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Exercise and self-management for people with chronic knee, hip or lower back pain: A cluster randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness. Study protocol (2013)
Journal Article

Objectives: Chronic musculoskeletal pain and osteoarthritis can significantly limit the functional independence of individuals, and given that 25% of the population experience these problems, the socioeconomic impact is immense. Exercise and self-man... Read More about Exercise and self-management for people with chronic knee, hip or lower back pain: A cluster randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness. Study protocol.

Attitudes Toward, and Use of, Textbooks Among Marketing Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study (2013)
Journal Article

While textbooks remain a key part of the teaching and learning process, evidence suggests that student completion of reading assignments is lower than teacher expectations. Although there is a small body of literature examining textbook use, studies... Read More about Attitudes Toward, and Use of, Textbooks Among Marketing Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study.

Seneca’s philosophical predecessors and contemporaries (2013)
Book Chapter

Population mobility: Moving away from a ‘sedentarist’ epistemology (2013)
Journal Article

Flexible time and ether in one-dimensional cellular automata (2013)
Thesis

A one-dimensional cellular automaton is an infinite row of identical machines---the cells---which depend for their behaviour only on the states of their direct neighbours.

This thesis introduces a new way to think about one-dimensional cellular au... Read More about Flexible time and ether in one-dimensional cellular automata.

Female eating disorder clients’ beliefs about female therapists’ body size and eating behaviours: An exploration using thematic analysis (2013)
Thesis

Although people with an eating disorder are known to observe and assess body related stimuli, research has yet to explore these behaviours in the therapy room. Consequently, little is known about clients’ feelings about, and responses to, a therapist... Read More about Female eating disorder clients’ beliefs about female therapists’ body size and eating behaviours: An exploration using thematic analysis.

Bristol girls dance project feasibility study: Using a pilot economic evaluation to inform design of a full trial (2013)
Journal Article

Background: There is currently little guidance for pilot trial economic evaluation where health outcomes and costs are influenced by a range of wider determinants and factors. Objectives: This article presents the findings of a pilot economic evaluat... Read More about Bristol girls dance project feasibility study: Using a pilot economic evaluation to inform design of a full trial.

Nuisance law and environmental protection : A study of nuisance injunctions in practice (2013)
Book

Nursing research: An introduction (2013)
Book

Nursing Research: An Introduction answers all your questions on the nursing research process. It gives you the knowledge you need to understand nursing research, evidence-based practice and critical appraisal so you can complete your own project and... Read More about Nursing research: An introduction.

Turf wars: Stable lads' strikes and union recognition in the twentieth century (2013)
Journal Article

University education and the culture of social participation in Bulgaria (2013)
Thesis

This research explores the unconscious processes that occurred on organizational as well as on individual level in an academic institution in Bulgaria when the task for liberalization of higher education system in the country has been set as universi... Read More about University education and the culture of social participation in Bulgaria.

Learning to build sustainable communities: An interdependency network perspective (2013)
Journal Article

This paper explores the production of sustainable communities from an interdependency network perspective (Newton, 2001). Drawing on fieldwork that
examined how planners worked collaboratively with other professionals to address the challenges of de... Read More about Learning to build sustainable communities: An interdependency network perspective.

Towards a conceptual model and reasoning structure for insider threat detection (2013)
Journal Article

The insider threat faced by corporations and governments today is a real and significant problem, and one that has become increasingly difficult to combat as the years have progressed. From a technology standpoint, traditional protective measures suc... Read More about Towards a conceptual model and reasoning structure for insider threat detection.

Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues (2013)
Journal Article

For key stakeholders to make informed air quality management decisions it is often necessary for in-depth data analysis to be tailored and concisely presented to meet their needs. Given the complexity of sources, the abundance of relevant data (e.g.... Read More about Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues.

Spiritual care: Enhancing meaning in pregnancy and birth (2013)
Journal Article

Spiritual care has been recognised as an aspect of nursing for many years. The purpose of this article is to prompt discussion about spirituality and spiritual care in relation to midwifery practice and birth. Application is made to the education of... Read More about Spiritual care: Enhancing meaning in pregnancy and birth.

Patient satisfaction: The importance of support in the decision-making process (2013)
Journal Article

Long are the days when the success of an operation was determined by the surgeon alone. Surgical teams are increasingly eliciting the opinions of patients themselves to ascertain surgery success, argues Catrin Griffiths. It is vital for clinicians to... Read More about Patient satisfaction: The importance of support in the decision-making process.

The prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points and diagnostic criteria of the triceps surae and upper trapezius: A cross sectional study (2013)
Journal Article

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), specific diagnostic criteria and the association between gender and MTrP prevalence in the triceps surae and upper trapezius. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting:... Read More about The prevalence of latent myofascial trigger points and diagnostic criteria of the triceps surae and upper trapezius: A cross sectional study.

Myofascial trigger point therapy for triceps surae dysfunction: Acaseseries (2013)
Journal Article

Aims: The main aim of the case series was to inform further experimental research to determine the effectiveness of myofascial trigger point (MTrP) therapy for the treatment of triceps surae dysfunction. Participants: Ten participants with triceps su... Read More about Myofascial trigger point therapy for triceps surae dysfunction: Acaseseries.

The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change? (2013)
Journal Article

After highlighting the budgetary context and the historical trends on the funding of the CAP, this paper considers contemporary debates about its reform in the context of two ‘historic firsts’. Negotiations about the multiannual financial framework (... Read More about The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change?.

Assisted reproductive technology provision and the vulnerability thesis: From the UK to the global market (2013)
Book Chapter