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Promoting child protection, welfare and healing: The case for developing best practice (2001)
Journal Article
Ferguson, H. (2001). Promoting child protection, welfare and healing: The case for developing best practice. Child and Family Social Work, 6(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00187.x

This paper presents a ‘best practice perspective’ on child and family work. This involves moving beyond the ‘deficit perspective’ which dominates how the literature examines practice negatively in terms of what is not being done well to one which set... Read More about Promoting child protection, welfare and healing: The case for developing best practice.

The experience of patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to hospital (2001)
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Edwards, J., Mulherin, D., Ryan, S., & Jester, R. (2001). The experience of patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to hospital. Arthritis Care and Research, 45(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/1529-0131%28200102%2945%3A1%3C1%3A%3AAID-ANR77%3E3.0.CO%3B2-Q

Objective. To describe the experiences of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when admitted to hospital. Methods. A selected sample of 9 women with RA of at least 3 years duration, who had experienced at least 5 days of inpatient care within the... Read More about The experience of patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to hospital.

Recombinant human nerve growth factor for clinical trials: Protein expression, purification, stability and characterisation of binding to infusion pumps (2001)
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Wilcock, G. K., Robertson, A. G., Robertson, A., Dawbarn, D., Allen, S. J., Tyler, S. J., & Wilcock, G. (2001). Recombinant human nerve growth factor for clinical trials: Protein expression, purification, stability and characterisation of binding to infusion pumps. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, 47(3), 239-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-022X%2801%2900134-8

Nerve growth factor (NGF) has been suggested to be of therapeutic benefit to patients with Alzheimer's disease. One of the early changes in this disease is a loss of cholinergic function within the brain, and NGF is able to rescue cholinergic neurons... Read More about Recombinant human nerve growth factor for clinical trials: Protein expression, purification, stability and characterisation of binding to infusion pumps.

Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship (2001)
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Chelin, J., & Deeming, C. (2001). Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship. New Library World, 102(1/2), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800110365453

Studies the reasons why people have changed career in order to become members of the library profession. Focuses on the career change decision process. This includes discussion of drift versus active choice, previous career experiences, context of li... Read More about Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship.

Pin site management. Towards a consensus: Part 1 (2001)
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Davis, P., Kneale, J., Lee-Smith, J., Santy, J., & Jester, R. (2001). Pin site management. Towards a consensus: Part 1. Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing, 5(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1054/joon.2000.0139

The first part of a two-part article reviews the literature on the orthopaedic nursing management of skeletal pin sites with a focus on reducing infection. The lack of empirical evidence is identified, and the deliberations of a consensus group meeti... Read More about Pin site management. Towards a consensus: Part 1.

High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L10 films with perpendicular magnetization (2001)
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Scheinfein, M. R., Weir, I. S., Chapman, J. N., Aitchison, P. R., Aitchison, P., Chapman, J., …Marty, A. (2001). High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L10 films with perpendicular magnetization. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 223(2), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-8853%2800%2900524-2

Magnetic domain structures in two 50 nm thick chemically-ordered FePd (001) epitaxial films with different perpendicular anisotropies have been studied using Lorentz microscopy. Domain and domain wall structures vary significantly according to the ma... Read More about High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L10 films with perpendicular magnetization.

The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: A milestone in international criminal law (2001)
Journal Article
Kemp, G. (2001). The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: A milestone in international criminal law. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 14, 152-167

This article seeks to give an overview of some important provisions of an international instrument dealing with organized crime. The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime of 2000 provides for the criminalization of crimes th... Read More about The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: A milestone in international criminal law.

Fundraising direct: A communications planning guide for charity marketing (2001)
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Sargeant, A., & Ewing, M. (2001). Fundraising direct: A communications planning guide for charity marketing. Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 9(1-2), 185-204. https://doi.org/10.1300/J054v09n01_12

Charities constitute a formidable sector in the UK economy. Numbering 180,000 and accounting for almost $17 billion in income, the sector is coming under increasing pressure to improve the effectiveness of its marketing efforts. Direct marketing is g... Read More about Fundraising direct: A communications planning guide for charity marketing.

German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination (2001)
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Dawson, P., Hinks, T., & Watson, D. (2001). German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 70(1), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.3790/vjh.70.1.107

Using stochastic panel wage frontiers, this paper estimates the relative underpayment of females and males in the reunified Germany. The estimates are initially applied to discrimination analysis. It finds that females have higher underpayment and th... Read More about German wage underpayment: An investigation into labor market inefficiency and discrimination.

'Before the dark of reason': Some ethical and epistemological considerations on the otherness of children (2001)
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Jones, O., & Jones, O. (2001). 'Before the dark of reason': Some ethical and epistemological considerations on the otherness of children. Ethics, Place and Environment, 4(2), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668790123774

This paper focuses on the 'otherness' of childhood. I argue that this otherness has to be acknowledged and respected within the various, welcome attempts in social science study, and society more widely, to somehow bring children into various practic... Read More about 'Before the dark of reason': Some ethical and epistemological considerations on the otherness of children.

Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties (2001)
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Roulstone, S., & Wren, Y. (2001). Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36(S1), 441-446. https://doi.org/10.3109/13682820109177926

A focus group of seven speech and language therapists (SLTs) who work with children with phonological difficulties was invited to share their views on their current ways of working. Qualitative data was generated through discussion of two video-taped... Read More about Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties.