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Resettlement of girls and young women: research summary (2014)
Other
Bateman, T., & Hazel, N. (2014). Resettlement of girls and young women: research summary. London

This briefing summarises our report addressing a worrying gap in the knowledge about the effective resettlement of girls and young women. Reviewing research literature in a number of relevant areas, it cross-references evidence of what works in the r... Read More about Resettlement of girls and young women: research summary.

Communication and the support worker (2014)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2014). Communication and the support worker. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 8(8), 394-397. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2014.8.8.394

This article examines the important role that good communication plays in enabling the support worker to deliver quality care.
Communication will be defined, as well as examining the different forms and components that make up communication. Potenti... Read More about Communication and the support worker.

Region-specific tendon properties and patellar tendinopathy : a wider understanding (2014)
Journal Article
Pearson, S., & Hussain, S. (2014). Region-specific tendon properties and patellar tendinopathy : a wider understanding. Sports Medicine, 44(8), 1101-1112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-014-0201-y

Patellar tendinopathy is a common painful musculoskeletal disorder with a very high prevalence in the athletic population that can severely limit or even end an athletic career. To date, the underlying pathophysiology leading to the condition remains... Read More about Region-specific tendon properties and patellar tendinopathy : a wider understanding.

Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training (2014)
Report
Sherriff, G. (2014). Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training

This research aimed to better understand the communication strategies that can most effectively be used to engage with the diverse community of adults who cycle, or would cycle, and help convince them of the benefits of cycle training. The research w... Read More about Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training.

Working with Cancer Service Durham County Council - independent evaluation : final report (2014)
Report
Amir, Z., Brown, T., Coffey, M., Jevons, H., & Parker, C. (2014). Working with Cancer Service Durham County Council - independent evaluation : final report

An evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England (2014)
Report
Irving, A., Harding, J., Ridley, L., & Bilby, C. (2014). An evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England. Institute for Local Government

In September 2013, the Department of Social Sciences and Languages at
Northumbria University was contracted by the North East Regional Homelessness
Group to conduct an evaluation of the Through the Gate Plus (TTGP) service
provided by Foundation i... Read More about An evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England.

Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder (2014)
Journal Article
Harford, D., & Widdowson, M. (2014). Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(2), 35-65. https://doi.org/10.29044/v5i2p35

This paper presents findings from a two-year research project conducted within a live-in residential charity setting in the UK, examining clinical outcomes of TA psychotherapy among 15 male armed forces veterans presenting with severe PTSD (post-trau... Read More about Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder.

The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks (2014)
Journal Article
Alenezi, F., Herrington, L., Jones, P., & Jones, R. (2014). The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 24(5), 718-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.07.007

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the within- and between-day reliability of lower limb biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat (SLS) and single leg landing (SLL) tasks.

Methods: 15 recreational athletes took... Read More about The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks.

A 6 year study of mammographic compression force : practitioner variability within and between screening sites (2014)
Journal Article

Background
The application of compression force in mammography is more heavily influenced by the practitioner rather than the client. This can affect client experience, radiation
dose and image quality. This research investigates practitioner comp... Read More about A 6 year study of mammographic compression force : practitioner variability within and between screening sites.

Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking (2014)
Journal Article
Scholey, A., Savage, K., O'Neill, B., Owen, L., Stough, C., Priestley, C., & Wetherell, M. (2014). Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 29(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2417

Background: This study assessed the effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine–glucose combination on mood and performance of an
ecologically valid, computerised multi-tasking platform.
Materials and methods: Following a double-blind, placebo-... Read More about Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking.

Written evidence submitted by Dr Andrew Rowland to the Public Bill Committee regarding the Modern Slavery Bill (2014)
Other
Rowland, A. (2014). Written evidence submitted by Dr Andrew Rowland to the Public Bill Committee regarding the Modern Slavery Bill. UK Parliament

Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., Nkurunziza, W., & Syed, I. (2014, July). Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education. Presented at Social Work Making Connections, Royal Holloway, University of London

Founded on the emancipatory initiative ‘In Our back Yard’ that directly confronted ‘Not in Our back Yard’ attitudes and practices and positioned community activist within the University of Salford which effectively redirected the centrifugal forces o... Read More about Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education.

Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook (2014)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Cassidy, E. (2014). Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook. New Media and Society, 16(7), 1169-1184. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814544002

This article attends to the idea of disconnection as a way of theorising people’s lived experience of social networking sites. Enrolling and extending a disconnective practice lens, we suggest that the disconnective strategies of suspension and preve... Read More about Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook.

An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction (2014)
Journal Article

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the audience of the London Symphony Orchestra and their introduction of a new mobile telephone (‘app’) ticketing system. A mixed-method approach was employ... Read More about An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction.

Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (2014)
Journal Article
Bania, T., Taylor, N., Baker, R., Graham, H., Karimi, L., & Dodd, K. (2014). Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56(12), 1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12548

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe daily physical activity levels of adolescents and young adults with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and to identify factors that help predict these levels.

Method: Daily physical activity was measur... Read More about Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load (2014)
Journal Article
Speciali, D., Oliveira, E., Cardoso, J., Correa, J., Baker, R., & Lucareli, P. (2014). Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 18(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0049

Background: Gait disorders are common in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and the concurrent performance of motor and cognitive tasks can have marked effects on gait. The Gait Profile Score (GPS) and the Movement Analysis Profile (MAP) were... Read More about Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load.

Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults (2014)
Journal Article
Hollands, K., Agnihotri, D., & Tyson, S. (2014). Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults. Gait & Posture, 40(4), 564-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.06.019

Background: Turning is an integral component of independent mobility in which stroke survivors frequently fall. Objective: This study sought to measure the effects of competing cognitive demands on the stepping patterns of stroke survivors, compared... Read More about Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults.

The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis (2014)
Journal Article
observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. Radiography, 20(4), 300-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.016

Purpose: The study evaluates the pre- and post-training lesion localisation ability of a group of novice
observers. Parallels are drawn with the performance of inexperienced radiographers taking part in
preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE) and ‘re... Read More about The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis.

The effect of mouthguard use on ventilatory response to submaximal exercise (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mouthguards are used in a number of sporting activities to help protect against dental damage. Despite
the protective benefits of wearing a mouthguard, it is
possible that their use may impair oral breathing
during exercise, and some sports person... Read More about The effect of mouthguard use on ventilatory response to submaximal exercise.

An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX) (2014)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Robinson, L., & Hogg, P. (2014). An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX). Radiography, 20(4), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.015

Aim: To explore the experiences of students and tutors who participated in a residential multi-cultural and multi-professional 3 week summer school event (OPTIMAX).

Method: A grounded theory approach was adopted. Two semi-structured focus group in... Read More about An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX).