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Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation (2009)
Journal Article

This paper argues that evaluation methodology should reflect the character of the field it is proposing to look at. People have the right to be evaluated in their own terms, and evaluation methodologies which are judged for their rigour against abstr... Read More about Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation.

Organic growth and shareholder value: A case study of the insurance industry (2009)
Journal Article

This paper examines organic growth and its impact on shareholder value creation. At a conceptual level, organic and external growth are readily defined; yet, at a practical level, decomposing revenue growth into its constituent elements presents meth... Read More about Organic growth and shareholder value: A case study of the insurance industry.

Social marketing-based strategy for sun protection interventions: supplementary document: Quantitative benchmark Cornwall PCT region. Report prepared for South West Public Health Observatory (2009)
Report

Inventing rituals, inhabiting places: Ritual and community in public art (2009)
Journal Article

Based on the public art projects for Holy Hiatus 2008, this article explores the possibilities for ritual to be employed creatively in public art practice, and to examine the ways that artists can draw audiences into unexpected and potentially ‘limin... Read More about Inventing rituals, inhabiting places: Ritual and community in public art.

Changing Auntie - a case study in managing and regulating user generated content at the BBC (2009)
Book Chapter

This chapter identifies case studies within the BBC of how the organisation is adapting its content to the user-led environment of the internet.

The making of mundane bus journeys (2009)
Book Chapter

Implications of information and consultation: evidence from longitudinal case study (2009)
Report

Implementing information and consultation: developments in medium szed organisations (2009)
Report

South Asian community views about individuals with a disfigurement (2009)
Journal Article

There is a paucity of research exploring the views of
different cultural and ethnic groups about individuals
with a visible difference. This research is a priority
area given that issues of disfigurement, stigma and shame may be particularly bound... Read More about South Asian community views about individuals with a disfigurement.

Social-marketing based sun protection intervention strategy for Cornwall PCT. Report for South West Public Health Observatory (2009)
Report

Synthesis of the West Midland Health Technology Assessment Collaboration February 2009 report providing public health information to prevent skin cancer: review of effectiveness and cost effectiveness (incorporating before and after studies). Report prepared for the National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence, December 2009 (2009)
Report

Inside information: researching long-term breastfeeding (2009)
Journal Article

The disempowerment of empowerment: How stakeholding clogs up rural decision-making (2009)
Journal Article

In the context of a growth in both participatory democracy and responsible participation, rural decision-making in England has become increasingly complex over the past 30 years, fuelled by national polices relating to regionalism, citizenship and re... Read More about The disempowerment of empowerment: How stakeholding clogs up rural decision-making.

Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? (2009)
Journal Article

Background: Naming accuracy for nouns and verbs in aphasia can vary across different elicitation contexts, for example, simple picture naming, composite picture description, narratives, and conversation. For some people with aphasia, naming may be mo... Read More about Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech?.

Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis? (2009)
Journal Article

This paper aims to explore the corporate governance of
banks in economic crisis and whether poor corporate governance has led to the crisis. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the complex world of financial regulation
and that corporate govern... Read More about Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis?.

P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state (2009)
Journal Article

Background: Three functional c-ras genes, known as c-H-ras, c-K-ras, and c-N-ras, have been largely studied in mammalian cells with important insights into normal and tumorigenic cellular signal transduction events. Two K-Ras mRNAs are obtained from... Read More about P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state.

The Service Improvement Network Project (SINP): A facilitated programme to support the development of ACT integrated children’s palliative care pathway (2009)
Report

Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change (2009)
Journal Article

This narrative review outlines the potential benefits of supporting clients to successfully change existing patterns of behavior in the context of wound care. In acknowledging the complexities involved in changing deeply ingrained patterns of behavio... Read More about Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change.

Corriente interferencial (2009)
Book Chapter

The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004 (2009)
Journal Article

The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975 - 2004. Applying a dynamic system approach based on GMM, we find that the local concentration of the Creative Clas... Read More about The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004.