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The Theory of Uncertainty (2005)
Journal Article
Minhat, M. (2005). The Theory of Uncertainty. Accountants Today, 18(6), 22-23

In the business world, accountants are perceived as individuals with high levels of competency in decision-making involving economic criterion of costs versus benefits, measured in terms of monetary units. They are involved in the valuation of assets... Read More about The Theory of Uncertainty.

The Irish Sea: nutrient status and phytoplankton. (2005)
Journal Article
Gowen, R. J., & Stewart, B. (2005). The Irish Sea: nutrient status and phytoplankton. Journal of Sea Research, 54(1), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2005.02.003

Historical nutrient and phytoplankton data from the Irish Sea are reviewed in the light of recent studies. Mean late winter concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN as NO3− + NO2−), dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP as PO43 −) and silica... Read More about The Irish Sea: nutrient status and phytoplankton..

Book review (2005)
Journal Article
Tansley, T., & Cramphorn, C. (2005). Book review. International Journal of Training and Development, 9(2), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2419.2005.00228.x

Book reviewed The Connecticon: Learning for the connected generation Frank Rennie and Robin Mason, 2004. Published by Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT. ISBN 1-59311-209-2 (paperback) and 1-59311-210-6 (hardback).

Impact of Sitting Time on Seat-Interface Pressure and on Pressure Mapping With Multiple Sclerosis Patients (2005)
Journal Article
Crawford, S. A., Stinson, M. D., Walsh, D. M., & Porter-Armstrong, A. P. (2005). Impact of Sitting Time on Seat-Interface Pressure and on Pressure Mapping With Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86(6), 1221-1225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.08.010

Objective To examine changes in seat-interface pressure with multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Design Case series. Setting Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Resource Centre and community. Participants Convenience sample of 15 MS wheelchair us... Read More about Impact of Sitting Time on Seat-Interface Pressure and on Pressure Mapping With Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

The prediction of defibrillation outcome using time-frequency power spectrum methods (2005)
Thesis
Uchaipichat, N. The prediction of defibrillation outcome using time-frequency power spectrum methods. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2290833

A study was conducted to investigate the use of time-frequency methods to predict the outcome of defibrillation for patients presenting with ventricular fibrillation. Both wavelet transform and short time Fourier transform methods were applied to ext... Read More about The prediction of defibrillation outcome using time-frequency power spectrum methods.

Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model (2005)
Journal Article
Gubbins, M. C., & Garavan, T. N. (2005). Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model. Human Resource Development Review, 4(2), 189-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484305275769

The work of the human resource development (HRD) practitioner is continuously evolving. Human resource development is now expected to make a strategic level contribution and contribute to individual and organizational effectiveness. Human resource d... Read More about Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model.

Consequences of the Evolution of the GABAA Receptor Gene Family (2005)
Journal Article
Darlison, M. G., Pahal, I., & Thode, C. (2005). Consequences of the Evolution of the GABAA Receptor Gene Family. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 25(3-4), 607-624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-005-4004-4

1. This paper reviews the evolution of the family of genes present in mammals and other vertebrates that encode $γ$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A (GABAA) receptors, which are the major inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors in the central nervous sy... Read More about Consequences of the Evolution of the GABAA Receptor Gene Family.

Whose line is it anyway? Management of central venous catheters in children. (2005)
Journal Article
McInally, W. (2005). Whose line is it anyway? Management of central venous catheters in children. Paediatric Nursing, 17(5), 14-18. https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2005.06.17.5.14.c991

Paediatric cancer therapy for children and young people is highly complex. It involves chemotherapy regimens, multiple blood sampling and supportive care measures, all of which require reliable, safe and acceptable venous access to manage the child t... Read More about Whose line is it anyway? Management of central venous catheters in children..

Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement (2005)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & Bhopal, M. (2005). Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 1(2/3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/17422040510595627

This article aims to explore the use of new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. New information communication technologies are undoubtedly globalising, but these same technologies can also be used by labour to retri... Read More about Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement.

Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm (2005)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Francis, H. (2005). Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 17(4), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110510597606

The purpose of this paper is to present case study evidence of how managers in a contract catering firm made sense of an organisational change initiative that encouraged them to become self-sufficient and display "entrepreneurial" behaviours in an en... Read More about Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm.

Evolutionary scheduling: a review. (2005)
Journal Article
Hart, E., Ross, P., & Corne, D. (2005). Evolutionary scheduling: a review. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 6, 191-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10710-005-7580-7

Early and seminal work which applied evolutionary computing methods to scheduling problems from 1985 onwards laid a strong and exciting foundation for the work which has been reported over the past decade or so. A survey of the current state-of-the-a... Read More about Evolutionary scheduling: a review..

Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101. (2005)
Journal Article
Lee, J., Mitchell, W. J., Tangney, M., & Blaschek, H. P. (2005). Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 3384-3387. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.6.3384-3387.2005

The effects of substrate analogs and energy inhibitors on glucose uptake and phosphorylation by Clostridium beijerinckii provide evidence for the operation of two uptake systems: a previously characterized phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransfe... Read More about Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101..

Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. (2005)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Xiao, J. Z. (2005). Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. Accounting forum, 29, 233-242. doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2005.01.002,

The patterns and determinants of corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) are examined by analysing 154 annual reports of 33 HK listed companies from 1993 to 1997. The research finds that industry difference has an impac... Read More about Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note..

Listening to the voices in four Scottish adolescent mental health units: young people, their carers and the unit cultures. (2005)
Thesis
Claveirole, A. and the unit cultures. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6195

Serious mental health problems among young people are on the increase in Western countries. Involving young people in their mental health care, and working in partnership with them during the treatment process, is a primary concern of all mental he... Read More about Listening to the voices in four Scottish adolescent mental health units: young people, their carers and the unit cultures..

On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A., & Ould-Khaoua, M. (2005). On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPPW.2005.63

Broadcast Communication is among the most primitive collective capabilities of any message passing network. Broadcast algorithms for the mesh have been widely reported in the literature. However, most existing algorithms have been studied within limi... Read More about On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks..

Procurement of construction projects in local government (2005)
Journal Article
Wamuziri, S., & Seywright, A. (2005). Procurement of construction projects in local government. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 158(2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2005.158.2.145

This paper provides an evaluation of changes in procurement of capital projects in local government in recent years. These changes have been driven partly by changes in legislation regarding compulsory competitive tendering, best value and more latel... Read More about Procurement of construction projects in local government.

Nurse consultants: their characteristics and achievements (2005)
Journal Article
Woodward, V. A., Webb, C., & Prowse, M. (2005). Nurse consultants: their characteristics and achievements. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(7), 845-854. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01165.x

Aim. This paper reports one aspect of a larger study of nursing research strategies in one English region, focusing particularly on nurse consultants’ characteristics and achievements in the role. Background. Nurse consultant posts have only been... Read More about Nurse consultants: their characteristics and achievements.

Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea (2005)
Journal Article
Klimpel, S., & Rueckert, S. (2005). Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea. Parasitology Research, 97(2), (141-149). doi:10.1007/s00436-005-1407-6. ISSN 0932-0113

The present study demonstrates the influence of physical systems (mixed and stratified waters) on the occurrence and distribution of the anisakid nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum in commercially important gadiform fish species from the central and n... Read More about Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea.