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Contraction with shortening during stimulation or during relaxation : how do the energetic costs compare?
(1998-10)White muscle fibres from dogfish were used to compare the energetic costs of shortening by fully active muscle and by relaxing muscle. The muscle preparation was tetanized for 0.6 s and shortened either during stimulation ... -
Contradictions and power play in service encounters : An activity theory approach
(2010-06)We present a perspective on the interpersonal element of service in which economic and social collaboration takes place in real time: the service encounter. We view it as a site of conflict for power and control where ... -
Contradictions in “reputation management”
(2006)“Reputation management” is widely used as a rationale for public relations, although the public relations practice has problems with its own reputation. Public relations is presented in textbooks as a mature management ... -
Contralateral increase in thigmotactic scanning following unilateral cryogenic barrel-cortex lesion in mice
(2005)Adult C57BL/6 mice received uni- or bilateral cryogenic or sham-lesions over the barrel field and their exploratory behaviour was assessed in an open field between 1 and 7 days post-lesion. Bilateral cortical lesions ... -
Contrasting Debates and Perspectives from Second and Third Wave Feminists in Britain: Class, Work and Activism
(2015-08-20)The dissertation rests firstly on the author’s previously published work (German, 1989; German, 2007; German, 2013) which attempted to analyse the position of women in British society in terms of their relationship to ... -
Contrasting organisational responses and their impacts on drinking water quality
(2009)This paper discusses the findings of a research project which explored the impact of organisational responses on drinking water quality in England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. The paper also focuses on advancing ... -
Contrasting Responses of Rhizosphere Bacterial, Fungal, Protist and Nematode Communities to Nitrogen Fertilisation and Crop Genotype in Field Grown Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)
(2021-04-08)The rhizosphere microbiome is considered to play a key role in determining crop health. However, current understanding of the factors which shape assembly and composition of the microbiome is heavily biased toward bacterial ... -
The Contribution by Women to the Social and Ecomomic Development of the Victorian Town in Hertfordshire
(2013-05-01)This study focuses on the role and contribution of women in the context of the social and economic development of two towns in Hertfordshire during the nineteenth century. Although the age saw an increase in urbanisation, ... -
The contribution from relationships with parents and teachers to the adolescent sense of coherence (SOC). Do prosociality and hyperactivity-inattention also play a significant role?
(2017-11-01)Sense of coherence (SOC) is receiving increasing attention from a number of disciplines interested in the study of adolescent positive development. Given the significant links between SOC and well-being, attention is now ... -
The contribution from scattered light to quasar galaxy hosts
(2009)We present models representing the scattering of quasar radiation off free electrons and dust grains in geometries that approximate the structure of quasar host galaxies. We show that, for reasonable assumptions, scattering ... -
The contribution of a community food group to older people’s nutritional and social well-being : An assets model
(2010)Poor nutrition in older people poses significant health problems for many community dwelling older people and is affected by cultural, psychological and social factors, including living alone and social isolation. Meals ... -
The contribution of discrete sources to the sky temperature at 144 MHz
(2021-04-07)In recent years, the level of the extragalactic radio background has become a point of considerable interest, with some lines of argument pointing to an entirely new cosmological synchrotron background. The contribution ... -
Contribution of drugs to drownings in Scotland, 1996-2020
(2022-08-30)Objective Psychoactive substances use (including alcohol) can affect risk perception, leading to accidents and deaths. There is little detailed or up-to-date information on the role of drugs in United Kingdom (UK) drownings. ... -
The contribution of high-redshift galaxies to cosmic reionization : new results from deep WFC3 imaging of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
(2010)We have searched for star-forming galaxies at z≈ 7–10 by applying the Lyman-break technique to newly released Y-, J- and H-band images (1.1, 1.25 and 1.6 μm) from Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope. ... -
Contribution of lumbar spine and hip movement during the palms to floor test in individuals with diagnosed hypermobility syndrome
(2008)The ability to place the hands to the floor forms part of the assessment of joint hypermobility. The test may be symptom free, or in the case of joint hypermobility syndrome, may be associated with pain in the spine, hip, ... -
The contribution of musical theory to an ancient Chinese concept of the Universe
(2011)In early Chinese thought music and music-related concepts formed key elements to the way in which the cosmos was envisaged and written about. This paper unfolds how passages of late Zhou and early Han documents such as the ... -
The contribution of realist evaluation to critical analysis of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education competitions
(2018-12-01)The purpose of this article is to explore the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes through the lens of realist evaluation (RE). The interest of the authoring team – a practitioner–academic mix with ... -
Contribution of the left dorsomedial thalamus in recognition memory : a neuropsychological case study
(2002)This study reports a patient with a unilateral left thalamic lesion which was centred on the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus. Cognitive neuropsychological assessment revealed a severe impairment in verbal memory and symptoms ... -
The contribution of UK farm assurance schemes towards desirable environmental policy outcomes
(2010)This study sought to evaluate the content of a range of UK primary production assurance schemes and their potential to support selected desirable agri-environmental policy outcomes. The schemes reviewed included those that ...