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News photographers, librarians, tags, and controlled vocabularies: Balancing the forces (2008)
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Neal, D. (2008). News photographers, librarians, tags, and controlled vocabularies: Balancing the forces. Journal of Library Metadata, 8(3), 199-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386380802373936

This article discusses a survey distributed to photojournalism professionals in order to determine their metadata preferences for photograph retrieval in an online archival system. Their top preferences included: named objects, specific events occurr... Read More about News photographers, librarians, tags, and controlled vocabularies: Balancing the forces.

Obedience and conformity in clinical practice (2008)
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Hollins Martin, C. J. (2008). Obedience and conformity in clinical practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 16, 504-509

This study analyzes the psychological processes involved when a midwife accepts directions from a senior person. A representative sample of 20 midwives were recruited from 7 maternity units in North Yorkshire. An inductive thematic analysis was used... Read More about Obedience and conformity in clinical practice.

Measure The Range of Sensor Network (2008)
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See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Hu, Y., & Horoshenkov, K. (2008). Measure The Range of Sensor Network. Microwaves & RF, 54(10), 69-76

These experiments considered the practical transmission distances between wireless sensors and their base stations under different environmental conditions and with different antennas.

Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care (2008)
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Malcolm, C., Forbat, L., Knighting, K., & Kearney, N. (2008). Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care

The main objective of this study is to generate a list of priority topics for children’s hospice care research in Scotland from the perspective of its key stakeholders. The method consists of qualitative semi-structured interviews with families using... Read More about Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care.

The CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) replication trial: study protocol (2008)
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Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., Briffa, T., Bauman, A., Hare, D., & Freedman, S. (2008). The CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) replication trial: study protocol. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 8(25), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-8-25

Background: although morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) are high, only a minority of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors accesses an effective secondary prevention program. We aim to determine whether the previously proven... Read More about The CHOICE (Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events) replication trial: study protocol.

Mood and smoking in schizophrenia (2008)
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Martin, C. R., Allan, R., Fleming, M., & Atkinson, J. (2008). Mood and smoking in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15(9), 722-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01295.x

There have been few investigations into the relationship of smoking to the presentation of anxiety and depression in clients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. Using a survey design, the current study sought to determine if there was a signif... Read More about Mood and smoking in schizophrenia.

Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism (2008)
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D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), https://doi.org/

This commentary provides some discussion on emergent points from the articles presented in this thematic edition and re-visits our strategic question posed at the beginning of this theme issue, “what does the highly contemporary, human resource topic... Read More about Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism.

Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector (2008)
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D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2008). Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 807-819. htt

Purpose– This paper aims to explore managers' views on the challenges and opportunities around the talent management (TM) pipeline in a range of hospitality and tourism organisations. The paper seeks to focus on drawing out key issues and suggesting... Read More about Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector.

Nano-Scale ZnO Buffer Layer for Inkjet-Printed Polymer Solar Cells (2008)
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Eom, S. H., Senthilarasu, S., Yoon, S. C., Lee, J., & Lee, S. (2008). Nano-Scale ZnO Buffer Layer for Inkjet-Printed Polymer Solar Cells. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8(10), 5113-5117. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.1079

Zinc oxide (ZnO) was used as a buffer layer in the fabrication of polymer solar cells with the configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/ZnO/Ag, in which the Ag cathode was prepared by inkjet printing using silver ink. Due to the hydrophobic nature of... Read More about Nano-Scale ZnO Buffer Layer for Inkjet-Printed Polymer Solar Cells.

An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention (2008)
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Fen, Y. S., & Sabaruddin, N. A. (2008). An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention. International Business Research, 1(4), 108-122. https://doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v1n4p108

The main purpose of the present study was to propose and test an extended model with the addition of perceived need in predicting exercise participation, drawing upon the theory of planned behaviour. Cross-sectional data was collected via self-admini... Read More about An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention.

Internal triple-band folded planar antenna design for third generation mobile handsets (2008)
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See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Excell, P., McEwan, N., & Gardiner, J. (2008). Internal triple-band folded planar antenna design for third generation mobile handsets. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 2(7), 718-724. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map%3A2007

A novel internal triple-band folded planar antenna for mobile handsets is introduced, formed by modifying the geometry of a rectangular patch antenna to include a shorting pin, folded sides, a shorted microstrip stub and a notch. The size of the ante... Read More about Internal triple-band folded planar antenna design for third generation mobile handsets.

The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations (2008)
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Stierand, M., & Lynch, P. (2008). The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(4), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.28

The life worlds of innovating chefs are identified as important aspects towards a better understanding of culinary innovation. Hence, the concept of personal culinary innovation is proposed as a verifiable way to identify innovators in the field. Cur... Read More about The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations.

What do hospitalization data reveal about ways to reduce admissions of epilepsy patients? (2008)
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Mantri, P. (2008). What do hospitalization data reveal about ways to reduce admissions of epilepsy patients?. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 4(9), 438-447. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2008.4.9.31087

Adults with epilepsy are sometimes admitted to hospital as emergencies. It was expected that these admissions would be due to status epilepticus, injuries sustained during seizures and adverse side effects or toxicity from antiepileptic drugs. Howev... Read More about What do hospitalization data reveal about ways to reduce admissions of epilepsy patients?.

Being-with: a study of familiarity (2008)
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Turner, P. (2008). Being-with: a study of familiarity. Interacting with Computers, 20, 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.04.002

How people learn to use an interactive device has always been an important field of research in human-computer interaction (HCI). The theoretical bases of which have ranged from the traditional cognitive perspectives through situated learning to coll... Read More about Being-with: a study of familiarity.

A semi-analytical method for plate and grid structures (2008)
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Kuang, J. S., & Zhang, H. (2008). A semi-analytical method for plate and grid structures. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 161(3), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1680/eacm.2008.161.3.121

In current design practice, analysis of plate and grid structures in civil engineering, such as waffle slabs, ribbed plates and slab-girder bridges, is based largely on code-specified approximate methods, and deflections of these systems are rarely e... Read More about A semi-analytical method for plate and grid structures.

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy (2008)
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Khamkanya, T., & Sloan, B. (2008). Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 12(3), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648-715x.2008.12

As indicated in Government reports and previous research, the traditional office environment of both central and local governments has been occupied with high occupancy cost. Flexible working supported by information and communication technology, hum... Read More about Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy.

Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres (2008)
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Garavan, T. N., Wilson, J. P., Cross, C., Carbery, R., Sieben, I., de Grip, A., …Heaton, N. (2008). Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres. Journal of European industrial training, 32(8/9), 612-728. ht

Purpose – Utilising data from 18 in‐depth case studies, this study seeks to explore training, development and human resource development (HRD) practices in European call centres. It aims to argue that the complexity and diversity of training, develo... Read More about Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres.

Infants admitted to neonatal units - interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review 1990-2007 (2008)
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McInnes, R. J., & Chambers, J. (2008). Infants admitted to neonatal units - interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review 1990-2007. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 4(4), 235-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00150.x

This review aimed to identify interventions to promote breastfeeding or breast milk feeding for infants admitted to the neonatal unit. The medical electronic databases were searched for papers listed between 1990 and June 2005 which had breastfeed... Read More about Infants admitted to neonatal units - interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review 1990-2007.

A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning (2008)
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Jamalnia, A., & Soukhakian, M. A. (2009). A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 56(4), 1474-1486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2008.09.010

In this study a hybrid (including qualitative and quantitative objectives) fuzzy multi objective nonlinear programming (H-FMONLP) model with different goal priorities will be developed for aggregate production planning (APP) problem in a fuzzy enviro... Read More about A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning.

Molecular detection of Chlamydophila abortus in post-abortion sheep at oestrus and subsequent lambing (2008)
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Livingstone, M., Wheelhouse, N., Maley, S. W., & Longbottom, D. (2009). Molecular detection of Chlamydophila abortus in post-abortion sheep at oestrus and subsequent lambing. Veterinary Microbiology, 135(1-2), 134-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.200

Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE), resulting from infection with the bacterium Chlamydophila abortus (C. abortus), is a major cause of lamb loss in Europe. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential impact of the shedding of organisms in pos... Read More about Molecular detection of Chlamydophila abortus in post-abortion sheep at oestrus and subsequent lambing.