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Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account (2006)
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Wray, J. (2006). Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(9), 320-326

Postnatal care has for too long been the C inderella of the childbirth continuum and marginalized within maternity care services. Most women in the U K are hospitalized after giving birth and spend time on a postnatal ward. Women tend to view thi... Read More about Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account.

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2006)
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Yang, Y., Sun, T., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Teng, J., Liu, X., …McManus, D. (2006). Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84(9), 714-721. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.05.025718

OBJECTIVE: To determine the true community prevalence of human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in a highly endemic region in Ningxia Hui, China, by detecting asymptomatic cases. METHODS: Using hospital records and “AE-r... Read More about Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors (2006)
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Coffey, M., & Dugdill, L. (2006). Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Critical Public Health, 16(3), 233-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590600986465

A 2001 survey of public (n¼28), private (n¼113) and voluntary sector (n¼64) workplaces in Sefton, Merseyside indicated that there were significantly different levels of health-related policy provision across the three sectors, with the public secto... Read More about Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage (2006)
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Scholz, M. (2006). Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 159(3), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2006.159.3.117

The contribution of sustainable drainage systems (Suds) to the overall catchment dynamics of Glasgow and Edinburgh was studied. Seventy-nine sites in Glasgow and 103 sites in Edinburgh were identified for initial investigation, including a site feasi... Read More about Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage.

The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities (2006)
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Newell, J. (2006). The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities. West European Politics, 29(4), 802-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380600842437

The general election of 9 and 10 April was one of the closest fought in Italy’s history. In the Chamber of Deputies, the centre-left Unione coalition emerged ahead of the centre-right Casa delle liberta` (House of Freedoms, Cdl) by just 24,755 votes... Read More about The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities.

The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies (2006)
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Abbott, C., Jeong, K., & Allen, S. (2006). The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies. Construction innovation (London. Online), 6(3), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170610710686

There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of innovation for the longterm economic success of businesses. At the same time the construction industry is characterized as being a poor innovator in comparison to other industries. If the universit... Read More about The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies.

Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method (2006)
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Bardosova, M., Pemble, M., Povey, I., Tredgold, R., & Whitehead, D. (2006). Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. Applied Physics Letters, 89(9), 093116. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2339031

The Langmuir-Blodgett method was used to engineer photonic crystal thin films of an AB architecture. Structures were studied by transmittance and reflectance spectroscopies. For an AB structure in which the silica particle diameter B is twice that of... Read More about Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method.

Intrinsic foot motion measured in vivo during barefoot running (2006)
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Arndt, A., Wolf, P., Nester, C., Liu, A., Jones, R., Howard, D., …Lundberg, A. (2006). Intrinsic foot motion measured in vivo during barefoot running. Journal of Biomechanics, 39(Supp.1), S182. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290%2806%2983644-4

Knowledge of the natural range of motion of individual skeletal segments in the foot during running is necessary for the construction of appropriate stability parameters in athletic footwear. Globally restricting intrinsic motion of the foot may r... Read More about Intrinsic foot motion measured in vivo during barefoot running.

Invasive study of rearfoot, midfoot and forefoot kinematics during walking (2006)
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Nester, C., Jones, R., Liu, A., Howard, D., Lundberg, A., Arndt, T., …Wolf, P. (2006). Invasive study of rearfoot, midfoot and forefoot kinematics during walking. Journal of Biomechanics, 39(Supp.1), S77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290%2806%2983195-7

There is a dearth of quality information on the kinematics of the mid and forefoot during ambulation. We investigated the kinematics of the tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, medial cuneiform, first and fifth metatarsals during wa... Read More about Invasive study of rearfoot, midfoot and forefoot kinematics during walking.

Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model (2006)
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Scarf, P., Dwight, R., McCusker, A., & Chan, A. (2007). Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(9), 1123-1137. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602288

This paper considers the application of capital replacement models at Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited (MTRCL), Hong Kong. A particular characteristic of the replacement problems considered is that costs relating to existing equipment are gen... Read More about Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model.

European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy (2006)
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Baudner, J., & Bull, M. (2006). European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans (Print), 7(3), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613190500345474

There has been a conspicuous impact of European Union (EU) policies in Italy, and the so-called ‘Europeanization’ of Italian public policies has consequently become a salient research topic. One such public policy area concerns the decentralization... Read More about European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy.

Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes (2006)
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Campbell, L., Chimedtsogzol, A., & Dyer, A. (2006). Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes. Mineralogical Magazine, 70(4), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1180/0026461067040341

The uptake of inorganic Hg2+ and organometallic CH3Hg+ from aqueous solutions by 11 different natural zeolites has been investigated using a batch distribution coefficient (Kd) method and supported by a preliminary voltammetric study. The effect of m... Read More about Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes.

The relationship between patella position and length of the iliotibial band as assessed using Ober's test (2006)
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Herrington, L., Rivett, N., & Munro, S. (2006). The relationship between patella position and length of the iliotibial band as assessed using Ober's test. Manual Therapy, 11(3), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2006.06.008

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between length of the iliotibial band (ITB) and the medio-lateral position patella. Eighty subjects (37 male, 43 female) were examined for patella position and ITB length. All subjects were... Read More about The relationship between patella position and length of the iliotibial band as assessed using Ober's test.

High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface (2006)
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Nasr, G., Sharief, R., & Yule, A. (2006). High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface. Journal of Heat Transfer, 128(8), 752-760. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2217747

A novel technique is described for investigating spray cooling of moving hot surfaces. An experimental investigation is described for vertically downwards water sprays impinging on a horizontal steel annulus of 250 mm diameter with a surface tempera... Read More about High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface.

Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges (2006)
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Melbourne, C., & Tomor, A. (2006). Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges. Strain, 42(3), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00274.x

There are over 40 000 masonry arch bridges in the UK, 60% of which are over 100 years old. The ever increasing levels of loading and volumes of traffic make it imperative that the condition, life expectancy and load capacity of such bridges are accur... Read More about Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges.

Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty (2006)
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Todd, S., & Steele, A. (2006). Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty. Structural survey, 24(4), 300-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800610704436

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the need for the development of a more flexible measure of energy efficiency based on an ever increasing multi-cultural society. Design/methodology/approach – Outlines the reasons for the prevalence of fuel pov... Read More about Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty.

Resist, comply or workaround? An examination of different facets of user engagement with information systems (2006)
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Ferneley, E., & Sobreperez, P. (2006). Resist, comply or workaround? An examination of different facets of user engagement with information systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(4), 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000629

This paper provides a summary of studies of user resistance to Information Technology (IT) and identifies workaround activity as an understudied and distinct, but related, phenomenon. Previous categorizations of resistance have largely failed to add... Read More about Resist, comply or workaround? An examination of different facets of user engagement with information systems.