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Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing (2012)
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Prat-Sala, M., & Redford, P. (2012). Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing. Educational Psychology, 32(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2011.621411

Self-efficacy beliefs have been identified as associated with students' academic performance. The present research assessed the relationship between two new self-efficacy scales (self-efficacy in reading [SER] and self-efficacy in writing [SEW]) and... Read More about Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing.

Servitisation and value co-production in the UK music industry: An empirical study of Consumer Attitudes (2012)
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Parry, G., Bustinza, O. F., & Vendrell-Herrero, F. (2012). Servitisation and value co-production in the UK music industry: An empirical study of Consumer Attitudes. International Journal of Production Economics, 135(1), 320-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.08.006

Since the rise of music on the internet the record industry has reported falling total sales revenues. This has occurred at a time when technology has radically increased choice, availability and the opportunity for the consumer to purchase music. To... Read More about Servitisation and value co-production in the UK music industry: An empirical study of Consumer Attitudes.

Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures (2012)
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Rinaldi, C. A., Ma, Y., King, A. P., Gogin, N., Gijsbers, G., Rinaldi, C. C., …Rhode, K. S. (2012). Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 59(1), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2011.2168393

X-ray fluoroscopically guided cardiac electrophysiological procedures are routinely carried out for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. X-ray images have poor soft tissue contrast and, for this reason, overlay of static 3-D roadmaps deriv... Read More about Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures.

Made to measure? Assessing feasibility of quality indicators for district nursing (2012)
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Horrocks, S., Cook, J. R., Ashton, N., & Wye, L. (2012). Made to measure? Assessing feasibility of quality indicators for district nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 17(1), 28 -34

Scant empirical information exists regarding the quality of district nursing (DN) services. This article reports the testing of 31 quality indicators (QI) in practice. Method: Twelve DN teams provided patient notes for audit. External auditors c... Read More about Made to measure? Assessing feasibility of quality indicators for district nursing.

Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings (2012)
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Sandoz, E. K., Hooper, N., Ashton, J., Clarke, A., & McHugh, L. (2012). Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings. Eating Behaviors, 13(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.10.002

Handling food cravings seems to play a major role in weight management. Many try to simply avoid cravings. However, avoidance based techniques like thought suppression can make attempts to deal with cravings more difficult. Recent research suggests t... Read More about Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings.

Registration of 3D trans-esophageal echocardiography to X-ray fluoroscopy using image-based probe tracking (2012)
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Aldo Rinaldi, C., Gao, G., Penney, G., Ma, Y., Gogin, N., Cathier, P., …Rhode, K. (2012). Registration of 3D trans-esophageal echocardiography to X-ray fluoroscopy using image-based probe tracking. Medical Image Analysis, 16(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2011.05.003

Two-dimensional (2D) X-ray imaging is the dominant imaging modality for cardiac interventions. However, the use of X-ray fluoroscopy alone is inadequate for the guidance of procedures that require soft-tissue information, for example, the treatment o... Read More about Registration of 3D trans-esophageal echocardiography to X-ray fluoroscopy using image-based probe tracking.

Heritage and the post-apartheid city: Constitution Hill, Johannesburg (2012)
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Flynn, M. K., & King, T. (2012). Heritage and the post-apartheid city: Constitution Hill, Johannesburg. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 18(1), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2011.599404

This article examines the development of Constitution Hill on the site of the Old Fort prison in Johannesburg, South Africa. Constitution Hill is the location of the new Constitutional Court and has two main purposes. First, as a heritage site it att... Read More about Heritage and the post-apartheid city: Constitution Hill, Johannesburg.

Flexible working in Germany (2012)
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Drew, H. (2012). Flexible working in Germany

The spread of low-wage, low skill, low value-adding jobs within the third sector has been well documented in liberal market economies such as the United Kingdom. It may be expected that Germany, characterised as a coordinated market economy (CME), wh... Read More about Flexible working in Germany.

Trompes l'oeil (2012)
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Devereux, M. (2012). Trompes l'oeil. Architectural Design, 82(1), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.1356

This article challenges the myth that London is an organic, unplanned city shaped by economic forces, and Paris is, in contrast a planned city moulded by the state. The modern development of the two cities is tracked from the early nineteenth century... Read More about Trompes l'oeil.

Modelling vocabulary growth in a foreign language (2012)
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Daller, M., Turlik, J., & Weir, I. Modelling vocabulary growth in a foreign language. Manuscript submitted for publication

Many studies in a variety of educational contexts show that learning curves are non-linear (e.g. Freedman 1987 for the development of story telling skills in the first language, De Keyser 1997 for the acquisition of morphosyntactic rules of an artifi... Read More about Modelling vocabulary growth in a foreign language.

Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for anomia in aphasia (2012)
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Sage, K. E., Conroy, P. J., Snell, C., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2012). Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for anomia in aphasia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93(1 SUPPL.), S53-S60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.205

Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for anomia in aphasia. Anomia refers to difficulties retrieving words and is 1 of the most common symptoms of aphasia and hence often the target of therapy. The pri... Read More about Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for anomia in aphasia.

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators (2012)
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Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Gray, S., Lease, H., & Pilkington, P. (2012). Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 32(1), 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2011.08.003

This article presents the results of a review of literature examining the barriers and facilitators in integrating health in spatial planning at the local, mainly urban level, through appraisals. Our literature review covered the UK and non UK experi... Read More about Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators.

On natural genetic engineering: structural dynamism in random boolean networks (2012)
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Bull, L. (2012). On natural genetic engineering: structural dynamism in random boolean networks

This short paper presents an abstract, tunable model of genomic structural change within the cell lifecycle and explores its use with simulated evolution. A well-known Boolean model of genetic regulatory networks is extended to include changes in nod... Read More about On natural genetic engineering: structural dynamism in random boolean networks.

Pedestrians' behaviour in cross walks: The effects of fear of falling and age (2012)
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Susilo, Y. O., Avineri, E., & Shinar, D. (2012). Pedestrians' behaviour in cross walks: The effects of fear of falling and age. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 44(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.028

Pedestrians are exposed to risks when crossing roads in urban areas. The crossing behaviour of pedestrians was studied as a factor contributing to their exposure to risks on the road and to their involvement in road accidents. This work explores two... Read More about Pedestrians' behaviour in cross walks: The effects of fear of falling and age.

Half the bank, half the risk part 2: The United Kingdom (2012)
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Hillman, H. (2012). Half the bank, half the risk part 2: The United Kingdom. Business Law Review, 33(1), 2-11

This two-part article assesses the 2007/08 financial crisis: explaining how a speculative bubble began, grew and eventually burst; comparing it to the Great Crash of 1929; and assessing the possibility and practicality of a split between commercial a... Read More about Half the bank, half the risk part 2: The United Kingdom.

Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’ (2012)
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Charteris-Black, J. (2012). Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’. Metaphor and the Social World, 2(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.2.1.01cha

The concept of ‘purposeful metaphor’ is proposed as an alternative to ‘deliberate metaphor’ (Steen, 2008) in providing a theory of metaphor in discourse and communication. The case for ‘purposeful metaphor’ is framed within a discussion of intentiona... Read More about Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’.