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Grading the performance of clinical skills: lessons to be learned from the performing arts (2011)
Journal Article
Roberts, D. (2011). Grading the performance of clinical skills: lessons to be learned from the performing arts. Nurse Education Today, 31(6), 607-610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.017

The drift towards competency based nurse interventions has seen a growth in concern regarding the most appropriate methods of assessment of such competencies. Nurse educators and practitioners alike are struggling with the concept of measuring the pe... Read More about Grading the performance of clinical skills: lessons to be learned from the performing arts.

Evaluation of an anthropomorphic user interface in a travel reservation context and affordances (2011)
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Murano, P., Gee, A., & Holt, P. (2011). Evaluation of an anthropomorphic user interface in a travel reservation context and affordances. Journal of computing, 3(8),

This paper describes an experiment and its results concerning research that has been going on for a number ofyears in the area of anthropomorphic user interface feedback. The main aims of the research have been to examine theeffectiveness and user sa... Read More about Evaluation of an anthropomorphic user interface in a travel reservation context and affordances.

Cities and the low carbon transition (2011)
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Bulkeley, H., Castan Broto, V., Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2011). Cities and the low carbon transition. ˜The œEuropean financial review (Online),

The notion of a low carbon transition is beguilingly simple. We use too much of the wrong sort of energy. We need to use the right sort of energy, and we need to use less of it.

Selecting training points for one-class support vector machines (2011)
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Li, Y. (2011). Selecting training points for one-class support vector machines. Pattern Recognition Letters, 32(11), 1517-1522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2011.04.013

This paper proposes a training points selection method for one-class support vector machines. It exploits the feature of a trained one-class SVM, which uses points only residing on the exterior region of data distribution as support vectors. Thus, th... Read More about Selecting training points for one-class support vector machines.

A new unsupervised feature selection method for text clustering based on genetic algorithms (2011)
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Shamsinejadbabki, P., & Saraee, M. (2012). A new unsupervised feature selection method for text clustering based on genetic algorithms. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 38(3), 669-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10844-011-0172-5

Nowadays a vast amount of textual information is collected and stored in various databases around the world, including the Internet as the largest database of all. This rapidly increasing growth of published text means that even the most avid reader... Read More about A new unsupervised feature selection method for text clustering based on genetic algorithms.

Behavioral responses of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus, Canidae) to different categories of environmental enrichment stimuli and their implications for successful reintroduction (2011)
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Coelho, C., de Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2012). Behavioral responses of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus, Canidae) to different categories of environmental enrichment stimuli and their implications for successful reintroduction. Zoo Biology, 31(4), 453-469. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20410

The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus, Illiger, 1815, Canidae) is a threatened species that inhabits the cerrados of Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Captive maned wolves could be potentially used in reintroduction programs fo... Read More about Behavioral responses of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus, Canidae) to different categories of environmental enrichment stimuli and their implications for successful reintroduction.

Foot posture after stroke : frequency, nature and clinical significance (2011)
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Forghany, S., Tyson, S., Nester, C., Preece, S., & Jones, R. (2011). Foot posture after stroke : frequency, nature and clinical significance. Clinical Rehabilitation, 25(11), 1050-1055. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215511410581

Objectives: clinical convention suggests that foot posture and movements are adversely affected by stroke and cause walking difficulties but there is little objective data to support or refute these beliefs. This study explores static foot posture in... Read More about Foot posture after stroke : frequency, nature and clinical significance.

Place branding's role in sustainable development (2011)
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Maheshwari, V., Vandewalle, I., & Bamber, D. (2011). Place branding's role in sustainable development. Journal of Place Management and Development, 4(2), 198-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538331111153188

Purpose The aim of this research is to examine the place brand construct and to establish its role in the sustainable development of a place. This research reviews the evolution, development and effectiveness of the place branding concept from the p... Read More about Place branding's role in sustainable development.

Chemotopy of Amino Acids on the Olfactory Bulb Predicts Olfactory Discrimination Capabilities of Zebrafish Danio rerio (2011)
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Miklavc, P., & Valentincic, T. (2012). Chemotopy of Amino Acids on the Olfactory Bulb Predicts Olfactory Discrimination Capabilities of Zebrafish Danio rerio. Chemical Senses, 37(1), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjr066

Amino acids reliably evoke strong responses in fish olfactory system. The molecular olfactory receptors (ORs) are located in the membrane of cilia and microvilli of the olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). Axons of ORNs converge on specific olfactory b... Read More about Chemotopy of Amino Acids on the Olfactory Bulb Predicts Olfactory Discrimination Capabilities of Zebrafish Danio rerio.

Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles (2011)
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Krpetic, Z., Nativo, P., Prior, I., & Brust, M. (2011). Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles. Small, 7(14), 1982-1986. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201100462

Uptake of PEGylated gold nanoparticles by HeLa cells in the presence of acrylate is described. Nanoparticles that are usually not taken up readily cross the plasma membrane into the cytosol in the presence of acrylate. In addition, a method is descri... Read More about Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles.

The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs (2011)
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Measham, F., Wood, D., Dargan, P., & Moore, K. (2011). The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs. Journal of Substance Use, 16(4), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2011.594704

Aim: To assess the prevalence of use of established illegal psychoactive drugs and emergent psychoactive drugs, the so-called “legal highs”, amongst gay club-goers who are considered to be “early adopters” of drug trends. Design: Three in situ s... Read More about The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs.

On the demand distributions of spare parts (2011)
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Syntetos, A., Babai, M., & Altay, N. (2011). On the demand distributions of spare parts. International Journal of Production Research, 50(8), 2101-2117. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2011.562561

Spare parts have become ubiquitous in modern societies, and managing their requirements is an important and challenging task with tremendous cost implications for the organisations that are holding relevant inventories. Demand for spare parts arises... Read More about On the demand distributions of spare parts.

Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives (2011)
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Miller, D., Jessel, A., & Mariani, S. (2011). Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives. Fish and Fisheries, 13(3), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00426.x

The global seafood industry, influenced by consumer demand, is closely linked to the global fishing industry, which determines the variety of fish available for consumption. The recently revealed issue of seafood mislabelling threatens to weaken this... Read More about Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives.

An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being (2011)
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Fallon, D., Warne, T., Mcandrew, S., & McLaughlin, H. (2011). An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being. Nurse Education Today, 32(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.06.002

For the past decade nurse education has incorporated service user and carer perspectives into their programme and research agendas. Moving from rhetoric to the reality of embedding adult service user and carer knowledge into nurse education this pape... Read More about An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being.

Emerging technologies for BIM 2.0 (2011)
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Underwood, J., & Isikdag, U. (2011). Emerging technologies for BIM 2.0. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(3), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111148990

This paper aims to present a new perspective regarding how newly emerging ICT may have an impact on Building Information Modelling and Management (BIM-M); specifically, towards enabling the next generation of (full state) BIMs.

Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire (2011)
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Scott, M. (2011). Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire. Notes and Queries, 58(3), 438-439. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjr077

Part four of The Place-Names of Leicestershire documents the history of the place-names in the fifty-four parishes of Gartree Hundred in the south-east of the county. Study of the toponymic record of this part of Leicestershire is facilitated by thre... Read More about Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire.

Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study (2011)
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Akbiyikli, R., Dikmen, S., & Eaton, D. (2011). Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study. Transport, 26(2), 208-215. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2011.589426

The long term sustainable provision of new and high quality maintained road stock is vitally important, especially in times of economic constraint such as Europe is currently experiencing. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is one method of financi... Read More about Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study.

What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK (2011)
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Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2011). What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK. Men and Masculinities, 14(5), 588-606. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X11412940

This article reviews the way that fatherhood is constructed in the public discourse and more broadly in the public sphere in the UK and France by examining (1) the fatherhood regime and its influence on the construction of fatherhood in the two count... Read More about What is 'new' about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK.