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Moth species richness, abundance and diversity in fragmented urban woodlands: Implications for conservation and management strategies (2014)
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Park, K. J., Blackmore, L. M., Lintott, P., Bunnefeld, N., Fuentes-Montemayor, E., Minderman, J., & Goulson, D. (2014). Moth species richness, abundance and diversity in fragmented urban woodlands: Implications for conservation and management strategies. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(11), 2875-2901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0753-z

Urban expansion threatens global biodiversity through the destruction of natural and semi-natural habitats and increased levels of disturbance. Whilst woodlands in urban areas may reduce the impact of urbanisation on biodiversity, they are often subj... Read More about Moth species richness, abundance and diversity in fragmented urban woodlands: Implications for conservation and management strategies.

Anti-leaders(hip) in Social Movement Organizations: The case of autonomous grassroots groups (2014)
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Sutherland, N., Land, C., & Böhm, S. (2014). Anti-leaders(hip) in Social Movement Organizations: The case of autonomous grassroots groups. Organization, 21(6), 759-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508413480254

© The Author(s) 2013. Through the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, the idea of horizontal, leaderless organization has come to the attention of the mass media. In this article we explore radical, participative-democratic alternatives to leadershi... Read More about Anti-leaders(hip) in Social Movement Organizations: The case of autonomous grassroots groups.

Self-directed learning on a full-time MBA - A cautionary tale (2014)
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Schedlitzki, D., & Witney, D. (2014). Self-directed learning on a full-time MBA - A cautionary tale. International Journal of Management Education, 12(3), 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2014.05.001

This article provides a cautionary tale of the complexities of implementing peer learning groups (PLG's) and blended learning approaches for promoting self-directed learning (SDL) in the context of competing objectives for staff and students on a ful... Read More about Self-directed learning on a full-time MBA - A cautionary tale.

Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward (2014)
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Melaine, Y., Ochieng, E. G., Melaine, T., Potts, S. J., Zuofa, T., Egbu, C. O., …Ruan, X. (2014). Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 39, 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.105

The majority of our energy demand is satisfied by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas. This has resulted in our fossil fuel resources being vastly reduced and has increased the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere which is c... Read More about Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward.

Towards the development of the psychosocial impact of assistive devices scale for continence (C-PIADS) (2014)
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Long, A., Southall, K., Fowler, S., Cotterill, N., Van Den Heuvel, E., & Jutai, J. W. (2014). Towards the development of the psychosocial impact of assistive devices scale for continence (C-PIADS). Technology and Disability, 26(2-3), 153-160. https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-140413

© 2014 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND: Current outcome measures for continence management devices do not adequately address psychosocial impact. The PIADS is an assessment tool that has been shown to reliably predict the... Read More about Towards the development of the psychosocial impact of assistive devices scale for continence (C-PIADS).

Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care (2014)
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Hamilton, C., Cargil, J., Kenny, G., & Sales, R. (2014). Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care. Journal of Child Health Care, 20(2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493514555588

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. Children’s nurse education is experiencing increases in recruitment targets at the same time that clinical placements are decreasing. With regard to end-of-life care, it is has become a challenge to ensure that all stude... Read More about Improving and validating children’s nurses communication skills with standardized patients in end of life care.

The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis (2014)
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Nunez, D. A., Lin, J. R., Gurberg, J., Akbari, E., & White, P. (2014). The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis. Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 43(November), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-014-0047-1

© 2014 Gurberg et al. Objectives: To assess the 2008-2012 Canadian contribution to the Otolaryngology literature. Methods: All articles published from January 2008 - December 2012 in 5 Otolaryngology journals were reviewed. Nationality, number of aut... Read More about The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis.

An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol (2014)
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Dodd, E., Cheston, R., Fear, T., Brown, E., Fox, C., Morley, C., …Gray, R. (2014). An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0592-3

© 2014 Dodd et al. Background: Typically people who go to see their GP with a memory problem will be initially assessed and those patients who seem to be at risk will be referred onto a memory clinic. The demographic forces mean that memory services... Read More about An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol.

Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT) (2014)
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Meesters, J. J., Vlieland, T. P., Zirkzee, E. J., Zirkzee, E. J. M., Ndosi, M. E., Vliet Vlieland, T. P. M., & Meesters, J. J. L. (2014). Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT). Lupus, 23(13), 1370-1376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961203314544188

© The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav. Methods: The D-ENAT was sent to a random sample of 244 SLE patients registered at the outpatient clinic of a university hospital. D-ENAT consists of 39 items in sev... Read More about Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT).

Transgression: Body and space (2014)
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Sara, R., & Littlefield, D. (2014). Transgression: Body and space. Architecture and Culture, 2(3), 295-304. https://doi.org/10.2752/205078214X14107818390513

© Bloomsbury 2014. The theme of transgression has been the subject of much twentieth-century thought, touching on a range of ideas including, for example, identity, society, the nature of architecture and the social role of the carnival. Here, Rachel... Read More about Transgression: Body and space.

The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude Inequality and convergence as products of culture in Germany (2014)
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Tubadji, A., & Gnezdilova, N. (2014). The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude Inequality and convergence as products of culture in Germany. International Journal of Social Economics, 41(11), 1014-1037. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-11-2012-0211

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose : The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between redistribution, convergence and local cultural capital (as defined by culture-based development concept).Design/methodology/approach : The paper in... Read More about The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude Inequality and convergence as products of culture in Germany.

A Biologically Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Shortest Path Problems with Mixed Fuzzy Arc Lengths (2014)
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Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Adamatzky, A., Chan, F. T., Mahadevan, S., & Deng, Y. (2014). A Biologically Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Shortest Path Problems with Mixed Fuzzy Arc Lengths. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 163(3), 1049-1056. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-014-0542-6

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. The shortest path problem is among fundamental problems of network optimization. Majority of the optimization algorithms assume that weights of data graph’s edges are pre-determined real numbers. Howe... Read More about A Biologically Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Shortest Path Problems with Mixed Fuzzy Arc Lengths.

Decentralised control for complex systems - An invited survey (2014)
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Yan, X. G., Zhang, Q., Spurgeon, S. K., Zhu, Q., & Fridman, L. M. (2014). Decentralised control for complex systems - An invited survey. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 22(4), 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIC.2014.066260

© 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. With the advancement of science and technology, practical systems are becoming more complex. Decentralised control has been recognised as a practical, feasible and powerful tool for application to large scale inte... Read More about Decentralised control for complex systems - An invited survey.

Phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidation in the chemocline of a ferruginous meromictic lake (2014)
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Miracle, M. R., Walter, X. A., Picazo, A., Vicente, E., Camacho, A., Aragno, M., & Zopfi, J. (2014). Phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidation in the chemocline of a ferruginous meromictic lake. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(DEC), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00713

© 2014 Walter, Picazo, Miracle, Vicente, Camacho, Aragno and Zopfi. Precambrian Banded Iron Formation (BIF) deposition was conventionally attributed to the precipitation of iron-oxides resulting from the abiotic reaction of ferrous iron (Fe(II)) with... Read More about Phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidation in the chemocline of a ferruginous meromictic lake.

How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest? (2014)
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Voss, S., Rhys, M., Coates, D., Greenwood, R., Nolan, J. P., Thomas, M., & Benger, J. (2014). How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?. Resuscitation, 85(12), 1662-1666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.09.008

© 2014 The Authors. Aim: The best method of initial airway management during resuscitation for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is unknown. The airway management techniques used currently by UK paramedics during resuscitation for OHCA are not we... Read More about How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?.

Taking the tool analogy seriously: Forms and naming in the cratylus (2014)
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Smith, I. (2014). Taking the tool analogy seriously: Forms and naming in the cratylus. Cambridge Classical Journal, 60, 75-99. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1750270514000037

Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. Published by Cambridge University Press. It has been suggested that the so-called tool analogy passage of Plato's Cratylus presents us with a moderate linguistic naturalism that can stand or fall independently of the m... Read More about Taking the tool analogy seriously: Forms and naming in the cratylus.