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Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking (2014)
Journal Article
Scholey, A., Savage, K., O'Neill, B., Owen, L., Stough, C., Priestley, C., & Wetherell, M. (2014). Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 29(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2417

Background: This study assessed the effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine–glucose combination on mood and performance of an ecologically valid, computerised multi-tasking platform. Materials and methods: Following a double-blind, placebo-... Read More about Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking.

Written evidence submitted by Dr Andrew Rowland to the Public Bill Committee regarding the Modern Slavery Bill (2014)
Other
Rowland, A. (2014). Written evidence submitted by Dr Andrew Rowland to the Public Bill Committee regarding the Modern Slavery Bill. UK Parliament

Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., Nkurunziza, W., & Syed, I. (2014, July). Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education. Presented at Social Work Making Connections, Royal Holloway, University of London

Founded on the emancipatory initiative ‘In Our back Yard’ that directly confronted ‘Not in Our back Yard’ attitudes and practices and positioned community activist within the University of Salford which effectively redirected the centrifugal forces o... Read More about Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education.

Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook (2014)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Cassidy, E. (2014). Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook. New Media and Society, 16(7), 1169-1184. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814544002

This article attends to the idea of disconnection as a way of theorising people’s lived experience of social networking sites. Enrolling and extending a disconnective practice lens, we suggest that the disconnective strategies of suspension and preve... Read More about Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook.

An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction (2014)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., Gosling, V., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2014). An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction. Cultural Sociology, 8(4), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975514541862

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the audience of the London Symphony Orchestra and their introduction of a new mobile telephone (‘app’) ticketing system. A mixed-method approach was employ... Read More about An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction.

Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (2014)
Journal Article
Bania, T., Taylor, N., Baker, R., Graham, H., Karimi, L., & Dodd, K. (2014). Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56(12), 1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12548

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe daily physical activity levels of adolescents and young adults with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and to identify factors that help predict these levels. Method: Daily physical activity was measur... Read More about Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load (2014)
Journal Article
Speciali, D., Oliveira, E., Cardoso, J., Correa, J., Baker, R., & Lucareli, P. (2014). Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 18(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0049

Background: Gait disorders are common in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and the concurrent performance of motor and cognitive tasks can have marked effects on gait. The Gait Profile Score (GPS) and the Movement Analysis Profile (MAP) were... Read More about Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load.

Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults (2014)
Journal Article
Hollands, K., Agnihotri, D., & Tyson, S. (2014). Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults. Gait & Posture, 40(4), 564-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.06.019

Background: Turning is an integral component of independent mobility in which stroke survivors frequently fall. Objective: This study sought to measure the effects of competing cognitive demands on the stepping patterns of stroke survivors, compared... Read More about Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults.

The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis (2014)
Journal Article
observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. Radiography, 20(4), 300-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.016

Purpose: The study evaluates the pre- and post-training lesion localisation ability of a group of novice observers. Parallels are drawn with the performance of inexperienced radiographers taking part in preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE) and ‘re... Read More about The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis.

An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX) (2014)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Robinson, L., & Hogg, P. (2014). An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX). Radiography, 20(4), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.015

Aim: To explore the experiences of students and tutors who participated in a residential multi-cultural and multi-professional 3 week summer school event (OPTIMAX). Method: A grounded theory approach was adopted. Two semi-structured focus group in... Read More about An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX).

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.

Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta (2014)
Journal Article
Akhtar, R., Cruickshank, J., Zhao, X., Walton, L., Gardiner, N., Barrett, S., …Sherratt, M. (2014). Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta. Acta biomaterialia, 10(11), 4843-4851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2014.07.001

Diabetes is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms, structural and biomechanical consequences of aberrant blood vessel remodelling remain poorly defined. Using an experimental (streptozotocin, STZ) rat model of diabetes... Read More about Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta.

Probation for profit is a nail in the coffin for offender rehab (2014)
Other
Cummins, I. (2014). Probation for profit is a nail in the coffin for offender rehab

Host City Glasgow: how it set the standard for urban rebirth (2014)
Other
Aitken, A. (2014). Host City Glasgow: how it set the standard for urban rebirth

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
Robinson, L., Hogg, P., & Higgins, R. (2014). An observational study of cross-cultural communication in short-term, diverse professional learning groups. Radiography, 20(4), 356-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.007

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.