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Supporting workers with musculoskeletal conditions: a survey of United Kingdom occupational therapists' communications with clients and their employers (2013)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Drummond, A., Watson, P., Worthington, E., & Hammond, A. (2013). Supporting workers with musculoskeletal conditions: a survey of United Kingdom occupational therapists' communications with clients and their employers. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(11), 478-486. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802213X13833255804513

Introduction: Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of sickness absence and work disability. Little is known about the work-related advice and support that occupational therapists provide to this client group and their employers. The purpose... Read More about Supporting workers with musculoskeletal conditions: a survey of United Kingdom occupational therapists' communications with clients and their employers.

EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (2013)
Journal Article
Fernandes, L., Hagen, K., Bijlsma, J., Andreassen, O., Christensen, P., Conaghan, P., …Vliet Vlieland, T. (2013). EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 72(7), 1125-1135. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202745

The objective was to develop evidence -based recommendations and a research and educational agenda for the non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). The multidisciplinary task force comprised 21 experts: nurses, occupati... Read More about EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis.

The “round trip” theory for reconstruction of Green's functions at passive locations (2013)
Journal Article
Moorhouse, A., & Elliott, A. (2013). The “round trip” theory for reconstruction of Green's functions at passive locations. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(5), 3605. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4821210

An expression for the Green's function at an arbitrary set of passive locations (no applied force) is derived and validated by experiment. Three sets of points are involved, the passive reconstruction points, c, which lie on a virtual boundary and tw... Read More about The “round trip” theory for reconstruction of Green's functions at passive locations.

In-situ source path contribution analysis of structure borne road noise (2013)
Journal Article
Elliott, A., Moorhouse, A., Huntley, T., & Tate, S. (2013). In-situ source path contribution analysis of structure borne road noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332(24), 6276-6295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2013.05.031

Source-path-contribution (SPC) analysis, also known as transfer path analysis (TPA), is a technique widely used in the automotive industry for rank ordering noise and vibration sources. The SPC approach is known to provide reliable diagnostic informa... Read More about In-situ source path contribution analysis of structure borne road noise.

Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, A., Carter, C., Reed, M., Larkham, P., Adams, D., Morton, N., …Coles, R. (2013). Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice. Progress in Planning, 83, 1-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2012.09.001

The spaces where countryside meets town are often amongst society's most valued and pressured places which together form the rural–urban fringe (RUF). A ‘messy’ yet opportunistic space in policy and decision making processes, the RUF remains confused... Read More about Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice.

A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities (2013)
Journal Article
Warwick, P., & Moogan, Y. (2013). A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 43(1), 102-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2013.746573

Using an exploratory methodology, this paper compares the internationalisation strategies of two groups of UK universities and the views of staff groups at those institutions. It moves beyond an examination of teaching and learning initiatives develo... Read More about A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities.

Quality of urban spaces and wellbeing (2013)
Book Chapter
Adams, M. (2013). Quality of urban spaces and wellbeing. In Wellbeing (1-21). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118539415.wbwell064

What constitutes quality in an urban context is subjective and open to interpretation. This chapter begins by looking at the ways in which definitions of quality have been applied to the urban environment. It identifies that much research has focused... Read More about Quality of urban spaces and wellbeing.

Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity (2013)
Journal Article
Gregory, A., Milner, S., & Windebank, J. (2013). Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33(9-10), 528-541. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-05-2013-0061

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview of the wider debates concerning the evolution of work-life balance practice and policy since the onset of the “Great Recession” of 2008 and to draw out some comparisons of the issues raised by t... Read More about Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity.

Trends in android malware detection (2013)
Journal Article
Shaerpour, K., & Dehghantanha, A. (2013). Trends in android malware detection. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 8(3), 21

This paper analyzes different Android malware detection techniques from several research papers, some of these techniques are novel while others bring a new perspective to the research work done in the past. The techniques are of various kinds rangin... Read More about Trends in android malware detection.

Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training (2013)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2013). Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training. Legal Information Management, 13(4), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669613000534

At the University of Salford it is a struggle to find sufficient timetable space to deliver in-depth legal research training to new first year students. The training delivered often alienated students due to the information overload they experienced.... Read More about Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training.

12,000-Years of fire regime drivers in the lowlands of Transylvania (Central-Eastern Europe): a data-model approach (2013)
Journal Article
Feurdean, A., Liakka, J., Vannière, B., Marinova, E., Hutchinson, S., Mosburgger, V., & Hickler, T. (2013). 12,000-Years of fire regime drivers in the lowlands of Transylvania (Central-Eastern Europe): a data-model approach. Quaternary Science Reviews, 81, 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.014

The usefulness of sedimentary charcoal records to document centennial to millennial scale trends in aspects of fire regimes (frequency, severity) is widely acknowledged, yet the long-term variability in these regimes is poorly understood. Here, we us... Read More about 12,000-Years of fire regime drivers in the lowlands of Transylvania (Central-Eastern Europe): a data-model approach.

Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children (2013)
Book
Allen, D., & Adams, P. (2013). Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children. London: British Association of Adoption and Fostering

Social work with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and families has received scant attention, for a variety of reasons, including long-term historical and societal factors. Consequently, the needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in the care sy... Read More about Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children.

The effect of Msh2 knockdown on toxicity induced by tert-butyl-hydroperoxide, potassium bromate, and hydrogen peroxide in base excision repair proficient and deficient cells (2013)
Journal Article
Cooley, N., Elder, R., & Povey, A. (2013). The effect of Msh2 knockdown on toxicity induced by tert-butyl-hydroperoxide, potassium bromate, and hydrogen peroxide in base excision repair proficient and deficient cells. BioMed Research International, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/152909

The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and base excision repair (BER) systems are important determinants of cellular toxicity following exposure to agents that cause oxidative DNA damage. To examine the interactions between these different repair systems, we... Read More about The effect of Msh2 knockdown on toxicity induced by tert-butyl-hydroperoxide, potassium bromate, and hydrogen peroxide in base excision repair proficient and deficient cells.

Victimized again? Intersectionality and injustice in disabled women’s lives after hate crime and rape (2013)
Book Chapter
Balderston, S. (2013). Victimized again? Intersectionality and injustice in disabled women’s lives after hate crime and rape. In V. Demos (Ed.), Gendered Perspectives on Conflict and Violence : Part A Advances in Gender Research (17-51). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-2126%282013%29000018A005

Disabled women are reported to be between twice and five times more likely to experience sexual violence than non-disabled women or disabled men; when these are hate crimes they compound harms for both victims and communities. This user-led research... Read More about Victimized again? Intersectionality and injustice in disabled women’s lives after hate crime and rape.

Team working (2013)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, S., & Houghton, V. (2013). Team working. In A. Worsley, T. Mann, A. Olsen, & E. Mason-Whitehead (Eds.), Key concepts in social work practice (270-275). SAGE

The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2013). The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice. In I. Testoni, M. Wieser, A. Groterath, & M. Guglielmin (Eds.), Teaching Against Violence Reassessing the Toolbox : Teaching with Gender European Women’s Studies in International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms (31-60). The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation, Utrecht & Central European University Press

This chapter uses Audre Lorde’s essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” as an analytic framework to explore an account of gender violation experienced by Patricia Hill Collins. The intention is to demonstrate that the activism of Black femini... Read More about The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice.

Communication problems in a couple (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S., & Hesk, G. (2013). Communication problems in a couple. In J. Bettmann, G. Jacques, & C. Frost (Eds.), International Social Work Practice : Case Studies from a Global Context. Routledge

Equality and diversity (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2013). Equality and diversity. In A. Worsley, T. Mann, A. Olsen, & E. Mason-Whitehead (Eds.), Key Concepts in Social Work Practice (74-78). Sage

The concepts of equality and diversity are at the heart of Sojourner Truth’s speech delivered in 1851 at the Women's Convention on equal rights in Ohio, where baring her breasts, she asked a curious question, ‘Ain't I a woman?’. This situation has mo... Read More about Equality and diversity.

Music and technologies (2013)
Book
Meesawat, K., Kucinskas, D., Kanchanapradit, J., Besasparyte, E., Martinelli, D., Ash, K., …Zarskiene, R. (2013). D. Kucinskas, & S. Davismoon (Eds.), Music and technologies. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Based on the conference held in Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011, Music and Technologies aims to augment discussion within the field of interdisciplinary music research developed currently at such important forums as the CIM and the ISMIR. The book consists o... Read More about Music and technologies.