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Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness (2007)
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Wrigley, A. (2007). Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness. Philosophical Papers, 36(3), 371-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2007.11733499

In this paper I provide an account of the metaphysical foundations of mental illness in terms of a realism debate. I motivate the importance of such metaphysical analysis as a means of avoiding some intractable problems that beset discussion of the c... Read More about Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness.

Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. (2007)
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(2007). Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 240 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-240

BACKGROUND: A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world - with examples from alpine plants... Read More about Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation..

Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars (2007)
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Hirschi, R., Chiappini, C., Meynet, G., Ekstrom, S., & Maeder, A. (2007). Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars. AIP conference proceedings, 948, 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2818999

Mass loss plays a dominant role in the evolution of massive stars at solar metallicity. After discussing different mass loss mechanisms and their metallicity dependence, we present the possibility of strong mass loss at very low metallicity. Our mode... Read More about Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars.

A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme (2007)
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(2007). A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767330701592920

This article describes an example of ‘business-driven’ action learning in a multiagency organisation development intervention, and identifies learning from the experience.

Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia (2007)
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Chernetsov, N., Kishkinev, D., Gashkov, S., Kosarev, V., & Bolshakov, C. V. (2008). Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia. Animal Behaviour, 75(2), 539-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.019

Field studies suggest that in autumn, passerine Siberian-African migrants make a detour around Central Asia. We tested whether it results from an innate spatiotemporal programme. We hand-raised juvenile pied flycatchers from Europe and western Siberi... Read More about Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia.

Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements (2007)
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WRIGLEY, A. (2007). Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(4), 381-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00367.x

abstract  Recent legal rulings concerning the status of advance statements have raised interest in the topic but failed to provide any definitive general guidelines for their enforcement. I examine arguments used to justify the moral authority of suc... Read More about Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements.

Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis (2007)
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Doherty. (2007). Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis. Environmental Politics, 805 -825. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010701634182

Direct action campaigns against new roads in the UK received much attention, but campaign groups were locally organised and little is known about how they worked. Protests by three local environmental direct action groups in the years 1992-2001 are e... Read More about Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis.

Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England (2007)
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(2007). Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England. BMC Public Health, 286 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-286

UK Government expenditure on combatting drug abuse is based on estimates of illicit drug users, yet the validity of these estimates is unknown. This study aims to assess the face validity of problematic drug use (PDU) and injecting drug use (IDU) est... Read More about Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England.

Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (2007)
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Coker, V. S., Pearce, C. I., Lang, C., van der Laan, G., Pattrick, R. A., Telling, N. D., …Lloyd, J. R. (2007). Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19(5), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1758

Ferrite spinels, especially magnetite (Fe3O4), can be formed either by geological, biological or chemical processes leading to chemically similar phases that show different physical characteristics. We compare, for the first time, magnetite produced... Read More about Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism.

Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy (2007)
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Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted... Read More about Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy.

A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties (2007)
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(2007). A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties. Journal of Elasticity, 187 - 192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-007-9130-4

In a recent paper by Tanuma and Man, a two-term asymptotic formula was derived for the speed of surface waves propagating in an anisotropic elastic half-space whose elastic moduli differ only slightly from those for a (base) isotropic elastic materia... Read More about A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties.

Proxy consent: moral authority misconceived (2007)
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Wrigley, A. (2007). Proxy consent: moral authority misconceived. Journal of Medical Ethics, 33(9), 527-531. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2006.019711

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has provided unified scope in the British medical system for proxy consent with regard to medical decisions, in the form of a lasting power of attorney. While the intentions are to increase the autonomous decision making... Read More about Proxy consent: moral authority misconceived.

The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population (2007)
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Myers, H., Nicholls, E., Handy, J., Peat, G., Thomas, E., Duncan, R., …Dziedzic, K. (2007). The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 8, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-85

Pain in the hand affects an estimated 12-21% of the population, and at older ages the hand is one of the most common sites of pain and osteoarthritis. The association between symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and disability in everyday life has not bee... Read More about The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population.

Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. (2007)
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(2007). Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 436 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39280.509803.BE

Objective To investigate the benefit of adding acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise delivered by physiotherapists for pain reduction in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Design Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setti... Read More about Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial..

Glycosaminoglycan profiles of repair tissue formed following autologous chondrocyte implantation differ from control cartilage. (2007)
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(2007). Glycosaminoglycan profiles of repair tissue formed following autologous chondrocyte implantation differ from control cartilage. Arthritis Research and Therapy, R79 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2278

Currently, autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is the most commonly used cell-based therapy for the treatment of isolated femoral condyle lesions of the knee. A small number of centres performing ACI have reported encouraging long-term clinical... Read More about Glycosaminoglycan profiles of repair tissue formed following autologous chondrocyte implantation differ from control cartilage..

A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care (2007)
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Bedson, J., Jordan, K. P., & Croft, P. R. (2007). A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-77

BACKGROUND: Knee pain is the commonest pain complaint amongst older adults in general practice. General Practitioners (GPs) may use x rays when managing knee pain, but little information exists regarding this process. Our objectives, therefore, were... Read More about A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care.

Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult? (2007)
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(2007). Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult?. Family Practice, 443 - 453. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmm036

Background. We examined the relationship between predisposing factors, enabling factors and need-related factors with consultation for knee pain in general practice. Methods. This was a retrospective review of computerized medical records for knee... Read More about Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult?.

An isotopic method for testing the influence of leaf litter quality on carbon fluxes during decomposition (2007)
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(2007). An isotopic method for testing the influence of leaf litter quality on carbon fluxes during decomposition. Oecologia, 155 -166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0815-y

During microbial breakdown of leaf litter a fraction of the C lost by the litter is not released to the atmosphere as CO2 but remains in the soil as microbial byproducts. The amount of this fraction and the factors influencing its size are not yet cl... Read More about An isotopic method for testing the influence of leaf litter quality on carbon fluxes during decomposition.

Absence of gemin5 from SMN complexes in nuclear Cajal bodies (2007)
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Hao, L. T., Fuller, H. R., Lam, L. T., Le, T. T., Burghes, A. H., & Morris, G. E. (2007). Absence of gemin5 from SMN complexes in nuclear Cajal bodies. BMC Cell Biology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-8-28

Background Spinal muscular atrophy is caused by reduced levels of the survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein. SMN is found in large complexes with Sm proteins and at least eight other proteins, including seven "gemins". These complexes are involved... Read More about Absence of gemin5 from SMN complexes in nuclear Cajal bodies.