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Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers? (2009)
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Frankenstein, L., Goode, K., Ingle, L., Remppis, A., Schellberg, D., Nelles, M., …Zugck, C. (2011). Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?. International journal of cardiology, 147(1), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.08.005

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether risk prediction strategies in chronic heart failure (CHF) need to be specific for sex or beta-blockers. We examined this problem and developed and validated the consequent risk models based on 6-minute-walk-test and N... Read More about Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties and the clinical feasibility of a Chinese version of the Doloplus-2 scale among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty (2009)
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Chen, Y., Lin, L., & Watson, R. (2010). Evaluation of the psychometric properties and the clinical feasibility of a Chinese version of the Doloplus-2 scale among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty. International journal of nursing studies, 47(1), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.011

Background: Several behaviourally observed tools have been developed to assess pain among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty. However, no adequate pain observation instrument is available for this group in Taiwan. Objecti... Read More about Evaluation of the psychometric properties and the clinical feasibility of a Chinese version of the Doloplus-2 scale among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty.

Synthesis and characterisation of the quaternary nitride-fluoride Ce2MnN3F2-δ (2009)
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Headspith, D. A., Sullivan, E., Greaves, C., & Francesconi, M. G. (2009). Synthesis and characterisation of the quaternary nitride-fluoride Ce2MnN3F2-δ. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 9273-9279. https://doi.org/10.1039/b908591b

Ce 2 MnN 3 F 2-δ has been synthesised via low-temperature fluorination of the ternary nitride Ce 2 MnN 3 . To the best of our knowledge, Ce 2 MnN 3 F 2-δ is the first quaternary nitride-fluoride to be reported. The reaction of Ce 2 MnN 3 with 10% F 2... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of the quaternary nitride-fluoride Ce2MnN3F2-δ.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of a multimedia learning education program for stoma patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis of MLEP for stoma pateints (2009)
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Lo, S., Wang, Y., Wu, L., Hsu, M., Chang, S., & Hayter, M. (2010). A cost-effectiveness analysis of a multimedia learning education program for stoma patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis of MLEP for stoma pateints. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(13-14), 1844-1854. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02931.x

Study aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the costs and effectiveness of enterostomal education using a multimedia learning education program (MLEP) and a conventional education service program (CESP). Background: Multimedia health educati... Read More about A cost-effectiveness analysis of a multimedia learning education program for stoma patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis of MLEP for stoma pateints.

Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method (2009)
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Law, A. D., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2009). Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method. The Journal of chemical physics, 131(9), 094704 - 094704. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3216568

The structure and stability of colloidal monolayers depend crucially on the effective pair potential u (r) between colloidal particles. In this paper, we develop a two-dimensional (2D) predictor-corrector method for extracting u (r) from the pair cor... Read More about Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method.

Reading the signs (2009)
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Wray, J. (2009). Reading the signs. Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing, 23(52), 61. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.23.52.61.s54

Nursing students with dyslexia perform better at university with tailored support, writes Jane Wray Identifying and supporting nursing students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia can ensure they progress better than they would without hel... Read More about Reading the signs.

Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model (2009)
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Van Den Hout, A., Jagger, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2009). Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 58(4), 449-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00659.x

Summary. Population studies with longitudinal follow-up and mortality information can be used to estimate transitions between healthy and unhealthy states before death. When health is defined with respect to cognitive ability during old age, the traj... Read More about Estimating life expectancy in health and ill health by using a hidden markov model.

Evaluation of the dimethylaminocinnemaldehyde contact transfer process and its application to fingerprint development on thermal papers (2009)
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Croxton, R., Lee, J., Bleay, S., Sears, V., & Mehmet, S. (2009). Evaluation of the dimethylaminocinnemaldehyde contact transfer process and its application to fingerprint development on thermal papers. Journal of Forensic Identification, 59(5), 545-568

The use of dimethylaminocinnemaldehyde (DMAC) as a fingerprint development reagent was first proposed in the 1970s as a solution-dipping technique to target the urea constituent of fingerprints. However, in operational trials, the quality of develope... Read More about Evaluation of the dimethylaminocinnemaldehyde contact transfer process and its application to fingerprint development on thermal papers.

Non-geometric backgrounds, doubled geometry and generalised T-duality (2009)
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Hull, C. M., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2009). Non-geometric backgrounds, doubled geometry and generalised T-duality. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(09), Article 014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/014

String backgrounds with a local torus fibration such as T-folds are naturally formulated in a doubled formalism in which the torus fibres are doubled to include dual coordinates conjugate to winding number. Here we formulate and explore a generalisat... Read More about Non-geometric backgrounds, doubled geometry and generalised T-duality.

The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies (2009)
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Sanchez-Blazquez, P., Courty, S., Gibson, B. K., & Brook, C. B. (2009). The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 398(2), 591-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15133.x

We analyse a high-resolution, fully cosmological, hydrodynamical disc galaxy simulation, to study the source of the double-exponential light profiles seen in many stellar discs, and the effects of stellar radial migration upon the spatiotemporal evol... Read More about The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies.

Using Survey Data to Design a RFID Centric Service System for Hospitals (2009)
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Mogre, R., Gadh, R., & Chattopadhyay, A. (2009). Using Survey Data to Design a RFID Centric Service System for Hospitals. Service science: a journal for the worldwide service science community, 1(3), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1287/serv.1.3.189

The continuous growth of health care services expenses urges U.S. government to take actions. The adoption of Information Technology, and especially RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) allow hospitals to re-engineer their processes in order to redu... Read More about Using Survey Data to Design a RFID Centric Service System for Hospitals.

Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects (2009)
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Bailes, F., Delbe, C., & Delbé, C. (2009). Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects. Musicae Scientiae, 13(2), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/102986490901300205

This report provides a brief account of an experiment whose control conditions produced interestingly counter-intuitive results. The method adapted priming techniques to explore whether imagining well-known melodies would facilitate perceptual discri... Read More about Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects.

By the light of the Tao (2009)
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Humphrey, C. (2009). By the light of the Tao. European Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 377-390. doi:10.1080/13691450902930779

This article unveils a three-stage model of critical reflection which has emerged from research with social work students and their educators in England. In the first stage we acquire the art of reflection in everyday life-worlds as we process raw ex... Read More about By the light of the Tao.

Induction and decay of short-term heat acclimation (2009)
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Cotter, J. D., Patterson, M. J., Rehrer, N. G., Goosens, N. G., & Garrett, A. T. (2009). Induction and decay of short-term heat acclimation. European journal of applied physiology, 107(6), 659-670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-009-1182-7

The purpose of this work was to investigate adaptation and decay from short-term (5-day) heat acclimation (STHA). Ten moderately trained males (mean ± SD age 28 ± 7 years; body mass 74.6 ± 4.4 kg; _VO2peak 4.26 ± 0.37 l min-1) underwent heat acclimat... Read More about Induction and decay of short-term heat acclimation.

Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts (2009)
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Moir, L. (2009). Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 7(4), 763-787. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqp050

International law has historically been more concerned with the regulation of international, rather than internal, armed conflict. As an integral part of this regime, aimed specifically at the violation of particular rules relating to international a... Read More about Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts.

Safety of lavender oil in the treatment of perineal trauma (2009)
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Jones, C. (2009). Safety of lavender oil in the treatment of perineal trauma. British Journal of Midwifery, 17(9), 567-570. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2009.17.9.43888

Essential oil therapy in wound care is gaining increasing popularity. This largely consumer-driven trend is currently being incorporated into the care of postnatal women experiencing perineal discomfort. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some midwives... Read More about Safety of lavender oil in the treatment of perineal trauma.

Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective (2009)
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Sharp, J., Hopkin, R., James, S., Peacock, G., Kelly, L., Davies, D., & Bowker, R. (2009). Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective. Research Papers in Education, 24(3), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520902725770

In 1989, the progressive introduction of a National Curriculum of subjects to all maintained schools in England and Wales brought compulsory science education into the primary sectors of these two countries for the first time. Such was its considered... Read More about Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective.

Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development (2009)
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Vidgen, R., & Wang, X. (2009). Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development. Information Systems Research, 20(3), 355-376. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.1090.0237

Despite the popularity of agile methods in software development and increasing adoption by organizations there is debate about what agility is and how it is achieved. The debate suffers from a lack of understanding of agile concepts and how agile sof... Read More about Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development.

Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs (2009)
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Phillips, D. M. (2009). Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs. Postgraduate journal of aesthetics, 6(2), 1-22

It has been argued that photographs are unsuitable or inferior candidates for art because they are not intimately bound to the mind of an artist. I believe that we can address scepticism in the philosophy of art only if we recognise that it is linked... Read More about Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs.