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Revaluing donor and recipient bodies in the globalised blood economy: Transitions in public policy on blood safety in the United Kingdom (2013)
Journal Article

The clinical use of blood has a long history, but its apparent stability belies the complexity of contemporary practices in this field. In this article, we explore how the production, supply and deployment of blood products are socially mediated, dra... Read More about Revaluing donor and recipient bodies in the globalised blood economy: Transitions in public policy on blood safety in the United Kingdom.

Bring back local GPs for urgent and out of hours care (2013)
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No abstract: journal letter

Coping with chronic complex regional pain syndrome: Advice from patients for patients (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: To explore what advice people currently living with chronic complex regional pain syndrome would offer to another person coming to terms with a diagnosis of chronic complex regional pain syndrome.Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 21... Read More about Coping with chronic complex regional pain syndrome: Advice from patients for patients.

What is the burden of alcohol-related injuries in an inner city emergency department? (2013)
Journal Article

Background: The annual cost to the NHS of alcoholrelated injury and illness is estimated to be £2.7 billion. Alcohol-related violence has become a concerning public health issue. This study set out to establish the burden of alcohol-related violence... Read More about What is the burden of alcohol-related injuries in an inner city emergency department?.

Development of a generic working definition of 'supportive care' (2013)
Journal Article

CONTEXT: The term 'supportive care', despite everyday and widespread use, remains an ambiguous concept that lacks clarity. A generic definition would underpin the development of services and provide a basis for disease specific approaches to care.OBJ... Read More about Development of a generic working definition of 'supportive care'.

The bridges and barriers to 'good' urodynamic practice: A regional perspective (2013)
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The translation of clinical guidelines into practice is a complex process, primarily because it is a 'top down' approach to disseminating information. The aim of this study was to determine whether current guidelines and standards have been applied t... Read More about The bridges and barriers to 'good' urodynamic practice: A regional perspective.

Exploring the role of children and young people as agents of change in sustainable community development (2013)
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In 2007, the Department for Children Schools and Families in the UK outlined the Sustainable Schools Strategy setting out an agenda for schools and environmental education. While many schools made advances in their provision of learning for sustainab... Read More about Exploring the role of children and young people as agents of change in sustainable community development.

Applying the criteria indicators and metrics evaluation method on ICT research: The HUMBOLDT project (2013)
Journal Article

Evaluating an Information Technology (IT) based research and development project from an end-user's perspective is necessary in order to discover whether or not the outcomes of the project are successful. However, it is not straightforward to design... Read More about Applying the criteria indicators and metrics evaluation method on ICT research: The HUMBOLDT project.

The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow (2013)
Journal Article

The criminal defence lawyer has been an integral component of adversarial criminal justice in England and Wales for nearly three centuries. However, over the last two decades this essential role has changed substantially, affected by a changing cultu... Read More about The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow.

The promise of the affordable artist's studio: Governing creative spaces in London (2013)
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The role of artists' organisations in populating and popularising postindustrial urban areas is well documented. However, what are less apparent are analyses of how spaces of artistic production are organised and governed in these areas. This paper e... Read More about The promise of the affordable artist's studio: Governing creative spaces in London.

Australasian money demand stability: Application of structural break tests (2013)
Journal Article

Estimates of the demand for money provide important foundations for monetary policy setting but if the estimation technique does not explicitly account for structural changes then such estimates will be biased. This article presents an investigation... Read More about Australasian money demand stability: Application of structural break tests.

Open learning within growing businesses (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: Understanding the factors behind successful enterprise policy interventions are critical in ensuring effective programme development. The aim of this paper is to analyse an academic-industry initiative in Sweden developed to support knowledg... Read More about Open learning within growing businesses.

Airline downsizing and its impact on team performance (2013)
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Purpose: The article draws on a mixed method study of US airline pilots in order to examine the impact of corporate downsizing on pilots' trust, morale, and organizational commitment. The aim of the paper is to review current literature on downsizing... Read More about Airline downsizing and its impact on team performance.

Serving France in Rome: The zouaves pontificaux and the french nation (2013)
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This article examines the French contingent of the pontifical zouaves, the volunteer force that defended the territory of the papacy in the decade 1860-70. Attention is focused on the zouave myth-though it must be recognized that the zouaves themselv... Read More about Serving France in Rome: The zouaves pontificaux and the french nation.

SABRE: A bio-inspired fault-tolerant electronic architecture (2013)
Journal Article

As electronic devices become increasingly complex, ensuring their reliable, fault-free operation is becoming correspondingly more challenging. It can be observed that, in spite of their complexity, biological systems are highly reliable and fault tol... Read More about SABRE: A bio-inspired fault-tolerant electronic architecture.

Charging versus rewarding: A comparison of road-pricing and rewarding peak avoidance in the Netherlands (2013)
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The aim of this paper is to compare two congestion management schemes - road-pricing and peak avoidance rewarding - and their impact on commuter behaviour, based on two studies that were conducted in the Netherlands. The road-pricing study is based o... Read More about Charging versus rewarding: A comparison of road-pricing and rewarding peak avoidance in the Netherlands.

Variable stiffness biological and bio-inspired materials (2013)
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This article reviews the main mechanisms of stiffness variation typically found in nature. The temporal changes in stiffness may be fully or partially reversible, or completely irreversible, and can be very slow or fast in time depending on the strat... Read More about Variable stiffness biological and bio-inspired materials.

Psychological assessment prior to cosmetic procedures: Brief report on a pilot study (2013)
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An increasing number of people are seeking cosmetic procedures to enhance their appearance; however, while the majority of patients are satisfied with the outcome of aesthetic surgery, some are dissatisfied despite achieving a positive technical outc... Read More about Psychological assessment prior to cosmetic procedures: Brief report on a pilot study.

Hepatic lipogenic enzyme expression in pigs is affected by selection for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content (2013)
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This study investigated (i) whether genetic selection for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat (IMF) affects the expression of lipogenic enzymes in pig liver and (ii) whether expression of the hepatic lipogenic enzymes is related... Read More about Hepatic lipogenic enzyme expression in pigs is affected by selection for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content.

Hepatic lipogenic enzymes expression in pigs is affected by selection for decreased backfat thickness at constant imtramuscular fat content (2013)
Journal Article