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Understanding flood risk in urban environments: Spatial analysis of building vulnerability and hazard areas in the Lisbon metropolitan area (2024)
Journal Article

Climate change has brought about new risks while exacerbating existing ones, with floods now accounting for about 45% of global disasters. This trend indicates that the exposure to floods and resulting damages will continue to rise. This paper aims t... Read More about Understanding flood risk in urban environments: Spatial analysis of building vulnerability and hazard areas in the Lisbon metropolitan area.

From magical thinking to being ‘pragmagic’: Narratives of wellbeing in health and care in England (2024)
Book Chapter

Accounts of wellbeing are traditionally understood as ‘rooted in social, caring relationships and traditional virtues of compassion, altruism and duty’ (Cieslik, Not smiling but frowning’: Sociology and the ‘problem of happiness’. Sociology, 49(3), 4... Read More about From magical thinking to being ‘pragmagic’: Narratives of wellbeing in health and care in England.

Innovative laser technology for textile coloration and patterning (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

Innovative laser technology has been explored for textile coloration and patterning. This laser-assisted dyeing technique allows intricate targeted surface design of textile fabrics. In this technique, the dye diffusion and reaction takes place at th... Read More about Innovative laser technology for textile coloration and patterning.

Sensemaking through crisis: Critical Care Pharmacist (CCP) leadership during COVID-19 (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to understand how Critical Care Pharmacist’s (CCP) coped during the COVID-19 crisis by investigating what sense-making and leadership processes were evident during the crisis.
Design/Methodology/Approach - Dat... Read More about Sensemaking through crisis: Critical Care Pharmacist (CCP) leadership during COVID-19.

Electrical signal transfer characteristics of mycelium-bound composites and fungal fruiting bodies (2024)
Journal Article

Mycelium-bound composites are normally made of discrete lignocellulosic substrate elements bound together by filamentous fungal hyphae. They can be formed into bespoke components of desired geometries by moulding or extrusion. Mycelium-bound composit... Read More about Electrical signal transfer characteristics of mycelium-bound composites and fungal fruiting bodies.

Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
This research paper explores the transformative potential of Industry 5.0 for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within corporate settings. This study aims to elucidate the role of Industry 5.0 and its related technologies in... Read More about Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings.

Nature connection and cycling (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Both cycling and nature connectedness offer benefits to human and planetary wellbeing. A mixed methods MSc research project has explored the ways in which nature in general, and connectedness in particular, interacts with cycling practice... Read More about Nature connection and cycling.

Physics and sport: flying balls, perfecting technique, and wellbeing in academia (2024)
Digital Artefact

For sports fans, the next few weeks will bring excitement and drama. The Euro 2024 football (soccer) tournament is under way in Germany and the Copa América is about to kick off in the US. Then at the end of July, the Olympics starts in Paris as athl... Read More about Physics and sport: flying balls, perfecting technique, and wellbeing in academia.

Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention (2024)
Report

Programmes for perpetrators are an important element of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. They help to ensure that perpetrators take responsibility for their acts of violence and, ultimately, do not re-offend. The... Read More about Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention.

On effect of chloroform on electrical activity of proteinoids (2024)
Journal Article

Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, produce hollow microspheres in aqueous solutions. Ensembles of the microspheres produce endogenous spikes of electrical activity, similar to that of neurons. To make the first step toward the evaluation of the mechan... Read More about On effect of chloroform on electrical activity of proteinoids.

What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally (2024)
Journal Article

Just transitions – responses to environmental change that minimise negative impacts on the most affected people and places, while ensuring nobody is left behind – are gaining scholarly and policy significance in areas beyond their original focus on c... Read More about What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally.

“How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction
Despite the psychological challenges that dementia creates, comparatively little attention has been paid to how individuals or families can be helped to adjust to dementia. One of the few interventions to do this is the Living well with... Read More about “How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia.

Initial teacher education as a dialogic space for agile art curriculum design (2024)
Journal Article

In this article we draw on our positionality as teacher educator and student teacher to reflect on initial art teacher education as a forum for novel disciplinary curriculum design. We describe how, without new system thinking, much taught school art... Read More about Initial teacher education as a dialogic space for agile art curriculum design.

Microfluidics for food and nutrition applications (2024)
Book Chapter

Fluid flow at the micro- and nanoscale exhibits unique phenomena that can be used to create components suitable for conducting biological studies. This chapter provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art microfluidic technology applications... Read More about Microfluidics for food and nutrition applications.

Contemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey (2024)
Journal Article

Contemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey is an important academic contribution, providing significant insights into the scale and depth of scholarship on critical Islamic thought in contemporary Turkey, which is often overlooked by global scholarship... Read More about Contemporary Rationalist Islam in Turkey.

Why reinforcement learning? (2024)
Journal Article

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come to be one of the most frequently expressed keywords around the globe. Machine learning (ML) continues to gain popularity in the provision of solutions to both industrial and everyday problems, and advanc... Read More about Why reinforcement learning?.

New traditions - An exhibition of modern folklore (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

The New Traditions on Modern Folklore exhibition seeks to merge echoes of ancient lore with the pulsing grind of contemporary life, inviting select artists to contribute visions of this "future-past" through conventional and experimental interpretati... Read More about New traditions - An exhibition of modern folklore.

The experiences of patients with musculoskeletal conditions accessing first contact physiotherapy practitioner appointments in general practice in the UK: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioners (FCPPs) provide expert care for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in General Practice. Access to FCPPs can facilitate timely care and efficient use of health services. However, there... Read More about The experiences of patients with musculoskeletal conditions accessing first contact physiotherapy practitioner appointments in general practice in the UK: A qualitative study.

An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Social media influencers are popular among adolescents and could offer a unique way to reach young people at scale with body image interventions. This study explored girls’ and influencers’ views on having influencers deliver body image interventions... Read More about An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study.

On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes (2024)
Journal Article

We investigate the information processing capacities of kombucha−proteinoid proto−brains, focusing on the transducing properties through accommodation spiking, tonic bursting spiking, and optical and acoustic stimulation. We explore self-organization... Read More about On transducing properties of kombucha−proteinoid complexes.