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A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan
Book
Smyth, A. R. A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan. Unpublished

This document gives the search strategy and statistical analysis plan for the following study.

"A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom".

A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2
Book
Smyth, A. R. A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2. Unpublished

This is part 2 of a document giving the search strategy and statistical analysis plan for the following study.

"A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kin... Read More about A systematic review of the use of Cochrane reviews in clinical guidelines, for lower respiratory disease, in children in the United Kingdom: analysis plan part 2.

Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity
Journal Article
Hlinka, J., & Coombes, S. Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08081.x

Modern imaging methods allow a non-invasive assessment of both structural and functional brain connectivity. This has lead to
the identification of disease-related alterations affecting functional connectivity. The mechanism of how such alterations... Read More about Using computational models to relate structural and functional brain connectivity.

Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses
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Puch-Solis, R., Roberts, P., Pope, S., & Aitken, C. Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. RSS

Practical guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses on the logical analysis of DNA profiles, and their probative value in criminal proceedings. Explains technical aspects of DNA profiling and how this information should b... Read More about Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.

Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility
Journal Article
Arrowsmith, S. Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility. Public Procurement Law Review, 21,

On 20 December 2011 the European Commission published its proposals for two new procedural directives on public procurement, one to replace Public Sector Directive 2004/18 and one to replace Utilities Directive 2004/17, with the stated aims of “simpl... Read More about Modernising the EU’s public procurement regime: a blueprint for real simplicity and flexibility.

Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things
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Brown, M., Coughlan, T., Lawson, G., Mortier, R., Houghton, R., & Goulden, M. Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things. Horizon Digital Economy Reseearch Institute. Manuscript submitted for publication

This report investigates how different generations within a household interpret individual members’ data generated by the Internet of Things (IoT). Adopting a mixed methods approach, we are interested in interpretations of the IoT by teenagers, thei... Read More about Intergenerational interpretation of the Internet of Things.

Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy
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Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Thornton, J., Britton, J., Lewis, S., Watts, K., …Grainge, M. J. Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy

This NIHR HTA-funded smoking, nicotine and pregnancy (SNAP) trial investigated whether or not nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective, cost-effective and safe when used for smoking cessation by pregnant women. We randomised 1050 women who wer... Read More about Final Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the SNAP Trial - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy.

An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dent, I., Craig, T., Aickelin, U., & Rodden, T. An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage.

How a household varies their regular usage of electricity
is useful information for organisations to allow accurate
targeting of behaviour modification initiatives with the aim of improving the overall efficiency of the electricity network. The var... Read More about An approach for assessing clustering of households by electricity usage.

‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career
Journal Article
Durkin, H. ‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2012.658263

This paper engages with a major paradox in African American tap dancer Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film image – namely, its concurrent adherences to and contestations of dehumanising racial iconography – to reveal the complex and often ambivalent way... Read More about ‘It's all the way you look at it, you know’: reading Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson's film career.

Introduction to the Heijkoop approach to challenging behaviour in ID
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heijkoop, J., & Clegg, J. Introduction to the Heijkoop approach to challenging behaviour in ID.

The Heijkoop method is used widely in ID challenging behaviour services across Northern Europe; the lack of an English-language account has inhibited its uptake in the UK. The method is fundamentally experiential and aimed at understanding the ‘Who’... Read More about Introduction to the Heijkoop approach to challenging behaviour in ID.

International history and the study of public opinion: towards methodological clarity
Journal Article
Hucker, D. International history and the study of public opinion: towards methodological clarity. International History Review, 34(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2012.690194

International historians have long been fascinated by public opinion and its influence on policymaking, citing it frequently as one of the many factors that inform foreign policy choices. However, historians – and international historians in particul... Read More about International history and the study of public opinion: towards methodological clarity.

Using clustering to extract personality information from socio economic data
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ladas, A., Aickelin, U., Garibaldi, J. M., & Ferguson, E. Using clustering to extract personality information from socio economic data.

It has become apparent that models that have been applied widely in economics, including Machine Learning techniques and Data Mining methods, should take into consideration principles that derive from the theories of Personality Psychology in order t... Read More about Using clustering to extract personality information from socio economic data.

The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust
Journal Article
McLaren, L. M. (2012). The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust. World Politics,

One of the defining features of modern states is their incorporation of notions of political and social community based on shared language, history, and myths. However, large numbers of citizens in modern states have come to believe their national co... Read More about The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust.

INSOL Europe’s proposals on groups of companies (in cross-border insolvency): a critical appraisal
Journal Article
Mevorach, I. (2012). INSOL Europe’s proposals on groups of companies (in cross-border insolvency): a critical appraisal. International Insolvency Review, 21(3),

International bodies have started to address the problem of cross-border insolvency of corporate groups rather recently. UNCITRAL has adopted a set of recommendations and the EU Commission may address the matter in the near future, in the process of... Read More about INSOL Europe’s proposals on groups of companies (in cross-border insolvency): a critical appraisal.

Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule
Journal Article
Olarte-Sánchez, C., Valencia Torres, L., Body, S., Cassaday, H. J., Bradshaw, C., & Szabadi, E. Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111409607

It has been suggested that a sub-population of orexinergic neurones whose somata lie in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) play an important role in regulating the reinforcing value of both food and drugs. This experiment examined the effect of disr... Read More about Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule.