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Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (2012)
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Summary Background Globally, at least 93 million children have moderate or severe disability. Children with disabilities are thought to have a substantially greater risk of being victims of violence than are their non-disabled peers. Establishment of... Read More about Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Using twitter to promote health psychology (2012)
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Plant disease risk and grower–agronomist perceptions and relationships: An analysis of the UK potato and wheat sectors (2012)
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© 2011 Elsevier Ltd Plant diseases can impact on crop yields and disrupt food supply chains. It is surprising, therefore, that a detailed analysis of key actor responses to disease risk has not been undertaken. This paper examines grower and agronomi... Read More about Plant disease risk and grower–agronomist perceptions and relationships: An analysis of the UK potato and wheat sectors.

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.

Prevalence and risk of violence against adults with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (2012)
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Background About 15% of adults worldwide have a disability. These individuals are frequently reported to be at increased risk of violence, yet quantitative syntheses of studies of this issue are scarce. We aimed to quantify violence against adults wi... Read More about Prevalence and risk of violence against adults with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Ethnic minority offenders and victims (2012)
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Towards a new ceramic future (2012)
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This article describes the findings of the AHRC funded research project 'Solid Free-form Fabrication in Fired Ceramic as a Design Aid for Concept Modelling in the Ceramic Industry'. Investigators Huson and Hoskins have developed a patented ceramic ma... Read More about Towards a new ceramic future.

Funding for faience (2012)
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Professor Stephen Hoskins explains an exciting three-year Arts and Humanities Research Council project.

Computational colour, the visual artist and the printed artefact (2012)
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A peer reviewed journal article published in the Journal of the International Colour Association (JAIC). This paper outlines the limitations of digital printing in respect of its ability to replicate the nuances of colour that might be achieved by... Read More about Computational colour, the visual artist and the printed artefact.

Constructing a coherent STEM strategy with schools (2012)
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Most universities run STEM enrichment activities with local schools. At UWE we have run activities with respect to mathematics (Maths Challenge, Maths Event Day, FUNMaths Roadshows), Engineering (Engineering activity day, Bloodhound), Science (Scienc... Read More about Constructing a coherent STEM strategy with schools.

Novel electrode reactions of diazepam, flunitrazepam and lorazepam and their exploitation in a new redox mode LC-DED assay for serum (2012)
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Previously unreported voltammetric redox behaviour was identified for flunitrazepam, lorazepam and diazepam at a glassy carbon electrode. This was successfully exploited for their determination in serum by high performance liquid chromatography dual... Read More about Novel electrode reactions of diazepam, flunitrazepam and lorazepam and their exploitation in a new redox mode LC-DED assay for serum.

CURE (Community Urgent Response Environment) (2012)
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Mobiserv: A service robot and intelligent home environment for the Provision of health, nutrition and safety services to older adults (2012)
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Bridging the divide between feminist activism and academia: A conference report on Feminism in Action (2012)
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Feminism in action: Nikki Hayfield in conversation with Helen Mott, Sian Norris and Anna Brown (2012)
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Intelligent marking in summative e-assessments (2012)
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This paper describes our experiences of employing the algorithmic e-assessment approachto summative assessments in a large cohort first year engineering module at the Universityof the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The philosophy of this approach, w... Read More about Intelligent marking in summative e-assessments.

Stand up and be heard (2012)
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Book review: ‘Ladies or gents’: Gender division in toilets (2012)
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A relacao generificado entre o zonamento urbano do transporte public e as implicacoes para a provisao de banheiros publicos (2012)
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The gendered relationship between urban land use transportation planning and the implications for the provision of public toilets

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.