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“I couldn't carry on taking a drug like that”: A qualitative study of patient perspectives on side effects from rheumatology drugs (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives There is growing interest in collecting outcome information directly from patients in clinical trials. This study evaluates what patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) consider important to know about symptomatic side... Read More about “I couldn't carry on taking a drug like that”: A qualitative study of patient perspectives on side effects from rheumatology drugs.

Laser additive manufacturing of TiB2-modified Cu15Ni8Sn/GH3230 heterogeneous materials: Processability, interfacial microstructure and mechanical performance (2024)
Journal Article

Cu/Ni heterogeneous materials integrate excellent thermal conductivity and high-temperature mechanical properties, enabling them to be widely used in the aerospace domain. Differences in the thermal and physical properties of the Cu and Ni materials,... Read More about Laser additive manufacturing of TiB2-modified Cu15Ni8Sn/GH3230 heterogeneous materials: Processability, interfacial microstructure and mechanical performance.

The relationship between type, timing and duration of exposure to adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self-harm and depression: Findings from three UK prospective population-based cohorts (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are well-established risk factors for self-harm and depression. However, despite their high comorbidity, there has been little focus on the impact of developmental timing and the duration of exposure t... Read More about The relationship between type, timing and duration of exposure to adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self-harm and depression: Findings from three UK prospective population-based cohorts.

Voices from the village: A multi-voiced relational perspective of character development in leadership learning (2024)
Journal Article

This article builds on previous work that has investigated character development within leadership learning. We take up the analogy of developing character through ‘being in a village’. We do so by gaining unique access to leadership learning within... Read More about Voices from the village: A multi-voiced relational perspective of character development in leadership learning.

Outline of an evolutionary morphology generator towards the modular design of a biohybrid catheter (2024)
Journal Article

Biohybrid machines (BHMs) are an amalgam of actuators composed of living cells with synthetic materials. They are engineered in order to improve autonomy, adaptability and energy efficiency beyond what conventional robots can offer. However, designin... Read More about Outline of an evolutionary morphology generator towards the modular design of a biohybrid catheter.

Quantifying human-robot interaction by developing a measure for safe collaboration (2024)
Thesis

This research investigated whether human motion prediction by an assistive robot can always lead to a safe and efficient human-robot interaction. Using human motion, prediction can encourage interaction in close physical proximity and can help build... Read More about Quantifying human-robot interaction by developing a measure for safe collaboration.

Investigating the in-situ production and processing of aquatic fluorescent organic matter by freshwater bacteria (2024)
Thesis

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the largest reservoirs of carbon on the planet, and is ubiquitous throughout aquatic systems. It plays an essential role in global biogeochemical cycles and the transport and storage of carbon through the hydr... Read More about Investigating the in-situ production and processing of aquatic fluorescent organic matter by freshwater bacteria.

Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Working collaboratively: digital and analogue, artist and machine, artist and artist is a constant activity of negotiation and translation – between code, language, process, matrix material and metaphor. The CFPR’s Artist in Residence programme aims... Read More about Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities.

Optimization of additively manufactured graphene-enhanced geopolymer concrete (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This project will develop high-performance graphene-enhanced geopolymer concrete optimized for additive manufacturing applications. Mix designs employing the additives GGBS, Fly ash, and Metakaolin will be combined with a graphene nano additive to en... Read More about Optimization of additively manufactured graphene-enhanced geopolymer concrete.

Reflections on co-productive research in a youth-focused climate education project (2024)
Journal Article

The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasises the value of listening to young people’s voices. Since its inception, there have been significant moves to involve young people in research that concerns their lives in a time of environmen... Read More about Reflections on co-productive research in a youth-focused climate education project.

“I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (2024)
Thesis

Background Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is noted to be a disorder of mood and interaction. This diagnosis is given to more women than men and can be stigmatising, with people being accused of being attention-seeking and manipulative. People... Read More about “I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

BioTacTip: A soft biomimetic optical tactile sensor for efficient 3D contact localization and 3D force estimation (2024)
Journal Article

In this letter, we introduce a new soft biomimetic optical tactile sensor based on mimicking the interlocking structure of the epidermal-dermal boundary: the BioTacTip. The primary sensing unit comprises a sharp white tip surrounded by four black cov... Read More about BioTacTip: A soft biomimetic optical tactile sensor for efficient 3D contact localization and 3D force estimation.

Prehospital emergency care for trauma victims in Nepal: a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article

Background The prehospital care system in Nepal is poorly developed, with multiple providers, limited coordination of services and no national coverage. There is little published evidence reporting the prehospital care of patients with trauma, data... Read More about Prehospital emergency care for trauma victims in Nepal: a mixed-methods study.

What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As immersive technologies and spatial computing paradigms move into the mainstream, public and political interest in the metaverse is growing. In some respects, the metaverse offers an exciting view of the future, one in which a global community can... Read More about What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.

3D Machine vision and deep learning for enabling automated and sustainable assistive physiotherapy (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The significant beneficial effects of physiotherapy as a treatment for a wide range of medical conditions, is well known. However, the challenge for already stressed healthcare systems to provide effective physiotherapy to an aging population, that h... Read More about 3D Machine vision and deep learning for enabling automated and sustainable assistive physiotherapy.

Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers from minoritised groups (2024)
Journal Article

The shortage of teachers from Black, Asian and minoritised groups is well documented. Over the past decade, a body of research has confirmed that discrimination and inequality is a factor in the recruitment of teachers from Black, Asian and minoritis... Read More about Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers from minoritised groups.

A conceptual thematic framework of psychological adjustment in caregivers of children with craniofacial microsomia (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: Children with craniofacial microsomia (CFM) have complex healthcare needs, resulting in evaluations and interventions from infancy onward. Yet, little is understood about families’ treatment experiences or the impact of CFM on caregivers’... Read More about A conceptual thematic framework of psychological adjustment in caregivers of children with craniofacial microsomia.

Public involvement and public engagement: An example of convergent evolution? Findings from a conceptual qualitative review of patient and public involvement, and public engagement, in health and scientific research. (2024)
Journal Article

Patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research is now well-established, whilst science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research has shifted from a focus on science communication alone to public engagement (PE) within its rese... Read More about Public involvement and public engagement: An example of convergent evolution? Findings from a conceptual qualitative review of patient and public involvement, and public engagement, in health and scientific research..

Circular ArtSpace Collective Art Exhibition (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

Collective Art Exhibition (5-28 April 2024) Rebecca Bell Devotionals: Belonging Remembered 2024 Series of work, Ink and watercolour on paper As part of the New Starters research programme at UWE, Rebecca Bell is researching post-pastoral... Read More about Circular ArtSpace Collective Art Exhibition.

Exploring the content validity of the Chalder Fatigue Scale using cognitive interviewing in an ME/CFS population (2024)
Journal Article

Background The Chalder Fatigue Scale, also known as the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ) is a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) comprising 11 items designed to measure physical and cognitive fatigue. It is widely used with people with myalg... Read More about Exploring the content validity of the Chalder Fatigue Scale using cognitive interviewing in an ME/CFS population.