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Visitors experience of travel to the City of Heaven (Madinah) (2011)
Journal Article
Raj, R., & Rashid, T. (2011). Visitors experience of travel to the City of Heaven (Madinah). International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 7(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2011.040842

In modern society which, by definition is increasingly secular and culturally motivated, the Hajj is considered the culmination of each Muslim’s religious duties and aspiration. Muslims travel to the city of Madinah, after performing the Hajj, as... Read More about Visitors experience of travel to the City of Heaven (Madinah).

The birth satisfaction scale (2011)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C., & Fleming, V. (2011). The birth satisfaction scale. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 24(2), 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526861111105086

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a psychometric scale – the birth satisfaction scale (BSS) – for assessing women’s birth perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review and transcribed research-based perceived birth sat... Read More about The birth satisfaction scale.

Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth (2011)
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Snowden, A., Martin, C., Jomeen, J., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2011). Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-11-40

Background: This paper reports original research on choice and control in childbirth. Eight women were interviewed as part of a wider investigation into locus of control in women with pre-labour rupture of membranes at term (PROM)[1]. Methods: The f... Read More about Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth.

Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease (2011)
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Chaloner, G., Harrison, T., Coyne, K., Aanensen, D., & Birtles, R. (2011). Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(6), 2132-2137. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00275-11

Bartonella henselae is one of the most common zoonotic agents acquired from companion animals (cats) in industrialized countries. Nonetheless, although the prevalence of infections in cats is high, the number of human cases reported is relatively l... Read More about Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease.

Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China (2011)
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Li, T., Ito, A., Pengcuo, R., Sako, Y., Chen, X., Qiu, D., …Craig, P. (2011). Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(10), e1364. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001364

Background: Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, with the liver as the most frequently affected organ, is known to be highly endemic in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province. Antiparas... Read More about Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China.

Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales (2011)
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Mastin, A., Brouwer, A., Fox, M., Craig, P., Guitián, J., Li, W., & Stevens, K. (2011). Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales. Veterinary Parasitology, 178(1-2), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.049

The prevalence of canine echinococcosis appears to have been increasing in mid/south Wales in recent years – raising the concern of a potential resurgence in transmission to humans. A campaign was therefore conducted in 2008 in order to provide dogs... Read More about Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales.

Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats (2011)
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Thomasson, D., Wright, E., Hughes, J., Dodd, N., Cox, A., Boyce, K., …Hide, G. (2011). Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats. Parasitology, 138(09), 1117-1123. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011000904

The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is prevalent worldwide and can infect a remarkably wide range of hosts despite felids being the only definitive host. As cats play a major role in transmission to secondary mammalian hosts, the interaction b... Read More about Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats.

Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations (2011)
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Nirmalan, N., Hughes, C., Peng, J., McKenna, T., Langridge, J., Cairns, D., …Banks, R. (2011). Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations. Journal of Proteome Research, 10(2), 896-906. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr100812d

Annotated formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue archives constitute a valuable resource for retrospective biomarker discovery. However, proteomic exploration of archival tissue is impeded by extensive formalin-induced covalent cross-lin... Read More about Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations.

Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Marquess of Crewe and Anglo-French Relations, 1924–1928 (2011)
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Johnson, G. (2011). Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Marquess of Crewe and Anglo-French Relations, 1924–1928. Contemporary British History, 25(1), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2011.546100

During the mid-1920s, Britain's relationship with France was of crucial importance to understanding the entire rationale behind British policy towards European diplomacy. This article is concerned with the dynamics of the relationship between the fra... Read More about Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Marquess of Crewe and Anglo-French Relations, 1924–1928.

Substituting ‘H2for C’ and reducing global inequalities in health (2011)
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Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2011). Substituting ‘H2for C’ and reducing global inequalities in health. Journal of Global Ethics, 7(1), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2011.556659

Life expectancy and health differ greatly between emerging and developed countries and within countries. Global dependence on fossil fuels contributes to health inequalities through air pollution, the geopolitics of scarce resources and probable clim... Read More about Substituting ‘H2for C’ and reducing global inequalities in health.

Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins (2011)
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Yang, Q., Shao, J., Scholz, M., & Plant, C. (2011). Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins. Water Research, 45(3), 993-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.006

The European Union’s Flood Directive 2007/60/EC requires member states to produce flood risk maps for all river basins and coastal areas at risk of flooding by 2013. As a result, flood risk assessments have become an urgent challenge requiring a ra... Read More about Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins.

The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet (2011)
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Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2011). The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet. Journal of European Public Policy, 18(2), 241-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.544505

Whilst the global governance architecture of the Internet has evolved at pace in the last 10 years, the European Union’s (EU) role and influence in its development has been relatively understudied. This article contributes to closing this gap in t... Read More about The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet.

‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications? (2011)
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Simpson, S. (2011). ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?. West European Politics, 34(5), 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.591108

This article makes a contribution to research on soft or ‘new’ governance in EU policy making by examining the recent history of telecommunications policy as a case study, a sector hitherto not widely recognised for displaying this kind of governan... Read More about ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?.

The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections? (2011)
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Bown, K., Lambin, X., Telford, G., Heyder-Bruckner, D., Ogden, N., & Birtles, R. (2011). The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections?. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(7), 947-953. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2010.0185

Although the importance of rodents as reservoirs for a number of tick-borne infections is well established, comparatively little is known about the potential role of shrews, despite them occupying similar habitats. To address this, blood and tick s... Read More about The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections?.

Translating science (2011)
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Olohan, M., & Salama-Carr, M. (2011). Translating science. Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication, 17(2), 179-188

A 'base and spurious thing': Reading and deceptive femininity in Ellen Wood's Parkwater (1857) (2011)
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Allan, J. (2011). A 'base and spurious thing': Reading and deceptive femininity in Ellen Wood's Parkwater (1857). Critical Survey, 23(1), 8-24. https://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2011.230102

Concentrating on Ellen Wood’s Parkwater, a little-known New Monthly Magazine serial, this article attempts to complicate the long-standing construction of Wood as a ‘quiet sensationalist’. It argues that Wood’s serial was self-consciously appealin... Read More about A 'base and spurious thing': Reading and deceptive femininity in Ellen Wood's Parkwater (1857).

Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands (2011)
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Mustafa, A., & Scholz, M. (2011). Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands. Wetlands, 31(3), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0175-6

The community structure of bacteria responsible for transformation and removal of nitrogen species from farmyard runoff within two different full-scale integrated constructed wetland (ICW) systems was studied. Microbial communities in litter and... Read More about Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands.

Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland (2011)
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Mustafa, A., & Scholz, M. (2011). Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 219(1-4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0710-8

This paper investigates the role of plants and sediment in removing nutrients from wastewater being treated in a representative integrated constructed wetland (ICW). It discusses the role of plants and sediment in removing nutrients from an ICW... Read More about Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland.

Housing-based support: a successful alternative to secure accommodation for people who have learning disabilities and have offended (2011)
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Olsen, A., & Heaton, S. (2011). Housing-based support: a successful alternative to secure accommodation for people who have learning disabilities and have offended. Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 2(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.5042/jldob.2011.0025

Services for offenders who have learning disabilities are generally provided in secure and medium secure units. These services are often provided in segregated and congregated settings using therapeutic interventions. This paper presents a case s... Read More about Housing-based support: a successful alternative to secure accommodation for people who have learning disabilities and have offended.

Commentary on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’ (2011)
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Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(3), 17-20

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a commentary on the previous paper in this issue on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’ Design/methodo... Read More about Commentary on the ‘‘Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community Learning Disability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2’’.