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'The nourishing soil of the soul' : the role of horticultural therapy in promoting well-being in community-dwelling people with dementia (2015)
Journal Article
Noone, S., Innes, A., Kelly, F., & Mayers, A. (2017). 'The nourishing soil of the soul' : the role of horticultural therapy in promoting well-being in community-dwelling people with dementia. Dementia, 16(7), 897-910. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301215623889

Two-thirds of people with dementia reside in their own homes; however, support for community-dwelling people with dementia to continue to participate in everyday activities is often lacking, resulting in feelings of depression and isolation among peo... Read More about 'The nourishing soil of the soul' : the role of horticultural therapy in promoting well-being in community-dwelling people with dementia.

Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester (2015)
Journal Article
Peters, L., & Smith, C. (2015). Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester. Library and Information Research, 39(121), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg679

Provision of accessible copies of textbooks to visually impaired students has an important role to play in supporting them in their studies, including at university. Recent legislative and copyright licence developments have allowed libraries to supp... Read More about Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester.

The role of competition in structuring primate communities under different productivity regimes in the Amazon (2015)
Journal Article

The factors responsible for the formation of Amazonian primate communities are not well
understood. Here we investigated the influence of interspecific competition in the assembly
of these communities, specifically whether they follow an assembly r... Read More about The role of competition in structuring primate communities under different productivity regimes in the Amazon.

Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey (2015)
Journal Article
student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12054

Background: Prolonged deficiency in self-care strategies puts counsellors and psychotherapists at risk of burnout and compassion fatigue. Aim: To measure associations between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, wellbeing
and burnout in student cou... Read More about Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey.

Health care professionals’ views of the factors influencing the decision to refer patients to a stroke rehabilitation trial (2015)
Journal Article
Thomas, N., Plant, S., Woodward-Nutt, K., Prior, Y., & Tyson, S. (2015). Health care professionals’ views of the factors influencing the decision to refer patients to a stroke rehabilitation trial. Trials, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1115-1

Background: Effective recruitment is an essential element of successful research but notoriously difficult to achieve. This article examines health care professionals' views on the factors influencing decision-making regarding referral to a stroke re... Read More about Health care professionals’ views of the factors influencing the decision to refer patients to a stroke rehabilitation trial.

High intensity interval training vs moderate intensity continuous training in the management of metabolic type disease (2015)
Journal Article
Pearson, S., Macaluso, A., & Hussain, S. (2015). High intensity interval training vs moderate intensity continuous training in the management of metabolic type disease. MOJ anatomy & physiology, 1(5), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.15406/mojap.2015.01.00027

Previously, the use of moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) has
generally been considered the most beneficial exercise treatment modality for
the prevention/management of metabolic type disease. More re... Read More about High intensity interval training vs moderate intensity continuous training in the management of metabolic type disease.

Work placements as learning environments for patient safety : Finnish and British preregistration nursing students’ important learning events (2015)
Journal Article
Tella, S., Smith, N., Partanen, P., & Turunen, H. (2015). Work placements as learning environments for patient safety : Finnish and British preregistration nursing students’ important learning events. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 68(1), 51-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2015.1104715

Learning to ensure patient safety in complex health care environments is an internationally recognised concern. This article explores and compares Finnish (n = 22) and British (n = 32) pre-registration nursing students’ important learning events abou... Read More about Work placements as learning environments for patient safety : Finnish and British preregistration nursing students’ important learning events.

Attributes of adopters and the diffusion of benchmarking (2015)
Journal Article
Askarany, D., & Yazdifar, H. (2015). Attributes of adopters and the diffusion of benchmarking

To take advantage of the most recent advances, organisations may need to proceed with the adoption of benchmarking. However, the extant literature suggests that benchmarking is not widely adopted by many organisations. Contributing to the literature... Read More about Attributes of adopters and the diffusion of benchmarking.

Tremelimumab for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma (2015)
Journal Article
Guazzelli, A., Hussain, M., Krstic- Demonacos, M., & Mutti, L. (2015). Tremelimumab for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 15(12), 1819-1829. https://doi.org/10.1517/14712598.2015.1116515

Introduction: Tremelimumab demonstrated therapeutic activity in different malignancies, including malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM); however, continued research could improve the therapeutic index of this agent.

Areas covered: This review descr... Read More about Tremelimumab for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma.

Changing student nurses values, attitudes, and behaviours : a meta ethnography of enrichment activities (2015)
Journal Article
Stephens, M. (2015). Changing student nurses values, attitudes, and behaviours : a meta ethnography of enrichment activities. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000320

Objective: The process of changing student nurses attitudes, values, and behaviours so that they become
congruent with the profession are neither easy nor successful in all cases. This paper will clearly highlight to the
reader the conditions neces... Read More about Changing student nurses values, attitudes, and behaviours : a meta ethnography of enrichment activities.

Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum? (2015)
Journal Article
Albertson, K., Simister, J., & Syme, R. (2015). Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum?

With reference to a case study which illustrates the existence of segmented markets and international price discrimination, this paper develops a theoretical model of comparative advantage in which domestic prices may be sticky. We show, when domesti... Read More about Globalisation and sticky prices : “Con” or conundrum?.

The acceleration dilemma : can English law accommodate constructive acceleration? (2015)
Journal Article
Whaley, A., McAdam, W., & Crowe, P. (2015). The acceleration dilemma : can English law accommodate constructive acceleration?. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 7(3), 248-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLBE-11-2014-0034

Purpose
– The aim of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that a contractor is entitled to payment for “constructive” acceleration implemented to avoid liquidated damages when denied a warranted time extension request by the employer or certifier... Read More about The acceleration dilemma : can English law accommodate constructive acceleration?.

Comparison of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in patients with haemophilia using gait analysis : two case reports (2015)
Journal Article
Dauty, M., Gross, R., Leboeuf, F., & Trossaert, M. (2015). Comparison of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in patients with haemophilia using gait analysis : two case reports. BMC Research Notes, 8, 768. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1763-y

BACKGROUND: Severe hemophilia is an inherited, lifelong bleeding disorder characterized by spontaneous bleeding, which results in painful joint deformities. Currently two surgical treatments are available to treat haemophilia-related ankle joint dest... Read More about Comparison of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in patients with haemophilia using gait analysis : two case reports.

Challenges and benefits in the design of coastal walking and cycling amenities : toward a more integrated coastal management approach (2015)
Journal Article
Farrel, M., Cooper, J., & Yates, K. (2015). Challenges and benefits in the design of coastal walking and cycling amenities : toward a more integrated coastal management approach. Coastal Management, 43(6), 628-650. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2015.1086950

The planning and development of pedestrian and cycling amenities in coastal urban environments is a challenging process because a wide range of policies and considerations must be taken into account. Among these, the concepts of sustainability and mo... Read More about Challenges and benefits in the design of coastal walking and cycling amenities : toward a more integrated coastal management approach.

An exploration of the perceptions of caring held by students entering nursing programmes in the United Kingdom: a longitudinal qualitative study phase 1 (2015)
Journal Article

In a climate of intense international scrutiny of healthcare and nursing in particular, there is an urgent need to identify, foster and support a caring disposition in student nurses worldwide. Yet relatively little is known about how core nursing va... Read More about An exploration of the perceptions of caring held by students entering nursing programmes in the United Kingdom: a longitudinal qualitative study phase 1.