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Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain - the struggle within: A qualitative study of the patient's experience (2014)
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Ryan, C., Lauchlan, D., Rooney, L., Hollins-Martin, C., & Gray, H. (2014). Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain - the struggle within: A qualitative study of the patient's experience. WORK, 49(3), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-131646

BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of work absence. Assisting individuals back into work is an important part of rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of individuals returning to work after an episode of sickness absence... Read More about Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain - the struggle within: A qualitative study of the patient's experience.

Forensic triage of email network narratives through visualisation (2014)
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Haggerty, J., Haggerty, S., & Taylor, M. (2014). Forensic triage of email network narratives through visualisation. Information Management and Computer Security, 22(4), 358-370. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMCS-11-2013-0080

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel approach that automates the visualisation of both quantitative data (the network) and qualitative data (the content) within emails to aid the triage of evidence during a forensics investiga... Read More about Forensic triage of email network narratives through visualisation.

The effect of hip abductor muscle fatigue on frontal plane knee projection angle during step landing (2014)
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Herrington, L., & Ambegaonkar, J. (2014). The effect of hip abductor muscle fatigue on frontal plane knee projection angle during step landing. International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 19(4), 38-43. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.2014-0003

Context: A number of acute and overuse knee pathologies share a mechanism involving a poor dynamic alignment of the limb creating increased stress in the tissues. Inappropriate execution of a correct strategy during landing has been suggested to i... Read More about The effect of hip abductor muscle fatigue on frontal plane knee projection angle during step landing.

Influence of orthotic gait training with powered hip orthosis on walking in paraplegic patients (2014)
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Arazpour, M., Bani, M., Hutchins, S., Curran, S., Javanshir, M., & Mousavi, M. (2014). Influence of orthotic gait training with powered hip orthosis on walking in paraplegic patients. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(3), 226-230. https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2013.807442

Objectives: Gait training has been shown to improve the walking performance of spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. The use of powered hip orthoses (PHO) during gait training is one approach which could potentially improve rehabilitative outcomes for... Read More about Influence of orthotic gait training with powered hip orthosis on walking in paraplegic patients.

Fathers’ emotional work deserves more attention from health professionals (2014)
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Barnard, M. (2014). Fathers’ emotional work deserves more attention from health professionals. Nursing Children and Young People, 26(5), 13-13. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.26.5.13.s16

Qualitative research exploring parents’ experiences in the neonatal setting often focuses primarily on the mother and fathers’ voices are often under-reported. How fatherhood is understood and nurtured in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can dep... Read More about Fathers’ emotional work deserves more attention from health professionals.

The time of our lives : understanding irreversible complex user experiences (2014)
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Kreps, D. (2014). The time of our lives : understanding irreversible complex user experiences. The future of identity in the information society : 4th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6, 11.6, 11.7/Fidis International Summer School, Brno, Czech Republic, September 1-7, 2008, revised selected papers / Vashek Matyáš ... [et al.] (eds.), 431, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_5

The science of complexity has been introduced to Information Systems (IS) but thus far with seemingly little impact. This paper argues that its application can be located in the burgeoning field of User Experience (UX) in digital business practice. B... Read More about The time of our lives : understanding irreversible complex user experiences.

Electronic states of elongated PbSe/PbS Core/shell quantum dots (2014)
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Walsh, T., Miloszewski, J., Aeberhard, U., & Tomic, S. (2014). Electronic states of elongated PbSe/PbS Core/shell quantum dots. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 526, 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/526/1/012010

The optical characteristics of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are highly dependent on the physical geometry of the QD (size, shape) as well as composition. These dependencies make such systems attractive for application in novel optical devices, notabl... Read More about Electronic states of elongated PbSe/PbS Core/shell quantum dots.

System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency (2014)
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Abidin, N., Mamat, M., Izham, T., Dangerfield, B., & Baten, M. (2014). System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 8, 3283-3296. https://doi.org/10.12988/ams.2014.43247

The childhood obesity has rapidly increased, though little is known about the impact of frequency of meals and portion size on weight and obesity. The objective of this study is to compare and to determine the effective strategy for obesity preven... Read More about System dynamics modelling and its implications for childhood obesity prevention: evidence from improving the consumption of portion size and meal frequency.

I would give up… Tim Hope, Chris Stanley, Tracey McMahon, Ben Bowling, J M Moore and Jordan Beaumont offer their choices of what they would dispense of in the criminal justice system (2014)
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Hope, T., Stanley, C., McMahon, T., Bowling, B., Moore, J., & Beaumont, J. (2014). I would give up… Tim Hope, Chris Stanley, Tracey McMahon, Ben Bowling, J M Moore and Jordan Beaumont offer their choices of what they would dispense of in the criminal justice system. Criminal Justice Matters, 96(1), 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.926061

As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from, here contributors offer their choices....

The Araz medial linkage orthosis - a new orthosis for walking in patients with spinal cord injury : a single patient study (2014)
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Arazpour, M., Bani, M., Hutchins, S., & Sayyadfar, M. (2014). The Araz medial linkage orthosis - a new orthosis for walking in patients with spinal cord injury : a single patient study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 38(2), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364613492169

Background: This article describes the development and evaluation of a new medial linkage orthosis to potentially assist paraplegic patients to ambulate. Case description and methods: The orthosis was initially designed using the solid works pr... Read More about The Araz medial linkage orthosis - a new orthosis for walking in patients with spinal cord injury : a single patient study.

Briefing : re-engineering the city 2020–2050 – urban foresight and transition management (2014)
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Eames, M., Marvin, S., Hodson, M., Dixon, T., Guthrie, P., & Lannon, S. (2014). Briefing : re-engineering the city 2020–2050 – urban foresight and transition management. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 167(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.11.00032

Cities may be responsible for up to 70% of global carbon emissions and 75% of global energy consumption and by 2050 it is estimated that 70% of the world's population could live in cities. The critical challenge for contemporary urbanism, therefore,... Read More about Briefing : re-engineering the city 2020–2050 – urban foresight and transition management.

The heritability of abortion in pedigree Charollais flocks (2014)
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Darlay, R., Stear, M., Mason, S., SMITH, J., & Shaw, M. (2014). The heritability of abortion in pedigree Charollais flocks. Animal Reproduction Science, 149(3-4), 297-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.06.028

Foetal death, or abortion at term, in sheep is of major significance to the livestock industry, accounting for more than ¢24million lost per annum. We have investigated whether there is a genetic component to abortion within two flocks of pedigree Ch... Read More about The heritability of abortion in pedigree Charollais flocks.

The spectrum of children's palliative care needs : a classification framework for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions (2014)
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Shaw, K., Brook, L., Mpundu-Kaambwa, C., Harris, N., Lapwood, S., & Randall, D. (2014). The spectrum of children's palliative care needs : a classification framework for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 5(3), 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000407

Objectives This paper examined the potential of a new classification framework, The Spectrum of Children's Palliative Care Needs, to facilitate identification of children with palliative care needs for the purposes of minimum data set collection and... Read More about The spectrum of children's palliative care needs : a classification framework for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.