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Delivering patient choice in English acute hospital trusts
(2006-12-01)
The role of the patient within the NHS has changed from supplicant to consumer to active participant. A demand-side patient-led approach is combining quasi-consumerism and participative democracy to inform and facilitate ...
Exploitation of immunofluorescence for the quantification and characterization of small numbers of Pasteuria endospores
(2006-12)
The Pasteuria group of endospore-forming bacteria has been studied as a biocontrol agent of plant-parasitic nematodes. Techniques have been developed for its detection and quantification in soil samples, and these mainly ...
An investigation into the in vivo performance variability of pH responsive polymers for ileo-colonic drug delivery using gamma scintigraphy in humans
(2006-12)
Gastrointestinal performance of tablets coated with pH responsive acrylic polymers (Eudragit) was investigated in human volunteers. Tablet cores were coated with Eudragit S dissolved in ethanol (organic), Eudragit S aqueous ...
Development and uptake of a scheme for predicting risk of severe light leaf spot on oilseed rape
(2006-12)
To reduce reliance on fungicides for disease control on oilseed rape, Decision Support Systems (DSS) are being developed to guide fungicide applications as part of an integrated pest and disease management strategy. This ...
The BBC, the State and Cold War Culture : The Case of Television’s The War Game (1965)
(2006-12)
The Cold War was as much a propaganda conflict as one fought between soldiers and politicians. The BBC, as a broadcaster of news and entertainment in large parts of the world, stood at the very centre of this battle. Indeed, ...
A Future for Presentism
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006-12)
Presentism, the view that only the present exists, was a much-neglected position in the philosophy of time for a number of years. Recently, however, it has been enjoying a renaissance among philosophers. A Future for ...
Leisure Studies: Critical Concepts in the Social Studies
(Routledge, 2006-12)
Environment and the epochs of galaxy formation in the SDSS era
(2006-12-01)
We analyse a sample of 1,652 elliptical galaxies morphologically selected from the SDSS DR4 with respect to their stellar population properties such as luminosity weighted ages, metallicities and /Fe element abundance ...
Accounting for reform : Funding and transformation in the four nation's hospital services
(2006-12-01)
The NHS Plan revealed New Labour's objective to increase funding in the four nation's hospital services in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Although each country has installed its own institutional arrangements, ...
Accounting for healthcare : Reform and outcomes
(2006-12-01)