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Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls (2016)
Journal Article
Kane, T. (2016). Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls. Gitanjali and Beyond, 1(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.14297/gnb.1.1.83-101

This paper argues that Rabindranath Tagore, a very practical man, developed a distinctive and successful educational methodology over the course of his work in educational systems. The paper seeks to show that Tagore drew inspiration and direction fr... Read More about Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls.

Diurnal physiological and immunological responses to a 10-km run in highly trained athletes in an environmentally controlled condition of 6 °C (2016)
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Boukelia, B., Fogarty, M. C., Davison, R. C. R., & Florida-James, G. D. (2016). Diurnal physiological and immunological responses to a 10-km run in highly trained athletes in an environmentally controlled condition of 6 °C. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 117(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-016-3489-5

Purpose The Clara cell protein CC16, secreted from Clara cells in the lung, is discussed as a potential biomarker for toxic effects on the airways. An increased concentration of CC16 in serum may be caused by increased permeability of the lungs. T... Read More about Diurnal physiological and immunological responses to a 10-km run in highly trained athletes in an environmentally controlled condition of 6 °C.

Marked differences in cardiovascular risk profiles in middle-aged and older Chinese residents: Evidence from a large Australian cohort (2016)
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Jin, K., Neubeck, L., Gullick, J., Koo, F., & Ding, D. (2017). Marked differences in cardiovascular risk profiles in middle-aged and older Chinese residents: Evidence from a large Australian cohort. International Journal of Cardiology, 227, 347-354. https

Objective To examine and compare the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and major cardiovascular risk factors among Chinese, mixed-Chinese and non-Chinese Australians and to examine the associations of risk factors with CVD outcomes across... Read More about Marked differences in cardiovascular risk profiles in middle-aged and older Chinese residents: Evidence from a large Australian cohort.

Embodied Victims: An archaeology of the ‘ideal victim’ of restorative justice (2016)
Journal Article
Maglione, G. (2017). Embodied Victims: An archaeology of the ‘ideal victim’ of restorative justice. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(4), 401-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895816677172

This article seeks to provide a historical-critical framework to reconstruct and discuss how the crime victim is portrayed within theoretical literature, policy and legal documents on restorative justice, with an emphasis on England and Wales. It fir... Read More about Embodied Victims: An archaeology of the ‘ideal victim’ of restorative justice.

Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom (2016)
Journal Article
Connell, C. (2016). Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 27(6), 907-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2016.1237535

Forensic services are required to reduce an individual’s risk of reoffending. Despite being integral to forensic mental health services, the contribution of forensic occupational therapy to achieving this aim is unclear. This study describes current... Read More about Forensic occupational therapy to reduce risk of reoffending: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom.

Influences on vaginal birth after caesarean section: A qualitative study of Taiwanese women (2016)
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Chen, M., McKellar, L., & Pincombe, J. (2017). Influences on vaginal birth after caesarean section: A qualitative study of Taiwanese women. Women and Birth, 30(2), e132-e139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.10.009

Background Vaginal birth is a safe mode of birth for most women who have had a prior caesarean with a transverse incision. Despite the evidence, most Taiwanese women who have had a previous caesarean are rarely offered the opportunity to consider an... Read More about Influences on vaginal birth after caesarean section: A qualitative study of Taiwanese women.

Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention (2016)
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2017). Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention. International Journal of Public Health, 62(4), 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s

Objectives To perform a needs assessment of maternal distress to plan the development of an intervention for the prevention and reduction of antenatal maternal distress. Methods We searched PubMed, OVID and EBSCO and applied the PRECEDE logic mode... Read More about Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention.

Port governance in the UK: Planning without policy (2016)
Journal Article
Monios, J. (2017). Port governance in the UK: Planning without policy. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 22, 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.10.006

The UK's highly privatised port system means that, while many of the issues in the port governance literature relevant to port concessions do not arise here, the respective roles of harbour authorities and port operators continue to be questioned. Th... Read More about Port governance in the UK: Planning without policy.

Heightening levels of compassion towards self and others through use of compassionate mind training (2016)
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Beaumont, E., & Martin, C. J. H. (2016). Heightening levels of compassion towards self and others through use of compassionate mind training. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(11), 777-786. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.11.777

Background: Continued absence of strategies that promote self-care puts midwives at risk of experiencing symptoms of stress, empathic distress fatigue, burnout, and compassion fatigue, which can all impact on the performance of midwives and the level... Read More about Heightening levels of compassion towards self and others through use of compassionate mind training.

Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique (2016)
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D 'Amico, B., Kermani, A., Porteous, J., Dhonju, R., & Zhang, B. (2016). Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique. Construction and Building Materials, 129, 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuild

A new method to assess the raking performance of Platform timber framed walls, is provided in this study: each component of the unit wall assembly is assumed as rigid, hence allowing to drastically reduce the overall number of DoFs involved within th... Read More about Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique.

Aseptic Revision Knee Arthroplasty With Total Stabilizer Prostheses Achieves Similar Functional Outcomes to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty at 2 Years: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2016)
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Hamilton, D. F., Simpson, P. M., Patton, J. T., Howie, C. R., & Burnett, R. (2017). Aseptic Revision Knee Arthroplasty With Total Stabilizer Prostheses Achieves Similar Functional Outcomes to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty at 2 Years: A Longitudinal Coho

Background Patient function is poorly characterized following revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA), although is generally accepted to be inferior to that following primary procedures. Methods Fifty-three consecutive aseptic revisions to total... Read More about Aseptic Revision Knee Arthroplasty With Total Stabilizer Prostheses Achieves Similar Functional Outcomes to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty at 2 Years: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Towards improved decision support in the assessment and management of pain for people with dementia in hospital: a systematic meta-review and observational study (2016)
Journal Article
Closs, S. J., Dowding, D., Allcock, N., Hulme, C., Keady, J., Sampson, E. L., …Lichtner, V. (2016). Towards improved decision support in the assessment and management of pain for people with dementia in hospital: a systematic meta-review and observation

Background Pain and dementia are common in older people, and impaired cognitive abilities make it difficult for them to communicate their pain. Pain, if poorly managed, impairs health and well-being. Accurate pain assessment in this vulnerable gro... Read More about Towards improved decision support in the assessment and management of pain for people with dementia in hospital: a systematic meta-review and observational study.

Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education. (2016)
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. (2016). Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education. Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 11(1), 3-25

The Legal Education and Training Review highlighted concerns across all sectors, from academics to practitioners over a lack of understanding of professionalism and ethics. Building on a review of two other professions, medicine and accountancy, this... Read More about Teaching legal professionalism: a comparative study of teaching professional values and lessons for legal education..

Ontology Based Business Simulations (2016)
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Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., Urquhart, N., & Wells, S. (2016). Ontology Based Business Simulations. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.3266

Within business games there is a need to provide realistic feedback for decisions made, if such business games are to continue to remain relevant in increasingly complex business environments. We address this problem by using soware agents to simula... Read More about Ontology Based Business Simulations.

Dracula’s Gothic Ship (2016)
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Alder, E. (2016). Dracula’s Gothic Ship. Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies,

No abstract available. https://irishgothichorror.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/issue-15-full-final.pdf

From Interest to Decision: A Comparative Exploration of Student Attitudes and Pathways to Co-op Programs in the United States and the United Kingdom (2016)
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Ramirez, N., Smith, S., Smith, C. F., Berg, T., Strubel, B., Ohland, M., & Main, J. (2016). From Interest to Decision: A Comparative Exploration of Student Attitudes and Pathways to Co-op Programs in the United States and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(5A), 1867-1878

Cooperative education programs (co-op) play a vital role in developing engineering and computing students’ applied technological skills and professional self-confidence. Nevertheless, not all students choose to participate in co-ops. Through empirica... Read More about From Interest to Decision: A Comparative Exploration of Student Attitudes and Pathways to Co-op Programs in the United States and the United Kingdom.

MIMO Techniques for Jamming Threat Suppression in Vehicular Networks (2016)
Journal Article
Kosmanos, D., Prodromou, N., Argyriou, A., Maglaras, L. A., & Janicke, H. (2016). MIMO Techniques for Jamming Threat Suppression in Vehicular Networks. Mobile Information Systems, 2016, Article 8141204. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8141204

Vehicular ad hoc networks have emerged as a promising field of research and development, since they will be able to accommodate a variety of applications, ranging from infotainment to traffic management and road safety. A specific security-related co... Read More about MIMO Techniques for Jamming Threat Suppression in Vehicular Networks.