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Morphological changes in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in response to Bis-Naphthalimidopropylspermidine-treatment. (2002)
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PAVLOV, V., RODILLA, V. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2002. Morphological changes in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in response to Bis-Naphthalimidopropylspermidine-treatment. Biotechnology and biotechnological equipment [online], 16(1), pages 118-123. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2002.10819165

The effects of bis-naphthalimidopropylspermidine (BNIPSpd), a representative of a novel class of polyamine derivatives with antiproliferative properties on the morphology of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells were studied. BNIPSpd was shown to cause cyt... Read More about Morphological changes in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in response to Bis-Naphthalimidopropylspermidine-treatment..

Mechanistic and toxicity studies of the photocatalytic oxidation of microcystin-LR. (2002)
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LIU, I., LAWTON, L.A., CORNISH, B. and ROBERTSON, P., 2002. Mechanistic and toxicity studies of the photocatalytic oxidation of microcystin-LR. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology A: chemistry [online], 148(1-3), pages 349-354. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-6030(02)00062-X

Cyanobacterial toxins present in drinking water sources pose a considerable threat to human health. Conventional water treatment systems have proven unreliable for the removal of these toxins and hence new techniques have been investigated. Previous... Read More about Mechanistic and toxicity studies of the photocatalytic oxidation of microcystin-LR..

Within their sphere? Women correspondents to Aberdeen daily newspapers 1900-1914. (2002)
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PEDERSEN, S. 2002. Within their sphere? Women correspondents to Aberdeen daily newspapers 1900-1914. Northern Scotland [online], 22(1), pages 159-166. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/nor.2002.0010

On 13 May 1911 Marian S Farquharson, of Haughton wrote a letter to the Aberdeen Free Press criticising Aberdeenshire council’s proposed restrictions on the speed of motorcars. As a car owner herself, Mrs Farquharson felt that ‘a motor going at 20 mil... Read More about Within their sphere? Women correspondents to Aberdeen daily newspapers 1900-1914..

A surfeit of socks? The impact of the First World War on women correspondents to daily newspapers. (2002)
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PEDERSEN, S. 2002. A surfeit of socks? The impact of the First World War on women correspondents to daily newspapers. Journal of Scottish historical studies [online], 22(1), pages 50-72. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/jshs.2002.22.1.50

This article is based on such material and shows how the predominant subject matter for ladies’ letters during the war years was that of voluntary fundraising for the many charities and associations connected with the war. Such charities were often s... Read More about A surfeit of socks? The impact of the First World War on women correspondents to daily newspapers..

Scottish entrepreneurial networks in the international context. (2002)
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DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S.L., JACK, S.L., and ANDERSON, A.R. 2002. Scottish entrepreneurial networks in the international context. International small business journal: researching entrepreneurship [online], 20(2), pages 213-219. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242602202005

The research note reports findings of a study into the personal contact networks of Scottish entrepreneurs, and compares these to results already published for other countries (Canada, Greece, Japan, Italy, Northern Ireland, Sweden and the United Sta... Read More about Scottish entrepreneurial networks in the international context..

Proto-bibliophiles amongst the English aristocracy, 1500-1700. (2002)
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REID, P.H. 2002. Proto-bibliophiles amongst the English aristocracy, 1500-1700. Library history [online], 18(1), pages 25-38. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/lib.2002.18.1.25

The idea of aristocratic book collecting in Great Britain tends to conjure up images of great bibliophiles like Sunderland, Roxburghe and Spencer or of the benign neglect of country house libraries. Yet the origins of aristocratic bibliophilia - whic... Read More about Proto-bibliophiles amongst the English aristocracy, 1500-1700..

Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of information need in the context of the impact of new information and communications technologies on the communication of parliamentary information. (2002)
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MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and MOORE, N. 2002. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of information need in the context of the impact of new information and communications technologies on the communication of parliamentary information. Journal of documentation [online], 58(2), pages 185-210. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410210425458

This paper discusses critically the theoretical and methodological background to an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) research project designed to investigate the impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) on the communica... Read More about Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of information need in the context of the impact of new information and communications technologies on the communication of parliamentary information..

The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history. (2002)
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KOKOLI, A. 2002. The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history. In-between: essays and studies in literary criticism, 11(1), pages 55-70.

Angela Carter's 1982 short story "The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe" is a fictional biographical account of the development and "coming to writing" of the author named in the title, while also paying tribute to Poe's poetics of the short story. The infl... Read More about The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history..

Transformational leadership, corporate cultism and the spirituality paradigm: an unholy trinity in the workplace? (2002)
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TOURISH, D. and PINNINGTON, A. 2002. Transformational leadership, corporate cultism and the spirituality paradigm: an unholy trinity in the workplace? Human relations [online], 55(2), pages 147-172. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726702055002181

Leadership is a perennially popular topic in the academic and practitioner literature on management. In particular, the past twenty years have witnessed an explosive growth of interest in what has been termed 'transformational leadership' (henceforth... Read More about Transformational leadership, corporate cultism and the spirituality paradigm: an unholy trinity in the workplace?.

The demand for undergraduate course provision in information and library studies. (2001)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2001. The demand for undergraduate course provision in information and library studies. Education for information [online], 19(4), pages 277-297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-2001-19402

This paper describes two exercises designed to investigate the factors affecting the demand for under-graduate educational provision in information and library studies (ILS). The first was a survey of former and current students of the School of Info... Read More about The demand for undergraduate course provision in information and library studies..

Social power and the Hohfeldian jural relation. (2001)
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ROSS, H. 2001. Social power and the Hohfeldian jural relation. Nottingham law journal [online], 10, pages 47-63. Available from: http://www.ntu.ac.uk/nls/document_uploads/notnghmlj0010.pdf

Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld is one of the great unsung heroes of twentieth century legal theory. His eponymous "analysis" - an eight-term relational configuration of legal concepts - represents one of the most perceptive and revealing contributions to the... Read More about Social power and the Hohfeldian jural relation..

Libraries in major universities in Lebanon. (2001)
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AL-KHATIB, S. and JOHNSON, I.M. 2001. Libraries in major universities in Lebanon. Libri [online], 51(4), pages 209-224. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2001.209

This paper puts the contemporary situation of some Lebanese university libraries in a broader context. It introduces the country, and outlines its higher education system, library science education, professional association, and publishing activity.... Read More about Libraries in major universities in Lebanon..

Periphery? What periphery? Marketing to a state of mind. (2001)
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ANDERSON, A.R., JACK, S.L. and MCAULEY, S. 2001. Periphery? What periphery? Marketing to a state of mind. Irish marketing review [online], 14(1), pages 26-34. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21427/D7DN1V

Businesses, especially small business, which are located in the periphery are traditionally viewed as being disadvantaged. The condition of peripherality is viewed as creating disadvantage in terms of limited customer base, distance from markets and... Read More about Periphery? What periphery? Marketing to a state of mind..

Comprehension in the informed-consent process. (2001)
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OLIVIER, S. and OLIVIER, A. 2001. Comprehension in the informed-consent process. Sportscience [online], 5(3), article ID 0103/so. Available from: https://www.sportsci.org/jour/0103/so.htm

Using a generic consent form is desirable in the informed-consent process, but such forms may not give potential subjects an adequate understanding of a project. Attention to several aspects of design and content of the form will assist comprehension... Read More about Comprehension in the informed-consent process..

Information and library studies on a virtual campus. (2001)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2001. Information and library studies on a virtual campus. New library world [online], 102(10), pages 362-371. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006065

Provides a critical overview of the introduction of the Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science course in Information and Library Studies, in online distance learning mode, by the School of Information and Media at the Robert Gordon University in Aber... Read More about Information and library studies on a virtual campus..

Application of aboutness to functional benchmarking in information retrieval. (2001)
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WONG, K.-F., SONG, D., BRUZA, P. and CHENG, C.-H. 2001. Application of aboutness to functional benchmarking in information retrieval. ACM transactions on information systems, 19(4), pages 337-370. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/502795.502796

Experimental approaches are widely employed to benchmark the performance of an information retrieval (IR) system. Measurements in terms of recall and precision are computed as performance indicators. Although they are good at assessing the retrieval... Read More about Application of aboutness to functional benchmarking in information retrieval..

The case for nationality based jurisdiction. (2001)
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ARNELL, P. 2001. The case for nationality based jurisdiction. International and comparative law quarterly [online], 50(4), pages 955-962. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/iclq/50.4.955

Various recent developments within and without the United Kingdom have strengthened the arguments in favour of the adoption of general nationality based criminal jurisdiction. These arise from problems in the application of territorial jurisdiction,... Read More about The case for nationality based jurisdiction..

Agent-based simulation: an application to the new electricity trading arrangements of England and Wales. (2001)
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BUNN, D.W. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2001. Agent-based simulation: an application to the new electricity trading arrangements of England and Wales. IEEE transactions on evolutionary computation [online], 5(5), pages 493-503. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/4235.956713

This paper presents a large-scale application of multiagent evolutionary modeling to the proposed new electricity trading arrangements (NETA) in the U.K. This is a detailed plant-by-plant model with an active specification of the demand side of the m... Read More about Agent-based simulation: an application to the new electricity trading arrangements of England and Wales..

Business strategies for entrepreneurial small firms. (2001)
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ANDERSON, A.R. and ATKINS, M.H. 2001. Business strategies for entrepreneurial small firms. Strategic change [online], 10(6), pages 311-324. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.554

This paper addresses the issue of the nature of business strategies in entrepreneurial small firms. It examines a number of existing models of strategic planning and suggests that they cannot adequately cope with environmental uncertainty. Developing... Read More about Business strategies for entrepreneurial small firms..