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Computer simulations of peptide nucleic acid under external force (2023)
Thesis
Goodman, J. Computer simulations of peptide nucleic acid under external force. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10829665

The research question, “Can molecular dynamics be used to assess and screen the single-molecular binding properties of a candidate bioadhesive?" is answered in this thesis using molecular dynamics simulations. A ‘nearest-neighbour’ model was produced... Read More about Computer simulations of peptide nucleic acid under external force.

The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Llewellyn, A., Foster, C., McCabe, C., & Harcourt, D. (2023, August). The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer. Presented at International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) World Congress, 2023, Milan, Italy

Title: The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer Objectives/purpose: Development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic... Read More about The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer.

WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE) (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Carless, T. (2023). WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE). [Photography]. Exhibited at Lisbon and Algarve Portugal. 30 August 2023 - 25 November 2023. (Unpublished)

Photography exhibition, with the theme COLLECTIVE HOUSE, included in the programming of the Arroios Photography Festival (from August 30th to September 15th) and in the Algarve Photography Festival (from October 21st to November 25th) The image is... Read More about WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE).

Wedged Gurney Flap for performance improvement of vertical axis wind turbines (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Perdana Syawitri, T., Yao, Y., Yao, J., Chandra, B., & Kultsum, U. (2023, August). Wedged Gurney Flap for performance improvement of vertical axis wind turbines. Paper presented at The 6th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2023, Bali, Indonesia

The study evaluates the wedged Gurney Flap (GF) on a three-straight-bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The analysis considers the rotating effect of the blades at three different Tip Speed R... Read More about Wedged Gurney Flap for performance improvement of vertical axis wind turbines.

Light induced spiking of proteinoids (2023)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Light induced spiking of proteinoids. BioSystems, 232, Article 105015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105015

Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, are produced by heating amino acids to their melting point and initiating polymerisation to produce polymeric chains. In aqueous solutions proteinoids swell into hollow microspheres. These microspheres produce endoge... Read More about Light induced spiking of proteinoids.

Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Sinnett, D., & Bray, I. (2023, August). Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. Understanding how people relate to and feel a sense of belonging in the urban environment is therefore an important research agenda. There is growing evidence abou... Read More about Exploring relationships between GBGI exposure and health and social outcomes in Bristol, UK.

Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Cai, C. (2023). Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

This study explores how the institutional systems of Brazil and China impact firm characteristics such as ownership type, state provision of capital, and social capital, as well as the implications for Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI). Using... Read More about Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

Complications and consistency: Investigating the asymmetric information management ‘AIM’ technique with follow-up statements (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, C., Morrison, E., Harvey, A., & Taylor, R. (in press). Complications and consistency: Investigating the asymmetric information management ‘AIM’ technique with follow-up statements. Psychology, Crime and Law, https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316x.2023.2229478

The Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique encourages truth tellers to adopt a forthcoming verbal strategy and liars a withholding strategy. We investigated the effectiveness of this technique using a follow-up statement. We predicted that... Read More about Complications and consistency: Investigating the asymmetric information management ‘AIM’ technique with follow-up statements.

Ruthin Future: Contingent practices to reimagine a rural Welsh town (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, M. (2023, August). Ruthin Future: Contingent practices to reimagine a rural Welsh town. Paper presented at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Imperial College London

The political lens is shifting to smaller settlements and Governments in the UK, Ireland and beyond are recognising the need to support smaller places, for example through ‘town centre first’ policies, en-hanced funding for high streets and revitaliz... Read More about Ruthin Future: Contingent practices to reimagine a rural Welsh town.

Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Mazur, R. (2023, August). Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts. Presented at Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society - 2023 Conference, Ipswich, UK

Allotment gardens are a well-established phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Their users, predominantly in towns, through cultivation of land and care for the green space, create green oases in now busy urban areas. As such these locations now... Read More about Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts.

NOTCH and AKT signalling interact to drive mammary tumour heterogeneity (2023)
Journal Article
Ordonez, L., Tornillo, G., Kendrick, H., Hay, T., & Smalley, M. J. (2023). NOTCH and AKT signalling interact to drive mammary tumour heterogeneity. Cancers, 15(17), Article 4324. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174324

A better understanding of the mechanisms generating tumour heterogeneity will allow better targeting of current therapies, identify potential resistance mechanisms and highlight new approaches for therapy. We have previously shown that in genetically... Read More about NOTCH and AKT signalling interact to drive mammary tumour heterogeneity.

Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Hulke, M., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. C. (2023). Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change. In 2023 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE) (514-521). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE58758.2023.10227215

It has been estimated that approximately 7000 people undergo limb amputation in the UK every year [1]. This issue is even more significant in the US, where over 150,000 people undergo lower limb extremity amputations, and this number is predicted to... Read More about Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change.

Hourly temperature and precipitation time series characteristics in São Paulo with urban land use type of convection-permitting model (CPM) outputs (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Chun, K., Reboita, M., Rocha, R., Danaila, L., Octavianti, T., Risanto, B., …Prein, A. (2023, August). Hourly temperature and precipitation time series characteristics in São Paulo with urban land use type of convection-permitting model (CPM) outputs. Poster presented at The VII Convective Permitting Climate Modelling 2023 workshop, Bergen, Norway

The influences of regional atmospheric drivers on the joint distribution of temperature and precipitation from a Convection-Permitting Model (CPM) over São Paulo are explored. Time series of temperature and precipitation are extracted from urban land... Read More about Hourly temperature and precipitation time series characteristics in São Paulo with urban land use type of convection-permitting model (CPM) outputs.

Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Dimitrova, M., Garate, V. R., Withey, D., & Harper, C. (2023). Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot. In Z. Kubincová, F. Caruso, T. Kim, M. Ivanova, L. Lancia, & M. Pellegrino (Eds.), Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, Workshops - 13th International Conference (119-128). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42134-1_12

The paper presents an approach to understanding the emergent dynamics of human-robot interaction in the specific case of a humanoid robot taking the role of a co-therapist to the human therapist in psychosocial rehabilitation by focusing on the nonve... Read More about Implicit aspects of the psychosocial rehabilitation with a humanoid robot.

Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England (2023)
Journal Article
Singh, V., Pollard, K., Okasheh, R., Percival, J., & Cramp, F. (2023). Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 9(3), Article e001625. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001625

Demand modelling for the allied health professionals (AHPs) workforce showed that significant expansion would be needed to successfully deliver on the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan. The aim was to explore the use of AHP support workers... Read More about Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England.

Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across initial teacher education and professional learning in Wales (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Clement, J., Chicken, S., Tyrie, J., Alison, M., Jane, W., Jane, W., …Georgia, F. (2023, August). Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across initial teacher education and professional learning in Wales. Presented at EECERA, Lisbon

This research aims to understand to what extent programmes within Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and wider Professional Learning (PL), support the Welsh Government vision for pedagogic practice that embeds young children's participative rights withi... Read More about Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across initial teacher education and professional learning in Wales.

Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, K., Rickford, R., Edun, C., & Melamed, A. (2023). Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence. British Journal of Midwifery, 31(9), 512-518. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2023.31.9.512

Research into the experiences of trans and non-binary users of maternity services in England was recently commissioned by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. It was conducted by the LGBT Foundation, culminating in the ‘improving trans and non-binary e... Read More about Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence.

Predicting multiple-target search performance using eye movements and individual differences (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Birch-Hurst, K., Jones, A. M., Ong, A., Stoker, K. M., Smith, M. L., Zhang, W., & Clark, K. (2023, August). Predicting multiple-target search performance using eye movements and individual differences. Poster presented at European Conference on Visual Perception, Paphos, Cyprus

Accuracy in visual search – the process of detecting a target amongst distractors – is critical for life-saving career searches such as radiology and airport security. These searches often contain multiple targets (e.g., a tumour and a fracture) and... Read More about Predicting multiple-target search performance using eye movements and individual differences.

Clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based music therapy on improving emotional regulation in blind older women: A randomized controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Chan, S. H., Cheung, M. Y., Chiu, A. T., Leung, M. H., Kuo, M. C., Yip, D. Y., …Yip, C. C. (2023). Clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based music therapy on improving emotional regulation in blind older women: A randomized controlled trial. Integrative Medicine Research, 12(4), Article 100993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2023.100993

Background: This study aimed to investigate clinical effectiveness of a structured eight-week mindfulness-based music therapy (MBMT) program on improving mood regulation in older women with blindness. This investigation compared a MBMT group with a m... Read More about Clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based music therapy on improving emotional regulation in blind older women: A randomized controlled trial.