Guest Editorial Vol6 no1 by Steven Paterson

“…This manifesto, which is called No Time to Lose (Elsley, 2006), is the first in the UK which has been developed specifically to consider children and young people looked after away from home.…”

International Studies at UTS: A Personal Perspective by Maja Mikula

“…My experiences at UTS, and later in the UK and China, affirm the enduring value of intercultural education. …”
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Raymond Williams by Richard Wyatt

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DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC BANKINGIN RUSSIA ON THE BASIS OF THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE by A. Seliverstova, Z. Korzovatykh

“…The article presents the fundamental features of Islamic banking as an example the experience of the UK, which is not a Muslim country, but is actively developing the Islamic finance industry. …”
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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: an exemplar of surgical and engineering collaboration by Richie H. S. Gill, Fares S. Haddad

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Drama, Creativity, and Critical Pedagogy by Helen Eadon-Sinkinson

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Nocturnal enuresis: A call for advocacy by J John, A Wright

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A review of using thermoelasticity for structural integrity assessment by L. Marsavina, R.A. Tomlinson

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Disability as a Social Construction by Lauren Hamilton

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Distinct regulation of Tau Monomer and aggregate uptake and intracellular accumulation in human neurons by Amir T. Marvian, Tabea Strauss, Qilin Tang, Benjamin J. Tuck, Sophie Keeling, Daniel Rüdiger, Negar Mirzazadeh Dizaji, Hossein Mohammad-Beigi, Brigitte Nuscher, Pijush Chakraborty, Duncan S. Sutherland, William A. McEwan, Thomas Köglsperger, Stefan Zahler, Markus Zweckstetter, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Wolfgang Wurst, Sigrid Schwarz, Günter Höglinger

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The carbon cost of impaired welfare on sheep farms by L. Lanzoni, M.C. Reeves, K. Waxenberg, R. Ramsey, A.S. Atzori, J. Bell, R.M. Rees, G. Vignola, C.M. Dwyer

“…The present study aims to quantify the effects of impaired welfare on GHG emissions for common welfare challenges faced in UK lowland (L) and hill (H) sheep farming systems. …”
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MET-PREVENT: metformin to improve physical performance in older people with sarcopenia and physical prefrailty/frailty – protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled proof-of... by Andrew Clegg, James Wason, Miles Witham, Nina Wilson, Claire J Steves, Helen C Hancock, Avan A P Sayer, Leanne Marsay, Claire McDonald, Thomas von Zglinicki, Katherine J Rennie, Penny Bradley, Stephen Connolly, Shaun Hiu, Laura Robertson, Laura Simms, Alison J Steel, Bryony Storey

“…The recruitment target is 80 participants from two secondary care hospitals in Newcastle and Gateshead, UK. Local primary care practices will act as participant identification centres. …”
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of an updated pre-service midwifery curriculum integrated with emergency obstetric and newborn care in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled tri... by Duncan N. Shikuku, Catherine Mwaura, Peter Nandikove, Alphonce Uyara, Helen Allott, Lucy Waweru, Lucy Nyaga, Edna Tallam, Issak Bashir, Eunice Ndirangu, Carol Bedwell, Sarah Bar-Zeev, Charles Ameh

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Review: A systematic review of dairy cow health, welfare, and behaviour in year-round loose range housing by W.J. Harvey, L. Petrokofsky, M.W. Jordon, G. Arnott, L.W. von Walter, A. Malik, T. Carter, L.S. Wade, G. Petrokofsky

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Structural brain basis of latent factors of executive functions in childhood by Yongjing Li, Keertana Ganesan, Claire R. Smid, Abigail Thompson, Roser Cañigueral, Jessica Royer, Boris Bernhardt, Nikolaus Steinbeis

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The relative risk of fatal poisoning by methadone or buprenorphine within the wider population of England and Wales by Dave Marteau, Rebecca McDonald, Kamlesh Patel

“…The analysis generated a relative risk ratio of 6.23 (95% CI 4.79 to 8.10) of methadone in relation to buprenorphine. UK Borders Agency data were taken into consideration and revealed that only negligible amounts of methadone and buprenorphine were seized on entering UK territory between 2007 and 2012, suggesting domestic diversion.Conclusions Our analysis of the relative safety of buprenorphine and methadone for opioid substitution treatment reveals that buprenorphine is six times safer than methadone with regard to overdose risk among the general population. …”
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A pan-European perspective of third space professionals located in learning and teaching centres by Graham William Scott, Manuel Joao Costa, Mike Ewen, Catherine Lillie, Helene Peterbauer, Oliver Vettori, Carina Weiß, Johanna Warm, Aune Valk, Mari Karm, Hanna-Britt Soots, Guðrún Geirsdóttir, Francesco Magni, Laura Sara Agrati, Nikos Basbas, Daniela Căprioară, Mihai Girtu, Gunvor Larsson Torstensdotter, Peter Dalenius, Josefine Kilborn, Berrin Yanıkkaya, Mehmet Korman, Denizalp Şimşek, Toprak Cem Savaş

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Patient Experience of Living With Hemophilia A: A Conceptual Model of Humanistic and Symptomatic Experience in Adolescents, Adults, and Children by Zalmai Hakimi, Rakhee Ghelani, Linda Bystrická, Nana Kragh, Patrick Marquis, Jameel Nazir, Nadine McGale

“…**Methods:** Participants, identified through patient associations in the UK, were male PwHA and caregivers of male PwHA receiving prophylactic treatment. …”
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A Prospective Study of the Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in China: Evaluation of Different Screening Criteria by Qiuping Li, Zonghua Wang, Ruijuan Wang, Hongyi Tang, Haihua Chen, Zhichun Feng

“…The incidence of ROP declined from 14.7% in 2009 and 11.1% in 2010 to 9.5% in 2011. The United Kingdom (UK) criteria could reduce the screening number by 40.8%, and 3 infants with type I ROP needing treatment were missed, but none in 2011. …”
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Femoral Neck Shaft Angle in Men with Fragility Fractures by S. P. Tuck, D. J. Rawlings, A. C. Scane, I. Pande, G. D. Summers, A. D. Woolf, R. M. Francis

“…The conflicting results suggest that femoral NSA is not an important determinant of hip fracture risk in UK men.…”
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