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Walking during the encoding of described environments enhances a heading-independent spatial representation

Santoro, Ilaria; Murgia, Mauro; Sors, Fabrizio; Prpic, Valter; Agostini, Tiziano (Article)

Previous studies demonstrated that physical movement enhanced spatial updating in described environments. However, those movements were executed only after the encoding of the environment, minimally affecting the development ...

Walking through doorways differentially affects recall and familiarity.

Seel, Sabrina; Easton, Alex; McGregor, Anthony; Buckley, Matthew G.; Eacott, Madeline J. (Article)

Wanted: guidelines for reporting correlations

Kay, Bartholomew (Article)

Wanting to Be Happy but Not Knowing How: Poor Attentional Control and Emotion-Regulation Abilities Mediate the Association Between Valuing Happiness and Depression

Kahriz, Bahram; Glover, Francesca; Vogt, Julia; Bower, Joanne L. (Article)

Recent studies suggest that valuing happiness is associated with negative psychological health outcomes, including increased depression, in US samples. We aimed to replicate these associations in two studies at a UK ...

War on video: Combat footage, vernacular video analysis and military culture from within

Mair, Michael; Elsey, Christopher; Smith, Paul V.; Watson, Patrick G. (Article)

In this article we present an ethnomethodological study of a controversial case of ‘friendly fire’ from the Iraq War in which leaked video footage, war on video, acquired particular significance. We examine testimony ...

War-making and sense-making: some technical reflections on an instance of ‘friendly fire’

Mair, Michael; Watson, Patrick G.; Elsey, Christopher; Smith, Paul V. (Article)

In this paper we analyse a ‘friendly fire’ incident from the second Gulf War and the controversy which came to envelop it during a coroner's inquest in 2007. Focusing on the cockpit video of the incident that was leaked ...

Ward based feeding and swallowing training.

Bixley, Morag; Blagdon, B.; Forknall, N.; Bird, L.; Hood, G.; Gutteridge, K. (Conference / Image)

TITLE OF PAPER: WARD BASED FEEDING AND SWALLOWING TRAINING KEYWORDS: DYSPHAGIA, EVIDENCE BASE  WHY THE STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN This paper summarises the findings of the Northamptonshire Healthcare (NH) Feeding and ...

Washing uniforms at home: adhering to hospital policy

Riley, K.; Williams, John; Laird, Katie (Article)

Infection control is a priority for all hospitals to reduce the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). Textiles especially uniforms, are a possible route of HCAI transmission. There are protocols to ensure ...

Water-soaked porous evidence: a comparison of processing methods

Deacon, Paul; Simmons, Rory K.; Farrugia, Kevin J. (Article)

This study compared the U.K. Home Office formulation for physical developer (PD) against Oil Red O (ORO) and a modified formulation of physical developer (MPD) that uses Tween 20 instead of Synperonic-N for enhancing ...

Waterbirth: characteristics and outcomes in low risk women and babies: a retrospective population cohort study in England 2015/16.

Aughey, Harriet; Jardine, Jen; Blotkamp, Andrea; Harris, Tina; NMPA Project Team (Conference)

Background Little is known about the incidence of delivery in water and concerns have been raised about the effects of waterbirth on women and their babies as it becomes more popular. Aims and objectives of the study To ...

‘We Always Invite Residents to Come Along...’ Discourses of Citizenship Among Local Government Stakeholders

Baker, Sally; Brown, Brian J.; Davies, H. (Article)

This paper explores the ways in which managers of organizations delivering services to the public in Wales talk about and conceptualize the publics using these services. Topics covered in interviews with these stakeholders ...

"We di woman den, na we di suffer"

Berghs, Maria; Gabba, Amelia Eva; Nyandemo, Sia Evelyn; Dyson, Simon; Fadlu-Deen, Gbrilla; Tregson-Roberts, George (Technical Report)

Sierra Leone is thought to be one of the West African countries most affected by sickle cell disorders. Estimates state that one in four people carry the gene for sickle cell and between 1 to 2% of births are of children ...

We must not forget that 99% of the total number of molecules present in a living organism is water

Haris, P. I. (Parvez I.) (Article)

‘We needed to change the mission statement of the marriage’: biographical disruptions, appraisals and revisions among couples living with endometriosis

Hudson, Nicky; Culley, Lorraine; Law, Caroline; Mitchell, H.; Denny, E.; Raine-Fenning, N. (Article)

The concept of biographical disruption has been widely applied in sociological explorations of chronic illness and has been subject to much theoretical scrutiny, reflection and development. However, little attention has ...