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The Russian Intelligentsia Now (2006)
Journal Article
Byford, A. (2006). The Russian Intelligentsia Now. Forum for anthropology and culture, 3, 289-292

Mathematical and statistical basis of options for risk calculations - Appendix to EFSA Opinion on possibility of lowering uncertainty factors if additional species used in assessment of acute and chronic risk to aquatic organisms (2006)
Report
Craig, P. (2006). Mathematical and statistical basis of options for risk calculations - Appendix to EFSA Opinion on possibility of lowering uncertainty factors if additional species used in assessment of acute and chronic risk to aquatic organisms. European Food Safety Authority

Training, learning and business performance in SMEs: Insights from studying the 2004 Sunday Times '50 best SMEs to work for' (2006)
Report
Stone, I., Braidford, P., & Houston, M. (2006). Training, learning and business performance in SMEs: Insights from studying the 2004 Sunday Times '50 best SMEs to work for'. Small Business Council

Research commissioned to take forward William Sargent's initiative to investigate the type of training undertaken by firms in the Sunday Times list of 'the best 50 small and medium sized enterprises to work for'. Key issues included: how they train (... Read More about Training, learning and business performance in SMEs: Insights from studying the 2004 Sunday Times '50 best SMEs to work for'.

Is everybody always my friend? : perception of approachability in Williams syndrome (2006)
Journal Article
Frigerio, E., Burt, D., Gagliardi, C., Cioffi, G., Martelli, S., Perrett, D., & Borgatti, R. (2006). Is everybody always my friend? : perception of approachability in Williams syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 44(2), 254-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.05.008

Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) are well known for their friendly behaviour and tendency to approach strangers indiscriminately as if everybody were their friend. This tendency to approach strangers is mirrored in their ratings of unfamiliar... Read More about Is everybody always my friend? : perception of approachability in Williams syndrome.

Acquisitions: private versus public (2006)
Journal Article
Draper, P., & Paudyal, K. (2006). Acquisitions: private versus public. European Financial Management, 12(1), 57-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1354-7798.2006.00310.x

Takeovers of privately held companies represent more than 80% of all takeovers. Despite their significance, studies of such takeovers and their impact on the wealth of shareholders are rare. Using a very large, near exhaustive, sample of listed and p... Read More about Acquisitions: private versus public.

A survey of UK parental attitudes to the MMR vaccine and trust in medical authority (2006)
Journal Article
Casiday, R., Cresswell, T., Wilson, D., & Panter-Brick, C. (2006). A survey of UK parental attitudes to the MMR vaccine and trust in medical authority. Vaccine, 24(2), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.063

Contested reports associating the MMR vaccine with autism have resulted in diminished confidence and uptake of the vaccine in the UK. This postal survey of parent's decisions, attitudes and use of information about MMR immunisation was constructed fr... Read More about A survey of UK parental attitudes to the MMR vaccine and trust in medical authority.

Practitioner Review: Short-term and working memory impairments in neurodevelopmental disorders: diagnosis and remedial support (2006)
Journal Article
Gathercole, S., & Alloway, T. (2006). Practitioner Review: Short-term and working memory impairments in neurodevelopmental disorders: diagnosis and remedial support. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47(1), 4-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01446.x

Background: This article provides an introduction to current models of working and short-term memory, their links with learning, and diagnosis of impairments. The memory impairments associated with a range of neurodevelopmental disorders (Down's synd... Read More about Practitioner Review: Short-term and working memory impairments in neurodevelopmental disorders: diagnosis and remedial support.

Learning about the unknown: How fast do entrepreneurs adjust their beliefs? (2006)
Journal Article
Parker, S. (2006). Learning about the unknown: How fast do entrepreneurs adjust their beliefs?. Journal of Business Venturing, 21(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.07.005

This paper seeks to measure the extent to which entrepreneurs adjust their beliefs in the light of new information, instead of relying on past experience to guide their decision making. We build a model in which entrepreneurs continually receive valu... Read More about Learning about the unknown: How fast do entrepreneurs adjust their beliefs?.

Measuring trust inside organisations (2006)
Journal Article
Dietz, G., & Hartog, D. (2006). Measuring trust inside organisations. Personnel Review, 35(5), 557-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480610682299

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which measures and operationalisations of intra-organisational trust reflect the essential elements of the existing conceptualisation of trust inside the workplace. Design/methodology/ap... Read More about Measuring trust inside organisations.

On the long-time stability of the implicit Euler scheme for the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations (2006)
Journal Article
Tone, F., & Wirosoetisno, D. (2006). On the long-time stability of the implicit Euler scheme for the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 44(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1137/040618527

In this paper we study the stability for all positive time of the fully implicit Euler scheme for the two-dimensional Navier--Stokes equations. More precisely, we consider the time discretization scheme and with the aid of the discrete Gronwall lemma... Read More about On the long-time stability of the implicit Euler scheme for the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations.

Do masks terminate the icon? (2006)
Journal Article
Smithson, H., & Mollon, J. (2006). Do masks terminate the icon?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59(1), 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210500269345

Iconic memory is operationally defined by part-report experiments (Sperling, 1960). If a mask is presented after the target, the mask is thought to be superposed on the target in the iconic representation, or to displace it from the representation. B... Read More about Do masks terminate the icon?.

Eye scanning of multi-element displays: II. Saccade planning (2006)
Journal Article
Findlay, J., & Brown, V. (2006). Eye scanning of multi-element displays: II. Saccade planning. Vision Research, 46(1), 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2005.07.035

The properties of saccadic eye movements were studied in a task that required observers to scan through a display consisting of a set of discrete objects. The saccades forming the scanpath showed very high accuracy with almost no undershoot provided... Read More about Eye scanning of multi-element displays: II. Saccade planning.

The commercial exploitation of a protected anadromous species, the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis (L.)), in the tidal River Ouse, north-east England (2006)
Journal Article
Masters, J., Jang, M., Ha, K., Bird, P., Frear, P., & Lucas, M. (2006). The commercial exploitation of a protected anadromous species, the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis (L.)), in the tidal River Ouse, north-east England. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 16(1), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.686

1. Throughout Europe, populations of anadromous fish and lampreys have declined over the past centuries due to human activities. River lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis are representative of such species and are listed in international conservation agreem... Read More about The commercial exploitation of a protected anadromous species, the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis (L.)), in the tidal River Ouse, north-east England.

'Anti-racism, deconstruction and 'overdevelopment' (2006)
Journal Article
Power, M. (2006). 'Anti-racism, deconstruction and 'overdevelopment'. Progress in Development Studies, 6(1), 24-39. https://doi.org/10.1191/1464993406ps125oa

This paper explores the connections between colonialism and development in order to understand more clearly how discourses on North-South relations continue to be imbued with the imperial representations that preceded them. Beginning with a concern t... Read More about 'Anti-racism, deconstruction and 'overdevelopment'.

Islam and Business (2006)
Journal Article
Wilson, R. (2006). Islam and Business. Thunderbird International Business Review, 48(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.20088

The underdevelopment of many of the Muslim economies along the Silk Road is often ascribed to the negative effects of Islam. Yet historically, the Muslim cities along the Road were thriving centers of commerce, and since the collapse of the Soviet Un... Read More about Islam and Business.

The Commission for Equality and Human Rights 'Designing the Big Tent' (2006)
Journal Article
Choudhury, T. (2006). The Commission for Equality and Human Rights 'Designing the Big Tent'. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 13(3), 311-322

In Great Britain a new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will be in operation from 2007. The CEHR will replace the existing commissions for sex, race and disability discrimination and have responsibility for age, religion and belief, se... Read More about The Commission for Equality and Human Rights 'Designing the Big Tent'.

Library Design, Synthesis And Screening: Pyridine Dicarbonitriles As Potential Prion Disease Therapeutics (2006)
Journal Article
Reddy, T., Mutter, R., Heal, W., Guo, K., Pratt, S., Gillet, V., & Chen, B. (2006). Library Design, Synthesis And Screening: Pyridine Dicarbonitriles As Potential Prion Disease Therapeutics. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 49(2), 607-615. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm050610f

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases are a family of invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorders, and there are no effective therapeutics currently available. In this paper, we report on the design, synthesis, and scree... Read More about Library Design, Synthesis And Screening: Pyridine Dicarbonitriles As Potential Prion Disease Therapeutics.