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Exploring the use of interactive data dashboards as a tool to support a data‐driven approach to whole‐school health improvement: Case studies from the DATAMIND project in Wales and Scotland

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School is an important setting for supporting young people's healthy development and positive mental wellbeing. Recent curriculum changes in Scotland and Wales reflect this, adopting a whole‐school approach to health and wellbeing as a central pedagogical focus and responsibility of all working in the sector. Alongside education system reform,
Mary Wilson, Sara Long, Gillian Hewitt, Dawn Haughton, Judith Mabelis, Judith Brown, Sarah Macdonald, Simon Murphy, Joanna Inchley   +8 more
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‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin, Kersty Hobson, Wouter Poortinga, Mark Stead, Julia Newth, Jonathan Reeves, Merideth Gattis   +6 more
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Effectiveness of mucoactives (carbocisteine and hypertonic saline) in addition to usual airway clearance management with usual airway clearance management alone in acute respiratory failure (MARCH): study protocol for a multi-centre 2x2 factorial, randomised, controlled, open-label, Phase 3, pragmatic, clinical and cost-effectiveness trial with internal pilot [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

NIHR Open Research
Background Usual airway clearance management in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure includes suctioning, humidification, use of isotonic saline, and respiratory physiotherapy techniques.
Mike Clarke, Marc Chikhani, Cliona McDowell, Ranjit Lall, Michael McKelvey, Margaret McFarland, Brenda O'Neill, Cecilia O'Kane, Murali Shyamsundar, Gavin Perkins, Clifford C Taggart, Gordon Sturmey, Barry Williams, John Warburton, Paul Dark, Bronwen Connolly, Ashley Agus, Naomi Dickson, Mark Borthwick, Bronagh Blackwood, Daniel F McAuley, Christina Campbell, Judy Bradley   +22 more
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Investment, Employment and Political Conflict in Northern Ireland [PDF]

This paper combines panel data on employment and investment in different types of capital good in Northern Ireland with timeseries data on the level of political conflict (measured in various ways) in order to estimate the extent to which conflict ...
David Fielding
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Relational and feminist pedagogic approaches for developing engagement and inclusion of girls at risk of exclusion in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper highlights the inclusive potential of relational and feminist pedagogic strategies in education, focusing on girls at risk of exclusion. Girls in England are less likely than boys to be suspended or permanently excluded from school, but numbers are increasing.
Juliette Wilson‐Thomas, Su Lyn Corcoran, Jennifer McGahan, Lucy E. Davies   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological, Thermal, and Mechanical Analysis of 3D Printed Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) and PEKK‐Hydroxyapatite Composites: Establishing the Reference Enthalpy of Fusion for Crystalline PEKK 7003

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
The enthalpy of fusion (ΔHf) is a critical parameter for determining the degree of crystallinity in semi‐crystalline polymers such as polyetherketoneketone (PEKK).
Frances Hasson, Krzysztof Rodzeń, Joanna Ward, Alistair McIlhagger, Eiméar O'Donnell, Adrian Boyd   +5 more
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An assessment of machine and statistical learning approaches to inferring networks of protein-protein interactions

Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 2006
Protein-protein interactions (PPI) play a key role in many biological systems. Over the past few years, an explosion in availability of functional biological data obtained from high-throughput technologies to infer PPI has been observed. However, results
Browne Fiona, Wang Haiying, Zheng Huiru, Azuaje Francisco   +3 more
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Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

Pilonidal Sinus of the Penis

The Scientific World Journal, 2004
A pilonidal sinus is a subcutaneous sinus containing hair. It is most commonly found in the natal cleft of hirsute men. Here we describe the unusual finding of a pilonidal sinus arising on the male foreskin.
Hugh F. O'Kane, B. Duggan, C. Mulholland, J. Crosbie   +3 more
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Drug use in Ireland & Northern Ireland 2006/2007: drug prevalence survey bulletin 2: Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland) & Health and Social Services Board (Northern Ireland) results. [PDF]

, 2008
This bulletin presents key findings at a local level from the second drug prevalence survey of households in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The survey sampled a representative number of people aged between 15 and 64 during late 2006 and early 2007 ...

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