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Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries (2009)
Journal Article
Zampieron, A., Ormandy, P., Elseviers, M., De Vos, J., & Kafkia, T. (2009). Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries. Journal of Renal Care, 35(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6686.2009.00076.x

Comparing nursing interventions between different countries is helpful towards developing a
common nursing culture within Europe. The aim of the study was to compare the frequency of 14
specific nursing interventions indicators across five European... Read More about Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries.

Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ferneley, E., Heinze, A., & Child, P. (2009, January). Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities. Presented at European Conference in Information Systems, Verona, Italy

Web 2.0 thinking and technologies create a number of new opportunities to conduct research broadly labeled as Research 2.0. Research 2.0 is a growing area of academic and commercial interest, which includes research undertaken in online research comm... Read More about Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities.

Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ferneley, E., Heinze, A., & Child, P. (2009, January). Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS), Oxford

Research 2.0 is the emerging term used to describe the use of Web 2.0 platforms to conduct research with geographically dispersed participants. Research 2.0 is becoming particularly popular within the market research industry. We argue that Research... Read More about Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities.

Tree (2009)
Other
Hurley, U. (2009). Tree. Liverpool

Tree is a collection of poetry, described by one reviewer as:
'Rich, passionate and intelligent, Tree explores the city/nature interface where most of us live. Playfully inventive, wide-ranging in mood and tone, this delightful collection succeeds i... Read More about Tree.

Identifying skills needs for improving the engagement of the communities in the housing market renewal process : a case study of neighbourhood facilities in Northwest England (2009)
Thesis
Kasim, R. Identifying skills needs for improving the engagement of the communities in the housing market renewal process : a case study of neighbourhood facilities in Northwest England. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the late 1990s, several areas in Northwest of England were identified as suffering from -social and economic deprivations with low housing demand, abandoned neighbourhoods, where local people and services have moved out. To address these problems,... Read More about Identifying skills needs for improving the engagement of the communities in the housing market renewal process : a case study of neighbourhood facilities in Northwest England.

The profitability and consistency of the accounting abnormal accruals anomaly in UK firms (2009)
Thesis
Ahmad, A. The profitability and consistency of the accounting abnormal accruals anomaly in UK firms. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research explores new evidence on the profitability, consistency and potential
explanations of the accruals anomaly. We extend prior research into the association
between earnings and share price by discrirninating between firms on the basis o... Read More about The profitability and consistency of the accounting abnormal accruals anomaly in UK firms.

An investigation of the attitudes of laboratory staff to the establishment of accredited laboratories in the Libyan chemical and petrochemical industries (2009)
Thesis
Shihub, T. An investigation of the attitudes of laboratory staff to the establishment of accredited laboratories in the Libyan chemical and petrochemical industries. (Thesis). University of Salford

Accreditation of laboratories has been a subject of considerable interest because product
quality guarantee has become one of the prime factors to be considered in the present
time of highly competitive industrial activity. Accreditation is still a... Read More about An investigation of the attitudes of laboratory staff to the establishment of accredited laboratories in the Libyan chemical and petrochemical industries.

Factors affecting the implementation of joint commission international standards in United Arab Emirates hospitals (2009)
Thesis
Al Attal, Z. Factors affecting the implementation of joint commission international standards in United Arab Emirates hospitals. (Thesis). University of Salford

The implementation of quality management systems (QMSs) is a world-wide
phenomenon, particularly in organisations in developing countries. which have used
different QMSs to improve the quality of their goods and services. loint Commission
Internat... Read More about Factors affecting the implementation of joint commission international standards in United Arab Emirates hospitals.

A Rules Based System for Named Entity Recognition in Modern Standard Arabic (2009)
Thesis
Elsebai, A. A Rules Based System for Named Entity Recognition in Modern Standard Arabic. (Thesis). University of Salford

The amount of textual information available electronically has made it difficult for
many users to find and access the right information within acceptable time. Research
communities in the natural language processing (NLP) field are developing tool... Read More about A Rules Based System for Named Entity Recognition in Modern Standard Arabic.

Physical activity and health promotion: evidence-based approaches to practice (2009)
Book Chapter
Dugdill, L., Crone, D., & Murphy, R. (2009). Physical activity and health promotion: evidence-based approaches to practice. In L. Dugdill, D. Crone, & R. Murphy (Eds.), Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell

Evaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend towards physical inactivity. It is a well-rounded, evidence-based analysis of interventions for physical activity practice, covering a range of settings and target group... Read More about Physical activity and health promotion: evidence-based approaches to practice.

Sexuality and the ‘relations of ruling’ : using institutional ethnography to research lesbian and gay foster care and adoption (2009)
Journal Article
Hicks, S. (2009). Sexuality and the ‘relations of ruling’ : using institutional ethnography to research lesbian and gay foster care and adoption. Social work & society, 7(2), 234-245

This article makes use of institutional ethnography to research foster care and adoption by lesbians and gay men, drawing on the work of the feminist sociologist Dorothy E. Smith in order to demonstrate the investigation of social work institutional... Read More about Sexuality and the ‘relations of ruling’ : using institutional ethnography to research lesbian and gay foster care and adoption.

Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities: a profile of neighbourhood renewal activity focused on promoting health and well-being in Salford and the north west region and the north east of England (2009)
Report
health and well-being in Salford and the north west region and the north east of England

This scoping and mapping report is one of three outputs from a project: Explicating the role of partnerships in
changing the health and well-being of local communities, one of a number of projects in a larger Higher Education Funding Council Strateg... Read More about Explicating the role of partnerships in changing the health and well-being of local communities: a profile of neighbourhood renewal activity focused on promoting health and well-being in Salford and the north west region and the north east of England.

The physiological cost index of walking with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis among patients with T12–L1 spinal cord injury (2009)
Journal Article
Leung, A., Wong, A., Wong, E., & Hutchins, S. (2009). The physiological cost index of walking with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis among patients with T12–L1 spinal cord injury. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 33(1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/03093640802562368

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the Physiological Cost Index of walking with a reciprocating gait orthosis to that of walking with bilateral knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs) by subjects with paraplegia resulting from T12 – L1 sp... Read More about The physiological cost index of walking with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis among patients with T12–L1 spinal cord injury.

Does parent report measure performance? A study of the construct validity of the Functional Mobility Scale (2009)
Journal Article
Harvey, A., Baker, R., Morris, M., Hough, J., Hughes, M., & Graham, H. (2009). Does parent report measure performance? A study of the construct validity of the Functional Mobility Scale. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03354.x

AIM: Parental report is often relied on to measure performance of activities in children with cerebral
palsy (CP). This study examined whether the Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) accurately reflects performance of mobility in children with CP.
ME... Read More about Does parent report measure performance? A study of the construct validity of the Functional Mobility Scale.

Adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease – the relative influence of illness perceptions and coping. (2009)
Journal Article
McCorry, A., Dempster, M., & Adair, P. (2009). Adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease – the relative influence of illness perceptions and coping. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 15(1), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/ibd.20583

Background: The Common Sense Model (CSM) of illness representations was used in the current study to examine the relative contribution of illness perceptions and coping strategies in explaining adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Methods... Read More about Adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease – the relative influence of illness perceptions and coping..

International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB): past, present and beyond (2009)
Journal Article
Nester, C., Leardini, A., Cavanagh, P., Rosenbaum, D., & Burns, J. (2009). International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB): past, present and beyond. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-2-19

The International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB) is an international collaborative activity which will have an important impact on the foot and ankle biomechanics
community. It was launched on July 2nd 2007 at the foot and ankle sessi... Read More about International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB): past, present and beyond.

An integrated approach to water protection and management: the European Union model (2009)
Journal Article
the European Union model. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 1(3), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/17561450911001289

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive. It seeks first to determine whether its provisions align with modern thinking on integrated river basin management and second to assess the degree to... Read More about An integrated approach to water protection and management: the European Union model.