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Managing product variety in quotation processes (2005)
Journal Article
Bramham, J., MacCarthy, B. L., & Guinery, J. (2005). Managing product variety in quotation processes. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380510594507

Purpose – Manufacturers across many sectors increasingly operate in high variety environments. Research evidence suggests that variety has a negative impact on performance. However, the research literature is limited on the enablers that allow variet... Read More about Managing product variety in quotation processes.

The contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public’s health. Report 3, An overview of evidence-base from 1990-2002 and recommendations for action (2005)
Book
Armstrong, M., Lewis, R., Anderson, C., & Blenkinsopp, A. (2005). The contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public’s health. Report 3, An overview of evidence-base from 1990-2002 and recommendations for action. PharmacyHealthLink and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Community pharmacists have always played a significant role in promoting, maintaining and improving the public’s health. Based at the heart of communities, they gain a unique understanding of the health needs of the communities they serve through dai... Read More about The contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public’s health. Report 3, An overview of evidence-base from 1990-2002 and recommendations for action.

Artificial immune systems (2005)
Book Chapter
Aickelin, U., & Dasgupta, D. (2005). Artificial immune systems. In E. K. Burke, & G. Kendall (Eds.), Search Methodologies : Introductory Tutorials in Optimisation, Decision Support Techniques. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28356-0

The biological immune system is a robust, complex, adaptive system that defends the body from foreign pathogens. It is able to categorize all cells (or molecules) within the body as self-cells or non-self cells. It does this with the help of a distri... Read More about Artificial immune systems.

Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees (2005)
Journal Article
Kouvonen, A., Kivimäki, M., Virtanen, M., Pentti, J., & Vahtera, J. (2005). Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(1),

Study objective: To examine the relationship between work stress, as indicated by the job strain model and the effort-reward imbalance model, and smoking.
Setting: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland.
Design and Participants: Binary log... Read More about Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees.

The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations (2005)
Journal Article
Fitzpatrick, T. (2005). The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations

Since the 1980s there have been three main attempts to ground citizenship upon the principles of duty, obligation and responsibility: conservative, communitarian and Third Way. Each of these are reviewed below. The principal task of this article, th... Read More about The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations.