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The changing landscape of doctoral education : introducing the professional doctorate for nurses (2005)
Journal Article
Ellis, L., & Lee, N. (2005). The changing landscape of doctoral education : introducing the professional doctorate for nurses. Nurse Education Today, 25(3), 222-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.01.009

The last decade has heralded the introduction of an alternative form of doctoral education for nurses in the United Kingdom, the professional or taught doctorate. First introduced in 1995 in the UK the number of professional doctorates for nurses has... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education : introducing the professional doctorate for nurses.

Regulation of corticosteroid receptors in the rat brain: the role of serotonin and stress (2005)
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Robertson, D. A. F., Beattie, J. E., Reid, I. C., & Balfour, D. J. K. (2005). Regulation of corticosteroid receptors in the rat brain: the role of serotonin and stress. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21(6), 1511-1520. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03990.x

It has been suggested that physiological resistance to repeated stress is associated with increased 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) release in the dorsal hippocampus and that dysregulation of this neuroadaptation may be implicated in the psychopathology o... Read More about Regulation of corticosteroid receptors in the rat brain: the role of serotonin and stress.

Underground excavations in rock salt. (2005)
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Swift, G., & Reddish, D. (2005). Underground excavations in rock salt. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 23(1), 17-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-003-3159-3

An historical review of the geotechnical behaviour of the Northwich Rock Salt is presented as a forerunner to a numerical modelling analysis of the current stability of the Winsford salt mine, Cheshire. Extensive laboratory and in situ tests have bee... Read More about Underground excavations in rock salt..

Phase mixing of shear Alfvén waves as a new mechanism for electron acceleration in collisionless, kinetic plasmas (2005)
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Tsiklauri, D., Sakai, J.-I., & Saito, S. (2005). Phase mixing of shear Alfvén waves as a new mechanism for electron acceleration in collisionless, kinetic plasmas. New Journal of Physics, 7, 79. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/079

Particle-in-cell (kinetic) simulations of shear Alfv´en wave (AW) interaction with one-dimensional, across the uniform-magnetic field, density inhomogeneity (phase mixing) in collisionless plasma were performed for the first time. As a result, a new... Read More about Phase mixing of shear Alfvén waves as a new mechanism for electron acceleration in collisionless, kinetic plasmas.

Excitation and direct imaging of surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional grating (2005)
Journal Article
Tetz, K., Rokitski, R., Nezhad, M., & Fainman, Y. (2005). Excitation and direct imaging of surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional grating. Applied Physics Letters, 86(11), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1883334

We describe the simultaneous excitation and direct far-field imaging of the scattering from surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional metallic hole array grating. Conditions for the coupling and imaging are discussed, where the coupling is... Read More about Excitation and direct imaging of surface plasmon polariton modes in a two-dimensional grating.

The role of the lecturer practitioner : an exploration of the stakeholders and practitioners perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Howarth, M., & Devitt, P. (2005). The role of the lecturer practitioner : an exploration of the stakeholders and practitioners perspective. Nurse Education in Practice, 5(5), 258-265

Joint appointment roles are pivotal in forging links between service and education and whilst current government and professional strategies recognise the contribution of such roles [DOH, 2001. Working Together – Learning Together: A Framework for Li... Read More about The role of the lecturer practitioner : an exploration of the stakeholders and practitioners perspective.

High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts (2005)
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Williams, R., Morley, E., Hughes, J., Duncanson, P., Terry, R., Smith, J., & Hide, G. (2005). High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts. Parasitology, 130(3), 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182004006614

Recent research suggests that vertical transmission may play an important role in sustaining Toxoplasma gondii infection in some species. We report here that congenital transmission occurs at consistently high levels in pedigree Charollais and outbre... Read More about High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts.

Identification and reactivity of the triplet excited state of 5-hydroxytryptophan (2005)
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Dad, S., Bisby, R., Clark, I., & Parker, A. (2005). Identification and reactivity of the triplet excited state of 5-hydroxytryptophan. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 78(3), 245-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2004.11.013

Both the neurotransmitter serotonin and the unnatural amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan (5HT), contain the 5-hydroxyindole chromophore. The photochemistry of 5HT is being investigated in relation to the multiphoton excitation of this chromophore to prod... Read More about Identification and reactivity of the triplet excited state of 5-hydroxytryptophan.

Cat's eye radiation with boundary elements: comparative study on treatment of irregular frequencies (2005)
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Marburg, S., & Amini, S. (2005). Cat's eye radiation with boundary elements: comparative study on treatment of irregular frequencies. Journal of Computational Acoustics, 13(1), 21-45. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218396X05002566

This paper reviews a number of techniques developed to overcome the well-known nonuniqueness problem in boundary integral formulations of acoustic radiation. Although the problem has received much attention, comparative studies are hardly known in th... Read More about Cat's eye radiation with boundary elements: comparative study on treatment of irregular frequencies.

Modification of the natural photonic bandgap of synthetic opals via infilling with crystalline InP (2005)
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Yates, H., Pemble, M., Palacios-Lidón, E., Garcia-Santamaria, F., Rodriguez, I., Meseguer, F., & López, C. (2005). Modification of the natural photonic bandgap of synthetic opals via infilling with crystalline InP. Advanced functional materials, 15(3), 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200400248

The growth of high-quality stoichiometric indium phosphide by atmospheric pressure metal±organic chemical vapor deposition
within thin-film artificial opals has been optimized. The optical properties of these systems have been studied as a function... Read More about Modification of the natural photonic bandgap of synthetic opals via infilling with crystalline InP.

Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors (2005)
Journal Article
Wood, G. (2005). Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors

Partnering is considered to be a radical departure from conventional approaches to procurement in the UK construction sector, but may be difficult to integrate within a traditionally adversarial environment.

Analysis of the literature suggests tha... Read More about Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors.

Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects. (2005)
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Wood, G., & Ellis, R. (2005). Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 23(3), 317-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000287714

Partnering provides a major opportunity for improving project performance, whilst offering direct benefits to the whole of the supply chain. Many research studies reinforce this assertion although there is less critical analysis examining the nature... Read More about Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects..

‘Trust’ in construction projects (2005)
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McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., & Swan, W. (2005). ‘Trust’ in construction projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 10(1), 19-31

• Trust is described as an elusive concept (Gambetta 1988), difficult to describe, understand and, therefore, manage. The Trust in Construction project undertook 6 exploratory case studies, of which 4 are presented in this paper, in order to understa... Read More about ‘Trust’ in construction projects.

Performance-based building and innovation: Balancing client and industry needs (2005)
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Sexton, M., & Barrett, P. (2005). Performance-based building and innovation: Balancing client and industry needs. Building Research and Information, 33(2), 142-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321042000323789

One reason for the interest in performance-based building is that it is commonly advocated as a powerful way of enhancing innovation performance by articulating building performance outcomes, and by offering relevant procurement actors the discretion... Read More about Performance-based building and innovation: Balancing client and industry needs.

Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands. (2005)
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Bunting, M., Armitage, R., Binney, H., & Waller, M. (2005). Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands. Holocene, 15(3), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl821rr

Surface sample pollen assemblages and vegetation data collected from two East Anglian fen carr sites with adjacent dry woodland belts are analysed to estimate the relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and the relative pollen productivity (RPP) valu... Read More about Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands..

SOE's foreign currency transactions (2005)
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Murphy, C. (2005). SOE's foreign currency transactions. Intelligence and National Security, 20(1), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/0266684520500059528

This article provides an account of the work of the Finance (D/Fin) Directorate of the Special Operations Executive in acquiring foreign currency for use by the British intelligence community and the service departments during the Second World War. T... Read More about SOE's foreign currency transactions.

Spiewajacy kopciuszek, albo brytyjski muzyczny (Singing in the shadows: the British musical film) (2005)
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Mundy, J. (2005). Spiewajacy kopciuszek, albo brytyjski muzyczny (Singing in the shadows: the British musical film)

This article argues that the almost total neglect of the
British musical film has eradicated an entire element of film that remainesimportant in
British cinema and with British cinema audiences from the inception of sound cinema in
the late 192... Read More about Spiewajacy kopciuszek, albo brytyjski muzyczny (Singing in the shadows: the British musical film).

A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour (2005)
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Myers, J. (2005). A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour. Child Abuse Review, 14(2), 97-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.887

The Junction is a Barnardo's children's service based in northern England that provides assessment and intervention in the lives of children and young people who have sexually concerning or harmful behaviour. It is developing methods of assessment th... Read More about A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour.

Hydraulics, water quality and vegetation characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches (2005)
Journal Article
Scholz, M. (2005). Hydraulics, water quality and vegetation characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches. Water and Environment Journal, 19(1), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.tb00543.x

A novel peatland management strategy to utilise the high nutrient-retention potential of degenerated peatlands has been implemented in Northern Germany. The effect of raised water levels and extensive land-use management on hydraulic properties, wate... Read More about Hydraulics, water quality and vegetation characteristics of groundwater-fed open ditches.