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Spinal Cord Injury and Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Using Functional Activity in Pressure Relief (2013)
Journal Article
Stinson, M., Schofield, R., Gillan, C., Morton, J., Gardner, E., Sprigle, S., & Porter-Armstrong, A. (2013). Spinal Cord Injury and Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Using Functional Activity in Pressure Relief. Nursing Research and Practice, 2013, Article 860396. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/860396

Background. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at increased risk of pressure ulcers due to prolonged periods of sitting. Concordance with pressure relieving movements is poor amongst this population, and one potential alternative to improve thi... Read More about Spinal Cord Injury and Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Using Functional Activity in Pressure Relief.

Supporting disadvantaged young people into work: does the capability approach offer a new policy perspective? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013, April). Supporting disadvantaged young people into work: does the capability approach offer a new policy perspective?. Paper presented at Youth Studies 2013 Conference

Embedding Sustainability into Strategy: Assessing the OR Society Contribution (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Bonfiglioli, A. (2013, April). Embedding Sustainability into Strategy: Assessing the OR Society Contribution. Presented at The OR Society, YOR18 Biennial Conference, Exeter, UK

This paper sets out an overview of the key contributions that have addressed issues in strategy and sustainability particularly from an OR Society perspective. The paper provides clarity on emerging perspectives to define sustainability in terms of t... Read More about Embedding Sustainability into Strategy: Assessing the OR Society Contribution.

Defining priorities for an online resource in lymphoma education to educate and support healthcare professionals. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, K., Brown, M., Cutler, T., Foley, A., Mee, H., & Penrose, S. (2013, April). Defining priorities for an online resource in lymphoma education to educate and support healthcare professionals. Poster presented at 39th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplant

Objectives: To develop an education resource to suit the needs of healthcare professionals caring for Lymphoma Patients. Process: The Lymphoma Nurse Board members were identified as key in the generation of content to be delivered to healthcare pro... Read More about Defining priorities for an online resource in lymphoma education to educate and support healthcare professionals..

Survival vs. revenue: modelling and reasoning on population dynamics (WIP) (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bracciali, A., Caravagna, G., & Ullah, A. (2013). Survival vs. revenue: modelling and reasoning on population dynamics (WIP). In DEVS 13: Proceedings of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling & Simulation - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium

We report on modelling a population dynamics problem by means of stochastic quantitative analysis. We are interested in the tension between survival of the population and revenue that can be obtained by its exploitation, and in showing how the chosen... Read More about Survival vs. revenue: modelling and reasoning on population dynamics (WIP).

Barriers to the implementation of self management support in long term lung conditions (2013)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., Younis, I., Kidd, L., & Partridge, M. R. (2013). Barriers to the implementation of self management support in long term lung conditions. London Journal of Primary Care, 5(1), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2013.11493370

Background: Self-management improves outcomes in asthma and COPD and is strongly recommended in national and international guidelines; however implementation of the guidelines such as use of written action plans in practice is often poor. Setting:... Read More about Barriers to the implementation of self management support in long term lung conditions.

Development, validation and reliability of a web-based questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs (2013)
Journal Article
Reid, J., Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2013). Development, validation and reliability of a web-based questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 54(5), 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12059

Objectives To describe the development, preliminary validation and reliability testing of a shortened web-based form of GUVQuest, a structured questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs. Methods The original 109 items were... Read More about Development, validation and reliability of a web-based questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in dogs.

The restoration of direct shipping services across the Taiwan Straits: assessing the impact on container flows in East Asia. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tseng, P., & Wang, Y. (2013, April). The restoration of direct shipping services across the Taiwan Straits: assessing the impact on container flows in East Asia. Paper presented at 2013 International Conference on Challenges and Response of Port in Globalised Economy

Educating the next generation of architects for interdisciplinary BIM environments (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaradat, S. (2013). Educating the next generation of architects for interdisciplinary BIM environments.

In a study of architecture and Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the UK and USA, experienced practitionersand recent graduates working on BIM projects, in internationally leading architectural firms raised issues r... Read More about Educating the next generation of architects for interdisciplinary BIM environments.

Breaking the text: An introduction to Lacanian discourse analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2013). Breaking the text: An introduction to Lacanian discourse analysis. Theory and Psychology, 23(3), 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354312473520

This paper presents an entry-level approach to Lacanian Discourse Analysis. Along the way it considers crucial issues for textual analysis, arguing that Lacan’s insights provide an important collection of tools and concepts in dealing with textual re... Read More about Breaking the text: An introduction to Lacanian discourse analysis.

Exploring Organ Donation with Bereaved Relatives: Healthcare Professionals’ Experience in Applying Three European Countries Experience (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Three European Countries Experience. Paper presented at European Society for Organ Transplantation Conference, Rotterdam

The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2013, April). The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics. Paper presented at British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference

Critical analyses of H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1895) have attended closely to themes of biology, such as evolutionary degeneration, but those of physics have not been treated with comparable depth. While many accounts of The Time Machine do con... Read More about The first law of time travel: The Time Machine and thermodynamics..

A scaleable and trusted e-Health eco-system: safi.re (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Burns, N., Lo, O., Lewis, R., Uthmani, O., & Fan, L. (2013, April). A scaleable and trusted e-Health eco-system: safi.re. Paper presented at Cyber Security and Privacy EU Forum 2013

At present most health and social care systems do not have extendable trust and governance. This presentation outlines the safi.re architecture which uses three main components: a trust framework; governance rules; and strong access controls. The sys... Read More about A scaleable and trusted e-Health eco-system: safi.re.

Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda (2013)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & Dutton, M. (2013). Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda. Policy and Politics, 41(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312x655549

The coalition government has implemented welfare-to-work policies strengthening the UK's Work First model of activating claimants of disability or incapacity benefits (IBs). These reforms abolished the Condition Management Programme (CMP) established... Read More about Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda.

Implementing an ICE: A methodology for the design, development and installation of Interactive Collaborative Environments in real world industrial settings. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O., & Benyon, D. (2013, April). Implementing an ICE: A methodology for the design, development and installation of Interactive Collaborative Environments in real world industrial settings. Paper presented at CHI2013 workshop on Blended Interaction Spaces

In this paper, we present a methodology for the design, development and implementation of ICEs (Interactive Collaborative Environments) in real world industrial settings. The approach is informed by lessons learnt from and research undertaken wit... Read More about Implementing an ICE: A methodology for the design, development and installation of Interactive Collaborative Environments in real world industrial settings..

Mobile experiences for tourism: brick city tours. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O., O'Keefe, B., & Mokey, S. (2013, April). Mobile experiences for tourism: brick city tours. Paper presented at CHI2013 workshop on Blended Interaction Spaces

In this project we utilized user-centered design methods to research and evaluate challenges. From this, our team of interdisciplinary students was able to provide unique, user-centered design solutions to the challenges we found during our research... Read More about Mobile experiences for tourism: brick city tours..

Does the age profile of the taxi sector labour force in the UK affect the provision of transport for the night time economy? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weir, M. (2013, April). Does the age profile of the taxi sector labour force in the UK affect the provision of transport for the night time economy?. Paper presented at Scottish Transport and Applications Research Conference

The Relevance of Sports Science Information to Coaches of Football and Rugby League (2013)
Book Chapter
Nash, C., & Martindale, R. (2013). The Relevance of Sports Science Information to Coaches of Football and Rugby League. In H. Nunome, B. Drust, & B. Dawson (Eds.), Science and Football VII: The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football. Routledge

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Occupational therapists lived experiences of working in accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
James, K. (2013, April). Occupational therapists lived experiences of working in accident and Emergency Departments in Scotland. Presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Glasgow

Addiction, spirituality and recovery (2013)
Journal Article
Hillen, P. (2013). Addiction, spirituality and recovery. Thresholds: Counselling with Spirit, Spring 2013,

Peter Hillen reflects on the role of religion and spirituality in recovery from problematic substance use.