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Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality? (2014)
Book Chapter
Harding, J., & Irving, A. (2014). Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality?. In Anti-social Behaviour in Britain (155-165). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137399311_13

Historically, the visible engagement of homeless people in activities considered to be ‘anti-social’, such as drunkenness and begging, have made them the target of government action on public disorder, engendering antipathy, as much as sympathy, from... Read More about Anti-Social Behaviour among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality?.

Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions (2014)
Book Chapter
Hammond, A. (2015). Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions. In I. Soderback (Ed.), International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions (Second Edition) (607-618). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08141-0_42

Joint protection includes applying ergonomic principles in daily life, altering working methods, using assistive devices, and modifying environments. It is taught to people with musculoskeletal conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarth... Read More about Joint Protection : enabling change in musculoskeletal conditions.

We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education (2014)
Book Chapter
Condie, J., & Cooper, A. (2014). We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education. In K. Woodfield (Ed.), Social Media in Social Research : Blogs on Blurring the Boundaries. NatCen Social Research

Book summary: Social Media in Social Research: Blogs on Blurring the Boundaries, is a collection of blogs drawing together the experiences and expertise of over 50 contributors and members of the New Social Media, New Social Science? online community... Read More about We are all @salfordpsych : the rotation curation approach and Twitter as a learning tool in higher education.

Race equality and mental health policy (2014)
Book Chapter
Patel, T. (2014). Race equality and mental health policy. In P. Taylor, K. Corteen, & S. Morley (Eds.), A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk. Bristol: Policy Press

Publisher's description of book: Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘therapy’ versus ‘security’ is now commonplace. Indeed, the ‘hybridisation’ of these areas is now... Read More about Race equality and mental health policy.

Ethnicity [Mental Health and] (2014)
Book Chapter
Patel, T. (2014). Ethnicity [Mental Health and]. In P. Taylor, K. Corteen, & S. Morley (Eds.), A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk. Bristol: Policy Press

Publisher's description of book: Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘therapy’ versus ‘security’ is now commonplace. Indeed, the ‘hybridisation’ of these areas is now... Read More about Ethnicity [Mental Health and].

The principles of skin integrity (2014)
Book Chapter
Stephens, M. (2014). The principles of skin integrity. In I. Peate, K. Wild, & M. Nair (Eds.), Nursing Practice Knowledge and Care (355-382). Chichester: Wiley

The person with a neurological disorder (2014)
Book Chapter
Braine, M. (2014). The person with a neurological disorder. In I. Peate, K. Wild, & M. Nair (Eds.), Nursing Practice : Knowledge and Care (793-845). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

Finding Aristotle on the frontline : phronesis and social work (2014)
Book Chapter
Whitaker, E. (2014). Finding Aristotle on the frontline : phronesis and social work. In K. Farnsworth, Z. Irving, & M. Fenger (Eds.), Social Policy Review 26 Analysis and Debate in Social Policy 2014 (181-200). Bristol: Policy Press

This chapter outlines how Aristotle’s concept of phronesis has gained traction as an analytical concept for research in recent years, particularly in areas of social policy most concerned with the professions of social work, education and medicine. F... Read More about Finding Aristotle on the frontline : phronesis and social work.

Physiology and care in the Puerperium (2014)
Book Chapter
Wray, J., & Steen, M. (2014). Physiology and care in the Puerperium. In M. MD, & R. JE (Eds.), Myles Textbook for Midwives (499-514). Churchill Livingstone

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Using virtual environments to test the effects of life like architecture on people (2014)
Book Chapter
Adi, M., & Roberts, D. (2014). Using virtual environments to test the effects of life like architecture on people. In A. Brooks, S. Brahnam, & L. Jain (Eds.), Technologies of Inclusive Well-Being: Serious Games, Alternative Realities, and Play Therapy (261-285). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_13

While traditionally associated with stability, sturdiness and anchoring, architecture is more than a container protecting from the elements. It is a place that influences state of mind and productivity of those within it. On the doorstep of adaptive... Read More about Using virtual environments to test the effects of life like architecture on people.

Human activity classification using a single accelerometer (2014)
Book Chapter
AlZubi, H., Gerrard-Longworth, S., Al-Nuaimy, W., Goulermas, Y., & Preece, S. (2014). Human activity classification using a single accelerometer. In 2014 14th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI) (1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/UKCI.2014.6930189

Human activity recognition is an area of growing interest facilitated by the current revolution in body-worn sensors. Activity recognition allows applications to construct activity profiles for each subject which could be used effectively for healthc... Read More about Human activity classification using a single accelerometer.

A novel image enhancement methodology for full field digital mammography (2014)
Book Chapter
He, W., Kibiro, M., Juette, A., Denton, E., Hogg, P., & Zwiggelaar, R. (2014). A novel image enhancement methodology for full field digital mammography. In Breast Imaging : 12th International Workshop, IWDM 2014, Gifu City, Japan, June 29 – July 2, 2014. Proceedings (650-657). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07887-8_90

During breast screening it is necessary and essential to compress the breast with a compression paddle, in order to obtain a clear mammographic image. The quality of the image has a direct correlation with the accuracy of mammogram reading, which in... Read More about A novel image enhancement methodology for full field digital mammography.

Supporting walking school buses (2014)
Book Chapter
Winstanley, C., Davies, N., Harding, M., & Norgate, S. (2014). Supporting walking school buses. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct Publication - UbiComp '14 Adjunct (291-294). New York, NY: ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/2638728.2638791

Walking School Buses (WSBs) are becoming an increasingly popular way of reducing school gate congestion. They typically feature a coordinator who is assigned to walk a designated route, calling at several pick-up points that parents can use to join t... Read More about Supporting walking school buses.

Challenges associated with the secondary use of nursing data (2014)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N., Sermeus, W., & Janson, K. (2014). Challenges associated with the secondary use of nursing data. In K. Saranto, C. Weaver, & P. Chang (Eds.), Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (290-297). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-415-2-290

There is a prevailing 'collect once, use many times' view of clinical data and its secondary use. This study challenges this view through an assessment of the degree to which the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) might be used... Read More about Challenges associated with the secondary use of nursing data.

Environmental justice (2014)
Book Chapter
Sherriff, G. (2014). Environmental justice. In P. Thompson, & D. Kaplan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer