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It’s like being on a tight-rope : an ethnography of the working lives of professional stand-up comedians in the UK (2021)
Thesis
Hurdsfield, T. It’s like being on a tight-rope : an ethnography of the working lives of professional stand-up comedians in the UK. (Thesis). University of Salford

While previous research has tended to examine the personalities of stand-up comedians, this research contributes to a gap in the literature by ethnographically studying the working lives and lived experiences of professional stand-up comedians on the... Read More about It’s like being on a tight-rope : an ethnography of the working lives of professional stand-up comedians in the UK.

Doing ‘judgemental rationality’ in empirical research : the importance of depth-reflexivity when researching in prison (2021)
Journal Article
Quraishi, M., Irfan, L., Schneuwly Purdie, M., & Wilkinson, M. (2022). Doing ‘judgemental rationality’ in empirical research : the importance of depth-reflexivity when researching in prison. Journal of Critical Realism, 21(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2021.1992735

Critical realist thought has theorised convincingly that ontological realism is constellationally embedded in epistemic relativism which in turn necessitates judgemental rationality. In social science, judgemental rationality involves acting upon pla... Read More about Doing ‘judgemental rationality’ in empirical research : the importance of depth-reflexivity when researching in prison.

Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions : the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions (2021)
Journal Article
McCarthy, J., Chaplin, E., Hayes, S., Søndenaa, E., Chester, V., Morrissey, C., …Forrester, A. (2021). Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions : the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 29(5), 698-717. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1976297

The treatment of vulnerable defendants by criminal justice systems or correctional systems varies within and between countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine three legal jurisdictions - New South Wales in Australia, Norway, England and Wale... Read More about Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions : the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions.

Postural balance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis during stand-to-sit task (2021)
Journal Article
Fu, S., Duan, T., Hou, M., Yang, F., Chai, Y., Chen, Y., …Chen, L. (2021). Postural balance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis during stand-to-sit task. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 760960. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.760960

Objective: Stand-to-sit task is an important daily function, but there is a lack of research evidence on whether knee osteoarthritis (knee OA) affects the postural balance during the task. This study aimed to compare individuals with knee OA and asym... Read More about Postural balance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis during stand-to-sit task.

Photovoice accounts of borders and homeAsylum seeker and refugee perspectives (2021)
Journal Article
Biglin, J. (2021). Photovoice accounts of borders and homeAsylum seeker and refugee perspectives. #Journal not on list, 20(2), 91-123. https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2021-014

The UK continues to see increasingly restrictive and repressive immigration policies aiming to secure the imagined nation and its citizens, who can claim a genuine right to belong. Underpinning these policies and modes of bordering is a statist frame... Read More about Photovoice accounts of borders and homeAsylum seeker and refugee perspectives.

Fundamental nursing care in patients with the SARS-CoV-2 virus : results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’ mixed methods survey into nurses’ experiences of missed care and barriers to care (2021)
Journal Article
Sugg, H., Russell, A., Morgan, L., Iles-Smith, H., Richards, D., Morley, N., …Whear, R. (2021). Fundamental nursing care in patients with the SARS-CoV-2 virus : results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’ mixed methods survey into nurses’ experiences of missed care and barriers to care. BMC Nursing, 20(1), 215. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00746-5

Background: Patient experience of nursing care is associated with safety, care quality, treatment outcomes, costs and service use. Effective nursing care includes meeting patients’ fundamental physical, relational and psychosocial needs, which may be... Read More about Fundamental nursing care in patients with the SARS-CoV-2 virus : results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’ mixed methods survey into nurses’ experiences of missed care and barriers to care.

‘Already given over’ : activism in inquiry and in the world (2021)
Journal Article
de Andrade, M., Fang, N., Murray, F., Rodriguez-Dorans, E., Stenhouse, R., & Wyatt, J. (2021). ‘Already given over’ : activism in inquiry and in the world. International Review of Qualitative Research, 14(3), 375-382. https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447211049522

This is the second of two part-issues on qualitative inquiry as activism. The first focused upon activism and/in the academy (academic work, academic cultures, academic practices, etc.), and this second focuses upon activism in the processes of resea... Read More about ‘Already given over’ : activism in inquiry and in the world.

The impact of viewing conditions on image quality assessment tasks in mammographic quality control (2021)
Thesis
Papathanasiou, S. The impact of viewing conditions on image quality assessment tasks in mammographic quality control. (Thesis). University of Salford

Objective: Mammography is a technically demanding x-ray examination requiring optimal image quality to enable the early detection of breast cancer. Quality control (QC) processes ensure that the equipment in the diagnostic imaging process is functi... Read More about The impact of viewing conditions on image quality assessment tasks in mammographic quality control.

Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Cooke, A., Hancock, A., White, H., Clark, N., Gibb, F., McNeill, J., …Furber, C. (2021). Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Midwifery, 101, 103048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103048

Objective to assess the effect of implementation of the extended placement option available to midwifery students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Online survey open from 2nd June 2020 to 15th July 2020. Setting United... Read More about Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The junior doctor shadow board, lessons learned from the corporate sector (2021)
Journal Article
Home, J., Bidgood, A., & Kalipershad, S. (2021). The junior doctor shadow board, lessons learned from the corporate sector. BMJ Leader, 5(Sup. 1), A25. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2021-FMLM.67

Background: North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) has a history of poor feedback from junior doctors, in both overall experience and access to non-clinical development opportunities. The advent of Covid-19 led the medical leadership team to seek a... Read More about The junior doctor shadow board, lessons learned from the corporate sector.