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Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial (2015)
Journal Article
Hastings-Ison, T., Balckburn, C., Rawicki, B., Fahey, M., Simpson, P., Baker, R., & Graham, H. (2016). Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58(7), 750-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12962

AIM: We compared two botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injection frequency regimens, 12-monthly versus 4-monthly, for spastic equinus in a randomized clinical trial. The primary outcome measure was passive ankle dorsiflexion. METHOD: Forty-two ambulant chi... Read More about Injection frequency of botulinum toxin A for spastic equinus : a randomized clinical trial.

The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills (2015)
Journal Article
Houghton, J. J., Lloyd, G. E., Robinson, A., Gordon, C. E., & Morgan, D. J. (2015). The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills. Geology Today, 31(6), 227-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12117

The Virtual Worlds Project is a UK collaboration between the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, and the Leeds College of Art, to build a virtual environment in which to learn and practice basic geological mapping skills. Using the... Read More about The Virtual Worlds Project: geological mapping and field skills.

ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, A., Gordon, C. E., Houghton, J., Lloyd, G. E., & Morgan, D. J. (2015). ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology. Geology Today, 31(6), 237-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12121

One of the key challenges during the development of the Virtual World Project ‘egame environment’ discussed in this issue was the creation of the digital virtual landscape from an original 2002 base map of a field area. In this [online] paper we will... Read More about ArcGIS to Unity: a design pipeline for creation of 3D terrain in serious egames for geology.

Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Long, A., & Brettle, A. (2015). Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review. Patient Intelligence, 7, 33-51. https://doi.org/10.2147/PI.S70804

In recent years, health care practitioners and researchers have become increasingly interested in finding ways to help persons with long-standing health problems cope and live their everyday lives. This article presents the findings of the first syst... Read More about Self care-self-help strategies for persons with menieres disease: a systematic review.

Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance (2015)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, T., Bdaiwi, A., Herrington, L., & Cools, A. (2015). Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance. PM&R, 8(7), 629-634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.11.004

Background

Real-time ultrasound (RTUS) has been suggested as a reliable measure of acromiohumeral distance. However, to date, no vigorous assessment and reporting of inter-rater reliability of this method has been performed with the shoulder in a... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of real-time ultrasound to measure acromiohumeral distance.

Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Alonso-Chavez, V., Parnell, S., & Bosch, F. (2015). Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK. Forests, 6(11), 4135-4145. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6114135

Ash dieback is a fungal disease (causal agent Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) infecting Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) throughout temperate Europe. The disease was first discovered in the UK in 2012 in a nursery in Southern England, in plants which had bee... Read More about Designing strategies for epidemic control in a tree nursery : the case of ash dieback in the UK.

Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies (2015)
Journal Article
Mordecai, G. J., Wilfert, L., Martin, S. J., Jones, I. M., & Schroeder, D. C. (2016). Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies. ISME Journal, 10(5), 1264-1273. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.178

Treatment of emerging RNA viruses is hampered by the high mutation and replication rates that enable these viruses to operate as a quasispecies. Declining honey bee populations have been attributed to the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and its... Read More about Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies.

'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & King, M. (2015). 'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing. Policing and Society, 27(8), 832-846. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1112387

The Criminal Justice System is a part of society that is both familiar and hidden. It is familiar in that a large part of daily news and television drama is devoted to it (Carrabine, 2008; Jewkes, 2011). It is hidden in the sense that the majority of... Read More about 'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing.

Multicentre analysis of incidental findings on low-resolution CT attenuation correction images : an extended study (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To review new incidental findings detected
on low-resolution CT attenuation correction (CTAC)
images acquired during single-photon emission CT-CT
myocardial perfusion imaging as an extension to our
initial study.
Methods: CTAC images... Read More about Multicentre analysis of incidental findings on low-resolution CT attenuation correction images : an extended study.

Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries (2015)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Zhou, L., & Udeaja, C. (2015). Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(6), 669-691. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-12-2014-0159

Purpose – Top managers who possess outstanding leadership competence make significant
contributions toward achieving project success. The relationship between the top managers’ leadership
and infrastructure sustainability (IS), one of the most impo... Read More about Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries.

Ethical practice for the playwork practitioner (2015)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2015). Ethical practice for the playwork practitioner. International Journal of Play, 4(3), 314-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2015.1106053

This paper discusses the importance of ethics for play and playwork practitioners as the sector and work force move towards becoming a recognised profession within the United Kingdom.
Exactly what is meant by the term ethics is defined, before movin... Read More about Ethical practice for the playwork practitioner.

The Space Between Us : evaluating a multi-user affective brain-computer music interface (2015)
Journal Article
Eaton, J., Williams, D., & Miranda, E. (2015). The Space Between Us : evaluating a multi-user affective brain-computer music interface. Brain-Computer Interfaces, 2(2-3), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/2326263x.2015.1101922

Music as a mechanism for neuro-feedback presents an interesting medium for artistic exploration, especially with regard to passive BCI control. Passive control in a brain-computer music interface (BCMI) provides a means for approximating mental state... Read More about The Space Between Us : evaluating a multi-user affective brain-computer music interface.

How to assess deteriorating patients (2015)
Journal Article
Barker, M., Rushton, M., & Smith, J. (2015). How to assess deteriorating patients. Nursing Standard, 30(11), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.30.11.34.s44

This article aims to help practitioners to undertake the assessment of
deteriorating patients using a standardised ABCDE (airway, breathing,
circulation, disability, exposure) approach that allows the practitioner
to assess the patient in a struct... Read More about How to assess deteriorating patients.

Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data (2015)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2015). Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data. Social Science and Medicine, 147, 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.060

Recent research has found a migrant mortality advantage among immigrants relative to the UK-born population living in England and Wales. However, while all-cause mortality is useful to show differences in mortality between immigrants and the host pop... Read More about Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data.

Sport specific adaptation in resting length of pectoralis minor in professional male golfers (2015)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, T., Herrington, L., Funk, L., Horsley, I., & Cools, A. (2015). Sport specific adaptation in resting length of pectoralis minor in professional male golfers. Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 4(5), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9080.1000213

Objective: In professional male golfers the shoulder is the third
most commonly injured area with the lead/non-dominant shoulder
three times more likely to be injured than the trail/dominant shoulder.
Resting length of pectoralis minor musculature... Read More about Sport specific adaptation in resting length of pectoralis minor in professional male golfers.

Compassion for others, self-compassion, quality of life and mental well-being measures and their association with compassion fatigue and burnout in student midwives : a quantitative survey (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Compassion fatigue and burnout can impact on the performance of midwives, with this quantitative paper exploring the relationship between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, self-judgement, self-kindness, compassion for others, professio... Read More about Compassion for others, self-compassion, quality of life and mental well-being measures and their association with compassion fatigue and burnout in student midwives : a quantitative survey.

Experimental study of the performance related properties of asphalt concrete modified with hydrated lime (2015)
Journal Article
of asphalt concrete modified with hydrated lime. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 28(5), 04015185-1. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29MT.1943-5533.0001474

The use of additives is one of the effective techniques adopted to improve pavement properties. Recently, hydrated lime has been categorized as a major additive in asphalt pavement because of its wide availability and relatively cheap cost. The main... Read More about Experimental study of the performance related properties of asphalt concrete modified with hydrated lime.