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Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial (2012)
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The objective of this study is to establish the efficacy of adherence therapy (AT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing blood pressure (BP) in non-compliant hypertensive patients. This study was designed as a parallel-group single-blind... Read More about Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial.

Legal rights for people who 'Live Apart Together'? (2012)
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About 10% of adults in Britain have a living apart together (LAT) relationship; they are nearly always administratively and legally defined as single but in fact they have a partner who lives elsewhere. The question then arises, should LAT couples ha... Read More about Legal rights for people who 'Live Apart Together'?.

Towards the cybernetic mind (2012)
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Humans naturally interface transparently with tools, thus extending through them. Advancing technology has finally produced tools that begin to match our capacities, integrating them more transparently with our minds. We move from tool users towards... Read More about Towards the cybernetic mind.

Transformative processes of agency: Information technologies and the production of digitally mediated selves (2012)
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New media technologies are becoming an increasingly prominent constituent of everyday living, with their proliferation presenting new challenges to key aspects of the self, namely agency and identity. The potential recalibration of these notions come... Read More about Transformative processes of agency: Information technologies and the production of digitally mediated selves.

Academic achievement in individuals with cleft: A population-based register study (2012)
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Objective: The focus of this study was to determine whether there were any significant differences in academic achievement between students with a cleft and the general population of Swedish students at the typical time of graduation from compulsory... Read More about Academic achievement in individuals with cleft: A population-based register study.

Masculinity, homosexuality and the defence of Islam: A case study of Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s media fatwa (2012)
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This paper analyses how Islamic Neo-traditionalists perceive gender constructs through a distorted view of religious texts and cultural conventions. It explores the ramifications of these constructs for attitudes towards same-sex orientations and rel... Read More about Masculinity, homosexuality and the defence of Islam: A case study of Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s media fatwa.

Deconstructing Health and the Un/Healthy Fat Woman (2012)
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Dominant discourses represent body weight as a consequence of lifestyle, equating 'fatness' with 'disease' and 'thinness' with 'health'. Consequently, fat subjects become framed as lazy and not willing to follow a 'healthy' lifestyle. In neoliberal s... Read More about Deconstructing Health and the Un/Healthy Fat Woman.

Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse (2012)
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Whilst it is acknowledged that grooming and sexual abuse takes place both in the offline and online environment, the continued convergence of technologies means that the offline and online boundaries are increasingly blurred. This paper will discuss... Read More about Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse.

A Bayesian Optimal Foraging Model of Human Visual Search (2012)
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Real-world visual searches often contain a variable and unknown number of targets. Such searches present difficult metacognitive challenges, as searchers must decide when to stop looking for additional targets, which results in high miss rates in mul... Read More about A Bayesian Optimal Foraging Model of Human Visual Search.

What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment (2012)
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© The Policy Press 2012. Commitment is a widely acknowledged concern among the general public as well as among academics and scholars. What commitment actually constitutes, however, is not easily defined. This article explores existing theories of co... Read More about What is commitment? women's accounts of intimate attachment.

Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts (2012)
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Background: Whilst energy drinks improve performance and feelings of alertness, recent articles suggest that energy drink consumption combined with alcohol may reduce perception of alcohol intoxication, or lead to increased alcohol or drug use. This... Read More about Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts.

Foucault’s technologies of the self: Between control and creativity (2012)
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Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing (2012)
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Self-efficacy beliefs have been identified as associated with students' academic performance. The present research assessed the relationship between two new self-efficacy scales (self-efficacy in reading [SER] and self-efficacy in writing [SEW]) and... Read More about Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing.

Educating the new practitioner: The building of professional identities in European social work (2012)
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This article sets out to consider the tentative findings that have emerged from a comparative pilot study of the value given to their social work education by newly qualified social workers in England, Sweden and Italy. The overall aim of the researc... Read More about Educating the new practitioner: The building of professional identities in European social work.

Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns (2012)
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In recent years concerns about an ‘epidemic of obesity’ and its associated implications for health have led to national and global health promotion campaigns seeking to encourage weight-loss through healthier eating and exercise. Whilst intended as h... Read More about Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns.

Creating a healthy prison: Developing a system wide approach to public health within an English prison (2012)
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The Latin « Third Man ». A survey and edition of texts from the XIIIth century (2012)
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Étude Critique L. Brisson, Platon: Parménide, Traduction, introduction et notes, Paris, GF-Flammarion, Troisième édition revue et mise à jour, 2011 (2012)
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Luc Brisson’s translation and challenging interpretation of the Parmenides stands out as one of the most influential contributions to contemporary exegesis of Plato’s arguably most controversial dialogue. While acknowledging its many virtues, the ess... Read More about Étude Critique L. Brisson, Platon: Parménide, Traduction, introduction et notes, Paris, GF-Flammarion, Troisième édition revue et mise à jour, 2011.

The ethics of publication in public health (2012)
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Publication in peer-reviewed journals is a key part of advancement in science and a vital part of development of the scientific basis for public health practice. The process of publication should promote rigorous standards of high quality ethical res... Read More about The ethics of publication in public health.

Ethnic minority offenders and victims (2012)
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