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Being both narrative practitioner and academic researcher: A reflection on what thematic analysis has to offer narratively informed research (2019)
Journal Article

What opportunities are there for narrative practitioners to engage in academic research whilst retaining an alignment with poststructuralist ideas, feminist commitments and narrative practice principles? This paper considers Virginia Braun and Victor... Read More about Being both narrative practitioner and academic researcher: A reflection on what thematic analysis has to offer narratively informed research.

Rapid bactericidal effect of cinnamon bark essential oil against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2019)
Journal Article

AIMS:
This study aimed to identify the most effective antimicrobial from a selection of essential oils and investigate its bactericidal properties against Ps. aeruginosa.

METHODS AND RESULTS:
The disc diffusion assay and minimal inhibitory/bacte... Read More about Rapid bactericidal effect of cinnamon bark essential oil against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Twenty Years of the Polyvinyl Chloride Sustainability Challenges (2019)
Journal Article

Intense campaigning pressure on the UK PVC sector up to the late 1990s forced strategic engagement with sustainable development. Simplified outcomes from a detailed, consensus-based analysis by science-based NGO The Natural Step (TNS) took the form... Read More about Twenty Years of the Polyvinyl Chloride Sustainability Challenges.

Investigating the transition from normal driving to safety critical scenarios (2019)
Thesis

Investigation of the correlation between factors associated with crash development has enabled the implementation of methods aiming to avert and control crash causation at various points within the crash sequence (Evans, 2006). Partitioning the crash... Read More about Investigating the transition from normal driving to safety critical scenarios.

Modelling soil compaction effects on maize growth and yield in a sandy loam soil (2019)
Journal Article

A mathematical model was developed for the prediction of soil compaction effects on the growth and yield of maize crop in a sandy loam soil in tropical climates. Field investigations were carried out at the teaching and research farm of Rivers State... Read More about Modelling soil compaction effects on maize growth and yield in a sandy loam soil.

Criminal legal aid in England & Wales: A practical perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Motivation to conduct research in a rapidly evolving academic environment: A study of Coimbatore’s Engineering Institutions (2019)
Thesis

The Indian academic system is in a period of rapid transition evidenced by the increasing number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), students and academics. However, very few studies have explored the Research Productivity (RP) of the academics... Read More about Motivation to conduct research in a rapidly evolving academic environment: A study of Coimbatore’s Engineering Institutions.

Environmentally Sustainable Event Design (2019)
Book Chapter

Events are varied in terms of their type, scale, duration, location, time
of year and theme, and this leads to equally varied impacts. However, all events involve impacts on or of ecology, transport, water, energy, lighting, noise and waste. Sustain... Read More about Environmentally Sustainable Event Design.

Enhancing patient leadership and community engagement through storytelling: Reflections from rural healthcare in New Zealand (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Over recent years there has been increasing emphasis on the need for community engagement and patient leadership in order to tackle health inequalities. Active community engagement is widely recognised as an essential ingredient for a successful and... Read More about Enhancing patient leadership and community engagement through storytelling: Reflections from rural healthcare in New Zealand.

Research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care medicine (2019)
Journal Article

Children and young peoples' healthcare should be evidence-based yet many treatments are unlicensed or prescribed off-label. Research is needed, but prospective informed consent for many emergency and critical care trials is neither feasible nor ethic... Read More about Research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care medicine.

Libri Mai Mai Visti: (Books Never Ever Seen) 22 edition (2019)
Exhibition / Performance

Shared decision-making in people with chronic disease: Integrating the biological, social and lived experiences is a key responsibility of nurses (2019)
Journal Article

Discussing atypical sexual harassment as a controversial issue in bystander programmes: One UK campus study (2019)
Journal Article

This research emanates from an anti-sexual violence bystander programme delivered at an English university. Fifteen students were identified through purposive and convenience sampling to take part in focus groups. Discussions emerged regarding atypic... Read More about Discussing atypical sexual harassment as a controversial issue in bystander programmes: One UK campus study.

A follow-up study to a randomised control trial to investigate the perceived impact of mindfulness on academic performance in university students (2019)
Journal Article

Objectives: Mindfulness research in education has focused on its potential to support student well-being. There is a paucity of research on the interaction between mindfulness and academic performance (AP). This qualitative study builds on results of... Read More about A follow-up study to a randomised control trial to investigate the perceived impact of mindfulness on academic performance in university students.

Is it possible to work out the lateral migration of preserved fluvial system through outcrop? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

While channel migration has been the subject of many studies e.g. Bristow 1987, Best et al., 1993; Nardin et al., 2013; where migration has either been considered at a macro-scale with timeslices on seismic data or at a micro- scale on one or two mea... Read More about Is it possible to work out the lateral migration of preserved fluvial system through outcrop?.

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019)
Journal Article

The human impact on life on Earth has increased sharply since the 1970s, driven by the demands of a growing population with rising average per capita income. Nature is currently supplying more materials than ever before, but this has come at the high... Read More about Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change.

A practice theory approach to primary school physical activity: Opportunities and challenges for intervention (2019)
Journal Article

A significant body of critical scholarship exists problematizing the dominant behavioural-individualist approaches to public health policy and intervention, and practice theories have been noted for their potential in providing an alternative. Childr... Read More about A practice theory approach to primary school physical activity: Opportunities and challenges for intervention.

Ethical approval and being a virtuous social work researcher. The experience of multi-site research in UK health and social care: An approved mental health professional case study (2019)
Journal Article

Seeking ethical approval and conducting research in an ethical manner are necessary components of research with human participants. Using the experiences of four individual studies undertaken separately into the same role, that of the Approved Mental... Read More about Ethical approval and being a virtuous social work researcher. The experience of multi-site research in UK health and social care: An approved mental health professional case study.

Here be 'cognitivism' (2019)
Newspaper / Magazine

The role of selection bias in sectoral allocation and the gender wage gap in urban Vietnam (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution