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HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS) (1999)
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Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (1999). HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS). Industrial and Corporate Change, 8(2), 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/8.2.211

Labour 'flexibility' is often portrayed as necessary for an innovative economy. Using evidence from the UK's 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey we investigate the relationships between firms' human resource management practices and innovation... Read More about HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS).

Effectiveness of simple ventilation strategies and partitioning in mitigating the effects of passive smoking (1999)
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Kolokotroni, M., Perera, M. D. A. E. S., Palmer, J., Currie, J., Capper, G., & Watkins, R. (1999). Effectiveness of simple ventilation strategies and partitioning in mitigating the effects of passive smoking. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 20(2), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/014362449902000208

Pubs, bars and restaurants are places where smoking policy is still left to the discretion of the manager and where smoking is often permitted. However, there is demand to take measures to eliminate or reduce the effects of environmental tobacco smok... Read More about Effectiveness of simple ventilation strategies and partitioning in mitigating the effects of passive smoking.

The learning curve: from aircraft to spacecraft? (1999)
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Steven, G. (1999). The learning curve: from aircraft to spacecraft?. Financial Management -London-, 77, (64-65). ISSN 1471-9185

Explains, for students, the learning effect which leads to the learning curve and lists the economic sectors where it is especially important, e.g. aerospace, construction, etc. Gives examples to show how the curve can be used to predict time for pro... Read More about The learning curve: from aircraft to spacecraft?.

On a representation of vector continued fractions. (1999)
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Roberts, D. E. (1999). On a representation of vector continued fractions. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 105(1-2), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427%2899%2900034-5

Vector Pade approximants to power series with vector coefficients may be calculated using the three-term recurrence relations of vector continued fractions
if formulated in the framework of Clifford algebras. We show that the numerator and denominat... Read More about On a representation of vector continued fractions..

Neuronal expression of the rat M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene is regulated by elements in the first exon (1999)
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Wood, I. C., Garriga Canut, M., Palmer, C. L., Pepitoni, S., & Buckley, N. J. (1999). Neuronal expression of the rat M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene is regulated by elements in the first exon. Biochemical Journal, 340(2), 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3400475

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor genes are members of the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily. Each member of this family studied to date appears to have a distinct expression profile, however the mechanisms determining these expression patterns... Read More about Neuronal expression of the rat M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene is regulated by elements in the first exon.

Orthogonal RBF neural network approximation (1999)
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Andras, P. (1999). Orthogonal RBF neural network approximation. Neural Processing Letters, 9, 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1018621308457

The approximation properties of the RBF neural networks are investigated in this paper. A new approach is proposed, which is based on approximations with orthogonal combinations of functions. An orthogonalization framework is presented for the Gaussi... Read More about Orthogonal RBF neural network approximation.

Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification (1999)
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Barnett, S. J., Alami, Y., Singleton, I., & Ryder, M. H. (1999). Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification. Canadian journal of microbiology, 45(4), 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1139/w99-006

Bacteria are known to rapidly produce new phenotypes, but it is unclear how phenotype "plasticity" relates to studies on the population ecology of bacteria in complex environments. We characterised a collection of 14 spontaneous phenotype variants, d... Read More about Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification.

Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality (1999)
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Smith, S. D. M., Nicol, K. M., Devereux, J., & Cornbleet, M. A. (1999). Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality. Palliative Medicine, 13(3), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1191/026921699668267830

Continuity of care and the large numbers of health care professionals who deliver that care are issues that frequently concern patients and their families. This study examined the number of doctors encountered by 50 patients, during the period of the... Read More about Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality.

Seasonal influences on size-fractionated chlorophyll a concentrations and primary production in the north-west Indian Ocean (1999)
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Savidge, G., & Gilpin, L. (1999). Seasonal influences on size-fractionated chlorophyll a concentrations and primary production in the north-west Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 46(3-4), 701-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645%2898%2900124-6

Chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations and primary production by the 0.2—2, 2—18 and >18 m phytoplankton size-fractions were estimated along a transect in the NW Indian Ocean extending from the coast of Oman to 8°N 68°E during the late SW monsoon and a... Read More about Seasonal influences on size-fractionated chlorophyll a concentrations and primary production in the north-west Indian Ocean.

Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service (1999)
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Hannam, K. (1999). Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42(2), 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569911226

This paper examines the impact of various social, economic and political changes on the work of the Indian Forest Service, the elite organization concerned with environmental management in India. It is noted that whilst many leading authors criticiz... Read More about Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service.

A feasibility study on the development of an integrated manufacturing planning and control system in the South African Sawmill Industry (1999)
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Kapp, S. B., Price, C. S., Turner, P., & Vermaas, H. F. (1999). A feasibility study on the development of an integrated manufacturing planning and control system in the South African Sawmill Industry. Southern African forestry journal, 184(1), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/10295925.1999.9631215

A feasibility study was conducted to assess the potential application of an integrated manufacturing planning and control (MPC) system within the South African sawmill industry. Implementation of such a system could enhance the international competit... Read More about A feasibility study on the development of an integrated manufacturing planning and control system in the South African Sawmill Industry.

Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement. (1999)
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Goldfinch, J., Laybourn, P., McLeod, L., & Stewart, S. (1999). Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 24(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293990240104

A project involved employers in the development of teamwork skills of undergraduate accounting students, with the aims of increasing student awareness of group dynamics and processes, and promoting more effective group work. Employers observed studen... Read More about Improving groupworking skills in undergraduates through employer involvement..

Valuation, appraisal, discounting, obsolescence and depreciation: Towards a life cycle analysis and impact assessment of their effects on the environment of cities (1999)
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Deakin, M. (1999). Valuation, appraisal, discounting, obsolescence and depreciation: Towards a life cycle analysis and impact assessment of their effects on the environment of cities. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 4(2), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979408

Previous editions of this journal have drawn attention to the
critical role valuation plays in life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment (see for example Volkwein and
Klopffer [1]. In particular, the critical role of valuation has
be... Read More about Valuation, appraisal, discounting, obsolescence and depreciation: Towards a life cycle analysis and impact assessment of their effects on the environment of cities.

Metaphors and models: conceptual foundations of representations for interactive systems design (1999)
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Benyon, D., & Imaz, M. (1999). Metaphors and models: conceptual foundations of representations for interactive systems design. Human-Computer Interaction, 14(1-2), 159-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.1999.9667268

When system developers design a computer system (or other information artifact), they must inevitably make judgments as to how to abstract the worksystem and how to represent this abstraction in their designs. In the past, such abstractions have been... Read More about Metaphors and models: conceptual foundations of representations for interactive systems design.

Multiple genes for neuropeptides and their receptors: co-evolution and physiology (1999)
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Darlison, M. G., & Richter, D. (1999). Multiple genes for neuropeptides and their receptors: co-evolution and physiology. Trends in Neurosciences, 22(2), 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2236%2898%2901333-2

It is now well established that neuropeptide receptors, which are present throughout the {CNS} and in peripheral tissues, frequently exist in a variety of different forms (called subtypes), each of which is encoded by a distinct gene. With the recent... Read More about Multiple genes for neuropeptides and their receptors: co-evolution and physiology.