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Making the transition from 'being delivered' to 'giving birth' A literature review and reflection on the potential for introducing the UK model of 'caseload midwifery' to the Netherlands midwifery (2008)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. (2008). Making the transition from 'being delivered' to 'giving birth' A literature review and reflection on the potential for introducing the UK model of 'caseload midwifery' to the Netherlands midwifery. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 17(1), 35-40

This article reviews the literature about the use of caseload midwifery based on the UK model and explores the best
way to implement this into Dutch community midwifery

Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance (2008)
Journal Article
Trewin, S., Keates, S., & Moffatt, K. (2008). Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 3(1-2), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483100701273128

Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new click assistance technique, Steady Clicks, designed to help computer users with motor impairments to click more accurately using a mouse. Specifically, Steady Clicks suppresses two types of errors:... Read More about Individual responses to a method of cursor assistance.

Community learning disability teams: developments, composition and good practice: A review of the literature (2008)
Journal Article
Slevin, E., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., McConkey, R., Barr, O., & Taggart, L. (2008). Community learning disability teams: developments, composition and good practice: A review of the literature. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), 59-79. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629507083583

This paper presents the findings from a literature review related to community learning disability teams (CLDT). There is a paucity of evidence-based literature on the effectiveness of CLDTs with much of the existing literature being inspirational, t... Read More about Community learning disability teams: developments, composition and good practice: A review of the literature.

Intrauterine growth and survival in cerebral palsy (2008)
Journal Article
Hemming, K., Hutton, J., Bonellie, S., & Kurinczuk, J. J. (2008). Intrauterine growth and survival in cerebral palsy. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 93, F121-F126. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.121129

Background and objectives: Deviations in birth weight from an optimum, thought to be just above average for gestational age, are known to increase both the risk of developing cerebral palsy and the risk of developing cerebral palsy of a more severe f... Read More about Intrauterine growth and survival in cerebral palsy.

Transgressing the Law: Karma, Theft and its punishment (2008)
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2008). Transgressing the Law: Karma, Theft and its punishment. Revue d'études tibétaines, 13, 45-74

A historical, legal study of the concept of theft in Bhutanese religious and legal thought.

Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road (2008)
Journal Article
Stradling, S. G. (2008). Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road. Behavioural Research in Road Safety, 63-69

Driving:is a skill-based, socially regulated, expressive activity involving balancing capability and task difficulty to avoid loss of control, along with real time negotiation with co-present transient others with whom the driver is presently sharing... Read More about Cutting down and slowing down: changes in car use and speeding on Scotland's road.

Small and medium sized businesses and disadvantaged parents: overcoming training recruitment and retention barriers. Final report. (2008)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Dutton, M., Bergmann, A., Richard, A., & Lindsay, C. (2008). Small and medium sized businesses and disadvantaged parents: overcoming training recruitment and retention barriers. Final report

The project involved new research, investigating barriers preventing SMEs from recruiting from disadvantaged groups (especially unemployed/inactive parents, who represent an underutilized source of labour within the Scottish economy) and identifying... Read More about Small and medium sized businesses and disadvantaged parents: overcoming training recruitment and retention barriers. Final report..

Current transformer circuits for power electronics applications (2008)
Thesis
McNeill, J. N. Current transformer circuits for power electronics applications. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6196

This thesis investigates the operation of the current transfonner (CT) when sensing retum-to-zero current pulses in power electronic circuitry. The CT's output signal is nonnally rectified when sensing current pulses and the effects of the different... Read More about Current transformer circuits for power electronics applications.

Triumph over the barricades and put the evidence into practice (2008)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2008). Triumph over the barricades and put the evidence into practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 16(2), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2008.16.2.28334

In some instances midwives find it difficult to implement research into practice (Albers, 2001). For example, evidence informs of the benefits of providing continuous support during labour (Hodnett et al, 2003), yet one midwife to one woman is not co... Read More about Triumph over the barricades and put the evidence into practice.

Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry (2008)
Journal Article
Vijaykumar, G., & Chakrabarti, A. (2008). Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8(1), Article 011004. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2840776

Product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of knowledge needs of designers, and many tools and methods have been proposed to support these needs. However, adoption of these methods in industry is minimal. This may be due to an inadeq... Read More about Understanding the knowledge needs of designers during design process in industry.

Training in dual diagnosis interventions (the COMO Study): randomised controlled trial (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, E., Wanigaratne, S., Gournay, K., Johnson, S., Thornicroft, G., Finch, E., Marshall, J., & Smith, N. (2008). Training in dual diagnosis interventions (the COMO Study): randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 8, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-8-12

Background
Despite the high prevalence of co-morbid substance use among mental health service users (dual diagnosis), very few mental health workers in the UK have had training and/or clinical experience to equip them to deliver targeted interventio... Read More about Training in dual diagnosis interventions (the COMO Study): randomised controlled trial.

Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context (2008)
Other
Firth, R., Cochrane, R., Sambell, K., & Brown, S. (2008). Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context. https://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/Pages/QuickGuides.aspx

Firth, R., Cochrane, R., Sampbell, K., & Brown, S. (2008). Using a Simple Feedback Stamp to Provide Incremental Feedback on Work-in-progress in the Art Design Context. https://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/Pages/QuickGuides.aspx

Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data (2008)
Journal Article
Reilly, J. J., Penpraze, V., Hislop, J., Davies, G., Grant, S., & Paton, J. Y. (2008). Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 93(7), 614-619. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.133272

Objective methods are being used increasingly for the quantification of the amount of physical activity, intensity of physical activity and amount of sedentary behaviour in children. The accelerometer is currently the objective method of choice. In t... Read More about Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data.

The Lacanian gaze. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2008, February). The Lacanian gaze. Presented at Department of Social Psychology Seminar, LSE

Saving Mothers’ Lives (formerly Why Mothers die): Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer 2003–2005 (2008)
Journal Article
Mander, R., & Smith, G. D. (2008). Saving Mothers’ Lives (formerly Why Mothers die): Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer 2003–2005. Midwifery, 24(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2008.01.008

The Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (CEMDs) in the UK have a long, honourable and frequently rehearsed history. They originated in the early days of the twentieth century and became formalised in 1952 ( Weindling, 2003 ; Lewis, 2004 ). Th... Read More about Saving Mothers’ Lives (formerly Why Mothers die): Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer 2003–2005.

Timber trumps. (2008)
Digital Artefact
Cavers, A., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2008). Timber trumps

online (Flash) game about wood properties