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Head-mounted display based teleoperation of a humanoid robot surrogate for users with life-limiting illnesses (2025)
Thesis

Individuals with life-limiting illnesses are at an increased risk of social isolation, and this became particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social robots are often used to provide companionship, but are rarely used to facilitate social... Read More about Head-mounted display based teleoperation of a humanoid robot surrogate for users with life-limiting illnesses.

The potential role of 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 (Active vitamin D 3 ) in modulating macrophage function; implications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2025)
Journal Article

Macrophages play an important role in tissue homeostasis, inflammation, and repair, displaying remarkable plasticity by polarising towards pro-inflammatory M1 or anti-inflammatory M2 phenotypes. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), this r... Read More about The potential role of 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 (Active vitamin D 3 ) in modulating macrophage function; implications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Voices at the Margins: An exploration of the perceptions of 'vulnerable' children, their families’ and library professionals regarding reading for pleasure and public libraries (2025)
Thesis

Reading for pleasure is defined by Cremin (2014) as volitional, in which there is an anticipated satisfaction from such an activity. However, why children read and how it benefits them, has only been receiving attention in the policy space in the la... Read More about Voices at the Margins: An exploration of the perceptions of 'vulnerable' children, their families’ and library professionals regarding reading for pleasure and public libraries.

Organizing and official development assistance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Contested conceptions of participation (2025)
Thesis

Participatory approaches to organizing have become standard in development assistance, building on the work of Robert Chambers and rooted in the work of Paulo Fiere on participatory pedagogy. Adopted by organizations ranging from the United Nations t... Read More about Organizing and official development assistance in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Contested conceptions of participation.

Implementation of a hospice community service redesign: Qualitative research identifying lessons learned (2025)
Journal Article

Background: The need to improve equity of access to palliative care is well recognized; however, much less is known about how new models of hospice community services can be successfully introduced. Aim: We aimed to capture learning from the implemen... Read More about Implementation of a hospice community service redesign: Qualitative research identifying lessons learned.

Exploring how entertainment documentaries construct London to account for the residence of the international super-rich in the “hostile environment” for migrants (2025)
Journal Article

Unlike poorer migrant groups, governments offer visa inducements to attract wealthy individuals into a country. However, super-rich migrants’ impact on the UK has been shown to be negative whereas non-super-rich migrants, who are commonly constructed... Read More about Exploring how entertainment documentaries construct London to account for the residence of the international super-rich in the “hostile environment” for migrants.

Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates (2025)
Journal Article

This paper evaluates the geopolymer concrete produced using industrial waste and waste glass obtained by crushing glass materials. Geopolymer concrete mixtures were prepared with a water-to-binder ratio of 0.35 and an alkali activator solution to bin... Read More about Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates.