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Successful or not? Evidence, emergence, and development management
(2010)This article offers a critique of the dominant ways of conceiving of, managing, and evaluating development. It argues that these management methods constrain the exploration of novelty and difference. By drawing on insights ... -
Successful use of steroids and ureteric stents in 24 patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis : a retrospective study
(2008)Background/Aims: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a chronic inflammatory disorder causing obstructive nephropathy and renal failure. We reviewed our management of this condition. Method: All patients with RPF treated at ... -
Successive Refinement and Coarsening of the Information Bottleneck
(2022-11-21)We study two central aspects of information processing in cognitive systems: one is the ability to incorporate fresh information to already learnt models; the other is the “trickling” of information through the many layers ... -
Sudden death in A&E
(1995-12-01)The aim of this article is to explore the care provided for distressed relatives in the Emergency Department after the occurrence of a sudden death. Consideration is given to the staff perceptions of relatives' responses ... -
Sudden death in emergency care : responding to bereaved relatives
(2013-12-01)Many emergency nurses find it difficult to support relatives whose loved ones are being resuscitated or to witness relatives' distress after their family members have died. When such events occur, emergency practitioners ... -
Sudden death liminality : Dehumanisation and disengagement
(2013)Purpose of the research: The purpose of this paper is to understand, the uniquely held beliefs and values of emergency personnel involved in sudden death work and specifically, the process of disengagement in the space ... -
The sudden death of the nearest quasar
(2010-11-20)Galaxy formation is significantly modulated by energy output from supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies which grow in highly efficient luminous quasar phases. The timescale on which black holes transition ... -
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Mothers' Experiences of Parenting
(2013-04-12)Background: The death of a child has been found to have long term consequences for both individual and family functioning. This is particularly true for bereaved siblings who have been found to be at increased risk of ... -
Sudden traumatic death : Caring for the bereaved
(2007-04)Supporting relatives following sudden and traumatic death is one of the most daunting aspects of emergency care. Relatives are devastated by the suddenness of the event, a situation often compounded by the mutilation of ... -
Sudden traumatic death : the significant and unique contribution of emergency nurses
(2014-09-20)When a person dies suddenly and in traumatic circumstances, emergency nurses are required to manage the aftermath of the event with competence and sensitivity. Yet minimal education and training exists to enable this ... -
Suffering and Contentment
(McFarland, 2010)In what follows, I will focus primarily upon Iris Murdoch's philosophical texts and more occasionally draw from her novels. Section one will set out the marginalisation of contentment within the former and argue that Murdoch ... -
Sugar beet contains a large CONSTANS-LIKE gene family including a CO homologue that is independent of the early-bolting (B) gene locus
(2008)Floral transition in the obligate long-day (LD) plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) is tightly linked to the B gene, a dominant early-bolting quantitative trait locus, the expression of which is positively ... -
Sugar Beet Production Under Changing Climate: Opportunities and Challenges
(Springer Nature, 2022-08-22)Sugar has formed an essential part of human diets for a long time and is an important raw material for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. It is a common name for sucrose and can be extracted from two field ... -
Sugar Beet Root Storage Properties Are Unaffected by Cercospora Leaf Spot
(2023-06-26)Cercospora leaf spot (CLS; causal agent Cercospora beticola Sacc.) is endemic in many sugar beet production regions due to the widespread distribution of C. beticola and the inability of current management practices to ... -
Suggestive Therapeutic Pathways Using Hyper-Heuristics
(2012)Therapeutic decision support can be used to promptly assist clinical decision making process. This paper presents a novel approach to interpreting multiple data streams in intensive care environments, the resulting model ... -
Suicidality in patients with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs): A meta-analysis
(2021-07-01)Introduction Previous meta-analyses showed that OCD is associated with a substantial risk of suicidal behaviours. Conclusive rates of suicidal ideation (current and lifetime) and suicide attempts based on pooled prevalence ... -
Suicide among drug addicts in the UK
(1999)The extent of suicide among addicts in the UK has not been sufficiently examined.