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Enabling connections: Counsellor creativity and therapeutic practice (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Aims: To understand how counsellors’ personal creativity informs their professional work with clients. Method: Grounded theory methodology was employed alongside arts-based research method... Read More about Enabling connections: Counsellor creativity and therapeutic practice.

Mental health app design – a journey from concept to completion (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The development of a mental health app, one with significant potential for impacting on and transforming peoples’ lives, requires a diligent approach for integrating and delivering clinical expertise which is to be used by a vulnerable user group. T... Read More about Mental health app design – a journey from concept to completion.

Sociological theory in nursing research - what is required? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many published nursing studies involve or might be considered forms of sociology. However, substantive sociological theory is not often described or critiqued in these studies (or commentaries thereon). This may be problematic. Nurse researchers who... Read More about Sociological theory in nursing research - what is required?.

Production of soluble recombinant complement receptor (CR1) antigens to detect or inhibit antibodies to Knops (KN) blood group system antigens (2015)
Thesis

The purpose of this study was to produce a reagent to use in investigation of antibodies directed against the Knops blood group system antigens. A novel reagent based on sr-proteins was produced and used in a new test to inhibit these antibodies.... Read More about Production of soluble recombinant complement receptor (CR1) antigens to detect or inhibit antibodies to Knops (KN) blood group system antigens.

Consumer opinion on social policy approaches to promoting positive body image: Airbrushed media images and disclaimer labels (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. Disclaimer labels on airbrushed media images have generated political attention and advocacy as a social policy approach to promoting positive body image. Experimental research suggests that labelling is ineffective and consumer... Read More about Consumer opinion on social policy approaches to promoting positive body image: Airbrushed media images and disclaimer labels.

Simultaneous in vivo comparison of water-filled and air-filled pressure measurement catheters: Implications for good urodynamic practice (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate whether the pressure readings obtained from air-filled catheters (AFCs) are the same as the readings from simultaneously inserted water-filled catheters (WFCs). It also aimed to make a... Read More about Simultaneous in vivo comparison of water-filled and air-filled pressure measurement catheters: Implications for good urodynamic practice.

Media internalization and conformity to traditional masculine norms in relation to body image concerns among men (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Previous studies have separately examined conformity to masculine norms and internalization of body ideals in the media in relation to the drive for muscularity (DM). This study was designed to examine these factors together in r... Read More about Media internalization and conformity to traditional masculine norms in relation to body image concerns among men.

Interactions of volcanic airfall and glaciers: Supplementary case study 3 (2015)
Book Chapter

Originally prepared for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, this is the first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, presenting the state of the art in our understanding of global volcanic activity. It examin... Read More about Interactions of volcanic airfall and glaciers: Supplementary case study 3.

Using liminality to understand mothers’ experiences of long-term breastfeeding: ‘Betwixt and between’, and ‘matter out of place’ (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Breastmilk is widely considered as the optimum nutrition source for babies and an important factor in both improving public health and reducing health inequalities. Current international/national policy supports long-ter... Read More about Using liminality to understand mothers’ experiences of long-term breastfeeding: ‘Betwixt and between’, and ‘matter out of place’.

The development and evaluation of an educational intervention for primary care promoting person-centred responses to dementia (2015)
Journal Article

© 2013, © The Author(s) 2013. Background Early diagnosis of dementia within primary care is important to allow access to support. However, dementia remains under-detected in general practice. Aim This work aimed to develop and evaluate an educational... Read More about The development and evaluation of an educational intervention for primary care promoting person-centred responses to dementia.

A randomised controlled trial comparing opt-in and opt-out home visits for tracing lost participants in a prospective birth cohort study (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Bray et al. Background: Attrition is an important problem in cohort studies. Tracing cohort members who have moved or otherwise lost contact with the study is vital. There is some debate about the acceptability and relative effectiveness of op... Read More about A randomised controlled trial comparing opt-in and opt-out home visits for tracing lost participants in a prospective birth cohort study.

Science with under 7s (and not much budget) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engaging children under the age of 7 with informal science learning, and demonstrating how activities can be reproduced at home for low cost to encourage parental engagement.

The emotional side of task interruption: Effects on memory recall (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Being interrupted whilst performing a task tends to impair subsequent performance on
measures such as memory recall. However, little is known about the effects of interruptions with an
emotive content which is surprising given how often they occur.... Read More about The emotional side of task interruption: Effects on memory recall.

Barriers to engaging: Families with under 5s (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Looking at the barriers to engaging families with children under the age of 5 with informal science learning and how to overcome them.

Industrial scale microwave processing of tomato juice using a novel continuous microwave system (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This study evaluated the effect of an industrial scale continuous flow microwave volumetric heating system in comparison to conventional commercial scale pasteurisation for the processing of tomato juice in t... Read More about Industrial scale microwave processing of tomato juice using a novel continuous microwave system.

Transforming our world: “A Tale of Two Cities” - Micro study of challenges to urban sustainability faced by Afro Europeans (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A case study of Bristol illustrates the relevance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in addressing race inequality, e.g. to achive urban sustainability.

Media, marketing and mass advertising: Managing patient expectations (2015)
Journal Article

The mass media is a very powerful source of influence and plays a key role in promoting and defining cultural standards of beauty (Halliwell and Diedrichs, 2012). Research from the body image literature shows that repeated exposure to media messages... Read More about Media, marketing and mass advertising: Managing patient expectations.

A stereospecific one-pot synthesis of β-chloro esters via the BiCl<inf>3</inf> catalysed O-acylative cleavage of crowded epoxides (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Science Reviews 2000 Ltd. All rights reserved. A simple, one-pot procedure is described for the stereospecific preparation of β-chloro esters from the corresponding crowded epoxide.

Spies, sight, splints & snow: Family friendly history of science, technology & medicine (2015)
Journal Article

Public engagement with science, technology and medicine in World War I

Suprematist ontology and the ultra deep field problem: Operations of the concept (2015)
Book Chapter

Kasimir Malevich's philosophical writings draw not on Schopenhauer, as is usually argued, but on Schelling. Thus his theory of the additional element constitutes an ontological rather than an epistemological intervention which this essay develops.