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Self‐Directed Support: Personalisation, Choice and Control by Charlotte Pearson Julie Ridley and Susan Hunter Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, 2014. ISBN 978‐1‐780460‐24‐6; £18.99 (pbk). [book review] (2015)
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Young, D. (2016). Self‐Directed Support: Personalisation, Choice and Control by Charlotte Pearson Julie Ridley and Susan Hunter Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, 2014. ISBN 978‐1‐780460‐24‐6; £18.99 (pbk). [book review]. Social Policy and Administration, 50(1), 120-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12200

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Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy (2015)
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Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2015). Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy. International Journal of Women's Health and Wellness, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.23937/2474-1353/1510008

The authors describe how Intervention Mapping was used to develop a midwife-led intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. An extensive needs assessment showed that both pregnant women and midwives needed to be taught to re... Read More about Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy.

Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists: a quantitative survey (2015)
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Beaumont, E., Durkin, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Carson, J. (2016). Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists: a quantitative survey. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12054

Background: Prolonged deficiency in self-care strategies puts counsellors and psychotherapists at risk of burnout and compassion fatigue.
Aim: To measure associations between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, wellbeing and burnout in student cou... Read More about Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists: a quantitative survey.

The diagnosis of COPD in primary care; gender differences and the role of spirometry (2015)
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Roberts, N., Patel, I., & Partridge, M. (2016). The diagnosis of COPD in primary care; gender differences and the role of spirometry. Respiratory Medicine, 111, 60-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2015.12.008

Background
Females with exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease now account for one half of all hospital admissions for that condition and rates have been increasing over the last few decades. Differences in presentations of disease b... Read More about The diagnosis of COPD in primary care; gender differences and the role of spirometry.

Lost in Translation (2015)
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Cavers, C., & Supartono, A. (2015). Lost in Translation. Ojodepez, 43, 52-57

A Chinese immigrant paradox? Low coronary heart disease incidence but higher short‐term mortality in western‐dwelling Chinese immigrants: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. (2015)
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Jin, K., Ding, D., Gullick, J., Koo, F., & Neubeck, L. (2015). A Chinese immigrant paradox? Low coronary heart disease incidence but higher short‐term mortality in western‐dwelling Chinese immigrants: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association JAHA, 4(12), Article e002568. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.115.002568

Background-—Chinese form a large proportion of the immigrant population in Western countries. There is evidence that Chinese
immigrants experience an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) after immigration in part due to cultural habits and... Read More about A Chinese immigrant paradox? Low coronary heart disease incidence but higher short‐term mortality in western‐dwelling Chinese immigrants: a systematic review and meta‐analysis..

Hotel entrepreneurship in a turbulent environment (2015)
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Skokic, V., Lynch, P., & Morrison, A. (2016). Hotel entrepreneurship in a turbulent environment. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 53, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.11.008

This paper aims to explore the factors that stimulate entrepreneurship among small hotels in a former socialist economy which experienced a turbulent economic and social transition period. The study investigates how specific aspects such as a low lev... Read More about Hotel entrepreneurship in a turbulent environment.

Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work (2015)
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Giesinger, K., Hamilton, D. F., Erschbamer, M., Jost, B., & Giesinger, J. M. (2015). Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work. BMJ, 351, h6446. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6446

Objective: To evaluate doctors’ coffee consumption at work and differences between specialties.

Design: Single centre retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Large teaching hospital in Switzerland.

Participants: 766 qualified doctors (425 men,... Read More about Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work.

The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: by which yardstick do we measure dreams? (2015)
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Pilcher, N., Fernie, S., & Smith, K. (2017). The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: by which yardstick do we measure dreams?. Journal of Education and Work, 30(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2015.1122178

National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) are a global phenomenon. This is evidenced by their scale, coverage and intrinsic link with education policy across Europe and beyond. Research into their impact has encompassed a number of perspectives; theo... Read More about The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: by which yardstick do we measure dreams?.

Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law (2015)
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Piegzik, M. (2015). Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 4(2), 37-56

The main goal of this article is to present the issue of legal capacity and legal capacity of natural persons and juridical persons in Japanese civil law. Although the Japanese Civil Code (jap. Mimpō) was adopted more than 100 years ago and significa... Read More about Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law.

Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites (2015)
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Atif, R., Wei, J., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites. RSC Advances, 6(2), 1351-1359. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA24039E

The influence of reinforcement morphology on damage tolerance and fracture toughness of epoxy based nanocomposites has been studied. Two different forms of carbonaceous reinforcements were used: multi-layered graphene (MLG) and nanostructured graphit... Read More about Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites.

Mould release technologies with regard to concrete surface finish (2015)
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Shyha, I., Richardson, A., Coventry, K., & Ponton, H. (2016). Mould release technologies with regard to concrete surface finish. Magazine of Concrete Research, 68(2), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1680/macr.15.00067

Concrete durability is in part dependent upon the quality of the concrete cover zone. The type of mould release technology used has a direct effect on the surface finish of fair-faced concrete, and this in turn affects long-term durability. This work... Read More about Mould release technologies with regard to concrete surface finish.

In reply to Adams and colleagues (2015)
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Hutton, P., Taylor, P. J., & Morrison, A. P. (2015). In reply to Adams and colleagues. Psychosis, 7(4), 367-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2015.1093017

Dear Editor

We disagree with the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group’s (CSzG) self-assessment that the problems we identified (Hutton, Wood, Taylor, Irving & Morrison, 2014) in their reviews of popular antipsychotics for schizophrenia are not serious. We... Read More about In reply to Adams and colleagues.

The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review (2015)
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Saharudin, M., Atif, R., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2015). The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review. RSC Advances, 6(2), 1076-1089. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA22620A

The advancement of polymer nano-composites has been motivated by the need for materials with a specific combination of mechanical properties beyond those achieved from only one material. Integration of reinforcement into polymers at nanoscale can pro... Read More about The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review.

Visualizing Sets with Linear Diagrams. (2015)
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Rodgers, P., Stapleton, G., & Chapman, P. (2015). Visualizing Sets with Linear Diagrams. ACM transactions on computer-human interaction, 22(6), 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1145/2810012

This paper presents the first design principles that optimize the visualization of sets using linear diagrams.
These principles are justified through empirical studies that evaluate the impact of graphical features on task
performance. Linear diagr... Read More about Visualizing Sets with Linear Diagrams..

Sensing mechanism of RuO2–SnO2 thick film pH sensors studied by potentiometric method and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (2015)
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Manjakkal, L., Cvejin, K., Kulawik, J., Zaraska, K., Szwagierczak, D., & Stojanovic, G. (2015). Sensing mechanism of RuO2–SnO2 thick film pH sensors studied by potentiometric method and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 759, 82-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.10.036

In this work, we developed thick film pH sensors based on the nanostructured RuO2–SnO2 system and analyzed their sensing mechanism using the potentiometric and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (EIS) methods. The crystal structure and morpholog... Read More about Sensing mechanism of RuO2–SnO2 thick film pH sensors studied by potentiometric method and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore (2015)
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Todd, L., Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2015). Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore. Tourism Analysis, 20(6), 593-605. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354215x14464845877832

This paper presents a comparative study of the destination competitiveness of Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau and those strategies developed to enhance their future position in the global destination “marketplace”. The methodology adopted is secondary... Read More about Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore.

Islamic finance: is it about how fast to get there? (2015)
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Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2015). Islamic finance: is it about how fast to get there?. Islamic Finance Review, 5(4), 64-67

In this article, we call for the sincerity and honesty of Islamic finance academics in disseminating knowledge about the real state of the Islamic finance industry. Uncomfortable truths about Islamic finance as practised, if left unspoken, could resu... Read More about Islamic finance: is it about how fast to get there?.