All Outputs (114)

Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector (2024)
Journal Article

In 1980 a deadly explosion occurred at a nuclear missile base precipitated by a dropped object. The potential for major catastrophe, an industry call to action and a research gap forms the rationale for this research into dropped objects. The aim of... Read More about Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector.

The search for order in a migration crisis world: On the EU’s biopolitics of racialised bordering and everyday struggles of migrants at Europe’s spaces (geographies) of exception (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The contemporary making of EU immigration law and policy shape and are shaped by the biopolitics of inclusive-exclusion that seeks to draw a binary line between the legal subjects of law (inclusion) and those excluded from the law’s protection (exclu... Read More about The search for order in a migration crisis world: On the EU’s biopolitics of racialised bordering and everyday struggles of migrants at Europe’s spaces (geographies) of exception.

Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia (2024)
Journal Article

Background: This study aimed to explore the awareness, experiences, and beliefs of individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) regarding their healthcare management, along with assessing their overall satisfaction levels.

Methods: A cross-sectional onli... Read More about Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia.

Will I ever learn Chinese (2024)
Digital Artefact

This is an auto-ethnographic podcast, following the author's processes of learning Mandarin Chinese and linking to 'traditional' research. It has 30 episodes, first published September - October 2024 (a new episode is published every 2 days). The pod... Read More about Will I ever learn Chinese.

A conceptual framework and tools characteristics for developing an immersive technology-based occupational health training mechanism (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Training and education are crucial in tackling occupational safety and health risks, such as manual handling for construction workers as they help workers identify and handle hazards. Concurrently, integrating Immersive Technologies (ImTs) in trainin... Read More about A conceptual framework and tools characteristics for developing an immersive technology-based occupational health training mechanism.

Capturing insights: Integrating design for safety educational elements into curricula (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The significance of Design for Safety (DfS) In engineering and construction education is well-recognized for its role in shaping the skills of future designers. While scholars have explored integrating DfS into education, empirical evidence on educat... Read More about Capturing insights: Integrating design for safety educational elements into curricula.

Exploring the interplay of job-related and personal factors in the well-being of construction project professionals: A conceptual framework (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Workplace well-being is increasingly recognised as crucial for the work performance of construction professionals. Consequently, identifying factors leading to well-being is essential for employers because this enables them to gauge the well-being of... Read More about Exploring the interplay of job-related and personal factors in the well-being of construction project professionals: A conceptual framework.

The adoption of UAV for construction safety management: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Ensuring the safety of construction workers necessitates a proactive approach to identify and address potential hazards swiftly. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have proven valuable in enhancing construction site safety by autonomously capturing and... Read More about The adoption of UAV for construction safety management: A systematic literature review.

Occupational safety and health in modular integrated construction: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Modular integrated construction (MiC) has garnered significant global interest from scholars and professionals. Despite its advantages, MiC introduces complex occupational health and safety (H&S) challenges due to its unique aspects, such as offsite... Read More about Occupational safety and health in modular integrated construction: A systematic literature review.

Let’s Talk | Vamos Conversar (2024)
Physical Artefact

For UWE Bristol’s Postgraduate Symposium Proof! 2024, I made a short video presentation inviting students, staff and interested parties to join me in making small artworks for an exhibition EXERCISES FOR ALL at Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol this... Read More about Let’s Talk | Vamos Conversar.

Lessons learnt from the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the Southwest of England (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Vaccination remains one of the most successful public health interventions in preventing severe disease and death. The roll-out of Covid-19 vaccination programmes has helped protect billions of people around the world against Covid-19. Mo... Read More about Lessons learnt from the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the Southwest of England.

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.

Attitudes towards advance care planning amongst community-based older people in England (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Advance care planning has been advocated as a way for people to have their wishes recorded and respected in relation to types of treatment and place of care. However, uptake in England remains low.

Aims
To examine the views of older,... Read More about Attitudes towards advance care planning amongst community-based older people in England.

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.

School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report (2024)
Report

This is a report on the RE-AIM evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran from... Read More about School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report.

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.

Development of a disposable, amperometric glycerol biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode, modified with the electrocatalyst meldolas blue, coated with glycerol dehydrogenase and NAD+: Application to the analysis of wine quality (2024)
Journal Article

This paper describes the design and development of a novel electrochemical biosensor for measuring glycerol in wine. Our initial detailed studies were aimed at deducing the optimum conditions for biosensor operation by conducting hydrodynamic voltamm... Read More about Development of a disposable, amperometric glycerol biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode, modified with the electrocatalyst meldolas blue, coated with glycerol dehydrogenase and NAD+: Application to the analysis of wine quality.

“Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are widespread across Europe. Their gardeners maintain green oases in otherwise heavily built-up areas by cultivating urban land and caring for the green space. Thus, they generate positive externalities by privately managing public... Read More about “Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland.

Wisdom from the global majority (2024)
Digital Artefact

The Wisdom from the Global Majority Project aims to develop podcasts that strive to create a platform for people from a refugee background living in Bristol to use their voices, share their stories, share their ambitions form their own narratives a... Read More about Wisdom from the global majority.

Comfort, fashion, home and sustainability: How (/not) to live your life in a jumper (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation makes link between architecture and fashion, examining the socially constructed idea of comfort, modernity presented in both the built environment and garment industry.
Comfort is a socially constructed, ‘fashionable’ concept. It i... Read More about Comfort, fashion, home and sustainability: How (/not) to live your life in a jumper.