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Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component (2012)
Journal Article

This paper reports the qualitative component from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (PRCT), the quantitative component is reported in Callaghan, Khalil, Morres and Carter (2011). Exercise may be effective in treating depression, but trials test... Read More about Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component.

Video feedback intervention: a case series in the context of childhood hearing impairment (2012)
Journal Article

Background: Recent research shows that parental sensitivity can explain a significant and unique amount of growth in speech and language outcomes in children with cochlear implants. In this intervention study we explored the impact of an interventi... Read More about Video feedback intervention: a case series in the context of childhood hearing impairment.

Hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein fitness defines virus population composition following transmission to a new host (2012)
Journal Article

Genetic variability is a hallmark of RNA virus populations. However, transmission to a new host often results in a marked decrease in population diversity. This genetic bottlenecking is observed during hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission and can ari... Read More about Hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein fitness defines virus population composition following transmission to a new host.

Physical activity and cancer (2012)
Book Chapter

It is widely accepted that physical activity is important for physical functioning and well-being, and as such the promotion of active lifestyles is becoming increasingly significant in public health policy both in the UK and worldwide. Sedentary lif... Read More about Physical activity and cancer.

5-Carboxylcytosine is localized to euchromatic regions in the nuclei of follicular cells in axolotl ovary (2012)
Journal Article

5-Methylcytosine (5-mC) is an epigenetic modification associated with gene repression. Recent studies demonstrated that 5-mC can be enzymatically oxidised into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and further into 5-formylcytosine (5-fC) and 5-carboxylcytsine (5-... Read More about 5-Carboxylcytosine is localized to euchromatic regions in the nuclei of follicular cells in axolotl ovary.

Politics of desire: exploring the ethnicity/sexuality intersectionality in south asian and east asian men who have sex with men (MSM) (2012)
Journal Article

Intersectionality’ has been used to interrupt dominant discourse surrounding LGB experiences, and has exposed their heterogeneity. Complexities of negotiating desire within a matrix of race/ethnicity and sexuality in South and East Asian men who have... Read More about Politics of desire: exploring the ethnicity/sexuality intersectionality in south asian and east asian men who have sex with men (MSM).

Study of mid-infrared laser action in chalcogenide rare earth doped glass with Dy3+, Pr3+ and Tb3+ (2012)
Journal Article

We present a study of chalcogenide glass fiber lasers doped with Dy3+, Pr3+ or Tb3+ that would operate in the mid-infrared wavelength range. A set of chalcogenide glass samples doped with different concentrations of rare earth ions is fabricated.... Read More about Study of mid-infrared laser action in chalcogenide rare earth doped glass with Dy3+, Pr3+ and Tb3+.

Re-thinking Herczegfalvy: the ECHR and the control of psychiatric treatment (2012)
Book Chapter

This chapter forms part of a E Brems (ed.), Diversity and Human Rights: Rewriting Judgments of the ECHR (Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming 2013), in which lawyers and academics re-write judgments of the ECHR in a number of human rights areas. This cha... Read More about Re-thinking Herczegfalvy: the ECHR and the control of psychiatric treatment.

Revisiting the Causes of Stress in Social Work: Sources of Job Demands, Control and Support in Personalised Adult Social Care (2012)
Journal Article

Social workers in adult social care are at particular risk of job-related stress, although the contribution of different organisational and policy changes to this phenomenon is subject to debate. This paper explores a theoretical framework from the o... Read More about Revisiting the Causes of Stress in Social Work: Sources of Job Demands, Control and Support in Personalised Adult Social Care.

Mock period functions, sesquiharmonic Maass forms, and non-critical values of L-functions (2012)
Journal Article

We introduce a new technique of completion for 1-cohomology which parallels the corresponding technique in the theory of mock modular forms. This technique is applied in the context of non-critical values of L-functions of GL(2) cusp forms. We prove... Read More about Mock period functions, sesquiharmonic Maass forms, and non-critical values of L-functions.

Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody (2012)
Journal Article

This study is based on a statistical analysis of police custody records. We earlier examined the take-up of legal advice and now turn our attention to the time people spend in police custody. We find that the average time people are detained seems to... Read More about Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody.

Occupational therapy pre-discharge HOme VIsits for patients with a Stroke (HOVIS): results of a randomised controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article

Objective To conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of occupational therapy predischarge home visits for people after stroke in order to assess the feasibility of a definitive trial. Design Two studies; a randomised controlled trial and a coh... Read More about Occupational therapy pre-discharge HOme VIsits for patients with a Stroke (HOVIS): results of a randomised controlled trial.

Modelling electrical car diffusion based on agents (2012)
Journal Article

Replacing traditional fossil fuel vehicles with innovative zero-emission vehicles for the transport in cities is one of the major tactics to achieve the UK government 2020 target of cutting emission. We are developing an agent-based simulation mode... Read More about Modelling electrical car diffusion based on agents.

Photography and the ‘Jeu des clefs’: À la recherche du temps perdu in the light of Paul Nadar's portraits (2012)
Journal Article

The year 1978 saw the first exhibition of photographic portraits of Marcel Proust's family, friends and acquaintances taken by Paul Nadar, an event leading to renewed interest in the subject of À la recherche du temps perdu as a roman à clef. This ar... Read More about Photography and the ‘Jeu des clefs’: À la recherche du temps perdu in the light of Paul Nadar's portraits.

Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey (2012)
Journal Article

Background: Smartphone usage has spread to many settings including that of healthcare with numerous potential and realised benefits. The ability to download custom-built software applications (apps) has created a new wealth of clinical resources av... Read More about Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey.

It matters which class you are in: student-centred teaching and the enjoyment of learning mathematics (2012)
Journal Article

The 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey highlighted how attitudes to mathematics had declined sharply for students in many of the high attaining countries in the survey, England being no exception. There is a notable drop in... Read More about It matters which class you are in: student-centred teaching and the enjoyment of learning mathematics.

Assessing 'functionality' in school mathematics examinations: what does being human have to do with it? (2012)
Journal Article

This article analyses aspects of the process of developing ‘functional’ assessments of mathematics at the end of compulsory schooling in England. A protocol that was developed for scrutinising assessment items is presented. This protocol includes a... Read More about Assessing 'functionality' in school mathematics examinations: what does being human have to do with it?.

Termination and activation of store-operated cyclic AMP production (2012)
Journal Article

Diverse pathophysiological processes (e.g. obesity, lifespan determination, addiction and male fertility) have been linked to the expression of specific isoforms of the adenylyl cyclases (AC1‐AC10), the enzymes that generate cyclic AMP (cAMP). Our la... Read More about Termination and activation of store-operated cyclic AMP production.

Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy (2012)
Journal Article

Objective To determine risk factors for childhood overweight that can be identified during the first year of life to facilitate early identification and targeted intervention. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Search strategy Electroni... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy.

Structural change and cross-country growth empirics (2012)
Journal Article

One of the most striking features of economic growth is the process of structural change whereby the share of agriculture in GDP decreases as countries develop. The cross-country growth literature typically estimates an aggregate homogeneous producti... Read More about Structural change and cross-country growth empirics.