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Impact of discharge from day surgery on patients and carers (2003)
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Mitchell, M. (2003). Impact of discharge from day surgery on patients and carers. British Journal of Nursing, 12(7), 402-408

This article outlines the increase in the amount and complexity of day-case surgery currently being undertaken in the United Kingdom. The continuing increase in day surgery has led to a corresponding rise in patient and lay-carer involvement throug... Read More about Impact of discharge from day surgery on patients and carers.

Comparison of social distribution of immunisation with measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, England, 1991-2001 (2003)
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Middleton, E., & Baker, D. (2003). Comparison of social distribution of immunisation with measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, England, 1991-2001. British medical journal, 326(7394), 854. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7394.854

Since the late 1990s, the possible adverse effects of the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine have caused intense public debate. After the vaccine was introduced in 1988, coverage was high, increasing from 80% in 1989 to 92% in 1997. A... Read More about Comparison of social distribution of immunisation with measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, England, 1991-2001.

Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time (2003)
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Weinberg, A., & Cooper, C. (2003). Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time. Stress and Health, 19(2), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.965

Previous research has shown that levels of stress among national politicians are higher than among workers in comparable management jobs. The election of 236 new Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 1997 UK General Election permitted longitudinal study... Read More about Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time.

Classification, follow-up and recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis using ultrasound images (2003)
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Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Bartholomot, B., Liu, B., Luo, J., Li, T., …Craig, P. (2003). Classification, follow-up and recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis using ultrasound images. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203%2803%2990121-0

Ultrasound image and morphological structure of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (CE) were analysed in 277 human cases (385 hepatic hydatid cysts). These included 65 CE cases from community surveys carried out between 1995 and 2000 in 3 countries (China... Read More about Classification, follow-up and recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis using ultrasound images.

A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. (2003)
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Scarf, P., & Apeland, S. (2003). A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(4), 371-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601505

The timing of replacement of equipment is dependent on factors like replacement costs, discount factors and differences in productivity, reliability and safety of existing and new equipment. Predictions related to these factors are, however, normally... Read More about A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement..

Preparation of thin and highly stable Pd/Ag composite membranes and simulative analysis of transfer resistance for hydrogen separation (2003)
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Hou, K., & Hughes, R. (2003). Preparation of thin and highly stable Pd/Ag composite membranes and simulative analysis of transfer resistance for hydrogen separation. Journal of Membrane Science, 214(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-7388%2802%2900525-2

Composite Pd/Ag membranes supported on an alpha-alumina substrate have been prepared by sequential electroless plating and the morphology of the membranes has been examined by SEM and XRD analysis. SEM pictures revealed that the Pd/Ag film was of col... Read More about Preparation of thin and highly stable Pd/Ag composite membranes and simulative analysis of transfer resistance for hydrogen separation.

'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944 (2003)
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Ford, D. (2003). 'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944. Intelligence and National Security, 18(1), 65-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684520308559247

Britain's ability to discard its image of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) as an invincible enemy during the Burma campaign hinged upon two key factors. First, accurate assessments of the appropriate means to overcome the IJA not only hinged upon rel... Read More about 'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944.

P25. Tolerance and diagnostic accuracy of myocardial scintigraphy with adenosine infusion, 6 min (standard) versus 3 min (abbreviated) protocol (2003)
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Gopinath, G., Buscombe, J., Naojee, S., Szczepura, K., & Hilson, A. (2003). P25. Tolerance and diagnostic accuracy of myocardial scintigraphy with adenosine infusion, 6 min (standard) versus 3 min (abbreviated) protocol. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 24(4), 476. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200304000-00114

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with adenosine is an effective and safe method for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD). Various reports suggest that a 3 min stress regime is as efficacious as a 6 min regime. The aim of the study was to study t... Read More about P25. Tolerance and diagnostic accuracy of myocardial scintigraphy with adenosine infusion, 6 min (standard) versus 3 min (abbreviated) protocol.

The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement (2003)
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Evans, J., & Tonge, J. (2003). The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement. Political Studies, 51(1), 26-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00411

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement has provided a new political dispensation in Northern Ireland. Through the management of the competing aims of unionism and nationalism, the Agreement hopes to promote cross-community consensus and forge a new, moderate... Read More about The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement.

Annealing of isolated amorphous zones in silicon (2003)
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Donnelly, S., Birtcher, R., Vishnyakov, V., & Carter, G. (2003). Annealing of isolated amorphous zones in silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 82(12), 1860-1862. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1562336

In situ transmission electron microscopy has been used to observe the production and annealing of individual amorphous zones in silicon resulting from impacts of 200-keV Xe ions at room temperature. As has been observed previously, the total amorphou... Read More about Annealing of isolated amorphous zones in silicon.

Further time-resolved spectroscopic investigations on the intramolecular charge transfer state of 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) and its derivatives, 4-diethylaminobenzonitrile (DEABN) and 4-dimethylamino-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile (TMABN) (2003)
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Kwok, W., Ma, C., George, M., Grills, D., Matousek, P., Parker, A., …Towrie, M. (2003). Further time-resolved spectroscopic investigations on the intramolecular charge transfer state of 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) and its derivatives, 4-diethylaminobenzonitrile (DEABN) and 4-dimethylamino-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile (TMABN). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5(6), 1043-1050. https://doi.org/10.1039/b209621h

A wide range of time-resolved spectroscopic methods (time-resolved infrared (TRIR), picosecond Kerr gated time-resolved resonance Raman (ps-K-TR3) and transient absorption (TA)) have been utilized to investigate the charge transfer reaction of photoe... Read More about Further time-resolved spectroscopic investigations on the intramolecular charge transfer state of 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) and its derivatives, 4-diethylaminobenzonitrile (DEABN) and 4-dimethylamino-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile (TMABN).

Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish (2003)
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Evans, J. P., Pierotti, M., & Pilastro, A. (2003). Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish. Behavioral Ecology, 14(2), 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/14.2.268

Theory predicts that males should tailor the size of their ejaculates according to temporal changes in the risk of sperm competition. Specifically, males are predicted to allocate more sperm to each mating event with increasing risk (i.e., the probab... Read More about Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish.

An evaluation of a judgmental model of assessment for assessing clinical skills in MSc students (2003)
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Haigh, C. (2003). An evaluation of a judgmental model of assessment for assessing clinical skills in MSc students. Nurse Education in Practice, 3(1), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-5953%2802%2900056-2

As the focus within clinical practice moves toward higher and specialist levels of practice, the difficulty of assessing such higher level skills become more of an issue for nurse educators. The paper outlines the application of the Judgmental Module... Read More about An evaluation of a judgmental model of assessment for assessing clinical skills in MSc students.

Comparison of adhesion of wound isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to immobilized proteins (2003)
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Foster, H., & Elgalai, I. (2003). Comparison of adhesion of wound isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to immobilized proteins. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 94(3), 413-420. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01858.x

Aims: To determine the ability of 149 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from burns, other wounds and environmental isolates to adhere to immobilized proteins. Methods and Results: The ability to bind to immobilized fibrinogen, fibronectin, l... Read More about Comparison of adhesion of wound isolates of Staphylococcus aureus to immobilized proteins.

Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. (2003)
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Wang, W. (2003). Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601508

This paper reports on a study of modelling condition monitoring intervals. The model is formulated based upon two important concepts. One is the failure delay time concept, which is used to divide the failure process of the item into two periods, nam... Read More about Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches..

Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse (2003)
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Tsiklauri, D., Nakariakov, V., & Rowlands, G. (2003). Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 400(3), 1051-1055. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20030062

Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pulse is studied in the compressive, three-dimensional (without an ignorable coordinate) regime. It is shown that the efficiency of decay of an Alfvénic part of a compressible MHD pulse is... Read More about Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse.

An XML Metadata Approach to Seamless Project Information Exchange between Heterogeneous Platforms (2003)
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Underwood, J., & Watson, A. (2003). An XML Metadata Approach to Seamless Project Information Exchange between Heterogeneous Platforms. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(2), 128-145. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980310466604

A three year Esprit project - ProCure - is ultimately aiming to take a significant but achievable step forward in the application of available information and communication technology (ICT) to the large scale engineering (LSE) construction industry.... Read More about An XML Metadata Approach to Seamless Project Information Exchange between Heterogeneous Platforms.