Despite growing evidence that participation in out-of-school activities and especially physical activity and sport programs facilitates positive development, little developmental research has been conducted on out-of-school sports programs compared with no participation in these activities or participation in other activities.…

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This paper presents a discussion of historical scholarship published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

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The Journal of Advanced Nursing provides a forum for disseminating high-quality research and scholarship. For over 35 years, scholars have used the…

This study aimed to determine the acute and 48 h effect of kinesiotaping (KT) on the maximal grip strength of wrist flexor muscle, and the comfort level immediately and after 48 h with the KT applied on the forearm. A…

As guest editors for this special issue entitled 'Exploring the meaning of responsibility', the authors use the final paper to extend the critical conversation that has run through this journal about the meaning and practice of responsibility. It draws together…

Introducing continental European approaches to UK child welfare practice raises a problem of comparison: to what extent are the problems and issues similar to or different from one country compared to another. Social pedagogues trained in continental Europe and working…

For most of us, the home is considered to be our castle: when we close the doors, it is our equivalent to pulling up the drawbridge, thereby retreating from the outside world. But more often, there is no retreat from…

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Media theorist Marshall McLuhan described media as an extension of man and that each new medium or technology introduces a change to the scale or pace or pattern in human affairs (McLuhan 1994). In 100 BC paper discovery permitted recording…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Heredity following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version - The Impact of Past Introductions on an Iconic and Economically Important Species, the Red Deer…

This paper introduces a Special Issue on heterodox economics of the environment and sustainability. At present, humanity faces several challenges, such as resource scarcity, biodiversity loss and climate change. And yet, we would argue, contributions from traditional ‘heterodox’ schools of…