Research publications: Recent submissions
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Saints and Slackers : Challenging Discourses About the Decline of Domestic Cooking
(2011-06-06)Amidst growing concern about both nutrition and food safety, anxiety about a loss of everyday cooking skills is a common part of public discourse. Within both the media and academia, it is widely perceived that there has ... -
The design of patient decision support interventions : addressing the theory-practice gap
(2011)Although an increasing number of decision support interventions for patients (including decision aids) are produced, few make explicit use of theory. We argue the importance of using theory to guide design. The aim of this ... -
Thermal conductivity measurement of porous silicon by the pulsed-photothermal method
(2011-09-07)Thermal properties of two types of porous silicon are studied using the pulsed-photothermal method (PPT). This method is based on a pulsed-laser source in the nanosecond regime. A 1D analytical model is coupled with the ... -
Postgraduate research students : You are the future of the Academy
(2012-03-01)This paper explores the changing role of the university developed and changed over time, and how this is likely to change further in the next 25 years. By drawing on scenarios for the future of the HE sector in the UK in ... -
Mechanistic evidence : Disambiguating the Russo-Williamson Thesis
(2011)Russo and Williamson claim that establishing causal claims requires mechanistic and difference-making evidence. In this paper, I will argue that Russo and Williamson’s formulation of their thesis is multiply ambiguous. I ... -
Why theories of causality need production : an information-transmission account
(2011)In this paper, I examine the comparatively neglected intuition of production regarding causality. I begin by examining the weaknesses of current production accounts of causality. I then distinguish between giving a good ... -
Mexico must do more
(2010-10-01)Mexico is a country rich with natural resources and an educated workforce. Yet its scientific output remains below its potential. In this focus issue we try to highlight some of Mexico's structural problems. -
Learning from early attempts to generalize Darwinian principles to social evolution
(2010-06)Evolutionary psychology places the human psyche in the context of evolution, and addresses the Darwinian processes involved, particularly at the level of genetic evolution. A logically separate and potentially complementary ... -
Clinical psychology in the noughties : The good, the bad and the nice
(2010-10-01)In this article I provide a review of the events and ideas which have dominated clinical psychology in the UK in the last decade. Eight ideas are listed and then briefly discussed. -
Active Labour Market Programmes and Poverty Dynamics in Ireland
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A review of vibration-based structural health monitoring with special emphasis on composite materials
(2006-07-01)Structural health monitoring and damage detection techniques are tools of great importance in the off-shore, civil, mechanical and aeronautical engineering communities, both for safety reasons and because of the economic ... -
The English Almshouse and the Mixed Economy of Welfare : Medieval to Modern
(2010-02)In this paper, which is closely based on his 2009 BALH Annual Lecture, delivered at Local History Day in June, Professor Nigel Goose gives a broad-ranging and comprehensive overview of the development of almshouses, their ... -
Use of simulation in nursing education : Initial experiences on a European Union Lifelong Learning Programme
(2011)AIM: The European Union(EU) Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo Da Vinci Transfer of Innovation Project started in 2010 and involved 7 partners from 3 different countries including Turkey, England and Italy. The aim of ... -
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
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Gender ethnicity and migration in Black women's start up resourcing
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The rediscovered concept of recovery in mental illness : A multicountry comparison of policy and practice
(2009)Recovery has recently reemerged in many countries as a key concept in mental health. Several long-term outcome studies have highlighted much higher recovery rates than previously assumed for persons with long-term mental ... -
Social Factors and Recovery from Mental Health Difficulties : A Review of the Evidence
(2011)Although there is now increasing evidence as to the role played by social factors in contributing to the onset of mental health difficulties, there has been little systematic examination of the role that social factors can ... -
Recovery from mental illness as an emergent concept and practice in Australia and the UK
(2007-03-01)The language of recovery is now widely used in mental health policy, services, and research. Yet the term has disparate antecedents, and is used in a variety of ways. Some of the history of the use of the term recovery is ...