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Reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading nursing journals : a retrospective observational study (2019)
Journal Article
Zhou, C., Wu, Y., Howarth, M., Hu, M., & Cong, W. (2019). Reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading nursing journals : a retrospective observational study. BMC Medical Ethics, 20(1), 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0431-5

Background: Ethical considerations play a prominent role in the protection of human subjects in clinical research. To date the disclosure of ethical protection in clinical research published in the international nursing journals has not been explored... Read More about Reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading nursing journals : a retrospective observational study.

Roadmaps to regulation : MDMA (2019)
Report
Moore, K., Wells, H., & Feilding, A. (2019). Roadmaps to regulation : MDMA

As we enter the fourth decade of MDMA’s widespread use, new thinking is needed on how to better control production and distribution, and on how to reduce the risks associated with its consumption. There is growing evidence to support reorienting drug... Read More about Roadmaps to regulation : MDMA.

‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population (2019)
Journal Article
Puddephatt, J., Keenan, G., Fielden, A., Reaves, D., Halford, J., & Hardman, C. (2020). ‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population. Appetite, 147, 104547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104547

Food insecurity affects approximately 8.4 million people in the UK, one of the worst levels in Europe. Food insecurity is associated with poor diet quality and obesity; however, the drivers of this relationship are unclear. This study used a qualitat... Read More about ‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population.

Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes (2019)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2020). Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes. Nursing and Health Sciences, 22(2), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12665

The demand for high-quality end-of-life care is rising. Frequently evidenced concerns about the provision of end-of-life in care homes relate to inter-disciplinary communication and engagement in advance care planning. A number of interventions emplo... Read More about Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes.

Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions (2019)
Journal Article
Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2019). Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions. Water Resources Management, 33(15), 5015-5033. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02397-3

Investigating the spatiotemporal distribution of climate data and their impact on the allocation of the regional aridity and meteorological drought, particularly in semi-arid and arid climate, it is critical to evaluate the climate variability effect... Read More about Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions.

Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats (2019)
Journal Article
Farneda, F., Meyer, C., & Grelle, C. (2019). Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats. Biotropica, 52(1), 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12736

Human land-use changes are particularly extensive in tropical regions, representing one of the greatest threats to terrestrial biodiversity and a key research topic in conservation. However, studies considering the effects of different types of anthr... Read More about Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats.

The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire (TEQ) : a service user-focused mental health nursing outcome metric (2019)
Journal Article
Chambers, M., McAndrew, S., Nolan, F., Thomas, B., Watts, P., Grant, R., & Kantaris, X. (2019). The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire (TEQ) : a service user-focused mental health nursing outcome metric. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), 384. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-236-x

Background Therapeutic engagement (TE) has been described as the crux of mental health nursing but despite its perceived importance, to date, there is no measurement tool that captures it. As a result, there is no way of determining the contributio... Read More about The Therapeutic Engagement Questionnaire (TEQ) : a service user-focused mental health nursing outcome metric.

Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution (2019)
Book
Procter, C., & Kozak-Holland, M. (2020). Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution. Switzerland: Palgrave Pivot (Palgrave Macmillan). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33035-4

Living in a period of digital revolution leading to fundamental transformation of our lives, it is possible to forget that there have been previous periods of substantial business transformation, especially during the previous industrial revolutions.... Read More about Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution.

Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding (2019)
Journal Article
Bakker, J., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Baillie, C., Buddo, D., Chapman, D., Gallagher, A., …Mariani, S. (2019). Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution, 9(24), 14341-14355. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5871

Our understanding of marine communities and their functions in an ecosystem relies on the ability to detect and monitor species distributions and abundances. Currently, the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly being applied f... Read More about Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding.

Home improvements: housing research in practice (2019)
Report
Coucill, L. (2019). Home improvements: housing research in practice

This project presents a picture of the current state of architectural housing research in the UK and provides guidance for architects undertaking research in practice.

‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine (2019)
Book Chapter
Blackstone, K. (2019). ‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine. In J. Lovell, & S. Hitchmough (Eds.), Authenticity in North America: Place, Tourism, Heritage, Culture and the Popular Imagination. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The chapter addresses the construction of memory, the function of monuments and memorials, and their relationship to identity politics. The work focuses on the contested legacy of Thomas Paine within the United States. Once lauded as a patriot, subse... Read More about ‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine.

An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist (2019)
Journal Article
Baker, J., & Widdowson, M. (2020). An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist. Transactional Analysis Journal, 50(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/03621537.2019.1690236

Dyslexia causes difficulties in reading, writing, and information processing and is known to impair academic performance unless adaptations are made to the teaching and learning environment. This article explores some of the ways currently practicing... Read More about An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist.

Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, L., An, M., Jia, L., & Qin, Y. (2019). Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2019, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1574136

Network efficiency analysis becomes important in railways in order to contribute towards improving the safety and capacity of the rail network, making rail travel more attractive for passengers, and improving industry practice and informing policy de... Read More about Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis.

Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities (2019)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, M., Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2019). Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 17(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-01-2018-0008

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the potential of ecologically driven urban design interventions to substantiate urban form performance in coping with the increasing flood threats particularly in the Middle East region. The pa... Read More about Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities.

QAA subject benchmark statement architecture : version for consultation December 2019 (2019)
Other
version for consultation December 2019. London

The Statement is intended to guide lecturers and course leaders in the design of academic courses leading to qualifications in architecture, it will also be useful to those developing other related courses. Higher education providers may need to con... Read More about QAA subject benchmark statement architecture : version for consultation December 2019.

"Alive. Changing. New" : impulses of the Jaques-Dalcroze Dance Institute on the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (2019)
Book Chapter
Poppelreuter, T., & Frohburg, J. (2019). "Alive. Changing. New" : impulses of the Jaques-Dalcroze Dance Institute on the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. In S. Egger, C. Foley, & M. Harper (Eds.), Dance and modernism in Irish and German literature and culture : connections in motion (231-252). Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield)

Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality (2019)
Journal Article
Kaufman, J. (2019). Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality. Social Policy and Administration, 54(2), 205-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12559

This article offers a street-level perspective on welfare conditionality as it was practiced in contracted-out UK activation programs between 2008 and 2015. Drawing on observation and in-depth interviews, the article illustrates the ways that behavio... Read More about Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality.

Building information modeling (BIM) benefits and challenges : Malaysian construction organization experience (2019)
Journal Article
Musa, S., Marshall-Ponting, A., Shahron, S., & Nifa, F. (2019). Building information modeling (BIM) benefits and challenges : Malaysian construction organization experience. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 16(12), 4914-4924. https://doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2019.8542

Building Information Modeling is an innovative technology coupled with process and human interactions. BIM has been used by the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry in developed and developing countries including Malaysia. Th... Read More about Building information modeling (BIM) benefits and challenges : Malaysian construction organization experience.

Living with dementia : using mentalization-based understandings to support family carers (2019)
Journal Article
McEvoy, P., Morris, L., Yates-Bolton, N., & Charlesworth, G. (2019). Living with dementia : using mentalization-based understandings to support family carers. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 33(4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2019.1709536

The number of people living with dementia is rising due to the aging of the population. Nearly two thirds of people with dementia live at home and the majority of the emotional and practical support that they receive is provided by family carers. Psy... Read More about Living with dementia : using mentalization-based understandings to support family carers.

Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom (2019)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Culture, 52(6), 1512-1535. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.12871

The article explores the reasons and narratives behind the anime pilgrimage experiences of Japanese tourists in the UK. Anime or otaku (fan) pilgrimages are a phenomenon widely studied by Japanese and foreign academics in relation to seichi junrei (“... Read More about Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom.