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Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump (2018)
Journal Article
Lake, J., & McMahon, J. (2018). Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump. Sports, 6(4), 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040143

Countermovement jump (CMJ) force data are often time-normalized so researchers and practitioners can study the effect that sex, training status, and training intervention have on CMJ strategy: the so-called force⁻time curve shape. Data are often coll... Read More about Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump.

Divided communities? What the ‘Brexit’ future means for people in Salford (2018)
Other

Few events have divided and shocked the nation on the same level as ‘Brexit’. The European Union referendum saw Salford vote 56.8% to ‘leave’, far higher than the national average (51.9%). Many have grappled to understand the outcome: how it will imp... Read More about Divided communities? What the ‘Brexit’ future means for people in Salford.

Organisational uptake of NICE guidance in promoting employees’ psychological health (2018)
Journal Article

Background
Annual costs to organisations of poor mental health are estimated to be between £33bn-£42bn. The UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced evidence-based guidance on improving employees’ psychological health, de... Read More about Organisational uptake of NICE guidance in promoting employees’ psychological health.

A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme (2018)
Journal Article
Gaskell, L., & Williams, A. (2019). A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme. Musculoskeletal Care, 17(1), 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1365

Introduction

The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of adult patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a Pilates exercise programme. A qualitative approach was taken to both data collection an... Read More about A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme.

The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance (2018)
Journal Article
Lake, J., Augustus, S., Austin, K., Mundy, P., McMahon, J., Comfort, P., & Haff, G. (2018). The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance. Sports, 6(4), 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040140

The Push Band has the potential to provide a cheap and practical method of measuring velocity and power during countermovement vertical jumping (CMJ). However, very little is known about whether it conforms to laboratory-based gold standards. The aim... Read More about The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance.

Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement (2018)
Journal Article
Hornsby, W., Gentles, J., Comfort, P., Suchomel, T., Mizuguchi, S., & Stone, M. (2018). Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement. Sports, 6(4), 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040137

Monitoring the resistance training volume load (VL) (sets × reps × load) is essential to managing resistance training and the recovery⁻adaptation process. Eight trained weightlifters, seven of which were at national level, participated in the study.... Read More about Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement.

Pharmacology and prescribing in anxiety (2018)
Journal Article

In this article in the series of ‘bite sized’ pharmacology, we will look at the pharmacological actions of drugs used in the management of anxiety disorders. This article will outline the categories of anxiety disorder and pharmacological interventio... Read More about Pharmacology and prescribing in anxiety.

Prolonged grief disorder and its association with perceived social support and depression among university students after the death of a significant person (2018)
Journal Article

The response to loss through the death of a loved one may elicit emotional problems such as depression. Family, friends, significant others and academic staff have been considered to be the major sources of social support for university students. The... Read More about Prolonged grief disorder and its association with perceived social support and depression among university students after the death of a significant person.

‘If your hair Is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they’re not happy’ : Black hair as a site of ‘post-racial’ social control in English schools (2018)
Journal Article
Joseph-Salisbury, R., & Connelly, L. (2018). ‘If your hair Is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they’re not happy’ : Black hair as a site of ‘post-racial’ social control in English schools. Molecules, 7(11), 219-231. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7110219

A growing body of literature examines how social control is embedded within, and enacted through, key social institutions generally, and how it impacts disproportionately upon racially minoritised people specifically. Despite this, little attention h... Read More about ‘If your hair Is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they’re not happy’ : Black hair as a site of ‘post-racial’ social control in English schools.

Within- and between-session prefrontal cortex response to virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia (2018)
Journal Article
Landowska, A., Roberts, D., Eachus, P., & Barrett, A. (2018). Within- and between-session prefrontal cortex response to virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12(362), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00362

Exposure Therapy (ET) has demonstrated its efficacy in the treatment of phobias, anxiety and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), however, it suffers a high drop-out rate because of too low or too high patient engagement in treatment. Virtual Reali... Read More about Within- and between-session prefrontal cortex response to virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia.

An evaluation of the Change Up programme (2018)
Report
Rogers, M., Wilding, M., & Wood, A. (2018). An evaluation of the Change Up programme

This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the Change Up programme.

The changing face of food poverty with special reference to Wales (2018)
Thesis
Beck, D. The changing face of food poverty with special reference to Wales. (Thesis). Bangor University

As a marker of current austerity policies, the growth of the emergency food aid landscape has become recognisable through the ‘food bank’. These places of charitable food-redistribution have seen their presence increase within an evolving social poli... Read More about The changing face of food poverty with special reference to Wales.

In or out? A queer intersectional approach to ‘Particular Social Group’ membership and credibility in SOGI asylum claims in Germany and the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Dustin, M., & Held, N. (2018). In or out? A queer intersectional approach to ‘Particular Social Group’ membership and credibility in SOGI asylum claims in Germany and the UK. GenIus (Bologna), 2018(2), 74-87

Individuals claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) in Europe must prove
to the authorities in question that they are ‘credible’ and meet the Refugee Convention criteria. In most cases, they
do this by demonstra... Read More about In or out? A queer intersectional approach to ‘Particular Social Group’ membership and credibility in SOGI asylum claims in Germany and the UK.

Risk and stigma: students’ perceptions and disclosure of ‘disability’ in higher education (2018)
Journal Article
Eccles, S., Hutchings, M., Hunt, C., & Heaslip, V. (2018). Risk and stigma: students’ perceptions and disclosure of ‘disability’ in higher education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20(4), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.20.4.191

There is a focus on increasing the numbers of students with disabilities who apply to and study in Higher Education (HE). Despite sector-wide criteria regarding what comprises a disability, there are still students who do not disclose a disability at... Read More about Risk and stigma: students’ perceptions and disclosure of ‘disability’ in higher education.

The effect of values and secularism on attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos (2018)
Journal Article
Di Marco, G., Hichy, Z., Coen, S., & Rodriguez-Espartal, N. (2018). The effect of values and secularism on attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos. Social Sciences, 7(11), 216. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7110216

In this study we tested the associations of four high-order values (openness to change, self-transcendence, conservation, and self-enhancement, devised according to Schwartz’s model) and secularism of state with individuals’ attitude towards pre-impl... Read More about The effect of values and secularism on attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos.

Police killings and the mental health of black Americans (2018)
Other
Cummins, I. (2018). Police killings and the mental health of black Americans

The five refusals of white supremacy (2018)
Journal Article

This article draws on the work of Charles Mills to posit white supremacy as a global political, economic and cultural system. Resistance among people of color is, and has always been, widespread. The focus here, however, is on what Mills (1997:18) de... Read More about The five refusals of white supremacy.

Clients’ experiences of one-to-one low-intensity interventions for common mental health problems : an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Amos, R., Morris, L., Mansell, W., & Edge, D. (2019). Clients’ experiences of one-to-one low-intensity interventions for common mental health problems : an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 92(4), 565-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12200

Objectives: Common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety are highly
prevalent and carry significant health care and economic burdens. The UK’s improving
access to psychological therapies (IAPT) initiative was developed as a cost-ef... Read More about Clients’ experiences of one-to-one low-intensity interventions for common mental health problems : an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Mansell, W., Williamson, T., Wray, A., & McEvoy, P. (2020). Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia. Dementia, 19(6), 1739-1757. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218805329

Objectives: To demonstrate the utility of integrating three theoretical perspectives (Mentalization Theory, Perceptual Control Theory and the Communicative Impact model), which jointly illuminate the communication challenges and opportunities faced b... Read More about Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia.

Shear wave elastography can assess the in-vivo nonlinear mechanical behavior of heel-pad (2018)
Journal Article
Chatzistergos, P., Behforootan, S., Allan, D., Naemi, R., & Chockalingam, N. (2018). Shear wave elastography can assess the in-vivo nonlinear mechanical behavior of heel-pad. Journal of Biomechanics, 80, 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.09.003

This study combines non-invasive mechanical testing with finite element (FE) modelling to assess for the first time the reliability of shear wave (SW) elastography for the quantitative assessment of the in-vivo nonlinear mechanical behavior of heel-p... Read More about Shear wave elastography can assess the in-vivo nonlinear mechanical behavior of heel-pad.