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Income convergence across U.S. States: An analysis using measures of concordance and discordance (2005)
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Webber, D. J., White, P., & Allen, D. O. (2005). Income convergence across U.S. States: An analysis using measures of concordance and discordance. Journal of Regional Science, 45(3), 565-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00384.x

This paper presents methods to analyze convergence in cross-sectional data collected over time using distribution free statistics that are not sensitive to the magnitudes involved. Measures of concordance and discordance are employed in the empirical... Read More about Income convergence across U.S. States: An analysis using measures of concordance and discordance.

Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they? (2005)
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Hewlett, S., Carr, M., Ryan, S., Kirwan, J. R., Richards, P., Carr, A., & Hughes, R. (2005). Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?. Musculoskeletal Care, 3(3), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.3

Background: It has been shown previously that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can generate a wide range of outcomes that they consider important in treatment. It is not known if these outcomes are generally important in the wider RA patient c... Read More about Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?.

Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease (2005)
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Chalmers, K., Love, S., Williams, S., & Wilcock, G. (2005). Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 31(4), 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00663.x

Over 90% of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) develop cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Severe dyshoric CAA, in which amyloid extends into the surrounding brain parenchyma, may be associated with adjacent clustering of tau-immunopositive neurit... Read More about Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease.

Experimental implementation of collision-based gates in Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium (2005)
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de Lacy Costello, B., & Adamatzky, A. (2005). Experimental implementation of collision-based gates in Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 25(3), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2004.11.056

We experimentally demonstrate that excitation wave-fragments in a Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) medium with immobilised catalyst can be used to build elementary logical gates and circuits. Following our previous theoretical constructions [Adamatzky A. Co... Read More about Experimental implementation of collision-based gates in Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium.

Integrity of practice in lecturers' accounts of teaching decisions (2005)
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Young, P., & Irving, Z. (2005). Integrity of practice in lecturers' accounts of teaching decisions. Studies in Higher Education, 30(4), 459-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075070500160160

This article draws on data collected during a funded research project on undergraduate teaching within a single discipline, social policy. Starting from observations drawn from analysis of the interview transcripts, the article develops the concept o... Read More about Integrity of practice in lecturers' accounts of teaching decisions.

Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy (2005)
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Patsos, H. A., Hicks, D. J., Greenhough, A., Williams, A. C., & Paraskeva, C. (2005). Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy. Biochemical Society Transactions, 33(4), 712-714. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0330712

Despite extensive research into the biology of CRC (colorectal cancer), and recent advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapy, CRC continues to be a major cause of death throughout the world. Therefore it is important to develop novel chemoprev... Read More about Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy.

Evolving a Regionally-Based Mechanism for the Provision of Technical Knowledge to SMEs: Lessons for Policy (2005)
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Lean, J., & Tucker, J. (2005). Evolving a Regionally-Based Mechanism for the Provision of Technical Knowledge to SMEs: Lessons for Policy. Industry and Higher Education, 19(4), 325-332. https://doi.org/10.5367/0000000054615513

© 2005, © 2005 SAGE Publications. This paper describes and evaluates a pilot project undertaken in the South West of England to develop a computer-based system for facilitating effective technical knowledge transfer to small and medium-sized enterpri... Read More about Evolving a Regionally-Based Mechanism for the Provision of Technical Knowledge to SMEs: Lessons for Policy.

Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer (2005)
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Gilg, A., Barr, S., & Ford, N. (2005). Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer. Futures, 37(6), 481-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2004.10.016

This paper examines green consumption in the context of an increasing focus on sustainable lifestyles. The authors argue that green buying must be seen in the context of wider debates surrounding the development of sustainable ways of living that inc... Read More about Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer.

Promoting social change: The experience of health action zones in England (2005)
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Barnes, M., Judge, K., Bauld, L., Judge, J., Barnes, K., Benzeval, M., …Sullivan, H. (2005). Promoting social change: The experience of health action zones in England. Journal of Social Policy, 34(3), 427-445. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279405008858

When New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997 it brought with it a strong commitment to reducing inequality and social exclusion. One strand of its strategy involved a focus on area-based initiatives to reduce the effects of persistent disadvantage... Read More about Promoting social change: The experience of health action zones in England.

Customising digital printing for fine art practice (2005)
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Thirkell, P., Parraman, C., Hoskins, S., Laidler, P., & Wang, H. Q. (2005). Customising digital printing for fine art practice. Proceedings of SPIE, 5667, 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587891

The presentation will demonstrate how through alternative methods of digital print production the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) is developing methodologies for digital printing that attempt to move beyond standard reproductive print methods.... Read More about Customising digital printing for fine art practice.

Bi(III) Catalysed O-acylative cleavage of 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran: A substrate dependent borderline mechanism (2005)
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Costello, J. F., Draffin, W. N., & Paver, S. P. (2005). Bi(III) Catalysed O-acylative cleavage of 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran: A substrate dependent borderline mechanism. Tetrahedron, 61(28), 6715-6719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2005.05.014

The Bi(III) catalysed O-acylative cleavage of cis- and trans-2,5- dimethyltetrahydrofuran 4 with AcCl, BzCl or i-PrCOCl is stereochemically consistent with the operation of a concerted process (AND N), which proceeds via a stabilised carbocation or '... Read More about Bi(III) Catalysed O-acylative cleavage of 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran: A substrate dependent borderline mechanism.

Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning (2005)
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Hills, S. (2005). Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning. Environment and Planning A, 37(7), 1263-1276. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3740

This paper explores the potential for environmental information to play an instrumental rational role in planning through an empirical investigation of regional planning processes in the German federal state of Brandenburg. The findings show that env... Read More about Falling through the cracks: Limits to an instrumental rational role for environmental information in planning.

Politeness-induced semantic change: The case of quand même (2005)
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Beeching, K. (2005). Politeness-induced semantic change: The case of quand même. Language Variation and Change, 17(2), 155-180. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394505050076

This article contributes to a growing body of theory that posits language-external, social factors as a primary motor in diachronic change. Politeness theory and the use of variationist approaches enable us to posit, and test, the hypothesis of a typ... Read More about Politeness-induced semantic change: The case of quand même.

Amino acid determination using screen-printed electrochemical sensors (2005)
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Merkoçi, A., Vasjari, M., Hart, J. P., & Alegret, S. (2005). Amino acid determination using screen-printed electrochemical sensors. Microchimica Acta, 150(3-4), 233-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-005-0361-4

The use of a screen-printed electrochemical sensor (SPES) strip, consisting of a two-electrode system (a carbon working electrode and Ag/AgCl reference electrode), for amino acid determination is reported. The behaviour of the SPES toward cysteine an... Read More about Amino acid determination using screen-printed electrochemical sensors.

A study exploring drug use and management of patients presenting to an inner city emergency department (2005)
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Moody, H., Binks, S., Salmon, D., Benger, J., & Hoskins, R. (2005). A study exploring drug use and management of patients presenting to an inner city emergency department. Accident and Emergency Nursing, 13(3), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaen.2005.03.004

Patients who present to an emergency department (ED) with a problem related to illegal drug use can be difficult to identify and are perceived to generate a significant workload for staff. This study suggests that illicit drug use may be more common... Read More about A study exploring drug use and management of patients presenting to an inner city emergency department.

From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies (2005)
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McClean, S., & Shaw, A. (2005). From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies. Qualitative Health Research, 15(6), 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732304273927

Ideas about lay and expert knowledge increasingly underscore debates within qualitative health research. In this article, the authors develop an exploratory synthesis of two qualitative studies in which they critique the lay-expert divide, suggesting... Read More about From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies.

'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England (2005)
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McClean, S. (2005). 'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England. Sociology of Health and Illness, 27(5), 628-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00459.x

While the growth in usage and practice of varying forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues apace, social science has increasingly turned to CAM's often individualistic approach to health and illness. CAM has been perceived as b... Read More about 'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England.