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Comparison of predictions of daily evapotranspiration based on climate variables using different data mining and empirical methods in various climates of Iran (2023)
Journal Article
Sharafi, S., Ghaleni, M., & Scholz, M. (2023). Comparison of predictions of daily evapotranspiration based on climate variables using different data mining and empirical methods in various climates of Iran. Heliyon, 9(2), e13245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13245

To accurately manage water resources, a precise prediction of reference evapotranspiration (ETref) is necessary. The best empirical equations to determine ETref are usually the temperature-based Baier and Robertson (BARO), the radiation-based Jensen... Read More about Comparison of predictions of daily evapotranspiration based on climate variables using different data mining and empirical methods in various climates of Iran.

Use of accelerometers to track changes in stepping behavior with the introduction of the 2020 COVID pandemic restrictions: a case study (2023)
Journal Article
restrictions: a case study. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0015

The COVID-19 lockdown introduced restrictions to free-living activities. Changes to these activities can be accurately
quantified using combined measurement. Using activPAL3 and self-reports to collect activity data, the study aimed to quantify
cha... Read More about Use of accelerometers to track changes in stepping behavior with the introduction of the 2020 COVID pandemic restrictions: a case study.

Enhancing employability through building graduate capital: a multi-faceted approach (2023)
Report
capital: a multi-faceted approach

The University of Salford is home to a diverse community of learners, a high proportion of whom are
from underprivileged socioeconomic backgrounds and/or underrepresented communities and many
are commuters. A significant proportion of the cohort ga... Read More about Enhancing employability through building graduate capital: a multi-faceted approach.

‘Not the last resort’: The impact of an interprofessional training care home initiative on students, staff, and residents (2023)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Stephens, M., Clark, A., Chesterton, L., & Hubbard, L. (2023). ‘Not the last resort’: The impact of an interprofessional training care home initiative on students, staff, and residents. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(5), 774-782. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2023.2168258

This paper reports on an innovative interprofessional education (IPE) initiative conducted in three care homes across Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom (UK). Students from a variety of professions including nursing, physiotherapy, social work,... Read More about ‘Not the last resort’: The impact of an interprofessional training care home initiative on students, staff, and residents.

Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report (2023)
Report
Cookson, I., & Sherriff, A. (2023). Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report

In this interim report, we present and discuss the initial findings of a review of literature and policy and a set of expert interviews with older and disabled people and those working with them or on their behalf. We begin by exploring the challenge... Read More about Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report.

The Impact of introducing hydrodistension as a treatment for frozen shoulder in a primary care musculoskeletal service: A retrospective audit (2023)
Journal Article
Whelan, G., Yeowell, G., & Littlewood, C. (2023). The Impact of introducing hydrodistension as a treatment for frozen shoulder in a primary care musculoskeletal service: A retrospective audit. Musculoskeletal Care, 21, 953-957. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1736

Introduction: Hydrodistension, where a relatively high volume of local anaesthetic, corticosteroid, and sterile saline are injected into the shoulder joint, is a treatment of interest for frozen shoulder. In the UK National Health Service this is typ... Read More about The Impact of introducing hydrodistension as a treatment for frozen shoulder in a primary care musculoskeletal service: A retrospective audit.

The challenge of exercise (non) adherence: a scoping review of methods and techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis (2023)
Journal Article
Chaplin, H., Sekhon, M., & Louise Godfrey, E. (2023). The challenge of exercise (non) adherence: a scoping review of methods and techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac096

Objectives

The aims were to explore the nature of methods/techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity (PA) and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis and to identify whether studies were theory based and/or used behaviour... Read More about The challenge of exercise (non) adherence: a scoping review of methods and techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis.

Post-Medieval Resource Assessment and Agenda (2023)
Book Chapter
Miller, I. (2023). Post-Medieval Resource Assessment and Agenda. In The Historic Environment of North West England: A Resource Assessment and Research Framework (169-200). University of Salford

A proposed anatomy syllabus for entry‐level physiotherapists in the United Kingdom: a modified Delphi methodology by physiotherapists who teach anatomy (2023)
Journal Article
Gangata, H., Porter, S., Artz, N., & Major, K. (2023). A proposed anatomy syllabus for entry‐level physiotherapists in the United Kingdom: a modified Delphi methodology by physiotherapists who teach anatomy. Clinical Anatomy, https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.24001

The ever‐increasing scope of physiotherapy practice is raising questions on what anatomical knowledge and skills ought to be taught within qualifying physiotherapy degree programmes in the United Kingdom (UK). The aim of the study was to create core... Read More about A proposed anatomy syllabus for entry‐level physiotherapists in the United Kingdom: a modified Delphi methodology by physiotherapists who teach anatomy.

The Barriers and Facilitators to Decentralised Nurse-Led Mental Health Service Delivery in Sierra Leone (2023)
Journal Article
Hopwood, H., Harris, D., Sevalie, S., Iyawa, G., Langan Martin, J., & Martin, J. (2023). The Barriers and Facilitators to Decentralised Nurse-Led Mental Health Service Delivery in Sierra Leone. Community Mental Health Journal, 59(6), 1071-1082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01087-0

In 2009, 98.0% of people with mental illness in Sierra Leone were not receiving treatment, partly due to the absence of public psychiatric facilities outside the capital. In response to this situation, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation rolled out... Read More about The Barriers and Facilitators to Decentralised Nurse-Led Mental Health Service Delivery in Sierra Leone.

Exploring the carry-over of top-down attentional settings in dynamic conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Thompson, C., Jalali, M., & Hills, P. J. (2023). Exploring the carry-over of top-down attentional settings in dynamic conditions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(11), 2650-2663. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231155018

A top-down attentional set can persist from a relevant task to an irrelevant task, influencing allocation of attentional resources, visual search, and performance. While this “carry-over” effect has been found across numerous experiments, past studie... Read More about Exploring the carry-over of top-down attentional settings in dynamic conditions.

Keeping Warm This Winter (2023)
Report
Kaufman, J., Patrick, R., Aldridge, H., Jordan, U., Pybus, K., & Power, M. (2023). Keeping Warm This Winter. Changing Realities

The rapid escalation in energy prices creates particular challenges for families with dependent children living on a low-income. Families need to keep their children warm this winter. However, with household budgets stretched to breaking point, they... Read More about Keeping Warm This Winter.

Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives (2023)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Doran, P., & Buffel, T. (2024). Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives. Gerontologist, 64(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad002

This paper argues for a greater theorization of “place” within aging-in-place research. It extends calls for a relational conceptualization of place by demonstrating the need for aging-in-place researchers to also pay greater attention to territorial... Read More about Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives.

Communicating linguistics: language, community and public engagement (2023)
Book
(2023). H. Price, & D. McIntyre (Eds.), Communicating linguistics: language, community and public engagement. Routledge

Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their research to the wider public. In support of this agenda, Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement provides an overview of th... Read More about Communicating linguistics: language, community and public engagement.

Public linguistics (2023)
Book Chapter
Price, H., & McIntyre, D. (2023). Public linguistics. In H. Price, & D. McIntyre (Eds.), Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement. Routledge

Public engagement via consultancy: communicating the language of mental illness (2023)
Book Chapter
Price, H. (2023). Public engagement via consultancy: communicating the language of mental illness. In H. Price, & D. McIntyre (Eds.), Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement. Routledge

A gauge modification-based railway out-of-gauge freight transportation route decision-making methodology (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Liu, J., An, M., & Wang, J. (2023). A gauge modification-based railway out-of-gauge freight transportation route decision-making methodology. Alexandria engineering journal : AEJ, 68, 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2023.01.009

The loading outline of railway out-of-gauge freight (ROF) is beyond the railway gauge due to its larger size. The choice of a safe and economical transportation route according to the characteristics of the freights in the railway network becomes an... Read More about A gauge modification-based railway out-of-gauge freight transportation route decision-making methodology.

Acoustic monitoring of black-tufted marmosets in a tropical forest disturbed by mining noise (2023)
Journal Article
Bittencourt, E., Vasconcellos, A., Sousa-Lima, R., Young, R., & Duarte, M. (2023). Acoustic monitoring of black-tufted marmosets in a tropical forest disturbed by mining noise. Animals, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030352

Simple Summary: Communication is one way that animals use to obtain and defend resources, escape predators and attract sexual partners. However, this process can be disrupted by anthropogenic noise, which often differs from natural sounds in frequenc... Read More about Acoustic monitoring of black-tufted marmosets in a tropical forest disturbed by mining noise.

Case Report: Gut and spleen anomalies associated with DYRK1A syndrome (2023)
Journal Article
Infantino, I., Tocchioni, F., Ghionzoli, M., Coletta, R., Morini, F., & Morabito, A. (in press). Case Report: Gut and spleen anomalies associated with DYRK1A syndrome. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 936732. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.936732

DYRK1A syndrome has been extensively studied primarily with regard to neurologic and other phenotypic features such as skeleton and craniofacial alterations. In the present paper, we aim to highlight unusual anomalies associated with a DYRK1A mutatio... Read More about Case Report: Gut and spleen anomalies associated with DYRK1A syndrome.

Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning (2023)
Journal Article
Mandal, J., Jain, V., Sengupta, S., Rahman, M. A., Bhattacharyya, K., Rahman, M., …Mondal, D. (in press). Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning. Journal of Environmental Quality, https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20452

Minimizing arsenic intake from food consumption is a key aspect of the public health response in As-contaminated regions. In many of these regions, rice is the predominant staple food. Here we present a validated maximum allowable concentration of to... Read More about Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modelled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning.