Research publications: Recent submissions
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'I'm a sex kitten, aren't I...' : Relocating Agency and Pleasure in Older Women's Narratives about Sex
(2011)This article draws on data collected as part of a two-year funded study concerning the making of modern heterosexuality in the East Yorkshire region of England. The starting point for our family-based empirical project has ... -
Dyadic OPTION : Measuring perceptions of shared decision-making in practice
(2011)Current models of the medical consultation emphasize shared decision-making (SDM), whereby the expertise of both the doctor and the patient are recognised and seen to equally contribute to the consultation. The evidence ... -
5,6-Methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane : from laboratory curiosity to 'legal high'
(2012-03-01)The fully synthetic 'legal high' 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane (MDAI) is an analogue of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Although developed in the 1990s, it was not widely abused until 2010. However, mephedrone was ... -
Taking Stock of Phenomenology Futures
(2012-06)In this paper, I review recent contributions of phenomenology to a variety of disciplines, including the cognitive sciences and psychiatry, and explore (1) controversies about phenomenological methods and naturalization; ... -
Gender differences in the kinematics of distance running : Implications for footwear design
(2012-06)Interest in distance running amongst females has expanded rapidly. Although there are numerous health benefits associated with running, the occurrence of injury is well documented. Given the relative susceptibility of ... -
Crisis, sustainability of electricity prices and state interventions in Argentina
(2012-04)This article examines the sustainability of wholesale power prices following the 2001 economic crisis in Argentina. We depart from the contractual disputes between the multinational power generating companies and the state ... -
Pharmacokinetic features of the antiparasitic macrocyclic lactones
(2012-05)The macrocyclic lactones have pharmacokinetic properties which enhance their use against endo- and ectoparasites in animals and man. The most consistent physico-chemical feature of the group which contributes to their ... -
Individual and social network predictors of the short-term stability of bullying victimization in the United Kingdom and Germany
(2012-06)Background. There is still relatively little research on the social context within which bullying develops and remains stable. Aim. This study examined the short-term stability of bullying victimization among primary school ... -
Comparing the outcomes of the application of C & R (general service) and SCIP in the management of disturbed behaviour in mental health care.
(2012-06)Background: Violence and aggression is common in mental health care and physical restraint is used frequently. Control and restraint (general services) (C&R (GS)) and Strategies in Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP) ... -
Keeping means and ends in view-linking practical judgement, ethics and emergence.
(2012-07)In this article I argue that the means and ends of development are constitutive of each other. If means appear to have become separated from the espoused ends of international nongovernment organisations (INGOs), then it ... -
The Internet, employment and Polish migrant workers : Communication, activism and competition in the new organisational spaces
(2012-07)This article discusses the content of Polish communityadministered websites and trade union engagement. It is based on three sources of data, firstly, semi-structured interviews with Polish web administrators and trade ... -
Antenatal visits : A comparative study between integrated and shared antenatal care
(1986-01-01)A comparison was made of the number of antenatal visits made by 96 women receiving integrated antenatal care in an experimental community clinic with 100 women receiving traditional shared care from two control practices. ... -
Mimesis and language : A distributed view
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The Circumnuclear Starburst in M83
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2005)We present results from near-infrared integral-field spectroscopy of the circumnuclear starburst in M83, using the CIRPASS instrument on Gemini South. The combination of Pa, CO (6,3), and [Fe II] equivalent width measurements ... -
The distribution of star formation in the central regions of spiral galaxies
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2005)Nuclear rings are characterized by their high star formation rates, and are believed to be the products of gas inflow towards the inner regions of spiral galaxies. We present first results from a statistical survey of these ... -
NIR spectroscopy of star-forming galaxies at z similar to 1.4 with Subaru/FMOS : The mass-metallicity relation.
(2012-06-25)We present near-infrared spectroscopic observations of star-forming galaxies at z similar to 1.4 with FMOS on the Subaru Telescope. We observed K-band selected galaxies in the SXDS/UDS fields with K <= 23.9 mag, 1.2 <= ... -
Time and the cervix
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Qualitative Interviewing
(SAGE Publications, 2001)Sociologists have always been interested in the attitudes and beliefs of social groups, and much methodological refinement has come about by engaging with the problems posed by trying to get at other people's feelings. A ... -
MUCHFUSS - massive unseen companions to hot faint underluminous stars from SDSS
(2012-06)The project Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) aims at finding hot subdwarf stars with massive compact companions (white dwarfs with masses M > 1.0 M?, neutron stars or black ... -
The medical construction of the contraceptive career
(Gower Publishing, 1985)