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Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment (2005)
Journal Article
Barrow, S., & Harrison, R. (2005). Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment. Journal of Public Health, 27(3), 292-297. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi038

Background: Previous studies have highlighted the effects of informal caring on mental health, but evidence for its wider impact remains scant. We explored associations between informal care and a range of health (and health-related) measures. We als... Read More about Unsung heroes who put their lives at risk? Informal caring, health and neighbourhood attachment.

Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process (2005)
Journal Article
Graham, R., Dugdill, L., & Cable, N. (2005). Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process. Ergonomics, 48(11-14), 1411-1422. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130500101064

The number of exercise referral schemes expanded rapidly across the UK during the 1990s. Health professionals are thought to be one of the most credible sources of health advice for patients and, hence, are thought to have a pivotal role to play in e... Read More about Health professionals' perspectives in exercise referral process: implications for the referral process.

Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation (2005)
Journal Article
Dugdill, L., Graham, R., & McNair, F. (2005). Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation. Ergonomics, 48(11-14), 1390-1410. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130500101544

This review critically explores the development, impact and evaluation of exercise referral schemes (ERS) in the UK. A rapid expansion in the use of such ERSs has been recorded throughout leisure and primary care settings, but the evidence underpinni... Read More about Exercise referral: the public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation.

Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm (2005)
Journal Article
McAndrew, S., & Warne, T. (2005). Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14(3), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00378.x

Deliberate self-harm predominantly occurs in women under the age of 30 years. This qualitative case study using feminist methods explored the experiences of three women who each had a long history of self-harming behaviour. Psychoanalytical concepts... Read More about Cutting across boundaries : a case study using feminist praxis to understand the meanings of self-harm.

The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold (2005)
Journal Article
Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2005). The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75(3), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1348/000709904X24690

The classical twin method – comprising comparisons of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins – in the domain of cognitive abilities and attainments has led to wide acceptance of results suggesting a large amount of additive genetic variance, with... Read More about The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold.

Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data (2005)
Journal Article
Goulermas, J., Findlow, A., Nester, C., Howard, D., & Bowker, P. (2005). Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 52(9), 1549-1562. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2005.851519

In the recent years, the use of motion tracking systems for acquisition of functional biomechanical gait data, has received increasing interest due to the richness and accuracy of the measured kinematic information. However, costs frequently restrict... Read More about Automated design of robust discriminant analysis classifier for foot pressure lesions using kinematic data.

A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off (2005)
Journal Article
Graham-Smith, P., & Lees, A. (2005). A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(9), 891-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410400022169

The long jump has been widely studied in recent years. Two models exist in the literature which define the relationship between selected variables that affect performance. Both models suggest that the critical phase of the long jump event is the touc... Read More about A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off.

Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia). (2005)
Journal Article
Craig, P., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, H., He, T., Rogan, M., …Mukhar, T. (2005). Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia). Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99(9), 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.004

In order to investigate the prevalence of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in traditional Mongolian communities in western Mongolia and Xinjiang (northwest China), studies were carried out between 1995 and 2000, on two ethnically identical population... Read More about Human cystic echinococcosis in two Mongolian communities in Hobukesar (China) and Bulgan (Mongolia)..

The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments (2005)
Journal Article
McHale, I., & Forrest, D. (2005). The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 16(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpi005

In many fields of forecasting, practitioners face the problem of how to distinguish signal from noise in recent news. As an illustration of how one might approach the problem we examine, in the context of golf, the extent to which recent players' sco... Read More about The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments.

The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes (2005)
Journal Article
Liang, W., & Hughes, R. (2005). The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 112(1-3), 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2005.06.010

The experimentally measured hydrogen permeability of a composite Pd/porous stainless steel membrane was found to be influenced by the direction of permeation. For pure hydrogen, the direction from the stainless steel support to the metal film gave th... Read More about The effect of diffusion direction on the permeation rate of hydrogen in palladium composite membranes.

Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. (2005)
Journal Article
Douglas, C., & Douglas, M. (2005). Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. Health Expectations, 8(3), 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00336.x

Objective To explore patients’ perceptions of health-care built environments, to assess how they perceived health-care built facilities and designs. To develop a set of patient-centred indicators by which to appraise future health-care designs. De... Read More about Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators..

Requirements Engineering for Innovative Integrated ICT Systems for the Construction Industry (2005)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., Aouad, G., & Ahmed, V. (2005). Requirements Engineering for Innovative Integrated ICT Systems for the Construction Industry. Construction innovation (London. Online), 5(3), 179-200. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417505ci097oa

Collaborative working using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) systems in construction has become a reality as many activities are performed globally with actors located in various geographical locations. Computer Integrated Constructio... Read More about Requirements Engineering for Innovative Integrated ICT Systems for the Construction Industry.

Process models implementation in the construction industry: a literature synthesis (2005)
Journal Article
Tzortzopoulos, P., Sexton, M., & Cooper, R. (2005). Process models implementation in the construction industry: a literature synthesis. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 12(5), 470-486. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980510627162

Purpose - Different process models have been developed by academia and industry to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the design and construction activity in response to the need for improving performance. However, the effective and widespre... Read More about Process models implementation in the construction industry: a literature synthesis.

Organisational learning: conceptual challenges from a project perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Chan, P., Cooper, R., & Tzortzopoulos, P. (2005). Organisational learning: conceptual challenges from a project perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 23(7), 747-756. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500127021

Organizational learning has been widely acknowledged as holding the key for companies to survive and prosper and has, in recent years, gained currency in construction management research. Much research centred upon the study of organizational learnin... Read More about Organisational learning: conceptual challenges from a project perspective.

Inducing safer oblique trees without costs (2005)
Journal Article
Vadera, S. (2005). Inducing safer oblique trees without costs. Expert Systems, 22(4), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0394.2005.00311.x

Decision tree induction has been widely studied and applied. In safety applications, such as determining whether a chemical process is safe or whether a person has a medical condition, the cost of misclassification in one of the classes is significan... Read More about Inducing safer oblique trees without costs.

Learning disability, housing and community care (2005)
Book Chapter
Race, D. (2005). Learning disability, housing and community care. In M. Foord, & P. Simic (Eds.), Housing, community care and supported housing (100-112). Chartered Institute of Housing / Housing Studies Association