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"We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research (2015)
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Botterill, K. (2015). "We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research. Forum: Qualitative Social Research / Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 16(2),

This article offers a reflexive account of conducting research on Polish migration to Scotland from the perspective of the "outsider." The contribution argues for a revision to the insider/outsider dichotomy viewing it as inadequately nuanced in rela... Read More about "We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research.

Evidence of perceived psychosocial stress as a risk factor for stroke in adults: a meta-analysis (2015)
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Booth, J., Connelly, L., Lawrence, M., Chalmers, C., Joice, S., Becker, C., & Dougall, N. (2015). Evidence of perceived psychosocial stress as a risk factor for stroke in adults: a meta-analysis. BMC Neurology, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0456-4

Background
Several studies suggest that perceived psychosocial stress is associated with increased risk of stroke; however results are inconsistent with regard to definitions and measurement of perceived stress, features of individual study design,... Read More about Evidence of perceived psychosocial stress as a risk factor for stroke in adults: a meta-analysis.

Expression of Sulf1 and Sulf2 in cartilage, bone and endochondral fracture healing (2015)
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Zaman, G., Farquharson, C., Staines, K. A., Newton, P. T., Dudhia, J., Chenu, C., …Dhoot, G. K. (2016). Expression of Sulf1 and Sulf2 in cartilage, bone and endochondral fracture healing. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 145(1), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-015-1365-8

SULF1/SULF2 enzymes regulate cell signalling that impacts the growth and differentiation of many tissues. To determine their possible role in cartilage and bone growth or repair, their expression was examined during development and bone fracture heal... Read More about Expression of Sulf1 and Sulf2 in cartilage, bone and endochondral fracture healing.

Acceptability and Applicability of an American Health Videogame with Story for Childhood Obesity Prevention Among Hong Kong Chinese Children (2015)
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Wang, J., Baranowski, T., Lau, P. W. C., Pitkethly, A. J., & Buday, R. (2015). Acceptability and Applicability of an American Health Videogame with Story for Childhood Obesity Prevention Among Hong Kong Chinese Children. Games for health journal, 4(6), 513-519. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2015.0029

Objective: Positive changes in diet have been observed in research carried out in the United States from the use of “Escape from Diab” (Diab), a health videogame designed to lower the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Whether the American story an... Read More about Acceptability and Applicability of an American Health Videogame with Story for Childhood Obesity Prevention Among Hong Kong Chinese Children.

The views of young women on HPV vaccine communication in four European countries. (2015)
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Petrova, D., Gray Brunton, C., Jaeger, M., Lenneis, A., Muñoz, R., Garcia-Retamero, R., & Todorova, I. (2015). The views of young women on HPV vaccine communication in four European countries. Current HIV Research, 13(5), 347-358

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and can cause cervical cancer. Two vaccines are available to protect against the most common strands of the virus. Vaccination programs differ across Europe but m... Read More about The views of young women on HPV vaccine communication in four European countries..

Reliability of 1RM Split-Squat Performance and the Efficacy of Assessing Both Bilateral Squat and Split-Squat 1RM in a Single Session for Non–Resistance-Trained Recreationally Active Men (2015)
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Urquhart, B. G., Moir, G. L., Graham, S. M., & Connaboy, C. (2015). Reliability of 1RM Split-Squat Performance and the Efficacy of Assessing Both Bilateral Squat and Split-Squat 1RM in a Single Session for Non–Resistance-Trained Recreationally Active Men. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 29(7), 1991-1998. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000000824

Reliability of 1RM split-squat performance and the efficacy of assessing both bilateral squat and split-squat 1RM in a single session for non–resistance-trained recreationally active men. J Strength Cond Res 29(7): 1991–1998, 2015—The purpose of this... Read More about Reliability of 1RM Split-Squat Performance and the Efficacy of Assessing Both Bilateral Squat and Split-Squat 1RM in a Single Session for Non–Resistance-Trained Recreationally Active Men.

‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’ (2015)
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Macfarlane, L. (2015). ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’. Stellenbosch Law Review, 26(2), 424-442

This article addresses the right to life, survival and development, guaranteed to every child by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 6, within the context of childhood accidental injury in Scotland. It is argued that Sc... Read More about ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’.

Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: lessons learned to improve recruitment (2015)
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Hubbard, G., Campbell, A., Davies, Z., Munro, J., Ireland, A. V., Leslie, S., …Treweek, S. (2015). Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: lessons learned to improve recruitment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0009-z

Background
Recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is a perennial problem. Calls have been made for trialists to make recruitment performance publicly available. This article presents our experience of recruiting to a pilot RCT of cardiac... Read More about Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: lessons learned to improve recruitment.

How UK internet websites portray breast milk expression and breast pumps: a qualitative study of content (2015)
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McInnes, R. J., Arbuckle, A., & Hoddinott, P. (2015). How UK internet websites portray breast milk expression and breast pumps: a qualitative study of content. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15, Article 81. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0509-0

Background
Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is recommended but few parents achieve this; particularly younger and less well-educated mothers. Many parents introduce infant formula milk to manage feeding but describe a desire to express breastm... Read More about How UK internet websites portray breast milk expression and breast pumps: a qualitative study of content.

Effect of Ozone Treatment on Inactivation of Escherichia coli and Listeria sp. on Spinach (2015)
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Wani, S., Maker, J., Thompson, J., Barnes, J., & Singleton, I. (2015). Effect of Ozone Treatment on Inactivation of Escherichia coli and Listeria sp. on Spinach. Agriculture, 5(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture5020155

The efficacy of “gaseous” ozone in reducing numbers and re-growth of food-borne pathogens, (Escherichia coli and Listeria spp.), on leafy salads was investigated using spinach. A preliminary in vivo study showed 1-log reduction in six strains of E. c... Read More about Effect of Ozone Treatment on Inactivation of Escherichia coli and Listeria sp. on Spinach.

Ethical issues when involving people newly diagnosed with dementia in research (2015)
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Holland, S., & Kydd, A. (2015). Ethical issues when involving people newly diagnosed with dementia in research. Nurse Researcher, 22(4), 25-29. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.22.4.25.e1308

Aim To discuss the methodological and ethical review challenges encountered by researchers who want to enable people with dementia to be involved in research.

Background There has been increasing recognition of the importance of involving people w... Read More about Ethical issues when involving people newly diagnosed with dementia in research.

The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing (2015)
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McIntosh, B., McQuaid, R., & Munro, A. (2015). The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing. Gender in management an international journal, 30(1), 26-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-12-2013-0135

Purpose
– This purpose of this paper is to engage two enduring sets of assumptions within nursing: firstly, that woman with children should prioritise the care of children; and secondly, that nursing standards require nurses to put their profession... Read More about The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing.

In the face of adversity: Resiliency in winter sport athletes (2015)
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Brown, H. E., Lafferty, M. E., & Triggs, C. (2015). In the face of adversity: Resiliency in winter sport athletes. Science and Sports, 30(5), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scispo.2014.09.006

Objectives. — To explore winter sports athletes’ experiences of adversity within their sporting careers.
Methods. — Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with seven British elite winter sports athletes (mean age = 23.1 years, S.D. = 2.... Read More about In the face of adversity: Resiliency in winter sport athletes.