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Robotic Mobilization Device - to change people's lives?

Amazing innovation to help those with paralysis to efficiently navigate their surrounding environment. Could this new compact technology change people's lives?Click here and decide for yourself...

The Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology research group / by Lauren A Powell / 2h 

YESTERDAY

Modelling the impact of minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales

A new project “Modelling the impact of the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales” has started in March 2014. The project is commissioned by the Welsh Government and has been awarded to the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. The ScHARR research team includes Yang Meng (principal investigator), Lucy Gell, Susannah Sadler, Alan Brennan,

Public Health Topics / by Melanie Rimmer / 23h 

Modelling the impact of minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales

Image: PAThis project is commissioned by the Welsh Government and has been awarded to the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. The ScHARR research team includes Yang Meng (principal investigator), Lucy Gell, Susannah Sadler, Alan Brennan, John Holmes and Petra Meier. The aim of the study is to apply the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model to appraise the likely

Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR / by HEDS / 1d

APR 20

Commentary on Nakamura etal. (2014): Alcohol policy appraisal and evaluation-to understand what is happening and why, we need better data on alcohol as a commodity

Author(s):Purshouse, R.C. | Holmes, J. | Meier, P.S.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: AddictionAccess all results for your search in Scopus

ScHARR NewPubs / 1d 

APR 18

RAT Group paper in top 5% of papers recieiving attention from varying media outlets

Altmetrics has shown that former RAT Group member Dr Liz Brewester and colleagues published systematic review is in the top 5% of papers receiving extensive attention via varying media outlets including Facebook, Twitter and Mendeley.The review is entitled "Factors affecting front line staff acceptance of telehealth technologies: a mixed-method systematic review." The review identified t

The Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology research group / by Lauren A Powell / 4d 

APR 17

New Scoping Review on LIS Practitioners and Research

                                          Image source: Chris Guy, used under this Creative Commons Licence                                                        https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Last year Andrew Booth and I were the happy recipients of the LIRG Research Scan Award; I blogged about this here. I am pleased to report that the research has been published as an articl

ScHARR Library / by Helen B Woods / 4d Powell / 5d