Fahian Anisul Huq, Mark Stevenson, Marta Zorzini
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate why developing country suppliers are adopting socially sustainable practices and how the implementation process is both impeded and enabled. Design/methodology/approach – A multi-case study approach is adopted based on four ready made garment (RM...
Richard J. Whittington, Karsten Donat, M.F. Weber, D.F. Kelton et al.
Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health concerns. In a survey of 48 countries we found paratuberculosis to be very com...
Fahian Anisul Huq, Mark Stevenson
The implementation of socially sustainable practices in suppliers situated in challenging institutional contexts is examined using institutional theory, both in terms of how institutional pressures affect implementation and what explains the decoupling of practices from the day-to-day reality. A mul...
Luke Ogonda, Janet Hill, E. Doran, J Dennison et al.
AIMS: The aim of this study was to present data on 11 459 patients who underwent total hip (THA), total knee (TKA) or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) between November 2002 and April 2014 with aspirin as the primary agent for pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analy...
Vivek Raut, NisarA Bhat, John Kinsella, J. G. Toner et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bipolar scissors tonsillectomy by comparing it with traditional cold dissection tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, multi-unit study. SETTINGS: Belfast City Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, and Ulster Hospital Dundonald. PATIENTS: Two hundred cons...
Chad Staddon, Mark Everard, Julie Mytton, Thanti Octavianti et al.
In recent weeks, people all over the world have been settling into a ‘new normal’ of restricted mobility, online working, social distancing and enhanced hand hygiene. As part of the global fight against the spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2), we are repeatedly reminded by public h...
D. A. Barr, M. J. R. DORRITY, Ronald Grigg, Simon Hargreaves et al.
Laura Byford-Richardson, Mark Walker, Wendy Muckle, Ann E. Sprague et al.
Objective In response to high maternal mortality rates, the global community has rallied to improve the state of maternal health worldwide. However, progress towards the fifth Millennium Development Goal, "Improve Maternal Health," has been disappointingly slow. There is a pressing need to address t...
Cherith N. Reid, Michael Stevenson, Funso Abogunrin, Mark W. Ruddock et al.
Sensitive and specific urinary biomarkers can improve patient outcomes in many diseases through informing early diagnosis. Unfortunately, to date, the accuracy and translation of diagnostic urinary biomarkers into clinical practice has been disappointing. We believe this may be due to inappropriate ...
Ruth Hogg, Roger Sigismund Anderson, Mark Stevenson, Margarita B. Zlatkova et al.
AIM: To investigate whether two methods of measuring macular pigment-namely, heterochromatic flicker photometry (HFP) and resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS)--yield comparable data. METHODS: Macular pigment was measured using HFP and RRS in the right eye of 107 participants aged 20-79 years. Correlat...
M. K. El Mallah, P M Hart, Moyra McClure, Mark Stevenson et al.
PURPOSE: A recent study indicated that patients with cataracts and early age-related maculopathy may benefit from cataract extraction. To ascertain whether cataract extraction in the presence of concurrent advanced age-related maculopathy was also associated with a clear benefit, we studied visual f...
Gerard Gormley, W K Steele, M Stevenson, R McKane et al.
Objectives To evaluate the impact of two different modes of shoulder injection training on the level of confidence and number of injections performed by general practitioners (GPs) Methods Demographic details, and information on referrals for shoulder problems, shoulder joint injection activity, and...
Simon Stevenson, James Young
ABSTRACT This paper compares the performance of three alternative models in forecasting housing supply in the Irish Republic. The results highlight key behavioural issues in the dynamics of housing supply that the OLS and VAR models fail to adequately capture due to the inclusion of fundamental vari...
Mirdat Silitonga, Herien Puspitawati, Istiqlaliyah Muflikhati
The achievement of family well - being is an aspiration of all families including families of migrant workers, to achieve the well - being of one of the ways that the families of migrant workers with the departure of the wife work as domestic servants in various countries. The purpose of this study ...
Vivek Raut, J. G. Toner, A. G. Kerr, Mark Stevenson
The last 30 years has seen a gradual change in the management of otosclerosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the current practice among British otolaryngology consultants using a questionnaire, and to compare it with the practice reported in a survey 8 years ago. A total of 353 valid response...