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A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand (2024)
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Krinis, S., Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., & Smit, G. (in press). A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300469

Introduction: The Delft Self-Grasping Hand (SGH) is an adjustable passive hand prosthesis that relies on wrist flexion to adjust the aperture of its grasp. The mechanism requires engagement of the contralateral hand meaning that hand is not available... Read More about A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand.

Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access (2024)
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McEachern, M. G., Moraes, C., Scullion, L., & Gibbons, A. (2024). Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241234803

This research examines the role of food aid providers, including their spatial engagement, in seeking to alleviate urban food poverty. Current levels of urban poverty across the UK have resulted in an unprecedented demand for food aid. Yet, urban pov... Read More about Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid organisations in enabling segregating and transitioning spaces of food access.

Perceptions and Digitalisation of Outbreak Management in UK Health Services: A Cross-Sectional Survey (2024)
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Wynn, M. (2024). Perceptions and Digitalisation of Outbreak Management in UK Health Services: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Infection Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1177/17571774241239221

Background: Global challenges arise from infectious disease which represent significant challenges to the provision of healthcare, requiring efficient management procedures to limit transmission. Evaluating current outbreak management processes withi... Read More about Perceptions and Digitalisation of Outbreak Management in UK Health Services: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Language tests and tests of competence for registration purposes - a scoping review of the experiences of overseas nurses. (2024)
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Davis, D., Sharma, S., & Taylor, M. (in press). Language tests and tests of competence for registration purposes - a scoping review of the experiences of overseas nurses. Contemporary Nurse, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2318360

The overseas applicant's capability of practising safely and effectively is proven through the tests of competence which consist of computer-based tests and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). All prospective applicants to the Nursi... Read More about Language tests and tests of competence for registration purposes - a scoping review of the experiences of overseas nurses..

Systematic review comparing uretero-enteric stricture rates between open cystectomy with ileal conduit, robotic cystectomy with extra-corporeal ileal conduit and robotic cystectomy with intra corporeal ileal conduit formation (2024)
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McNicholas, D. P., El-Taji, O., Siddiqui, Z., & Hanchanale, V. (in press). Systematic review comparing uretero-enteric stricture rates between open cystectomy with ileal conduit, robotic cystectomy with extra-corporeal ileal conduit and robotic cystectomy with intra corporeal ileal conduit formation. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 18(1), 100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-024-01850-9

Cystectomy is the gold standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer. Robotic cystectomy has become increasingly popular owing to quicker post- operative recovery, less blood loss and less post-operative pain. Urinary diversion is increasingl... Read More about Systematic review comparing uretero-enteric stricture rates between open cystectomy with ileal conduit, robotic cystectomy with extra-corporeal ileal conduit and robotic cystectomy with intra corporeal ileal conduit formation.

The effect of rest redistribution on kinetic and kinematic variables during the hang pull (2024)
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Meechan, D., McMahon, J. J., Suchomel, T. J., & Comfort, P. (in press). The effect of rest redistribution on kinetic and kinematic variables during the hang pull. PloS one, 19(2), e0299311. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299311

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of rest redistribution (RR) on kinetics and kinematics during the hang pull (HP). Twenty-one male athletes (age 29.5 ± 4.3 years, height 1.78 ± 0.07 m, body mass 75.17 ± 11.11 kg, relative one repetiti... Read More about The effect of rest redistribution on kinetic and kinematic variables during the hang pull.

Informing nursing policy: An exploration of digital health research by nurses in England. (2024)
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O'Connor, S., Cave, L., & Philips, N. (in press). Informing nursing policy: An exploration of digital health research by nurses in England. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 185, 105381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105381

Digital health technologies are designed, implemented, and evaluated to support clinical practice, enable patients to self-manage illness, and further public and global health. Nursing and health policies often emphasise the importance of evidence-ba... Read More about Informing nursing policy: An exploration of digital health research by nurses in England..

People with Long Covid and ME/CFS Exhibit Similarly Impaired Dexterity and Bimanual Coordination: A Case-Case-Control Study. (2024)
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Sanal-Hayes, N. E., Hayes, L. D., Mclaughlin, M., Berry, E. C., & Sculthorpe, N. F. (in press). People with Long Covid and ME/CFS Exhibit Similarly Impaired Dexterity and Bimanual Coordination: A Case-Case-Control Study. American Journal of Medicine, S0002-9343(24)00091-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.02.003

Dexterity and bimanual coordination had not previously been compared between people with long COVID and people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Therefore, this study determined dexterity and bimanual coordination in p... Read More about People with Long Covid and ME/CFS Exhibit Similarly Impaired Dexterity and Bimanual Coordination: A Case-Case-Control Study..

The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation (2024)
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Plowright, R. C. (2024). The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation. Critical and Radical Social Work, 12(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986021x16523430934288

Drawing on the knowledge that looked-after children are disproportionately involved in child sexual exploitation, this critical systematic literature review considers the significance of ‘love’, using bell hooks’ ‘love ethic’. This literature review... Read More about The significance of love in relation to looked-after children and child sexual exploitation.

Reaching Out and Shouting Loud: Capturing best practice in learning and teaching scholarly practice at The University of Salford. Innovative Practice in Higher Education. (2024)
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Blezard, E., Power, J., Whitnall, D., & Taylor, W. (2024). Reaching Out and Shouting Loud: Capturing best practice in learning and teaching scholarly practice at The University of Salford. Innovative Practice in Higher Education. Innovative practice in higher education,

This paper presents a panoramic view of the Institution's engagement with learning, teaching, and scholarly activities, shedding light on the critical mass of knowledge and initiatives that define contributions to the field of pedagogy. Findings reve... Read More about Reaching Out and Shouting Loud: Capturing best practice in learning and teaching scholarly practice at The University of Salford. Innovative Practice in Higher Education..

EXPRESS: No pupillometric evidence for effortful proactive control in the proportion-congruent Stroop paradigm. (2024)
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Hasshim, N., Carruthers, M., Ferrand, L., Augustinova, M., & Parris, B. A. (2024). EXPRESS: No pupillometric evidence for effortful proactive control in the proportion-congruent Stroop paradigm. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241235671

Cognitive control is the ability to allocate attention away from stimuli that are irrelevant to achieving a goal, towards stimuli that are. When conflict is anticipated, attention is biased in a global, top-down manner called proactive control and th... Read More about EXPRESS: No pupillometric evidence for effortful proactive control in the proportion-congruent Stroop paradigm..

The student evaluation of a Research-informed Teaching activity using simulation (2024)
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Higgins, R. (2024). The student evaluation of a Research-informed Teaching activity using simulation. Innovative practice in higher education, 5(3), Article 5

Our Research-informed Teaching experience (RiTe) activity has been embedded within the Diagnostic Radiography curriculum since 2013 as part of a Level 5 (Year 2) Research Methods module. Outcomes are linked to research skill development and self-effi... Read More about The student evaluation of a Research-informed Teaching activity using simulation.

The Importance of Applying Authentic Learning in Pre-registration Nursing Education (2024)
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Sadat, A., & Pilkington, R. (2024). The Importance of Applying Authentic Learning in Pre-registration Nursing Education. Innovative practice in higher education, 5(3), Article 2

This paper explores the significance of authenticity in nursing education and the development of authentic healthcare practitioners. Identifying a current lack of authenticity in the learning materials used in the Transdisciplinary Science module at... Read More about The Importance of Applying Authentic Learning in Pre-registration Nursing Education.

Relative strength explains the differences in multi-joint rapid force production between sexes (2024)
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Comfort, P., McMahon, J. J., Lake, J. P., Ripley, N. J., Triplett, N. T., & Haff, G. G. (in press). Relative strength explains the differences in multi-joint rapid force production between sexes. PloS one, 19(2), e0296877. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296877

The primary aim of this study was to determine whether relative strength explains the differences in the rapid force production (force developed during first 150-, 200-, and 250 ms) of females and males, and to evaluate the relationships between peak... Read More about Relative strength explains the differences in multi-joint rapid force production between sexes.

An exploration of factors involved in the roll out of a digital application in breast services: A case study approach. (2024)
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Mercer, C., Hargreaves, S., Hill, C., Szczepura, K., & Turnbull, R. (2024). An exploration of factors involved in the roll out of a digital application in breast services: A case study approach. Radiography, 30(2), 666-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.02.002

Acceptance of new technologies in health care, by those who use them as part of their role, is challenging with confounding contextual factors surrounding the acceptance of technology. As healthcare is rapidly digitising, stakeholder groups should be... Read More about An exploration of factors involved in the roll out of a digital application in breast services: A case study approach..

University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students (2024)
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Turner, M. J., Boatwright, D., Evans, A. L., Garip, G., Chandler, C., Chadha, N. J., & Wood, A. G. (in press). University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students. PloS one, 19(2), e0294777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294777

Emotion regulation through cognitive reappraisal is well-studied, but less so are the predispositional and superordinate beliefs that influence reappraisal. Recently, researchers developed the cognitive mediation beliefs questionnaire (CMBQ), which m... Read More about University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students.

Linking cognitive control to language comprehension: proportion congruency effects in syntactic ambiguity resolution (2024)
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Hasshim, N., & Kukona, A. (2024). Linking cognitive control to language comprehension: proportion congruency effects in syntactic ambiguity resolution. #Journal not on list, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2024.2314027

Two experiments investigated the effect of sustained cognitive control engagement on syntactic ambiguity resolution. Participants heard (Experiment 1) or read (Experiment 2) garden path sentences like “Put the kiwi on the rectangle on the circle”, in... Read More about Linking cognitive control to language comprehension: proportion congruency effects in syntactic ambiguity resolution.

The identification and management of depression in UK Kidney Care: Results from the Mood Maps Study (2024)
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Chilcot, J., Pearce, C. J., Hall, N., Busby, A. D., Hawkins, J., Vraitch, B., …Farrington, K. (in press). The identification and management of depression in UK Kidney Care: Results from the Mood Maps Study. Journal of Renal Care, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12489

Background: Depression is common in people with chronic kidney disease, yet little is known about how depression is identified and managed as part of routine kidney care. Objectives: The primary objective was to survey all UK adult kidney centres to... Read More about The identification and management of depression in UK Kidney Care: Results from the Mood Maps Study.