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Gaining face or losing face? Framing the debate on face transplants (2005)
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Huxtable, R., & Woodley, J. (2005). Gaining face or losing face? Framing the debate on face transplants. Bioethics, 19(5-6), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2005.00461.x

An American surgical team has announced its intention to perform the first human facial transplantation. The team has, however, invited further analysis of the ethical issues before it proceeds and in this paper we take up that challenge in seeking t... Read More about Gaining face or losing face? Framing the debate on face transplants.

Reply to comments on our paper: “Is cervical spine rotation, as used in the standard vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, associated with a measurable change in intracranial vertebral artery blood flow?” (2005)
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Mitchell, J. (2005). Reply to comments on our paper: “Is cervical spine rotation, as used in the standard vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, associated with a measurable change in intracranial vertebral artery blood flow?”. Manual Therapy, 10(4), 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2005.03.004

Index markers (2005)
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Sargeant, A. (2005). Index markers

Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups? (2005)
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Baker, A., & Bray, I. (2005). Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups?. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162(8), 798-805. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwi273

Bayesian age-period-cohort models are used increasingly to project cancer incidence and mortality rates. Data for younger age groups for which rates are low are often discarded from the analysis. The authors explored the effect of excluding these dat... Read More about Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups?.

Loss of perineuronal net N-acetylgalactosamine in Alzheimer's disease (2005)
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Wilcock, G. K., Baig, S., & Love, S. (2005). Loss of perineuronal net N-acetylgalactosamine in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathologica, 110(4), 393-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1060-2

The perineuronal net (PN), a specialised region of extracellular matrix, is interposed between the neuronal cell surface and astrocytic processes. It is involved in the buffering of ions, in the development, stabilisation and remodelling of synapses... Read More about Loss of perineuronal net N-acetylgalactosamine in Alzheimer's disease.

Do public sector contract catering tender procedures result in an auction for “lemons”? (2005)
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Taylor, P. (2005). Do public sector contract catering tender procedures result in an auction for “lemons”?. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 18(6), 484-497. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550510616724

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structural effects of public sector catering tender procedures and suggests improvements that would benefit clients, users and small catering firms. The essential problem is that current tender pr... Read More about Do public sector contract catering tender procedures result in an auction for “lemons”?.

Discrepancy between viable counts and light output as viability measurements, following ciprofloxacin challenge of self-bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms (2005)
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Nelson, S. M., Bowker, K. E., Greenman, J., Salisbury, V. C., & Marques, C. N. (2005). Discrepancy between viable counts and light output as viability measurements, following ciprofloxacin challenge of self-bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 56(4), 665-671. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki285

Objectives: To utilize bioluminescence to follow the effect of ciprofloxacin challenge on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Methods: The Sorbarod continuous perfusion culture system was used for the cultivation of biofilms of a self-bioluminescent str... Read More about Discrepancy between viable counts and light output as viability measurements, following ciprofloxacin challenge of self-bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

A review of construction companies' attitudes to sustainability (2005)
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Myers, D. (2005). A review of construction companies' attitudes to sustainability. Construction Management and Economics, 23(8), 781-785. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500184360

In the last decade several initiatives have been taken to encourage the construction industry to support the agenda of sustainable development. On the basis of public disclosures made by companies listed on the UK Stock Exchange this paper reviews cu... Read More about A review of construction companies' attitudes to sustainability.

A critical realist reply to Walters & Young (2005)
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Fleetwood, S. (2005). A critical realist reply to Walters & Young. Review of Political Economy, 17(4), 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538250500253482

In a contribution to this journal, Bernard Walters & David Young offer a brief sketch of critical realism and three objections to it. This reply starts with three points of clarification to their sketch before going on to tackle their objections. © 2... Read More about A critical realist reply to Walters & Young.

A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy, and design issues (2005)
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Krasnogor, N., & Smith, J. (2005). A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy, and design issues. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 9(5), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2005.850260

The combination of evolutionary algorithms with local search was named "memetic algorithms" (MAs) (Moscato, 1989). These methods are inspired by models of natural systems that combine the evolutionary adaptation of a population with individual learni... Read More about A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: Model, taxonomy, and design issues.

Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms (2005)
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O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2005). Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms. Technovation, 25(10), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4972%2803%2900091-9

This paper contends that firms can be classified according to the level of technology deployed in their products and processes into two main types: high and low technology firms. The paper further contends that the level of technology deployed will i... Read More about Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms.

Joined up lean (2005)
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Parry, G. (2005). Joined up lean. Manufacturing Engineer -London-, 84(5), 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1049/me%3A20050510

Author's views on a a lean process methodology for core competence understanding are highlighted. UK companies have been employing lean principles to great effect. They have been supported and guided in their efforts by programmes such as the UK Lean... Read More about Joined up lean.

Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig (2005)
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McGivan, J. D., Skinner, T. M., Doran (nee Udovikova), O., Haley, C. S., & Archibald, A. L. (2005). Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig. Animal Genetics, 36(5), 417-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01342.x

The porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 (CYP2E1) gene was isolated by screening a pig BAC library and partially sequenced. This sequence information was used to identify six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the CYP2E1 gene and its promoter. In a... Read More about Cloning and mapping of the porcine cytochrome-p450 2E1 gene and its association with skatole levels in the domestic pig.

Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake (2005)
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Willey, N., & Fawcett, K. (2005). Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 7(4), 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/16226510500327152

High concentrations of 35Cl and the radioisotope 36Cl (produced naturally by cosmic radiation and anthropogenically by U fission and the use of neutron sources) can be problematic in soil, but are potentially amenable to phytoremediation if appropria... Read More about Species selection for phytoremediation of 36Cl/35Cl using angiosperm phylogeny and inter-taxa differences in uptake.

Infection control in neonatal intensive care units (2005)
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Chudleigh, J., Fletcher, M., & Gould, D. (2005). Infection control in neonatal intensive care units. Journal of Hospital Infection, 61(2), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.02.017

Healthcare-associated infection is a major problem in acute hospital settings. Hand decontamination is considered to be the most effective means of preventing healthcare-associated infection, but is poorly performed. Few studies have examined techniq... Read More about Infection control in neonatal intensive care units.