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Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets (2014)
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Landewé, R. B., D'Agostino, M. A., Kirwan, J. R., Boers, M., Hewlett, S., Beaton, D., …Tugwell, P. (2014). Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 994-999. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131309

Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides guidelines for the development and validation of outcome measures for use in clinical research. The "Truth" section of the OMERACT Filter presupposes an explicit framework for... Read More about Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets.

Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes (2014)
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Voshaar, M. M., Nikaï, E., Landewé, R. B., Boers, B., Kirwan, J. R., Bartlett, S. J., …Gossec, L. (2014). Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 1011-1015. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131312

Objective: At a previous Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) meeting, participants reflected on the underlying methods of patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument development. The participants requested proposals for more explicit instrument... Read More about Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes.

On the diachrony of gender in Asia Minor Greek: The development of semantic agreement in Pontic (2014)
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Karatsareas, P. (2014). On the diachrony of gender in Asia Minor Greek: The development of semantic agreement in Pontic. Language Sciences, 43, 77-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2013.10.005

Alongside the syntactic agreement system that it inherited from earlier stages in its history as a Greek dialect whereby targets agree with the morphologically-assigned gender of their controllers (masculine, feminine, neuter), Pontic has developed a... Read More about On the diachrony of gender in Asia Minor Greek: The development of semantic agreement in Pontic.

Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy (2014)
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Papathanassoglou, E. D., Karanikola, M. N., Albarran, J., Drigo, E., Giannakopoulou, M., Kalafati, M., …Tsiaousis, G. Z. (2014). Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy. Journal of Nursing Management, 22(4), 472-484. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12046

Aim: To explore the level of moral distress and potential associations between moral distress indices and (1) nurse-physician collaboration, (2) autonomy, (3) professional satisfaction, (4) intention to resign, and (5) workload among Italian intensiv... Read More about Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy.

Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery (2014)
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Harrison, O. J., Smart, N. J., White, P., Brigic, A., Carlisle, E. R., Allison, A. S., …Francis, N. K. (2014). Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Journal- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 18(2), 265-272. https://doi.org/10.4293/108680813X13753907291918

Background and Objectives: Combining laparoscopy and enhanced recovery provides benefit to short-term outcomes after colorectal surgery. Advances in training and techniques have allowed surgeons to operate on cases that are technically challenging an... Read More about Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

A proposed new clinical assessment framework for diagnostic medical ultrasound students (2014)
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Gibbs, V. (2014). A proposed new clinical assessment framework for diagnostic medical ultrasound students. Ultrasound, 22(2), 113-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271X13513224

Current financial pressures within higher education institutions (HEIs) are driving new ways of delivering education and assessment. New technological developments are facilitating opportunities to rethink traditional educational methods and explore... Read More about A proposed new clinical assessment framework for diagnostic medical ultrasound students.

Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers (2014)
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Landewé, R. B., Østergaard, M., D'Agostino, M. A., Boers, M., Kirwan, J., Van Der Heijde, D., …Conaghan, P. G. (2014). Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 1016-1024. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131313

Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides a framework for the validation of outcome measures for use in rheumatology clinical research. However, imaging and biochemical measures may face additional validation challenge... Read More about Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers.

Automation and validation of micronucleus detection in the 3D EpiDerm™ human reconstructed skin assay and correl (2014)
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Chapman, K., Thomas, A. D., Wills, J., Pfuhler, S., Doak, S. H., & Jenkins, G. J. (2014). Automation and validation of micronucleus detection in the 3D EpiDerm™ human reconstructed skin assay and correl. Mutagenesis, 29(3), 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/geu011

Recent restrictions on the testing of cosmetic ingredients in animals have resulted in the need to test the genotoxic potential of chemicals exclusively in vitro prior to licensing. However, as current in vitro tests produce some misleading positive... Read More about Automation and validation of micronucleus detection in the 3D EpiDerm™ human reconstructed skin assay and correl.

Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15 (2014)
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Tubadji, A., & Nijkamp, P. (2014). Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1), 11-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0192

Purpose: Theoretical and empirical research on the impact of immigrants for local development is rather inconclusive regarding the direction of said impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify relationships between human capital and cultural cap... Read More about Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15.

Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis (2014)
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Tubadji, A., Moeller, J., & Nijkamp, P. (2014). Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0191

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of cultural research approaches that are applicable for investigating the interdependence of culture and labour. The "Introduction" notes two main constraints and four... Read More about Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis.

Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective (2014)
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Ivlevs, A. (2014). Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective. Review of Income and Wealth, 60(S1), S117-S140. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12038

This paper studies the individual and household-level determinants of economic insecurity in post-socialist countries. Exploring subjective, backward- and forward-looking measures of economic insecurity, the paper focuses on: (1) the perceptions of p... Read More about Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective.

Oil well characterization and artificial gas lift optimization using neural networks combined with genetic algorithm (2014)
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Monyei, C., Adewumi, A. O., & Obolo, M. O. (2014). Oil well characterization and artificial gas lift optimization using neural networks combined with genetic algorithm. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2014, 289239. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/289239

This paper examines the characterization of six oil wells and the allocation of gas considering limited and unlimited case scenario. Artificial gas lift involves injecting high-pressured gas from the surface into the producing fluid column through on... Read More about Oil well characterization and artificial gas lift optimization using neural networks combined with genetic algorithm.

Microbial acetone oxidation in coastal seawater (2014)
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Nightingale, P. D., Tarran, G. A., Dixon, J. L., Beale, R., & Sargeant, S. (2014). Microbial acetone oxidation in coastal seawater. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(MAY), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00243

Acetone is an important oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC) in the troposphere where it influences the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere. However, the air-sea flux is not well quantified, in part due to a lack of knowledge regarding which... Read More about Microbial acetone oxidation in coastal seawater.

Fluvial style in the Lower Old Red Sandstone: Examples from southwest Wales, UK (2014)
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Marriott, S. B., & Hillier, R. D. (2014). Fluvial style in the Lower Old Red Sandstone: Examples from southwest Wales, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 125(5-6), 534-547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.04.002

© 2014 The Geologists' Association. Studies of the behaviour of different types of present-day river channels with regard to sediment transport and depositional processes enable interpretation of fluvial deposits throughout the stratigraphic record.... Read More about Fluvial style in the Lower Old Red Sandstone: Examples from southwest Wales, UK.

Dreaming fairness and re-imagining equality and diversity through participative aesthetic inquiry (2014)
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Page, M., Grisoni, L., & Turner, A. (2014). Dreaming fairness and re-imagining equality and diversity through participative aesthetic inquiry. Management Learning, 45(5), 577-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507613486425

© The Author(s) 2013. This article presents the findings of a participative action research project into how arts-based inquiry can revitalise equality and diversity organisational practices. We demonstrate that the arts-based methodologies introduce... Read More about Dreaming fairness and re-imagining equality and diversity through participative aesthetic inquiry.

The Organizing Dimensions of Strategic Foresight in High-Velocity Environments (2014)
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Sarpong, D., & O'Regan, N. (2014). The Organizing Dimensions of Strategic Foresight in High-Velocity Environments. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1965

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Strategic foresight promotes the enactment of organizationally useful actions and repertoires which enhance the entrepreneurial capabilities of firms embedded in high-velocity environments.

Conceptualizing Strategic Foresight: An Integrated Framework (2014)
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Paliokaitė, A., Pačėsa, N., & Sarpong, D. (2014). Conceptualizing Strategic Foresight: An Integrated Framework. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1968

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd An integrative framework is proposed to generate a more complete picture of strategic foresight as an organizing capability in high-velocity environments.

NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls (2014)
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Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls. Journal of Early Adolescence, 34(5), 606-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431613501083

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between media exposure and body image concerns in preteenage girls, with a particular focus on the Internet. A sample of 189 girls (aged 10-12 years) completed questionnaire measures of media consu... Read More about NetTweens: The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls.

Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect (2014)
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Taylor, S. J., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., & Toher, D. (2014). Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect. British Journal of Nursing, 23(12), 641-644. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.12.641

© 2014 MA Healthcare Ltd. Misplacing 17-23% of nasogastric (NG) tubes above the stomach (Rollins et al, 2012; Rayner, 2013) represents a serious risk in terms of aspiration, further invasive (tube) procedures, irradiation from failed X-ray confirmati... Read More about Nasogastric tube depth: The 'NEX' guideline is incorrect.