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The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment (2001)
Journal Article
Mays, N., Wyke, S., & Evans, D. (2001). The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment. Evaluation, 7(4), 405-426. https://doi.org/10.1177/135638900100700402

© 2001, SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi). The last five years have witnessed the increasing use of evaluated pilot programmes as a way of developing health services policy in the UK. Total purchasing was the first major quasi-m... Read More about The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment.

Airway function at one year: Association with premorbid airway function, wheezing, and maternal smoking (2001)
Journal Article
Fletcher, M. E., Dezateux, C., Wade, A. M., Dundas, I., Stocks, J., & Fletcher, M. (2001). Airway function at one year: Association with premorbid airway function, wheezing, and maternal smoking. Thorax, 56(9), 680-686. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.56.9.680

Background - Impaired growth and development of the respiratory system during fetal and early postnatal life may have important implications for lung development and later lung health. The aim of this study was to examine the association of diminishe... Read More about Airway function at one year: Association with premorbid airway function, wheezing, and maternal smoking.

An abdominal wall simulator for testing suprapubic urinary catheters (2001)
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Gröver, D., Coveney, V. A., & Grover, D. (2001). An abdominal wall simulator for testing suprapubic urinary catheters. Physiological Measurement, 22(3), 505-516. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/22/3/308

Urinary catheters (drainage tubes) are in widespread use. The most common type of long-term catheter is the Foley, which is made from natural or synthetic rubber. Foley catheters are passed into the bladder via the urethra or the suprapubic puncture... Read More about An abdominal wall simulator for testing suprapubic urinary catheters.

Optimization of debris removal during bladder irrigation (2001)
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May, A. P., Godfrey, H., Coveney, V. A., Godfrey, H., Mahieu, M., & May, A. (2001). Optimization of debris removal during bladder irrigation. Physiological Measurement, 22(3), 523-534. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/22/3/310

Debris build-up within the bladder is one of the main problems encountered by patients undergoing long term catheterization. One of the methods of ameliorating this is to wash out the bladder at regular intervals. In this paper, an alternative method... Read More about Optimization of debris removal during bladder irrigation.

Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases (2001)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2001). Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases. Journal of Environmental Law, 13(2), 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/13.2.221

Public park-Construction of underground shopping complex in park-Permission granted by city corporation-Entrusting construction to a private builder-Tenders not invited-Construction of Complex against Municipal Act and against development plan-Judici... Read More about Case law analysis: Application of public trust doctrine in Indian environmental cases.

Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom (2001)
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Brookes, M., Hinks, T., & Watson, D. (2001). Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom. LABOUR, 15(3), 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00170

Due to the lack of consistent data, direct and robust comparisons of cross-country labour markets have been virtually impossible. This study uses a new panel data series that controls for inconsistencies, thus overcoming this problem. This study esti... Read More about Comparisons in gender wage differentials and discrimination between Germany and the United Kingdom.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum (2001)
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Spencer-Phillips, P. T., Ratcliffe, N. M., Jones, P. R., De Lacy Costello, B. P., de Lacy Costello, B., Evans, P., …Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2001). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum. Plant Pathology, 50(4), 489-496. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00594.x

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) collected from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans (late blight), Fusarium coeruleum (dry rot) or sterilized distilled water (as a control) were analysed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (G... Read More about Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum.

Meet Marie O'Connor (2001)
Journal Article
Hall, J. (2001). Meet Marie O'Connor. Practising Midwife, 4(8),