People will be able to get up-close with Staffordshire’s extensive archives collections in a single, modern centre, if a revised bid for funding submitted to The National Lottery Heritage Fund is successful.
Revised plans for the Staffordshire History Centre project would see a new extension to Staffordshire Record Office on Eastgate Street in Stafford bringing together three separate collections and services.
Designed to be used by health and care commissioners, service leads, and digital teams, the framework aims to understand and mitigate the barriers people often face when trying to access digital health and care services, that result in digital exclusion.
Research into digital exclusion shows that there are links between those more likely to be digitally excluded and those more at risk of health inequalities.
I love it when we roll out new features and few have been as significant and innovative as this one. Over the last few months I’ve been working with the wonderful team at RobotReviewer to introduce two major improvements to Trip.
We suggest another way of looking at the evidence-based medicine pyramid and explain how systematic reviews and meta-analyses are tools for consuming evidence—that is, appraising, synthesising and applying evidence. Open Access Article
Shropshire Libraries and company Bibliotheca are delighted to announce the launch of a new Cloud Library e-book lending system for library users.
The Cloud Library can be accessed online or through many popular devices, including iOS and Android, via the new easy-to-use app.
Social care and health organisations across Shropshire can now take advantage of a new free directory to help promote their services across the county.
Shropshire Choices website has been launched to help Shropshire residents, particularly those who find they need support, make informed decisions to help improve their care and well-being.
Borrow Box and Comics Plus allow library members to download eBooks, eAudio, eComics and eGraphic novels for free.
There will be free taster sessions for members of the public to learn more about the new free eBook and eAudio service from Borrow Box and the free eComics service from Comics Plus.
A new Be Food Smart app has been developed to highlight just how much sugar, saturated fat and salt can be found in everyday food and drink that their children consume.
The free app helps and encourages families to choose healthier options and works by scanning the barcode of products allowing parents to compare brands, and features food detective activities for children and mini missions the whole family can enjoy.
“Our results show that the vast majority of relevant studies appear within a limited number of databases. Further, the results of meta-analyses based on the majority of studies (that appear within a limited number of databases) do not differ in the majority of cases. In particular, there were very few cases of results changing in statistical significance. The effect estimates changed in a minority of meta-analyses but in the majority of these they changed to a small extent. Finally, results do not appear to change in a systematic manner (i.e., regularly over- or underestimating treatment effects), suggesting that searching select databases may not introduce bias in terms of effect estimates.”