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Application of artificical neural network in complex systems of regional sustainable development (2004)
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Shi, C., Guo, Z., & James, P. (2004). Application of artificical neural network in complex systems of regional sustainable development. Chinese Geographical Science, 14(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-004-0001-7

Meeting the challenge of sustainable development requires substantial advances in understanding the interaction of natural and human systems. The dynamics of regional sustainable development could be addressed in the context of complex system thinkin... Read More about Application of artificical neural network in complex systems of regional sustainable development.

The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2004)
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Hammond, A., & Freeman, K. (2004). The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(5), 520. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr766oa

Objective: To evaluate the long-term effects of joint protection on health status of people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Design: A four-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded trial was conducted. Setting: Two rheu... Read More about The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population (2004)
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Adams, J., Burridge, J., Mullee, M., Hammond, A., & Cooper, C. (2004). Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(4), 405. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr732oa

Objective: To explore the relationship in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) between self-report upper limb function, therapist-assessed upper limb function and therapist-assessed measures of structural impairment (handgrip, active hand... Read More about Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population.

Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice (2004)
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Chynoweth, P. (2004). Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice. Structural survey, 22(3), 131. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800410549026

This study introduces a series of articles which respond to Pitts' call for a debate into current rights to light practice. It summarises relevant areas of law as well as current measurement and valuation practices in this area. Describes the Waldram... Read More about Progressing the rights to light debate – Part 1 : a review of current practice.

A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion (2004)
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Twiste, M., Rithalia, S., & Kenney, L. (2004). A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion. Medical Engineering and Physics, 26(4), 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.01.002

An electromechanical system is described that comprises a cam and two linear displacement transducers for measuring two-degree of freedom. This is aimed at quantifying the extent and pattern of both transverse rotation and longitudinal translation... Read More about A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion.

A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces (2004)
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Richardson, J., Thies, S., DeMott, T., & Ashton-Miller, J. (2004). A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(9), 1532-1537. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52418.x

OBJECTIVES: To compare gait patterns in older women with and without peripheral neuropathy (PN) in standard (smooth surface, normal lighting) and challenging environments (CE) (irregular surface, low lighting). DESIGN: Observational, controlled st... Read More about A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces.

Immunological responses in women with human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV-16)-associated anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia induced by heterologous prime-boost HPV-16 oncogene vaccination (2004)
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Smyth, L., Van Poelgeest, M., Davidson, E., Kwappenberg, K., Burt, D., Sehr, P., …Van Der Burg, S. (2004). Immunological responses in women with human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV-16)-associated anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia induced by heterologous prime-boost HPV-16 oncogene vaccination. Clinical Cancer Research, 10(9), 2954. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0703

Purpose: The purpose is to study the immunogenicity of heterologous prime-boost human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogene vaccination in patients with anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia (AGIN). Experimental Design: Twenty-nine women with high-grade AG... Read More about Immunological responses in women with human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV-16)-associated anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia induced by heterologous prime-boost HPV-16 oncogene vaccination.

Effect of TA-CIN (HPV 16 L2E6E7) booster immunisation in vulval intraepithelial neoplasia patients previously vaccinated with TA-HPV (vaccinia virus encoding HPV 16/18 E6E7) (2004)
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Davidson, E., Faulkner, R., Sehr, P., Pawlita, M., Smyth, L., Burt, D., …Stern, P. (2004). Effect of TA-CIN (HPV 16 L2E6E7) booster immunisation in vulval intraepithelial neoplasia patients previously vaccinated with TA-HPV (vaccinia virus encoding HPV 16/18 E6E7). Vaccine, 22(21-22), 2722-2729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.01.049

Heterologous prime-boost vaccination schedules employing TA-HPV, a vaccinia virus encoding HPV 16/18 E6 and E7, in combination with TA-CIN, an HPV 16 L2E6E7 fusion protein, may offer advantages over the use of either agent alone for the immunotherapy... Read More about Effect of TA-CIN (HPV 16 L2E6E7) booster immunisation in vulval intraepithelial neoplasia patients previously vaccinated with TA-HPV (vaccinia virus encoding HPV 16/18 E6E7).

The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes (2004)
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Challis, D., Clarkson, P., Williamson, J., Hughes, J., Venables, D., Burns, A., & Weinberg, A. (2004). The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes. Age and ageing, 33(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afh007

Objective: to ascertain the value of employing a specialist clinician’s contribution to the assessment of older people prior to care home entry. Design: randomised controlled trial. Method: 256 older people at risk of care home entry were rando... Read More about The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes.

Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements? (2004)
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Dwyer, P. (2004). Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 29(2), 265-287. https://doi.org/10.1353/cjs.2004.0022

A widely recognised central tenet of New Labour's "Third Way" is no rights without responsibilities. The extent to which this idea underpins the British government's approach to welfare reform has been extensively commented upon. Initially, the artic... Read More about Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?.

Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union (2004)
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Ackers, L., & Dwyer, P. (2004). Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union. Ageing and society, 24(3), 451-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0300165X

This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU).1 It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is... Read More about Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union.

Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime (2004)
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Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime

This paper explores the micro-level consequences for citizens’ private security of the crime governance strategy of ‘responsibilisation’. Specifically, it analyses data from the British Crime Survey and the UK Census to identify the correlates of th... Read More about Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime.

Stormwater quality associated with a silt trap (empty and full) discharging into an urban watercourse in Scotland (2004)
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Scholz, M. (2004). Stormwater quality associated with a silt trap (empty and full) discharging into an urban watercourse in Scotland. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 61(4), 471-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020723042000212681

The aim was to assess the influence of a full silt trap at the end of a stormwater drainage pipe on the water quality of stormwater discharged into a semi‐natural urban watercourse. For approximately eleven weeks, the water qualities of the prelimina... Read More about Stormwater quality associated with a silt trap (empty and full) discharging into an urban watercourse in Scotland.

Pilot plant study for one year: Water quality management and algal control of sustainable urban stormwater ponds (2004)
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Scholz, M. (2004). Pilot plant study for one year: Water quality management and algal control of sustainable urban stormwater ponds. International Journal of Water, 2(4), 312-330. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJW.2004.005529

Pond structures as cost-effective ''source control'' drainage techniques that can be applied to reduce the risk of downstream flooding and to recycle stormwater. There are no widely accepted performance and water quality management data on stormwater... Read More about Pilot plant study for one year: Water quality management and algal control of sustainable urban stormwater ponds.

Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele (2004)
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Nguyen, T., & Baker, R. (2004). Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele. Clinical Biomechanics, 19(10), 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.004

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of model and cardan angle sequence for calculating thorax kinematics. Background: Patients with myelomeningocele often show a significant lateral bending and large trunk rotation... Read More about Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele.

Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin (2004)
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Nevell, M. (2004). Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin. Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 78, 1-21

This paper presents an overview of some recent attempts to provide a theoretical framework for both the location and interpretation of the growing number of late prehistoric and Romano-Bitish rural sites within the region centred around the theme of... Read More about Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin.

Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy (2004)
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May, T., & Peters, M. (2004). Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy. Policy Futures in Education, 2(2), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2004.2.2.4

This article focuses on the spatial clustering dimension of new information and communications technology (ICT)-driven economic activity based on knowledge industries and especially the tacit knowledge synergies to be achieved through networking in g... Read More about Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy.