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Environmental enrichment: a GAP analysis (2007)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., Cipreste, C., & Young, R. (2007). Environmental enrichment: a GAP analysis. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 102(3-4), 329-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.034

GAP analyses are tools used to inform us about the short-comings of a scientific area or necessities in social–economic problems. In the last 20 years, environmental enrichment as an area of scientific investigation has come of age; this can be clear... Read More about Environmental enrichment: a GAP analysis.

Independent sector mental health care : a 1-day census of private and voluntary sector placements in seven Strategic Health Authority areas in England (2007)
Journal Article
Hatfield, B., Sharma, I., & Ryan, T. (2007). Independent sector mental health care : a 1-day census of private and voluntary sector placements in seven Strategic Health Authority areas in England. Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(5), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00698.x

The aims of this study were (i) to map the extent of all mental health placements in the independent sector, for adults of working age, and elderly people (excluding those with a diagnosis of dementia placed in Local Authority care homes), on a censu... Read More about Independent sector mental health care : a 1-day census of private and voluntary sector placements in seven Strategic Health Authority areas in England.

Active router approach to defeating denial-of-service attacks in networks (2007)
Journal Article
El-Moussa, F., Linge, N., & Hope, M. (2007). Active router approach to defeating denial-of-service attacks in networks. IET Communications, 1(1), 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-com%3A20050441

Denial-of-service attacks represent a major threat to modern organisations who are increasingly dependent on the integrity of their computer networks. A new approach to combating such threats introduces active routers into the network architecture. T... Read More about Active router approach to defeating denial-of-service attacks in networks.

A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest (2007)
Journal Article
McKay, G. (2007). A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest. Parallax, 13(1), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534640601094817

What happens in social movements when people actually move, how does the mobile moment of activism contribute to mobilisation? Are they marching or dancing? How is the space of action, the street itself, altered, re-sounded? The employment of street... Read More about A soundtrack to the insurrection : street music, marching bands and popular protest.

Concentration dependence of the fluorescence decay profile in transition metal doped chalcogenide glass (2007)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Hewak, D., & Curry, R. (2007). Concentration dependence of the fluorescence decay profile in transition metal doped chalcogenide glass. Proceedings of SPIE, 6469, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699134

In this paper we present the fluorescence decay profiles of vanadium and titanium doped gallium lanthanum sulphide
(GLS) glass at various doping concentrations between 0.01 and 1% (molar). We demonstrate that below a critical doping
concentration t... Read More about Concentration dependence of the fluorescence decay profile in transition metal doped chalcogenide glass.

Ratujcie Jentla! (Save Yentl!) (2007)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2007). Ratujcie Jentla! (Save Yentl!). A. Akcent, 28(1), 32-40

In this short story, the author-narrator discovers his Jewish roots in the process of documenting the remnants of the Jewish civilisation in Poland.

Socio-sexual behavior of female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) (2007)
Journal Article
Possamai, C., Young, R., Mendes, S., & Strier, K. (2007). Socio-sexual behavior of female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus). American Journal of Primatology, 69(7), 766-776. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20399

Female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) are known to engage in frequent copulations with multiple partners, a pattern that in other primates has been attributed to various functions such as confusing paternity, reducing male aggression, or... Read More about Socio-sexual behavior of female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus).

A systematic review of psychological interventions for children with asthma (2007)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Fleming, S., & Shuldham, C. (2007). A systematic review of psychological interventions for children with asthma. Pediatric Pulmonology, 42(2), 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.20464

Aim: Psychological factors may influence the symptoms and management of asthma in children in many ways. It is, therefore, suggested that psychological interventions may be appropriate for this population. This paper reports a systematic review asses... Read More about A systematic review of psychological interventions for children with asthma.

Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy. (2007)
Journal Article
Toro, B., Nester, C., & Farren, P. (2007). Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture, 25(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.02.004

Classification of gait disorders would facilitate standardisation of gait management and communication across professional boundaries. In the past, such classification was undertaken using a variety of approaches with often unclear methodology and va... Read More about Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy..

Deglutitive laryngeal closure in stroke patients (2007)
Journal Article
Power, M., Hamdy, S., Singh, S., Tyrrell, P., Turnbull, I., & Thompson, D. (2007). Deglutitive laryngeal closure in stroke patients. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.101857

Background: Dysphagia has been reported in up to 70% of patients with stroke, predisposing them to aspiration and pneumonia. Despite this, the mechanism for aspiration remains unclear.

Aims: To determine the relationship between bolus flow and... Read More about Deglutitive laryngeal closure in stroke patients.

Steady state high pressure spray cooling of high temperature steel surfaces (2007)
Journal Article
Sharief, R., Nasr, G., & Yule, A. (2007). Steady state high pressure spray cooling of high temperature steel surfaces. Atomization and Sprays, 17(2), 171-191. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.v17.i2.40

Water-spray cooling of heated surfaces is common in many industrial applications, notably steelmaking, because of its high heat dissipating ability. Quantitative information regarding the parameters affecting spray cooling is relatively scarce. The o... Read More about Steady state high pressure spray cooling of high temperature steel surfaces.

Evaluation of the primary/secondary care interface in relation to a primary care rheumatology service (2007)
Journal Article
Critchley, S., & Ball, E. (2007). Evaluation of the primary/secondary care interface in relation to a primary care rheumatology service. Quality in Primary Care, 15(1), 33-36

Objective The rheumatology department at The
Royal Oldham Hospital developed a primary care
service aimed at bridging the gap between primary
and secondary care for patients with potential
rheumatological conditions, and this was given
the name... Read More about Evaluation of the primary/secondary care interface in relation to a primary care rheumatology service.

Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability (2007)
Journal Article
Beadsmoore, C., Cheow, H., Szczepura, K., Ruparelia, P., & Michael Peters, A. (2007). Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 28(2), 75-77. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0b013e328013eb1e

Question
Does passive smoking have a measurable effect on lung function in otherwise healthy subjects? There is current interest concerning passive smoking but no objective evidence showing that it has any impact on lung function.

Methods
The... Read More about Healthy passive cigarette smokers have increased pulmonary alveolar permeability.

Measuring disease prevalence: a comparison of musculoskeletal disease using four general practice consultation databases. (2007)
Journal Article
Jordan, K., Clarke-Cornwell, A. M., PM Symmons, D., Fleming, D., Porcheret, M., Kadam, U. T., & Croft, P. (2007). Measuring disease prevalence: a comparison of musculoskeletal disease using four general practice consultation databases. British Journal of General Practice, 57, 7-14

Background
Primary care consultation data are an important source
of information on morbidity prevalence. It is not known
how reliable such figures are.
Aim
To compare annual consultation prevalence estimates
for musculoskeletal conditions deri... Read More about Measuring disease prevalence: a comparison of musculoskeletal disease using four general practice consultation databases..

Helmholtz bright and boundary solitons (2007)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2007). Helmholtz bright and boundary solitons. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 40(7), 1545-1560. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/40/7/008

We report, for the first time, exact analytical boundary solitons of a generalized cubic-quintic Non-Linear Helmholtz (NLH) equation. These solutions have a linked-plateau topology that is distinct from conventional dark soliton solutions; their ampl... Read More about Helmholtz bright and boundary solitons.

An end effector based on the Bernoulli principle for handling sliced fruit and vegetables (2007)
Journal Article
Davis, S., Gray, J., & Caldwell, D. (2008). An end effector based on the Bernoulli principle for handling sliced fruit and vegetables. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 24(2), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2006.11.002

This paper describes the design and testing of a gripper developed for the handling of delicate sliced fruit and vegetable products commonly found in the food industry. The device operates on the Bernoulli principle whereby air flow over the surface... Read More about An end effector based on the Bernoulli principle for handling sliced fruit and vegetables.

Ground use by northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) (2007)
Journal Article
Mourthé, I., Guedes, D., Fidelis, J., Boubli, J., Mendes, S., & Strier, K. (2007). Ground use by northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus). American Journal of Primatology, 69(6), 706-712. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20405

Many arboreal primates descend to the ground, a custom that may occur more frequently in disturbed habitats, and in the presence of researchers to whom the primates are habituated. In this paper, we describe opportunistic observations of ground use i... Read More about Ground use by northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus).

Spectroscopy of vanadium (III) doped gallium lanthanum sulphide chalcogenide glass (2007)
Journal Article
chalcogenide glass. Applied Physics Letters, 90, 031108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2432280

Vanadiumdopedgalliumlanthanum sulphide glass (V:GLS) displays three absorption bands at 580, 730, and 1155nm identified by photoluminescence excitation measurements. Broad photoluminescence, with a full width at half maximum of ∼500nm , is observed... Read More about Spectroscopy of vanadium (III) doped gallium lanthanum sulphide chalcogenide glass.

Establishing library 'key skill' confidence levels amongst a cohort of nursing students at an English university (2007)
Journal Article
Franks, H., & McAlonan, C. (2007). Establishing library 'key skill' confidence levels amongst a cohort of nursing students at an English university. Nurse Education in Practice, 70(4), 258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2006.08.001

Summary: This article presents the findings of a small-scale preliminary survey of one cohort of students studying towards a Diploma/BSc in Nursing. The survey sought to establish student characteristics and indicate their confidence levels using ide... Read More about Establishing library 'key skill' confidence levels amongst a cohort of nursing students at an English university.