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Erratum: Corrigendum to Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy (Personality and Individual Differences (2016) 99 (67–71)(S0191886916303373)(10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.077)) (2017)
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Blanchard, A. (2017). Erratum: Corrigendum to Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy (Personality and Individual Differences (2016) 99 (67–71)(S0191886916303373)(10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.077)). Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.052

Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus (2017)
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Edge, C., Cooper, A., & Coffey, M. (2017). Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus. Public Health Reviews, 38(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-017-0053-8

Background: There is a global imperative to respond to the challenge of a growing ‘old-age dependency ratio’ by ensuring the workforce is healthy enough to remain in work for longer. Currently more than half of older workers leave before the default... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus.

Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk (2017)
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Tigbe, W., Granat, M., Sattar, N., & Lean, M. (2017). Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk. International Journal of Obesity, 41, 689-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.30

Background The relationship between metabolic risk and time spent sitting, standing and stepping has not been well established. The present study aimed to determine associations of objectively measured time spent siting, standing and stepping, with... Read More about Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’ (2017)
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efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 21-38

This study is the second of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013; Benelli, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness o... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’.

The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review (2017)
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Alreshidi, N., & Long, T. (2017). The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review

Background: The discharge planning process is an indispensable component of neonatal intensive care. However, this comes with various challenges. This review was undertaken to inform practice. Aim: The review was designed to identify factors that co... Read More about The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review.

Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics (2017)
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Redshaw, T. (2017). Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics. Thesis Eleven, 138(1), 46-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513616689390

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin emerged as an alternative monetary system that could circumvent political and financial authorities. A practice in libertarian prefigurative politics, Bitcoin demonstrates the capacity for online... Read More about Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics.

Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England (2017)
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Ochieng, B., & Meetoo, D. (2017). Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England. Journal of Health Visiting, 5(1), 38-43. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2017.5.1.38

The purpose of this study was to explore beliefs and attitudes regarding sexual health among minority ethnic families. Focus group discussions with a convenience sample from a black African community comprising 32 adults (38–58 years of age) were und... Read More about Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England.

Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics (2017)
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McMahon, J., Rej, S., & Comfort, P. (2017). Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics. Sports, 5(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5010008

The countermovement jump (CMJ) is commonly used to explore sex differences in neuromuscular function, but previous studies have only reported gross CMJ measures or have partly examined CMJ phase characteristics. The purpose of this study was to explo... Read More about Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics.

The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis (2017)
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Selistre, L., Mattiello, S., Nakagawa, T., Gonçalves, G., Petrella, M., & Jones, R. (2017). The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 33, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.01.007

Purpose: External knee moments are reliable to measure knee load but it does not take into account muscle activity. Considering that muscle co-activation increases compressive forces at the knee joint, identifying relationships between muscle co-ac... Read More about The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis.