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Using ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time
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performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-9-11

Background

Laser-Doppler imaging (LDI) of cutaneous blood flow is beginning to be used by burn surgeons to predict the healing time of burn wounds; predicted healing time is used to determine wound treatment as either dressings or surgery. In this... Read More about Using ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the performance of laser-Doppler predictions of burn-healing time.

The contribution of advanced nurses in the UK to the public health agenda : the case of nurse consultants working in safeguarding children roles
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Franks, H. The contribution of advanced nurses in the UK to the public health agenda : the case of nurse consultants working in safeguarding children roles. Manuscript submitted for publication

Aims of the paper
This paper examines the skills, competencies and effectiveness of advanced nurse practitioners (ANP) in relation to the promotion of health and implementation of the public health agenda in the UK. Contrasting the UK Skills for Hea... Read More about The contribution of advanced nurses in the UK to the public health agenda : the case of nurse consultants working in safeguarding children roles.

Parent’s involvement in decisions when their child is admitted to hospital with suspected shunt malfunction: study protocol
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Smith, J., Cheater, F., Chatwin, J., & Bekker, H. Parent’s involvement in decisions when their child is admitted to hospital with suspected shunt malfunction: study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(10), 2198-2207. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05099.x

Title. Parent’s involvement in decisions when their child is admitted to hospital with suspected shunt malfunction: study protocol.
Aim. This paper outlines the protocol for a study aimed at exploring parent’s involvement during professional–parent... Read More about Parent’s involvement in decisions when their child is admitted to hospital with suspected shunt malfunction: study protocol.

An MVA-based vaccine targeting the oncofetal antigen 5T4 in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases
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We investigated the use of a therapeutic vaccine, TroVax in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases. Systemic immunity generated by vaccination before and after resection of metastases was measured in addition to... Read More about An MVA-based vaccine targeting the oncofetal antigen 5T4 in patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases.

Writing for publication: ensuring you find the right audience for your paper
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Grant, M. Writing for publication: ensuring you find the right audience for your paper. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 27(4), 259-261. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00918.x

Often overlooked by prospective authors, one of the keys to successful writing projects is to find the right audience for your writing. Early in the writing process you should identify where you wish to publish. Publications have preferred styles of... Read More about Writing for publication: ensuring you find the right audience for your paper.

An untapped pool of volunteers for the Big Society? Not enough social capital? Depends on how you measure it....
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Kamerade, D. An untapped pool of volunteers for the Big Society? Not enough social capital? Depends on how you measure it...

The key factor in determining the success of the Big Society in the UK is the availability of volunteers. How large is the pool of adults in Great Britain not already volunteering? To answer this question this paper adopts an under-utilised dynamic... Read More about An untapped pool of volunteers for the Big Society? Not enough social capital? Depends on how you measure it.....

Celebrating heterogeneity? A survey of female ICT professionals in England
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Griffiths, M., Moore, K., & Richardson, H. Celebrating heterogeneity? A survey of female ICT professionals in England. Information, Communication and Society, 10(3), 338-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180701409945

This paper introduces key findings from a large-scale, online survey of women in the ICT industry across England undertaken between October 2004 and October 2005. Placed in a theoretical framework which draws on critical perspectives from within info... Read More about Celebrating heterogeneity? A survey of female ICT professionals in England.

"All they lack is a chain": lean and the new performance management in the British Civil Service
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Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. "All they lack is a chain": lean and the new performance management in the British Civil Service. New Technology, Work and Employment, 26(2), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2011.00261.x

The adaptation of lean techniques in public services is viewed as an innovative managerialist response to government
demands for more efficient services amidst large reductions in public spending. This paper explores workers’ experiences of the impa... Read More about "All they lack is a chain": lean and the new performance management in the British Civil Service.

Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League
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Carmichael, F., Mchale, I., & Thomas, D. Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League. Bulletin of Economic Research, 63(4), 464-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00340.x

This paper investigates the relationship between playing success and
commercial success in team sports. Utilizing a data set relating to the
English Premier League that combines both financial measures and
indicators of playing skills and performa... Read More about Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League.

Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales
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McHale, I., & Peel, D. Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales. Economics Letters, 109(1), 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.07.007

Long memory processes can occur as a consequence of aggregation over heterogeneous agents. We examine
the UK lottery and, by estimating the level of fractional differencing, find evidence of the long memory
property in lottery sales, a result that... Read More about Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales.

Type in the eye of the beholder
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Rooney, J. Type in the eye of the beholder

What do you see when you read a piece of typeface? Just letters or art? To be creative in your practice is to be inventive, imaginative and innovative to constantly be exploring and discussing new ways of seeing or doing the everyday thing, John Roon... Read More about Type in the eye of the beholder.

Differential diagnosis of Triaenophorus crassus and T. nodulosus experimental infection in Cyclops abyssorum praealpinus (Copepoda) from the Alpine Lake Grundlsee (Austria) using PCR–RFLP
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Grundlsee (Austria) using PCR–RFLP. Parasitology Research, 109(3), 745-750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2317-4

In 2005, an epidemic of the cestode Triaenophorus
crassus in Arctic charr, Salvelinus umbla from Lake
Grundlsee (Austria) was reported, resulting in the closure
of the local fisheries. The parasite uses a copepod and a
salmonid fish as intermedia... Read More about Differential diagnosis of Triaenophorus crassus and T. nodulosus experimental infection in Cyclops abyssorum praealpinus (Copepoda) from the Alpine Lake Grundlsee (Austria) using PCR–RFLP.

Globographic visualisation of three dimensional joint angles
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Baker, R. Globographic visualisation of three dimensional joint angles. Journal of Biomechanics, 44(10), 1885-1891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.031

Three different methods for describing three dimensional joint angles are commonly used in biomechanics. The joint coordinate system and Cardan/Euler angles are conceptually quite different but are known to represent the same underlying mathematics.... Read More about Globographic visualisation of three dimensional joint angles.

The regulation and steering of corporate social responsibility in China : stories after the enforcement of chinese company law 2006
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China is rather limited and the idea is comparatively new to academics, directors and practitioners. In this article, CSR and enforcement measures regarding related legal obligations in the Chinese Company Law... Read More about The regulation and steering of corporate social responsibility in China : stories after the enforcement of chinese company law 2006.