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A Qualitative Student Evaluation of Group Learning in Higher Education (2007)
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Hassanien, A. (2007). A Qualitative Student Evaluation of Group Learning in Higher Education. Higher Education in Europe, 32(2-3), 135-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/03797720701840633

The importance of group learning has increased significantly in higher education in the past two decades (Houldsworth and Mathews, Citation2000). The primary focus of this study is to explore the feelings and experience of students regarding group wo... Read More about A Qualitative Student Evaluation of Group Learning in Higher Education.

Exploring the Relationship between Hotel Renovation and Hotel Inspection (2007)
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Hassanien, A. (2007). Exploring the Relationship between Hotel Renovation and Hotel Inspection. International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 8(4), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1300/J149v08n04_01

Previous research affirms that hotel inspection is the main force behind renovation in small and medium hotels in Egypt. This finding provided the impetus for focusing on the relationship between renovation practices and hotel inspection within the c... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Hotel Renovation and Hotel Inspection.

Developing New Products in the Hospitality Industry: A Case of Egypt (2007)
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Hassanien, A., & Eid, R. (2007). Developing New Products in the Hospitality Industry: A Case of Egypt. Journal of hospitality & leisure marketing, 15(2), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.1300/J150v15n02_03

Drawing on associated literature and empirical research, this paper makes a contribution towards the engagement and expertise of hotels in the new product development (NPD) process. The study provides an investigation into the development and practic... Read More about Developing New Products in the Hospitality Industry: A Case of Egypt.

The challenges of developing dual diagnosis capabilities for acute inpatient staff (2007)
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Hughes, E., Robertson, N., Kipping, C., & Lynch, C. (2007). The challenges of developing dual diagnosis capabilities for acute inpatient staff. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 2(2), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/17556228200700012

Dual diagnosis poses particular challenges for inpatient mental health services. Workers have low levels of training, clinical experience and support to deliver integrated care that combines mental health and substance use interventions. In addition,... Read More about The challenges of developing dual diagnosis capabilities for acute inpatient staff.

International effects of the Andersen accounting and auditing scandals: Some evidence from the UK, US and Australian stock markets (2007)
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Handley-Schachler, M., & Li, S. (2007). International effects of the Andersen accounting and auditing scandals: Some evidence from the UK, US and Australian stock markets. Corporate Ownership and Control, 4(3), 220-232. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv4i3c1p5

In this paper, we use event study methodology to examine the effect of two highly publicized accounting failures, at Enron and WorldCom both audited by Arthur Andersen, on the total stock returns of some companies in the UK also audited by Arthur And... Read More about International effects of the Andersen accounting and auditing scandals: Some evidence from the UK, US and Australian stock markets.

The operator's response to P2P service demand (2007)
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Liotta, A., & Lin, L. (2007). The operator's response to P2P service demand. IEEE Communications Magazine, 45(7), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2007.382664

Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are in high demand for all sorts of tasks-video communication, resource sharing, and content retrieval, to mention a few. However, current P2P solutions are intrinsically incompatible with the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS),... Read More about The operator's response to P2P service demand.

Exponential stabilization of the inertia wheel pendulum using dynamic surface control (2007)
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Qaiser, N., Iqbal, N., Hussain, A., & Qaiser, N. (2007). Exponential stabilization of the inertia wheel pendulum using dynamic surface control. Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, 16(1), 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218126607003514

This paper considers the stabilization problem of Inertia Wheel Pendulum, a widely studied benchmark nonlinear system. It is a classical example of a flat underactuated mechanical system, for which the design of control law becomes a challenging task... Read More about Exponential stabilization of the inertia wheel pendulum using dynamic surface control.

Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis (2007)
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Williams, B., Mukhopadhyay, S., Dowell, J., & Coyle, J. (2007). Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 29(14), 1097-1105

Although chest physiotherapy is central to the management of cystic fibrosis (CF), adherence among children is problematic. This study explores accounts by parents and children of the difficulties of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosi... Read More about Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis.

A systematic review of measures assessing mothers' knowledge, attitudes, confidence and satisfaction towards breastfeeding (2007)
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Chambers, J. A., McInnes, R. J., Hoddinott, P., & Alder, E. M. (2007). A systematic review of measures assessing mothers' knowledge, attitudes, confidence and satisfaction towards breastfeeding. Breastfeeding review, 15(3), 17-25

In order to support breastfeeding interventions, there is a need for objective, reliable, valid and sensitive measures of factors related to breastfeeding. Publications on the development and testing of tools measuring mothers' knowledge, attitudes,... Read More about A systematic review of measures assessing mothers' knowledge, attitudes, confidence and satisfaction towards breastfeeding.

Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations (2007)
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Mantri, P. (2007). Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 3(12), 560-567. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2007.3.12.27897

Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological condition, with an estimated prevalence of about 0.75% in the developed world. With approximately 40 types of epilepsy seizure now defi ned, in addition to more than 30 epilepsy syndromes and condition... Read More about Distinguishing between seizure types in adult epilepsy: A key role for nursing observations.

A Parametric Evaluation of Multi-Webbed Composite Joists Based on EC5 (2007)
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Bahadori-Jahromi, A., Kermani, A., Zhang, B., & Reid, D. (2007). A Parametric Evaluation of Multi-Webbed Composite Joists Based on EC5. Journal of the Institute of Wood Science, 17(6), 295-310. https://doi.org/10.1179/wsc.2007.17.6.295

The introduction of engineered beams offers long span, low cost and light weight joists in comparison to traditional solid timber sections. However, the vibration criteria in the design codes may significantly reduce the permissible span of the joist... Read More about A Parametric Evaluation of Multi-Webbed Composite Joists Based on EC5.

Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown (2007)
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Robinson, M. G., & Lynch, P. A. (2007). Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1(3), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506180710817765

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore issues of control, fake solidarity and breakdown in hospitality. Following Robinson and Lynch, the need to explore the subjective experience of hospitality through literature is identified as being h... Read More about Hospitality through poetry: control, fake solidarity, and breakdown.

Implementing web-assisted learning and engaging academic staff in the change process (2007)
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Marek, S. A., Sibbald, A. M., & Bagher, M. (2007). Implementing web-assisted learning and engaging academic staff in the change process. Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, 3(3), 269-284. https://doi.org/10.1386/jots.3.3.269_1

In achieving the transition from a traditional taught mode of delivery to web-assisted learning, the management of universities now realise that change needs to be led and managed from the top down. They are also reliant on academic staff to engage i... Read More about Implementing web-assisted learning and engaging academic staff in the change process.

The tumor suppressor gene DLEC1 is frequently silenced by DNA methylation in hepatocellular carcinoma and induces G1 arrest in cell cycle (2007)
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Qiu, G.-H., Salto-Tellez, M., Ross, J. A., Yeo, W., Cui, Y., Wheelhouse, N., Chen, G. G., Harrison, D., Lai, P., Tao, Q., & Hooi, S. C. (2008). The tumor suppressor gene DLEC1 is frequently silenced by DNA methylation in hepatocellular carcinoma and induces G1 arrest in cell cycle. Journal of Hepatology, 48(3), 433-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2007.11.015

Background/Aims: The chromosome locus 3p21.3 is a ‘‘hot-spot” for chromosomal aberrations and loss of heterozygosity in cancers. The 35 genes mapped to the AP20 subregion of this locus were screened for their expression to identify candidate tumor su... Read More about The tumor suppressor gene DLEC1 is frequently silenced by DNA methylation in hepatocellular carcinoma and induces G1 arrest in cell cycle.

Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies (2007)
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Zhang, T., Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. J. (2007). Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies. Issues in Social & Environmental Accounting, 1, 91-108

While the literature has given a considerable attention to internet financial reporting, limitedstudies mainly from developed economies have emerged to explain and predict corporate behaviorrelating to corporate environmental reporting on Websites. T... Read More about Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies.

Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions (2007)
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Yang, M., Xu, H., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions. Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1931-1933. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306532

Dual form of Reed-Muller (DFRM) expansions are implemented in OX/XNOR logic, which are based on the features of coincidence operation and are known as fixed polarity Canonical OR-Coincidence (COC) expansions. An efficient minimization method is propo... Read More about Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions.

How do you decide when to repeat transport surveys? (2007)
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Wigan, M., Smith, N., & Timmis, B. (2007). How do you decide when to repeat transport surveys?. Australasian Transport Research Forum, 1-23

Sustainable transport requires a perspective that extends beyond the present and beyond the transport system itself. To view sustainability properly requires more sophisticated models than we currently employ, and more data than we currently collect.... Read More about How do you decide when to repeat transport surveys?.

Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks (2007)
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Tinsley, R., & Lynch, P. (2007). Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks. World Journal of Tourism Small Business Management, 1, 83-94

This paper uses the ‘communication network’ perspective (Szarka 1990) to identify how small hospitality and tourism businesses in Pushkar, India, cope with a lack of support agency assistance in skills learning and knowledge transfer. The methodologi... Read More about Small tourism businesses in Pushkar, India: destination development through communication networks.

Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. (2007)
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Smith, D., Mayes, R. W., Hollands, T., Cuddeford, D., Yule, H. H., Ladrero, C. M. M., & Gillen, E. (2007). Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. Journal of Agricultural Science, 145, 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859607006788

The estimation of dry matter intake (DMI) using the alkane pair technique has been validated in ruminants, but not in equids. The current paper reports the finding of three comparative validation studies carried out using a total of 12 cattle, 29 don... Read More about Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids..