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Disability and discourses of web accessibility (2009)
Journal Article
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2009). Disability and discourses of web accessibility. Information, Communication and Society, 12(7), 1041-1058. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180802552940

Much of the World Wide Web remains inaccessible or difficult to access by people across a spectrum of disabilities and this may have serious implications for the potential use of the web for increasing social inclusion. We argue that the complexities... Read More about Disability and discourses of web accessibility.

Protocols, policy directives and choice provision : UK midwives' views (2009)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C., & Bull, P. (2009). Protocols, policy directives and choice provision : UK midwives' views. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 22(1), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526860910927952

Purpose – Within maternity hospitals midwives are expected to follow the protocol-driven culture and orders issued by senior staff. Simultaneously, midwives are expected to follow social policy documents and the Midwives Rules and Standards that advo... Read More about Protocols, policy directives and choice provision : UK midwives' views.

A new framework for recognition of heavily degraded characters in historical typewritten documents based on semi-supervised clustering (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Pletschacher, S., Hu, J., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2009). A new framework for recognition of heavily degraded characters in historical typewritten documents based on semi-supervised clustering. In 2009 10th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDAR.2009.267

This paper presents a new semi-supervised clustering framework to the recognition of heavily degraded characters in historical typewritten documents, where off-theshelf OCR typically fails. The constraints are generated using typographical (colle... Read More about A new framework for recognition of heavily degraded characters in historical typewritten documents based on semi-supervised clustering.

Factors that impact on the sibling relationship where one person has a learning disability (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davys, D., Mitchell, D., & Haigh, C. (2009, January). Factors that impact on the sibling relationship where one person has a learning disability. Poster presented at Seattle Club Learning Disability Research Conference, London

Title: Siblings of People who have a Learning Disability – Factors that impact on the Sibling Relationship Background: Sibling relationships are significant in the lives of people who have a learning disability. They usually form a major part of... Read More about Factors that impact on the sibling relationship where one person has a learning disability.

Older parents of adults who have a learning disability and service providers (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davys, D. (2009, January). Older parents of adults who have a learning disability and service providers. Presented at Collage of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Brighton

The number of older parents who support people who have a learning disability are on the increase due to advances in health and social care (Dowling and Hollins 2003) and as a nation, we rely on the support that these families provide (Department of... Read More about Older parents of adults who have a learning disability and service providers.

A framework for social inclusion (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Davys, D., & Tickle, E. (2009, January). A framework for social inclusion. Presented at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Manchester

Within occupational therapy, practitioners are likely to work with people who are at risk of social exclusion due to a range of issues that include age, health status, lifestyle choice and cultural background. As a profession, occupational therapy h... Read More about A framework for social inclusion.

An in vivo experimental validation of a computational model of human foot (2009)
Journal Article
Tao, K., Wang, D., Wang, C., Wang, X., Liu, A., Nester, C., & Howard, D. (2009). An in vivo experimental validation of a computational model of human foot. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 6(4), 387-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529%2808%2960138-9

Reliable computational foot models offer an alternative means to enhance knowledge on the biomechanics of human foot. Model validation is one of the most critical aspects of the entire foot modeling and analysis process. This paper presents an in viv... Read More about An in vivo experimental validation of a computational model of human foot.

Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities in urban regeneration areas: An evaluation of the Warnwarth Conceptual Framework for partnership evaluation: A Case Study Approach. Volume 3. (2009)
Other
Holland, K., Warne, A., & Howarth, M. (2009). Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities in urban regeneration areas: An evaluation of the Warnwarth Conceptual Framework for partnership evaluation: A Case Study Approach. Volume 3

This literature review is one of three outputs from a project: Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities, one of a number of projects in a larger Higher Education Funding Council Strategic... Read More about Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities in urban regeneration areas: An evaluation of the Warnwarth Conceptual Framework for partnership evaluation: A Case Study Approach. Volume 3..

The role of Executive Dean in higher education in the UK (2009)
Book Chapter
Longhurst, B. (2009). The role of Executive Dean in higher education in the UK. In S. Chen (Ed.), Academic administration: A quest for better management and leadership in higher education. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Barriers for dental treatment of primary teeth in East and West Germany (2009)
Journal Article
Splieth, C., Bunger, B., & Pine, C. (2009). Barriers for dental treatment of primary teeth in East and West Germany. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 19(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-263X.2008.00949.x

Background. In many countries, restorative treatment in primary teeth is suboptimal. Aim. Thus, this study tried to detect barriers for dentists to restore primary teeth in kindergarten children (3–6 years). Design. For a representative surve... Read More about Barriers for dental treatment of primary teeth in East and West Germany.

The promotion of oral health within the Healthy School context in England: a qualitative research study (2009)
Journal Article
Stokes, E., Pine, C., & Harris, R. (2009). The promotion of oral health within the Healthy School context in England: a qualitative research study. BMC Oral Health, 9(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-9-3

Background Healthy Schools programmes may assist schools in improving the oral health of children through advocating a common risk factor approach to health promotion and by more explicit consideration of oral health. The objectives of this study... Read More about The promotion of oral health within the Healthy School context in England: a qualitative research study.

Can the introduction of a quality of life tool affect individual professional practice and the quality of care planning in a community mental health team? (2009)
Journal Article
Murphy, N., & Cutts, H. (2009). Can the introduction of a quality of life tool affect individual professional practice and the quality of care planning in a community mental health team?. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(10), 941-946. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01495.x

This practice development paper demonstrates the scope for creativity in mixing audit and methods of investigation. It details the evolution of Quality of Life (QOL) perspectives and relates them to the practice of care planning. The process prove... Read More about Can the introduction of a quality of life tool affect individual professional practice and the quality of care planning in a community mental health team?.

Standardization of Raven's standard progressive matrices test for a Libyan sample (2009)
Thesis
Abdalgadr, A. Standardization of Raven's standard progressive matrices test for a Libyan sample. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Until date, no IQ test has been standardized to be used to test the intelligence of Libyan students. Lack of standardized intelligence tests creates many problems such as the misuse of some non-standardised tests. These tests are carried... Read More about Standardization of Raven's standard progressive matrices test for a Libyan sample.

Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives (2009)
Thesis
Allen, S. Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives. (Thesis). University of Salford

The initial aim of the study was to consider the health promoting and survival function of self harm. However, this evolved and became increasingly concerned with the storied lives of people who self harm and in challenging dominant discourses that... Read More about Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives.