. M. (2012). Going with the flow: A systems approach to how an academic health science centre creates value through collaboration. Executive Briefing,

This briefing looks at the case of Cambridge University Health Partners, the management organisation of the Cambridge Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). An AHSC is a partnership between one or more universities and healthcare providers focusing o... Read More about Going with the flow: A systems approach to how an academic health science centre creates value through collaboration.

Long-Term outcomes and costs of an integrated rehabilitation program for chronic knee pain: A pragmatic, cluster randomized, controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
Hurley, M. V., Walsh, N., Mitchell, H., Nicholas, J., & Patel, A. (2012). Long-Term outcomes and costs of an integrated rehabilitation program for chronic knee pain: A pragmatic, cluster randomized, controlled trial. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 64(2), 238-247. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20642

Chronic joint pain is a major cause of pain and disability. Exercise and self-management have short-term benefits, but few studies follow participants for more than 6 months. We investigated the long-term (up to 30 months) clinical and cost effective... Read More about Long-Term outcomes and costs of an integrated rehabilitation program for chronic knee pain: A pragmatic, cluster randomized, controlled trial.