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Neuropsychiatry (2015)
Book Chapter
Allely, C., Hadjikhani, N., Toro, R., & Gillberg, C. (2015). Neuropsychiatry. In Brain Mapping (1049-1060). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397025-1.00131-7

In this article, a variety of neuroimaging methods that have been applied to investigate autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) will be covered, and a review of the latest findings for each will be summarized. Studies that attempt to map identified brain a... Read More about Neuropsychiatry.

Compliance with driving instructions following anaesthesia for a day-case procedure (2015)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2015). Compliance with driving instructions following anaesthesia for a day-case procedure

The study explored the behaviour of patients driving within 24 hours of a day-case procedure. Although advised not to drive for 24 hours, evidence suggests some patients are non-compliant. Of the 654 questionnaires returned, 3 people drove home follo... Read More about Compliance with driving instructions following anaesthesia for a day-case procedure.

Understanding the distribution of crime victimization using ‘British crime survey’ data: an exercise in statistical reasoning (2015)
Journal Article
Hope, T. (2015). Understanding the distribution of crime victimization using ‘British crime survey’ data: an exercise in statistical reasoning. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.41

This paper focuses upon the question of understanding the data generating process that gives rise to the frequency distribution of crime victimization count data sampled from the British Crime Survey (BCS). Having described the form of this data, the... Read More about Understanding the distribution of crime victimization using ‘British crime survey’ data: an exercise in statistical reasoning.

Sex offenders (2015)
Book Chapter
Cowburn, M., & Myers, J. (2015). Sex offenders. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, (672-677). Oxford: Elsevier

Social work with sex offenders operates at the intersections of sociology, psychology, and criminology. While key criminal justice and corrections agencies operate with convicted offenders, social work(ers) may be involved with unconvicted people w... Read More about Sex offenders.

Our home our Salford : transgressing the borders of social work education subtitle : in our back yard (2015)
Book Chapter
Hesk, G., Syed, I., & Nkurunziza, W. (2015). Our home our Salford : transgressing the borders of social work education subtitle : in our back yard. In M. Hill, A. Hudson, S. Mckendry, N. Raven, D. Saunders (OBE), J. Storan, & T. Ward (Eds.), Collaborate to Widen Participation: to, through and Beyond Higher Education (153-166). Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE)

Founded on the emancipatory initiative ‘In our back yard’ which directly confronted ‘Not in our back yard’ attitudes and practice,s. Our Home Our Salford positioned community activism within the University of Salford, which effectively redirected t... Read More about Our home our Salford : transgressing the borders of social work education subtitle : in our back yard.

Developing clinical competency : experiences and perceptions of Advanced Midwifery Practitioners in training (2015)
Journal Article
Gaskell, L., & Beaton, S. (2015). Developing clinical competency : experiences and perceptions of Advanced Midwifery Practitioners in training. Nurse Education in Practice, 15(4), 265-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2015.03.001

This paper will describe the experiences and perception of a cohort of trainee Advanced Midwifery Practitioners (AMP's) during their training on an MSc in Advanced Practice. The educational philosophy underpinning the master's programme is interprofe... Read More about Developing clinical competency : experiences and perceptions of Advanced Midwifery Practitioners in training.

Social work: Oppression and resistance (2015)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2015). Social work: Oppression and resistance. In I. Parker (Ed.), Handbook of Critical Psychology. Abingdon/New York: Routledge

Introduction to Audre Lorde ‘Age, race, class, and sex : Redefining difference’ (2015)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2015). Introduction to Audre Lorde ‘Age, race, class, and sex : Redefining difference’. In I. Parker (Ed.), Marxismo, psicología y psicoanálisis. Mexico DF: Ideas y Letras

This text (1980) by the Black feminist lesbian activist Audre Lorde (1934 -1992) also known as the ‘Sister Outsider’ concerns issues that occupy Lorde’s critical social theory (Byrd, 2009:21). Re-reading Lorde forces critical analysis of reading pra... Read More about Introduction to Audre Lorde ‘Age, race, class, and sex : Redefining difference’.

Foot posture is associated with kinematics of the foot during gait : a comparison of normal, planus and cavus feet (2015)
Journal Article
Buldt, A., Levinger, P., Murley, G., Menz, H., Nester, C., & Landorf, K. (2015). Foot posture is associated with kinematics of the foot during gait : a comparison of normal, planus and cavus feet. Gait & Posture, 42(1), 42-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.03.004

Variations in foot posture are associated with the development of some lower limb injuries. However, the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. The objective of this study was to compare foot kinematics between normal, pes cavus and pes... Read More about Foot posture is associated with kinematics of the foot during gait : a comparison of normal, planus and cavus feet.

Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2015). Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 8(3), 160-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-08-2014-0017

The failings of “community care” in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to a number of Inquiries. This paper will examine one of these key issues that is rarely if ever at the forefront of the inquiry process – the experiences of young black men of Af... Read More about Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered.

El conflicto y salud reproductiva en las ciudades de Chiapas : El desaparecimiento de las parteras empiricas (2015)
Book Chapter
Murray de Lopez, J. (2015). El conflicto y salud reproductiva en las ciudades de Chiapas : El desaparecimiento de las parteras empiricas. In G. Ramirez (Ed.), Imagen instantánea de la partería (191-222). San Cristobal de Las Casas: EcoSur

Este capítulo analiza cómo el conflicto armado interno no resuelto en Los Altos de Chiapas se intersecciona con la violencia estructural existente manifestada de forma cotidiana a través del acoso, abuso y violencia que conforma la estructura social... Read More about El conflicto y salud reproductiva en las ciudades de Chiapas : El desaparecimiento de las parteras empiricas.

Conflict and reproductive health in urban Chiapas : Disappearing the partera empίrica (2015)
Journal Article
Murray de Lopez, J. (2015). Conflict and reproductive health in urban Chiapas : Disappearing the partera empίrica. Anthropology matters journal, 16(1),

This paper looks at how the unresolved internal armed conflict in Chiapas intersects with existing structural violence manifest in the everyday forms of harassment, abuse, and violence, all of them shaping the fabric of women’s existence. This includ... Read More about Conflict and reproductive health in urban Chiapas : Disappearing the partera empίrica.

Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system (2015)
Journal Article
Allen, D. (2015). Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system. Copiii de azi sunt părinţii de mâine, 42(1), 122-139

Throughout Europe, the public care system exists to protect the welfare of over one million children who have suffered from abuse or neglect or experienced bereavement, disability or serious illness in one or both parents. However, although the publi... Read More about Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system.

The effect of load and sex on kinematic and kinetic variables during the mid-thigh clean pull (2015)
Journal Article
Comfort, P., Jones, P., & Udall, R. (2015). The effect of load and sex on kinematic and kinetic variables during the mid-thigh clean pull. Sports Biomechanics, 14(2), 139-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2015.1025237

Power is a fundamental component for many sporting activities; while the load that elicits peak power during different exercises and differences between sexes remains unclear. This study aims to determine the effect of sex and load on kinematic and k... Read More about The effect of load and sex on kinematic and kinetic variables during the mid-thigh clean pull.

Effect of antipronation foot orthosis geometry on compression of heel and arch soft tissues (2015)
Journal Article
Sweeney, D., Nester, C., Preece, S., & Mickle, K. (2015). Effect of antipronation foot orthosis geometry on compression of heel and arch soft tissues. Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 52(5), 543-552. https://doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2014.12.0306

This study aimed to understand how systematic changes in arch height and two designs of heel wedging affect soft issues under the foot. Soft tissue thickness under the heel and navicular was measured using ultrasound. Heel pad thickness was measure... Read More about Effect of antipronation foot orthosis geometry on compression of heel and arch soft tissues.