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‘Plan Z and then off the edge of a cliff’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of mothers’ experience of living with a slow-to-heal Caesarean wound (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Studies indicate that complex postsurgical wound healing can significantly alter biopsychological markers responsible for recovery. Yet, there is a lack of research investigating women's experience of living with slow-to-heal Caesarean bi... Read More about ‘Plan Z and then off the edge of a cliff’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of mothers’ experience of living with a slow-to-heal Caesarean wound.

Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives Community pharmacies and their personnel present an opportunity to implement new services for bladder and bowel continence care. Underpinned by the COM-B model of capability (C), opportunity (O), motivation (M), Behaviour (B)), this study... Read More about Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service.

Academic anomie: Implications of the ‘great resignation’ for leadership in post-COVID higher education (2024)
Journal Article

The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has ignited a near universal rethink of what is tolerable or desirable in work settings. In higher education – where discontent has been exacerbated by the pandemic – the potential for a 'great resignation' is... Read More about Academic anomie: Implications of the ‘great resignation’ for leadership in post-COVID higher education.

Analytical vulnerability functions for assessing fatalities in masonry buildings (2024)
Journal Article

The assessment of human losses and injuries due to earthquakes is critical for the development of risk reduction measures. Yet, most vulnerability studies have focused on the derivation of fragility functions for structural damage, neglecting the eva... Read More about Analytical vulnerability functions for assessing fatalities in masonry buildings.

Understanding fitness professionals’ weight biases and uptake of weight-inclusive practices: Findings from a mixed-methods survey (2024)
Journal Article

Weight bias is highly prevalent in the fitness industry, posing significant challenges for fat people seeking to engage in health-promoting behaviours, such as physical activity. Despite small ideological shifts in the fitness industry towards more w... Read More about Understanding fitness professionals’ weight biases and uptake of weight-inclusive practices: Findings from a mixed-methods survey.

Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs using carbon fiber reinforced polymers rods and concrete jacket with a mechanical anchorage system (2024)
Journal Article

This study presented the development of a new method for strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) slabs using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer rods (CFRP) and an Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforcement Concrete (UHPFRC) external jacket with a Mech... Read More about Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs using carbon fiber reinforced polymers rods and concrete jacket with a mechanical anchorage system.

Affordable housing and urban politics in Spain, 1924-1937: Málaga’s ‘Garden City’, from Dictatorship to Republic (2024)
Journal Article

This article explores working class housing schemes and urban planning to gain a new angle for viewing successive national political crises in Spain in the 1920s and 1930s. It focuses on the southern city of Málaga through a micro-study of the Ciudad... Read More about Affordable housing and urban politics in Spain, 1924-1937: Málaga’s ‘Garden City’, from Dictatorship to Republic.

Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada (2024)
Journal Article

Freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they support are facing unprecedented threats, exemplified by broad declines of freshwater mussels within a global biodiversity hotspot. The Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata) is an at-risk spec... Read More about Age determination of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussels (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Basin, Canada.

Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction (2024)
Exhibition / Performance

This event was held on 17 July 2024 at UWE Frenchay Campus with the aim of exploring ways to overcome barriers-to-adoption and accelerate the uptake of biobased materials in the construction industry amongst diverse stakeholders and ‘end-users’ inclu... Read More about Bio-minded society for net-zero carbon construction.

SmartBioC Top Trumps (2024)
Physical Artefact

"SmartBioC’s Top Trumps" is a card game designed to playfully display information on the performance of biobased building assemblies and compare them against traditional construction methods. The cards use SmartBioC’s multi-criteria assessment fra... Read More about SmartBioC Top Trumps.

Hollywood remakes of iconic British films: Class, gender and stardom (2024)
Journal Article

Book review of Hollywood Remakes of Iconic British Films: Class, Gender and Stardom, by Agnieszka Rasmus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2022, 192 pp., £85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-4744-4878-9

Beauty, media representations and body image (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the impacts that sociocultural beauty ideals in media have on body image and societal attitudes towards appearance. The chapter begins by outlining how appearance is portrayed in traditional and social media, specifically focusi... Read More about Beauty, media representations and body image.

Differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells using retinoic acid and BDNF: A model for neuronal and synaptic differentiation in neurodegeneration (2024)
Journal Article

There has been much interest in the use of cell culture models of neurones, to avoid the animal welfare and cost issues of using primary and human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived neurones respectively. The human neuroblastoma cell line,... Read More about Differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells using retinoic acid and BDNF: A model for neuronal and synaptic differentiation in neurodegeneration.

Computation implemented by the interaction of chemical reaction, clustering, and de-clustering of molecules (2024)
Journal Article

A chemical reaction and its reaction environment are intrinsically linked, especially within the confines of narrow cellular spaces. Traditional models of chemical reactions often use differential equations with concentration as the primary variable,... Read More about Computation implemented by the interaction of chemical reaction, clustering, and de-clustering of molecules.

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.

Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people (2024)
Journal Article

Decades of research has demonstrated the power of growth mindsets (i.e. belief in the malleability of the qualities of humans) to shape people’s ways of making sense of their socio-cultural reality and influence their ways of thinking about and actin... Read More about Exploring the association between growth mindsets and climate action with young people.

Mapping the path to a decarbonised agri‐food products: A hybrid geographic information system and life cycle inventory methodology for assessing sustainable agriculture (2024)
Journal Article

The development of a decarbonised food industry will depend on a sustainable agricultural system where embodied food product greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be associated with agricultural production. The method presented demonstrates how mapping... Read More about Mapping the path to a decarbonised agri‐food products: A hybrid geographic information system and life cycle inventory methodology for assessing sustainable agriculture.

Surgery for craniosynostosis: Developing a psychosocial booklet for families (2024)
Journal Article

Parents of children with craniosynostosis may experience psychological distress, particularly during intensive periods of treatment. Yet, recent research indicates parents may not be accessing the support they need to cope with common challenges. The... Read More about Surgery for craniosynostosis: Developing a psychosocial booklet for families.

Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War (2024)
Journal Article

We present a financial history of the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) using a new dataset derived from the Bank of England minutes. We argue that the war and the associated actions of the Bank of England led to a transformation of the financial system.... Read More about Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War.

A systematic review exploring the effectiveness of body image interventions among boys (2024)
Journal Article

Body image concerns significantly impact boys’ physical and mental health. While several reviews synthesize evidence on body image interventions for mixed-gender adolescents, a systematic review exclusively focusing on boys is currently missing. Thus... Read More about A systematic review exploring the effectiveness of body image interventions among boys.