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A pilot study of a supervised group exercise programme as a rehabilitation treatment for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment (2005)
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Campbell, A., Mutrie, N., White, F., McGuire, F., & Kearney, N. (2005). A pilot study of a supervised group exercise programme as a rehabilitation treatment for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 9(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2004.03.007

This pilot study examined whether exercise as an adjunctive rehabilitation therapy could benefit women who have early stage breast cancer and are currently receiving chemotherapy/radiotherapy. The study was designed as a randomised controlled trial (... Read More about A pilot study of a supervised group exercise programme as a rehabilitation treatment for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment.

Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development (2005)
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Kelleher, Z., & Hall, H. (2005). Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development. Business Information Review, 22(1), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382105052266

This article considers the main sources of e-mail security risk, and means of addressing it with particular reference to the creation and deployment of e-mail security policies at a time when lapses in e-mail security have demanded attention in the m... Read More about Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development.

Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas (2005)
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Wood‐Harper, T., Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology and People, 18(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840510584621

Purpose – To provide a view of Rob Kling’s contribution to socio-technical studies of work. Design/methodology/approach – The five “big ideas” discussed are signature themes in Kling’s own work in the informatics domain, and of his intellectual lega... Read More about Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas.

A novel multiple-valued CMOS flip-flop employing multiple-valued clock. (2005)
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Xia, Y., Wang, L. Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). A novel multiple-valued CMOS flip-flop employing multiple-valued clock. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 20, 237-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11390-005-0237-4

A new CMOS quaternary D flip-flop is implemented employing a multiple-valued clock. PSpice simulation shows that the proposed flip-flop has correct operation. Compared with traditional multiple-valued flip-flops, the proposed multiple-valued CMOS fli... Read More about A novel multiple-valued CMOS flip-flop employing multiple-valued clock..

Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care: an experimental study. (2005)
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Hollins Martin, C. J., & Bull, P. (2005). Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care: an experimental study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 15, 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.808

The document Changing Childbirth produced by the Department of Health (1993) requests provision of more choice, continuity and control for women during pregnancy and childbirth. In this context this study considers whether midwives'decisions are infl... Read More about Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care: an experimental study..

Sex-specific foraging behaviour in tropical boobies: does size matter? (2005)
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Lewis, S., Schreiber, E. A., Daunt, F., Schenk, G. A., Orr, K., Adams, A., …Hamer, K. C. (2005). Sex-specific foraging behaviour in tropical boobies: does size matter?. Ibis, 147(2), 408-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00428.x

Sex differences in the foraging behaviour of adults have been observed in a number of sexually size-dimorphic birds, and the usual inference has been that these sex-specific differences are driven primarily by differences in body size. An alternative... Read More about Sex-specific foraging behaviour in tropical boobies: does size matter?.

Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching (2005)
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Tucker, H., & Lynch, P. (2005). Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism, 5(2-4), 11-32. https://doi.org/10.1300/j162v05n02_02

This article argues for the potential use of lifestyle segmentation in order to achieve psychographic matching between hosts and guests in Bed and Breakfast and homestay accommodation. The discussion draws on research conducted in home-hosted accommo... Read More about Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching.

Mitochondrial D-loop mutations and deletion profiles of cancerous and noncancerous liver tissue in hepatitis B virus-infected liver (2005)
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Wheelhouse, N. M., Lai, P. B. S., Wigmore, S. J., Ross, J. A., & Harrison, D. J. (2005). Mitochondrial D-loop mutations and deletion profiles of cancerous and noncancerous liver tissue in hepatitis B virus-infected liver. British Journal of Cancer, 92(7), 1268-1272. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602496

The largest single underlying cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide is hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Hepatitis B virus increases cellular oxidative stress and the development of HCC occurs after a long latency period. The study was c... Read More about Mitochondrial D-loop mutations and deletion profiles of cancerous and noncancerous liver tissue in hepatitis B virus-infected liver.

Hybrid HOS-SOS approach for blind equalisation of communication channels (2005)
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Hussain, A., Naveed, A., & Qureshi, I. (2005). Hybrid HOS-SOS approach for blind equalisation of communication channels. Electronics Letters, 41(6), 376-377. https://doi.org/10.1049/el%3A20057272

A new hybrid higher-order statistics (HOS) and second-order statistics (SOS) based approach to improve the performance of the standard Bussgang algorithm for blind equalisation of digital communication channels is presented. An additional term, based... Read More about Hybrid HOS-SOS approach for blind equalisation of communication channels.

Blind image deconvolution using space-variant neural network approach (2005)
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Cheema, T., Qureshi, I., & Hussain, A. (2005). Blind image deconvolution using space-variant neural network approach. Electronics Letters, 41(6), 308-309

A novel space-variant neural network based on an autoregressive moving average process is proposed for blind image deconvolution. An extended cost function motivated by human visual perception is developed simultaneously to identify the blur and to r... Read More about Blind image deconvolution using space-variant neural network approach.

Modernizing UK health services:‘short-sharp-shock’reform, the NHS subsistence economy, and the spectre of health care famine (2005)
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Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2005). Modernizing UK health services:‘short-sharp-shock’reform, the NHS subsistence economy, and the spectre of health care famine. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 11(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00515.x

Modernization is the trend for societies to grow functionally more complex, efficient and productive. Modernization usually occurs by increased specialization of function (e.g. division of labour, such as the proliferation of specialists  in  medicin... Read More about Modernizing UK health services:‘short-sharp-shock’reform, the NHS subsistence economy, and the spectre of health care famine.

Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park (2005)
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Hannam, K. (2005). Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park. Current Issues in Tourism, 8(2-3), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500508668212

This paper analyses contemporary tourism management issues in India’s national parks. It begins by setting India’s national parks in the context of national parks globally, before examining the historical development of national parks in India itsel... Read More about Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park.

The lateral extent of the subsidy from an upland stream to riparian lycosid spiders (2005)
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Briers, R. A., Cariss, H. M., Geoghegan, R., & Gee, J. H. R. (2005). The lateral extent of the subsidy from an upland stream to riparian lycosid spiders. Ecography, 28(2), 165-170. doi:10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04020.x

Adult aquatic insects emerging from streams can subsidize riparian food webs, but little is known of the spatial extent of these subsidies. Stable isotope (15N) enrichment of aquatic insects, principally a species of stonefly (Plecoptera: Leuctridae)... Read More about The lateral extent of the subsidy from an upland stream to riparian lycosid spiders.

Tomato spotted wilt virus transcriptase in vitro displays a preference for cap donors with multiple base complementarity to the viral template (2005)
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van Knippenberg, I., Lamine, M., Goldbach, R., & Kormelink, R. (2005). Tomato spotted wilt virus transcriptase in vitro displays a preference for cap donors with multiple base complementarity to the viral template. Virology, 335(1), 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2005.01.041

Transcription of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses is initiated by cap snatching: a host mRNA is cleaved generally at 10–20 nt from its 5′ capped end and the resulting capped leader used to prime viral transcription. For Tomato spotted wilt virus... Read More about Tomato spotted wilt virus transcriptase in vitro displays a preference for cap donors with multiple base complementarity to the viral template.

Tomato spotted wilt virus S-segment mRNAs have overlapping 3'-ends containing a predicted stem-loop structure and conserved sequence motif (2005)
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van Knippenberg, I., Goldbach, R., & Kormelink, R. (2005). Tomato spotted wilt virus S-segment mRNAs have overlapping 3'-ends containing a predicted stem-loop structure and conserved sequence motif. Virus Research, 110(1-2), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2005.01.012

The Tomato spotted wilt virus ambisense M- and S-RNA segments contain an A/U-rich intergenic region predicted to form a stable hairpin structure. The site of transcription termination of S-segment encoded N and NSs mRNAs synthesised in an in vitro tr... Read More about Tomato spotted wilt virus S-segment mRNAs have overlapping 3'-ends containing a predicted stem-loop structure and conserved sequence motif.

Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work (2005)
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McGuire, D., Cross, C., & O'Donnell, D. (2005). Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1127

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such, it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone unchallenged, despite massive changes in the eco... Read More about Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work.

A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group (2005)
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Stepanović, S., Dakić, I., Martel, A., Vaneechoutte, M., Morrison, D., Shittu, A., Ježek, P., Decostere, A., Devriese, L. A., & Haesebrouck, F. (2005). A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 28(4), 353-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.02.001

Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group (S. sciuri, S. lentus, and S. vitulinus) are coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant staphylococci that could be distinguished from other staphylococci on the basis of positive oxidase activity. In the pres... Read More about A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group.

Dynamic response simulation for a nonlinear system. (2005)
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Roberts, D., & Hay, N. (2005). Dynamic response simulation for a nonlinear system. Journal of sound and vibration, 281(3-5), 783-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2004.02.016

Laboratory simulation testing has for many years contributed significantly to the durability and quality of motor vehicles. Most sophisticated test rigs use an iterative algorithm that generates the input drive files that reproduce service environmen... Read More about Dynamic response simulation for a nonlinear system..

Integrating environmental health into nursing and midwifery practice (2005)
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Watterson, A., Thomson, P., Malcolm, C., Shepherd, A., & McIntosh, C. (2005). Integrating environmental health into nursing and midwifery practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 49(6), 665-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03340.x

Aim.  With the recognition that environmental health has relevance to all nursing and midwifery activities, the aim of this paper is to discuss nurses’ and midwives’ past and present involvement in environmental health in the UK, where the internatio... Read More about Integrating environmental health into nursing and midwifery practice.