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The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2004)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., & Freeman, K. (2004). The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(5), 520. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr766oa

Objective: To evaluate the long-term effects of joint protection on health status of people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Design: A four-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded trial was conducted. Setting: Two rheu... Read More about The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Reliability and validity of functional balance tests post stroke (2004)
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post stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18, 916-923. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr821oa

Objective: To contribute to the reliability and validity of a series of functional balance tests for use post stroke. Design: Within-session, test/restest and intertester reliability was tested using the kappa coefficient and intraclass correlatio... Read More about Reliability and validity of functional balance tests post stroke.

Are the media globalizing political discourse? The war on terrorism case study (2004)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2004). Are the media globalizing political discourse? The war on terrorism case study. International Journal of the Humanities, 2(2), 1301-1308

The paper challenges the claim that an increasingly global media is creating a homogenisation of political discourses at the international level. In particular, it explores the extent to which the U.S. government managed to affect global perception... Read More about Are the media globalizing political discourse? The war on terrorism case study.

Modelling the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in foxes (2004)
Journal Article
Pleydell, D., Raoul, F., Tourneux, F., & al, E. (2004). Modelling the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in foxes. Acta tropica, 91(3), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.05.004

Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare but fatal disease in humans and is caused by the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. The densities of fox and grassland rodent populations and the interactions between them influence E. multilocularis transmiss... Read More about Modelling the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in foxes.

Cost comparison of marking techniques in long-term population studies: PIT-tags versus pattern maps (2004)
Journal Article
Arntzen, J., Goudie, I., Halley, J., & Jehle, R. (2004). Cost comparison of marking techniques in long-term population studies: PIT-tags versus pattern maps. Amphibia-Reptilia, 25(3), 305-315. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568538041975116

Conservation biology requires the assessment of demographic parameters and life-history data in wildlife populations. Such data can be gathered through capture-mark-recapture (CMR) of individuals. Marking techniques may vary for study organisms, rese... Read More about Cost comparison of marking techniques in long-term population studies: PIT-tags versus pattern maps.

The myth of the puck bunny: female fans and men's ice hockey (2004)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., & Gosling, V. (2004). The myth of the puck bunny: female fans and men's ice hockey. Sociology, 38(3), 477-493. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038504043214

This article presents a consideration of the female followers of men’s ice hockey in the UK, questions why this sport has been so popular in attracting a high proportion of female supporters and considers their place and location within this supporte... Read More about The myth of the puck bunny: female fans and men's ice hockey.

Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems (2004)
Journal Article
Latif-Shabgahi, G., Bass, J., & Bennett, S. (2004). Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems. Computer Journal, 47(3), 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/47.3.299

Voting algorithms are used to arbitrate between the variant results in fault-tolerant systems. Traditional voters produce incorrect outputs in multiple error conditions. This paper introduces a class of voters, called predictor voters, which can reso... Read More about Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems.

Towards a philosophical understanding of documentation: a Dooyeweerdian framework (2004)
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Burke, M., & Basden, A. (2004). Towards a philosophical understanding of documentation: a Dooyeweerdian framework. Journal of Documentation, 60(4), 352-370. https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410410548135

Documents as we encounter them in everyday life are complex and diverse things, whether on paper, computer disk or on the World Wide Web. They play many roles vis-à-vis human beings, and the humans engaged with them have diverse responsibilities that... Read More about Towards a philosophical understanding of documentation: a Dooyeweerdian framework.

Comprehensive performance assessment - springboard or dead-weight? (2004)
Journal Article
Wilson, J. (2004). Comprehensive performance assessment - springboard or dead-weight?. Public Money and Management, 24(1), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00394.x

Since its election in 1997, the Labour Government in the UK has emphasised the need to improve the quality of public services. In the case of local government, this emphasis has led to the introduction of Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). T... Read More about Comprehensive performance assessment - springboard or dead-weight?.

The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence (2004)
Journal Article
Swift, J., & Huang, Y. (2004). The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence. International Journal of Management Practice, 1(1), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2004.004868

This paper examines the role of Foreign Language Competence (FLC) in international business, at a time when business activity, in general, is becoming increasingly international, and when the focus of business relationships is changing from that of a... Read More about The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence.

Innovation, Construction SMEs and Action Learning. (2004)
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Davey, C., Powell, J., Cooper, I., & Powell, J. (2004). Innovation, Construction SMEs and Action Learning. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 11(4), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/+09699980410547586

Action learning is intended to enable a group of professionals (a SET) to tackle work problems, develop solutions and reflect upon the success and failure of their actions. As part of the UK construction industry's drive to improve learning and perfo... Read More about Innovation, Construction SMEs and Action Learning..

Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony (2004)
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Beyh, S., & Kagioglou, M. (2004). Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony

Over the past decades, construction firms have been using several off-the-shelf telecommunication tools and techniques to provide the communication means necessary to their mobile personnel on the jobsite. It is obvious that two-way radio transceiver... Read More about Construction sites communications towards the integration of IP telephony.

Real-world ethics and nursing research (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. (2004). Real-world ethics and nursing research. Journal of Research in Nursing, 9(4), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900403

In this paper I argue that nursing research is losing its way. There are a number of ways in which this is happening; for example, people are spending much more time writing about methodology than getting on with the research itself and the reporting... Read More about Real-world ethics and nursing research.