A closed-form approximate expression for the solution of a simple pendulum in terms of elementary functions is obtained. To do this, the exact expression for the maximum tension of the string of the pendulum is first considered and a trial…

In this review, a comparison between the Lewis acid catalysed and organocatalysed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is presented with special focus on the enantioselective synthesis of five-membered hetero- or carbocyclic systems, is described. These reactions exhibit very interesting features, but the most…

This is an electronic version of an article published in European Journal of Social Work, 12(2), pp.185-199. European Journal of Social Work is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713421612., Within the larger context of the search to improve social work practice in…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, Beckett, C., 2005. The Swedish myth: the corporal punishment ban and child death statistics.…

Originally published in Rhizomes, an international peer-reviewed online journal. Reprinted in Giffney, N. ed., 2008. Queering the Non/Human. London: Ashgate., Subjectivities configured as post-human may challenge investments in former configurations of what it means to be human, but there remains…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the worldwide effect of state downsizing policies on achievement of U.N. Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) on infant mortality rates. In an ecological retrospective cohort study of 161 countries, from 1978 to…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which recent changes in the UK's higher education sector are likely to increase the level of competition and change the behaviour of UK higher education institutions.

Despite the recent growing interest in user-led organisations (ULOs), they remain an under-researched
area of volunteer sector activity, with the majority of the literature emanating from North America. This
article attempts to redress this imbalance by reporting on the innovatory…

Aims:
This paper presents a discussion of historical scholarship published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Background:
The Journal of Advanced Nursing provides a forum for disseminating high-quality research and scholarship. For over 35 years, scholars have used the…

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