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Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study. (2018)
Journal Article
Manskow, U., Arntzen, C., Damsgård, E., Braine, M., Sigurdardottir, S., Andelic, N., …Anke, A. (2018). Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 951. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3773-7

Background
Family member’s experience and satisfaction of health care in the acute care and in-patient rehabilitation are important indicators of the quality of health care services provided to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The... Read More about Family members' experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury : a national multicentre study..

Guest editorial : Social prescribing (2018)
Journal Article
Kenkra, J., & Howarth, M. (2018). Guest editorial : Social prescribing. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(8), 640-645. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118816127

Journal guest editorial article.

GM-Synergy: Collaboration & Evaluation​ (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J. (2018, December). GM-Synergy: Collaboration & Evaluation​. Presented at Health Education England Conference on Standards for student supervision and assessment, Leeds

Within Greater Manchester a new model of undergraduate student nurse supervision and assessment in clinical practice has been implemented within predominantly adult and children and young people fields of practice. The Greater Manchester (GM) Synergy... Read More about GM-Synergy: Collaboration & Evaluation​.

Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​ (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Dunn, J., & Le Blanc, C. (2018, December). Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​. Presented at Health Education England conference implementing Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for student supervision and assessment, Leeds

This conference paper focuses on the Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​ for implementing the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of proficiency for registered nurses. These new standards of proficiency repr... Read More about Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​.

Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2018, December). Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics?. Presented at GLAD 2019 Annual Conference, MMU, Manchester, UK

There is a plethora of literature to support the importance of student engagement in the wider university experience as a measure of value and contribution to success. Various reports have acknowledged that students who engage with the wider Higher E... Read More about Measuring student success - are there alternative metrics?.

Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law (2018)
Book Chapter
Sandro, P. (2018). Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law. In J. Hage, P. Westerman, & S. Kirste (Eds.), Legal Validity and Soft Law (99-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77522-7_5

Following Kelsen’s influential theory of law, the concept of validity has been used in the literature to refer to different properties of law (such as existence, membership, bindingness, and more) and so it is inherently ambiguous. More importantly,... Read More about Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law.

Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) (2018)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2018). Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs). Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 14(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-04-2018-0023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate professional quality of life of mental health nursing staff working within an Adolescent PICU setting. Professional quality of life is important, as there is a correlation between staff wellbeing... Read More about Investigating professional quality of life in nursing staff working in adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs).

Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach (2018)
Journal Article
Basha, H., Reddy, G., Narayanan, N., & Beg, O. (2019). Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 277(Mar 19), 434-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.11.165

The present work describes numerical simulations of the supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress fluid flow from a vertical cylinder using the equation of state approach. Redlich-Kwong (RK-EOS) and Van der Waals (VW-EOS) equations... Read More about Supercritical heat transfer characteristics of couple stress convection flow from a vertical cylinder using an equation of state approach.

Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Cheng, Y., Oladokun, M., & Lin, Z. (2019). Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement. Building and Environment, 149, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.11.041

The conventional control method of a collective ventilation (e.g., stratum ventilation) controls the averaged thermal environment in the occupied zone to satisfy the averaged thermal preference of a group of occupants. However, the averaged thermal e... Read More about Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement.

Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England (2018)
Journal Article
Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Schofield, L., & Williamson, R. (2018). Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England. CATENA, 174(Mar 19), 490-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.018

Regime analysis suggests that temperate alluvial watercourses overtop their banks on average once every 1.5 years transferring water and sediment across the valley floor to form floodplains helping maintain a strong hydrological connection between in... Read More about Recent changes to floodplain character and functionality in England.

Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning (2018)
Journal Article
Scanlan, J., Li, F., Umnova, O., Rakoczy, G., Lövey, N., & Scanlan, P. (2018). Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning. Bioengineering, 5(4), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5040107

Osteoporosis is an asymptomatic bone condition that affects a large proportion of the elderly population around the world, resulting in increased bone fragility and increased risk of fracture. Previous studies had shown that the vibroacoustic respons... Read More about Detection of osteoporosis from percussion responses using an electronic stethoscope and machine learning.

Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology (2018)
Journal Article
Ajala, M., Khan, M., Shafie, A., Salami, M., Mohamad Nor, M., & Oladokun, M. (2018). Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology. Cogent Engineering, 5(1), 1555744. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1555744

A carbon dioxide gas-powered pneumatic actuation has been proposed as a suitable power source for an autonomous firefighting robot (CAFFR), which is designed to operate in an indoor fire environment in our earlier study. Considering the consumption r... Read More about Optimization of CO2 production rate for firefighting robot applications using response surface methodology.

A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications (2018)
Journal Article
Rahimi, A., Dehghan Saee, A., Kasaeipoor, A., & Hasani Malekshah, E. (2018). A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(3), 834-877. https://doi.org/10.1108/hff-06-2018-0272

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comprehensive review of some latest studies devoted to natural convection phenomenon in the enclosures because of its significant industrial applications.

Design/methodology/approach: Geometri... Read More about A comprehensive review on natural convection flow and heat transfer : the most practical geometries for engineering applications.

Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen (2018)
Journal Article
Millins, C., Dickinson, E., Isakovic, P., Gilbert, L., Wojciechowska, A., Paterson, V., …Biek, R. (2018). Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11(2018), 621. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2

Background
Landscape structure can affect pathogen prevalence and persistence with consequences for human and animal health. Few studies have examined how reservoir host species traits may interact with landscape structure to alter pathogen communi... Read More about Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen.

Managing the Transition to Registered Nursing Practice (2018)
Book Chapter
Heggs, K., & Samantha, F. (2018). Managing the Transition to Registered Nursing Practice. In D. Burns (Ed.), . (2nd). SAGE Publications

Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer (2018)
Journal Article
Manzoor, N., Maqbool, K., Beg, O., & Shaheen, S. (2018). Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 48(2), 556-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21394

Physiological transport phenomena often feature ciliated internal walls. Heat, momentum and multi-species mass transfer may arise and additionally non-Newtonian biofluid characteristics are common in smaller vessels. Blood (containing hemoglobin) or... Read More about Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer.

Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves (2018)
Journal Article
Khan, A., Sohail, A., Beg, O., & Tariq, R. (2018). Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 44(1), 663-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3649-5

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the propagation of magneto-thermo-elastic waves in a rotating monoclinic system. The system is electrically conducting in the presence of an applied magnetic field. A general dispersion relation is obtaine... Read More about Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves.

To End With a Beginning : 300 word statement (2018)
Other
Newsome, R. (2018). To End With a Beginning : 300 word statement

Choice and compromise : decision-making by play park providers and its impact on play value in local play parks (2018)
Thesis
Parker, R. (in press). Choice and compromise : decision-making by play park providers and its impact on play value in local play parks. (Thesis). University of Salford

Play parks are key spaces within children’s geographies; play a valued childhood activity which is facilitated and controlled by adults. The significance of outdoor play indicates a requirement for high-quality provision, delivering play value, chall... Read More about Choice and compromise : decision-making by play park providers and its impact on play value in local play parks.

The blind men and the elephant (2018)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F. (2018). The blind men and the elephant. International Journal of Health Governance, 23(4), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-12-2018-071

An old folk tale describes five blind men encountering an elephant. One grasps the tail, another feels the tusk, the third explores the flank while the last men encounter an ear and the elephant’s trunk. Each man describes a very different animal, ye... Read More about The blind men and the elephant.