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The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy (2001)
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Atkinson, R., & Atkinson, R. (2001). The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy. European Planning Studies, 9(3), 385-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310120037630

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of escalating problems in European urban areas caused partly by economic and technological changes in the European and global economies. The most visible representation of these changes has been a gr... Read More about The emerging 'Urban Agenda' and the European spatial development perspective: Towards an EU urban policy.

Deep and surface approaches to learning within introductory accounting: A phenomenographic study (2001)
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Lucas, U. (2001). Deep and surface approaches to learning within introductory accounting: A phenomenographic study. Accounting Education, 10(2), 161-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639280110073443

This paper reports the findings of a phenomenographic research study which sought to identify students' approaches to learning introductory accounting and their conceptions of accounting. The findings reveal that, in common with other disciplines, de... Read More about Deep and surface approaches to learning within introductory accounting: A phenomenographic study.

Consensus and variation between speech and language therapists in the assessment and selection of preschool children for intervention: A body of knowledge or idiosyncratic decisions? (2001)
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Roulstone, S. (2001). Consensus and variation between speech and language therapists in the assessment and selection of preschool children for intervention: A body of knowledge or idiosyncratic decisions?. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36(3), 329-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/13682820010019928

The aim was to investigate consensus between speech and language therapists (SLT) during the initial assessment of preschool children. A multimethod design was used. The qualitative component provided SLT's own views of the process as the starting po... Read More about Consensus and variation between speech and language therapists in the assessment and selection of preschool children for intervention: A body of knowledge or idiosyncratic decisions?.

Doing the doric: The institutionalization of regional language and culture in the north-east of Scotland (2001)
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Knox, D. (2001). Doing the doric: The institutionalization of regional language and culture in the north-east of Scotland. Social and Cultural Geography, 2(3), 315-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360120073888

The focus of this paper is on the practices and processes of joint action and knowledge, the performativity of language and the tracing of how particular items of rhetoric move, solidify and change. The paper illustrates the contingent factors that g... Read More about Doing the doric: The institutionalization of regional language and culture in the north-east of Scotland.

Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom (2001)
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Gray, S. F., Lewith, G. T., Hyland, M., & Gray, S. (2001). Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 9(3), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1054/ctim.2001.0475

Objectives: To evaluate the use of attitudes to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among UK physicians. Design: Postal questionnaire. Subjects: All Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. Results: Twelve thousand, one hundre... Read More about Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom.

What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting (2001)
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Clarke, V. (2001). What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting. Women's Studies International Forum, 24(5), 555-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395%2801%2900193-5

In this article, I explore arguments commonly used to support the claim that lesbians and gay men should not be parents. Thematic analysis of recent media representations of lesbian and gay parenting and six focus groups with university students high... Read More about What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting.

The effects of Red Bull Energy Drink on human performance and mood (2001)
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Wescott, R., Cox, H., Alford, C., & Alford, C. (2001). The effects of Red Bull Energy Drink on human performance and mood. Amino Acids, 21(2), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s007260170021

The effects of Red Bull Energy Drink, which includes taurine, glucuronolactone, and caffeine amongst the ingredients, were examined over 3 studies in a total of 36 volunteers. Assessments included psychomotor performance (reaction time, concentration... Read More about The effects of Red Bull Energy Drink on human performance and mood.

Management accounting in companies adapting to structural change and volatility in transition economies: A South African study (2001)
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Luther, R. G., Luther, R., & Longden, S. (2001). Management accounting in companies adapting to structural change and volatility in transition economies: A South African study. Management Accounting Research, 12(3), 299-320. https://doi.org/10.1006/mare.2001.0163

South Africa has undergone fundamental political and structural changes over the last decade. These are affecting the operations of companies in South Africa both directly and indirectly through associated market volatility. This paper reports on res... Read More about Management accounting in companies adapting to structural change and volatility in transition economies: A South African study.

Relationship fundraising: How to keep donors loyal (2001)
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Sargeant, A. (2001). Relationship fundraising: How to keep donors loyal. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 12(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.12204

This article explores how relationship marketing and its variant relationship fundraising may be used to assist nonprofits in reducing the lapse rate of donors to their organization. Employing a postal survey of ten thousand donors to causes in a var... Read More about Relationship fundraising: How to keep donors loyal.

Best Value and the politics of pragmatism (2001)
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Hoggett, P., Maile, S., Maile, S., & Hoggett, P. (2001). Best Value and the politics of pragmatism. Policy and Politics, 29(4), 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1332/0305573012501503

This article frames and highlights critical themes emerging from the contributions to this Best Value section: that Best Value possesses subtle, and not so subtle, political, organisational, strategic and governmental dimensions. Drawing on these the... Read More about Best Value and the politics of pragmatism.

Recent trends and future projections of lymphoid neoplasms - A Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis (2001)
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Bray, I., Brennan, P., & Boffetta, P. (2001). Recent trends and future projections of lymphoid neoplasms - A Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis. Cancer Causes and Control, 12(9), 813-820. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1012240117335

Objectives: A steady increase in incidence of lymphoid neoplasms has been reported, especially for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Using high-quality incidence data from 1973-1992 in nine population-based cancer registries (Alberta, Bombay, Denmark, Is... Read More about Recent trends and future projections of lymphoid neoplasms - A Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis.

Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture: Can the subaltern speak (in tourism)? (2001)
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Aitchison, C. (2001). Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture: Can the subaltern speak (in tourism)?. Tourist Studies, 1(2), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/146879760100100202

At its broadest level, this article is concerned with identifying, reviewing and developing synergies between three subject fields that have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades: tourism studies, gender studies and wider cultural theory... Read More about Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture: Can the subaltern speak (in tourism)?.

Money, credit and spending: Drawing causal inferences (2001)
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Caporale, G. M., & Howells, P. (2001). Money, credit and spending: Drawing causal inferences. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 48(5), 547-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00214

It is widely accepted that loans cause deposits. Hitherto, though, the empirical evidence has come from bivariate causality tests which we now know can give rise to invalid inference if either of the two variables is causally influenced by some third... Read More about Money, credit and spending: Drawing causal inferences.

Whose evidence counts? An exploration of health professionals' perceptions of evidence-based practice, focusing on the maternity services (2001)
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Stewart, M. (2001). Whose evidence counts? An exploration of health professionals' perceptions of evidence-based practice, focusing on the maternity services. Midwifery, 17(4), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1054/midw.2001.0286

Objectives: to gain an insight into how health professionals in the maternity services define evidence and how they perceive different types of evidence are valued in maternity care. Design: using a qualitative approach data were collected by semi-st... Read More about Whose evidence counts? An exploration of health professionals' perceptions of evidence-based practice, focusing on the maternity services.

India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism? (2001)
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Sonwalkar, P. (2001). India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism?. Gazette -Leiden then Deventer then Dordrecht then London-, 63(6), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016549201063006003

An efflorescence of the media in India during the 1990s, mainly in television, has revolutionized the South Asian mediascape. After the novelty of foreign channels wore off in the early 1990s, Indian channels consolidated their position, recorded the... Read More about India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism?.

Negative capability: Managing the confusing uncertainties of change (2001)
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French, R. (2001). Negative capability: Managing the confusing uncertainties of change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 14(5), 480-492. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005876

Explores how psychoanalytic thinking can contribute to the management of the conflicting emotions stimulated by cliange. Suggests that successful change management depends on a combination of "positive" and "negative" capabilities. The positive capab... Read More about Negative capability: Managing the confusing uncertainties of change.

Industrial restructuring 'globalisation', and the trade union response: A study of MSF in the South west of England (2001)
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Danford, A., Richardson, M., & Upchurch, M. (2001). Industrial restructuring 'globalisation', and the trade union response: A study of MSF in the South west of England. New Technology, Work and Employment, 16(2), 100-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00080

This article examines the trade union response to industrial restructuring in two sectors highly exposed to international market competition in the south west of England. The authors have conducted interviews of MSF representatives in the insurance a... Read More about Industrial restructuring 'globalisation', and the trade union response: A study of MSF in the South west of England.