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The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes (2004)
Journal Article
Challis, D., Clarkson, P., Williamson, J., Hughes, J., Venables, D., Burns, A., & Weinberg, A. (2004). The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes. Age and ageing, 33(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afh007

Objective: to ascertain the value of employing a specialist clinician’s contribution to the assessment of older people prior to care home entry. Design: randomised controlled trial. Method: 256 older people at risk of care home entry were rando... Read More about The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes.

Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements? (2004)
Journal Article
Dwyer, P. (2004). Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 29(2), 265-287. https://doi.org/10.1353/cjs.2004.0022

A widely recognised central tenet of New Labour's "Third Way" is no rights without responsibilities. The extent to which this idea underpins the British government's approach to welfare reform has been extensively commented upon. Initially, the artic... Read More about Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?.

Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union (2004)
Journal Article
Ackers, L., & Dwyer, P. (2004). Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union. Ageing and society, 24(3), 451-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0300165X

This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU).1 It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is... Read More about Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union.

Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime (2004)
Journal Article
Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime

This paper explores the micro-level consequences for citizens’ private security of the crime governance strategy of ‘responsibilisation’. Specifically, it analyses data from the British Crime Survey and the UK Census to identify the correlates of th... Read More about Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime.

Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele (2004)
Journal Article
Nguyen, T., & Baker, R. (2004). Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele. Clinical Biomechanics, 19(10), 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.004

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of model and cardan angle sequence for calculating thorax kinematics. Background: Patients with myelomeningocele often show a significant lateral bending and large trunk rotation... Read More about Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele.

Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view (2004)
Journal Article
Patel, T., Williams, C., & Marsh, P. (2004). Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view. Adoption & fostering, 28(1), 6-15

The importance of the cultural identity of a child awaiting adoption, in terms of ‘race’, religion and ethnic background, is the subject of continuing debate, and often controversial and heated discussion. In the article, Tina Patel, Catherine Willia... Read More about Identity, race, religion and adoption - The public and legal view.

The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications (2004)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C., Bull, P., & Martin, C. (2004). The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 8, 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2004.09.003

The role of perceived authority on the clinical behaviour and decisionmaking of midwives has received little research attention, largely due to the unavailability of a midwifery-specific measure of conformity. The current study investigated the facto... Read More about The social influence scale for midwifery : factor structure and clinical research applications.

Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make? (2004)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Bull, P. (2004). Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make?. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 8, 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2004.10.001

Hollins Martin [Social influence effects on midwives’ practice. Presentation at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, 10th–12th September, 2003: London] developed the Social Influence Scale for Midwifery (SIS-... Read More about Does status have more influence than education on the decisions midwives make?.

Development of an improved rigid body of the foot (2004)
Journal Article
Liu, A., Nester, C., Ward, E., Howard, D., Derrick, T., Cocheba, J., & Patterson, P. (2004). Development of an improved rigid body of the foot. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 34(9),

Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution (2004)
Journal Article
Jiang, W., Liu, A., & Howard, D. (2004). Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 26(4), 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1191/0142331204tm124oa

The contribution of this paper is the introduction of three new pseudo-inverse formulations for the real-time control of foot-force distribution in multi-legged walking machines. Three alternative locomotion performance objectives are proposed for th... Read More about Optimization of legged robot locomotion by control of foot-force distribution.

An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients (2004)
Journal Article
Murphy, N. (2004). An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 11(4), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00727.x

Part of the community mental health nurse's (CMHN) role is the assessment of violence posed by clients. It explores factors such as the reduction of inpatient beds and the predictability of violent acts towards nursing staff. This study outlines how... Read More about An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients.

Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs (2004)
Journal Article
Moore, K., & Miles, S. (2004). Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs. Addiction research & theory, 12(6), 507-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350412331323083

This article discusses the role of drug consumption in the lives of young ‘clubbers’. Arguing that debates over the consumption of drugs and youth transitions both serve to ‘problematise’ young people the suggestion is made that the role of drug cons... Read More about Young people, dance and the sub-cultural consumption of drugs.