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Re-engineering the scientific knowledge management process: the SciX project (2003)
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Martens, B., Turk, Z., Bjork, B., & Cooper, G. (2003). Re-engineering the scientific knowledge management process: the SciX project. Automation in Construction, 12(6), 677-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-5805%2803%2900047-5

In the past, paper-based publications were both the medium for the information exchange among the scientists as well as the measure of their scientific quality. Recently electronic publication is increasingly important for the dissemination of scient... Read More about Re-engineering the scientific knowledge management process: the SciX project.

The accuracy of the red dot system : can it improve with training? (2003)
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Mackay, S., & Hargreaves, J. (2003). The accuracy of the red dot system : can it improve with training?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2003.09.002

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate whether the introduction of a training programme for radiographers, covering the basic principles of pattern recognition and fracture detection, could increase their ability to exclude fractures within a red d... Read More about The accuracy of the red dot system : can it improve with training?.

The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies (2003)
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Bratsis, P. (2003). The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies. Social Text, 21(4 77), 9-33. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-21-4_77-9

George W. Bush and his "coalition of the willing" wage war on the corrupt regime of Saddam Hussein. Islamic fundamentalists deride their national governments as corrupt and, accordingly, have little love for the United States, a patron of many of the... Read More about The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies.

Art and public liaison: Salford Reds (2003)
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Haywood, P., Heeley, J., & Kennedy, M. (2003). Art and public liaison: Salford Reds. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1(5), 153-160

An artist-led project exploring the potential for artistic intervention in Urban Regeneration through Innovation. Informing the design brief for a new Innovation Forum building.

Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60 (2003)
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Searle, D. (2003). Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60. German Historical Institute London Bulletin, 25(2), 17-48

Among one of the most consistent claims made by the organizers and supporters of the ‘Wehrmacht exhibition’ has been that the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean Wehrmacht’ took root in the Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1950s, lasting well into the 1980s,... Read More about Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60.

Case study: design, operation and water quality management of a combined wet and dry pond system (2003)
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Scholz, M., & Anderson, P. (2003). Case study: design, operation and water quality management of a combined wet and dry pond system. E-water, 2003(07),

Pond structures as cost-effective water treatment, storage and “source control” drainage techniques can be applied in order to reduce wastewater treatment costs, produce water for subsequent recycling and reduce the risk of downstream flooding. Howev... Read More about Case study: design, operation and water quality management of a combined wet and dry pond system.

Increased formation and persistence of 1,N(6)-ethenoadenine in DNA is not associated with higher susceptibility to carcinogenesis in alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase knockout mice treated with vinyl carbamate (2003)
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Barbin, A., Wang, R., O'Connor, P., & Elder, R. (2003). Increased formation and persistence of 1,N(6)-ethenoadenine in DNA is not associated with higher susceptibility to carcinogenesis in alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase knockout mice treated with vinyl carbamate. Cancer Research, 63(22), 7699-703

Ethenobases are promutagenic DNA adducts formed by some environmental carcinogens and products of endogenous lipid peroxidation. Mutation spectra in tumors induced in mice by urethane or its metabolite vinyl carbamate (Vcar) are compatible with 1,N(6... Read More about Increased formation and persistence of 1,N(6)-ethenoadenine in DNA is not associated with higher susceptibility to carcinogenesis in alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase knockout mice treated with vinyl carbamate.

The Caenorhabditis elegans orthologue of mammalian puromycinsensitive aminepeptidas has roles in embryogenesis and reproduction (2003)
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Brooks, D., Hooper, N., & Isaac, R. (2003). The Caenorhabditis elegans orthologue of mammalian puromycinsensitive aminepeptidas has roles in embryogenesis and reproduction. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(44), 42795-42801. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M306216200

Mammals possess membrane-associated and cytosolic forms of the puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase (PSA; EC 3.4.11.14). Increasing evidence suggests the membrane PSA is involved in neuromodulation within the central nervous system and in reproductive... Read More about The Caenorhabditis elegans orthologue of mammalian puromycinsensitive aminepeptidas has roles in embryogenesis and reproduction.

Synthesis of novel simplified sarcodictyin/eleutherobin analogs with potent microtubule-stabilizing activity, using ring closing metathesis as the key-step (2003)
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Beumer, R., Bayon, P., Bugada, P., Ducki, S., Mongelli, N., Sirtori, F., …Gennari, C. (2003). Synthesis of novel simplified sarcodictyin/eleutherobin analogs with potent microtubule-stabilizing activity, using ring closing metathesis as the key-step. Tetrahedron, 59(44), 8803-8820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2003.08.057

The synthesis of a number of novel simplified eleutheside analogs with potent tubulin-assembling and microtubule-stabilizing properties is described, using ring closing metathesis as the key-step for obtaining the 6-10 fused bicyclic ring system. The... Read More about Synthesis of novel simplified sarcodictyin/eleutherobin analogs with potent microtubule-stabilizing activity, using ring closing metathesis as the key-step.

Evaluation of educational programmes for paediatric cancer nursing in England (2003)
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Sanderson, L., Long, T., & Hale, C. (2004). Evaluation of educational programmes for paediatric cancer nursing in England. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 8(2), 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1462-3889%2803%2900072-3

The results of part of a larger study to evaluate educational provision for paediatric oncology and palliative care nursing in England are presented here. Mapping of cancer care provision, based upon the English National Board 240 programme, was und... Read More about Evaluation of educational programmes for paediatric cancer nursing in England.

The family practitioner family : the use of metaphor in understanding changes in primary health care organizations (2003)
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Warne, T., & Stark, S. (2003). The family practitioner family : the use of metaphor in understanding changes in primary health care organizations. https://doi.org/10.1191/1463423603pc164oa

Current UK health policy guidance locates primary care at the frontiers of health care modernization. New organizational structures have resulted in general practitioner (GP) practices being brought together in Primary Care Groups (PCGs) and Primary... Read More about The family practitioner family : the use of metaphor in understanding changes in primary health care organizations.

What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services (2003)
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Weinberg, A., Williamson, J., Challis, D., & Hughes, J. (2003). What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services. British Journal of Social Work, 33(7), 901-919. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.7.901

This paper explores the principal activities of local authority staff undertaking the role of care manager. It is based on a sample of staff in a social services department specializing in older people's services. Data were obtained by asking staff t... Read More about What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services.

In-situ monitoring for CVD processes (2003)
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Hopfe, V., Sheel, D., Spee, C., Tell, R., Martin, P., Beil, A., …Graehlert, W. (2003). In-situ monitoring for CVD processes. Thin Solid Films, 442(1-2), 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6090%2803%2900943-X

Aiming towards process control of industrial high yield/high volume CVD reactors, the potential of optical sensors as a monitoring tool has been explored. The sensors selected are based on both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and tunab... Read More about In-situ monitoring for CVD processes.

Crisis in the IS field? A critical reflection on the state of the discipline (2003)
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Hirschheim, R., & Klein, H. (2003). Crisis in the IS field? A critical reflection on the state of the discipline. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 4(1), 237-293

This paper explores the issue of whether the field of IS is in crisis. To do so, the paper first starts by looking back on where the field has come from. Next, it assesses the status of the IS field by exploring where the field is now. That our curre... Read More about Crisis in the IS field? A critical reflection on the state of the discipline.

Mapping comparative empirical studies of European social work (2003)
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Walliss, J., & Shardlow, S. (2003). Mapping comparative empirical studies of European social work. British Journal of Social Work, 33(7), 921-941. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.7.921

This paper reviews the scope of currently published materials about comparative empirical social work research within Europe, published in English over a two-decade period (1980–2000). To this end, the paper is divided into four sections. First, an a... Read More about Mapping comparative empirical studies of European social work.

New drug uptake: qualitative comparison of high and low prescribing GPs’ attitudes and approach (2003)
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Prosser, H., & Walley, T. (2003). New drug uptake: qualitative comparison of high and low prescribing GPs’ attitudes and approach. Family Practice, 20(5), 583-591. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmg516

Background: prescribing varies considerably between GPs, and a minority of GPs account for a large proportion of new drug prescribing. Objective: our aim was to explore the differences in approach and attitudes towards new drug prescribing between... Read More about New drug uptake: qualitative comparison of high and low prescribing GPs’ attitudes and approach.

DNA N-glycosylase deficient mice: a tale of redundancy (2003)
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Parsons, J., & Elder, R. (2003). DNA N-glycosylase deficient mice: a tale of redundancy. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 531(1-2), 165-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2003.05.001

The generation of mouse models of base excision repair deficiency has resulted in a re-examination of the cellular defence mechanisms that exist to counteract oxidative base damage. Contrary to exhibiting various detrimental effects of the gene disru... Read More about DNA N-glycosylase deficient mice: a tale of redundancy.

A rapid and simple method of detection of Blepharisma japonicum using PCR and immobilisation on FTA paper. (2003)
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G, H., JM, H., & R, M. (2003). A rapid and simple method of detection of Blepharisma japonicum using PCR and immobilisation on FTA paper. BMC Ecology, 3(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-3-7

Background The rapid expansion in the availability of genome and DNA sequence information has opened up new possibilities for the development of methods for detecting free-living protozoa in environmental samples. The protozoan Blepharisma japonicum... Read More about A rapid and simple method of detection of Blepharisma japonicum using PCR and immobilisation on FTA paper..

Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination (2003)
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Bellaby, P. (2003). Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination. British medical journal, 327(7417), 725-728. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7417.725

In this article on the public perception of risks Paul Bellaby considers three examples of risks to children in the UK—an insignificant risk (autism caused by MMR vaccine), a real but probably small risk (vCJD from BSE), and a real and demonstrably l... Read More about Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination.