Outputs (1065)

Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: A comparison of individual and group provision (2025)
Journal Article

This service evaluation explores the implementation of Guided Self-Help (GSH), the first line recommended treatment for Bulimia Nervosa, in both individual and group formats, in an NHS community eating disorder service. The study aimed to examine the... Read More about Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: A comparison of individual and group provision.

Hive mind for Net Zero: Towards a social engagement model for collective home energy behaviour change (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure (2025)
Book

This essential book discusses what reading for pleasure is and what it is not, introducing some fundamental ideas about how we learn to read and how this process can impact on a child’s identity as a reader in classrooms that promote equality, inclus... Read More about Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure.

A centre specific Quality Improvement Project (QIP) to decrease ‘temperature spike to needle time’ for first dose empiric antibiotics to within 60 minutes for inpatients in a haematology and autologous stem cell transplant unit within a UK District General Hospital (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background

Neutropenic sepsis following systemic anti-cancer therapy and autologous stem cell transplant is a life-threatening emergency, with a mortality rate of 40% among haematology patients (Klastersky et al 2016, NICE 2024), due to deeper and... Read More about A centre specific Quality Improvement Project (QIP) to decrease ‘temperature spike to needle time’ for first dose empiric antibiotics to within 60 minutes for inpatients in a haematology and autologous stem cell transplant unit within a UK District General Hospital.

Rethinking economic growth: The impact of media narratives on inequality, wealth and growth (2025)
Digital Artefact

High levels of inequality are harmful to economic growth (Alesina & Perotti, 1996) yet claims about growth often focus on increases at the ‘top’, which can lead to increased inequality (Phillips, 2020). By exploring how talk about poverty, wealth and... Read More about Rethinking economic growth: The impact of media narratives on inequality, wealth and growth.

The transformative potential of Ricoeur's narrative self (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores how Paul Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity responds to the problem of identifying a self through change by developing a dynamic concept of the self which is always open to transformation. Ricoeur aims to provide a descript... Read More about The transformative potential of Ricoeur's narrative self.

Defining the recommended gray zone in MGMT promoter methylation pyrosequencing reporting: A robust translatable method to implement new EANO guidelines (2025)
Journal Article

Abstract

Background: The DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) may cause resistance of tumour cells to alkylating agents, and is a predictive biomarker in high-grade gliomas treated with temozolomide. Recent EANO guideli... Read More about Defining the recommended gray zone in MGMT promoter methylation pyrosequencing reporting: A robust translatable method to implement new EANO guidelines.

'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education (2025)
Journal Article

The rise in numbers of children experiencing school attendance difficulties in recent years makes this an important focus for UK school inclusion. Simultaneously, increases in school deregistration in favour of home education have caught media as wel... Read More about 'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education.

What is here - there (2025)
Physical Artefact

What is here - there, our shared seas, rocks, clouds, storms, stars, flora, beauty, Sarah Bodman, collage.

HERE: a place-based polar image bridge, a participatory digital exhibition at Polar Educators International, Boulder, Colorado, USA, curated... Read More about What is here - there.

The psychosocial outcomes following cosmetic surgery are largely unknown: A systematic review (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: Cosmetic surgery is marketed and widely assumed to have positive psychosocial outcomes, particularly in relation to body image, self-esteem and mental health. The present systematic review aimed to conduct a timely, up-to-date assessmen... Read More about The psychosocial outcomes following cosmetic surgery are largely unknown: A systematic review.

From social justice to social value: The changing fortunes of using public purchasing for social ends (2025)
Journal Article

The aim of this article is to trace the concept of ‘social value’ in public procurement (purchasing by the public sector from private and third sector contractors of goods, services and works) in the UK through four decades of the incorporation of so... Read More about From social justice to social value: The changing fortunes of using public purchasing for social ends.

Psychological mechanisms of commuting: A cognitive dissonance approach to intercontinental commuting discomfort in Istanbul (2025)
Journal Article

This study explores the psychological mechanisms relevant for reducing commute dissonance, i.e., the psychological discomfort due to an inconsistency between commute-related cognitions and behaviour, based on Cognitive Dissonance Theory. The study is... Read More about Psychological mechanisms of commuting: A cognitive dissonance approach to intercontinental commuting discomfort in Istanbul.

Understanding the impact of a cleft camp in Aotearoa New Zealand on sociability, self-esteem and confidence (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: Although camps have been offered previously for cleft and craniofacial conditions, few have been evaluated empirically. This study sought to determine whether a community-led camp peer support event led to improved sociability and self-est... Read More about Understanding the impact of a cleft camp in Aotearoa New Zealand on sociability, self-esteem and confidence.

Hybrid graph convolutional LSTM model for spatio-temporal air quality transfer learning (2025)
Journal Article

The short-term air quality forecasting models serve as an early warning system for local agencies, aiding in preparing mitigation strategies against severe pollution episodes. This paper explores the application of Transfer Learning to enhance short-... Read More about Hybrid graph convolutional LSTM model for spatio-temporal air quality transfer learning.

Understanding the psychological impact of medical care experiences on adults with craniofacial conditions: A pilot survey of traumatic stress symptoms and resilience (2025)
Journal Article

Craniofacial conditions often require extensive medical care and surgeries throughout childhood and adolescence. However, there is limited research investigating the psychological effects of craniofacial care including risks for medical traumatic str... Read More about Understanding the psychological impact of medical care experiences on adults with craniofacial conditions: A pilot survey of traumatic stress symptoms and resilience.

Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives To explore patients’ perspectives on the impact of appearance changes attributed to glucocorticoid treatment. Methods We conducted a secondary inductive thematic analysis of the ‘Steroid PRO’ semi-structured interviews with patients with r... Read More about Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases.

Moderating effects of coping behaviors on stressors–Stress relationships of ethnic minority construction workers (2025)
Journal Article

To overcome the shortage of construction workers in developed countries, the construction industry recruits a minority workforce from developing countries. However, ethnic minority construction workers (EM-CWs) experience numerous stressors in the h... Read More about Moderating effects of coping behaviors on stressors–Stress relationships of ethnic minority construction workers.

Illustrated capsules from the advanced course in platelet research (2025)
Journal Article

Patient-reported outcomes 3 and 18 months after mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction in the UK Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction Prepectoral techniques are becoming standard of care for implant-based breast reconstruction due to reduced impact on chest wall function and improved patient satisfaction. Evidence to support these benefits, however, is lacking. Here, p... Read More about Patient-reported outcomes 3 and 18 months after mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction in the UK Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study.

Does daily happiness and nervousness differ in adolescents and young adults in three Latin American cities: An experience sampling study (2025)
Journal Article

Background:

Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) have been used in clinical research to collect data on emotional and behavioural states in real life contexts among different populations. Although the use of ESM in mental health has increased, it has... Read More about Does daily happiness and nervousness differ in adolescents and young adults in three Latin American cities: An experience sampling study.