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Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility (2015)
Journal Article
Cherrett, T., Shingleton, D., Norton, B., McLeod, F., Forey, C., Dickinson, J., …Norgate, S. (2015). Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 18(2), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2014.980794

This paper reports on the development of a smartphone app designed to give drivers and managers in a charity organisation greater visibility of transport, donation bank and shop stock in time and space. Trials of the app with samples of drivers and s... Read More about Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility.

Design and analysis of a new medial reciprocal linkage using a lower limb paralysis simulator (2015)
Journal Article
Ahmadi Bani, M., Arazpour, M., Farahmand, F., Sefati, S., Baniasad, M., Hutchins, S., …Mousavi, M. (2015). Design and analysis of a new medial reciprocal linkage using a lower limb paralysis simulator. Spinal Cord, 53(5), 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2014.193

STUDY DESIGN: A feasibility study on the effect of a new reciprocating orthosis on specific gait parameters for use by people with spinal cord injury.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to design and develop a new medial linkage orthosis (MLO)... Read More about Design and analysis of a new medial reciprocal linkage using a lower limb paralysis simulator.

A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using an extreme learning approach (2015)
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Zhang, Y., Shen, J., Xiao, B., & Linge, N. (2015). A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using an extreme learning approach. In 2015 17th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT) (133-137). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACT.2015.7224772

Monitoring and controlling microclimate in a greenhouse becomes one of the research hotspots in the field of agrometeorology, where the application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) recently attracts more attentions due to its features of self-adapti... Read More about A WSN-based prediction model of microclimate in a greenhouse using an extreme learning approach.

The use of instrumented gait analysis for individually tailored interdisciplinary interventions in children with cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trial protocol (2015)
Journal Article
Rasmussen, H., Pedersen, N., Overgaard, S., Hansen, L., Dunkhase-Heinl, U., Petkov, Y., …Holsgaard-Larsen, A. (2015). The use of instrumented gait analysis for individually tailored interdisciplinary interventions in children with cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0520-7

Background:

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often have an altered gait. Orthopaedic surgery, spasticity management, physical therapy and orthotics are used to improve the gait. Interventions are individually tailored and are planned on the basi... Read More about The use of instrumented gait analysis for individually tailored interdisciplinary interventions in children with cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

Claustrophobia in magnetic resonance imaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Munn, Z., Moola, S., Lisy, K., Riitano, D., & Murphy, F. (2015). Claustrophobia in magnetic resonance imaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Radiography, 21(2), e59-e63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.12.004

Purpose

Anxiety and claustrophobia are common during MRI scanning. It has been estimated that 2 million scans worldwide cannot be performed annually either due to premature scan termination or refusal due to claustrophobia. The actual prevalence o... Read More about Claustrophobia in magnetic resonance imaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Alignment of project management with business strategy in construction: evidence from the Turkish contractors (2015)
Journal Article
Budayan, C., Dikmen, I., & Birgonul, M. (2015). Alignment of project management with business strategy in construction: evidence from the Turkish contractors. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 21(1), 94-106. https://doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2013.802737

The importance of fit between an organization's implementation of project management (PM), and its business level strategy is emphasized in the literature. However, there are a limited number of studies investigating the relationship between business... Read More about Alignment of project management with business strategy in construction: evidence from the Turkish contractors.

The influence of orthotic gait training with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis on the walking ability of paraplegic patients: a pilot study (2015)
Journal Article
Samadian, M., Arazpour, M., Ahmadi Bani, M., Pouyan, A., Bahramizadeh, M., & Hutchins, S. (2015). The influence of orthotic gait training with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis on the walking ability of paraplegic patients: a pilot study. Spinal Cord, 53(10), 754-757. https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2015.60

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of walking with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis (IRGO) by spinal cord injury (SCI) patients on walking speed, distance walked and energy consumption whilst participating in a 1... Read More about The influence of orthotic gait training with an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis on the walking ability of paraplegic patients: a pilot study.

Learning to ensure patient safety in clinical settings : comparing Finnish and British nursing students’ perceptions (2015)
Journal Article
Tella, S., Smith, N., Partanen, P., Jamookeeah, D., Lamidi, M., & Turunen, H. (2015). Learning to ensure patient safety in clinical settings : comparing Finnish and British nursing students’ perceptions. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(19-20), 2954-2964. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12914

Aims and objectives

To explore and compare Finnish and British nursing students’ perceptions of their learning about patient safety in clinical settings.


Background

Patient safety culture and practices in different health care organisation... Read More about Learning to ensure patient safety in clinical settings : comparing Finnish and British nursing students’ perceptions.

Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.) from the critically endangered antelope Addax nasomaculatus in Tunisia (2015)
Journal Article
Boufana, B., Saïd, Y., Dhibi, M., Craig, P., & Lahmar, S. (2015). Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.) from the critically endangered antelope Addax nasomaculatus in Tunisia. Acta tropica, 152, 112-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.08.015

Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) is a zoonotic disease highly endemic in Tunisia. Canids including stray and semi-stray dogs, jackals and foxes are known as definitive hosts and a wide range of ungulates have been shown to harbour the metace... Read More about Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.) from the critically endangered antelope Addax nasomaculatus in Tunisia.

Institutional culture of mergers and alliances in South Africa (2015)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2015). Institutional culture of mergers and alliances in South Africa. In Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education (145-173). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13135-1_8

South Africa’s extensive set of higher education mergers were implemented between 2002 and 2005. While there has not been a systematic evaluation of this merger process, that created 11 new institutions from 26 merger partners and affected 62 % of th... Read More about Institutional culture of mergers and alliances in South Africa.

The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study (2015)
Book Chapter
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Nair, S. (2015). The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study. In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations (81-97). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_6

The paper develops a model that explores the relationship between goal orientation, role-stress and job satisfaction among salespersons. Learning orientation is hypothesised to reduce role-stress while performance orientation is linked to high role-s... Read More about The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study.

Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain (2015)
Journal Article
Rochelle, T., Shardlow, S., & Ng, S. (2015). Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/564648

The UK Chinese are known for their underutilisation of western healthcare services. Reasons for this underutilisation are complex. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) is a widely used model of social cognition, which in the present study is being a... Read More about Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain.

Echinococcus multilocularis in Kyrgyzstan: similarity in the Asian EmsB genotypic profiles from village populations of Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) and dogs in the Alay valley (2015)
Journal Article
Afonso, E., Knapp, J., Tête, N., Umhang, G., Rieffel, D., van Kesteren, F., …Giraudoux, P. (2015). Echinococcus multilocularis in Kyrgyzstan: similarity in the Asian EmsB genotypic profiles from village populations of Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) and dogs in the Alay valley. Journal of Helminthology, 89(06), 664-670. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000474

Echinococcus multilocularis is a cestode that causes human alveolar echinococcosis, a lethal zoonosis of public health concern in central Asia and western China. In the present study, one of 42 Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) caught in Sary Mog... Read More about Echinococcus multilocularis in Kyrgyzstan: similarity in the Asian EmsB genotypic profiles from village populations of Eastern mole voles (Ellobius tancrei) and dogs in the Alay valley.

Laughter as the best medicine : exploring humour-mediated health applications (2015)
Journal Article
Dormann, C. (2015). Laughter as the best medicine : exploring humour-mediated health applications. Lecture notes in computer science, 9189, 639-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20804-6_58

Despite the physiological and psychological benefits of humour on health, many health applications for aging hold very little humour. We investigate the potential of humour in health for aging, reviewing studies from humour therapy. To show the poten... Read More about Laughter as the best medicine : exploring humour-mediated health applications.

The influence of trunk extension in using advanced reciprocating gait orthosis on walking in spinal cord injury patients : a pilot study (2015)
Journal Article
Arazpour, M., Gharib, M., Hutchins, S., Bani, M., Curran, S., Mousavi, M., & Saberi, H. (2015). The influence of trunk extension in using advanced reciprocating gait orthosis on walking in spinal cord injury patients : a pilot study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 39(4), 286-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364614531010

Background: Spinal cord injury patients walk with a flexed trunk when using reciprocating gait orthoses. Reduction of trunk flexion during ambulation may produce an improvement in gait parameters for reciprocating gait orthosis users.


Objective... Read More about The influence of trunk extension in using advanced reciprocating gait orthosis on walking in spinal cord injury patients : a pilot study.