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Migration and the human right to health (2009)
Journal Article
Cole, P. (2009). Migration and the human right to health. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 18(01), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180108090117

In December 2007 it was revealed that the British government is considering the exclusion of certain groups of migrants—those considered to be present “illegally”—from primary health care provided by the National Health Service (NHS). At present, pra... Read More about Migration and the human right to health.

Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators (2009)
Journal Article
Chatterton, T., Coulter, A., Musselwhite, C., Lyons, G., & Clegg, S. (2009). Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators. Public Health, 123(1), 45-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.022

Objectives: To examine the influence that the provision of environmental information might be able to make on personal travel behaviour through analysis of the views of members of the public expressed in a study for the UK Department for Transport on... Read More about Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators.

Time taken for residents to adopt a new public transport service: Examining heterogeneity through duration modelling (2009)
Journal Article
Chatterjee, K., & Ma, K. R. (2009). Time taken for residents to adopt a new public transport service: Examining heterogeneity through duration modelling. Transportation, 36(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-008-9183-7

When a new public transport service is introduced it would be valuable for public authorities, financing organisations and transport operators to know how long it will take for people to start to use the service and what factors influence this. This... Read More about Time taken for residents to adopt a new public transport service: Examining heterogeneity through duration modelling.

Integrating different forms of knowledge in local policy-making: The case of local air quality management in Southampton (2009)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L. (2009). Integrating different forms of knowledge in local policy-making: The case of local air quality management in Southampton. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 5(1), 333-344

This article examines how the English city of Southampton has implemented the EU Air Quality Framework Directive 1996 that requires EU local authorities to periodically review and assess local air quality and develop action plans to reduce certain po... Read More about Integrating different forms of knowledge in local policy-making: The case of local air quality management in Southampton.

Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses (2009)
Journal Article
Bright, J., Hiscock, S. J., James, P. E., & Hancock, J. T. (2009). Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 47(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.09.005

Reactive nitrogen species (RNS), such as nitric oxide (NO), are ubiquitous and diverse signalling molecules involved in a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes in both animals and plants. Nitrite, a metabolite of NO turnover, h... Read More about Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses.

The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana (2009)
Journal Article
Booth, C., Hammond, F., & Proverbs, D. (2009). The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana. American Review of Public Administration, 39(1), 80-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074008315373

This article investigates the causes and scale of land-related public service inefficiencies in Ghana. Public choice theorists contend that the primary cause of inefficiency of public service agencies is their tendency to grow excessively. The findin... Read More about The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana.

How to help plan a healthy, sustainable low-carbon community (2009)
Book Chapter
Barton, H., Grant, M., & Insall, P. (2009). How to help plan a healthy, sustainable low-carbon community. In J. Griffiths, M. Rao, F. Adshead, & A. Thorpe (Eds.), The Health Practitioner''s Guide to Climate Change (160-195). London: Earthscan

Applications of soft computing: Updating the state of art (2009)
Book
Avineri, E., Köppen, M., Sunitiyoso, Y., Dahal, K., & Roy, R. (2009). Applications of soft computing: Updating the state of art. Germany: Springer-Verlag

Soft Computing is a complex of methodologies that includes artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, and their hybrids. It admits approximate reasoning, imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth in order to mimi... Read More about Applications of soft computing: Updating the state of art.

A correlation-test-based validation procedure for identified neural networks (2009)
Journal Article
Zhang, L. F., Zhu, Q. M., & Longden, A. (2009). A correlation-test-based validation procedure for identified neural networks. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNN.2008.2003223

In this study, an enhanced correlation-test-based validation procedure is developed to check the quality of identified neural networks in modeling of nonlinear systems. The new computation algorithm upgrades the validation power by including a direct... Read More about A correlation-test-based validation procedure for identified neural networks.

Fabrication of microband glucose biosensors using a screen-printing water-based carbon ink and their application in serum analysis (2009)
Journal Article
Pemberton, R., Pittson, R., Biddle, N., & Hart, J. P. (2009). Fabrication of microband glucose biosensors using a screen-printing water-based carbon ink and their application in serum analysis. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24(5), 1246-1252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.035

Microband glucose biosensors were fabricated by screen-printing a water-based carbon ink formulation containing cobalt phthalocyanine redox mediator and glucose oxidase (GOD) enzyme, then insulating and sectioning through the thick (20 μm) film to ex... Read More about Fabrication of microband glucose biosensors using a screen-printing water-based carbon ink and their application in serum analysis.

Opportunities and challenges of sexual health services among young people: A study in Nepal (2009)
Journal Article
Regmi, K. R. (2009). Opportunities and challenges of sexual health services among young people: A study in Nepal. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6(2), 352-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00798.x

Introduction. It has been well documented that young people are more likely to engage in high-risk sexual activity. Appropriate understanding of safe sex, sexual practices, and related behaviors must recognize the importance of socioeconomic and cult... Read More about Opportunities and challenges of sexual health services among young people: A study in Nepal.

Children's group nous: Understanding and applying peer exclusion within and between groups (2009)
Journal Article
Abrams, D., Rutland, A., Pelletier, J., & Ferrell, J. M. (2009). Children's group nous: Understanding and applying peer exclusion within and between groups. Child Development, 80(1), 224-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01256.x

In Study 1, 167 English children aged 6-8 or 9-11 evaluated peer English or French soccer fans that were loyal or partially disloyal. In Study 2, 149 children aged 5-11 made judgments about generic inclusion norms between and within competitive group... Read More about Children's group nous: Understanding and applying peer exclusion within and between groups.

Evaluating Learning Style Personalization in Adaptive Systems: Quantitative Methods and Approaches (2009)
Journal Article
Brown, E. J., Brailsford, T. J., Fisher, T., & Moore, A. (2009). Evaluating Learning Style Personalization in Adaptive Systems: Quantitative Methods and Approaches. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2(1), 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2009.11

It is a widely held assumption that learning style is a useful model for quantifying user characteristics for effective personalized learning. We set out to challenge this assumption by discussing the current state of the art in relation to quantitat... Read More about Evaluating Learning Style Personalization in Adaptive Systems: Quantitative Methods and Approaches.

Vertebral artery blood flow velocity changes associated with cervical spine rotation: A meta-analysis of the evidence with implications for professional practice (2009)
Journal Article
Mitchell, J. (2009). Vertebral artery blood flow velocity changes associated with cervical spine rotation: A meta-analysis of the evidence with implications for professional practice. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 17(1), 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1179/106698109790818160

Many studies of vertebral artery (VA) blood flow changes related to cervical spine rotation have been published, but the findings are controversial and the evidence unconvincing. Recent Doppler measurements suggest that contralateral VA blood flow is... Read More about Vertebral artery blood flow velocity changes associated with cervical spine rotation: A meta-analysis of the evidence with implications for professional practice.