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Occupational factors in Multiple Sclerosis : an analysis of occupational mortality statistics for men and married women in Great Britain
(1996)This paper presents an exploratory study based on occupational mortality statistics for Great Britain. It examines disease concordance between marital partners for multiple sclerosis (MS). Previous studies have revealed ... -
Taking work home : A study of daily fluctuations in work stressors, effects on moods and impacts on marital partners
(1996)Investigates day-to-day influences of fluctuations in the individual's perceptions of work and work stressors in a sample of full-time working couples. Effect of work stressors on the individual; Criticisms on occupational ... -
The stressors and strains of health visiting : demands, supports, constraints and psychological health
(1991)An empirical study investigated the work stressors and psychological strains experienced by health visitors in three areas of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire A questionnaire, based on Payne's model of occupational stress, ... -
Effects of experience on microcomputer use in primary schools : results of a second survey
(1988)Following an initial survey of microcomputer use in Hertfordshire primary schools, a second, follow-up survey was conducted two years later to examine how experience had changed attitudes and use. This second survey provided ... -
Factors affecting microcomputer use and programming ability of secondary school children
(1987)A survey was conducted in Hertfordshire to provide information about microcomputer use both in school and at home. All schools were found to possess microcomputers but only a limited number of pupils reported using the ... -
Investigating the relationship between stress and worker behaviour
(1998)Direct care staff working in six residential group homes for people with intellectual disability were asked to complete a questionnaire which asked for information on levels of stress (anxiety and depression), the types ... -
Disease concordances amongst marital partners : Not ‘way of life’ or mortality data artifact
(1993)Mortality statistics for Great Britain (1979–1980, 1982–1983) for more than 500 occupations and 20 different causes of death were examined. The paper demonstrates that there is clear concordance of cause of death between ... -
An Empirical Study of Occupational Stress Transmission in Working Couples
(1993)The associations between work demands, supports, and levels of psychological and physical health have been clearly established by research. There is growing evidence that occupational stressors are transmitted to spouses, ... -
Measuring Organizational Culture : The Cultural Audit
(1992)Introduces an instrument for measuring organizational culture. Discussion of the concept precedes discussion of the problems of measurement and the traditions and theory on which design of the instrument draws. Summarizes ... -
When talking doesn't help : An investigation of microcomputer-based group problem solving
(1992)Microcomputers are now widely used in primary schools and predominately by groups of children working together rather than one child working alone. This paper reports two experiments which examined whether and in what ... -
Stressors and Strains amongst Social Workers : Demands, Supports, Constraints, and Psychological Health
(1991)This article describes an empirical study of the work stressors and psychological strains experienced by social workers in Hertfordshire. A questionnaire, based on Payne's (1979) model of occupational stress, investigated ... -
Occupation, marriage and disease-specific mortality concordance
(1988)Mortality statistics for more than 500 different occupations were examined for all causes of death, neoplasms, circulatory diseases, respiratory diseases, and deaths from external causes. The paper shows that a married ... -
A conceptual model of the fashion process- part 2 : an empirical investigation of the micro-subjective level
(2002)This paper presents two separate empirical investigations of a new conceptual model of fashion – the “fashion transformation process model” presented in part 1 (this issue). One important strand of that model is the role ... -
A conceptual model of the fashion process- part 1 : the fashion transformation process model
(2002)The purpose of this paper is to present a new framework to conceptualise the fashion process called “the fashion transformation process model”. This model integrates much previous research about the fashion process, fills ... -
The role of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and its endogenous ligands, anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, in amphetamine-induced behavioural sensitization
(2008)Cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous ligands (endocannabinoids) have been implicated in cocaine and amphetamine reward. Their role in psychostimulant-induced behavioural sensitization still has to be determined. The ... -
The UK Benchmark Statement for Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies : A Critical Evaluation and Implications for Assessing Quality Criteria
(2002)This article is written by the chairman and a panel member of the UK Benchmarking Group in Earth Science, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies. In it we have discussed the broad “purpose” of benchmarking and the ... -
Developing New Lecturers : The Case of a Discipline Based Workshop
(2002)An educational development issue common to all disciplines and countries is how to combine generic development of staff as teachers with appropriate engagement with the specificities of teaching individual subjects. This ... -
The Research-Teaching Nexus in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
(2003)This article is an edited version of a longer essay on the topic available on the LTSN-GEES Web site (www.gees.ac.uk) (Healey et al., 2003). Drawing on an LTSN-GEES project, it argues that students may benefit from developing ... -
iHARP a Multiple Instruction Issue Processor Chip Incorporating RISC and VLIW Design Features
(1992)RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computers) processors have established an impressive performance standard by executing one instruction in each processor cycle. More recently, VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) and superscalar ...