Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (39530)

A randomized controlled trial on the comparative effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and health qigong-based cognitive therapy among Chinese people with depression and anxiety disorders (2020)
Journal Article
Chan, S. H. W., Chan, W. W. K., Chao, J. Y. W., & Chan, P. K. L. (2020). A randomized controlled trial on the comparative effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and health qigong-based cognitive therapy among Chinese people with depression and anxiety disorders. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02994-2

Background: The goal of this study was to investigate treatment outcome and related intervention processes of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy versus health qigong-based cognitive therapy versus waitlist control among individuals with mood disorde... Read More about A randomized controlled trial on the comparative effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and health qigong-based cognitive therapy among Chinese people with depression and anxiety disorders.

A combined proteomics and Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the effects of aspirin-targeted proteins on colorectal cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Nounu, A., Greenhough, A., Heesom, K. J., Richmond, R. C., Zheng, J., Weinstein, S. J., …Relton, C. L. (2021). A combined proteomics and Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the effects of aspirin-targeted proteins on colorectal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 30(3), 564-575. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1176

Background: Evidence for aspirin’s chemopreventative properties on colorectal cancer (CRC) is substantial, but its mechanism of action is not well-understood. We combined a proteomic approach with Mendelian randomization (MR) to identify possible new... Read More about A combined proteomics and Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the effects of aspirin-targeted proteins on colorectal cancer.

Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum (2020)
Journal Article
Chi, C., Datta, A., Chopra, I., & Chen, R. (2021). Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum. Journal of Aircraft, 58(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C035746

This paper presents an investigation of the effects of tip sweep on highly twisted composite rotor blades by acquiring strain data in vacuum. Three parametric test cases were designed for strain measurements, and predictions from a special three-dime... Read More about Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum.

Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays (2020)
Digital Artefact
Crofts, C. (2020). Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays. [Video Presentation]

The Introductory Guide to Video Essays was officially launched on 14 December 2020 at an online event organised by Learning on Screen in collaboration with SOAS, University of London. The launch event brought together pioneering scholars and educator... Read More about Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays.

Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2020). Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 173, 214-237. https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.19.00015

It is expected that by 2030, 5 billion of the earth's population will live in cities. This growth in urbanisation results in significant challenges pertaining to environmental and social sustainability. Most of the cities are located near coastal are... Read More about Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward.

Framing work and welfare: Insights from the growing relevance of company welfare in Italy (2020)
Journal Article
Gasparri, S. (2021). Framing work and welfare: Insights from the growing relevance of company welfare in Italy. Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(2), 235-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185620973685

This article applies the concept of frames of reference to contemporary work and welfare dynamics by focusing on the growing relevance of company welfare in Italy after the 2008 crisis. The analysis considers how this occurred along three phases: in... Read More about Framing work and welfare: Insights from the growing relevance of company welfare in Italy.

Adaptation and validation of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in English among urban Indian adolescents (2020)
Journal Article
Lewis-Smith, H., Garbett, K. M., Chaudhry, A., Uglik-Marucha, N., Vitoratou, S., Dhillon, M., …Diedrichs, P. C. (2021). Adaptation and validation of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in English among urban Indian adolescents. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(2), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23431

Objective: Eating pathology is a salient issue in India, with clinical features reported among adults and adolescents. However, there are currently no validated measures of disordered eating in the Indian context. The present study therefore aimed to... Read More about Adaptation and validation of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in English among urban Indian adolescents.

Spatial distribution of soil salinity: A GIS-based assessment at the Hardap irrigation scheme, Namibia (2020)
Journal Article
Ambambi, H. N., Katjimune, H. V., Hipondoka, M., & Wanke, H. (2020). Spatial distribution of soil salinity: A GIS-based assessment at the Hardap irrigation scheme, Namibia. Namibian Journal for Research, Science and Technology, 2(1), 125-134

Salinization is a worldwide problem that affects the physical and chemical properties of soils. It is the most common and widely recognized form of land degradation, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions, where evaporation surpasses precipitatio... Read More about Spatial distribution of soil salinity: A GIS-based assessment at the Hardap irrigation scheme, Namibia.

The effect of language-specific characteristics on English and Japanese speakers' ability to recall number information (2020)
Journal Article
Kirjavainen, M., Kite, Y., & Piasecki, A. E. (2020). The effect of language-specific characteristics on English and Japanese speakers' ability to recall number information. Cognitive Science, 44(12), Article e12923. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12923

The current paper presents two experiments investigating the effect of presence versus absence of compulsory number marking in a native language on a speaker’s ability to recall number information from photos. In Experiment 1, monolingual English and... Read More about The effect of language-specific characteristics on English and Japanese speakers' ability to recall number information.

Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice (2020)
Journal Article
Schofield, G., Dittborn, M., Huxtable, R., Brangan, E., & Selman, L. E. (2021). Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice. Palliative Medicine, 35(2), 315-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216320974277

Background: Ethical issues arise daily in the delivery of palliative care. Despite much (largely theoretical) literature, evidence from specialist palliative care practitioners about day-to-day ethical challenges has not previously been synthesised.... Read More about Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice.

Deep learning to predict hospitalization at triage: Integration of structured data and unstructured text (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Arnaud, E., Elbattah, M., Gignon, M., & Dequen, G. (2020). Deep learning to predict hospitalization at triage: Integration of structured data and unstructured text. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (4836-4841). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378073

Overcrowding in Emergency Departments (ED) is considered as an international issue, which could have adverse impacts on multiple care outcomes such as the length of stay for example. Part of the solution could lie in the early prediction of the patie... Read More about Deep learning to predict hospitalization at triage: Integration of structured data and unstructured text.

Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes (2020)
Journal Article
Crew, A., Karamatic Crew, V., Bagelow, L., Walser, P., Thornton, N., & Hart, J. (2020). Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes. Vox Sanguinis, 115(S1), 271-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13031

Background: The five antigens of the Yt blood group system are located on the membrane GPI‐linked erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE‐E), which is implicated in a range of clinical issues, including sleep apnoea and neurotoxin poisoning. Conformat... Read More about Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes.

Transport and health: a personal and UK perspective (2020)
Book Chapter
Davis, A. (2020). Transport and health: a personal and UK perspective. In C. Curtis (Ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Transport (48-57). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900477.00016

Starting in an era where three quantifiable impacts of road transport were viewed as the sum total of impacts – casualties and air and noise pollution – from the embryo of the evolving transport and health interdisciplinary field is charted from the... Read More about Transport and health: a personal and UK perspective.

Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi (2020)
Journal Article
Maji, K. J., Namdeo, A., Hoban, D., Bell, M., Goodman, P., Nagendra, S. S., …Alshetty, D. (2021). Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12(2), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.12.003

Access to detailed comparisons of the air quality variations encountered when commuting through a city offers the urban traveller more informed choice on how to minimise personal exposure to inhalable pollutants. In this study we report on an experim... Read More about Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi.

Touch for luck, a jeweller's perspective on touch (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2020, December). Touch for luck, a jeweller's perspective on touch. Presented at Touch: Reflections on making, Online

Microscopic interpretations trough touch in the jeweller’s practice. A reflection of touch in our culture today; from ‘touch for luck’ to ‘touch and get Corona’ and how changed perceptions are impacting practice or providing inspiration.

Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life (2020)
Journal Article
van der Nelson, H., O’Brien, S., Burnard, S., Mayer, M., Alvarez, M., Knowlden, J., …Draycott, T. (in press). Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128(7), 1236-1246. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16622

Objective: To compare intramuscular oxytocin, Syntometrine® and carbetocin for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth. Design: Randomised double-blinded clinical trial. Setting: Six hospitals in England. Population: A total of 5929... Read More about Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life.

Communicating touch: Physical places via digital spaces (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Butler, A. (2020, December). Communicating touch: Physical places via digital spaces. Paper presented at Touch: Reflections on Making, online

To organise and host an online research event for ten creative practitioners that was planned previously as a physical one, required a specific way of thinking about structure and content. The curation (of the event) would be crucial to the participa... Read More about Communicating touch: Physical places via digital spaces.

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research (2020)
Book
Murphy, M., Burke, C., Costa, C., & Raapear, R. (Eds.). (2020). Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance... Read More about Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research.

Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B., Francisco, P., & Miguel, G. L. (2020, December). Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis. Paper presented at 47th EIBA Annual conference: Firms, Innovation and Location: Reshaping International Business for Sustainable Development in the Post-Pandemic Era

This paper explores several configurations of host-market locational factors and the ethnic cluster's potential to generate externalities when MNEs invest in distant countries. We perform a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of externalities and... Read More about Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis.