4 - Schools incorporating the Physical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Subcentric linking systems
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Supertropical Quadratic Forms II
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Structure and mechanics of active colloids
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Lessons from monitoring the performance of highway bridges
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Screening tests for detecting open angle glaucoma : systematic review and meta-analysis
(The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc., 2008-07-09)PURPOSE. To assess the comparative accuracy of potential screening tests for open angle glaucoma (OAG). METHODS. Medline, Embase, Biosis (to November 2005), Science Citation Index (to December 2005), and The Cochrane Library ... -
Unionism and peer-referencing
(University of Aberdeen, 2010-02)This study assesses the “fair-wage-effort” hypothesis, by examining (a) the relationship between relative wage comparisons and job satisfaction and quitting intensions, and (b) the relative ranking of stated effort ... -
Symposium 4: Hot topics on parenteral nutrition. A review of the use of glutamine supplementation in the nutritional support of patients undergoing bone-marrow transplantation and traditional cancer therapy
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)The relationship between glutamine and malignancy can be traced back to the 1950s and the requirement for glutamine for malignant-cell growth in culture. Later studies demonstrated an association between the rate of ... -
Systematic review of the use of financial incentives in treatments for obesity and overweight
(Wiley, 2008)Nine studies met the criteria for inclusion in this systematic review of randomized controlled trials of treatments for obesity and overweight involving the use of financial incentives, with reported follow-up of at least ... -
Personal project analysis : opportunities and implications for multiple goal assessment, theoretical integration, and behaviour change
(EHPS, 2008-06)Much of our behaviour acts in service of pursuing our goals (Carver & Scheier, 1998). However, research into goal pursuit has mostly focused upon the study of single isolated health goals and behaviours. As Gebhardt (this ... -
The Accuracy of Accredited Glaucoma Optometrists in the Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendation for Glaucoma
(BMJ, 2007-12)Background/aims: To compare the diagnostic performance of accredited glaucoma optometrists (AGO) for both the diagnosis of, and decision to treat glaucoma with that of routine hospital eye care against a reference standard ... -
Bowel dysfunction after transposition of intestinal segments into the urinary tract : 8-year prospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2007)Purpose Bowel function may be disturbed after intestinal segments are transposed into the urinary tract to reconstruct or replace the bladder. In 1997, our group were the first to report major bowel dysfunction in a cohort ... -
Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia : identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'
(BioMed Central, 2008-05-01)Background: Despite growing evidence that many people with dementia want to know their diagnosis, there is wide variation in attitudes of professionals towards disclosure. The disclosure of the diagnosis of dementia is ... -
Facility-based maternal deaths review : learning from deaths occurring in health facilities
(World Health Organization, 2004)