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Spatial disparities in SMEs productivity in England (2020)
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Maioli, S., Tiwasing, P., Gorton, M., Phillipson, J., & Newbery, R. (2020). Spatial disparities in SMEs productivity in England. ERC, ESRC, ESRC, Innovate UK, the British Business Bank, the Intellectual Property Office

Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study (2019)
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Burroughs, H., Bartlam, B., Bullock, P., Lovell, K., Ogollah, R., Ray, M., Bower, P., Waheed, W., Gilbody, S., Kingstone, T., Nicholls, E., & Chew-Graham, C. (2019). Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study. NIHR

BACKGROUND:Anxiety and depression often coexist in older people. These disorders are often underdiagnosed and undertreated, and are associated with increased use of health and social care services, and raised mortality. Barriers to diagnosis include... Read More about Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study.

The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study (2019)
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Prior, J., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., Barraclough, K., Dasgupta, B., & Mallen, C. (2019). The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study

We aimed to examine the association between pain, stiffness and fatigue in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients using baseline data from a prospective cohort study. Fatigue is a known, but often ignored symptom of PMR. Newly diagnose... Read More about The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study.

‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis (2019)
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Parry, E., Ogollah, R., & Peat, G. (2019). ‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis

Objective
To determine the natural history of flare-ups in knee osteoarthritis and their relation to physical exposures.

Design
Adults aged =45 years with a recent primary care consultation for knee OA/arthralgia completed a daily pen-and-paper... Read More about ‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis.

Spatial Variations in SME Productivity (2019)
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Tiwasing, P., Gorton, M., Phillipson, J., Maioli, S., & Newbery, R. (2019). Spatial Variations in SME Productivity. ESRC

The Industrial Strategy identifies that the UK’s productivity lags that of comparable countries, and seeks to realise improvements across all regions and types of localities, with a strong emphasis on small businesses and entrepreneurship (HM Governm... Read More about Spatial Variations in SME Productivity.

Rural economies and the UK industrial strategy (2018)
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Phillipson, J., Turner, R., Tiwasing, P., Gorton, M., Maioli, S., & Newbery, R. (2018). Rural economies and the UK industrial strategy. Newcastle University, Economic and Social Research Council (ES/M500513/1) and Interreg Europe

Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials (2018)
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Hay, E., Dziedzic, K., Foster, N., Peat, G., van der Windt, D., Bartlam, B., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Edwards, J., Healey, E., Holden, M., Hughes, R., Jinks, C., Jordan, K., Jowett, S., Lewis, M., Mallen, C., Morden, A., Nicholls, E., Nio Ong, B., Porcheret, M., …Croft, P. (2018). Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials. NIHR. PGfAR as project number RP-PG-0407-10386. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

<jats:sec id="abs1-1"> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common long-term condition managed in UK general practice. However, care is suboptimal despite evidence that primary care and community-based intervent... Read More about Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials.

Functional strength training versus movement performance therapy for upper limb motor recovery early after stroke: a RCT (2018)
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Pomeroy, V. M., Hunter, S. M., Johansen-Berg, H., Ward, N. S., Kennedy, N., Chandler, E., Weir, C. J., Rothwell, J., Wing, A., Grey, M., Barton, G., & Leavey, N. (2018). Functional strength training versus movement performance therapy for upper limb motor recovery early after stroke: a RCT. NIHR. EME programme as project number 10/60/30

Background
Not all stroke survivors respond to the same form of physical therapy in the same way early after stroke. The response is variable and a detailed understanding of the interaction between specific physical therapies and neural structure an... Read More about Functional strength training versus movement performance therapy for upper limb motor recovery early after stroke: a RCT.

Looking into listening (2017)
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Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening. British Council

Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels (2017)
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Larhlid, A., McClintock, K., Gillham, J., Wilson, A., O’Donovan, N., Hacker, C., Naker, S., Glowacki, K., Laki, B., Radzikowski, B., Loretz, S., & Sögner, L. (2017). Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels. European Commision

The Capital Markets Union project (CMU) aims to strengthen the single market by deepening the integration of investment across the European Union. Improved access to finance is a key component of this project, in particular for start-ups, small- and... Read More about Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels.

The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism (2017)
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Larhlid, A., Carey, S., Trinh, T., O’Donovan, N., Pöschl, C., Naker, S., Gillham, J., Kupelian, B., Jain, S., Markovitch, T., Wagenaar, L., Blanche, M., & Arnold, M. (2017). The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism. European Commision

Tourism is an important economic sector bringing a very substantial contribution to the EU economy. Achieving growth in this increasingly competitive international market requires a supportive regulatory environment, and taxation is a core component... Read More about The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism.

Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test (2017)
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Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test. British Council

This study investigated the cognitive processing of 30 test-takers while completing the Aptis Listening Test. The research studied test-takers’ processes according to ones targeted at the different item
levels in the Aptis Test.

Specifically, it... Read More about Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test.

What's holding rural businesses back? (2017)
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Phillipson, J., Turner, R., Gorton, M., Maioli, S., Newbery, R., & Tiwasing, P. (2017). What's holding rural businesses back?. Rural Economy and Land Use

CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (2017)
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Bosanquet, K., Adamson, J., Atherton, K., Bailey, D., Baxter, C., Beresford-Dent, J., Birtwistle, J., Chew-Graham, C., Clare, E., Delgadillo, J., Ekers, D., Foster, D., Gabe, R., Gascoyne, S., Haley, L., Hamilton, J., Hargate, R., Hewitt, C., Holmes, J., Keding, A., …Gilbody, S. (in press). CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. NIHR

Background
Depression in older adults is common and is associated with poor quality of life, increased morbidity and early mortality, and increased health and social care use. Collaborative care, a low-intensity intervention for depression that is s... Read More about CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Small rural firms in English regions: analysis and key findings from the UK Longitudinal Small Business Survey, 2015 (2017)
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Phillipson, J., Gorton, M., Maioli, S., Tiwasing, P., Newbery, R., & Turner, R. (2017). Small rural firms in English regions: analysis and key findings from the UK Longitudinal Small Business Survey, 2015. Rural Enterprise UK

England’s rural firms have similar levels of turnover to their urban counterparts, though they are more likely to report a profit. This finding emerges from our rural-urban analysis of 13,403 small firms in England, including 3,555 rural firms, inter... Read More about Small rural firms in English regions: analysis and key findings from the UK Longitudinal Small Business Survey, 2015.