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Evaluation of living well, taking control: A community-based diabetes prevention and management programme (2016)
Report

Introduction
Type 2 diabetes is a serious, expensive and growing public health challenge. In England, national guidance recommends intensive lifestyle interventions promoting weight loss for people at risk of diabetes and programmes of individualise... Read More about Evaluation of living well, taking control: A community-based diabetes prevention and management programme.

What is the value of social prescribing? (2016)
Journal Article

General practice is in crisis. Across the UK different models of social prescribing have evolved to meet the growth in patient attendance. Although there is growing evidence of their efficacy there is little evidence of their value. Analysing one hol... Read More about What is the value of social prescribing?.

Re-provisioning of cloud-based execution infrastructure using the cloud-aware provenance to facilitate scientific workflow execution reproducibility (2016)
Book Chapter

Provenance has been considered as a means to achieve sci- entific workflow reproducibility to verify the workflow processes and results. Cloud computing provides a new computing paradigm for the workflow execution by o↵ering a dynamic and scalable en... Read More about Re-provisioning of cloud-based execution infrastructure using the cloud-aware provenance to facilitate scientific workflow execution reproducibility.

The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice (2016)
Journal Article

The new version of the Editors’ Code of Conduct was published in December 2015, the first new version of the Code since the formation of IPSO and the first since the Leveson Inquiry on Press Standards criticised the PCC, the effectiveness of the Code... Read More about The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice.

Science museum explainer training: Exploring factors that influence visitor-explainer interactions (2016)
Thesis

There is currently minimal understanding as to how explainer training in Informal Science Institutions (ISIs) incorporates socio-cultural contexts. This thesis investigates this gap in the literature by examining the role of socio-cultural context i... Read More about Science museum explainer training: Exploring factors that influence visitor-explainer interactions.

Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article

Unlike to other disease/conditions, the treatment of injuries may not be the first option to avoid the loss of lives, disability, trauma, and financial burden. It requires considerable efforts to prevention activities. According to the general public... Read More about Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal.

Food for life: A social return on investment analysis of the locally commissioned programme. Full Report (2016)
Report

A Social Return on Investment Analysis of two locally commissioned Food for Life programmes

Growing Together: A mixed methods evaluation of a community gardening project delivered by a social housing association. Year 1 (2016)
Report

Growing Together is a community gardening project delivered by Alliance Homes on the Bournville estate, Weston-super-Mare. This is the first year report on a mixed methods evaluation of the project.

The record includes a summary version of the re... Read More about Growing Together: A mixed methods evaluation of a community gardening project delivered by a social housing association. Year 1.

Submission to the Home Affairs Committee (2016)
Other

This is a submission to the Home Affairs Committee on Prostitution calling for the Nordic Model to be implemented in law in the UK, not only Northern Ireland.

The early guilty plea: The need for adequate disclosure (2016)
Journal Article

This paper examines the implementation of the early guilty plea scheme. Furthermore, the paper highlights the potential ramifications the scheme holds for both defendants and adversarial criminal justice in England and Wales.

Brain scanning and lie detectors: The implications for fundamental defence rights (2016)
Journal Article

This paper will explore how the use of neuroscientific technology to identify deception may impact on the human rights of the accused. The particular focus of the paper centres on accused persons in England and Wales. However, in order to understand... Read More about Brain scanning and lie detectors: The implications for fundamental defence rights.

Exploring the critical factors and forces affecting the longevity and resilience of community-scale green infrastructure (2016)
Thesis

In an ongoing period of austerity in the UK, there is a growing assumption that communities will increasingly help deliver what have traditionally been seen as public services. This thesis seeks to explore the extent to which community groups make a... Read More about Exploring the critical factors and forces affecting the longevity and resilience of community-scale green infrastructure.

A provenance framework for policy analytics in Smart Cities (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Copyright © 2016 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved. Sustainable urban environments require appropriate policy management. However, such policies are established as a result of underlying, potentially comple... Read More about A provenance framework for policy analytics in Smart Cities.

‘Curvy’ Barbie: A step in the right direction, but is it far enough? (2016)
Journal Article

Barbie has been a familiar face in homes worldwide for generations. However, despite her popularity, she
has also received her fair share of criticism. Many argue that the doll’s appearance promotes an unrealistic
image of feminine beauty. In respo... Read More about ‘Curvy’ Barbie: A step in the right direction, but is it far enough?.

Bristol Girls Dance Project: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11- to 12-year-old girls (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Many children do not meet UK physical activity (PA) guidelines. Girls are less active than boys, and the age-related decline in activity is steeper for girls. Dance is the favourite form of PA among adolescent girls in the UK. Participati... Read More about Bristol Girls Dance Project: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11- to 12-year-old girls.

Remittances and informal work (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of remittances on informal employment in the migrants’ countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. D... Read More about Remittances and informal work.

Preparing for home: A before-and-after study to investigate the effects of a neonatal discharge package aimed at increasing parental knowledge, understanding and confidence in caring for their preterm infant before and after discharge from hospital (2016)
Report

Background
Improved survival and shorter length of stay (LOS) for preterm infants, together with poorly organised discharge planning in some neonatal units, leaves many parents ill prepared to take their babies home, with increased use of out-of-hou... Read More about Preparing for home: A before-and-after study to investigate the effects of a neonatal discharge package aimed at increasing parental knowledge, understanding and confidence in caring for their preterm infant before and after discharge from hospital.

Encyclopedia of human resource management (2016)
Book Chapter

Contributions on flexible working, flexitime, term time working, part-time working and compressed working hours

Skill up! Supporting academic success at UWE Bristol (2016)
Journal Article

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) Library Services launched Skill up!, a new online learning platform to support Academic Success in September 2015.

Handbook of Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions and Allegiance (2016)
Book

An sole edited volume which considers various dimensions of contemporary Christianity from a global perspective, calling on international experts in various specialisms and disciplines.