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Is the use of an invitation letter effective in prompting patients with severe mental illness to attend a primary care physical health check? (2012)
Journal Article

Annual physical health checks are recommended for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) as this group has a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than the rest of the general population. There is little guidance for healthcare professi... Read More about Is the use of an invitation letter effective in prompting patients with severe mental illness to attend a primary care physical health check?.

Professional autonomy, collaboration with physicians, and moral distress among European intensive care nurses. (2012)
Journal Article

Discretionary autonomy is a key factor in enhanced patient outcomes and nurses' work satisfaction. Among nurses, insufficient autonomy can result in moral distress. To explore levels of autonomy among European critical care nurses and potential assoc... Read More about Professional autonomy, collaboration with physicians, and moral distress among European intensive care nurses..

Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator (2012)
Journal Article

This paper presents a new in vitro wear simulator based on spatial parallel kinematics and a biologically inspired implicit force/position hybrid controller to replicate chewing movements and dental wear formations on dental components, such as crown... Read More about Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator.

The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK (2012)
Journal Article

This paper explores the influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on travel behavior, including mode choice. It uses data from residents of 13 new neighborhood UK developments designed to support sustainable travel.... Read More about The influence of individuals' environmental attitudes and urban design features on their travel patterns in sustainable neighborhoods in the UK.

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
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Transport policy in the UK is seeking to promote the development of low carbon transport technology and to encourage people to choose to use low carbon travel options. This paper draws on existing behavioural theories to study young people's travel b... Read More about Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions.