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Dynamics in a non-scale R&D growth model with human capital: Explaining the Japanese and South Korean development experiences (2005)
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Papageorgiou, C., & Perez-Sebastian, F. (2006). Dynamics in a non-scale R&D growth model with human capital: Explaining the Japanese and South Korean development experiences. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30(6), 901-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2005.03.005

This paper constructs an R&D non-scale growth model that includes endogenous human capital. The goal is to take the model's implications to the data once the complementarity between technology and human capital, commonly found in the empirical litera... Read More about Dynamics in a non-scale R&D growth model with human capital: Explaining the Japanese and South Korean development experiences.

Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue on advances in clinical and health-care knowledge management (2005)
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Bali, R. K., Feng, D. D., Burstein, F., & Dwivedi, A. N. (2005). Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue on advances in clinical and health-care knowledge management. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 9(2), 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITB.2005.849395

Clinical and health-care knowledge management (KM) as a discipline has attracted increasing worldwide attention in recent years. The approach encompasses a plethora of interrelated themes including aspects of clinical informatics, clinical governance... Read More about Guest editorial: Introduction to the special issue on advances in clinical and health-care knowledge management.

Knowledge management in healthcare: Overview of empirical evidence (2005)
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Bali, R., Naguib, R., & Dwivedi, A. (2005). Knowledge management in healthcare: Overview of empirical evidence. Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, 3(3), 141-148

A transformation has gradually been taking place in health-related research over the last twenty-five years. The synergistic interaction between information technology (IT), biomedical knowledge and genetic engineering revolutions has led to an infor... Read More about Knowledge management in healthcare: Overview of empirical evidence.

The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics (2005)
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Hayter, M. (2005). The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics. Journal of advanced nursing, 51(1), 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03459.x

Aim.  The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring the discursive construction of contraceptive use within nurse consultations with women in family planning clinics. Background.  This paper takes as its starting point the lack of a contrac... Read More about The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics.

A psychometric evaluation of form C of the multi-dimensional health locus of control (MHLC-C) scale during early pregnancy (2005)
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Jomeen, J., & Martin, C. R. (2005). A psychometric evaluation of form C of the multi-dimensional health locus of control (MHLC-C) scale during early pregnancy. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 10(2), 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548500512331315434

The concept of locus of control (LOC) is an important psychological dimension within health research and the issue of personal control has become of increasing salience within the clinical domain of pregnancy, both psychologically and in relation to... Read More about A psychometric evaluation of form C of the multi-dimensional health locus of control (MHLC-C) scale during early pregnancy.

Restraint, dieting and watching what you eat amongst female students (2005)
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Reid, M., Hammersley, R., & Rance, J. (2005). Restraint, dieting and watching what you eat amongst female students. Nutrition Bulletin, 30(2), 120-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-3010.2005.00483.x

'Watching what you eat' has been proposed as an activity distinct from dieting (Nichter et al. 1995), although the two are often conflated in nutritional surveys. This study examined the validity of 'watching' by relating it to the psychological trai... Read More about Restraint, dieting and watching what you eat amongst female students.

A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation (2005)
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Giupponi, G., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2005). A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation. The Journal of chemical physics, 122(19), Article 194903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1896347

We study via Monte Carlo simulation the conformation of amphiphilic dendrimers for which terminal monomers (t) and internal monomers (i) interact differently with the solvent (s). Specifically, we have studied g=3,6 dendrimers as a function of χit, χ... Read More about A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation.

Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence (2005)
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Pillinger, S. H., Gardiner, A., & Duthie, G. S. (2005). Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence. Digestive surgery, 22(1-2), 1-5. doi:10.1159/000084344

Faecal incontinence is a common problem. Conservative measures are effective in a significant proportion of patients. Failure of conservative management has until recently meant recourse to surgical intervention. Surgical treatment is often associate... Read More about Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence.

An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake (2005)
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Joyce, D. A., Lunt, D. H., Bills, R., Turner, G. F., Katongo, C., Duftner, N., …Seehausen, O. (2005). An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake. Nature, 435(7038), 90-95. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03489

The haplochromine cichlid fish of the East African Great Lakes represent some of the fastest and most species-rich adaptive radiations known(1), but rivers in most of Africa accommodate only a few morphologically similar species of haplochromine cich... Read More about An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake.

Brief cognitive assessment in a UK population sample - Distributional properties and the relationship between the MMSE and an extended mental state examination (2005)
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Huppert, F. A., Cabelli, S. T., & Matthews, F. E. (2005). Brief cognitive assessment in a UK population sample - Distributional properties and the relationship between the MMSE and an extended mental state examination. BMC Geriatrics, 5, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-5-7

Background: Despite the MMSE's known flaws, it is still used extensively as both a screening instrument for dementia and a population measure of cognitive ability. The aim of this paper is to provide data on the distribution of MMSE scores in a repre... Read More about Brief cognitive assessment in a UK population sample - Distributional properties and the relationship between the MMSE and an extended mental state examination.

Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994 (2005)
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Walker, L. (2005). Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994. Culture, health & sexuality, 7(3), 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691050410001713215

Liberal versions of sexuality, which mark South Africa's new democracy, have had a number of highly contradictory consequences for women and men, as old notions of masculinity and male privilege have been destabilized. The transition to democracy has... Read More about Men behaving differently: South African men since 1994.

Confirmation of an occluded anxiety component within the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during early pregnancy (2005)
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Jomeen, J., & Martin, C. R. (2005). Confirmation of an occluded anxiety component within the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during early pregnancy. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 23(2), 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646830500129297

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a screening tool for depression that has been used widely postnatally and increasingly antenatally. Recent investigations have suggested that the EPDS may actually be measuring both anxiety and depre... Read More about Confirmation of an occluded anxiety component within the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during early pregnancy.

Heat shock proteins in vascular disease - a review (2005)
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Mehta, T., Greenman, J., Ettelaie, C., Venkatasubramaniam, A., Chetter, I., & McCollum, P. (2005). Heat shock proteins in vascular disease - a review. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 29(4), 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.01.005

Introduction There is growing evidence that heat shock proteins (HSPs), a family of stress-inducible proteins may be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vascular diseases. Here, we systematically review the evidence behind this notion.... Read More about Heat shock proteins in vascular disease - a review.

Phylogeography of the cyprinid Squalius aradensis and implications for conservation of the endemic freshwater fauna of southern Portugal (2005)
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Mesquita, N., Hänfling, B., Carvalho, G. R., & Coelho, M. M. (2005). Phylogeography of the cyprinid Squalius aradensis and implications for conservation of the endemic freshwater fauna of southern Portugal. Molecular ecology, 14(7), 1939-1954. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02569.x

The Iberian cyprinid fauna, characterized by the presence of numerous endemic species, has suffered from significant habitat degradation. The critically endangered Squalius aradensis is restricted to small drainages of southern Portugal, habitats tha... Read More about Phylogeography of the cyprinid Squalius aradensis and implications for conservation of the endemic freshwater fauna of southern Portugal.

Mate guarding, male attractiveness, and paternity under social monogamy (2005)
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Kokko, H., & Morrell, L. (2005). Mate guarding, male attractiveness, and paternity under social monogamy. Behavioral ecology, 16(4), 724-731. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ari050

Socially monogamous species vary widely in the frequency of extrapair offspring, but this is usually discussed assuming that females are free to express mate choice. Using game-theory modeling, we investigate the evolution of male mate guarding, and... Read More about Mate guarding, male attractiveness, and paternity under social monogamy.

Observing a three-tank system (2005)
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Hou, M., Xiong, Y., & Patton, R. (2005). Observing a three-tank system. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 13(3), 478-484. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2004.839578

Observability analysis and observer synthesis are studied for a three-tank water process. Observability of the process is considered under various assumptions on measurements. The observer design takes into account singularity of nonlinear observers.... Read More about Observing a three-tank system.