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One year on: welfare reform in the North East and its impacts on single homelessness (2014)
Report
Irving, A., & Spencer, S. (2014). One year on: welfare reform in the North East and its impacts on single homelessness. North East Homeless Think Tank

In January 2013, the North East Homelessness Think Tank (NEHTT) was awarded funding from the Northern Rock
Foundation to undertake a research and policy campaign into the impacts of welfare reform on single homelessness in the
North East.

Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’? (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, P., Herrington, L., Munro, A., & Graham-Smith, P. (2014). Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’?. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 42(9), 2095-2102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546514539446

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are a major problem amongst female athletes. Screening for ACL injury risk tends to focus on landing tasks, which may be limited in sports where changing direction is the main action involved in n... Read More about Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’?.

The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., Hipp, D., Moser, A., Dickerson, K., & Gerhardstein, P. (2014). The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00719

Object perception and pattern vision depend fundamentally upon the extraction of contours from the visual environment. In adulthood, contour or edge-level processing is supported by the Gestalt heuristics of proximity, collinearity, and closure. Less... Read More about The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics.

An MRI compatible loading device for the reconstruction of clinically relevant plantar pressure distributions and loading scenarios of the forefoot (2014)
Journal Article
Chatzistergos, P. E., Naemi, R., & Chockalingam, N. (2014). An MRI compatible loading device for the reconstruction of clinically relevant plantar pressure distributions and loading scenarios of the forefoot. Medical Engineering and Physics, 36(9), 1205-1211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.06.006

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a new MRI compatible loading device capable of reconstructing realistic loading scenarios of the human foot for research in the field of foot biomechanics. This device has two different configurations: one... Read More about An MRI compatible loading device for the reconstruction of clinically relevant plantar pressure distributions and loading scenarios of the forefoot.

Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information (2014)
Journal Article
Jing, X., Kay, S., Marley, T., & Hardiker, N. (2014). Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information. Journal of Medical Systems, 38(9), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-014-0075-4

When clinicians use electronic health record (EHR) systems, their ability to obtain general knowledge is often an important contribution to their ability to make more informed decisions. In this paper we describe a method by which an external, formal... Read More about Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information.

An observational study of cross-cultural communication in short-term, diverse professional learning groups (2014)
Journal Article

Abstract
This paper reports the evaluation of a European funded 3-week summer school which took place in 2013 involving 60 staff and students from five universities. The evaluation looked at one group in detail using a qualitative approach to consi... Read More about An observational study of cross-cultural communication in short-term, diverse professional learning groups.

Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England (2014)
Journal Article
Scholar, H., McLaughlin, H., McCaughan, S., & Coleman, A. (2014). Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England. Social Work Education, 33(8), 998-1016. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2014.926320

Drawing upon findings from a national evaluation of student social workers' experiences of ‘non-traditional’ placements with a national charity, this article considers what such placements can contribute to the development of an individual and collec... Read More about Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England.

From isolation and dependence to autonomy – expectations before and experiences after cochlear implantation in adult cochlear implant users and their significant others (2014)
Journal Article
Mäki-Torkko, E., Vestergren, S., Harder, H., & Lyxell, B. (2015). From isolation and dependence to autonomy – expectations before and experiences after cochlear implantation in adult cochlear implant users and their significant others. Disability and Rehabilitation, 37(6), 541-547. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.935490

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine pre-operative expectations and the post-operative experiences related to cochlear implants (CI) in CI-users and their significant others. Methods: A questionnaire was used and the responses were analysed b... Read More about From isolation and dependence to autonomy – expectations before and experiences after cochlear implantation in adult cochlear implant users and their significant others.

Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers (2014)
Journal Article
Elison, S., Norgate, S., Dugdill, L., & Pine, C. (2014). Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(7), 6808-6826. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110706808

Establishing effective toothbrushing routines using fluoridated toothpaste in infancy has been suggested as important to dental health throughout childhood and into adulthood. However, previous studies have revealed a number of potential barriers to,... Read More about Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers.

Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’ (2014)
Journal Article
Widdowson, M. (2014). Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(2), 66-76. https://doi.org/10.29044/v5i2p66

Using an original method of case evaluation which involved an analysis panel of over 80 Italian psychologists and included a lay case evaluation, the author has investigated the effectiveness of transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixe... Read More about Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’.

Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety (2014)
Journal Article
Widdowson, M. (2014). Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety. Transactional Analysis Journal, 44(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0362153714554207

This article presents an argument for the clinical and empirical relevance of case study material. Drawing on a series of systematic case studies based in Stiles 19s (2007) model of theory building, the author proposes adding the concepts of avoidanc... Read More about Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety.

Working in collaboration to achieve UNICEF baby friendly accreditation (2014)
Journal Article
Leyland, E., & Bond, K. (2014). Working in collaboration to achieve UNICEF baby friendly accreditation. Practising Midwife, 17(7), 26-28

Effective training and education of health professionals is required to ensure that women receive the best education, support and advice to breastfeed (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2006). In England it has been recommended... Read More about Working in collaboration to achieve UNICEF baby friendly accreditation.

Regional strain variations in the human patellar tendon (2014)
Journal Article
Pearson, S., Ritchings, R., & Mohamed, A. (2014). Regional strain variations in the human patellar tendon. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(7), 1343-1351. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000247

Purpose: Characteristics of localized tendon strain in vivo are largely unknown. The present study examines local tendon strain between the deep, middle, and surface structures at the proximal and distal aspects of the patellar tendon during ramped i... Read More about Regional strain variations in the human patellar tendon.

Effect of Patellofemoral Brace and Tape on Knee Joint Kinematics and Kinetics (2014)
Journal Article
McCall, G., Galen, S., Callaghan, M., Chapman, G., Liu, A., & Jones, R. (2014). Effect of Patellofemoral Brace and Tape on Knee Joint Kinematics and Kinetics. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 26(3), 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPO.0000000000000035

Bracing and patellar taping are common interventions for patellofemoral pain (PFP), reducing pain by 56% to 80%. It has been proposed that these effects may be due to altered lower-limb biomechanics. To date, there have been no comparative investigat... Read More about Effect of Patellofemoral Brace and Tape on Knee Joint Kinematics and Kinetics.

3D reconstruction for 2D spinal ultrasound imaging: An overview (2014)
Journal Article
Deshpande, R., R, R. E., Chockalingam, N., & Naemi, R. (2014). 3D reconstruction for 2D spinal ultrasound imaging: An overview. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 9(12), 1829-1840

Common imaging techniques of the spine include radiography, CT and MRI. Spinal ultrasound has not yet gained popular acceptance in clinical environment. However, it has great potential for clinical imaging of the spine. Acquisition of two dimensional... Read More about 3D reconstruction for 2D spinal ultrasound imaging: An overview.