This article gives an overview and selected findings from a study funded by the Mental Health Foundation in 2007, which
was collaboratively carried out by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University and two freelance researchers. The research
team included members with…

This presented the new research methodology for Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Assessments (since 2004 a statutory requirement under UK housing law), which was pioneered by the Cambridge sub-region study and generated over £200k of external research funding Anglia Ruskin. The article…

Ensuring environmental sustainability is the aim of the seventh Millennium Development Goal (MDG7). United Nations data shows insufficient progress, especially in developing countries. In order to generate new information about this progress and the main barriers that hinder it, we…

The glacigenic boulders from the Hirnantian Don Braulio Formation of the Argentine Precordillera contain a well preserved shelly fauna allowing to a better knowledge of brachiopods and bivalves, but gastropods remain undescribed. The purpose of this paper is to give…

Although South America lost more megafaunal genera than any other continent during the Late-Quaternary Extinction event (LQE), little is known about the chronology, causes or dynamics of these extinctions, especially in the northern part of the continent. Fossil deposits in…

The Paleontology teams at the Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) and the Universidade de Brasília (UnB) worked together in order to increase macro and micropaleontological knowledge of the late Miocene rocks exposed at Niterói (10º08'30''S-67º48'46,3''W), on the right margin of…

This article describes the authors' experiences of delivering a 3-day introductory diabetes workshop for healthcare professionals and unregistered practitioners (such as healthcare assistants), aimed at helping them develop diabetes knowledge and confidence in working with people with diabetes. The training…

This study assessed the understanding of information about oral chemotherapy treatment, among patients attending the hematology outpatients' ward of a University hospital. A questionnaire with patient data and details of the treatment was applied to 147 outpatients. The analysis of…

It is estimated that 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental and behavioral disorders.
As 75% of mental disorders onset prior to the age of 24, the college years are a particularly
critical window when mental health can be promoted…

The shift towards global networking brings with it many opportunities and challenges. In this paper, we discuss key technologies in achieving global semantic interoperability among heterogeneous information systems, including both traditional and web data sources. In particular, we focus on…