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Too much too young? Teenage pregnancy is a public health, not a clinical, problem (2002)
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Family structure, parent-child relationships, and alcohol and other drug use among teenagers in France and the United Kingdom (2002)
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This paper compares samples of 15–16-year-olds from the UK and France on their usage of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs and also seeks to describe the associations between alcohol and other drug use with ‘family variables’ within the two countries... Read More about Family structure, parent-child relationships, and alcohol and other drug use among teenagers in France and the United Kingdom.

Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education (2002)
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This article attempts a critical reappraisal of the part played by 'trust' in management education. Our main contention is that trust is being perceptibly eroded by a range of factors that find their genesis in a wider set of social relations within... Read More about Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education.

Flood warning, warning response and planning control issues associated with caravan parks: The April 1998 floods on the lower Avon floodplain, Midlands region, UK (2002)
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This paper evaluates the inherent exposure of caravan parks on floodplains to flood risk and the vulnerability of residents in the aftermath of the April 1998 floods in the Midlands, UK. It considers flood warning dissemination and response, flood im... Read More about Flood warning, warning response and planning control issues associated with caravan parks: The April 1998 floods on the lower Avon floodplain, Midlands region, UK.

Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries: (2) The State of Statistical Information (2002)
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This article is one the work of The European Research Network on Men in Europe project “The Social Problem and Societal Problematization of Men and Masculinities” (2000-2003), funded by the European Commission. The Network comprises women and men res... Read More about Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries: (2) The State of Statistical Information.

Recent trends and future directions for lung cancer mortality in Europe (2002)
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Lung cancer mortality patterns throughout Europe are very heterogeneous and largely reflect past smoking habits. In order to clarify the changing patterns of lung cancer in Europe we have plotted the overall lung cancer trends among men and women for... Read More about Recent trends and future directions for lung cancer mortality in Europe.

Random walk models of worker sorting in ant colonies (2002)
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Sorting can be an important mechanism for the transfer of information from one level of biological organization to another. Here we study the algorithm underlying worker sorting in Leptothorax ant colonies. Worker sorting is related to task allocatio... Read More about Random walk models of worker sorting in ant colonies.

The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil (2002)
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Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based intervention project aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality in a poor urban district in the city of Natal, in the Northeast of Brazil. Methods. The intervention, called the ProNat... Read More about The effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve maternal and infant health in the Northeast of Brazil.

Preventing avoidable hospital admission of older people. (2002)
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The National Service Framework for Older People (Department of Health, 2001) stresses the importance of preventing unnecessary hospital admissions for older people. Such admissions arise when there is inadequate health and social support available in... Read More about Preventing avoidable hospital admission of older people..

Learning from experience: Psycho-social research methods in the social sciences (2002)
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There is a growing interest in both psychoanalytically informed theory and practice in the social sciences. Psycho-social studies and psychoanalytic studies address serious social and political issues through a critical welding of sociological and ps... Read More about Learning from experience: Psycho-social research methods in the social sciences.

The development of NMAP - the UK's gateway to high quality Internet resources in nursing, midwifery and allied health (2002)
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This paper describes the development of NMAP, a UK academic gateway to high quality Internet resources for nurses, midwives and allied health professions - an important component of the development of flexible and multi-professional learning. The rat... Read More about The development of NMAP - the UK's gateway to high quality Internet resources in nursing, midwifery and allied health.

Contradictions and uncertainties: Lecturers' conceptions of teaching introductory accounting (2002)
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This paper draws upon educational research to examine lecturers' conceptions of teaching introductory accounting. A critical review of relevant research indicates that lecturers' conceptions of teaching may be specific to particular disciplinary and... Read More about Contradictions and uncertainties: Lecturers' conceptions of teaching introductory accounting.

Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries: (3) The State of Law and Policy (2002)
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This article is on the work of The European Research Network on Men in Europe project “The Social Problem and Societal Problematization of Men and Masculinities” (2000-2003), funded by the European Commission. The Network comprises women and men rese... Read More about Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries: (3) The State of Law and Policy.

Interprofessional working: opportunities and challenges. (2002)
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Interprofessional working is a concept that has an impact on nursing and the care delivered. However, this article argues that it continues to remain a poorly understood term in clinical practice. It explores the implications of interprofessional wor... Read More about Interprofessional working: opportunities and challenges..

Lest we forget. (2002)
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Canopy ferns in lowland dipterocarp forest support a prolific abundance of ants, termites, and other invertebrates (2002)
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The epiphytic Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus complex) has a large basket-shaped rosette that accumulates leaf litter. We investigated the role of these ferns in supporting invertebrate populations in the primary lowland dipterocarp forest of Danum... Read More about Canopy ferns in lowland dipterocarp forest support a prolific abundance of ants, termites, and other invertebrates.

Air quality action plans: Early indicators of urban local authority practice in England (2002)
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The delivery of improved local ambient air quality in the UK has emerged through the implementation of the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland [DETR, Welsh Office, Scottish Office, Department of the Environment for... Read More about Air quality action plans: Early indicators of urban local authority practice in England.