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George Peele, Babská povídacka nebo též Báchorka u krbu: alžbetinský quodlibet (George Peele, The old wives tale: an Elizabethan quodlibet) (2008)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2008). George Peele, Babská povídacka nebo též Báchorka u krbu: alžbetinský quodlibet (George Peele, The old wives tale: an Elizabethan quodlibet). Divadelní revue, 19(4), 71 - 72

An introductory essay to the translation of the curious and problematic Elizabethan play by George Peele, The Old Wives Tale (printed in 1595). The essay elaborates the notion of the Elizabethan quodlibet, a specific theatrical genre.

Risk-sensitive antipredator behavior in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata (2008)
Journal Article
Botham, M. S., Hayward, R. K., Morrell, L. J., Croft, D. P., Ward, J. R., Ramnarine, I., & Krause, J. (2008). Risk-sensitive antipredator behavior in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Ecology, 89(11), 3174-3185. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-0490.1

The comparative approach has become a powerful tool for understanding how predation has shaped prey behavior. In this study we recorded the occurrence of common aquatic predator species and their densities in seven natural populations of Trinidadian... Read More about Risk-sensitive antipredator behavior in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata.

HM Prison Service (2008)
Book Chapter
Bennett, J., & Johnston, H. (2008). HM Prison Service. Dictionary of prisons and punishment (115 - 117). Willan

HM Prison Service is the organization charged with managing public sector prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales.

Less Eligibility (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Less Eligibility. Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (151 - 152). Willan

The principle of less eligibility is based on the notion that those in prisons (or work-houses, historically) should ensure material living conditions that compare unfavourably with those of similarly disadvantaged people outside these institutions.

Separate and Silent Systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Separate and Silent Systems. Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (270 - 271). Willan

The separate and silent systems were two disciplinary regimes that became prominent in prisons during the early to mid-nineteenth century.  Both systems were based on the idea of reforming prisoners either through isolation or throught silent-associa... Read More about Separate and Silent Systems.

Victorian Prisons (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Victorian Prisons. Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (305 - 307). Willan

The 'Victorian Prison' refers to prisons during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).  The Victorian period is key to our understanding of prisons and imprisonment, not only in terms of the significant change4s that were made in teh administration... Read More about Victorian Prisons.

Fracture of bone tissue: The 'hows' and the 'whys' (2008)
Journal Article
Gupta, H. S., & Zioupos, P. (2008). Fracture of bone tissue: The 'hows' and the 'whys'. Medical engineering & physics, 30(10), 1209-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.09.007

The mechanical performance of bone is of paramount importance for the quality of life we experience. The structural integrity of bone, its hierarchical structure, organisation and its physicochemical constitution, all influence its ability to withsta... Read More about Fracture of bone tissue: The 'hows' and the 'whys'.

A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Deary, I., Thompson, D., & Li, G. (2008). A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey. International journal of nursing studies, 45(10), 1534-1542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.11.003

Background: Stress in nursing students may be related to attrition from nursing programmes and lead to a shortage of nurses entering clinical careers. In addition, stress leads to psychological morbidity which may have profound adverse consequences f... Read More about A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey.

Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections (2008)
Journal Article
Crowley, J., White, J., Griffiths, M., Hardy, S., Vincent, M., & Voyce, A. (2008). Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections. Mental health practice, 12(2 (supplement)), 1-12

The article discusses the use of intramuscular (IM) depot and long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication in treating patients with mental illnesses in Great Britain. It explains the need for healthcare professionals and service users to cooperat... Read More about Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections.

Reflections on the notion of post-natal depression following examination of the scoring pattern of women on the EPDS during pregnancy and in the post-natal period (2008)
Journal Article
Jomeen, J., & Martin, C. R. (2008). Reflections on the notion of post-natal depression following examination of the scoring pattern of women on the EPDS during pregnancy and in the post-natal period. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 15(8), 645-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01282.x

The scoring pattern of case-positive women on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was explored over the antenatal and post-natal period. Individual analysis of EPDS scores over the antenatal and post-natal period revealed a picture of dep... Read More about Reflections on the notion of post-natal depression following examination of the scoring pattern of women on the EPDS during pregnancy and in the post-natal period.

Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading (2008)
Journal Article
Calaminus, S. D. J., Thomas, S., McCarty, O. J. T., Machesky, L. M., & Watson, S. P. (2008). Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 6(11), 1944-1952. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03141.x

During platelet spreading, the actin cytoskeleton undergoes marked changes, forming filopodia, lamellipodia and stress fibres. In the present study, we report the identification of a novel actin-rich structure, termed an actin nodule, which appears p... Read More about Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading.

Discrimination and the poor: using incentives and privileges as a framework for anti-discriminatory practice (2008)
Book Chapter
Green, S. (2008). Discrimination and the poor: using incentives and privileges as a framework for anti-discriminatory practice. In S. Green, E. Lancaster, & S. Feasey (Eds.), Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and values (426-444). Cullompton: Willan. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781843925705

Poor people make up the overwhelming majority of offenders in the criminal jusitce system (Prison Reform Trust 2007; Social Exclusion Unit 2002).  This is troubling.  Either poor poeple commit more crime or poor people are more likely to be convicted... Read More about Discrimination and the poor: using incentives and privileges as a framework for anti-discriminatory practice.

Introduction (2008)
Book Chapter
Green, S., Lancaster, E., & Feasey, S. (2008). Introduction. Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and values (xvii - xx). Willan Publishing

Our primary motivation for editing a collection of this sort was to begin redressing what we saw as a serious deficit in the literature.  Emerging from our collective experience of working with offenders and training criminal justice practitioners we... Read More about Introduction.

Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century. Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective (77 - 94). Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter is concerned with understanding the role and working lives of turnkeys, warders, prison officers between 1835 and 1877 period, and to examine this role within a broader understanding of the nature of local imprisonment at this time.  Ove... Read More about Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century.