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An Exploration of the Health Information Seeking Behaviours of Older People
(2017-06-08)An increasing proportion of people in the United Kingdom are living longer with long-term conditions. The National Health Service is facing the challenge of increased pressure on its service provision. A number of key ... -
An exploration of the language used alongside the Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice (PNDP) to describe nutrition-related problems
(2015-12-02)An exploration of the language used alongside the Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice (PNDP) to describe nutrition-related problemsR Lindop1 & J McClinchy21Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust, The Royal Shrewsbury ... -
An Exploration of the Meaning and Development of Critical Thinking in Diagnostic Radiography
(2018-11-05)The development and application of critical thinking skills is a requirement and expectation of higher education and clinical radiographic practice. There is a multitude of generic definitions of critical thinking, however, ... -
An Exploration of the Nature of Patient Participation Within the Context of the Acute Surgical Care Setting - a Grounded Theory Study
(2013-03-11)Patient participation is a central theme in health care policy in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Indeed, there is a trend in health care policy and practice towards encouraging patients to participate actively in their care, ... -
An exploration of the prevalence of Hypermobility and Joint Hypermobility Syndrome in Omani women attending a hospital physiotherapy service
(2011)Background and Objectives: Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is an inherited disorder of connective tissue. It presents as a condition in which there are neuromusculoskeletal signs and symptoms, including pain, without ... -
An Exploration of the Psychosocial Impacts of Sexual Violence on Somali Women
(2022-09-30)Aims: Sexual violence against girls and women is a global human rights issue. It may encompass a range of acts and is associated with detrimental impacts on women’s physical and psychosocial wellbeing. The aim of this study ... -
Exploration of the use of new psychoactive substances by individuals in treatment for substance misuse in the UK.
(2018-03-30)Substance misuse services need to meet the growing demand and needs of individuals using new psychoactive substances (NPS). A review of the literature identified a paucity of research regarding NPS use by these individuals ... -
An Exploration of the Worklife Experiences of Autistic Women in the UK
(2024-03-15)Existing studies suggest that few autistic women are employed in the workplace. However, because many autistic women have been diagnosed or self-identify later in life they may well have been employed in numerous workplaces, ... -
An Exploration of What it Means to be Struggling as a Secondary Teacher in England
(2019-10-30)This research emerged from a conversation with a teacher who expressed concerns about the impact of lesson observations on ‘struggling’ teachers. Struggling is a term found regularly in the literature and it has gained ... -
Exploration with Two Cooperating Mobile Robots
(2010)In this paper a new exploration algorithm using two cooperating robots is introduced. The new technique is a combination of wall-following exploration algorithm and frontier-based exploration algorithm. Furthermore, robots ... -
Explorations of a crisis intervention service
(1987)Descriptive studies of a crisis intervention service replicated previous findings of relationships between staff members' attitudes towards treatment and their 'personal styles'. The attitudes and personal styles of crisis ... -
An exploratory analysis of E-HRM in the context of HRM transformation'
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An exploratory comparative study of distance-learning programmes
(ACPI (Academic Conference Publishing International), 2011)In this paper we describe an exploratory study of distance learning practice. We review five different distance learning programme models from five different schools at the University of Hertfordshire, each varying in ... -
An Exploratory Design Workshop to Elicit what Feels Natural when Interacting with an Automobile’s Secondary Controls
(2018-01-02)Exploratory design workshops were conducted using five participatory methods with 10 automobile drivers in order to understand what characterizes natural-feeling interaction with automobiles’ secondary, comfort, and ... -
Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff
(2024-03-20)Purpose. Rasch analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to evaluate the structural validity of the ASCOT-Proxy measures completed by staff on behalf of older adults resident in care homes, by comparison to ... -
An exploratory investigation of endotoxin levels in novice long distance triathletes, and the effects of a multi-strain probioyic/prebiotic, antioxidant intervention
(2016-11-17)Gastrointestinal (GI) ischemia during exercise is associated with luminal permeability and increased systemic lipopolysaccharides (LPS). This study aimed to assess the impact of a multistrain pro/prebiotic/antioxidant ... -
Exploratory studies on social spaces between humans and a mechanical-looking robot
(2006)The results from two empirical studies of human–robot interaction are presented. The first study involved the subject approaching the static robot and the robot approaching the standing subject. In these trials a small ... -
An exploratory study of an early stage R&D-intensive firm under financialization
(2010)The financialization literature considers the impact of financial markets on corporate strategy, governance, financial performance and the distribution of resources between various stakeholder groups. Capital market demands ...