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Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of Macao's casino workers with regard to second-hand smoke exposure at work (2009)
Journal Article

This study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and experiences of casino workers in Macao with regard to exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) in the workplace through structured face-to-face interviews with 377 workers. The results indicate that the... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of Macao's casino workers with regard to second-hand smoke exposure at work.

The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article defines and explores the crisis of social democratic trade unionism in three countries in western Europe. The authors contend that a particularized form of postwar trade union orientation was socially constructed in Britain, Germany, and... Read More about The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

The triangle-bisection illusion (2009)
Journal Article

In the triangle-bisection illusion, a dot is inscribed exactly halfway up the height of an equilateral triangle, but it looks apparently far more than halfway up. The illusion is found for second-order triangles defined by stereo depth and by equilum... Read More about The triangle-bisection illusion.

Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change (2009)
Journal Article

This narrative review outlines the potential benefits of supporting clients to successfully change existing patterns of behavior in the context of wound care. In acknowledging the complexities involved in changing deeply ingrained patterns of behavio... Read More about Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change.

Risky business or safety net? Trainee perceptions of personal therapy: A qualitative thematic analysis (2009)
Journal Article

Participation in personal therapy during training is required by British accreditation bodies for counselling psychology as well as by most psychotherapy trainings. By contrast, trainee clinical psychologists are not required to undertake personal th... Read More about Risky business or safety net? Trainee perceptions of personal therapy: A qualitative thematic analysis.

The influence of negligence, intention, and outcome on children's moral judgments (2009)
Journal Article

Piaget (1932) and subsequent researchers have reported that young children's moral judgments are based more on the outcomes of actions than on the agents' intentions. The current study investigated whether negligence might also influence these judgme... Read More about The influence of negligence, intention, and outcome on children's moral judgments.

Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability (2009)
Journal Article

This paper examines the development and achievements of the Teaching Public Health Networks (TPHNs) in England; an initiative that aimed to catalyse collaborative working between the public health workforce and further and higher education, to enhanc... Read More about Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability.

Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives (2009)
Journal Article

This paper reviews four major topics related to the long-term psychosocial rehabilitation for burn survivors; (1) Body image adjustment process; (2) Social functioning challenges; (3) Interventions designed to address psychosocial rehabilitation chal... Read More about Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives.

The electroencephalogram (EEG) and evoked potential studies (EPS) (2009)
Book Chapter

Researching beneath the surface: psycho-social research methods in practice (2009)
Book

Offers an overview of the rapidly expanding field of psycho-social studies drawing on aspects of discouse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological understandings of the emotions

Lithocholate-A promising non-calcaemic calcitriol surrogate for promoting human osteoblast maturation upon biomaterials (2009)
Journal Article

Background and aims: Calcitriol, an active vitamin D metabolite, has a limited application in bone repair because of its undesirable hypercalcaemic action. However it has emerged that lithocholic acid (LCA) is a non-calcaemic vitamin D receptor ligan... Read More about Lithocholate-A promising non-calcaemic calcitriol surrogate for promoting human osteoblast maturation upon biomaterials.

Future proof: Can we afford the cost of drinking too much? Mortality, morbidity and drink-driving in the UK (2009)
Report

The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia (2009)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate potentially modifiable factors associated with carers' recognition of symptoms and timely presentation of infants with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in urban Mongolia. Methods: A prospective cohort study nested in a ran... Read More about The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia.

On the circularity of democratic justice (2009)
Journal Article

In this article, I argue that justice and democracy stand in a circular relationship: just outcomes emerge from democratic deliberations, but only if such deliberations meet the standards of justice. I develop my argument by engaging in a critical di... Read More about On the circularity of democratic justice.

The First Year in Practice: Exploring effective supervision - a practice toolkit for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and line managers – published as a result of a Skills for Care South West project - 2008 (2009)
Report

A practice toolkit for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and line managers. Includes case studies and tools for practice.

Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Action video game players demonstrate enhanced performance on perceptual tasks, but the underlying mechanisms of their benefits remain unclear. We examined gamers and non-gamers using a modified change-detection flicker paradigm in which image pairs... Read More about Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities.

Addiction and the brain (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Keynote Address

Evaluating the impact of arts on health: Issues, challenges and new directions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Never judge a book by its cover? Psychology students talk about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual appearance (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

I can’t build up an image in my head of bisexuality: A qualitative study of bisexual women negotiating appearance and visual identity (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution