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Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers (1998)
Book
Burke, M., & Hall, H. (1998). Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers. London: Library Association

This text aims to equip the reader with strategies for selecting the best printed and electronic business information sources. It outlines important legislation and business regulations and includes an examination of the workings of industry in the U... Read More about Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers.

Familiar fears: the social work assessment of lesbian and gay fostering and adoption applicants (1998)
Thesis
Hicks, S. Familiar fears: the social work assessment of lesbian and gay fostering and adoption applicants. (Thesis). University of Lancaster

This thesis considers how local authority social workers go about assessing the suitability of lesbians and gay men to foster or adopt children. It also asks how far a stated lesbian or gay sexuality is problematic within this process. A construct... Read More about Familiar fears: the social work assessment of lesbian and gay fostering and adoption applicants.

Graded call variation in male Asian cricket frogs (Rana nicobariensis) (1998)
Journal Article
Jehle, R., & Arak, A. (1998). Graded call variation in male Asian cricket frogs (Rana nicobariensis). Bioacoustics, 9, 35-48

We describe the vocal repertoire of the Asian cricket frog Rana nicobariensis for the first time. Three structurally-distinct call types exist: advertisement calls, aggressive calls and encounter calls. Compound calls consisting of both advertisement... Read More about Graded call variation in male Asian cricket frogs (Rana nicobariensis).

Rare hybridization and introgression in smooth and palmate newts (Salamandridae: Triturus vulgaris and T. helveticus) (1998)
Journal Article
Triturus vulgaris and T. helveticus). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 36, 111-122

This paper describes the occurrence of hybridization and introgression in two species of amphibians (the newts Trifurus helrelicus and Trirurus culgaris) in mid-Wales, northern France and western France. A single aberrant adult male with intermediat... Read More about Rare hybridization and introgression in smooth and palmate newts (Salamandridae: Triturus vulgaris and T. helveticus).

Pits versus patterns: effects of transponders on recapture rate and body condition of Danube crested newts (Triturus Dobrogicus) and common spadefoot toads (Pelobates Fuscus) (1998)
Journal Article
Dobrogicus) and common spadefoot toads (Pelobates Fuscus). Herpetological journal, 8, 181-186

During a long-terrn study (1987-1996) near Vienna (Austria), individual Danube crested newts (Trititrus dobrogicus) and cornmon spadefoot toads (Pelobates fuscus) were registered by photographs of highly variable Skin patterns, and the implantation... Read More about Pits versus patterns: effects of transponders on recapture rate and body condition of Danube crested newts (Triturus Dobrogicus) and common spadefoot toads (Pelobates Fuscus).

Establishing the building blocks for quality practice teaching in an environment of change (1998)
Journal Article
Horwath, J., & Shardlow, S. (1998). Establishing the building blocks for quality practice teaching in an environment of change. Journal of practice teaching in social work and health, 1(2), 65-76

The changes of the last ten years within social work organisations and social work education have inevitably influenced practice learning. As well as responding as practitioners, practice teachers have had to adapt their teaching to accommodate the c... Read More about Establishing the building blocks for quality practice teaching in an environment of change.

Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject (1998)
Journal Article
Buse, P. (1998). Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2), 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/136754949800100204

This article argues that different acting techniques depend on different theories of the 'subject', and that consequently, every theory of acting is also a theory of subjectivity. Recent Oscar-winning performances emphasize roles where the actor must... Read More about Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject.

The use of self-management strategies by people with rheumatoid arthritis (1998)
Journal Article
Hammond, A. (1998). The use of self-management strategies by people with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 12(1), 81-87

OBJECTIVE: To investigate seven common arthritis self-management methods used by people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by studying their frequency of use and the patients' belief in their benefits. Also to look at how people obtained information abou... Read More about The use of self-management strategies by people with rheumatoid arthritis.

A non-overt negative operator in French (1998)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1998). A non-overt negative operator in French. Probus, 10(2), 185-206. https://doi.org/10.1515/prbs.1998.10.2.185%2C+//1998

This paper addresses negative ne, N eg0, in French which is restricted to contexts of sentential (as opposed to constituent) negation. This association is attributed to a single mechanism: ne is licensed and sentential negation is marked via Dynami... Read More about A non-overt negative operator in French.