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Not for God Queen or Country [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Much has been written about volunteers who offer nursing aid during times of conflict or natural disaster both before and since Florence Nightingale's high profile mission in the Crimean war. Adventure and travel, religious conviction, national pride and
Golding, Berenice, Hargreaves, Janet
core  

Shifts in phenology influence synchrony of flowering plants and their pollinators along an elevation gradient

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Climatic conditions alter the phenology of species, which may threaten the synchrony of biotic interactions. However, how phenological synchrony across entire communities of plants and their pollinators responds to varying environmental conditions remains poorly understood.
Mikko Tiusanen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal latency studies in opiate-treated mice

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2014
Background: The change in the reaction time of a tail or paw exposed to a thermal stimulus is a measure of nociceptive activity in laboratory animals. Tail-flick and plantar thermal sensitivity (Hargreaves) tests are non-invasive, minimize stress, and ...
Noam Schildhaus   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived importance of components of asynchronous music in circuit training [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study examined regular exercisers’ perceptions of specific components of music during circuit training. Twenty-four men (38.8 years, s = 11.8 years) and 31 women (32.4 years, s = 9.6 years) completed two questionnaires immediately after a circuit
Bishop B.   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Connecting Health Promotion and Sustainable Development Goals to Enhance the Health of Agrifood Temporary Migrant Workers—a Scoping Review

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Temporary migrant workers (TMW) in the agrifood system face social determinants of health (SDoH) that contribute to health inequities. Despite their dual residency, the potential of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to support the health of TMW remains underexamined.
Théa Demmers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The future of public sector funding of regeneration project in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This report describes the policy framework through which urban regeneration is promoted and highlights the difficulties encountered in co-ordinating the current public funding initiatives to secure effective urban regeneration and maximise value for ...
Greenhalgh, Paul, Hargreaves, Sylvia
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Small carbon chains in circumstellar envelopes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Observations were made for a number of carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes using the Phoenix spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope to determine the abundance of small carbon chain molecules.
Bernath, P. F.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

“Being Nice” as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study of first‐year primary school draws on Goffman's concept of “collective behavior” to examine how order is established and disrupted through the mutual adjustment of all participants' actions. We employed a multi‐method longitudinal design, using semi‐standardized observations and qualitative interviews with teachers and children at three ...
Doris Bühler‐Niederberger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some considerations related to the use of the Scherrer equation in powder X-ray diffraction as applied to heterogeneous catalysts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This short overview summarises some of the basic considerations which should be undertaken when the Scherrer equation is applied to reflection widths in X-ray diffraction patterns of heterogeneous catalysts in order to extract meaningful information ...
Hargreaves, J.S.J.
core   +1 more source

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
wiley   +1 more source

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