All Outputs (263)

Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity (2014)
Report

One of the largest pieces of independent research on police attitudes in England and Wales. The research, led by Dr James Hoggett from UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol), looked at police attitudes to current reform proposal... Read More about Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity.

Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article

Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.

The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis (2014)
Journal Article

Objective: Many patients are satisfied with their ocular prosthesis, but some describe problems with social interactions, body image and self-esteem. Although both clinical practice and research suggest that the severity of a disfiguring condition do... Read More about The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis.

The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis (2014)
Journal Article

PurposePtosis affects both the function and appearance of the eyes and face, because of drooping of the eyelids. Previous research has focused on functional impairment; however, similar appearance altering eye conditions have been demonstrated to hav... Read More about The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis.

Do long leg supine CT scanograms correlate with weight-bearing full-length radiographs to measure lower limb coronal alignment? (2014)
Journal Article

Introduction: The gold standard for measuring knee alignment is the lower limb mechanical axis (MA) using weight-bearing lower limb full-length x-ray (FLX). However, CT scanograms (CTS) are becoming increasingly popular in view of lower radiation exp... Read More about Do long leg supine CT scanograms correlate with weight-bearing full-length radiographs to measure lower limb coronal alignment?.

Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery (2014)
Journal Article

Background and Objectives: Combining laparoscopy and enhanced recovery provides benefit to short-term outcomes after colorectal surgery. Advances in training and techniques have allowed surgeons to operate on cases that are technically challenging an... Read More about Operative time and outcome of enhanced recovery after surgery after laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Gurberg et al. Objectives: To assess the 2008-2012 Canadian contribution to the Otolaryngology literature. Methods: All articles published from January 2008 - December 2012 in 5 Otolaryngology journals were reviewed. Nationality, number of aut... Read More about The Canadian contribution to the otolaryngology literature: A five year bibliometric analysis.

The human urinary microbiome; bacterial DNA in voided urine of asymptomatic adults (2013)
Journal Article

The urinary microbiome of healthy individuals and the way it alters with ageing have not been characterized and may influence disease processes. Conventional microbiological methods have limited scope to capture the full spectrum of urinary bacterial... Read More about The human urinary microbiome; bacterial DNA in voided urine of asymptomatic adults.

Breath volatile analysis from patients diagnosed with harmful drinking, cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy: A pilot study (2013)
Journal Article

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric state potentially complicating cirrhosis following the accumulation of toxic compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier and affect brain function; the compounds may undergo alveolar gas exchange and... Read More about Breath volatile analysis from patients diagnosed with harmful drinking, cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy: A pilot study.

Using mixed methods in the development of an intervention (PEGASUS) to elicit patients’ expectations of appearance altering treatment (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To assess the usability of virtual-reality (VR) simulation for obstetric ultrasound trainees. Methods Twenty-six participants were recruited: 18 obstetric ultrasound trainees (with little formal ultrasonography training) and eight certified... Read More about Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study.

A five year follow-up study of the Bristol pregnancy domestic violence programme to promote routine enquiry (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: a follow-up study to evaluate the degree to which practice changes identified in the 2004/2005 evaluation of the Bristol Pregnancy Domestic Violence Programme (BPDVP) for routine enquiry for domestic abuse have been maintained. Methods: a... Read More about A five year follow-up study of the Bristol pregnancy domestic violence programme to promote routine enquiry.

A Pilot Study Combining a GC-Sensor Device with a Statistical Model for the Identification of Bladder Cancer from Urine Headspace (2013)
Journal Article

There is a need to reduce the number of cystoscopies on patients with haematuria. Presently there are no reliable biomarkers to screen for bladder cancer. In this paper, we evaluate a new simple in-house fabricated, GC-sensor device in the diagnosis... Read More about A Pilot Study Combining a GC-Sensor Device with a Statistical Model for the Identification of Bladder Cancer from Urine Headspace.

Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients (2013)
Journal Article

Data for 100 vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) patients were collected and analysed retrospectively. The mean seizure reduction was 17.86% (n = 67) at 6 months, 26.21% (n = 63) at 1 year, 30.43% (n = 53) at 2 years, 48.10% (n = 40) at 3 years, 49.44% (n... Read More about Long-term effectiveness and tolerability of vagal nerve stimulation in adults with intractable epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients.

Police identity in a time of rapid organizational, social and political change: A pilot report, Avon and Somerset constabulary (2013)
Report

Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children with speech difficulties: Findings from a prospective population study (2013)
Journal Article

The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis (2013)
Journal Article

Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study (2013)
Journal Article

Speech disorder that continues into middle childhood is rarely studied compared with speech disorder in the early years. Speech production in single words, connected speech and nonword repetition was assessed for 7390 eight-year-old children within t... Read More about Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study.

A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence (2013)
Journal Article

Introduction and hypothesis To determine the feasibility of using the pelvic toner device (PTD) in aiding pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) Methods Forty women, aged at least 18 years with symptoms of pure stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or stres... Read More about A pilot randomised controlled trial of the pelvic toner device in female stress urinary incontinence.

Wheels, skills and thrills: A social marketing trial to reduce aggressive driving from young men in deprived areas (2013)
Journal Article

Young men from poorer backgrounds are associated with high road traffic collision levels. However, solving this problem has proven very difficult. Hence this paper summarises the findings of a UK government funded two-year trial of a cross-discipline... Read More about Wheels, skills and thrills: A social marketing trial to reduce aggressive driving from young men in deprived areas.