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A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management (2013)
Journal Article
Benger, J. R., Cramp, F., McClellan, C. M., McClellan, C., Cramp, F. (., Powell, J., & Benger, J. (2013). A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management. BMJ Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001116

Objectives: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of soft tissue injury management by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and extended scope physiotherapists (ESPs) compared with the routine care provided by doctors in an emergency department (ED). Des... Read More about A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management.

Paying the price works: Increasing goal-state access cost improves problem solving and mitigates the effect of interruption (2013)
Journal Article
Morgan, P. L., Morgan, P., & Patrick, J. (2013). Paying the price works: Increasing goal-state access cost improves problem solving and mitigates the effect of interruption. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(1), 160-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2012.702117

The aim of this paper was to investigate whether it was possible to induce more internal planning in the four-disk Tower of Hanoi (ToH) in order not only to produce more efficient problem solving but also to make it more resistant to the negative eff... Read More about Paying the price works: Increasing goal-state access cost improves problem solving and mitigates the effect of interruption.

The law of insuperable environment: What is exhibited in the exhibition of the process of nature? (2013)
Journal Article
Grant, I. H. (2013). The law of insuperable environment: What is exhibited in the exhibition of the process of nature?

Once something is said of something else, this “what it is that exists” or X of which what is said is said, is augmented, however minimally, by its expression. Due to the resulting progressive series, asking after what it is of which what is said is... Read More about The law of insuperable environment: What is exhibited in the exhibition of the process of nature?.

Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment (2013)
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Clarke, V. (2013). Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment

The three papers in this special feature all make important contributions to the psychology of LGB appearance and embodiment and extend and develop the existing literature in exciting ways. First, Caroline Huxley contributes to the literature on sexu... Read More about Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment.

Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study (2013)
Journal Article
Miller, L. L., Wren, Y., McLeod, S., White, P., Miller, L., & Roulstone, S. (2013). Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(1), 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.08.008

Speech disorder that continues into middle childhood is rarely studied compared with speech disorder in the early years. Speech production in single words, connected speech and nonword repetition was assessed for 7390 eight-year-old children within t... Read More about Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children: Findings from a prospective population study.

Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments (2013)
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Duncan, H. P., Lyttle, M. D., Scholefield, B. R., Scholefield, B. R., Lyttle, M., Berry, K., …Morris, K. P. (2013). Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(1), 24-27. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200348

Objectives: To ascertain current use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) after paediatric cardiac arrest in UK emergency departments (EDs), and views on participating in a UK randomised controlled trial (RCT) incorporating early induction of TH in ED. De... Read More about Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments.

Improving the effectiveness of an interruption lag by inducing a memory-based strategy (2013)
Journal Article
Morgan, P. L., Morgan, P., Patrick, J., & Tiley, L. (2013). Improving the effectiveness of an interruption lag by inducing a memory-based strategy. Acta Psychologica, 142(1), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.09.003

The memory for goals model (Altmann & Trafton, 2002) posits the importance of a short delay (the 'interruption lag') before an interrupting task to encode suspended goals for retrieval post-interruption. Two experiments used the theory of soft constr... Read More about Improving the effectiveness of an interruption lag by inducing a memory-based strategy.

Smoking prevalence amongst UK Armed Forces recruits: Changes in behaviour after 3 years follow-up and factors affecting smoking behaviour (2013)
Journal Article
Bray, I., Richardson, P., & Harrison, K. (2013). Smoking prevalence amongst UK Armed Forces recruits: Changes in behaviour after 3 years follow-up and factors affecting smoking behaviour. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 159(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2013-000009

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate smoking prevalence of Tri-Service recruits, and changes in smoking behaviour at 3-year follow-up, by trade group and gender. Associations with educational attainment and deprivation were also as... Read More about Smoking prevalence amongst UK Armed Forces recruits: Changes in behaviour after 3 years follow-up and factors affecting smoking behaviour.

Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Weitkamp, E., Jones, M., Salmon, D., Kimberlee, R., & Orme, J. (2013). Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme. Sustainability, 5(3), 1128-1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5031128

There is increasing interest in the role that schools can play in promoting education for sustainable development (ESD), and evidence is emerging that schools can be influential in the emerging agenda around the ecological, ethical and social aspects... Read More about Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme.

Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in wernicke's aphasia (2013)
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Robson, H., Grube, M., Griffiths, T. D., Lambon Ralph, M. A., & Sage, K. (2013). Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in wernicke's aphasia. Cortex, 49(7), 1808-1822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.11.012

Objective: This work investigates the nature of the comprehension impairment in Wernicke's aphasia (WA), by examining the relationship between deficits in auditory processing of fundamental, non-verbal acoustic stimuli and auditory comprehension. WA,... Read More about Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in wernicke's aphasia.

Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited (2013)
Journal Article
McMahon-Parkes, K. (2013). Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited. Journal of Medical Ethics, 39(9), 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2011-100079

In their recent article, Erbay et al considered whether a seriously injured patient should be able to refuse treatment if the refusal was based on a (mis) interpretation of religious doctrine. They argued that in such a case 'what is important...is w... Read More about Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited.

Enhancing dissemination in selective eating disorders prevention: An investigation of voluntary participation among female university students (2013)
Journal Article
Atkinson, M. J., & Wade, T. D. (2013). Enhancing dissemination in selective eating disorders prevention: An investigation of voluntary participation among female university students. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(12), 806-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2013.09.012

Maximising dissemination of efficacious psychological interventions is an important undertaking, particularly in prevention work where the target population may not be seeking help. Consequently, the current study investigated voluntary participation... Read More about Enhancing dissemination in selective eating disorders prevention: An investigation of voluntary participation among female university students.