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Qualitative analysis of complex modularized fault trees using binary decision diagrams (2006)
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Fault tree analysis is commonly used in the reliability assessment of industrial systems. When complex systems are studied conventional methods can become computationally intensive and require the use of approximations. This leads to inaccuracies in... Read More about Qualitative analysis of complex modularized fault trees using binary decision diagrams.

The politics of emergency and the demise of the developing state: problems for humanitarian advocacy (2006)
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This article discusses the dilemmas of humanitarian advocacy in the contemporary world. First the article considers the crisis of humanitarianism within the wider crisis of meaning in international politics which encouraged humanitarian advocacy. Hum... Read More about The politics of emergency and the demise of the developing state: problems for humanitarian advocacy.

Discriminating language rights and politics in the post-Yugoslav states (2006)
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Pupavac examines the rise of linguistic human rights advocacy and its approach in a case study of language politics in the post-Yugolav states. A core concern of contemporary linguistic rights advocacy has been to tackle ethnically based discriminati... Read More about Discriminating language rights and politics in the post-Yugoslav states.

Biosecurity and insecurity: the interaction between policy and ritual during the foot and mouth crisis (2006)
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In 2001 a highly infectious animal disease, foot and mouth disease, broke out in the UK and spread rapidly. In May, when the spread seemed to be slowing down, new disease hotspots appeared in previously little affected regions, such as North Yorkshir... Read More about Biosecurity and insecurity: the interaction between policy and ritual during the foot and mouth crisis.

The question of evil and feminist legal scholarship (2006)
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In this article, we argue that feminist legal scholars should engage directly and explicitly with the question of evil. Part I summarises key facts surrounding the prosecution and life-long imprisonment of Myra Hindley, one of a tiny number of women... Read More about The question of evil and feminist legal scholarship.

A question of definition: feminist legal scholarship, socio-legal studies and debate about law and politics (2006)
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In recent years, debate about the relationship between law and politics appears to have become a good deal more intense in the United Kingdom. As others have observed, one major catalyst for this has been the ascent of human rights in the popular ima... Read More about A question of definition: feminist legal scholarship, socio-legal studies and debate about law and politics.

A New Speciality of In-patient Psychiatry? (2006)
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Capturing User Requirements in Medical Device Development: The Role of Ergonomics (2006)
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Measuring and fulfilling user requirements during medical device development will result in successful products that improve patient safety, improve device effectiveness and reduce product recalls and modifications. Medical device users are an extre... Read More about Capturing User Requirements in Medical Device Development: The Role of Ergonomics.

The origins and essence of US social policy: on taxonomies, time and transfers (2006)
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Internal mammary artery smooth muscle cells resist migration and possess high antioxidant capacity (2006)
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Objective- This study investigated whether differences exist in atherogen-induced migratory behaviors and basal antioxidant enzyme capacity of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from human coronary (CA) and internal mammary (IMA) arteries. Methods-... Read More about Internal mammary artery smooth muscle cells resist migration and possess high antioxidant capacity.

The development of a mouse model to explore resistance and susceptibility to early Ascaris suum infection (2006)
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Ascaris suum and Ascaris lumbricoides exhibit an over-dispersed frequency distribution in their host populations in both the adult and larval stages. The impact of host factors on this observed distribution is still poorly understood and difficult to... Read More about The development of a mouse model to explore resistance and susceptibility to early Ascaris suum infection.

Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort (2006)
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Objectives: To investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work and sedentary lifestyle. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the ongoing Finnish Public Sector Study related to 30 433 women and 7718 men aged 17-64 were used (n... Read More about Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort.

Helicase binding to DnaI exposes a cryptic DNA-binding site during helicase loading in Bacillus subtilis (2006)
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The Bacillus subtilis DnaI, DnaB and DnaD proteins load the replicative ring helicase DnaC onto DNA during priming of DNA replication. Here we show that DnaI consists of a C-terminal domain (Cd) with ATPase and DNA-binding activities and an N-termina... Read More about Helicase binding to DnaI exposes a cryptic DNA-binding site during helicase loading in Bacillus subtilis.

The justice of God and the best of all possible worlds: the theodicy of Ibn Taymiyya (2006)
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Ibn Taymiyya as an Avicennan theologian: a Muslim approach to God’s self-sufficiency (2006)
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Policy Implications of Ageing Sexualities (2006)
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This article aims to open up debate on the policy implications of ageing sexualities. The article begins by discussing the heteronormative perspective that frames current discourse on older people’s needs and citizenship. It then presents data from a... Read More about Policy Implications of Ageing Sexualities.

Emine Sevgi Özdamars Erzählung »Der Hof im Spiegel«: Spielräume einer postkolonialen Lektüre deutsch-türkischer Literatur (2006)
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Im Anschluss an zumeist angloamerikanische Forschung zur deutschsprachigen Migrantenliteratur reflektiert der Beitrag Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer postkolonialen Lektüre der deutsch-türkischen Literatur. In deren zweiter Entwicklungsphase führen M... Read More about Emine Sevgi Özdamars Erzählung »Der Hof im Spiegel«: Spielräume einer postkolonialen Lektüre deutsch-türkischer Literatur.

Effects of radio-frequency fields on bacterial cell membranes and nematode temperature-sensitive mutants (2006)
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Membrane-related bioeffects have been reported in response to both radio-frequency (RF) and extremely low-frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs), particularly in neural cells. We have tested whether RF fields might cause inner membrane leakage... Read More about Effects of radio-frequency fields on bacterial cell membranes and nematode temperature-sensitive mutants.

Significant variation in mortality and functional outcome after acute ischaemic stroke between western countries: data from the 'Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial' (TAIST) (2006)
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Estrogen and experimental ischemic stroke: a systematic review (2006)
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