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E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report (2022)
Report
Sherriff, G., Blazejewski, L., Lomas, M., & Larrington-Spencer, H. (2022). E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report

The Healthy Active Cities team at the University of Salford is conducting a study alongside the Department for Transport’s e-scooter share scheme trial taking place in Greater Manchester. This Second Interim Report provides an update on data colle... Read More about E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report.

Identifying the psychosocial needs of Emirati and expatriate breast cancer survivors in the U.A. E.: A mixed method investigation in a hospital setting (2022)
Thesis
Aamir, M. Identifying the psychosocial needs of Emirati and expatriate breast cancer survivors in the U.A. E.: A mixed method investigation in a hospital setting. (Thesis). University of Salford

Cancer is considered as a chronic disease which requires high-quality, long-term, post-treatment care (Drayton, et. al., 2012; Phillips & Currow, 2010). However, long-term survivorship care has become a growing healthcare burden requiring numerous re... Read More about Identifying the psychosocial needs of Emirati and expatriate breast cancer survivors in the U.A. E.: A mixed method investigation in a hospital setting.

Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Edge, C., Coffey, M., Cook, P., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study. In L. Fitzgerald (Ed.), Women entrepreneurs and employment : past, present and future perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Aim: To explore employee experiences of nearing or working beyond state pensionable age, and the factors enabling and inhibit them to work for longer. Specifically, the study explored the health, social, workplace and financial barriers and facilitat... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study.

Serial and mass murderers (2022)
Book Chapter
Allely, C. (2022). Serial and mass murderers. In L. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (Third Edition) (768-780). Academic Press (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820195-4.00048-0

This article will explore serial and mass murder. It will cover the literature which has investigated leakage and warning signs or red flags in mass shooters. The role of biological, or body-related, issues; narcissism; fame-seeking; the injustice co... Read More about Serial and mass murderers.

Fear, faith and finances : health literacy experiences of English and Swahili speaking women newly diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Kassaman, D., Mushani, T., Kiraithe, P., Brownie, S., & Barton-Burke, M. (2022). Fear, faith and finances : health literacy experiences of English and Swahili speaking women newly diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer. ecancermedicalscience, 16, 1350. https://doi.org/10.3332/ECANCER.2022.1350

Breast and cervical cancer are among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths globally. In Kenya, delayed presentation and diagnosis contribute to breast and cervical cancer mortality. The Kenyan government acknowledges the cancer burden with esti... Read More about Fear, faith and finances : health literacy experiences of English and Swahili speaking women newly diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer.

Minimizing enterostomy complication in neonates, lessons learnt from three European tertiary centres (2022)
Journal Article
Coletta, R., Zulli, A., O'Shea, K., Mussi, E., Bianchi, A., & Morabito, A. (2022). Minimizing enterostomy complication in neonates, lessons learnt from three European tertiary centres. Children, 9(2), 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020162

Stoma formation in neonates is often a life-saving procedure across a variety of conditions but is still associated with significant morbidity. Tube stoma technique was originally described for short bowel patients, but in selected cases of neonates... Read More about Minimizing enterostomy complication in neonates, lessons learnt from three European tertiary centres.

Simulated performance of an energy storage and return prosthetic ankle based on cams and miniature hydraulics (2022)
Journal Article
Pace, A., Gardiner, J., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. (2022). Simulated performance of an energy storage and return prosthetic ankle based on cams and miniature hydraulics. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2022.3146628

Prosthetic feet are limited in their ability to mimic the energy-recycling behaviour of an intact ankle, negatively affecting lower-limb amputees’ gait in terms of metabolic cost and walking speed. To overcome these weaknesses, a novel prosthetic ank... Read More about Simulated performance of an energy storage and return prosthetic ankle based on cams and miniature hydraulics.

Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic (2022)
Report
Patrick, R., Garthwaite, K., Power, M., Kaufman, J., Page, G., Pybus, K., …Howes, S. (2022). Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic. Nuffield Foundation

Families living on a low income are profoundly disadvantaged and Covid-19 has only made this worse. In this final report, we summarise the evidence from the multiple strands of the Covid Realities research programme, which documented the everyday ex... Read More about Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic.

Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees (2022)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Morris, L., Wyatt, M., & McEvoy, P. (2022). Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees. Educational Gerontology, 48(3), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2021.2018961

Family caregivers of people with dementia can find the impairments in their relative’s ability to communicate an enormous challenge. Peer facilitated educational interventions are a potentially efficient and effective way to address these complex com... Read More about Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees.

Linear advancing actions followed by deceleration and turn are the most common movements preceding goals in male professional soccer (2022)
Journal Article
Martinez, D., Quinn, M., & Jones, P. (2022). Linear advancing actions followed by deceleration and turn are the most common movements preceding goals in male professional soccer. Science and Medicine in Football, https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2030064

Data were collected through time-motion analysis from soccer players participating in the English Premier League using a modified version of the Bloomfield Movement Classification with differences analysed through chi-square. The most common indiv... Read More about Linear advancing actions followed by deceleration and turn are the most common movements preceding goals in male professional soccer.

Evaluation of image receptor angulation during mediolateral oblique positioning for optimised pressure and area distribution in mammography (2022)
Thesis
Osmanu, M. Evaluation of image receptor angulation during mediolateral oblique positioning for optimised pressure and area distribution in mammography. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background Mammography is the gold standard diagnostic tool for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer; however, it is associated with pain and discomfort. The pain and discomfort are mostly due to positioning and the compression applied durin... Read More about Evaluation of image receptor angulation during mediolateral oblique positioning for optimised pressure and area distribution in mammography.

The influence of stimuli valence, extraversion, and emotion regulation on visual search within real-world scenes (2022)
Journal Article
Bendall, R., Eachus, P., & Thompson, C. (2022). The influence of stimuli valence, extraversion, and emotion regulation on visual search within real-world scenes. Scientific reports, 12, 948. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04964-y

Affective traits, including extraversion and emotion regulation, are important considerations in clinical psychology due to their associations with the occurrence of affective disorders. Previously, emotional real-world scenes have been shown to infl... Read More about The influence of stimuli valence, extraversion, and emotion regulation on visual search within real-world scenes.

Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS): protocol for a multi-centre randomised, controlled trial of both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars with Pulsed Dye Laser and standard care compared to standard care alone [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] (2022)
Journal Article
Brewin, M., Docherty, S., Heaslip, V., Breheny, K., Pleat, J., & Rhodes, S. (2022). Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS): protocol for a multi-centre randomised, controlled trial of both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars with Pulsed Dye Laser and standard care compared to standard care alone [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. NIHR Open Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13234.1

This paper outlines the protocol for a study that is being carried out at multiple centres across the UK in the next three years. It is a Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) study funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR). The a... Read More about Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS): protocol for a multi-centre randomised, controlled trial of both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars with Pulsed Dye Laser and standard care compared to standard care alone [version 1; peer review: 2 approved].

A mixed methods analysis evaluating an alcohol health champion community intervention : how do newly trained champions perceive and understand their training and role? (2022)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, S., Ure, C., Burns, E., Coffey, M., Audrey, S., Ardern, K., & Cook, P. (2022). A mixed methods analysis evaluating an alcohol health champion community intervention : how do newly trained champions perceive and understand their training and role?. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13717

Globally, alcohol harm is recognised as one of the greatest population risks and reducing alcohol harm is a key priority for the UK Government. The Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) programme took an asset-based approach in training community m... Read More about A mixed methods analysis evaluating an alcohol health champion community intervention : how do newly trained champions perceive and understand their training and role?.

Predictors of radiation dose for uterine artery embolisation are angiography system-dependent (2022)
Journal Article
Nocum, D., Robinson, J., Halaki, M., Båth, M., Thompson, J., Thompson, N., …Reed, W. (2022). Predictors of radiation dose for uterine artery embolisation are angiography system-dependent. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(1), 011502. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ac480b

This study sought to achieve radiation dose reductions for patients receiving uterine artery embolisation (UAE) by evaluating radiation dose measurements for the preceding generation (Allura) and upgraded (Azurion) angiography system. Previous UAE re... Read More about Predictors of radiation dose for uterine artery embolisation are angiography system-dependent.

A dataset of EEG recordings from 47 participants collected during a virtual reality working memory task where attention was cued by a social avatar and non-social stick cue (2022)
Journal Article
Gregory, S., Wang, H., & Kessler, K. (2022). A dataset of EEG recordings from 47 participants collected during a virtual reality working memory task where attention was cued by a social avatar and non-social stick cue. Data in Brief, 41, 107827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.107827

This data article describes electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioral data from 47 participants. Data was collected using a 64 channel eego™ sports mobile EEG system during a visual working memory task presented in virtual reality (VR) using Unity... Read More about A dataset of EEG recordings from 47 participants collected during a virtual reality working memory task where attention was cued by a social avatar and non-social stick cue.

Comparison of weightlifting, traditional resistance training and plyometrics on strength, power and speed: a systematic review with meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Morris, S., Oliver, J., Pedley, J., Haff, G., & Lloyd, R. (2022). Comparison of weightlifting, traditional resistance training and plyometrics on strength, power and speed: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 52(7), 1533-1554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01627-2

Background: Weightlifting training (WLT) is commonly used to improve strength, power and speed in athletes. However, to date, WLT studies have either not compared training effects against those of other training methods, or been limited by small samp... Read More about Comparison of weightlifting, traditional resistance training and plyometrics on strength, power and speed: a systematic review with meta-analysis.