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The application of sacral nerve stimulation to the disrupted anal sphincter (2004)
Journal Article
Gardiner, A., & Duthie, G. (2004). The application of sacral nerve stimulation to the disrupted anal sphincter. Gastroenterology, 126(4), (A361 - A361). ISSN 0016-5085

Background Sacral nerve stimulation has been successfully used in the treatment of faecalincontinence. It has been applied to patients with intact anal sphincters. We have assessed20 patients with either an external sphincter defect or combined EAS a... Read More about The application of sacral nerve stimulation to the disrupted anal sphincter.

Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation (2004)
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Matthews, F. E., Chatfield, M., Freeman, C., McCracken, C., & Brayne, C. (2004). Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation. BMC public health, 4, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-4-12

Background: Any hypothesis in longitudinal studies may be affected by attrition and poor response rates. The MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing study (MRC CFAS) is a population based longitudinal study in five centres with identical methodology in Eng... Read More about Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation.

Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint (2004)
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Li, Q., Wills, D., Phillips, R., Viant, W. J., Griffiths, J. G., & Ward, J. (2004). Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint. Computer graphics forum : journal of the European Association for Computer Graphics, 23(1), 55-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2004.00005.x

Implicit planar curve and surface fitting to a set of scattered points plays an important role in solving a wide variety of problems occurring in computer graphics modelling, computer graphics animation, and computer assisted surgery. The fitted impl... Read More about Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint.

Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism (2004)
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Grant, C. M., Riggs, K. J., & Boucher, J. (2004). Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AJADD.0000022608.57470.29

The contributions of counterfactual conditional reasoning (CCR), belief understanding, and inferential reasoning to the performance of children with autism (CWA) on standard false belief tasks were investigated. To assess the roles of these three fac... Read More about Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism.

Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (2004)
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Malavasi, S., Florin, R., Franco, A., & Torricelli, P. (2004). Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 84(2), 455-459. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009440h

The pattern of somatic energy storage, measured as body lipid proportion, was investigated in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, by comparing the per cent lipids across three reproductive groups - large males (territory holding, caring for e... Read More about Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus.

Children's perceptions of dangerous substances (2004)
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Pfeffer, K., & Wilson, B. (2004). Children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 98(2), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.98.2.700-710

The aim of this research was to examine age differences in children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Children's responses to photographs of child models encountering alcohol, a syringe, medicine, glue, and household bleach were coded for recogn... Read More about Children's perceptions of dangerous substances.

Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals (2004)
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Awre, C. (2004). Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals. Interlending and Document Supply, 32(1), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610410520215

In order to address the problem of discovering and accessing relevant documents in the ever-increasing amount of information presented to us, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded a series of projects to address the chain of infor... Read More about Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals.

Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport (2004)
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Stubbs, D. M., Pulko, S. H., & Wilkinson, A. J. (2004). Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 26(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1191/0142331204tm0106oa

There is a growing market for food producers to supply their goods direct to customers, which has largely been brought about by the growing popularity of web-based ordering. However, the geographical distance between supplier and consumer can be larg... Read More about Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport.

Impact of habitat fragmentation on genetic population structure of roach, Rutilus rutilus, in a riparian ecosystem (2004)
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Hänfling, B., Durka, W., & Brandl, R. (2004). Impact of habitat fragmentation on genetic population structure of roach, Rutilus rutilus, in a riparian ecosystem. Conservation genetics, 5(2), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3ACOGE.0000030008.20492.2c

During the last 200 years, the riparian ecosystem along major rivers has been reduced to a few scattered remnants. Important elements of the riparian ecosystem are water bodies which were originally connected to the main river channel by annual flood... Read More about Impact of habitat fragmentation on genetic population structure of roach, Rutilus rutilus, in a riparian ecosystem.

Wither mathematics, whither science? (2004)
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Gordon, N. (2004). Wither mathematics, whither science?. Teaching mathematics and its applications / the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, 23(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/23.1.15

This paper gives an overview of some of the problems facing the higher education mathematics community, and some examples of methods that departments of mathematics and related disciplines can use to try to deal with the problems. This is relevant to... Read More about Wither mathematics, whither science?.

Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair (2004)
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Gardiner, A., Kaur, G., Cundall, J., Ilstrup, D. M., Gardiner, A., & Duthie, G. (2004). Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair. Diseases of the colon & rectum, 47(2), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-003-0026-5

PURPOSE: Prediction of success after anterior sphincter repair for incontinence is difficult. Standard multivariate analysis techniques have only 75 to 80 percent accuracy. Artificial intelligence, including artificial neural networks, has been used... Read More about Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair.

Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports (2004)
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Gannon, K., Glover, L., & Abel, P. (2004). Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports. Social science & medicine, 59(6), 1169-1175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.015

There is growing concern about the health of men in the developed West. Compared with women they have higher rates of morbidity and mortality and are less likely to seek out and employ medical services. Several authors have drawn on social constructi... Read More about Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports.

Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya (2004)
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Diamond, I., Madise, N., Smith, P., & Magadi, M. (2004). Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of biosocial science, 36(2), 153-176. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932003006163

This paper explores the pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes, such as premature birth, the size of the baby at birth, and Caesarean section deliveries, in Kenya using graphical log-linear chain models. The results show that a n... Read More about Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya.

IL-10-Conditioned Dendritic Cells, Decommissioned for Recruitment of Adaptive Immunity, Elicit Innate Inflammatory Gene Products in Response to Danger Signals (2004)
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Nolan, K. F., Croxton, R., Strong, V., Soler, D., Fairchild, P. J., Cobbold, S. P., …Waldmann, H. (2004). IL-10-Conditioned Dendritic Cells, Decommissioned for Recruitment of Adaptive Immunity, Elicit Innate Inflammatory Gene Products in Response to Danger Signals. Journal of Immunology, 172(4), 2201-2209. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2201

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the professional APCs of the immune system, enabling T cells to perceive and respond appropriately to potentially dangerous microbes, while also being able to maintain T cell tolerance toward self. In part, such tolerance ca... Read More about IL-10-Conditioned Dendritic Cells, Decommissioned for Recruitment of Adaptive Immunity, Elicit Innate Inflammatory Gene Products in Response to Danger Signals.

Does double loop learning create reliable knowledge? (2004)
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Blackman, D., Connelly, J., & Henderson, S. (2004). Does double loop learning create reliable knowledge?. Learning Organization, The, 11(1), 11-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696470410515706

This paper addresses doubts concerning the reliability of knowledge being created by double loop learning processes. Popper's ontological worlds are used to explore the philosophical basis of the way that individual experiences are turned into organi... Read More about Does double loop learning create reliable knowledge?.

The value of abdominal examination in the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (2004)
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Venkatasubramaniam, A., Mehta, T., Chetter, I., Bryce, J., Renwick, P., Johnson, B., …McCollum, P. (2004). The value of abdominal examination in the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 27(1), 56-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2003.09.006

Background. There is considerable variability in the reported value of clinical examination in the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). This study aims to assess accuracy of abdominal examination by a doctor, a nurse and the patient in the... Read More about The value of abdominal examination in the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm.