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Are there lessons to be learned from a more scientific approach to mental condition defences? (2012)
Journal Article
Claydon, L. (2012). Are there lessons to be learned from a more scientific approach to mental condition defences?. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 35(2), 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.12.002

The timing of the English Law Commission's consideration of reform to the law of insanity coincides with increasing scientific and in particular neuroscientific understanding of the brain. The work of researchers is leading to a greater comprehension... Read More about Are there lessons to be learned from a more scientific approach to mental condition defences?.

The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity (2012)
Journal Article
Gaggiotti, H. (2012). The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(2), 265-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811211213946

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to expand understanding about the rhetoric of synergy and how it is manifested in a global corporation, Tubworld (name changed), during a period of mergers and acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach: The metho... Read More about The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity.

A Printed Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Reduction (2012)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Macia, L., Smyth, M. R., & Killard, A. (2012). A Printed Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Reduction. Electroanalysis, 24(3), 609-614. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201100444

The modification of silver screen-printed electrodes with a dodecyl benzenesulfonic acid and KCl solution was performed by inkjet printing. Scanning Electron Microscopy was performed to characterize the electrode surfaces. Electrochemical reduction o... Read More about A Printed Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Reduction.

Reflections on resilience: A psychosocial exploration of the life long impact of having been in care during childhood (2012)
Journal Article
Guest, Y. (2012). Reflections on resilience: A psychosocial exploration of the life long impact of having been in care during childhood. Journal of Social Work Practice, 26(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2011.601287

Previous studies of adults who grew up in care as children show that they are over-represented in the homeless population, the mental health system, the prison population and substance abuse. However there are other adults who grew up in care who ach... Read More about Reflections on resilience: A psychosocial exploration of the life long impact of having been in care during childhood.

Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2012). Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham. Urban Research and Practice, 5(1), 175-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2012.656462

This article provides a case study of the policy response to the closure of the MG Rover car factory in Birmingham in 2005. This article records how this response evolved over time from one focused on regional industrial policy, built on a coalition... Read More about Planning for industrial closure: Lessons from the experience of Longbridge, Birmingham.

"I'd be just as happy with a cup of tea": Women's accounts of sex and affection in long-term heterosexual relationships (2012)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Clarke, V. (2012). "I'd be just as happy with a cup of tea": Women's accounts of sex and affection in long-term heterosexual relationships. Women's Studies International Forum, 35(2), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2012.01.003

This article reports a feminist analysis of interview data with 10 British women, in which they discuss sex and affection in their heterosexual relationships. We explore the popular cultural notion that women lack sexual desire and are more concerned... Read More about "I'd be just as happy with a cup of tea": Women's accounts of sex and affection in long-term heterosexual relationships.

Family migration capital and migration intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Family migration capital and migration intentions. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-011-9269-9

Does a history of migration in the family influence one's decision to move abroad? This paper argues that intergenerational transmission of 'migration capital' accumulated in the family is a significant determinant of current decisions to migrate. Us... Read More about Family migration capital and migration intentions.

It's not just about the profits: Privatisation, social enterprise and the 'John Lewis' prison: J M Moore and David Scott argue that the proposed Transitions prison represents 'old wine in new bottles' (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, J. M., & Scott, D. (2012). It's not just about the profits: Privatisation, social enterprise and the 'John Lewis' prison: J M Moore and David Scott argue that the proposed Transitions prison represents 'old wine in new bottles'. Criminal Justice Matters, 87(1), 42-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2012.671021

Prisons in contemporary Britain are highly problematic institutions. From the outside we can see they are struggling to cope with rapidly increasing prison populations largely made up of the most social excluded members of our society, who on their r... Read More about It's not just about the profits: Privatisation, social enterprise and the 'John Lewis' prison: J M Moore and David Scott argue that the proposed Transitions prison represents 'old wine in new bottles'.

Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds (2012)
Journal Article
Moussaïd, M., Guillot, E., Moreau, M., Fehrenbach, J., Chabiron, O., Lemercier, S., …Theraulaz, G. (2012). Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds. PLoS Computational Biology, 8(3), e1002442. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002442

In human crowds as well as in many animal societies, local interactions among individuals often give rise to self-organized collective organizations that offer functional benefits to the group. For instance, flows of pedestrians moving in opposite di... Read More about Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds.

Promoting evidence in practice: The practice-based and of care research challenge (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Ronquillo, C. E., & Black, A. (2012, March). Promoting evidence in practice: The practice-based and of care research challenge. Poster presented at British Columbia Nurses Union conference

Background of Project: With the aim of promoting practice-based research, the Nursing Research Facilitators (NRFs) of Providence Health Care/Vancouver Coastal Health (PHC/VCH) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) developed and launched a research ch... Read More about Promoting evidence in practice: The practice-based and of care research challenge.

Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work (2012)
Journal Article
Shortt, H., & Warren, S. (2012). Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work. Visual Studies, 27(1), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2012.642955

In this article, we focus on the use of respondent-led photography, as a narrative method through which we may research identity at work. We base our argument on empirical data drawn from a wider research study, the aim of which was to explore the id... Read More about Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work.

Complexity and change management: Analyzing church leaders' narratives (2012)
Journal Article
Simpson, P. (2012). Complexity and change management: Analyzing church leaders' narratives. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(2), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811211213955

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel approach to the analysis of individual and co-constructed change management narratives, utilizing a framework derived from the theory of complex responsive processes. Design/methodology/appro... Read More about Complexity and change management: Analyzing church leaders' narratives.

Economic performance in rural England (2012)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Curry, N. (2012). Economic performance in rural England. Regional Studies, 46(3), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.505914

Curry N. and Webber D.J. Economic performance in rural England, Regional Studies. Measuring rural economic performance is obscured by the simultaneous use of two spatial platforms: the 'city-region' and the 'rural definition'. The characteristics of... Read More about Economic performance in rural England.

Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study (2012)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Mearman, A. (2012). Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study. Applied Economics, 44(9), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.537640

Most university departments aspire to increase their quantity of students. The objective of this empirical study is to ascertain whether it is possible to identify students who would demand more economics study. Using data on student perceptions of e... Read More about Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study.

‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement (2012)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Dawson, E., & Bultitude, K. (2012). ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503

© 2012, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. A wide range of work has reported on the outcomes of public engagement activities and the views expressed by public participants towards specific areas of science and technology. Such work has rarely g... Read More about ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement.

Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities (2012)
Journal Article
Harrison, N. (2012). Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(2), 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.007

Qualitative studies from a range of nations suggest that students studying in their own country exhibit a range of responses towards the international students with whom they share social and academic spaces, although the tendency is towards passive... Read More about Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities.

Interhospital variation in the RATPAC trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers) (2012)
Journal Article
Fitzgerald, P., Bradburn, M., Goodacre, S., Fitzgerald, P., Coats, T., Gray, A., …Collinson, P. (2012). Interhospital variation in the RATPAC trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers). Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(3), 233-238. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.108522

Background: The RATPAC trial showed that using a point-of-care panel of CK-MB(mass), myoglobin and troponin at baseline and 90 min increased the proportion of patients successfully discharged home, leading to reduced median length of initial hospital... Read More about Interhospital variation in the RATPAC trial (Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac markers).

Counsellors' experiences of working with male victims of female-perpetrated domestic abuse (2012)
Journal Article
Dodd, L. J., Hegarty, J. R., Hogan, K. F., & Ward, T. (2012). Counsellors' experiences of working with male victims of female-perpetrated domestic abuse. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 12(1), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2011.630479

Aim: To provide an understanding of counsellors' experiences of working with male victims of female-perpetrated domestic abuse. This topic has been virtually unexplored within counselling literature. Method: A qualitative design was adopted to addres... Read More about Counsellors' experiences of working with male victims of female-perpetrated domestic abuse.

Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds (2012)
Journal Article
Stott, C., Hoggett, J., & Pearson, G. (2012). Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds. British Journal of Criminology, 52(2), 381-399. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azr076

This paper explores the relevance of the Elaborated Social Identity Model of Crowd Behaviour and Procedural Justice Theory to an understanding of both the presence and absence of collective conflict during football (soccer) crowd events. It provides... Read More about Keeping the peace: Social identity, procedural justice and the policing of football crowds.