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Gesture as a means of computer access (1996)
Journal Article
Keates, S., & Perricos, C. (1996). Gesture as a means of computer access. Communication Matters Journal, 10(1), 17-19

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The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. & Stone, D. (1995). The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area. Prenatal and neonatal medicine. 1. (supplement 1). 130-130. . ISSN 1359-8635.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area.

Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (1995). Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area. Changing childbirth update. . . 7-7. . ISSN 0738-2359.

The author writes about the Easterhouse Breastfeeding Promotion Project. Mothers who had breastfed were recruited and trained to present breastfeeding as the most natural choice to pregnant mothers in this socially deprived area.

Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study (1996)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., & Herbert, W. E. (1996). Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study. Managerial Finance, 22(12), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018597

The emergence of lease markets in Eastern Europe provides a new menu of opportunities for inward foreign leasing investment by Western Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). The Eastern European markets, like other emerging markets, exhibit high expected... Read More about Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study.

Expectations and experiences of CSCW in an engineering environment. (1996)
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Turner, S., & Turner, P. (1996). Expectations and experiences of CSCW in an engineering environment. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 1, 237-254

Existing organisational context and user expectations have a huge effect on the success of introducing CSCW technology, and should have a correspondingly strong influence on the choice and design of these tools. This paper first discusses organisa... Read More about Expectations and experiences of CSCW in an engineering environment..

Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients. (1996)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N. B., Willis, D., Philips, S. A., Juby, L. C., & Berman, P. (1996). Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients. Stroke, 27, 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.27.1.18

Background and Purpose The aim of the study was to observe patients on a stroke unit and to compare their activity with that of patients on conventional hospital wards to identify aspects of rehabilitation practice that might account for differences... Read More about Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients..

A framework for information visualisation (1996)
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Mitchell, K., & Barclay, P. J. (1996). A framework for information visualisation. SIGMOD record, 25, 30-34

In this paper we examine the issues involved in developing information visualisation systems and present a framework for their construction. The framework addresses the components which must be considered in providing effective visualisations. The fr... Read More about A framework for information visualisation.

The property management division of Kiev City (1996)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1996). The property management division of Kiev City. Property Management, 14(4), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637479610150739

Outlines the attempts made over the past few years to develop the financial services required by Kiev City council’s property management division to function as a privatization authority - to develop, that is, what is referred to as the financial asp... Read More about The property management division of Kiev City.

Support issues for case-based learning in an undergraduate human factors class. (1996)
Journal Article
Buckner, K., & Davenport, E. (1996). Support issues for case-based learning in an undergraduate human factors class. Education for Information, 14, 331-342

Discussion of multimedia networked learning products focuses on the development of materials for a class at Queen Margaret College (Scotland). Examines cognitive issues, logistical procedures, support issues, ownership of materials, and management is... Read More about Support issues for case-based learning in an undergraduate human factors class..

Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. (1996)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1996). Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. Anarchist studies, 4, 115-132

The article summarises the constraints on alternative (print) publishing: economic, legal and social. It suggests that electronic publishing on the Internet might dispense with such constraints. After a discussion of anarchist views of the Internet,... Read More about Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing..

Recycling Policy in Areas of Low Income and Multi-storey Housing (1996)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Murdoch, A. R., McQuaid, R. W., & Murdoch, A. R. (1996). Recycling Policy in Areas of Low Income and Multi-storey Housing. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 39(4), 545-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569612372

The paper considers the participation of households in recycling programmes in areas of multistorey, low income housing which are often considered unattractive for such programmes. A model of the material recycled is presented together with a review... Read More about Recycling Policy in Areas of Low Income and Multi-storey Housing.

The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area (1996)
Journal Article
Forrest, S., Brown, N., & Pollock, L. C. (1996). The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(6), 1257-1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01033.x

This paper describes a study which aimed to explore the present and ideal role of the nurse teacher in the clinical area from the perspective of nurse teachers, ward sisters/charge nurses, staff nurses and students nurses undertaking the ‘traditional... Read More about The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area.

Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Tappin, D. M. (1996). Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased. BMJ, 313(7070), 1484-1485. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c

EDITOR,—In the deprived housing estates on the periphery of Glasgow roughly 7% of babies are breast fed at the end of the first week of life. Much research has related infant feeding to maternal background and socioeconomic status,1 2 and, despite pr... Read More about Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased.

Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion (1996)
Journal Article
Valha, J., & Kubie, J. (1996). Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion. Chemical Engineering Science, 51(22), 4997-5006. https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2509%2896%2900348-x

An investigation has been undertaken to examine the stability of a gas-liquid interface in a vertical cylindrical vessel subjected to a sinusoidal vertical motion. Experimental results indicate that there is a certain limiting critical frequency at w... Read More about Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion.

Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages (1996)
Journal Article
Proudfoot, L., Nikolaev, A. V., Feng, G., Wei, X., Ferguson, M. A. J., Brimacombe, J. S., & Liew, F. Y. (1996). Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93(20), 10984-10989. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.20.10984

Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) glycoconjugates from promastigotes of Leishmania were not able to induce the expression of the cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) by the murine macrophage cell line, J774. However, they synergize with interferon y... Read More about Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages.