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Visualising articulation: real-time ultrasound visual biofeedback and visual articulatory models and their use in treating speech sound disorders associated with submucous cleft palate
(2018)Background: Ultrasound Tongue Imaging (UTI) is growing increasingly popular for assessing and treating Speech Sound Disorders (SSDs) and has more recently been used to qualitatively investigate compensatory articulations ... -
TrainWreck, or The Failures of Infrastructure: reflections on a Creative People and Place project
(Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2018-06)This reflective text considers the ‘failures of infrastructure’ from the perspective of a researcher involved in a participatory art project funded by Creative People and Places. It uses a single project to act as a microcosm ... -
The effectiveness of interventions targeting physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour in people with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Background: Remaining physically active is important to maintain functional ability and reduce the incidence of co-morbidities in people with Multiple Sclerosis. The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of ... -
A systematic review of the evidence for telerehabilitation in the facilitation of physical activity participation and management of long-term morbidities in cancer survivors
(2017-10)Background: Advances in the oncological field have resulted in a rapidly growing population of cancer survivors. Post-cancer treatment, many individuals have reported the development of persistent physical, emotional ... -
Norwegian translation, cultural adaption and testing of the Person-centred Practice Inventory – Staff (PCPI-S)
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-16)Background Person-centred health care has widespread recognition, but there are few instruments aimed at measuring the provision of person-centred practice among health care professionals across a range of settings. The ... -
Performance-based financing in three humanitarian settings: principles and pragmatism
(27/06/2018)Background: Performance based financing (PBF) has been increasingly implemented across low and middleincome countries, including in fragile and humanitarian settings, which present specific features likely to require ... -
Internal contracting of health services in Cambodia: drivers for change and lessons learned after a decade of external contracting
(BioMed Central, 22/05/2018)Since the late 1990s, contracting has been employed in Cambodia in an attempt to accelerate rural health system recovery and improve health service delivery. Special Operating Agencies (SOA), a form of 'internal contracting', ... -
Disgust and fear: common emotions between eating and phobic disorders.
(Springer, 15/05/2018)Eating disorders (ED) are prevalent mental illnesses composed mainly of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders. Anxiety disorders are another set of mental illnesses, with phobic disorder (PD) being ... -
Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization.
(14/09/2017)Saturation has attained widespread acceptance as a methodological principle in qualitative research. It is commonly taken to indicate that, on the basis of the data that have been collected or analysed hitherto, further ... -
Fly on the right: Lateral preferences when choosing aircraft seats
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Three Nooses on Our Head: The Influence of District Health Reforms on Maternal Health Service Delivery in Vietnam.
(22/11/2017)The impact of reorganisation on health services delivery is a recurring issue in every healthcare system. In 2005 Vietnam reorganised the delivery of health services at the district level by splitting preventive, curative, ... -
Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK
(Sage Publishing, 04/07/2018)Comparative International data on patterns of inequality in child welfare interventions, for example, the proportion of children about whom there are substantiated child protection (CP) concerns or who are in out-of-home ... -
An exploratory study of the perception of employment generated from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games by Local Residents.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)This dissertation project was undertaken to assess the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (GCWG) effect on employment in the City of Glasgow (COG) and how it was perceived by the local residents (LR). The process began by ... -
The Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity in Alan Bennett's The History Boys
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)The view of gender as a versatile social construct rather than a fixed attribute determined by biology has been the most prominent approach to gender studies since the late 20th century. It has set up the basis for the ... -
‘ARE SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CHARISMATIC LEGITIMACY RELEVANT TOPICS FOR PROMOTING FASHION BRAND VALFRÉ ONLINE?- A CASE STUDY ’
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Feasibility Study: Critical Analysis Essay
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Introduction: The functionality and purpose of a feasibility study is widely understood as a means of testing the practicality and likelihood of success of a proposed project for a business. While the practice of feasibility ... -
An investigation of Physical Activity levels in Asthmatic Children: A Service Evaluation Study
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Objective: To investigate the physical activity levels in asthmatic children in relation to asthma control and body mass index (BMI). Design: A service evaluation study. Participants: 21 boys and 16 girls between the ages ... -
An exploration of the activPAL™ activity monitor in measurement of sedentary and physical activity patterns in people with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease: A validation study.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Background Measurement of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) may facilitate individually-tailored interventions aimed at modifying the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms. Accelerometry is ... -
An Evaluation of Bladder Volume Variability over a course of External Beam Radiotherapy to the Prostate using two Bladder Filling Protocols
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An investigation into the short-term consumption of pure green tea on known parameters associated with cardiovascular disease in a healthy population
(Queen Margaret University, 2015)Background: Cardiovascular disease is a condition which affects individuals worldwide and its prevalence is continuing to rise; particularly in the Scottish population. A key cause of cardiovascular disease is oxidative ...