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Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service (2005)
Journal Article
Tailby, S. (2005). Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service. Work, Employment and Society, 19(2), 369-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017005053178

The article draws on published research, mainly survey-based, and original case study interview data to explore the forms of temporary employment in nursing, the reasons nurses give for taking temporary or agency work, as a main job or a second job,... Read More about Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service.

'Towards a mapping of the student world': The identification of variation in students' conceptions of, and motivations to learn, introductory accounting (2005)
Journal Article
Meyer, J. H., & Lucas, U. (2005). 'Towards a mapping of the student world': The identification of variation in students' conceptions of, and motivations to learn, introductory accounting. British Accounting Review, 37(2), 177-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2004.10.002

This paper is concerned with a strand of educational research that seeks to support students in developing a better awareness and understanding of themselves as learners. Since it is difficult to 'know' our students individually there is value in kno... Read More about 'Towards a mapping of the student world': The identification of variation in students' conceptions of, and motivations to learn, introductory accounting.

The relationships between objective and subjective ratings of disfigurement severity and psychological adjustment (2005)
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Moss, T. (2005). The relationships between objective and subjective ratings of disfigurement severity and psychological adjustment. Body Image, 2(2), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.03.004

The paper explores the impact of disfigurement severity on psychological adjustment, utilising the DAS24 (output 3) to rate subjective severity. Severity was rated objectively by plastic surgeons. The complex findings provide evidence supporting the... Read More about The relationships between objective and subjective ratings of disfigurement severity and psychological adjustment.

A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning (2005)
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Moores, D., Krause, J., Parkin, J., & Christensen, J. (2005). A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 158(2), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2005.158.2.123

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 created the legal basis for rights of way improvement plans (ROWIPs). A systematic approach to the development of these plans has been developed through work on a pilot in Cheshire. A topic reviewed more clo... Read More about A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning.

Second year scepticism: Pre-qualifying health and social care students' midpoint self-assessment, attitudes and perceptions concerning interprofessional learning and working (2005)
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Pollard, K., Miers, M. E., & Gilchrist, M. (2005). Second year scepticism: Pre-qualifying health and social care students' midpoint self-assessment, attitudes and perceptions concerning interprofessional learning and working. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 19(3), 251-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820400024225

A study in an English Faculty of Health and Social Care explores the effects of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum incorporating interprofessional modules in each year of study. The study design involves collecting data on entry to the Fac... Read More about Second year scepticism: Pre-qualifying health and social care students' midpoint self-assessment, attitudes and perceptions concerning interprofessional learning and working.

Transport policy and transport tax reform (2005)
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Potter, S., & Parkhurst, G. (2005). Transport policy and transport tax reform. Public Money and Management, 25(3), 171-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00470.x

We are now entering a new phase of transport policy fiscal instruments. Rather than reforming existing measures, the UK and several other countries are moving towards replacing the whole transport taxation regime. This article reviews the ways that c... Read More about Transport policy and transport tax reform.

Community leadership cycles and the consolidation of neighbourhood coalitions in the new local governance (2005)
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Purdue, D. (2005). Community leadership cycles and the consolidation of neighbourhood coalitions in the new local governance. Public Management Review, 7(2), 247-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030500091418

The success of the new patterns of local governance depends on engaging communities in a range of partnerships at various geographic scales and administrative levels. In practice, this usually falls to a handful of community leaders in any given loca... Read More about Community leadership cycles and the consolidation of neighbourhood coalitions in the new local governance.

The World after September 11: Has it really changed? (2005)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2005). The World after September 11: Has it really changed?. European Journal of International Law, 16(3), 561-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chi131

This review essay aims to assess whether international law has actually changed significantly since 9/11, or whether there is just an impression of change conveyed by books and articles published shortly after the events. Most books on terrorism star... Read More about The World after September 11: Has it really changed?.

Transforming the obstetric nursing workforce in NE Brazil through international collaboration (2005)
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Girot, E. A., Enders, B. C., & Wright, J. (2005). Transforming the obstetric nursing workforce in NE Brazil through international collaboration. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 50(6), 651-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03450.x

Aims. This paper seeks to analyse the content, people and process of transformational change to introduce new ways of working for specialized obstetric nurses in northeast Brazil, and identify the lessons learned. Background. Countries across the glo... Read More about Transforming the obstetric nursing workforce in NE Brazil through international collaboration.

A story of sorrow (2005)
Journal Article
Hall, J. (2005). A story of sorrow. Midwifery Today, 74,

Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., & Barrett, J. (2005). Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.21

Objective: Evidence that patient education improves outcome in self-selected patients is often based on studies using patients with a mixture of diagnoses (primarily osteoarthritis) and where the education is delivered in a community setting. This st... Read More about Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis.

Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia (2005)
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Shutt, A. K., & King, T. (2005). Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(2), 357-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070500109573

Reviewing the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition (RCE) of 1953, this article focuses on three interrelated themes in post-war Southern Rhodesia. First, significant post-war immigration challenged the state to educate new white Rhodesians on the founding myt... Read More about Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia.

Recovering potential: Factors associated with success in engaging challenging students with alternative pre-16 provision (2005)
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Attwood, G., Croll, P., & Hamilton, J. (2005). Recovering potential: Factors associated with success in engaging challenging students with alternative pre-16 provision. Educational Research, 47(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131880500104259

The study focuses on a group of young people for whom conventional school placements had broken down and were attending vocational courses at an FE college while still of compulsory school age. The students had been excluded by, or had failed to atte... Read More about Recovering potential: Factors associated with success in engaging challenging students with alternative pre-16 provision.

The impact of ideas and time on policy solutions: Maintaining institutional autonomy and the second runway at Manchester Airport (2005)
Journal Article
Dudley, G. (2005). The impact of ideas and time on policy solutions: Maintaining institutional autonomy and the second runway at Manchester Airport. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 13(2), 92-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5973.2005.00461.x

The important interrelationships between problems, ideas and time mean that there can be several facets to institutional vulnerability. Thus conditions at a moment in time can make an institution open to the introduction of new ideas, but these ideas... Read More about The impact of ideas and time on policy solutions: Maintaining institutional autonomy and the second runway at Manchester Airport.

Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC (2005)
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Tonks, A., Jones, K. P., Finall, A., Morris, R. H., Parton, J., Jackson, S. K., & Tonks, A. J. (2005). Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC. AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 288(6 32-6), L1070-80. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00386.2004

Pulmonary surfactant phospholipids have been shown previously to regulate inflammatory functions of human monocytes. This study was undertaken to delineate the mechanisms by which pulmonary surfactant modulates the respiratory burst in a human monocy... Read More about Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC.