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Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 3 (2023)
Journal Article

We continue to count the ongoing costs of COVID-19, with an increasing emphasis on ‘long covid’ and enduring systemic effects. Writing in Nature, Stein et alReference Stein, Ramelli, Grazioli, Chung, Singh and Yinda1 undertook autopsies on 44 unvacci... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 222 , Issue 3.

Vulnerability, resilience, and rape: Uncovering the hidden work of police officers during rape investigations (2023)
Journal Article

Drawing on original empirical data comprising police interviews and case file analysis, this article seeks to better understand the policing responses to cases of rape and specifically, the ways in which officers assist victims in the context of two... Read More about Vulnerability, resilience, and rape: Uncovering the hidden work of police officers during rape investigations.

Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: To suppress the low-frequency vibration of dynamic systems such as underwater vehicles, this research proposes a novel geometrically nonlinear vibration isolator using hybrid nonlinear inertial andnegative stiffness element. Methods: A sprin... Read More about Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism.

Evaluating the benefit of early patient and public involvement for product development and testing with small companies (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: There is a growing understanding of the benefits of patient and public involvement (PPI), and its evaluation, in research. An online version of the CUBE PPI evaluation framework has been developed. We sought to use the CUBE to evaluate... Read More about Evaluating the benefit of early patient and public involvement for product development and testing with small companies.

Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy (2023)
Journal Article

A universal taxonomy of viruses is essential for a comprehensive view of the virus world and for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However, there are major differences in the conceptualisation and approaches to v... Read More about Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy.

Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants (2023)
Report

This is a follow-up survey of the 2022 round of Plant and Share grant holders. It builds upon the UWE’s survey of the Cook and Share grant programme. It provides additional evidence on the small grants component of FFLGT with respect to growing. It a... Read More about Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants.

Exploring the impacts that virtual nature exposure can have on health and well-being and the mechanisms involved: A systematic review (2023)
Journal Article

Exposure to nature can improve health and well-being. However, numerous populations have restricted access to outdoor environments. Reviews show virtual nature exposure can provide benefits for a range of health and well-being outcomes. There is spac... Read More about Exploring the impacts that virtual nature exposure can have on health and well-being and the mechanisms involved: A systematic review.

More ethnic minority teachers are needed in UK schools – but teaching can affect their mental health and wellbeing (2023)
Digital Artefact

There is a major shortage of new teachers in England, and this includes teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds. Research from 2020 found that 46% of schools in England had no Black or ethnic minority teaching staff at all. But the treatment of eth... Read More about More ethnic minority teachers are needed in UK schools – but teaching can affect their mental health and wellbeing.

Standardised and referenced acoustic monitoring reliably estimates bat fatalities at wind turbines: Comments on ‘Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats’ (2023)
Journal Article

Voigt et al. (2021) provide a thorough analysis of the restrictions inherent to the estimation of bat abundance from acoustic surveys, and conclude that limitations of acoustic monitoring impede the reliable evaluation of bat fatalities at wind turbi... Read More about Standardised and referenced acoustic monitoring reliably estimates bat fatalities at wind turbines: Comments on ‘Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats’.

“In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Therapists and counsellors increasingly use online video applications to offer treatment in place of face‐to‐face delivery. In the alcohol treatment sector, this offers a range of potential benefits for treatment providers. However, the i... Read More about “In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems.

Towards a combined physical and social evaluation of climate vulnerability in coastal urban megacities (2023)
Journal Article

Coastal urban megacities across Asia face significant risks from climate change, including coastal flooding, high temperatures, urban heat island impacts and air pollution. These hazards are associated with negative impacts on infrastructure, communi... Read More about Towards a combined physical and social evaluation of climate vulnerability in coastal urban megacities.

Uno studio londinese. James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition reveals processes, narratives and collaborations within Stirling, Wilford & Associates.

Thematic analysis (2023)
Book Chapter

In the social and health sciences, TA has been extensively used for analyzing qualitative data, but until the last decade or so, there had been little discussion of TA as a method or guidance provided for its use (Aronson, 1994; Boyatzis, 1998; Patto... Read More about Thematic analysis.

The impact of remote consultations on the health and wellbeing of first contact physiotherapists in primary care: A mixed methods study (2023)
Journal Article

Background: First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) were introduced to reduce demands on GPs by providing improving access to expert musculoskeletal care. FCPs experience similar workplace stressors to GPs and there is an emerging concern that remote c... Read More about The impact of remote consultations on the health and wellbeing of first contact physiotherapists in primary care: A mixed methods study.

Prospects for biodiesel production from emerging algal resource: Process optimization and characterization of biodiesel properties (2023)
Journal Article

The present work focuses on the optimization of the energy conversion process and the use of algal resources for biodiesel production with ultrasound and microwave techniques in Oedogonium, Oscillatoria, Ulothrix, Chlorella, Cladophora, and Spirogyra... Read More about Prospects for biodiesel production from emerging algal resource: Process optimization and characterization of biodiesel properties.

Development and validation of multivariable prediction models for in-hospital death, 30-day death, and change in residence after hip fracture surgery and the 'stratify-hip' algorithm (2023)
Journal Article

To develop and validate the stratify-hip algorithm (multivariable prediction models to predict those at low, medium, and high risk across in-hospital death, 30-day death, and residence change after hip fracture). Multivariable Fine-Gray and logistic... Read More about Development and validation of multivariable prediction models for in-hospital death, 30-day death, and change in residence after hip fracture surgery and the 'stratify-hip' algorithm.

Co-creating green a strategic public art vision for Lyngford Park, Taunton (2023)
Report

Understandings of Lyngford Park and proposals for the space have been developed through a series of creative engagement activities held throughout the summer of 2022 as part of the Pride in Priorswood Family Fun Days in the park. This builds on deep... Read More about Co-creating green a strategic public art vision for Lyngford Park, Taunton.

Association between outpatient follow-up and incidence of revision after knee and hip replacements: a population-based cohort study (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Follow-up visits 5 or 7 years after surgery were recommended for people having primary hip or knee replacement. The benefits of this practice to patients and the healthcare system, however, have not yet been specifically examined. The aim... Read More about Association between outpatient follow-up and incidence of revision after knee and hip replacements: a population-based cohort study.

Integrity auditing for secure cloud storage on sensitive data protection (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Users can interchange data with others and remotely store their data on the cloud using cloud storage services. The integrity of data saved in the cloud should be ensured through remote data integrity audits. An electronic health record system is one... Read More about Integrity auditing for secure cloud storage on sensitive data protection.

Evaluating the ability of patient reported outcome measures to represent the functional limitation of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (2023)
Journal Article

Aim: To identify activities which people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) report are impacted by their condition, and evaluate the ability of measures of function used by National Health Service (NHS) ME/CFS Services... Read More about Evaluating the ability of patient reported outcome measures to represent the functional limitation of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.