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The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory (2008)
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Kent, J. (2008). The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory. Social Science and Medicine, 67(11), 1747-1756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.027

This paper examines the exchange relationships between women undergoing abortion, the clinicians who procure fetal tissue and stem cell scientists in Britain, and argues that the fetal tissue economy is an important dimension of the gendered bioecono... Read More about The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory.

Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007 (2008)
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Kangro, A., & James, D. (2008). Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007. European Journal of Education, 43(4), 547-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3435.2008.00373.x

Education in Latvia has changed a great deal in the last 15 years. The development of an independent and democratic state system has creatively combined elements of foreign experience and influence with the enrichment and further development of featu... Read More about Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007.

ICT and temporal fragmentation of activities: An analytical framework and initial empirical finding (2008)
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Hubers, C., Schwanen, T., & Dijst, M. (2008). ICT and temporal fragmentation of activities: An analytical framework and initial empirical finding. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 99(5), 528-546. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00490.x

It is commonly believed that the widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) facilitates the fragmentation of daily activities across times and spaces. However, a clear conceptualisation of what fragmentation is and how it can... Read More about ICT and temporal fragmentation of activities: An analytical framework and initial empirical finding.

Review of 'Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1870-1914: Bodies, Bounderies and Intimacy', by John Potvin (2008)
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Hornsey, R. (2008). Review of 'Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1870-1914: Bodies, Bounderies and Intimacy', by John Potvin. Journal of Design History, 21(4), 391-393. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epn030

Potvin's book was a study of how male homosociality in late-nineteenth century British design cultures produced new dynamics of vision and touching, which became medicated through workshop practice and specific artefacts.

Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature (2008)
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Hammond, A. (2008). Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature. History of Photography, 32(4), 301. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087290802315736

Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe, although committed realist artists using straightforward photographic technique and an objective style of painting, transfigured the natural scene artistically to express profoundly metaphysical responses to nature.... Read More about Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature.

The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school (2008)
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Croll, P., Attwood, G., Last, K., & Fuller, C. (2008). The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school. British Journal of Educational Studies, 56(4), 382-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00420.x

The paper reports a study of children's attitudes to school based on a questionnaire survey of 845 pupils in their first year of secondary school in England, together with interviews with a sample of the children. A clearly structured set of attitude... Read More about The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school.

Evaluating the impact of involving young people in developing children's services in an acute hospital trust (2008)
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Coad, J., Flay, J., Aspinall, M., Bilverstone, B., Coxhead, E., & Hones, R. (2008). Evaluating the impact of involving young people in developing children's services in an acute hospital trust. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(23), 3115-3122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02634.x

Aims and objectives. The aim of this paper is to reflect on how an acute hospital trust involved a youth council comprising 17 young people aged 11-18 years to improve children's service delivery in one NHS trust in the UK. Background. Over the last... Read More about Evaluating the impact of involving young people in developing children's services in an acute hospital trust.

The nature, prevalence and correlates of generativity among men in middle career (2008)
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Clark, M., & Arnold, J. (2008). The nature, prevalence and correlates of generativity among men in middle career. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73(3), 473-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2008.09.002

Multiple methods were used to explore the character, contexts, and correlates of generativity among 41 men aged 45-55. Generativity in the role of worker was unrelated to generativity in men's roles as father, citizen and 'leisurite'. Individuals who... Read More about The nature, prevalence and correlates of generativity among men in middle career.

Who does what? How staff in England and Denmark perceive roles in the coordination of children's inpatient care: A comparison of questionnaire survey data (2008)
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Fletcher, M. E., & Beringer, A. (2008). Who does what? How staff in England and Denmark perceive roles in the coordination of children's inpatient care: A comparison of questionnaire survey data. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(23), 3217-3225. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02380.x

Aims and objectives. To explore and compare staff perceptions of their own and others roles in the coordination of care for children in hospital in Denmark and England. Background. The provision of well-coordinated care is a declared aim of health ca... Read More about Who does what? How staff in England and Denmark perceive roles in the coordination of children's inpatient care: A comparison of questionnaire survey data.

Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom (2008)
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Barkham, J. (2008). Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom. British Educational Research Journal, 34(6), 839-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920802041558

This article explores some of the issues around the agenda for workforce reform as it applies to professionals who work in early years classrooms (4-7 year olds), who work alongside class teachers in supporting learning. Their changing roles, respons... Read More about Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom.

The effect of management commitment to service quality on frontline employees' job attitudes, turnover intentions and service recovery performance in a new public management context (2008)
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Ashill, N. J., Rod, M., & Carruthers, J. (2008). The effect of management commitment to service quality on frontline employees' job attitudes, turnover intentions and service recovery performance in a new public management context. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 16(5), 437-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/09652540802480944

We present and test a model of behavioural job outcomes grounded in Bagozzi's (1992) reformulation of attitude theory in the important and novel context of a former public sector government department that has undergone corporatisation. Frontline emp... Read More about The effect of management commitment to service quality on frontline employees' job attitudes, turnover intentions and service recovery performance in a new public management context.

In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: Uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness (2008)
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Szczepura, A., Nelson, S. J., & Wild, D. (2008). In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: Uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness. BMC Health Services Research, 8(269), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-269

Background. A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated. The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual'... Read More about In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: Uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness.

The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap (2008)
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Hughes, T., O'Regan, N., & Wornham, D. (2008). The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap. Strategic Change, 17(7-8), 215-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.828

The literature is highly critical of the business–academia relationship and there is a lack of congruence between strategic management research conducted by academics and that used by practitioners. There is also a lack of models of collaborative res... Read More about The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap.

Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns (2008)
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Mullen, R. J., Monekosso, D., Barman, S., Remagnino, P., & Wilkin, P. (2008). Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5217 LNCS, 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_24

This paper presents preliminary results on an investigation into using artificial swarms to extract and quantify features in digital images. An ant algorithm has been developed to automatically extract the outlines and primary venation patterns from... Read More about Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns.