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Offsite construction: Strategic priorities for shaping the future research agenda (2012)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Rahimian, F., Arif, M., & Sharp, M. (2012). Offsite construction: Strategic priorities for shaping the future research agenda. Architectoni.ca, 1(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.5618/arch.2012.v1.n1.7

Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), Offsite
Manufacturing (OSM), and Offsite Production (OSP)
are all umbrella terms cited as being possible
panacea solutions for addressing time, quality and
cost concerns often associated with ‘traditional... Read More about Offsite construction: Strategic priorities for shaping the future research agenda.

A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study (2012)
Journal Article
Galen, S., Wiggins, L., McWilliam, R., & Granat, M. (2012). A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study. Technology and Health Care, 20(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-2011-0648

BACKGROUND: Among the ambulant population of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), dynamic equinus is one of the most common form of gait deviation that is encountered.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the combined effects of Functional Electrical S... Read More about A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study.

Why Leadership, why now? The current state of management of the maternity services in England (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, S., & Choucri, L. (2012). Why Leadership, why now? The current state of management of the maternity services in England. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 22(2), 255-259

Theories of leadership have been dominated by transactional and transforming models. This paper examines models based in relationships and empowerment, the engaging leadership model,as these concepts also underpin woman centred care, the driving agen... Read More about Why Leadership, why now? The current state of management of the maternity services in England.

Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change? (2012)
Journal Article
Bichard, E., & Kazmierczak, A. (2012). Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?. Climatic Change, 112(3-4), 633-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0257-8

The need to adapt to climate change impacts, whilst simultaneously limiting greenhouse gas emissions, requires that the government’s efforts are joined by public action. In England and Wales, housing contributes significantly to the emissions and man... Read More about Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?.

Branding the green education : challenges facing implementation of education for sustainable development in Egypt (2012)
Journal Article
Ramzy, O., & Wahieb, R. (2012). Branding the green education : challenges facing implementation of education for sustainable development in Egypt. Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 3, 83-99. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10230-012-0006-x

Due to the scarcity in natural resources and the demand for green labour and economy, education for sustainable development (ESD) gained a great importance in developed countries, let alone developing ones. From this point of view, this paper is stu... Read More about Branding the green education : challenges facing implementation of education for sustainable development in Egypt.

Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system (2012)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Linge, N., & Lynch, V. (2012). Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 58(3), 781-786. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2012.6311318

A domestic energy management system provides effective positive behaviour change by offering end users direct and ambient feedback based on their monitored energy consumption and experiences. DEHEMS, as a wide scale domestic energy monitoring and man... Read More about Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system.

Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan (2012)
Journal Article
Latimer, J., Forbes, S., & McBain, A. (2012). Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(6), 3092-3100. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.05904-11

Subeffective exposure of Staphylococcus aureus to the biocide triclosan can reportedly induce a small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype. S. aureus SCVs are characterized by low growth rates, reduced pigmentation, and lowered antimicrobial susceptibility... Read More about Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan.

Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland (2012)
Journal Article
Blair, P. (2012). Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland. Media education journal, 51, 13-18

The increasing convergences in new media technologies and modes of film-making compromise the usefulness of traditional or canonical ways of thinking about Irish film. Theory of Irish film can benefit from broadening out what we regard as ‘cinematic’... Read More about Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland.

Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity (2012)
Journal Article
Cioran, A., Musteti, A., Teixidor, F., Krpetic, Z., Prior, I., He, Q., …Viñas, C. (2012). Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity. Abstracts of papers / American Chemical Society, 134(1), 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja203367h

A simple single-phase method for the preparation of ca. 2 nm gold nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarborane ligands is introduced. The resultant monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) exhibit redox-dependent solubility and readily phase transfer betwe... Read More about Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity.

Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate (2012)
Journal Article
McMurtry, L. (2012). Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate. Rádio-Leituras, 3(2), 67-95

Before the broadcast of a series of radio plays on BBC’s Radio 4 in September 2011, few people in the UK would have heard of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. The ubiquity of the Radio 4 adaptations in 2011 meant that not only did many more people kno... Read More about Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate.

Change management : a tool for support workers (2012)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2012). Change management : a tool for support workers. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(10), 493-495. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.10.493

Within this article, the author will examine a number of the
main ideas and theories of change management, together with
a change tool, ‘The Model for Improvement,’ which support
workers can use to deliver successful change. Change is often a
sta... Read More about Change management : a tool for support workers.

Resistance to change : the human dimension (2012)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2012). Resistance to change : the human dimension. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(9), 456-457. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.9.456

In this article, the author will examine how change can affect
individuals, both staff and patients, and how resistance to change
can be managed to enable organisations to be successful. Support workers are at the forefront of change. Where there a... Read More about Resistance to change : the human dimension.

The support worker's guide to ethical practice (2012)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2012). The support worker's guide to ethical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(5), 249-250. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.5.249

Within this article the author will be examining what ethics and
ethical practice actually means for the support worker. What an
ethical dilemma actually is. The four main ethical principles as
identified by Beauchamp and Childress (2009) will be... Read More about The support worker's guide to ethical practice.