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Maintaining patient hopefulness: A critique (2007)
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Lipscomb, M. (2007). Maintaining patient hopefulness: A critique. Nursing Inquiry, 14(4), 335-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00377.x

It has been proposed that maintaining patient hopefulness is or should be a central nursing duty, and within the nursing literature the maintenance of patient and family hope is generally presented as an unproblematic 'good thing'. However, here it i... Read More about Maintaining patient hopefulness: A critique.

What are the needs of patients following discharge from hospital after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? (2007)
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Langley-Johnson, C., Dyer, C., Gruffydd-Jones, K., Ward, S., & Badlan, K. (2007). What are the needs of patients following discharge from hospital after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16(6), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2007.00075

Aim: To identify patient needs following discharge from hospital after an exacerbation of COPD. Methods: Qualitative and semi-quantitative study using home-based structured interviews and focus groups involving 25 COPD patients after hospital dischar... Read More about What are the needs of patients following discharge from hospital after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?.

The impact of flood insurance on residential property prices: Towards a new theoretical framework for the United Kingdom market (2007)
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Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Antwi, A. (2007). The impact of flood insurance on residential property prices: Towards a new theoretical framework for the United Kingdom market. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(3), 129-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/13664380780001099

The supposition that the availability and cost of insurance will have an effect on house prices is often accepted as fact. However the mechanism for this supposed impact has not been clearly articulated and the hypothesis is far from proven in the UK... Read More about The impact of flood insurance on residential property prices: Towards a new theoretical framework for the United Kingdom market.

Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession (2007)
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Jenkins, S., & Conley, H. (2007). Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession. Public Administration, 85(4), 979-1001. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00675.x

The state education system in the UK has undergone significant transformation such that New Labour's modernization policy embodies aspects of the marketized system, inspired by New Right thinking, with a concern for placing schools at the centre of t... Read More about Living with the contradictions of modernization? Emotional management in the teaching profession.

Contested memories: Contested site': Newfoundland and its unique heritage on the Western front (2007)
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Gough, P. (2007). Contested memories: Contested site': Newfoundland and its unique heritage on the Western front. Round Table, 96(393), 693-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530701634275

The Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a 16.5 hectare (40 acre) tract of preserved battleground dedicated primarily to the memory of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment, who suffered an extremely high percentage of casualties during the first day of t... Read More about Contested memories: Contested site': Newfoundland and its unique heritage on the Western front.

A review of the literature surrounding the provision of interpreters in health care, focusing on their role in translating information for non-English-speaking cancer patients and issues relating to informed consent (2007)
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Gargan, N., & Chianese, J. (2007). A review of the literature surrounding the provision of interpreters in health care, focusing on their role in translating information for non-English-speaking cancer patients and issues relating to informed consent. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 6(4), 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1460396907006152

Informed consent is a fundamental principle of health care ethics. All patients should have equal opportunities in accessing information to help them make informed decisions about their treatments. Literature on informed consent, translators in healt... Read More about A review of the literature surrounding the provision of interpreters in health care, focusing on their role in translating information for non-English-speaking cancer patients and issues relating to informed consent.

The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement (2007)
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Norekvål, T., Devictor, D., Fulbrook, P., Latour, J., Albarran, J., de Graaf, W., & Lynch, F. (2007). The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 6(4), 255-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.07.003

This paper presents the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and the European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint P... Read More about The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement.

Modeling the timing of user responses to a new urban public transport service: Application of duration modeling (2007)
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Chatterjee, K., & Ma, K. R. (2007). Modeling the timing of user responses to a new urban public transport service: Application of duration modeling. Transportation Research Record, 2010(2010), 62-72. https://doi.org/10.3141/2010-08

When a new service is introduced into the transport market (or an existing service is modified), the timing and nature of the responses of individuals can be expected to vary considerably. The aggregated responses of individuals will determine overal... Read More about Modeling the timing of user responses to a new urban public transport service: Application of duration modeling.

The Komati downstream development project: Achievements and challenges (2007)
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Terry, A. (2007). The Komati downstream development project: Achievements and challenges. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 98(5), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00430.x

To overcome widespread rural poverty, raise incomes and improve food security, Swaziland has begun a process of commercialisation of its subsistence farms. This strategy is based upon extending irrigation onto customary tenured land in the semi-arid... Read More about The Komati downstream development project: Achievements and challenges.

Temporal finitude and finitude of possibility: The double meaning of death in being and time (2007)
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Carel, H. (2007). Temporal finitude and finitude of possibility: The double meaning of death in being and time. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 15(4), 541-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672550701602916

The confusion surrounding Heidegger's account of death in Being and Time has led to severe criticisms, some of which dismiss his analysis as incoherent and obtuse. I argue that Heidegger's critics err by equating Heidegger's concept of death with our... Read More about Temporal finitude and finitude of possibility: The double meaning of death in being and time.

Men not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influence in child rearing (2007)
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Clarke, V. (2007). Men not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influence in child rearing. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 3(4), 309-349. https://doi.org/10.1300/J461v03n04_01

This paper explores debates about male presence and influence in lesbian families from a critical psychology standpoint. Critical psychology encompasses a variety of radical approaches to psychological research that reject traditional psychological a... Read More about Men not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influence in child rearing.

Local fourier analysis of multigrid for the curl-curl equation (2007)
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Boonen, T., Van Lent, J., & Vandewalle, S. (2007). Local fourier analysis of multigrid for the curl-curl equation. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 30(4), 1730-1755. https://doi.org/10.1137/070679119

We present a local Fourier analysis of multigrid methods for the two-dimensional curl-curl formulation of Maxwell's equations. Both the hybrid smoother proposed by Hiptmair and the overlapping block smoother proposed by Arnold, Falk, and Winther are... Read More about Local fourier analysis of multigrid for the curl-curl equation.