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Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South (2011)
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Birkbeck, C. (2011). Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South. Punishment and Society, 13(3), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474511404320

Recent references to the ‘warehouse prison’ in the United States and the prisión-depósito in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the western hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise.... Read More about Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South.

A survey of AI in operations management from 2005 to 2009 (2011)
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Kobbacy, K., & Vadera, S. (2011). A survey of AI in operations management from 2005 to 2009. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 22(6), 706-733. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410381111149602

Purpose: the use of AI for operations management, with its ability to evolve solutions, handle uncertainty and perform optimisation continues to be a major field of research. The growing body of publications over the last two decades means that it c... Read More about A survey of AI in operations management from 2005 to 2009.

An empirical comparison of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms (2011)
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Lomax, S., & Vadera, S. (2011). An empirical comparison of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms. Expert Systems, 28(3), 227-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0394.2010.00573.x

Decision tree induction is a widely used technique for learning from data which first emerged in the 1980s. In recent years, several authors have noted that in practice, accuracy alone is not adequate, and it has become increasingly important to tak... Read More about An empirical comparison of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms.

Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda (2011)
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Mitchell, M. (2011). Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda. British Journal of Nursing, 20(13), 828-829

Considerable innovation in both anaesthesia and surgical techniques have ensured permanent change to elective surgical nursing (Toftgaard, 2009). The physical assault on the body during surgery has been dramatically reduced over the last decade (Darz... Read More about Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda.

Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out? (2011)
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Smallbone, C., & Staniland, K. (2011). Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16(7), 342-346

This article reports on a student nurse project carried out on a community placement in respect to patients dependent on medical devices in the event of power cuts. The project was designed to identify relevant literature to establish what emergency... Read More about Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?.

Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait (2011)
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Correa, T., Baker, R., Graham, H., & Pandy, M. (2011). Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 44(11), 2096-2105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.023

Biomechanical assessments of muscle function are often performed using a generic musculoskeletal model created from anatomical measuremetns obtained from cadavers. Understanding the validity of using generic models to study movement biomechanics is c... Read More about Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait.

Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (2011)
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Meetoo, D., McAllister, G., & West, A. (2011). Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose. British Journal of Nursing, 20(15), 919-925

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic, lifelong metabolic disorder characterized by an elevated blood glucose level resulting from an absolute or relative shortage of insulin. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has escalated over the years following... Read More about Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose.

Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1 (2011)
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Hunter, A., Murphy, K., Grealish, A., Casey, D., & Keady, J. (2011). Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1. Nurse Researcher, 18(4), 6-10

Aim The decision to use grounded theory is not an easy one and this article aims to illustrate and explore the methodological complexity and decision-making process. It explores the decision making of one researcher in the first two years of a ground... Read More about Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1.

A hygienically designed force gripper for flexible handling of variable and easily damaged natural food products (2011)
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Pettersson, A., Ohlsson, T., Davis, S., Gray, J., & Dodd, T. (2011). A hygienically designed force gripper for flexible handling of variable and easily damaged natural food products. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 12(3), 344-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2011.03.002

To overcome present difficulties in robotized food handling a force sensing robot gripper for flexible production is presented. A magnetic coupling is used to completely encapsulate the actuator mechanism, improving hygiene and enabling a future ho... Read More about A hygienically designed force gripper for flexible handling of variable and easily damaged natural food products.

Anxiety disorders: an introduction (2011)
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Gournay, K., Rogers, P., Curran, J., & Darling, J. (2011). Anxiety disorders: an introduction. British Journal of Wellbeing, 2(6), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjow.2011.2.6.39

This article focuses on anxiety disorders, which affect many people during the course of their lives. It offers illustrative examples, an overview of the various types of anxiety disorders and some self assessments to test the reader’s knowledge

Noisy human neighbours affect where urban monkeys live (2011)
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Duarte, M., Vecci, M., Hirsch, A., & Young, R. (2011). Noisy human neighbours affect where urban monkeys live. Biology Letters, 7(6), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0529

Urban areas and many natural habitats are being dominated by a new selection pressure: anthropogenic noise. The ongoing expansion of urban areas, roads and airports throughout the world makes the noise almost omnipresent. Urbanization and the increas... Read More about Noisy human neighbours affect where urban monkeys live.

Introduction: Outsider parties in government in Western Europe (2011)
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McDonnell, D., & Newell, J. (2011). Introduction: Outsider parties in government in Western Europe. Party Politics, 17(4), 443-452. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068811400517

Over the past two decades, a growing number of ‘outsider parties’ have entered governing centre-left and centre-right coalitions across Western Europe. In this introduction, we first define outsider parties as those which — even when their vote-share... Read More about Introduction: Outsider parties in government in Western Europe.

Di lotta e di governo: the lega nord and rifondazione comunista in office (2011)
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Albertazzi, D., McDonnell, D., & Newell, J. (2011). Di lotta e di governo: the lega nord and rifondazione comunista in office. Party Politics, 17(4), 471-487. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068811400523

Since 1994, Italian politics has seen a number of coalitions including parties whose identity has been strongly based on their ‘outsider’ status as uncompromising opposition movements which would not previously consider government participation. This... Read More about Di lotta e di governo: the lega nord and rifondazione comunista in office.

Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from cats in different geographic regions of China. (2011)
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ZW, C., JM, G., XX, H., L, W., L, Y., F, H., …ZR, L. (2011). Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from cats in different geographic regions of China. Veterinary Parasitology, 183(1-2), 166-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.013

Fourteen isolates of Toxoplamsa gondii were isolated from cats from 4 different geographic provinces (Anhui, Hubei, Shanxi and Guangdong) in China and their genetic diversity with 8 nuclear loci SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, L358, PK1, c22-8, c29-2, and an... Read More about Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from cats in different geographic regions of China..

Exploring the evidence base for acupuncture in the treatment of Meniere’s Syndrome — A systematic review (2011)
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of Meniere’s Syndrome — A systematic review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011, 429102. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep047

Meniere’s syndrome is a long-term, progressive disease that damages the balance and hearing parts of the inner ear. To address the paucity of information on which evidence-based treatment decisions should be made, a systematic review of acupuncture... Read More about Exploring the evidence base for acupuncture in the treatment of Meniere’s Syndrome — A systematic review.

Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature (2011)
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Abdou, H., & Pointon, J. (2011). Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature. Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 18(2-3), 59-88. https://doi.org/10.1002/isaf.325

Credit scoring has been regarded as a core appraisal tool of different institutions during the last few decades and has been widely investigated in different areas, such as finance and accounting. Different scoring techniques are being used in areas... Read More about Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature.

In-situ powder neutron diffraction study of non-stoichiometric phase formation during the hydrogenation of Li3N (2011)
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Bull, D., Sorbic, N., Moser, D., Telling, M., Smith, R., Gregory, D., & Ross, D. (2011). In-situ powder neutron diffraction study of non-stoichiometric phase formation during the hydrogenation of Li3N. Faraday Discussions, 151, https://doi.org/10.1039/c0fd00020e

The hydrogenation of Li3N at low chemical potential has been studied in situ by time-of-flight powder neutron diffraction and the formation of a nonstoichiometric Li4_2xNH phase and Li4NH observed. The results are interpreted in terms of a model for... Read More about In-situ powder neutron diffraction study of non-stoichiometric phase formation during the hydrogenation of Li3N.