UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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A portrait of district nursing : its contribution to primary health care
(2003)This paper explores the role and contribution of district nursing within primary health care. Examples of how this service is organised within different health care systems are used to discuss the context-dependent nature ... -
What can I expect from my placement?
(Pearson Education, 2007)This book discusses the needs of overseas students before they can commence the Overseas Nursing Programme (ONP). It explores techniques and tips for work and study, including practical exercises. It features particular ... -
Better cervical screening for women with learning disabilities
(1999)Issues of consent, acceptability and assumptions concerning women with learning disabilities often block their access to screening programmes. This article reports on the efforts of the Horizon NHS Trust in Hertfordshire ... -
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 ... -
On straight words and minimal permutators in finite transformation semigroups.
(Springer, 2011)Motivated by issues arising in computer science, we investigate the loop-free paths from the identity transformation and corresponding straight words in the Cayley graph of a finite transformation semigroup with a fixed ... -
A vision for the early years Curriculum in the United Kingdom
(1997)This paper presents a strictly personal point of view of a program for preschoolers in the UK. It outlines the historical influences that affected the current position. Some generally accepted principles are explained ... -
Teaching and learning about play, language and literacy with preschool educators in Malaysia
(1999)Article discusses the development of language and literacy instruction related to new preschool in Malaysia, highlighting the game as an important vehicle for early learning. The developments are compared and contrasted ... -
L'éveil à la lecture et à ľécriture en France
(1999)This article is based on evidence gathered during work on the Early Literacy Links project which is exploring early literacy in France and England. Data was collected through questionnaires, observations in nursery and ... -
Accountability and legal issues in tissue viability nursing
(2010)Avoidable pressure ulcers are being increasingly used as an indicator of substandard care. Healthcare professionals may have to account for their actions when a pressure ulcer occurs. This article highlights accountability ... -
Key principles involved in applying and removing wound dressings
(2010)This article aims to help practitioners consider a variety of wound dressings and develop their knowledge about the use of dressings to ensure patients are protected and care is cost-effective. The article focuses on which ... -
Near-death states reported in a sample of 50 misusers
(2010)Increase in recreational ketamine use may be a cause for concern. We aimed here at assessing, in a sample of ketamine misusers, concordance between the typical near-death experience (NDE) features and the on-drug psychoactive ... -
X-shooting Herbig Ae/Be stars : accretion probed by near-infrared He I emission
(2011)The Herbig Ae/Be stars are intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars that bridge the gap between the low mass T Tauri stars and the Massive Young Stellar Objects. In this mass range, the acting star forming mechanism ... -
Between a Rock and Hard Place: Space, Gender and Hierarchy in British Gangland Film
(2011-03-25)A principal aim of this research has been to establish the capacity of British Gangland film to articulate its era of production through the cinematic interpretation of contemporary concerns and anxieties in narratives ... -
The Rise and Fall of the Apothecaries' Assistants 1815 - 1923
(2011-03-24)The central theme of this work is the elucidation of the circumstances that led to the decline of the apothecaries’ assistants. The Apothecaries Act (1815) formerly recognised them as dispensers of medicine and provided ... -
Blended Learning: Undergraduate Students' Experiences of Using Technology to Support Their Learning
(2011-03-24)This thesis investigates undergraduate experiences of studying within a blended learning environment at a UK university in the first decade of the 21st century. Blended learning in this context comprises the use of ... -
VOICE BIOMETRICS UNDER MISMATCHED NOISE CONDITIONS
(2011-03-23)This thesis describes research into effective voice biometrics (speaker recognition) under mismatched noise conditions. Over the last two decades, this class of biometrics has been the subject of considerable research due ... -
Towards an autopoietic redefinition of life
(2010)In this paper we develop the autopoietic approach to the definition of the living developed by Maturana and Varela in the Seventies. Starting from very simple observations concerning the phenomenology of life, we propose ... -
Performance comparison of high-order IFLF and LF linear phase lowpass OTA-C filters with and without gain boost
(2010)Design and performance comparison of high-order operational transconductance amplifier and capacitor (OTA-C) filters using leapfrog (LF) and inverse-follow-the-leader-feedback (IFLF) structures are investigated. The filters ... -
Intestinal lipid alterations occur prior to antibody-induced prostaglandin E2 production in a mouse model of ischemia/reperfusion
(2010)Ischemia/reperfusion (IR) induced injury results in significant tissue damage in wild-type, but not antibody-deficient, Rag-1−/− mice. However, Rag-1−/− mice sustain intestinal damage after administration of wild-type ... -
Fatalism and the Future
(Oxford University Press, 2011)I discuss how we should respond to the view that says that the truth of future-tensed statements entails that the future could not have been otherwise. Much fatalist reasoning of this type is rather uninteresting since it ...