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Domestic violence, homelessness and housing (2005)
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Davis, C. (2005). Domestic violence, homelessness and housing

Regional research into housing-related support for women who have left violent partners.

Postmodernization: a phase we're going through? Management in social care (2005)
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Lawler, J., & Harlow, E. (2005). Postmodernization: a phase we're going through? Management in social care. British Journal of Social Work, 35(7), 1163-1174. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch209

This paper considers the challenges facing managers of social care services in public sector organizations in the UK. Some theorists might argue that these challenges are the manifestation of a new postmodern era. It is argued here, however, that soc... Read More about Postmodernization: a phase we're going through? Management in social care.

Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments (2005)
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Smith, G. (2005). Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments. Human Studies, 28(4), 397-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-005-9006-1

Erving Goffman's distinctive contribution to an understanding of others was grounded in his information control and ritual models of the interaction process. This contribution centered on the forms of the interaction order rather than self-other rela... Read More about Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments.

Review of recent trends in Capillary Suction Time (CST) dewaterability testing research (2005)
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Scholz, M. (2005). Review of recent trends in Capillary Suction Time (CST) dewaterability testing research. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(22), 8157-8163. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie058011u

The aim of this review paper is to critically assess recent trends in capillary suction time (CST) dewaterability testing research. The importance of floc structure in explaining practical dewaterability problems such as filter paper clogging is asse... Read More about Review of recent trends in Capillary Suction Time (CST) dewaterability testing research.

How family 26 glycoside hydrolases orchestrate catalysis on different polysaccharides: Structure and activity of a Clostridium thermocellum lichenase, CtLic26A (2005)
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Taylor, E. J., Goyal, A., Guerreiro, C. I., Prates, J. A., Money, V. A., Ferry, N., …Davies, G. J. (2005). How family 26 glycoside hydrolases orchestrate catalysis on different polysaccharides: Structure and activity of a Clostridium thermocellum lichenase, CtLic26A. Journal of biological chemistry, 280(38), https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M506580200

One of the most intriguing features of the 90 glycoside hydrolase families (GHs) is the range of specificities displayed by different members of the same family, whereas the catalytic apparatus and mechanism are often invariant. Family GH26 predomina... Read More about How family 26 glycoside hydrolases orchestrate catalysis on different polysaccharides: Structure and activity of a Clostridium thermocellum lichenase, CtLic26A.

Rites of defilement: abjection and the body politic in Northern Irish poetry (2005)
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Brewster, S. (2005). Rites of defilement: abjection and the body politic in Northern Irish poetry. Irish University Review, 35(2), 304-319

It might be argued that Northern Ireland--a territorial and signifying space whose meanings and boundaries have been so violently contested, a body politic sustained and racked by anomalous and permeable partition--has been in the condition of abject... Read More about Rites of defilement: abjection and the body politic in Northern Irish poetry.

Rectifying "nanohomo" contacts of W-Ga-C composite pad and nanowire fabricated by focused-ion-beam induced chemical vapour deposition (2005)
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Li, W., & Shen, T. (2005). Rectifying "nanohomo" contacts of W-Ga-C composite pad and nanowire fabricated by focused-ion-beam induced chemical vapour deposition. Applied Physics Letters, 87(12), 123113. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2051798

We prepared W-Ga-C composite contacts on W-Ga-C composite nanowires by focused-ion-beam-induced chemical vapor deposition using a dual-beam scanning electron microscope/focused-ion-beam system. The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of wires were... Read More about Rectifying "nanohomo" contacts of W-Ga-C composite pad and nanowire fabricated by focused-ion-beam induced chemical vapour deposition.

Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces (2005)
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Boardman, A., King, N., Rapoport, Y., & Velasco, L. (2005). Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces. New Journal of Physics, 7, 191. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/191

Surface wave propagation at the interface between different types of gyrotropic materials and an isotropic negatively refracting medium, in which the relative permittivity and relative permeability are, simultaneously, negative is investigated. A gen... Read More about Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces.

Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment (2005)
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Barrow, S., & Harrison, R. (2005). Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment. Journal of Public Health, 27(3), 292-297. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi038

Background: Previous studies have highlighted the effects of informal caring on mental health, but evidence for its wider impact remains scant. We explored associations between informal care and a range of health (and health-related) measures. We als... Read More about Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment.

Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process (2005)
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Graham, R., Dugdill, L., & Cable, N. (2005). Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process. Ergonomics, 48(11-14), 1411-1422. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130500101064

The number of exercise referral schemes expanded rapidly across the UK during the 1990s. Health professionals are thought to be one of the most credible sources of health advice for patients and, hence, are thought to have a pivotal role to play in e... Read More about Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process.

Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation (2005)
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Dugdill, L., Graham, R., & McNair, F. (2005). Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation. Ergonomics, 48(11-14), 1390-1410. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130500101544

This review critically explores the development, impact and evaluation of exercise referral schemes (ERS) in the UK. A rapid expansion in the use of such ERSs has been recorded throughout leisure and primary care settings, but the evidence underpinni... Read More about Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation.

Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm (2005)
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McAndrew, S., & Warne, T. (2005). Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14(3), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00378.x

Deliberate self-harm predominantly occurs in women under the age of 30 years. This qualitative case study using feminist methods explored the experiences of three women who each had a long history of self-harming behaviour. Psychoanalytical concepts... Read More about Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm.

The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold (2005)
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Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2005). The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75(3), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1348/000709904X24690

The classical twin method – comprising comparisons of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins – in the domain of cognitive abilities and attainments has led to wide acceptance of results suggesting a large amount of additive genetic variance, with... Read More about The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold.

Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data (2005)
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Goulermas, J., Findlow, A., Nester, C., Howard, D., & Bowker, P. (2005). Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 52(9), 1549-1562. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2005.851519

In the recent years, the use of motion tracking systems for acquisition of functional biomechanical gait data, has received increasing interest due to the richness and accuracy of the measured kinematic information. However, costs frequently restrict... Read More about Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data.

A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off (2005)
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Graham-Smith, P., & Lees, A. (2005). A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(9), 891-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410400022169

The long jump has been widely studied in recent years. Two models exist in the literature which define the relationship between selected variables that affect performance. Both models suggest that the critical phase of the long jump event is the touc... Read More about A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off.

Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia). (2005)
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Craig, P., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, H., He, T., Rogan, M., …Mukhar, T. (2005). Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia). Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(9), 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.004

In order to investigate the prevalence of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in traditional Mongolian communities in western Mongolia and Xinjiang (northwest China), studies were carried out between 1995 and 2000, on two ethnically identical population... Read More about Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia)..

The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments (2005)
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McHale, I., & Forrest, D. (2005). The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 16(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpi005

In many fields of forecasting, practitioners face the problem of how to distinguish signal from noise in recent news. As an illustration of how one might approach the problem we examine, in the context of golf, the extent to which recent players' sco... Read More about The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments.

The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes (2005)
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Liang, W., & Hughes, R. (2005). The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 112(1-3), 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2005.06.010

The experimentally measured hydrogen permeability of a composite Pd/porous stainless steel membrane was found to be influenced by the direction of permeation. For pure hydrogen, the direction from the stainless steel support to the metal film gave th... Read More about The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes.

Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. (2005)
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Douglas, C., & Douglas, M. (2005). Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. Health Expectations, 8(3), 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00336.x

Objective To explore patients’ perceptions of health-care built environments, to assess how they perceived health-care built facilities and designs. To develop a set of patient-centred indicators by which to appraise future health-care designs. De... Read More about Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators..