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Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome (2013)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., McGowan, L., Bower, P., Kontopantelis, E., Quenby, S., & Lavender, T. Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome. Cochrane Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd009334.pub2

Background Being obese and pregnant is associated with substantial risks for the mother and her child. Current weight management guidance for obese pregnant women is limited. The latest recommendations suggest that obese pregnant women should gain b... Read More about Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome.

A systematic review of work interventions for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (2013)
Journal Article
Prior, Y., & Hammond, A. (2013). A systematic review of work interventions for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(Supp 1), 125-126

Introduction: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is most common cause of sickness absence in the United Kingdom (UK) (Black, 2008). Only 20% of people with RA consider they receive enough support with retaining employment (National Audit Office, 2009). This s... Read More about A systematic review of work interventions for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

“How, when, why” – a comparison of two action research methods to examine the hidden tones in annotation feedback (2013)
Journal Article
Ball, E., & Regan, P. (2013). “How, when, why” – a comparison of two action research methods to examine the hidden tones in annotation feedback. ˜The œCanadian journal of action research, 14(2), 39-50

This paper broadly confirms earlier conclusions in which action research findings identified that feedback on student assignments through annotation carried an unfavourable lecturer tone and failed to motivate the student as a learner. It was importa... Read More about “How, when, why” – a comparison of two action research methods to examine the hidden tones in annotation feedback.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies (2013)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Hubbard, G., & Watson, A. (2013). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 2(8), https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-8

Background Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic chronic disease that affects around 28 million people worldwide. Symptoms are distressing and have a detrimental effect on patients’ quality of life. A possible link between exacerbation of s... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Using Simon's Governing through crime to explore the development of mental health policy in England and Wales since 1983 (2013)
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since 1983. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 34(3), 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2012.750482

The reform of the Mental Health Act in 2007 saw the introduction of SupervisedCommunity Treatment Orders (CTOs) in England and Wales. It is argued that this marks a fundamental shift in the rights of those subject to mental health legislation.This pa... Read More about Using Simon's Governing through crime to explore the development of mental health policy in England and Wales since 1983.

Places of sanctuary for ‘the undeserving’? Homeless people’s day centres and the problem of conditionality (2013)
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Bowpitt, G., Dwyer, P., Sundin, E., & Weinstein, M. (2014). Places of sanctuary for ‘the undeserving’? Homeless people’s day centres and the problem of conditionality. British Journal of Social Work, 44(5), 1251-1267. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs196

This paper is an exploration of a dilemma that is central to the place of day centres in tackling single homelessness and raises issues for social work more generally. On the one hand, day centres provide vital services to a vulnerable group in a saf... Read More about Places of sanctuary for ‘the undeserving’? Homeless people’s day centres and the problem of conditionality.

Online threat, but television is still dominant (2013)
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Papathanassopoulos, S., Coen, S., Curran, J., Aalberg, T., Rowe, D., Jones, P., …Tiffen, R. (2013). Online threat, but television is still dominant. Journalism Practice, 7(6), 670-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.761324

As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the ra... Read More about Online threat, but television is still dominant.

Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study (2013)
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Livesley, J., & Long, A. (2013). Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(10), 1292-1303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.12.005

Background: There is growing evidence that children’s subjective interpretations of events may differ significantly from those of adults; yet children’s and young people’s voices and children’s knowledge regarding hospital care remain relatively un... Read More about Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study.

Dynamic collection scheduling using remote asset monitoring: A case study in the charity sector (2013)
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McLeod, F., Erdogan, G., Cherrett, T., Bektas, T., Davies, N., Speed, C., …Norgate, S. (2013). Dynamic collection scheduling using remote asset monitoring: A case study in the charity sector. Transportation Research Record, 2378(1), https://doi.org/10.3141/2378-07

In the waste collection sector, remote sensing technology is now coming onto the market, allowing waste and recycling receptacles to report their fill levels at regular intervals. This enables collection schedules to be dynamically optimised to bette... Read More about Dynamic collection scheduling using remote asset monitoring: A case study in the charity sector.

Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods (2013)
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Patel, T. (2013). Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 23(4), 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2013.773202

Using qualitative data collected from an empirical study that focused on theft-related activity in a U.K. high crime area, the motivations and purchase patterns of occasional buyers of stolen goods are considered. In doing so, it is argued that as an... Read More about Hot goods in happy hands: Occasional user accounts and motivations for buying stolen goods.

Breastfeeding mothers' experiences: The ghost in the machine (2013)
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Regan, P., & Ball, E. (2013). Breastfeeding mothers' experiences: The ghost in the machine. Qualitative Health Research, 23(5), 679-688. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732313481641

We critically review qualitative research studies conducted from 2000 to 2012 exploring Western mothers’ breastfeeding experiences. We used the search criteria “breastfeeding,” “qualitative,” and “experiences” to retrieve 74 qualitative research stud... Read More about Breastfeeding mothers' experiences: The ghost in the machine.

Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study (2013)
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Hogg, P., Taylor, M., Szczepura, K., Mercer, C., & Denton, E. (2013). Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study. British Journal of Radiology, 86(1021), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20120222

Objective To perform a calibration study to provide data to help improve consistency in the pressure that is applied during mammography. Methods Automatic readouts of breast thickness accuracy vary between mammography machines; therefore, one m... Read More about Pressure and breast thickness in mammography : an exploratory calibration study.

Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals (2013)
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Grant, M., & Walton, G. (2013). Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(3), 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2013.826140

Our intention in this Editorial is to explore some of the key issues being faced by library and information science (LIS) research based journals. We are, respectively, Editor of Health Information and Libraries Journal(HILJ) (Grant) and Editor of N... Read More about Strategic issues for LIS practitioner-researcher journals.

Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment (2013)
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Chynoweth, P. (2013). Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment. Property Management, 31(5), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-04-2013-0028

This paper introduces the concept of practice-informed research. It offers this as an alternative approach to scholarship that has the potential to increase the relevance of research within universities, and to generate an increased level of dialogue... Read More about Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment.

Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling (2013)
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Latham, G., Long, T., & Devitt, P. (2013). Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 36(4), 262-278. https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2013.825659

Accidental chemical poisoning causes more than 35,000 child deaths every year across the world, and it leads to disease, disability, and suffering for many more children. Children’s ignorance of dangers and their failure to interpret hazard warning s... Read More about Children’s misunderstandings of hazard warning signs in the new globally harmonised system for classification and labelling.

Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation (2013)
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12060

The terms ‘female circumcision’ (FC), ‘FG cutting’ (FGC) and ‘FG mutilation’ (FGM) refer to procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. In practicing countries, FGC/FC is more widely use... Read More about Crossing borders: Discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation.

Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues (2013)
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Pearson, S., & McMahon, J. (2013). Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues. Sports Medicine, 43(2), 155-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-012-0016-7

We are grateful for the feedback provided by Dr Jean-Benoit Morin [1] and colleagues in relation to our recently published review article regarding lower limb mechanical properties [2]. The primary purpose of this short reply is to reiterate the aims... Read More about Authors’ reply to Morin and colleagues.

No kinetic differences during variations of the power clean in inexperienced collegiate athletes (2013)
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Comfort, P., McMahon, J., & Fletcher, C. (2013). No kinetic differences during variations of the power clean in inexperienced collegiate athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(2), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e31825489c6

Previous research has identified that the second pull phase of the clean generates the greatest power output and that the midthigh variations of the power clean also result in the greatest force and power output in male athletes; however, no research... Read More about No kinetic differences during variations of the power clean in inexperienced collegiate athletes.

The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises (2013)
Journal Article
Lesley, K., & Comfort, P. (2013). The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 35(1), 75-78. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0b013e318282120e

Summary: hand orientation (supinated, neutral, pronated) and grip width are commonly varied during pull-ups and lat pull-downs in an attempt to focus the training on specific muscle groups or to ensure that the movement is specific to the sporting ac... Read More about The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises.