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Teaching the changing story (2007)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2007). Teaching the changing story. Writing in education, 57-61

This paper begins with a brief survey of the state of contemporary short fiction practice, with particular reference to McSweeneys Quarterly Concern, leading into a reflective account of pedagogical approaches to short fiction on Creative Writing deg... Read More about Teaching the changing story.

Capturing uncertainty: the role of insurance in the construction of modern life (2007)
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Anderson, G., & Clark, G. (2007). Capturing uncertainty: the role of insurance in the construction of modern life

Traditional accounts of the history of insurance typically treat demand as a function of the availability of new and lower-cost forms of insurance. This paper draws on more recent research to illustrate the dialectical relationship between the demand... Read More about Capturing uncertainty: the role of insurance in the construction of modern life.

Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system (2007)
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Botchway, S., Crisostomo, A., Parker, A., & Bisby, R. (2007). Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 464(2), 314-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2007.04.026

Solutions of tryptophan and N-hydroxypyridine-2-thione (mercaptopyridine-N-oxide, MPNO) were irradiated at 335 nm. Formation of 5-hydroxytryptophan was inferred from increased fluorescence at 334 nm on excitation at 315 nm, conditions chosen for sele... Read More about Near infrared multiphoton-induced generation and detection of hydroxyl radicals in a biochemical system.

Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany (2007)
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Searle, D. (2007). Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany. European Political Science, 6(3), 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210146

Comparing educational experience, culture and academic practice within Europe can often be an interesting and rewarding exercise. The observations in this article are based on the author’s experience of six and half years’ teaching at two universi... Read More about Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany.

The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance (2007)
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Hoffmann, C., & Stavans, A. (2007). The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance. International Journal of Bilingualism, 11(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069070110010401

This article reports on a study of the code-switches produced by two children who acquired their three languages in early childhood. We compared formal and functional aspects of their switches recorded at two different stages of their development. Of... Read More about The evolution of trilingual code-switching from infancy to school age: the shaping of trilingual competence through dynamic language dominance.

Guideline for blood grouping and antibody testing in pregnancy (2007)
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Gooch, A., Parker, J., Wray, J., & Qureshi, H. (2007). Guideline for blood grouping and antibody testing in pregnancy. Transfusion Medicine, 17(4), 252-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3148.2007.00767.x

A review for the British Committee for Standards in Haematology Blood Transfusion Task Force. The purpose of the guideline is to define the red cell immunohaematology tests which should be applied in pregnancy. The aim of the testing programme is... Read More about Guideline for blood grouping and antibody testing in pregnancy.

Valuing of altruism and honesty in nursing students: a two-decade replication study (2007)
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replication study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(4), 366-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04119.x

This paper reports a study investigating changes in the self-reported values of nursing students over the period 1983–2005 in the light of changes in student demography. Background. Nurses’ values have been studied by both qualitative and survey me... Read More about Valuing of altruism and honesty in nursing students: a two-decade replication study.

The validity of a clinical measure of patella position (2007)
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McEwan, I., Herrington, L., & Thom, J. (2007). The validity of a clinical measure of patella position. Manual Therapy, 12(3), 226-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2006.06.013

Patellar taping is regarded as an important element of the treatment of patellofemoral joint pain. Key to the successful use of patellar taping is the assessment of patella position. The reliability and validity of the techniques used to assess pate... Read More about The validity of a clinical measure of patella position.

Edging the change action research with social workers and deaf and hard of hearing service users to achieve ‘best practice standards’ (2007)
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achieve ‘best practice standards’. Journal of Social Work, 7(3), 287-305. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017307084072

Summary: This article reports the findings of the Edge of Change Project which sought to enable specialist social services teams in three local authorities to improve services for Deaf and hard of hearing service users in line with the Best Practice... Read More about Edging the change action research with social workers and deaf and hard of hearing service users to achieve ‘best practice standards’.

Genetic dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) (2007)
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(Lissotriton vulgaris). Biology Letters, 3, 526-528. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0311

Under sperm competition, paternity is apportioned by polyandrous females according to the order of matings and the genetic quality of the inseminating males. In order to distinguish between these two effects, we sequentially paired 12 female smo... Read More about Genetic dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris).

Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning (2007)
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Danson, F., Hetherington, D., Morsdorf, F., & et, A. (2007). Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 4(1), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2006.887064

A terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to measure canopy directional gap fraction distribution in forest stands in the Swiss National Park, eastern Switzerland. A scanner model was derived to determine the expected number of laser shots in al... Read More about Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning.

A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan (2007)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2007). A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan. Journal of International Communication, 13(1), 86-118

Political Communications, International Communications, News Sociology, all claim to offer an explanation for what shapes the news, but provide extremely different, if not contradictory suggestions. Political communications almost takes for granted t... Read More about A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan.