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Learning from doing: the case for combining normalisation process theory and participatory learning and action research methodology for primary healthcare implementation research
(Springer Nature, 2016-08-03)
Background: The implementation of research findings is not a straightforward matter. There are substantive and recognised gaps in the process of translating research findings into practice and policy. In order to overcome ...
Implementation of blinded outcome assessment in the effective verruca treatments trial (evert) – lessons learned
(Springer Nature, 2016-07-12)
Background: Trials using inadequate levels of blinding may report larger effect sizes than blinded studies. It has been suggested that blinded outcome assessment in open trials may in some cases be undertaken by assessments ...
Implementing balanced harvesting: practical challenges and other implications
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016-01-13)
Balanced harvesting (BH) has been proposed as an alternative to the paradigm of more selective fishing as practiced in most European and North American fisheries management. We examine options for the implementation of BH ...
Survival, biofilm formation, and growth potential of environmental and enteric escherichia coli strains in drinking water microcosms
(American Society for Microbiology, 2016-06-24)
Escherichia coli is the most commonly used indicator for fecal contamination in drinking water distribution systems (WDS). The assumption is that E. coli bacteria are of enteric origin and cannot persist for long outside ...
Communicating new library roles to enable digital scholarship: a review article
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-04-06)
Academic libraries enable a wide range of digital scholarship activities, increasingly as a partner rather than as a service provider. Communicating that shift in role is challenging, not least as digital scholarship is a ...
The trouble of ‘living with others’: language, community and the politics of belonging
(SAGE Journals, 2016)
In this article I ask myself the following question: ‘Rather than try to escape the seemingly awful choice between the private and the public, between the particular and universal, or between justice and freedom, I ask if ...
Struggling for visibility in higher education: caught between neoliberalism 'out there' and 'in here' - an autoethnographic account
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-01)
What happens when neoliberalism as a structural and structuring force is
taken up within institutions of higher education, and works upon academics
in higher education individually? Employing a critical authoethnograph ...
Identification and functional analysis of secreted effectors from phytoparasitic nematodes
(Springer Nature, 2016-03-21)
Background: Plant parasitic nematodes develop an intimate and long-term feeding relationship with their host plants. They induce a multi-nucleate feeding site close to the vascular bundle in the roots of their host plant ...
Polymeric gene carriers bearing pendant β-cyclodextrin: the relevance of glycoside permethylation on the “in vitro” cell response
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-02-02)
The incorporation of cyclodextrins (CDs) to nonviral cationic polymer vectors is very attractive due to recent studies that report a clear improvement of their cytocompatibility and transfection efficiency. However, a ...
The use of anti stretch marks’ products by women in pregnancy: a descriptive, cross-sectional survey
(Springer Nature, 2016-09-21)
Background: Stretch marks (Striae gravidarum) are a cutaneous change occurring commonly during pregnancy. A variety of products are available and promoted as ways to prevent or reduce their development, but it is not clear ...