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Cardiac care : An introductory text (2006)
Book

Cardiac Care provides a quick and simple reference guide for clinicians to enable them to provide effective and evidence-based practice in cardiac care. This book recognizes that most people suffering from chronic heart disease are cared for outside... Read More about Cardiac care : An introductory text.

Shyness and boldness in greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae): the effects of antipredator training on the personality of the birds (2006)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2006). Shyness and boldness in greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae): the effects of antipredator training on the personality of the birds. #Journal not on list, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752006000100012

The shy-bold continuum is an axis of behavioural variation for some species, but the consequences of shyness and boldness in antipredatory behaviour is unknown. Bold animals have the tendency to be predated first after release in comparison to shy an... Read More about Shyness and boldness in greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae): the effects of antipredator training on the personality of the birds.

Do captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) remember antipredator training? (2006)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2006). Do captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) remember antipredator training?. #Journal not on list, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752006000100011

The antipredator training is a powerful tool now being used to help the reintroduced animals to recognise and escape from their predators. Testing the memory capacity of the animals after antipredator training is important to evaluate if the applicat... Read More about Do captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) remember antipredator training?.

Behavioural responses of captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) submitted to antipredator training (2006)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., & Young, R. (2006). Behavioural responses of captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) submitted to antipredator training. #Journal not on list, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752006000100010

Human activities have been diminishing greater rhea Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758) populations throughout their natural distribution. The reintroductions of captive-born greater rheas have been tried but without success; since the individuals reintr... Read More about Behavioural responses of captive-born greater rheas Rhea americana Linnaeus (Rheiformes, Rheidae) submitted to antipredator training.

The clean audio project: Digital TV as assistive technology (2006)
Journal Article
Shirley, B., & Kendrick, P. (2006). The clean audio project: Digital TV as assistive technology. Technology and Disability, 18(1/2006), 31-41

Technology used in Digital TV has the potential to enhance the viewing experience for millions of hard of hearing people. The Clean Audio project commissioned by the Independent Television Commission (ITC), and continued by Ofcom, looks at methods by... Read More about The clean audio project: Digital TV as assistive technology.

Hydrogen: too dangerous to base our future upon? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Newsholme, G., Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2006, March). Hydrogen: too dangerous to base our future upon?. Presented at Hazards XIX: process safety and environmental protection - what do we know? where are we going?, Manchester Conference Centre, UK

Trust and Commercial Managers: Influences and Impacts (2006)
Book Chapter
Swan, W., McDermott, P., & Khalfan, M. (2006). Trust and Commercial Managers: Influences and Impacts. In D. Lowe (Ed.), Commercial Management of Projects: Defining the Discipline. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470759509.ch8

The prelims comprise:

Introduction

What is trust?

Commercial manager in construction networks

Conclusions

Third-way politics, sceptical voters, insecure societies (2006)
Book Chapter

A prognosis model for wear prediction based on oil-based monitoring (2006)
Journal Article
Wang, W. (2007). A prognosis model for wear prediction based on oil-based monitoring. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(7), 887-893. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602185

This paper reports on the development of a wear prediction model based on stochastic filtering and hidden Markov
theory.It is assumed that observations at discrete time points are available such as metal concentrations from oil-based
monitoring, wh... Read More about A prognosis model for wear prediction based on oil-based monitoring.

Proceedings: D2B - the first International Design Management symposium, Shanghai 2006 (2006)
Book

Predicting the outcomes of annual sporting contests (2006)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & Scarf, P. (2006). Predicting the outcomes of annual sporting contests. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 55(2), 225-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2006.00525.x

Data from 20 sporting contests in which the same two teams compete regularly are studied. Strong and weak symmetry requirements for possible models are identified, and some simple models are proposed and fitted to the data. The need to compute the ex... Read More about Predicting the outcomes of annual sporting contests.

Transferring anonymity for a few choice words (2006)
Journal Article
Warne, T., & McAndrew, S. (2006). Transferring anonymity for a few choice words. Nurse Education in Practice, 6(2), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2005.08.001

This paper seeks to address a range of unconscious organisational, professional and educational processes that impact upon the provision of mental health nursing care and the service users experiences of this care. These can often result in a state o... Read More about Transferring anonymity for a few choice words.

Effect of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training on lung volumes, diaphragm thickness, and exercise capacity in subjects who are healthy (2006)
Journal Article
Enright, S., Unnithan, V., Heward, C., Withnall, L., & Davies, D. (2006). Effect of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training on lung volumes, diaphragm thickness, and exercise capacity in subjects who are healthy. Physical Therapy, 86(3), 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/86.3.345

Background and Purpose: Previous investigations have demonstrated that a regimen of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training (IMT) resulted in changes in ventilatory function and exercise capacity in patients with chronic lung disease, although the... Read More about Effect of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training on lung volumes, diaphragm thickness, and exercise capacity in subjects who are healthy.

Formation of singlet oxygen from solutions of vitamin E (2006)
Journal Article
Dad, S., Bisby, R., Clark, I., & Parker, A. (2006). Formation of singlet oxygen from solutions of vitamin E. Free Radical Research, 40(3), 333-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10715760500491174

Vitamin E offers protection against oxidative stress and is an efficient quencher of singlet oxygen. A recent report suggests that photo-excitation of vitamin E results in the formation of a triplet state (Naqvi et al. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2, 381... Read More about Formation of singlet oxygen from solutions of vitamin E.

Unique family clustering of human echinococcosis cases in a Chinese community (2006)
Journal Article

We have identified a significant focus and unusual clustering of human cases of cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in the village of Nanwan, Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in one of the most highly endemic areas... Read More about Unique family clustering of human echinococcosis cases in a Chinese community.

Nonradiating and radiating configurations driven by left-handed metamaterials (2006)
Journal Article
Boardman, A., & Marinov, K. (2006). Nonradiating and radiating configurations driven by left-handed metamaterials. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.23.000543

It is shown that a pair of identical emitters (e.g., wire dipole antennas) in the focal points of a disk, made of left-handed metamaterial (a perfect lens), forms a nonradiating electromagnetic configuration. The emitters are fed with voltages of equ... Read More about Nonradiating and radiating configurations driven by left-handed metamaterials.

Two-dimensional motion in a Bell-constrained plate (2006)
Journal Article
Sandiford, K., Rogerson, G., & Murphy, J. (2006). Two-dimensional motion in a Bell-constrained plate. International Journal of Engineering Science, 44(5-6), 379-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2005.12.006

The so-called Bell constraint has been used for several years in plasticity theory and has additionally been the subject to several investigations within an elastic context. In this paper the effects of the Bell constraint on the propagation of harmo... Read More about Two-dimensional motion in a Bell-constrained plate.

A requirements engineering framework for integrated systems development for the construction industry (2006)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., Ahmed, V., & Aouad, G. (2006). A requirements engineering framework for integrated systems development for the construction industry

Computer Integrated Construction (CIC) systems are computer environments through which
collaborative working can be undertaken. Although many CIC systems have been developed to demonstrate the
communication and collaboration within the construction... Read More about A requirements engineering framework for integrated systems development for the construction industry.

Managing sustainability within construction projects (2006)
Journal Article
Khalfan, M. (2006). Managing sustainability within construction projects. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 8(1), 41 - 60. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333206002359

This paper presents a 'Sustainability Management Activity Zone' (SMAZ) to support the implementation of sustainable construction practices integrated within a generic design and construction process map, the Process Protocol (1998). This is being inv... Read More about Managing sustainability within construction projects.

Knowledge-based learning environments for construction (2006)
Journal Article
Alshawi, M., Goulding, J., & Faraj, I. (2006). Knowledge-based learning environments for construction. Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 1(1), 51-72

Developments in information technology have revolutionised the delivery of online learning to such an extent that interoperability, scalability, adaptability and mass-customisation are now becoming practical solutions for pan global delivery. However... Read More about Knowledge-based learning environments for construction.