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A systems-focused context for understanding the RN role and performance
(2011-11-02)
A myriad of sociocultural, political, organizational, and micro unit-level systems comprise contexts in which the registered nurse (RN) role is defined, operationalized, and evaluated. This paper offers several systems- ...
Geometric cues influence head direction cells only weakly in nondisoriented rats
(2011-11-02)
The influential hypothesis that environmental geometry is critical for spatial orientation has been extensively tested behaviorally, and yet findings have been conflicting. Head direction (HD) cells, the neural correlate ...
Detecting elder financial abuse : Cues used by health, social care and banking professionals in classifying cases as true instances of financial abuse.
(2011-11-02)
The aim of this study was to examine decision-making by health, social care and banking professionals in relation to the detection of elder financial abuse. Three research questions guided this study: 1 What are the cues ...
I would be embarrassed for you to see what I eat : Older people rejecting the visual?
(2011-11-02)
This paper will present data from a pilot study carried out in a faithbased community-meal setting. Data was collected using a number of qualitative methods including researcher and participant generated visual images. ...
An intelligent approach to detect probe request attacks in IEEE 802.11 networks
(Springer Nature, 2011-11-02)
In Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), beacon, probe request and response messages are unprotected, so the information is visible to sniffers. Probe requests can be sent by anyone with a legitimate Media Access Control ...
Patient experiences of hospital food provision : Maintaining the older body in hospital
(2011-11-02)
Food is vital to the maintenance of the physical body, but also has social and psychological roles important for health and well-being. Malnutrition and poor nutritional care of older patients in Westernised hospital ...
The framing of social class distinctions through family food and eating practices
(2011-11)
Drawing on two qualitative studies which looked at diet, weight and health from a social class perspective, we use Bourdieu's theory of habitus to help explain the different food and eating practices undertaken by families ...
Age-specific expression of a P450 monooxygenase (CYP6CM1) correlates with neonicotinoid resistance in Bemisia tabaci
(2011-11)
The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is an invasive insect pest of agriculture and horticulture worldwide. The neonicotinoid insecticides, which target nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in post-synaptic ...
Improving recruitment of older people to research through good practice
(2011-11)
There is widespread evidence both of the exclusion of older people from clinical research, and of under-recruitment to clinical trials. This review and opinion piece provides practical advice to assist researchers both to ...
Predictions of UK regulated power station contributions to regional air pollution and deposition : A model comparison exercise
(2011-11)
Contributions of the emissions from a U.K. regulated fossil-fuel power station to regional air pollution and deposition are estimated using four air quality modeling systems for the year 2003. The modeling systems vary in ...