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Programming of adult cardiovascular function after early maternal undernutrition in sheep (2004)
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Gopalakrishnan, G. S., Gardner, D. S., Rhind, S. M., Rae, M. T., Kyle, C. E., Brooks, A. N., Walker, R. M., Ramsay, M. M., Keisler, D. H., Stephenson, T., & Symonds, M. E. (2004). Programming of adult cardiovascular function after early maternal undernutrition in sheep. American journal of physiology: regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 287(1), R12-R20. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00687.2003

The prenatal nutritional environment influences the subsequent risk of hypertension in adulthood. Animal studies have used, generally, the rat as a model species to illustrate the association between maternal nutrient intake and blood pressure in the... Read More about Programming of adult cardiovascular function after early maternal undernutrition in sheep.

A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study. (2004)
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Smith, G. D., Steinke, D. T., Kinnear, M., Penny, K. I., Pathmanathan, N., & Penman, I. (2004). A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study. British Journal of General Practice, 54, (503-507). ISSN 0960-1643

Background: It is thought that people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who consult secondary care have more severe symptomatology than those treated mainly in primary care. Aims: To describe the physical and psychological symptoms of IBS, and t... Read More about A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study..

Active current transformer circuits for low distortion sensing in switched mode power converters. (2004)
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McNeill, N., Gupta, N. K., & Armstrong, W. (2004). Active current transformer circuits for low distortion sensing in switched mode power converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 19, 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2004.830075

The current transformer (CT) is frequently used for sensing applications in switched mode power converters. Advantages are that galvanic isolation is inherently incorporated, bandwidth is high, losses are low and that a high-amplitude output signal m... Read More about Active current transformer circuits for low distortion sensing in switched mode power converters..

Public health nursing: developing practice (2004)
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Carr, S., & Machin, A. (2004). Public health nursing: developing practice. Practice Development in Health Care, 3(2), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/pdh.135

The present paper addresses the issue of practice development in a public health nursing context. It explores two levels of practice development: the development of a new and innovative public health nurse role within a primary care trust and the dev... Read More about Public health nursing: developing practice.

Evaluating the community dependency index in a social services context. (2004)
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Stubbs, R., Atwal, A., & Mckay, E. (2004). Evaluating the community dependency index in a social services context. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 11(6), 281-286. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2004.11.6.13334

In the UK, current health-care policy has outlined the importance of evidence-based practice. Within social services, the need for evidence of efficacy of occupational therapists’ practice in social services is often raised. This article discusses th... Read More about Evaluating the community dependency index in a social services context..

Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work (2004)
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Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004). Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500172004042771

Service employment plays an increasingly important role in the UK economy. However, it has been suggested that some forms of service work are unattractive for many unemployed job seekers, and particularly those formerly employed in ‘traditional’ sect... Read More about Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work.

Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities (2004)
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Hall, H., & Graham, D. (2004). Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities. International Journal of Information Management, 24(3), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2004.02.004

The results of a research project that examined the factors that motivated individuals competing to win an award of £10,000 to interact collectively in a Yahoo e-group are presented. The project’s focus was to examine the apparent willingness of comp... Read More about Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities.

Learning to make sense: the use of critical incident analysis in facilitated reflective groups of mental health student nurses (2004)
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Gould, B. H., & Masters, H. (2004). Learning to make sense: the use of critical incident analysis in facilitated reflective groups of mental health student nurses. Learning in Health and Social Care, 3(2), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-6861.2004.00063.x

Encouragement for nurses to utilize reflective approaches has come from a wide range of professional and educational bodies. The benefits of reflection are usually stated in terms of increases in the nurse's critical abilities and a greater awareness... Read More about Learning to make sense: the use of critical incident analysis in facilitated reflective groups of mental health student nurses.

The social influence scale for midwifery: factor structure and clinical research applications (2004)
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Hollins Martin, C. J., Bull, P., & Martin, C. R. (2004). The social influence scale for midwifery: factor structure and clinical research applications. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 8(2), 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2004.09.003

The role of perceived authority on the clinical behaviour and decision-making of midwives has received little research attention, largely due to the unavailability of a midwifery-specific measure of conformity. The current study investigated the fact... Read More about The social influence scale for midwifery: factor structure and clinical research applications.

A Note on When the Sleeper Wakes and Heart of Darkness (2004)
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Dryden, L. (2004). A Note on When the Sleeper Wakes and Heart of Darkness. Notes and Queries, 171-174

This article discusses the fact that Heart of Darkness is mentioned in H. G. Wells's When the Sleeper Wakes. It argues that due to publication dates, it would seem that Wells knew about Conrad's story and may well have seen the manuscript.

Making portfolios work in practice (2004)
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Scholes, J., Webb, C., Gray, M., Endacott, R., Miller, C., Jasper, M., & McMullan, M. (2004). Making portfolios work in practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 46(6), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03050.x

Background. A portfolio captures learning from experience, enables an assessor to measure student learning, acts as a tool for reflective thinking, illustrates critical analytical skills and evidence of self-directed learning and provides a collectio... Read More about Making portfolios work in practice.

Evaluating train protection systems (2004)
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Riddington, G., Beck, M., & Cowie, J. (2004). Evaluating train protection systems. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55(6), 606-613. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601724

This paper arose from the work carried out for the Cullen/Uff Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems. It is concerned with the problem of evaluating the benefits of safety enhancements in order to avoid rare, but catastrophic accidents, and the... Read More about Evaluating train protection systems.

Crane erection of timber-trussed rafter roofs (2004)
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Hairstans, R., Kermani, A., & Lawson, R. (2004). Crane erection of timber-trussed rafter roofs. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 157(2), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.157.2.89.41080

Traditional methods of timber frame construction are labour-intensive and time-consuming. This paper details a study of the crane-erect method of construction which utilises on-site preparatory work and off-site fabrication. The paper also examin... Read More about Crane erection of timber-trussed rafter roofs.

Towards scalable collective communication for multicomputer interconnection networks (2004)
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Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., El-Zayyat, K., Ababneh, I., & Al-Dobai, S. (2004). Towards scalable collective communication for multicomputer interconnection networks. Information Sciences, 163(4), 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2003.06.014

A considerable number of broadcast algorithms have been proposed for the mesh over the past decade. Nonetheless, most of these algorithms do not exhibit good scalability properties as the network size increases. As a consequence, most existing broadc... Read More about Towards scalable collective communication for multicomputer interconnection networks.

Love in the time of cloning:  science fictions of transgressive kinship. (2004)
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Wasson, S. (2004). Love in the time of cloning:  science fictions of transgressive kinship. Extrapolation, 45, 130-144

This article presents a discussion on science fiction related to cloning. Science fiction has long played with the notion of the doubled self, and the speculative potential of the double was extended when the term "human cloning" entered cultural par... Read More about Love in the time of cloning:  science fictions of transgressive kinship..

Momentum profits and macroeconomic factors (2004)
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Chelley-steeley, P., & Siganos, A. (2004). Momentum profits and macroeconomic factors. Applied Economics Letters, 11(7), 433-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350485042000191719

This article tests whether macroeconomic variables and market sentiment influence the size of momentum profits. It finds that although returns to the winner and loser portfolios are influenced by a range of macroeconomic and market wide variables; mo... Read More about Momentum profits and macroeconomic factors.

Integration of two fuzzy data mining methods (2004)
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Horvath, T., & Krajči, S. (2004). Integration of two fuzzy data mining methods. Neural Network World, 14(5), 391-402

The cluster analysis and the formal concept analysis are both used to identify significiant groups of similar objects. Rice & Siff's algorithm for the clustering joins these two methods in the case where the values of an object-attribute model are 1... Read More about Integration of two fuzzy data mining methods.