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An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity (2009)
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Maccarrone-Eaglen, A. (2009). An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 9(3), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3727/109830409X12596186103879

The notion of culture has been the object of multidisciplinary studies attempting, with difficulty, to
define this polyhedral social concept expressed in symbolic representations. Culture has a significant
role in tourism functioning as an internat... Read More about An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity.

Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2 (2009)
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Rodriguez, J., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2009). Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2. International Journal of English Studies, 9(2), 171-174

Informality in organization and research : a review and a proposal (2009)
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proposal. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190903273950

The growing interest in informal and emergent features of organizations has
accompanied changes both in the dominant forms of organization and prevailing
academic views about how best to think about and research them. It is argued here
that curren... Read More about Informality in organization and research : a review and a proposal.

Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards (2009)
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Sahandi, R., Noroozi, S., Roushan, G., Heaslip, V., & Liu, Y. (2009). Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 34(1), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.3109/03091900903336902

The evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards is discussed. Patients on general wards are monitored according to the severity of their conditions, which can be subjective at best. A report by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and In... Read More about Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards.

The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election (2009)
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Newell, J. (2009). The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 14(4), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545710903281862

The implications for the co-called Italian transition of the 2008 election initially seemed significant – but have since become increasingly uncertain as Berlusconi's conflict of interests has risen higher up the political agenda. This underscores th... Read More about The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election.

My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems (2009)
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Kreps, D. (2010). My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 19(1), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2009.46

This paper offers an introduction to poststructuralist interpretivist research in information systems, through a poststructuralist theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of social networking websites, such as Facebook. This is undertake... Read More about My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems.

Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials (2009)
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Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2009). Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 26(12), 2323-2330. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002323

We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first exact analytical solitons of a nonlinear Helmholtz equation with a saturable refractive-index model. These new two-dimensional spatial solitons have a bistable characteristic in some parameter regim... Read More about Bistable Helmholtz bright solitons in saturable materials.

Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes (2009)
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Miklavc, P., Albrecht, S., Wittekindt, O., Schullian, P., Haller, T., & Dietl, P. (2009). Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes. Biochemical Journal, 424(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20091094

Exocytosis proceeds through prefusion stages such as hemifusion, but hemifusion is still an elusive intermediate of unknown duration. Using darkfield and fluorescence microscopy in ATII (alveolar type II) cells containing large secretory vesicles (LB... Read More about Existence of exocytotic hemifusion intermediates with a lifetime of up to seconds in type II pneumocytes.

Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks (2009)
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Abdou, H. (2009). Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks. Expert systems with applications, 36(9), 11402-11417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2009.01.076

Credit scoring has been widely investigated in the area of finance, in general, and banking sectors, in particular.
Recently, genetic programming (GP) has attracted attention in both academic and empirical fields,
especially for credit problems. Th... Read More about Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks.

The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy (2009)
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Leonard, S. (2009). The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 5(3), 371-388

In a context of high politicization, if not securitization, of asylum and migration in Europe, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the EU – also known under its acronym FRO... Read More about The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy.

Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 1. Synthesis of Si, Al, B, Zn substituted MCM-41 materials and their characterisation (2009)
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Dyer, A., Newton, J., & Pillinger, M. (2009). Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 1. Synthesis of Si, Al, B, Zn substituted MCM-41 materials and their characterisation. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 126(1-2), 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.06.002

The syntheses of mesoporous MCM-41 silica phases containing the heteroatoms Al, B, Zn, were carried out making use of trimethyl ammonium bromide surfactants of chain lengths C8–C16. The resulting materials were fully characterised by wet chemical and... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 1. Synthesis of Si, Al, B, Zn substituted MCM-41 materials and their characterisation.

Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 2. Cation exchange isotherms for MCM-41 phases (2009)
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Dyer, A., Newton, J., & Pillinger, M. (2009). Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 2. Cation exchange isotherms for MCM-41 phases. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 126(1-2), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.06.003

Well characterised MCM phases containing aluminium and zinc heteroatoms were selected from those described in Part 1 [A. Dyer, J. Newton, M. Pillinger, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. (2009), doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.06.002] to this series. Cation exch... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous silica phases containing heteroatoms, and their cation exchange properties. Part 2. Cation exchange isotherms for MCM-41 phases.

The public health challenge of obesity: is it the new smoking? (2009)
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Burns, D., Costello, J., Haggart, M., Kerr, J., Longshaw, K., & Thornton, E. (2009). The public health challenge of obesity: is it the new smoking?. Journal of district nursing, 23(11), 4-9

This article considers the complexity of obesity and its health implications, highlighting its implications for community practitioners.

Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China (2009)
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Ji, Y., Lomas, K., & Cook, M. (2009). Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China. Building and Environment, 44(11), 2245-2255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.02.015

Buildings and their related activities are responsible for a large portion of the energy consumed in China. It is therefore worthwhile to investigate methods for improving the energy efficiency of buildings. This paper describes a low energy building... Read More about Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China.

A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs (2009)
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Richardson, H. (2009). A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs. Information Systems Frontiers, 11(5), 599-608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9137-9

This paper discusses the domestication of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly their use, in UK households reporting on research undertaken between 1998 and 2004. Issues raised are linked to the dominant discourse of the `d... Read More about A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs.

Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction (2009)
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Cheetham, F. (2009). Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 8(6), 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.296

This research contributes to our understanding of disposal by attempting to foreground the journey of the disposed object rather than examining disposal from the perspective of the seller as previous consumer researchers have done. Drawing on ideas t... Read More about Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction.

Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain (2009)
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Kamerade, D. (2009). Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain. Sociological Research Online, 14(5), 2. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049

This paper evaluates both the economic, or rational choice, and sociological theories to examine the effects of part-time working on employees' activity in voluntary associations. Using longitudinal data analysis of the British Household Panel Survey... Read More about Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain.

The experience and consequences of people with mental health problems, the impact of stigma upon people with schizophrenia : a way forward (2009)
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Harrison, J., & Gill, A. (2010). The experience and consequences of people with mental health problems, the impact of stigma upon people with schizophrenia : a way forward. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17(3), 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01506.x

The aim of this literature review is to explore stigma as experienced by individuals with mental health problems, focusing primarily on schizophrenia. The concept of stigma has been examined. Service users' reports of their experiences of stigma have... Read More about The experience and consequences of people with mental health problems, the impact of stigma upon people with schizophrenia : a way forward.

In vivo estimation of the glenohumeral joint centre by functional methods : accuracy and repeatability assessment (2009)
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Lempereur, M., Leboeuf, F., Brochard, S., Rousset, J., Burdin, V., & Rémy-Néris, O. (2010). In vivo estimation of the glenohumeral joint centre by functional methods : accuracy and repeatability assessment. Journal of Biomechanics, 43(2), 370-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.029

Several algorithms have been proposed for determining the centre of rotation of ball joints. These algorithms are used rather to locate the hip joint centre. Few studies have focused on the determination of the glenohumeral joint centre. However, no... Read More about In vivo estimation of the glenohumeral joint centre by functional methods : accuracy and repeatability assessment.