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Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule
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It has been suggested that a sub-population of orexinergic neurones whose somata lie in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) play an important role in regulating the reinforcing value of both food and drugs. This experiment examined the effect of disr... Read More about Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule.

Configuring the caller in ambiguous encounters: volunteer handling of calls to Samaritans emotional support services
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This paper discusses volunteer strategies for handling and assessing calls to Samaritans emotional support services for the suicidal and despairing. It presents findings from the qualitative components of a two year mixed methods study based on an o... Read More about Configuring the caller in ambiguous encounters: volunteer handling of calls to Samaritans emotional support services.

Particularism in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
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In this essay I offer a new particularist reading of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. I argue that the interpretation I present not only helps us to resolve some puzzles about Aristotle’s goals and methods, but it also gives rise to a novel account... Read More about Particularism in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

Immigration and trust in politics in Britain
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This paper argues that a previously overlooked explanation for varying individual-levels of political trust is concern about immigration. Focusing on the case of Britain, where levels of opposition to immigration have remained high since the 1960s an... Read More about Immigration and trust in politics in Britain.

A new multiple Dirichlet series induced by a higher-order form
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Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes
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This review provides an update on current evidence surrounding the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of non-respiratory infections in care homes. It covers urinary tract infection (UTI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), decubi... Read More about Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes.

Open access to scholarly communications: advantages, policy and advocacy
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The Open Access (OA) movement regards OA modes of disseminating research as the unequivocal future of scholarly communication. Proponents of the open access movement itself have, over the last ten years, carried out systematic research to show how OA... Read More about Open access to scholarly communications: advantages, policy and advocacy.

Sleep in care homes
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Sleep problems in older adults are common and disturbance in sleep is associated with increased mortality. These problems are more pronounced in the care home population because of institutional factors and a high prevalence of frailty and comorbidi... Read More about Sleep in care homes.

Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change
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At the end of the thirtieth volume of IJED and in the year that the journal published its 1000th paper, it is appropriate to look back at the journal’s development. In so doing, this article will discuss a series of important issues regarding the fu... Read More about Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change.

Works in progress: new technologies and the European Court of Human Rights
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A field—new technologies and human rights or, more broadly, law and technology—is in the process of being framed. Should the European Court of Human Rights be seen as part of that process? To find out, we searched the Court’s case-law using HUDOC, a... Read More about Works in progress: new technologies and the European Court of Human Rights.

'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis
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Climate scepticism in the sense of climate denialism or contrarianism is not a new phenomenon, but it has recently been very much in the media spotlight. When, in November 2009, emails by climate scientists were published on the internet without thei... Read More about 'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis.

Information fusion in the immune system
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Biologically-inspired methods such as evolutionary algorithms and neural networks are proving useful in the field of information fusion. Artificial immune systems (AISs) are a biologically-inspired approach which take inspiration from the biological... Read More about Information fusion in the immune system.