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New frontiers in science communication: Researchers’ experiences of coming out of the lab (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rocks, C., & Bultitude, K. (2010, December). New frontiers in science communication: Researchers’ experiences of coming out of the lab. Paper presented at The 11th International Conference on Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST-2010), New Delhi, India

Researchers are increasingly playing a key role in the public communication of science. This makes understanding researchers’ motivations, and the benefits and barriers they perceive, an important step to ensuring successful direct interactions betwe... Read More about New frontiers in science communication: Researchers’ experiences of coming out of the lab.

Patient reported outcomes (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2010, November). Patient reported outcomes. Paper presented at 6th Skin Cancer Study Day, Royal Exeter Hospital Foundation NHS Trust, UK

Trials & tribulations of appearance research (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2010, November). Trials & tribulations of appearance research. Paper presented at BPS South West Psychology Branch meeting, Exeter, UK

The psychology of appearance (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2010, November). The psychology of appearance. Paper presented at Laing & Buisson Cosmetic Surgery and Treatments conference, London, UK

Designing interfaces that encourage a more effortful cognitive strategy (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Morgan, P., & Patrick, J. (2010, October). Designing interfaces that encourage a more effortful cognitive strategy. Paper presented at 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Francisco, California, USA

Typically, interface design attempts to minimize cognitive load by providing immediately accessible task-relevant information. However, this may have the unintended consequence of encouraging display-based strategies that minimize the degree of cogni... Read More about Designing interfaces that encourage a more effortful cognitive strategy.

Questioning social justice as a shared nursing value (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Lipscomb, M. (2010, September). Questioning social justice as a shared nursing value. Paper presented at The 14th International Philosophy of Nursing Conference (Vancouver): Philosophizing Social Justice in Nursing, Vancouver, Canada

This presentation questions the assertion, contained in a variety of nursing literatures that nurses should (normatively), or must (as regulation), accept social justice as a shared nursing value. Thus, problematically, many normative social justice... Read More about Questioning social justice as a shared nursing value.

Events and event identity: Under-theorised concepts in mixed method studies (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Lipscomb, M. (2010, July). Events and event identity: Under-theorised concepts in mixed method studies. Paper presented at Mixed Methods Conference 2010 - Baltimore (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg and University of Leeds), Baltimore

Despite the existence of a diverse and burgeoning specialist literature (see, for example, Casati and Varzi, 2009), theorists and researchers involved or interested in mixed method research have not perhaps attended sufficiently to the problematic na... Read More about Events and event identity: Under-theorised concepts in mixed method studies.

Retroduction and retrodiction: Abductive inference in realist practice. (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Lipscomb, M. (2010, June). Retroduction and retrodiction: Abductive inference in realist practice. Paper presented at ESRC funded seminar series: Critical Realism in Action Group Applied Methods for Social Mechanisms, University of Leeds: Business School

Although retroductive and retrodictive inference play a significant role in critical realist theory – indeed, they might reasonably be considered necessary or integral to realist ambition – major challenges attend the use of these forms of abductive... Read More about Retroduction and retrodiction: Abductive inference in realist practice..

Evolving new approaches to the development of nuclear medicine education, workforce development and advanced practice (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Dawson, G. (2010, June). Evolving new approaches to the development of nuclear medicine education, workforce development and advanced practice. Presented at 57th Society of Nuclear Medicine Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah

Evaluate the delivery methods of traditional nuclear medicine education at an approved academic center. Highlight key themes, utilising qualitative feedback from clinical stakeholders, leading to the identification of emerging learning and assessmen... Read More about Evolving new approaches to the development of nuclear medicine education, workforce development and advanced practice.

Analysis of the LaMEVE database on global quaternary large magnitude explosive volcanism (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sparks, R., Coles, S., Connor, C., Crosweller, S., Deligne, N., Hobbs, L., …Takarada, S. (2010, May). Analysis of the LaMEVE database on global quaternary large magnitude explosive volcanism. Presented at Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain

A database of Quaternary large magnitude explosive eruptions (M ≥ 4) is under development as part of the VOGRIPA project on global volcanic hazards and risk. The database currently consists of 1929 entries from 481 Quaternary volcanoes. The database... Read More about Analysis of the LaMEVE database on global quaternary large magnitude explosive volcanism.

Using historical databases for the identification and analysis of future volcanic risk: VOGRIPA (2010)
Presentation / Conference
analysis of future volcanic risk: VOGRIPA. Poster presented at Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife

VOGRIPA (Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project) originated as part of the Global Risk Identification Programme (GRIP under the auspices of the United Nations and World Bank. GRIP is a 5-year programme aiming at improving global know... Read More about Using historical databases for the identification and analysis of future volcanic risk: VOGRIPA.

What do they do? Student study behaviour (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Snelling, P. C., & Lipscomb, M. (2010, May). What do they do? Student study behaviour. Presented at Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom: 2010 International Nursing Research Conference, Sage Gateshead

Enhancing the student experience is seen as crucial in reducing attrition (Department of Health, 2006) and improving attainment in nurse education and, in order to improve provision, a greater understanding of how students actually go about their stu... Read More about What do they do? Student study behaviour.