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Midwifery basics: Blood tests for investigating maternal wellbeing (2010)
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Hall, J. (2010). Midwifery basics: Blood tests for investigating maternal wellbeing

'Blood tests for investigation maternal wellbeing' is the 10th series of 'Midwifery basics'. The aim of these articles is to inform and encourage readers to seek further information through a series of activities related to this topic.

Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1 (2010)
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Mansfield, J. W., Godfrey, S., Mansfield, J. W., Corry, D., Lovell, H., Jackson, R., & Arnold, D. L. (2010). Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23(10), 1294-1302. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-10-0114

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is the seed borne causativeagent of halo blight in the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris. Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola race 4 strain 1302A contains the avirulence gene hopAR1 (located on a 106-kb genomic is... Read More about Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1.

Perceived levels of satisfaction with the preoperative assessment service experienced by patients undergoing general anaesthesia in a day surgery setting (2010)
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Fraczyk, L., & Godfrey, H. (2010). Perceived levels of satisfaction with the preoperative assessment service experienced by patients undergoing general anaesthesia in a day surgery setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(19-20), 2849-2859. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03277.x

Aim and objective.: Primary aim - to explore patient satisfaction with preoperative assessment for day surgery and compare patient satisfaction between two specialties, General Surgery and Urology. Secondary aim - to compare numbers of patients being... Read More about Perceived levels of satisfaction with the preoperative assessment service experienced by patients undergoing general anaesthesia in a day surgery setting.

Military expenditure and granger causality: A critical review (2010)
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Smith, R. P., & Dunne, J. P. (2010). Military expenditure and granger causality: A critical review. Defence and Peace Economics, 21(5), 427-441. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2010.501185

A large literature has used tests for Granger (1969) non-causality, GNC, to examine the interaction of military spending with the economy. Such tests answer a specific although quite limited question: can one reject the null hypothesis that one varia... Read More about Military expenditure and granger causality: A critical review.

Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter (2010)
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Carstea, E. M., Baker, A., Bieroza, M., & Reynolds, D. M. (2010). Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter. Water Research, 44(18), 5356-5366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.036

Real-time fluorescence monitoring has been mostly performed in marine systems, with little progress being made in the application of fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy, especially for freshwater monitoring. This paper presents... Read More about Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter.

Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal (2010)
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Pathak, R., Regmi, P., Pant, P. R., Simkhada, P., Douglas, F., & Stephens, J. (2010). Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal. Global Journal of Health Science, 2(2), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v2n2p207

Literature about same-sex love and sexuality in Nepal is rare. However, limited anecdotal evidence on these issues signals that the health and social care needs of lesbians in Nepal are high. This qualitative study explores the challenges faced by le... Read More about Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal.

Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts (2010)
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Birch, H., & Weitkamp, E. (2010). Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts. New Media and Society, 12(6), 889-909. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444809356333

Podcasts are media files that can be automatically aggregated and downloaded via the internet, and transferred to portable media players. Combined with online discussion facilities, podcasts represent flexible and potentially valuable tools for commu... Read More about Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts.

A multiple price approach to limiting intra-group transfer pricing negotiations (2010)
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Luther, R., & Zverovich, S. (2010). A multiple price approach to limiting intra-group transfer pricing negotiations. International Journal of Management Accounting Research, 3(2),

Various approaches to solving the well-known transfer pricing problem are known. However, none satisfactorily resolve the objective of allowing both divisions to earn a profit in such a way that sub-optimal output levels are avoided. Tomkins (1990) c... Read More about A multiple price approach to limiting intra-group transfer pricing negotiations.

Integrating internal customer orientation, internal service quality, and customer orientation in the banking sector: An empirical study (2010)
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Anosike, U. P., & Eid, R. (2011). Integrating internal customer orientation, internal service quality, and customer orientation in the banking sector: An empirical study. Service Industries Journal, 31(14), 2487-2505. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2010.504822

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interrelationships between internal customer orientation (ICO), internal service quality (ISQ), and customer orientation (CO) to develop and test a conceptual model of the antecedents of CO in the banking s... Read More about Integrating internal customer orientation, internal service quality, and customer orientation in the banking sector: An empirical study.

A fuzzy logic based multi-agents controller (2010)
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Olajubu, E., Ajayi, A., & Aderounmu, G. A. (2011). A fuzzy logic based multi-agents controller. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(5), 4860-4865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.034

This paper presents a fuzzy logic based controller (Multi-Agents System Controller (MASC)) which regulates the number of agents released to the network on a Multi-Agents Systems (MASs). A fuzzy logic (FL) model for the controller is as presented. The... Read More about A fuzzy logic based multi-agents controller.

The social marketing of giving: A framework for public policy intervention (2010)
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Sargeant, A., Shang, J., & Shabbir, H. (2010). The social marketing of giving: A framework for public policy intervention. Public Management Review, 12(5), 635-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719031003633953

Despite significant government efforts to bolster individual philanthropy, giving by individuals (as a percentage of household income) has remained remarkably static and participation in many western countries is declining. This article explores the... Read More about The social marketing of giving: A framework for public policy intervention.

Marketing concentration and geographical dispersion: A survey of organic farms in England and Wales (2010)
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Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kirwan, J., & Maye, D. (2010). Marketing concentration and geographical dispersion: A survey of organic farms in England and Wales. British Food Journal, 112(9), 962-975. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070701011074345

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the proportion and distribution of organic produce sold through different marketing channels by a sample of organic farmers in three "core" areas of organic farming in England and Wales. More specifica... Read More about Marketing concentration and geographical dispersion: A survey of organic farms in England and Wales.

Self-adaptation of mutation operator and probability for permutation representations in genetic algorithms (2010)
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Serpell, M., & Smith, J. (2010). Self-adaptation of mutation operator and probability for permutation representations in genetic algorithms. Evolutionary Computation, 18(3), 491-514. https://doi.org/10.1162/EVCO_a_00006

The choice of mutation rate is a vital factor in the success of any genetic algorithm (GA), and for permutation representations this is compounded by the availability of several alternative mutation operators. It is now well understood that there is... Read More about Self-adaptation of mutation operator and probability for permutation representations in genetic algorithms.

Study on the effects of the compression ratio and mushy zone heating on the thixotropic microstructure of AA 7075 aluminum alloy via SIMA process (2010)
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Bolouri, A., Shahmiri, M., & Kang, C. G. (2011). Study on the effects of the compression ratio and mushy zone heating on the thixotropic microstructure of AA 7075 aluminum alloy via SIMA process. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509(2), 402-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.09.042

The effects of compression ratios on the microstructure evolution of semisolid Al7075 alloy produced by the strain induced melt activation (SIMA) process were investigated. The samples were cold deformed by compression into the different heights up t... Read More about Study on the effects of the compression ratio and mushy zone heating on the thixotropic microstructure of AA 7075 aluminum alloy via SIMA process.

Laryngeal transplantation in minipigs: Vascular, myologic and functional outcomes (2010)
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Birchall, M. A., Kingham, P. J., Murison, P. J., Ayling, S. M., Burt, R., Mitchard, L., …MacChiarini, P. (2011). Laryngeal transplantation in minipigs: Vascular, myologic and functional outcomes. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 268(3), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-010-1355-3

There is no effective way of replacing all the functions of the larynx in those requiring laryngectomy. Regenerative medicine offers promise, but cannot presently deliver implants with functioning neuromuscular units. A single well-documented larynge... Read More about Laryngeal transplantation in minipigs: Vascular, myologic and functional outcomes.

Neisseria lactamica selectively induces mitogenic proliferation of the naive B cell pool via cell surface Ig (2010)
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Massari, P., Vaughan, A. T., Brackenbury, L. S., Davenport, V., Gorringe, A., Heyderman, R. S., & Williams, N. A. (2010). Neisseria lactamica selectively induces mitogenic proliferation of the naive B cell pool via cell surface Ig. Journal of Immunology, 185(6), 3652-3660. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0902468

Neisseria lactamica is a commensal bacteria that colonizes the human upper respiratory tract mucosa during early childhood. In contrast to the closely related opportunistic pathogen Neisseria meningitidis, there is an absence of adaptive cell-mediate... Read More about Neisseria lactamica selectively induces mitogenic proliferation of the naive B cell pool via cell surface Ig.

Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology (2010)
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Rahmouni, H. B., Solomonides, T., Mont, M. C., & Simon Shiu, S. (2010). Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368(1926), 4057-4072. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0169

The sharing of medical data between different healthcare organizations in Europe must comply with the legislation of the Member State where the data were originally collected. These legal requirements may differ from one state to another. Privacy req... Read More about Privacy compliance and enforcement on European healthgrids: An approach through ontology.