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Risk and associated factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain in people with stroke: A systematic literature review (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is reported in up to 47% of people with stroke. Since
the development of the national guidelines for stroke, the management of HSP has evolved. The aim of
this systematic literature review was to explore... Read More about Risk and associated factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain in people with stroke: A systematic literature review.

Real estate alumni engagement - Pilot study to inform UWE’s strategy (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A hybrid artificial neural network and wavelet packet transform approach for fault location in hybrid transmission lines (2021)
Journal Article

This paper presents a single-ended traveling-wave-based fault location (F.L.) method in a hybrid transmission line (HTL) with an overhead section combined with a cable section. For this, the software has been developed in a MATLAB programming environ... Read More about A hybrid artificial neural network and wavelet packet transform approach for fault location in hybrid transmission lines.

A novel curved gaussian mixture model and its application in motion skill encoding (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel curved Gaussian Mixture Model (CGMM) and to study the application of it in motion skill encoding. Primarily, Gaussian mixture model (GMM) has been widely applied on many occasions when a probability den... Read More about A novel curved gaussian mixture model and its application in motion skill encoding.

COVID-19-related stressors and coping strategies of support staff working with people with learning disabilities (2021)
Journal Article

Abstract
Background
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, support staff working with people with learning disabilities experienced a range of stressors directly related to the effects of the pandemic on themselves and on service... Read More about COVID-19-related stressors and coping strategies of support staff working with people with learning disabilities.

Drawing in healthcare (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nicola Holt, a psychologist for the Health Department at the University of the West of England (UWE). Nicola discussed the impact of art on patients suffering from chronic pain, anxiety and their general wellbeing, in addition to experiments proving... Read More about Drawing in healthcare.

A framework of nature-based solutions with spatial non-stationarity for water hazard management (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Integrating information on spatial non-stationarity (SNs) of land use is critical to the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBSs) for water hazard management. How SNs in landscape patterns improve the effectiveness of water hazard, however, is... Read More about A framework of nature-based solutions with spatial non-stationarity for water hazard management.

Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The purpose of this presentation is to examine the cyclical methodologies of field work, deep mapping and printmaking employed to investigate the changing land use of the Slieve Aughty Mountains located in the West of Ireland. Landscapes subjected to... Read More about Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains.

Two scenarios for the levelling up White Paper (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine

This short article examines the UK Government's so-called 'levelling up' policy. A Government White Paper is expected in early 2022 and it is suggested that an effective policy will need to level up: 1) people, 2) places, and 3) power. Two scenario... Read More about Two scenarios for the levelling up White Paper.

Influence of metals in the column or instrument on performance in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (2021)
Journal Article

A method is proposed for measuring the relative contribution of extracolumn and column effects to the detrimental interactions which occur between metal-sensitive solutes and the complete HPLC system. The method involves the substitution of a length... Read More about Influence of metals in the column or instrument on performance in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography.

Planning cemeteries: Their potential contribution to green infrastructure and ecosystem services (2021)
Journal Article

Cemeteries are often included in typologies of green infrastructure features, but there has been little exploration of their role within a multifunctional network of green infrastructure. This paper uses national greenspace data to map the contributi... Read More about Planning cemeteries: Their potential contribution to green infrastructure and ecosystem services.

Commissioned Writer in Residence 2021-2022 (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Three creative writing pieces on the theme of living and working in lockdown.

Involving and engaging pregnant women in maternity-related research: Reflections on an innovative approach (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Meaningful public involvement in maternity research remains challenging, partly due to the transient nature of pregnancy. This paper reflects on the development, implementation and simple evaluation of an innovative and inclusive approach... Read More about Involving and engaging pregnant women in maternity-related research: Reflections on an innovative approach.

Adivasi life and folklore event (2021)
Digital Artefact

Seral Murmu is an Adivasi filmmaker from Jharkhand in India whose films draw on oral Adivasi narratives, magical realism and experimental cinematography. His film Sondhayni (2019), for example, is a modern folktale that critiques the exploitation and... Read More about Adivasi life and folklore event.

Microbial fuel cell scale-up options: Performance evaluation of membrane (c-MFC) and membrane-less (s-MFC) systems under different feeding regimes (2021)
Journal Article

In recent years, bioelectrochemical systems have advanced towards upscaling applications and tested during field trials, primarily for wastewater treatment. Amongst reported trials, two designs of urine-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were tested suc... Read More about Microbial fuel cell scale-up options: Performance evaluation of membrane (c-MFC) and membrane-less (s-MFC) systems under different feeding regimes.

Interpretive Solutions for Dynamic Structures Through ABAQUS Finite Element Packages (2021)
Book

ABAQUS software is a general-purpose finite element simulation package mainly used for numerically solving a wide variety of design engineering problems; however, its application to simulate the dynamic structures within the civil engineering domain... Read More about Interpretive Solutions for Dynamic Structures Through ABAQUS Finite Element Packages.

Restorative practice in the criminal justice system: Examining a restorative reasoning programme in a women’s prison (2021)
Journal Article

This paper is an analysis of a six-week Restorative Reasoning Programme that took place with 13 women in a UK women’s prison. It is an exploratory evaluation based on an adapted version of the QUALIPREV scheme. This two-stage evaluation examines both... Read More about Restorative practice in the criminal justice system: Examining a restorative reasoning programme in a women’s prison.

Non-walkability in the car-centric city (2021)
Thesis

Background
Increasing the levels of walking for transport is a widespread urban policy goal, aligning with actions related to climate change, public health, equity of access and participation, and more liveable cities. The walking environment (WE),... Read More about Non-walkability in the car-centric city.

Engaging children with STEM using Minecraft (2021)
Other

Available at: https://www.uwe.ac.uk/-/media/uwe/documents/research/engaging-children-with-stem-using-minecraft-practitioner-guide.pdf

Weather, climate and perceptions of risk (2021)
Journal Article

Mark Everard points out that a crisp and simple distinction between weather and climate may be more elusive than we have assumed.