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The composition of interest: the Judaic prohibition (2006)
Journal Article
Lister, R. (2006). The composition of interest: the Judaic prohibition. Accounting, business and financial history (Online), 16(1), 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585200500505623

An interest charge is made up of an award for waiting known as the real rate of interest, a premium for risk and compensation for transaction costs. Where inflation exists the lender seeks further compensation. In order to understand the composition... Read More about The composition of interest: the Judaic prohibition.

Combining theories of regulation - proposing a framework for analysing regulatory systems worldwide (2006)
Journal Article
Dassler, T. (2006). Combining theories of regulation - proposing a framework for analysing regulatory systems worldwide. Utilities Policy, 14(1), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2004.12.001

Two main theories of regulation have been considered in the literature, namely regulatory intervention and regulatory governance. The paper draws on research in EU telecommunications to combine these previously independent theories and to propose a f... Read More about Combining theories of regulation - proposing a framework for analysing regulatory systems worldwide.

Food safety and the risk assessment of ethnic minority food retail businesses (2006)
Journal Article
Rudder, A. (2006). Food safety and the risk assessment of ethnic minority food retail businesses. Food Control, 17(3), 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.10.017

Food safety compliance amongst ethnic minority food retail businesses has been identified as being less than satisfactory. In order to identify barriers to compliance, a research project was undertaken which identified 40 food retail businesses which... Read More about Food safety and the risk assessment of ethnic minority food retail businesses.

Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region (2006)
Journal Article
Myant, M., & Smith, S. (2006). Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region. Europe-Asia Studies, 58(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130500481287

This article links post-communist politics with regional development through an investigation of the formulation of strategic plans at various levels. This is an important activity for compliance with procedures essential to accessing EU financial su... Read More about Regional development and post-communist politics in a Czech region.

The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity. (2006)
Journal Article
Armitt, L., & Gamble, S. (2006). The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity. Textual Practice, 20(1), 141-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502360600559837

Sarah Waters, born in Pembrokeshire in Wales in 1966, lives and works in London, a city that has become not only her domestic home, but the key backdrop for her fiction. To date she has written three prize-winning novels, Tipping the Velvet (1998), A... Read More about The Haunted Geometries of Sarah Waters's Affinity..

Defects liability management by design (2006)
Journal Article
Davey, C., McDonald, J., Lowe, D., Duff, R., Powell, J., & Powell, J. (2006). Defects liability management by design. Building Research and Information, 34(2), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210500492991

An action learning project was undertaken to empower small- and medium-sized construction companies to define the agenda for performance improvement and to take a leading role in the process of industry change. Whilst achievement of zero defects was... Read More about Defects liability management by design.

Innovative learning in action (ILIA) issue five: Learning technologies in the curriculum (2006)
Other
Caruana, V. (2006). Innovative learning in action (ILIA) issue five: Learning technologies in the curriculum. Salford, UK

Consideration of the papers and snapshots in this edition of Innovative Learning in Action, focused on learning
technology, will provide the reader with insights into a range of excellent and innovative approaches to the application of learning tech... Read More about Innovative learning in action (ILIA) issue five: Learning technologies in the curriculum.

Damage formation and annealing studies of low energy ion implants in silicon using medium energy ion scattering (2006)
Thesis
Werner, M. Damage formation and annealing studies of low energy ion implants in silicon using medium energy ion scattering. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

The work described in this thesis concerns studies of damage and annealing
processes in ion implanted Si, relevant for the formation of source / drain extensions in
sub 100 nm CMOS devices. Implants were carried out using 1-3 keV As, BF2 and Sb
io... Read More about Damage formation and annealing studies of low energy ion implants in silicon using medium energy ion scattering.

Should project management be based on theories of economics or production? (2006)
Journal Article
Koskela, L., & Ballard, G. (2006). Should project management be based on theories of economics or production?. Building Research and Information, 34(2), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210500491480

According to adherents of lean construction, project management theorists and practitioners, when drawing from the concepts and principles of economics, have neglected the management of production. The consequences of this
neglect are said to includ... Read More about Should project management be based on theories of economics or production?.

Revised Capillary Suction Time (CST) test to reduce consumable costs and improve dewaterability interpretation (2006)
Journal Article
Scholz, M. (2006). Revised Capillary Suction Time (CST) test to reduce consumable costs and improve dewaterability interpretation. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 81(3), 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.1400

The aim of this paper is to critically assess the standard capillary suction time (CST) test and to propose a modified device (prototype) and a revised CST procedure. The empirical CST test (using a circular funnel) is well established as the leading... Read More about Revised Capillary Suction Time (CST) test to reduce consumable costs and improve dewaterability interpretation.

Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation (2006)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2006). Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 3(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-3-4

Introduction: Brand's four reasons for clinical tests and his analysis of the characteristics of valid
biomechanical tests for use in orthopaedics are taken as a basis for determining what
methodologies are required for gait analysis in a clinical... Read More about Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation.

Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education (2006)
Journal Article
Whyton, T. (2006). Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education. Music Education Research, 8(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613800600570744

This study examines the politics of jazz education and the implications of canon forming, and proposes a critical methodology that opens up the field of study to broader cultural analysis. In this context, I discuss the unique problems faced by jazz... Read More about Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education.

Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy (2006)
Book Chapter
May, T., & Peters, M. (2006). Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy. In J. Kinchloe, K. Hayes, K. Rose, & P. Anderson (Eds.), The Praeger Handbook of Urban Education. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger

Maintaining that there is nothing simple about urban education, this work approaches the study of schooling in cities as a complex universe of the poorest students and schools alongside the wealthiest.
Maintaining that urban teaching and learning is... Read More about Universities, regional policy and the knowledge economy.

Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Language is a means of communication among people, and language fluency is influenced by how this language is acquired. The speed of articulation is affected not only by one's ability of retention but also by the amount of prefabricated chunks stored... Read More about Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications.

A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD (2006)
Journal Article
Szczepura, K., Ruparelia, P., Bilton, D., Chilvers, E., & Peters, A. (2006). A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 27(3), 285. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200603000-00027

COPD is an inflammatory condition of the airways characterized by airway neutrophilia. Using a whole-body-counter (WBC) we have assessed neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD using small activities of 111In-labelled neutrophils. Patients were scann... Read More about A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD.

Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives (2006)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J., Rossington, S., Ducki, S., Leonard, J., & Hussain, N. (2006). Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Tetrahedron, 62(8), 1833-1844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2005.11.044

Deprotonation–alkylation of prochiral diarylmethane substrates using sec-BuLi and (−)-sparteine has been carried out in excellent yields and up to 94% ee. A variety of enantioselective alkylations, silylations and stannylations have been performed on... Read More about Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives.