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Where do we fit in the swings and roundabouts of strategy? (2008)
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Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2008). Where do we fit in the swings and roundabouts of strategy?. Journal of Strategy and Management, 1(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554250810912721

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine and analyze the development of strategic management as a field of inquiry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper relies on secondary-source analysis. Findi... Read More about Where do we fit in the swings and roundabouts of strategy?.

Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations? (2008)
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Baker, P. J., Molony, S. E., Stone, E., Cuthill, I. C., & Harris, S. (2008). Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?. Ibis, 150(S1), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2008.00836.x

Even though they are fed daily by their owners, free-ranging pet cats Felis catus may kill wild birds and, given their high densities (typically > 200 cats/km2), it has been postulated that cat predation could be a significant negative factor affecti... Read More about Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?.

Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005 (2008)
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Dance, D. A., SW Pneumococcal Group, , Ihekweazu, C. A., Christensen, H., Stuart, J. M., Cartwright, K., …Fletcher, M. (2008). Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005. Epidemiology and Infection, 136(8), 1096-1102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268807009715

Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines into the United Kingdom's routine immunization programmes is expected to change the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We have documented the epidemiology of IPD in... Read More about Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005.

Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning (2008)
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Hughes, T. (2008). Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 26(5), 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634500810894299

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward some ideas on how Marketing Intelligence & Planning (MIP) might further pursue its crossover mission in the future. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a viewpoint contribution based on the aut... Read More about Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning.

Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation (2008)
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Gómez-Ruiz, J. Á., Leake, D. S., & Ames, J. (2008). Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation. European Food Research and Technology, 227(4), 1017-1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-007-0815-5

The in vitro antioxidant activity and the protective effect against human low density lipoprotein oxidation of coffees prepared using different degrees of roasting was evaluated. Coffees with the highest amount of brown pigments (dark coffee) showed... Read More about Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation.

Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one? (2008)
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Robinson, E. J., Sullivan, K. M., Franks, N. R., Hardcastle, K. A., Collins, S., Smith, F. D., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2008). Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?. Animal Behaviour, 76(2), 323-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.009

Nest choice in the ant Temnothorax albipennis is a model system for investigating collective decision making. Previous research has demonstrated the sophistication of this decentralized system, yet such studies have focused on binary choices in which... Read More about Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?.

Evaluating the use of metaphor in online learning environments (2008)
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Falconer, L. (2008). Evaluating the use of metaphor in online learning environments. Interactive Learning Environments, 16(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820701288626

Metaphor appears to be an innate tendency in human communication and can be shown to have significant potential when applied to the design of online learning environments. This paper describes and discusses an example of an online research methods le... Read More about Evaluating the use of metaphor in online learning environments.

Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours? (2008)
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Proverbs, D. G., Ahadzie, D. K., & Olomolaiye, P. (2008). Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours?. International Journal of Project Management, 26(6), 631-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.011

Competency-based measures are increasingly being recognised as the most viable option for engendering the continuing professional development (CPD) of construction project managers (CPMs). Presently, an emerging view from the HRM genre is that, a som... Read More about Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours?.

Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries (2008)
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Ahadzie, D. K., Proverbs, D., & Olomolaiye, P. (2008). Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries. International Journal of Project Management, 26(6), 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.006

Project success is a complex and often illusory construct. Nonetheless, it is crucially contingent towards enabling appropriate and effective allocation of resources in project management practice. Mass house building projects (MHBPs) represent one o... Read More about Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries.

Alcohol-related adverse consequences: Cross-cultural variations in attribution process among young adults (2008)
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Plant, M. L., Plant, M. A., Kuendig, H., Miller, P., Kuntsche, S., & Gmel, G. (2008). Alcohol-related adverse consequences: Cross-cultural variations in attribution process among young adults. European Journal of Public Health, 18(4), 386-391. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckn007

Background: Social norms around what is culturally accepted in terms of alcohol consumption and drunken comportment appear important regarding the acceptance of alcohol-related adverse consequences; however, investigations often neglect to consider d... Read More about Alcohol-related adverse consequences: Cross-cultural variations in attribution process among young adults.

Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube (2008)
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Shang, Z., Yao, Y., & Chen, S. (2008). Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube. Chemical Engineering Science, 63(16), 4150-4158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.036

The system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water (SCW) flows in a horizontal round tube has been studied by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique, aiming for extending previous researches on the buoyancy effect by furth... Read More about Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube.

An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register (2008)
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Mytton, J., Harrison, V., McLoughlin, A., Thompson, R., & Overton, T. (2008). An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register. Prenatal Diagnosis, 28(8), 722-726. https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.2034

Objective: Some congenital anomaly registers arc collecting data on risk factors for pregnancies affected by anomalies; yet the quality of that information is rarely assessed. We assessed the quality of the risk factor data in the South West Congenit... Read More about An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register.

Long-term viability and proliferation of alginate-encapsulated 3-D HepG2 aggregates formed in an ultrasound trap (2008)
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Bazou, D., Coakley, W. T., Hayes, A., & Jackson, S. K. (2008). Long-term viability and proliferation of alginate-encapsulated 3-D HepG2 aggregates formed in an ultrasound trap. Toxicology in Vitro, 22(5), 1321-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2008.03.014

We report proof of principle here of a gel encapsulation technique that departs from the minimum surface area to volume restriction of spherical microcapsules and allows gelation of preformed high-density (≥2 × 104 cells/aggregate) 3-D HepG2 cell agg... Read More about Long-term viability and proliferation of alginate-encapsulated 3-D HepG2 aggregates formed in an ultrasound trap.

Two-dimensional BRDF estimation from polarisation (2008)
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Atkinson, G., & Hancock, E. R. (2008). Two-dimensional BRDF estimation from polarisation. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 111(2), 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2007.09.005

This paper presents a novel technique for reflectance function (BRDF) estimation, which uses polarisation information and photometric stereo. The first stage of the technique is standard and involves the acquisition of polarisation information (angle... Read More about Two-dimensional BRDF estimation from polarisation.

Anaesthesia for arterial puncture in the emergency department: A randomized trial of subcutaneous lidocaine, ethyl chloride or nothing (2008)
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Benger, J. R., Beech, F. J. M., France, J. E., & Jakeman, N. (2008). Anaesthesia for arterial puncture in the emergency department: A randomized trial of subcutaneous lidocaine, ethyl chloride or nothing. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 15(4), 218-220. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282f4d19b

Objective To determine whether the use of ethyl chloride and subcutaneous lidocaine are associated with a reduction in pain during arterial blood sampling compared with using no local anaesthesia. Methods Patients over the age of 16 years and who req... Read More about Anaesthesia for arterial puncture in the emergency department: A randomized trial of subcutaneous lidocaine, ethyl chloride or nothing.