http://hdl.handle.net/2173/4645 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:36:18 GMT 2013-05-19T06:36:18Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/194629 Title: Experiences of forced labour among Chinese migrant workers Authors: Kagan, Carolyn; Lo, Sandy; Mok, Lisa; Lawthom, Rebecca; Sham, Sylvia; Greenwood, Mark; Baines, Sue Abstract: This report reveals the experiences of Chinese migrant workers in the UK. It looks at forced labour and exploitation, the role of family and social relationships, and how far migrants are able to exercise control over their lives. Description: Full text of this report is available at http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/Chinese-migrants-forced-labour-full.pdf Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/194629 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109133 Title: Theorising sleep practices in later life: moving into sheltered housing Authors: Fairhurst, Eileen Abstract: This paper re-analyses data from a study of older people and sheltered housing which combined textual analysis of professional discourse with interviews. There were only two references salient to 'sleep' in that paper and I offered no analytic comment upon them. At that time, then, sleep as a sociologically interesting topic, was, for me a taken for granted matter. It is that taken for grantedness that is examined here. On being invited to contribute to this special issue, I went back to the original data and interrogated it for 'sleep'. I realised that, with this different concern, the texts and interviews contained much more about the 'doing' of sleep in later life than I had appreciated, especially where, when and how sleeping practices occur. Sleeping 'upstairs' or 'downstairs', in a single- or double-bed and on which side of the bed were all matters of relevance when older people were considering a move to sheltered housing. Older people's own sleeping practices are contrasted with those offered in texts produced by architects designing sheltered housing. The paper concludes by considering the methodological implications of re-analysing research materials for emerging sociological topics and by giving pointers to future research on sleep practices in later life. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Sociological Research Online, published by and copyright Sage. Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109133 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/107382 Title: The way we are now Authors: Haworth, John Abstract: 'The way we are now' is an innovative photo-ethnographic project. It originates from both practice led research into creativity, technology and embodied mind funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and research into well-being, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research into creativity is underpinned by the writings of Merleau-Ponty, including his claim 'that modes of thought correspond to technical methods', and that to use Goethe's phrase 'what is inside is also outside', a position similar to that taken by social anthropologists seeing technology as skilled practice. The research into activity and well-being in daily life uses the experience sampling method (ESM). Traditionally, the method uses questionnaire diaries and electronic pagers which are pre-programmed to bleep at randomly selected times during the day to indicate response times. The research discussed here uses a mobile phone to indicate responses eight times a day for seven consecutive days, extended to include images taken at each signal with the mobile phone/camera, which has not been done before. The research extends both the subject matter of digital fine art, and the portrayal of subjective well-being and quality of life. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Leisure Studies, published by and copyright Routledge. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/107382 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/89143 Title: Androgens modulate the inflammatory response during acute wound healing Authors: Gilliver, Stephen C.; Ashworth, Jason J.; Mills, Stuart J.; Hardman, Matthew J.; Ashcroft, Gillian S. Abstract: Impaired wound healing states in the elderly lead to substantial morbidity and mortality, and a cost to the health services of over $9 billion per annum. In addition to intrinsic ageing processes that per se cause delayed healing, studies have suggested marked differences in wound repair between the sexes. We have previously reported that, castration of male mice results in a striking acceleration of local cutaneous wound healing and dampens the associated inflammatory response. In this study, we report that systemic 5-reductase inhibition, which blocks the conversion of testosterone to its more active metabolite 5-dihydrotestosterone, mimics the effects of castration in a rat model of cutaneous wound healing. The mechanisms underlying the observed effects involve a direct, cell-specific upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression by macrophages, but not fibroblasts, in response to androgens. Androgens require the transforming growth factor ß signalling intermediate Smad3 to be present in order to influence repair and local pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. That reducing 5-dihydrotestosterone levels through 5-reductase antagonism markedly accelerates healing suggests a specific target for future therapeutic intervention in impaired wound healing states in elderly males. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Journal of Cell Science, published by and copyright The Company of Biologists. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/89143 2006-02-15T00:00:00Z