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Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems (2024)
Journal Article

While the literature on the design and operation of safe water sources in low-income communities is huge, little attention has been paid to the design of systems for the safe transportation and storage of water by households between source and point... Read More about Household water containers: Mitigating risks for improved Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) water systems.

Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in Southern African Savanna rangelands: Threats, impacts and solutions (2024)
Book Chapter

Savanna rangelands provide diverse communities across southern Africa with livestock and wildlife-based livelihoods, as well as extensive ecosystem services. Historical usage patterns, however, are increasingly challenged by widespread degradation. W... Read More about Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in Southern African Savanna rangelands: Threats, impacts and solutions.

The pleasure of reading against: Embedding lifelong critical literacy from picturebooks to social media (2024)
Book Chapter

In almost all children’s literature somebody lies. Harry Potter is told by the Dursleys that his parents died in a car accident, Lyra believes Lord Asriel to be her uncle, and countless narrators in picturebooks contradict, at some level, the images... Read More about The pleasure of reading against: Embedding lifelong critical literacy from picturebooks to social media.

Beyond the beautiful game (2024)
Book Chapter

Football has always been rooted in working-class culture and celebrated within working-class communities. Criticism of today’s game typically focuses on the capitalisation of some leagues, and football’s growing distance from its own roots. Yet, it r... Read More about Beyond the beautiful game.

A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for children and young people at-risk of offending, or who have offended on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Young people who enter the justice system experience complex health and social needs, and offending behaviour is increasingly recognised as a public health problem. Arts interventions can be used with the aim of preventing or reducing off... Read More about A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for children and young people at-risk of offending, or who have offended on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes: A systematic review.

Understanding the chemotherapy-induced bystander effect; an evaluation of the role of cytokine storm in an in-vitro model of the human bone marrow (2024)
Thesis

The phenomenon of donor cell leukaemia (DCL) occurs following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but its aetiology is currently unknown. Previous work within the research group identified a chemotherapy-induced bystander effect (CIBE) i... Read More about Understanding the chemotherapy-induced bystander effect; an evaluation of the role of cytokine storm in an in-vitro model of the human bone marrow.

Chronic pain after cancer treatment: Insights from cancer survivors and healthcare professionals in England, UK to consider how cancer survivors’ experiences can be improved (2024)
Thesis

Chronic pain is a common side effect of cancer treatment. Pain is frequently cited as a top concern and unmet need for cancer survivors. This thesis explored experiences of cancer survivors living with chronic pain after cancer and investigated how... Read More about Chronic pain after cancer treatment: Insights from cancer survivors and healthcare professionals in England, UK to consider how cancer survivors’ experiences can be improved.