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Magnetic resonance brain imaging in patients with acute stroke: feasibility and patient related difficulties (2005)
Journal Article
Hand, P. J., Wardlaw, J. M., Rowat, A. M., Haisma, J. A., Lindley, R. I., & Dennis, M. S. (2005). Magnetic resonance brain imaging in patients with acute stroke: feasibility and patient related difficulties. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 76, 1525-1527. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2005.062539

Objectives: To assess organisational and patient specific limitations and safety of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) as the first line investigation for hospital admitted stroke patients.
Methods: Consecutive patients admitted with acute stroke wer... Read More about Magnetic resonance brain imaging in patients with acute stroke: feasibility and patient related difficulties.

Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence. (2005)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., Orr, L. C., Jackson, A., & Watson, L. (2005). Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence. Adolescence, 40, 1-22

This paper reviews the international scientific evidence on the effectiveness of secondary prevention interventions for young drug users. The review provides insight into the effectiveness of interventions that have been evaluated using moderately st... Read More about Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence..

Reducing diazepam prescribing for illicit drug users: A randomised control study (2005)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., Glenday, J., Freeman, L., Ajeda, D., Johnston, B., Christie, M., & Ogston, S. (2005). Reducing diazepam prescribing for illicit drug users: A randomised control study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 24(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/09595230500125138

Illicit drug users undergoing mandatory reductions in prescribed diazepam were randomly allocated to one of two methods of delivering psychological support to help reduce their prescription: a) an enhanced intervention consisting of skills training a... Read More about Reducing diazepam prescribing for illicit drug users: A randomised control study.

Automatic checking of SQL: Computerised grading. (2005)
Journal Article
Cumming, A., & Russell, G. (2005). Automatic checking of SQL: Computerised grading. IntInternational Journal of Learning: Annual Review, 12, 127-134

Undergraduates are taught the database language SQL using internet based tools. The managed learning environment includes assessment.

Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM. (2005)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Raja, A., & Munoz, J. (2005). Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 3, 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMC.2005.005905

GPS is a well-established technique for location-finding, but mobile phone-based methods are generally less expensive to implement, and can give reasonable accuracies. These techniques can thus be useful to network operators in providing services bas... Read More about Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM..

Age-related changes in maximal power and heart rate recorded during a ramped test in 114 cyclists age 15-73 years. (2005)
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Balmer, J., Potter, C. R., Bird, S. R., & Davison, R. (2005). Age-related changes in maximal power and heart rate recorded during a ramped test in 114 cyclists age 15-73 years. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 13, 125-136

This study assessed age-related changes in power and heart rate in 114 competitive male cyclists age 15–73 years. Participants completed a maximal Kingcycle™ ergometer test with maximal ramped minute power (RMPmax, W) recorded as the highest average... Read More about Age-related changes in maximal power and heart rate recorded during a ramped test in 114 cyclists age 15-73 years..

The Limitations of a Somatics of Resistance: Sexual Performativity and Gender Dissidence in Dickens's Dombey and Son (2005)
Journal Article
Schwan, A. (2005). The Limitations of a Somatics of Resistance: Sexual Performativity and Gender Dissidence in Dickens's Dombey and Son. Critical Survey, 17(2), 92-106. https://doi.org/10.3167/001115705781004514

This essay considers some of the implications of a critical turn from a concern with a 'political technology of the body' in the Foucauldian sense to one with embodied micropractices. I will contend here that a critique of social experiences that is... Read More about The Limitations of a Somatics of Resistance: Sexual Performativity and Gender Dissidence in Dickens's Dombey and Son.