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Tom Mordue of the University of Teesside used HyperRESEARCH in his study of "Television, Tourism, and Rural Life."  The article appears in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Travel Research (Vol.47, No. 3, pp 332-345). From the abstract, "This article analyzes the relationship among dramaturgy, tourism, and rurality. Through an ethnographic study of Goathland in North Yorkshire—the filming location for the U.K. television drama series Heartbeat—the rural is shown to be a cultural performance that invokes certain lifestyle preferences that are both reliant and counterpoised to urban society. However, when urban viewers exchange the virtuality of television viewing for the corporeality of visiting the rural scenes that have become a familiar part of their cultural landscapes, the consequences are much more profound, nuanced, and complex than the demarcation of positive or negative impacts reified in certain managerialist discourses. Moreover, the article shows how the public and private spaces of the rural are being fundamentally transformed by the types of global consumption and mobility that film-induced tourism represents." The article can be viewed here.

In "Balancing Acts - Adolescents' and Mothers' Friendship Projects" by Sheila K. Marshall (University of British Columbia), Richard A. Young (University of British Columbia), and Lauree C. Tilton-Weaver (Örebro University, Sweden), published in the Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp 544-565 (Sep 2008), the authors used HyperRESEARCH in their study which "describes the joint goal-directed series of actions, or joint friendship projects, of 19 mothers and their adolescents. Data were collected through videotaped conversations, video recall interviews, and self-report logs collected over an 8-month period. Qualitative analysis of the data revealed joint projects characterized by the pursuit of competing priorities. Efforts to balance competing priorities are described as three forms of balancing acts: (a) organizing time for friendships and responsibilities, (b) adolescent independence with friends while ensuring physical safety, and (c) balancing inclusion in the peer context and the risk of physical and emotional harm from friends and peers." The full article can be viewed here.

"Little is known about the long-term impact of surviving childhood cancer. Most children diagnosed with cancer now survive into adulthood due to advances in medical treatment. Although the number of survivors of childhood cancer has increased, a review of the literature revealed a paucity of studies that explores survivorship of childhood cancer from the perspective of the adult survivor. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the lived experience of 12 adults who survived childhood cancer. This research methodology allows the meaning or essences of experiences that occurred to be uncovered. Four themes emerged from these data: (1) ongoing consequences for having had cancer, (2) living with uncertainty, (3) the cancer experience is embodied into one's present sense of self, and (4) support is valued. The results of this study demonstrate that a childhood cancer experience affects the life of each survivor, which results in specific health care needs. This knowledge is important as the number of survivors increases. Knowledge of their concerns is imperative prior to providing appropriate health care." This heathcare study, "The Lived Experience of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer" by Diana Prouty, PhD, RN (Saint Luke's College), Peggy Ward-Smith, PhD, RN (School of Nursing at University of Missouri–Kansas city), and C. J. Hutto, MHA, RN, CPON (Saint Luke's College of Nursing) was analyzed using HyperRESEARCH and appears in the Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 23, No. 3, 143-151 (2006). The article can be found here.

"Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools" by Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara and Erin McNamara Horvat of Temple University in the American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 46, No. 4, 974-1004 (2009) used HyperRESEARCH to study parental involvement in schools. Cucchiara and Horvat note