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Managing Race Equality in Scottish Local Councils in the Aftermath of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (2008)
Journal Article
Hussain, A., & Ishaq, M. (2008). Managing Race Equality in Scottish Local Councils in the Aftermath of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 21(6), 586-610. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550810896488

Purpose – More than six years have elapsed since the much-heralded Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (hereafter also referred to as the “Act”) came into force. The Act had been prompted by concern at the lack of progress made in the sphere of racia... Read More about Managing Race Equality in Scottish Local Councils in the Aftermath of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols (2008)
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Skeates, R. (2008). Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols. Documenta Praehistorica, 35, 179-184. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.35.13

This paper explores the cultural and conceptual dimensions of ceramic (and stone) stamps found at Neolithic and Copper Age sites in Western Asia and Southern Europe, dating to between the eighth and third millennia BC. Based upon a recent study of th... Read More about Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols.

Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices (2008)
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Merli, C. (2008). Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration, 3(2), 32-41

Among the Thai- and Malay-speaking Muslims living in southern Thailand, the traditional midwife (alternatively called mootamjae in Thai or bidan in Malay) performs a mild form of female genital cutting (FGC) on baby girls. This article is based on ma... Read More about Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices.

Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa (2008)
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Porter, G. (2008). Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa. Progress in Development Studies, 8(3), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340800800306

The first progress report in this transport series presented an overview of major current transport research themes and gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa from a social science perspective. This second report is specifically concerned with gender and, in par... Read More about Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa.

Overexpression of PPK-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans Type I PIP kinase, inhibits growth cone collapse in the developing nervous system and causes axonal degeneration in adults (2008)
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Weinkove, D., Bastiani, M., Chessa, T., Joshi, D., Hauth, L., Cooke, F., …Schuske, K. (2008). Overexpression of PPK-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans Type I PIP kinase, inhibits growth cone collapse in the developing nervous system and causes axonal degeneration in adults. Developmental Biology, 313(1), 384-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.029

The dynamics of strategic information flows in stock markets (2008)
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Seiler, P., & Taub, B. (2008). The dynamics of strategic information flows in stock markets. Finance and Stochastics, 12(1), 43-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00780-007-0046-4

We model a stock market with multiple stocks in a dynamic setting. Multiple informed traders receive new and heterogeneous information about the stocks in each period and use this information strategically. We characterize the decay rate of the infor... Read More about The dynamics of strategic information flows in stock markets.

Placing Stories, Performing Places: spatiality in Joyce and Austen (2008)
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Crang, M. (2008). Placing Stories, Performing Places: spatiality in Joyce and Austen. Anglia, 126(2), 312-29. https://doi.org/10.1515/angl.2008.047

This paper examines the role of space in sustaining the action of Austen and Joyce's writings. Using these contrasting textual styles it looks at the different geographies produced and the texts the different geographies enable. It examines the role... Read More about Placing Stories, Performing Places: spatiality in Joyce and Austen.

Conceptual & statistical problems in exploring the relationship among volume, outcome & context in relation to the organisation of secondary & tertiary health provision: An issue of causal inference in non-experimental research (2008)
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Byrne, D., & Yang, K. (2008). Conceptual & statistical problems in exploring the relationship among volume, outcome & context in relation to the organisation of secondary & tertiary health provision: An issue of causal inference in non-experimental research. Radical statistics, 96, 1-14

Professional centred shared decision making: patient decision aids in practice in primary care (2008)
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Burges Watson, D., Thomson, R., & Murtagh, M. (2008). Professional centred shared decision making: patient decision aids in practice in primary care. BMC Health Services Research, 8(5), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-5

Patient decision aids are increasingly regarded as important components of clinical practice that enable shared decision making (SDM) and evidence based patient choice. Despite broad acceptance of their value, there remains little evidence of their s... Read More about Professional centred shared decision making: patient decision aids in practice in primary care.

Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling (2008)
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Allen, M., & Armstrong, H. (2008). Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 265(1-2), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.021

The end of the Eocene greenhouse world was the most dramatic phase in the long-term cooling trend of the Cenozoic Era. Here we show that the Arabia–Eurasia collision and the closure of the Tethys ocean gateway began in the Late Eocene at ~ 35 Ma, up... Read More about Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling.

Mercurio Sobrio tra Africa e Roma (2008)
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Leone, A., & Palombi, D. (2008). Mercurio Sobrio tra Africa e Roma. Archeologia classica (Testo stampato), 59(9), 409-433

Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England (2008)
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Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (2008). Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England. Fornvännen, 103(4), 245-259

This paper reviews recent field results from Sweden and England demonstrating that currently held perceptions of assembly-sites as archaic and cultic are only partially accurate. Evidence has emerged for the purposeful creation of assembly locations... Read More about Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England.

Inventing the U.S. stove industry, c. 1815-1875: making and selling the first universal consumer durable (2008)
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Harris, H. J. (2008). Inventing the U.S. stove industry, c. 1815-1875: making and selling the first universal consumer durable. Business History Review, 82(4), 701-733. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007680500063170

This article examines the emergence of the American stove industry, detailing the complex interactions among changes in the product, the organization of production, and the methods of selling cast-iron heating and cooking equipment to consumers natio... Read More about Inventing the U.S. stove industry, c. 1815-1875: making and selling the first universal consumer durable.

Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (2008)
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Rubin, G., Uebel, P., Brimo-Hayek, A., Hey, K., Doerfler, H., & Heading, R. (2008). Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 27(9), 846-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03641.x

Background  A clinical need exists for a means of assessing symptom control in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. The ReQuest questionnaire has been extensively validated for symptom assessment in both erosive and non-erosive gastro-oes... Read More about Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose (2008)
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Phillipson, G. (2008). Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose. Law and contemporary problems, 71(4), 15-30

There is continuing concern in the United States about the kind of media storms that swirl around high-profile criminal proceedings such as the Sam Sheppard case,3 the O.J. Simpson trial,4 or the Duke lacrosse case.5 The knowledge that the transforma... Read More about Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose.

State-variable control of shunt FACTS devices using phasor measurements (2008)
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Machowski, J., & Bialek, J. (2008). State-variable control of shunt FACTS devices using phasor measurements. Electric Power Systems Research, 78(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2006.12.007

This paper addresses the problem of state-variable stabilizing control of power system using shunt FACTS devices. This stabilizing control is activated in the transient state of a power system and is supplementary with respect to the main steady-stat... Read More about State-variable control of shunt FACTS devices using phasor measurements.