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Difficulties in recruiting pregnant women with eating or weight issues. (2010)
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Tierney, S., Butterfield, C., Stringer, E., Fox, J., McGowan, L., & Furber, C. (2010). Difficulties in recruiting pregnant women with eating or weight issues. British Journal of Midwifery, 18(11), 717-723. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2010.18.11.79559

During pregnancy, the eating behaviour and body of childbearing women can become open to public scrutiny. It is important to gather the views of those who are pregnant and have an eating/weight issue to ensure that maternity services meet their needs... Read More about Difficulties in recruiting pregnant women with eating or weight issues..

Goal Setting for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: A Qualitative Exploration (2010)
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Cliss, A., Morris, M., Ambler, N., Knops, B., Hammond, A., Almeida, C., & Hewlett, S. (2010). Goal Setting for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: A Qualitative Exploration. Rheumatology,

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) addresses the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and often uses goal setting to facilitate behaviour change. Some studies suggest that goal setting improves health-related behaviours in lon... Read More about Goal Setting for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: A Qualitative Exploration.

Podiatrists’ perspectives of the provision of foot health education for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. (2010)
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A, G., A, H., & A, W. (2010). Podiatrists’ perspectives of the provision of foot health education for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 3, https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-3-s1-o11

Introduction Patient education is considered to be a key role for podiatrists in the management of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). However there is no evidence that identifies or supports the most appropriate strategies and content for its... Read More about Podiatrists’ perspectives of the provision of foot health education for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis..

Evaluating clinical librarian services : a systematic review (2010)
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Brettle, A., Maden-Jenkins, M., Anderson, L., McNally, R., Pratchett, T., Tancock, J., …Webb, A. (2011). Evaluating clinical librarian services : a systematic review. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00925.x

Background: Previous systematic reviews have indicated limited evidence and poor quality evaluations of clinical librarian (CL) services. Rigorous evaluations should demonstrate the value of CL services, but guidance is needed before this can be ac... Read More about Evaluating clinical librarian services : a systematic review.

The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: the Kurds in Turkey (2010)
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Icduygu, A., Romano, D., & Sirkeci, I. (2010). The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: the Kurds in Turkey. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22(6), 991-1010. https://doi.org/10.1080/014198799329215

This article examines the effect that a poor structural context, what we term an "environment of insecurity", has on the Kurdish ethnic nationalist mobilization in Turkey. The empirical evidence for this analysis is based on data from the 1993 Turkis... Read More about The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: the Kurds in Turkey.

An evaluation of CPD learning and impact upon positive practice change (2010)
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Lee, N. (2010). An evaluation of CPD learning and impact upon positive practice change. Nurse Education Today, 31(4), 390-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.012

This paper explores positive practice change in nursing and health care practice following continuing professional development (CPD). It is derived from a commissioned evaluation study within the United Kingdom (UK). Evaluation data was gathered usin... Read More about An evaluation of CPD learning and impact upon positive practice change.

Rebranding terror (2010)
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Archetti, C. (2010). Rebranding terror

Ten years after its most devastating attack, al-Qaeda has turned into a franchiser, publisher, and occasional climate-change activist. Can the world’s most deadly terrorist group go mainstream and keep its edge?

Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts (2010)
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Morton, J. (2010). Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts. Journal of Social Work Practice, 24(4), 461-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650531003594036

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between emotion and the experience of a mental health crisis, in particular how this relationship is understood in crisis resolution services and formal mental health (primary and secondary) se... Read More about Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts.

Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD (2010)
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Foster, H., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Evans, P., Varghese, S., Rutschke, N., & Yates, H. (2010). Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 216(2-3), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.017

We have previously reported the production of photocatalytically active films of TiO2/Ag and TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal CVD that had high antimicrobial activity. The present study compares the activity of dual layers and co-deposi... Read More about Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD.

Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock (2010)
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Cummins, I. (2010). Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 3(4), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.5042/eihsc.2011.0074

One of the main features of the reform of the Mental Health Act (2007) was the introduction of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs). CTOs represent a fundamental shift in the rights of people with severe mental health problems, who have been detained in... Read More about Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock.

Exploring visuomotor priming following biological and non-biological stimuli (2010)
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Gowen, E., Bradshaw, C., Galpin, A., & Lawrence, A. (2010). Exploring visuomotor priming following biological and non-biological stimuli. Brain and Cognition, 74(3), 288-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2010.08.010

Observation of human actions influences the observer’s own motor system, termed visuomotor priming, and is believed to be caused by automatic activation of mirror neurons. Evidence suggests that priming effects are larger for biological (human) as op... Read More about Exploring visuomotor priming following biological and non-biological stimuli.

Arterial injury in total knee arthroplasty (2010)
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Butt, U., Samuel, R., Sahu, A., Butt, I., Johnson, D., & Turner, P. (2010). Arterial injury in total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 25(8), 1311-1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2010.05.018

Arterial complications associated with knee arthroplasty are relatively rare, although probably underreported, complications of knee arthroplasty that carry a risk of significant morbidity. Thorough preoperative assessment and close liaison with a va... Read More about Arterial injury in total knee arthroplasty.

Congenital cleft foot deformity (2010)
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Choudry, Q., Kumar, R., & Turner, P. (2010). Congenital cleft foot deformity. Foot and Ankle Surgery, 16(4), e85-e87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2009.07.003

Cleft foot or ectrodactyly is a rare congenital anomaly. It is often associated with cleft hands. Most early authors advised non-operative treatment but more recently surgical treatment has been advised. However the last two decades have seen a trend... Read More about Congenital cleft foot deformity.

Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction (2010)
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Kulatunga, U. (2010). Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 304-313. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.23

Number of natural disasters has risen sharply worldwide making the risk of disasters a global concern. These disasters have created significant losses and damages to humans, economy and society. Despite the losses and damages created by disasters, so... Read More about Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction.

Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events (2010)
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Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. (2010). Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 362-375. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.27

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In the UK, the physical effects of climate change are likely to be directly f... Read More about Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events.

A 15-step model for writing a research proposal (2010)
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Hollins Martin, C. J., & Fleming, V. (2010). A 15-step model for writing a research proposal. British Journal of Midwifery, 18(12), 791-798

On occasion midwives may be required to construct a research proposal. In the current climate of evidence-based practice. Such activity is considered an elemental skill for career progression in both education and service. Examples of where writing a... Read More about A 15-step model for writing a research proposal.

Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully (2010)
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Seneviratne, K., Baldry, D., & Pathirage, C. (2010). Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 376-390. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.28

The number of reported natural disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environme... Read More about Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully.