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The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bower, C., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour. Presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

The effective allocation of attention and visual search is critical in many real-world tasks and there are several factors that influence the distribution of resources. These range from positive influences (e.g. top-down search that is guided on the... Read More about The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour.

Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., Slade, P., & Herbert, J. (2014). Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health. Infant Behavior and Development, 37(4), 597-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.002

Early infant interest in their mother's face is driven by an experience based face processing system, and is associated with maternal psychological health, even within a non clinical community sample. The present study examined the role of the voice... Read More about Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health.

Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group (2014)
Presentation / Conference
with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group. Presented at NET2014 25th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, cambridge UK

This theme paper demonstrates an innovative project that aimed to enhance knowledge, awareness and expertise around self-harm. Academic and Clinical staff at the University of Salford, United Kingdom were commissioned to work collaboratively with Kno... Read More about Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group.

Barriers to employment for visually impaired women (2014)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Coufopoulos, A., & Kinghorn, K. (2014). Barriers to employment for visually impaired women. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7(3), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-06-2013-0022

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to employment for visually impaired (VI) women and potential solutions to those barriers. Design/methodology/approach – Mixed methods, comprising three phases; first, exploratory intervie... Read More about Barriers to employment for visually impaired women.

Power and impulse applied during push press exercise (2014)
Journal Article
Lake, J., Mundy, P., & Comfort, P. (2014). Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(9), 2552-2559. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000438

Lake, JP, Mundy, PD, and Comfort, P. Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. J Strength Cond Res 28(9): 2552-2559, 2014-The aim of this study was to quantify the load, which maximized peak and mean power, and impulse applied to these lo... Read More about Power and impulse applied during push press exercise.

Media representations of crime and criminal justice (2014)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2014). Media representations of crime and criminal justice. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.15

To date, criminologists have approached the media from a communications perspective that, directly or indirectly, treats them as a powerful social force. However, systematic research (conducted mainly outside but also within criminology) has failed t... Read More about Media representations of crime and criminal justice.

Translating family support practice lessons (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Smyth, B. (2014, September). Translating family support practice lessons. Presented at Five Nations Supporting Families Conference ‘Supporting Families in difficult times’, Leeds Beckett University

This workshop proposes to present the results of a small scale research project undertaken with a comparative component. Practitioners from intensive family support services in the UK and Ireland respectively were interviewed about their input with f... Read More about Translating family support practice lessons.

The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Darvill, A., Fallon, D., & Livesley, J. (2014, September). The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams. Presented at UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses Children's and Young People's Nursing International Conference “Building the evidence base for practice”, Jersey

This paper describes a qualitative research study into the experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams in England. The study took place at a time when the recruitment of newly qual... Read More about The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams.

Disconnecting with social networking sites (2014)
Book
Light, B. (2014). Disconnecting with social networking sites. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137022479

Ben Light puts forward an alternative way of thinking about how we engage with social networking sites, going beyond the emphasis upon connectivity that has been associated with research in the area to date. Analysing our engagements and disengagemen... Read More about Disconnecting with social networking sites.

Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute (2014)
Journal Article
Collins, B. (2014). Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute. Occupational therapy now, 16(5), 22 - 23

As an occupational therapist supporting disabled students1 in higher education, I frequently came across barriers that impacted on students’ ability to succeed in university. I recognised that many issues were due to an inaccessible educational e... Read More about Universal design for learning : what occupational therapy can contribute.

Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience (2014)
Journal Article
O'Flaherty, J., & Laws, T. (2014). Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(6), 654-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.07.004

Face-to-face communication with students remains the gold standard in teaching; the effectiveness of this approach to learning is commonly and regularly assessed by students' evaluation of teaching and peer reviews of teaching. Critics note that incr... Read More about Nursing student's evaluation of a virtual classroom experience in support of their learning Bioscience.

Resettlement of young people leaving resettlement: Lessons from the literature update: August 2014 (2014)
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Bateman, T., & Hazel, N. (2014). Resettlement of young people leaving resettlement: Lessons from the literature update: August 2014. London

This paper is the latest in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest available lessons from research about resettlement of young offenders. It provides an overview of the relevant literature published in the period since Beyond Yout... Read More about Resettlement of young people leaving resettlement: Lessons from the literature update: August 2014.

International mobility and knowledge in social science and humanities research (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Coey, C. (2014, August). International mobility and knowledge in social science and humanities research. Presented at Royal Geographic Society (RGS) with IBG Annual International Conference : Geographies of co-production, Imperial College, London

The mobility of researchers across national borders has been seen to be a key component in the transmission, translation and generation of knowledge. Indeed, research from the UK, for example, indicates that non-citizens are more productive, produce... Read More about International mobility and knowledge in social science and humanities research.

Mobilities and social capital: understanding the importance of international networking to progression in research careers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ackers, H. (2014, August). Mobilities and social capital: understanding the importance of international networking to progression in research careers. Presented at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: Geographies of co-production, Imperial College, London

This paper draws on research conducted as part of the POCARIM study of mobilities and career progression in the social sciences and humanities. The findings underline the importance of certain forms of mobilities associated with network-building to c... Read More about Mobilities and social capital: understanding the importance of international networking to progression in research careers.

Intersectoral mobility of researchers and the extent and nature of proximity (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Millard, D. (2014, August). Intersectoral mobility of researchers and the extent and nature of proximity. Presented at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: Geographies of co-production, Imperial College, London

Mobility of researchers across disciplines, sectors and borders represents an important way of transferring knowledge that is dispersed between different actors, including different sectors and organisations in different countries. It is argued that... Read More about Intersectoral mobility of researchers and the extent and nature of proximity.

Transforming community services through the use of a multidimensional model of clinical leadership (2014)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Wild, J., Hynes, C., Wells, S., Kurien, A., Rutherford, J., …Hartley, V. (2015). Transforming community services through the use of a multidimensional model of clinical leadership. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(5-6), 749-760. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12668

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the application of a Multidimensional Model of Clinical Leadership on the community healthcare leader and on transforming community services. BACKGROUND: Healthcare policy advocates clinical leadership as the vehic... Read More about Transforming community services through the use of a multidimensional model of clinical leadership.

The effect of knee orthoses on gait parameters in medial knee compartment osteoarthritis : a literature review (2014)
Journal Article
Maleki, M., Arazpour, M., Joghtaei, M., Hutchins, S., Aboutorabi, A., & Pouyan, A. (2016). The effect of knee orthoses on gait parameters in medial knee compartment osteoarthritis : a literature review. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(2), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364614547411

Background: Knee osteoarthritis is a musculoskeletal condition which is most prevalent in the medial compartment. This injury causes considerable pain, disability, and negative changes in kinetic and kinematic parameters. The efficiency of unloader v... Read More about The effect of knee orthoses on gait parameters in medial knee compartment osteoarthritis : a literature review.