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Science Hunters - Minecraft (2017)
Digital Artefact

Blog post on primary teaching resources site about volcanology learning activities to try with young children.

Build your own Minecraft volcano – a science learning tool (2017)
Digital Artefact

Science Hunters is an outreach project based in Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. We use Minecraft to engage children with science and help them learn about topics not usually covered in science lessons, so it’s a great opportunity... Read More about Build your own Minecraft volcano – a science learning tool.

Support needs and experiences of family members of wounded, injured or sick UK service personnel (2017)
Journal Article

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. Introduction When a service person has been wounded, injured or sick (WIS), family members may provide care during their recovery... Read More about Support needs and experiences of family members of wounded, injured or sick UK service personnel.

Deck your halls with dinosaurs! (2016)
Digital Artefact

Behind door 17, a guest post from Cotton On’s Kerry Ollerenshaw and Science From the Start’s Dr Laura Hobbs – if you create a dinosaur tree decoration, let us know in the comments, on their Facebook pages or via #geoadvent on twitter!

Clinical measures of static foot posture do not agree (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: The aim of this study was to determine the level of agreement between common clinical foot classification measures. Methods: Static foot assessment was undertaken using the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6), rearfoot angle... Read More about Clinical measures of static foot posture do not agree.

Becoming "another brick in the wall": A thematic analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrants' experiences of psychological distress and help-seeking (2016)
Thesis

Background: Since 2004, a large number of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have taken up residence in the UK. This study explored how the experience of immigration impacted on the wellbeing of sixteen participants of Central and East... Read More about Becoming "another brick in the wall": A thematic analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrants' experiences of psychological distress and help-seeking.

Book review: Whiteness and White Privilege in Psychotherapy (2016)
Journal Article

Andrea L. Dottolo and Ellyn Kaschak: Routledge, 2016, 203 pp.

Early language delay: A study of the evolving language environments of preschool children (2016)
Thesis

Primary language impairment (PLI) affects approximately one in 20 young children, who may have difficulties with language in later life. The importance of parent-child interaction (PCI) for language development has been well established. Many early s... Read More about Early language delay: A study of the evolving language environments of preschool children.

Desperate father or murderous fool? The genesis of one migratory legend of poverty, fecundity and multiple birth (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © The Society for Folk Life Studies 2016. This study explores attitudes expressed in one specific Devon legend, concerning the multiple birth of seven children, as it was told in early seventeenth-century England. A diachronic study of relate... Read More about Desperate father or murderous fool? The genesis of one migratory legend of poverty, fecundity and multiple birth.

Examination of the association of sex and race/ethnicity with appearance concerns: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study (2016)
Journal Article

Objective: Appearance concerns are common in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and have been linked to younger age and more severe disease. No study has examined their association with sex or race/ethnicity. Methods: SSc patients were sampled from the Scl... Read More about Examination of the association of sex and race/ethnicity with appearance concerns: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study.

Dual Action Additives for Jet A-1: Fuel Dehydrating Icing Inhibitors (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 American Chemical Society. A novel approach for protecting jet fuel against the effects of water contamination based upon Fuel Dehydrating Icing Inhibitors (FDII) is presented. This dual-action strategy is predicated on the addition of a fuel-... Read More about Dual Action Additives for Jet A-1: Fuel Dehydrating Icing Inhibitors.

Cycling experiences: Exploring social influence and gender perspectives (2016)
Thesis

Men's experiences of having the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2016)
Thesis

Objectives There is a lack of attention and evidence in the literature regarding Borderline Personality Disorder (hereafter BPD) and men and how the disorder is conceptualised and understood by clinicians’ and researchers’ in relation to men. Thus,... Read More about Men's experiences of having the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Book review: The crime of all crimes: Towards a criminology of genocide (2016)
Journal Article

A book review of "The Crime of All Crimes: Towards a Criminology of Genocide" (Rafter, 2016)

Labels, identity and narratives in children with primary speech and language impairments (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited. Purpose: There has been debate about labels in relation to speech and language impairments. However, children’s views are missing from this debate, which is risky considering that labels w... Read More about Labels, identity and narratives in children with primary speech and language impairments.

The use of key performance indicators for external quality control in histological dissection (2016)
Thesis

The recent reports into standards in the NHS (Francis, 2013) and quality in pathology (Barnes, 2014) have focused scrutiny on the way in which we work in pathology and how we can provide assurance that this is of a sufficiently high standard. There a... Read More about The use of key performance indicators for external quality control in histological dissection.

Prevalence and predictors of persistent speech sound disorder at eight years old: Findings from a population cohort study (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence and predictors of persistent speech sound disorder (SSD) in children aged 8 years after disregarding children presenting solely with common clinical distortions (i.e.,... Read More about Prevalence and predictors of persistent speech sound disorder at eight years old: Findings from a population cohort study.

The effects of therapist training and experience on the outcomes of psychological therapy within an NHS setting (2016)
Thesis

Background: This study is based on the notion that client therapy outcomes are dependent, in part, on who the therapist is and not on the techniques they use or what theoretical model is drawn upon to conceptualise the presenting difficulties. Resear... Read More about The effects of therapist training and experience on the outcomes of psychological therapy within an NHS setting.

The impact of new hybrid imaging technology on the nuclear medicine workforce: Opportunities and challenges (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Health professionals across the world now work within an environment of flux and uncertainty, which inevitably presents new opportunities and challenges for the workforce in terms of developing new skills and knowledge. The introduction of any new h... Read More about The impact of new hybrid imaging technology on the nuclear medicine workforce: Opportunities and challenges.

Corrado Alvaro and the Calabrian mafia: A critical case study of the use of literary and journalistic texts in research on Italian organized crime (2016)
Journal Article

The Calabrian mafia, or ‘Ndrangheta, is a hugely powerful international crime syndicate, with origins that can be traced back to the late nineteenth century. By far the least studied of Italy’s ‘big three’ mafias, socio-historical research on the ear... Read More about Corrado Alvaro and the Calabrian mafia: A critical case study of the use of literary and journalistic texts in research on Italian organized crime.