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Mental health of social media influencers (2024)
Journal Article

There is a wide body of research on the effects of social media use on mental health, particularly focusing on young people. However, very little is known about the mental health of social media influencers (SMIs), who also tend to be quite young. Th... Read More about Mental health of social media influencers.

Ulises: Assembly (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

“Ulises: Assembly,” a residency and exhibition engaging the labor of bookworkers, asking: “what do you do?” as a means of delving into the printed matters of art publishing today. The result is a sprawling, multi-tiered physical manifestation of labo... Read More about Ulises: Assembly.

Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals (2024)
Journal Article

This paper describes the development of a bioinspired composite material capable of audio classification applications. Hydrogel matrices produced by microorganisms combined with synthetic biology elements, allow for the development of adaptable bioel... Read More about Kombucha-chlorella-proteinoid biosynthetic classifiers of audio signals.

Development of biological recognition elements for the detection of the genome of cocoa swollen shoot virus (2024)
Thesis

Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is the main threat to chocolate production in West Africa. Infection causes a decrease in bean production yield and can cause tree death within three years, causing socio-economic damage to small-holding farmers.

C... Read More about Development of biological recognition elements for the detection of the genome of cocoa swollen shoot virus.

Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment (2024)
Thesis

Background

Good health is a human right and the built environment is recognised as a wider determinant of health but many studies focus only on physical health not mental or social health. The street is a microscale of the built environment yet r... Read More about Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment.

Across landscapes and lifetimes: Perceptions of gender-based violence from survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG) (2024)
Journal Article

Violence Against Women and Girls in public spaces has become a focus for violence prevention policy since the murder of Sarah Everard but is this how survivors experience VAWG? This study listened to survivors as part of Safer Spaces funded research.... Read More about Across landscapes and lifetimes: Perceptions of gender-based violence from survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG).

Representations of the media and their effects in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet (2024)
Thesis

This study concerns the novels of the Red Riding Quartet (1999-2002), the first published works of David Peace, a British author born in West Yorkshire in 1967 and the author’s use of an essentially conservative genre – crime fiction – to present an... Read More about Representations of the media and their effects in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet.

Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) holds significant potential for the construction sector by introducing advanced technologies and innovative practices that enhance efficiency, productivity, safety, and sustainability. However, the Sri Lankan construction industry... Read More about Exploring opportunities and challenges in integrating industry 4.0 for advancements in the Sri Lankan construction sector.

From a candle to content creation (2024)
Journal Article

This article gives a short tour through the changing faces of science communication, including dissemination, public understanding of science and public engagement with science and technology to engaged research.

Drag reduction of lift-type vertical axis wind turbine with slit modified gurney flap (2024)
Journal Article

This study examines aerodynamic performance enhancement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) blades with Gurney flap (GF) modified by slits. A quasi-3D computational fluid dynamics solution based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes model is employed t... Read More about Drag reduction of lift-type vertical axis wind turbine with slit modified gurney flap.

Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents (2024)
Journal Article

Based on social cognitive processes (Bandura, 2009), sexualizing media likely provide adolescents with credible role models for their own sexualized self-presentation in other mediated contexts, such as sexting. A survey of 6,093 U.S. adolescents was... Read More about Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents.

SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given the intricacy and variability of anatomical structures in medical images, some methods employ shape priors to constrain segmentation. However, limited by the representational capability of these priors, existing approaches often struggle to cap... Read More about SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation.

A survey on emerging blockchain technology platforms for securing the Internet of Things (2024)
Journal Article

The adoption of blockchain platforms to bolster the security of Internet of Things (IoT) systems has attracted significant attention in recent years. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic survey papers in the literature addressin... Read More about A survey on emerging blockchain technology platforms for securing the Internet of Things.

Personality-sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9- to 10-year-olds (2024)
Journal Article

The learning and social development benefits associated with pupils collaborating in small groups have been well documented over recent decades; however, research exploring personality as a mediating factor in small group learning is sparse. In this... Read More about Personality-sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9- to 10-year-olds.

Integration of tai chi and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for sleep disturbances in older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article

Background
The arousal state has been demonstrated to be involved in the fundamental pathophysiological mechanism of sleep disturbances. Tai chi (TC) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) have been documented to alleviate sleep dis... Read More about Integration of tai chi and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for sleep disturbances in older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Development of a polymeric optical fiber sensor for stress estimation: A comparative analysis between physiological sensors (2024)
Journal Article

The global prevalence of stress and its far-reaching impact on well-being has spurred the pursuit of innovative solutions for physiological and stress monitoring. Existing methods, whereas informative, often lack cost-efficiency, daily usefulness, re... Read More about Development of a polymeric optical fiber sensor for stress estimation: A comparative analysis between physiological sensors.

Local government interventions for improving the health and wellbeing of tenants in private rented housing: Developing initial program theory to inform evaluation in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Housing is an important wider determinant of health. Private Rented Sector (PRS) housing is generally the worst quality of housing stock across tenures. Although a wide range of interventions are available to local governments to manage a... Read More about Local government interventions for improving the health and wellbeing of tenants in private rented housing: Developing initial program theory to inform evaluation in the United Kingdom.

Operation CHOLINERGIC (2024)
Digital Artefact

#OperationCHOLINERGIC concluded at UWE Bristol on Friday after an intense 3-days of high-fidelity simulation. The scenario for this year’s event depicted an agricultural disaster, in which a group of contractors were undertaking a renovation project... Read More about Operation CHOLINERGIC.

Mentorship ecosystems in healthcare: A snapshot from the radiography community of the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Mentoring is the process through which a professional provides support, guidance, and advice, generally to a less experienced individual within their sphere of influence. Mentoring relationships are based on mutual trust and respect and focus upon th... Read More about Mentorship ecosystems in healthcare: A snapshot from the radiography community of the United Kingdom.

Top management team characteristics and decision-making nexus post-Brexit: Evidence from an international wealth management firm in Europe (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter investigates an international wealth management firm, deVere's top management team composition, and the impact of their observable characteristics on strategic decision-making. Concurrently, the study also determines the significance of... Read More about Top management team characteristics and decision-making nexus post-Brexit: Evidence from an international wealth management firm in Europe.