Chad A Asplund (Director of Military Sports Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Centre) and Thomas M Best (Professor and Pomerene Chair, Division of Sports Medicine, Ohio State University) published a clinical review of Achilles tendon disorders in 2013 in the British Medical Journal. Opening Paragraph Disorders of the Achilles tendon are common in active people – competitive… Read More
Research Paper Title Arming the British Home Guard, 1940-1944. Abstract The Second World War saw British society mobilised to an unprecedented extent to meet the threat of Total War. ‘Total Defence’ was manifest in organisations such as the ARP and Home Guard. What sets the Home Guard apart was its combatant role. This (PhD) thesis (which runs… Read More
Get an appraisal right on paper and you’ll motivate people in your team, Teresa Ewington offers advice to managers. A Poor Performance (Ewington, 2014) An analysis of this article is given by Rachel Suff. A Poor Performance (Analysis) (Suff, 2014) Although the article is geared towards ‘civvy street’, military people (both current and ex) will appreciate… Read More
Research Paper Title Research in Progress: Medical Research Council United Kingdom Refractory Asthma Stratification Programme (RASP-UK). Abstract The UK Refractory Asthma Stratification Programme (RASP-UK) will explore novel biomarker stratification strategies in severe asthma to improve clinical management and accelerate development of new therapies. Prior asthma mechanistic studies have not stratified on inflammatory phenotype and the… Read More
Research Paper Title A Method for Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Concepts in the Defence in Depth Strategy. Abstract The Defence in Depth strategy is a fundamental principle in the physical protection of the assets of an organisation. The robustness of the strategy has allowed it to be applied to a range of situations where assets need to be… Read More
Hopping can have health benefits according to a study reported by the Daily Telegraph (Finnigan, 2015). The Hip Hop Study from Loughborough University shows that hopping for two minutes a day improved bone mineral density in the active compared with the non-active leg of 34 men aged 65-80 years. In the Book ‘Hopscotch’ (Jaffe, 2002),… Read More
Research Paper Title Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Vietnam: A Systematic Review. Background This systematic review examined trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and identified its risk factors among adults in Vietnam. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, and Scopus databases were searched to… Read More
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