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Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care (1994)
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Smith, R., & Draper, P. (1994). Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care. Journal of advanced nursing, 19(5), 884-892. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01165.x

This study compares nurse and patient beliefs regarding control of health and perceptions of the amount of patient control. Data were collected from 21 nurses and 32 patients on a mixed surgical ward, using a series of self‐report questionnaires. No... Read More about Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care.

Road extraction and topographic data validation using area topology (1994)
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Varley, D. A., & Visvalingam, M. (1994). Road extraction and topographic data validation using area topology. Computer Journal, 37(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/37.1.3

A simpler novel process for extracting roads is outlined in this paper. The procedures which were adopted for checking the consistency of semantic labelling is described. And it discusses the extent to which findings should influence the database mod... Read More about Road extraction and topographic data validation using area topology.

The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management (1993)
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Merali, Y., & McKiernan, P. (1993). The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2(2), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/0963-8687%2893%2990003-S

Although corporate growth through acquisition continues to be a popular strategy for the 1990s, the failure rate of acquired companies remains high at 50 per cent. This paper focuses on post-acquisition integration of information systems (IS) and inf... Read More about The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management.

A Contextual View of Ethics (1993)
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Midgley, G. (1993). A Contextual View of Ethics. The psychologist, 6(4), 175-178

Gerald Midgley examines the arguments presented by Jeffrey Gray, Peter Singer and Richard Ryder in our special issue on animal experimentation (May 1991). He proposes a contextual theory of moral choice to deal with the conflicting ethical principles... Read More about A Contextual View of Ethics.

Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man (1993)
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Noshiro, M., Furuya, M., Linkens, D., & Goode, K. (1993). Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 40(3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-2607%2893%2990057-R

Two approaches to identification of the Pco 2 system in man are described. The first uses a nonlinear 'black box' NARMAX identification package, while the second method uses a structured two-compartment Belville model. The data were obtained from vol... Read More about Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man.

Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site (1993)
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Kinlen, L. J., O'Brien, F., Clarke, K., Balkwill, A., & Matthews, F. (1993). Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.306.6880.743

Objective - To determine if any excess of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was associated with certain striking examples of population mixing in rural Scotland produced by the North Sea oil industry. Design - Details were traced for ove... Read More about Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site.

Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors (1993)
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McCaghrey, G. E., & Matthews, F. E. (1993). Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 13(2), 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1993.tb00441.x

A practice‐based study of nine autorefractors was undertaken lo assess reliability and validity. Various statistical methods were used to test aspects of validity of the machines compared with one another. In routine optometric practice the autorefra... Read More about Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors.

Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy (1992)
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Draper, P. (1992). Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy. Journal of advanced nursing, 17(8), 965-970. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02025.x

The opening section of this paper is concerned with certain questions concerning the concept ‘quality of life’ Is it possible for one person to make judgements about the quality of life of another? If it is possible, then is it morally acceptable? Gi... Read More about Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy.

Low-level visual processing of biological motion (1992)
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Mather, G., Radford, K., & West, S. (1992). Low-level visual processing of biological motion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 249(1325), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1992.0097

Biological motion displays depict a moving human figure by means of just a few isolated points of light attached to to the major joints of the body. Naive observers readily interpret the moving pattern of dots as representing a human figure, despite... Read More about Low-level visual processing of biological motion.

The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade (1992)
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Oldfield, J. R. (1992). The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade. The Historical journal, 35(2), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X00025826

During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the African slave trade (1787–1807), became an unavoidable feature of political life in Britain. Drawing on previously unpublished material in the Josiah W... Read More about The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade.

The Chile Solidarity Campaign and British Government Policy Towards Chile 1973-1990 (1992)
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Wilkinson, M. (1992). The Chile Solidarity Campaign and British Government Policy Towards Chile 1973-1990. European Review of Latin America and the Caribbean, 19

On 11th September 1973 the democratic Popular Unity government of Dr Salvador Allende was overthrown by a US-backed military coup, thus ending 160 years of almost unbroken democracy. The Junta embarked upon the neutralization of all opposition, a pro... Read More about The Chile Solidarity Campaign and British Government Policy Towards Chile 1973-1990.

Cancer mortality in the first degree relatives of young breast cancer patients (1992)
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Anderson, K. E., Easton, D. F., Matthews, F. E., & Peto, J. (1992). Cancer mortality in the first degree relatives of young breast cancer patients. The British Journal of Cancer, 66(3), 599-602. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1992.321

In a retrospective cohort study, the mothers and sisters of 740 breast cancer patients aged under 36 at diagnosis have been studied for mortality and cancer incidence. Significantly increased breast cancer mortality was observed below age 60 (30 deat... Read More about Cancer mortality in the first degree relatives of young breast cancer patients.

The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing (1991)
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Draper, P. (1991). The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing. Nurse education today, 11(4), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917%2891%2990092-o

Two types of nursing theory are described: the realistic, whose purpose is to account for the complex reality of nursing; and the idealistic, whose purpose is to describe an idealised world of nursing as it ‘ought to be’.

It is argued that British... Read More about The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing.

Trends and concerns in digital cartography (1990)
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Visvalingam, M. (1990). Trends and concerns in digital cartography. Computer aided design, 22(3), 115-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-4485%2890%2990070-s

Digital cartography is the technology concerned with the construction and use of computer-based systems for the practice of cartography and its applications. The paper starts with a brief introduction to cartography and cartographic maps. It then pro... Read More about Trends and concerns in digital cartography.