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Advanced terminological approaches in nursing (2011)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N., Bakken, S., & Kim, T. (2011). Advanced terminological approaches in nursing. In V. Saba, & K. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of Nursing Informatics (191-201). New York: McGraw-Hill

Implications for nursing research and generation of evidence (2011)
Book Chapter
Bakken, S., Lucero, R., Yoon, S., & Hardiker, N. (2011). Implications for nursing research and generation of evidence. In R. Cook, & A. Cashin (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications (113-127). Hershey: Medical Information Science Reference

The twentieth-century Gothic (2011)
Book
Armitt, L. (2011). The twentieth-century Gothic. Cardiff: University of Wales Press

Why, at a time when the majority of us no longer believe in ghosts, demons or the occult, does Gothic continue to have such a strong grasp upon literature, cinema and popular culture? This book answers the question by exploring some of the ways in wh... Read More about The twentieth-century Gothic.

John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II. (2011)
Book
Powell, S. (2011). John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II. Oxford: Oxford University Press

The Festial, as the most frequently circulated orthodox English sermon collection of the Middle Ages, presents a particularly difficult task for the editor. There are two recensions, and there is also a comprehensive revision and expansion in four ex... Read More about John Mirk's Festial edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume II..

"For ho is quene of cortaysye": the Assumption of the Virgin in Pearl and the Festial (2011)
Book Chapter
Powell, S. (2011). "For ho is quene of cortaysye": the Assumption of the Virgin in Pearl and the Festial. In In Strange Countries: Middle English Literature and its Afterlife: Essays in Memory of J. J. Anderson (76-95). Manchester: Manchester University Press

The relationships I will deal with in this chapter are those
between the Pearl-Maiden and Jesus Christ, between the Pearl-maiden and the Virgin Mary, and between Christ and the Virgin Mary, not the relationship between the Pearl- maiden and the Drea... Read More about "For ho is quene of cortaysye": the Assumption of the Virgin in Pearl and the Festial.

Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC (2011)
Journal Article
Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2011). Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC. Public Money and Management, 31(2), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2011.560708

The desire to modernise the public sector has led to the import of private sector management methods and practices aimed at generating efficiencies and cost savings; yet, the consequences of these changes on the working lives of civil servants are un... Read More about Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC.

Insect-resistant biotech crops and their impacts on beneficial arthropods (2011)
Journal Article
Gatehouse, A., Ferry, N., Edwards, M., & Bell, H. (2011). Insect-resistant biotech crops and their impacts on beneficial arthropods. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 366(1569), 1438-52. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0330

With a projected population of 10 billion by 2050, an immediate priority for agriculture is to achieve increased crop yields in a sustainable and cost-effective way. The concept of using a transgenic approach was realized in the mid-1990s with the co... Read More about Insect-resistant biotech crops and their impacts on beneficial arthropods.

Innovation in construction eBusiness (2011)
Journal Article
Perera, S., Ruikar, K., & Ingirige, B. (2011). Innovation in construction eBusiness. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 16, 635-636

The use of e-Business within the construction industry has steadily grown over the last decade. However, despite the successes being widely publicized, it is perceived that progress is limited and constrained within the industry. Thus, there are stil... Read More about Innovation in construction eBusiness.

After Arundel but before Luther : the first half-century of print (2011)
Book Chapter
Powell, S. (2011). After Arundel but before Luther : the first half-century of print. In V. Gillespie, & K. Ghosh (Eds.), After Arundel : Religious Writing in Fifteenth-Century England (523-541). Turnhout: Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.4.2028

The chapter looks at devotional and religious books printed in England in English between 1476 and 1526. Why they are what they are is a consideration throughout, but specifically in the second part of the chapter, which considers some examples of th... Read More about After Arundel but before Luther : the first half-century of print.

Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes? (2011)
Journal Article
Mccarthy, R. (2011). Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes?. British Journal of Midwifery, 19(7), 452-453

Despite several papers cautioning midwives about their personal and
professional use of social networking sites (Bacon and Lee, 2010; Stewart,
2010; Wray, 2010), supervisors of midwives are frequently encountering issues which stem from such sites... Read More about Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes?.

Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization (2011)
Journal Article
McEachern, G., & Cheetham, F. (2011). Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization

This paper considers the role of morality in the consumption practices associated with pet ownership. To explore these practices, we adopt Holt’s (1995) Typology of Consumption Practices. A photo-elicitation technique is used to elicit stories from f... Read More about Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization.

Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping (2011)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2011). Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 22(2), 139-156

A recent publication identified weaknesses with the current handicapping system for disabled Alpine skiing, suggested minor improvements and tentatively proposed an alternative system. This proposal uses shrinkage methods to allow for varying class s... Read More about Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping.

Evidence based library and information practice (2011)
Journal Article
Grant, M. (2011). Evidence based library and information practice. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(2), 91-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00939.x

Whilst many of us engage in supporting clinicians in identifying, appraising and using evidence, how many of us adopt the same approach to our own work? A recent survey by the UK LIS Research Coalition indicated that 60% of respondents use research r... Read More about Evidence based library and information practice.