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Detecting sleep‐related breathing disorders using overnight pulse oximetry in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Li, H., Gabb, V., Morrison, H., Blackman, J., Biswas, B., Kendrick, A., & Coulthard, E. (2023, July). Detecting sleep‐related breathing disorders using overnight pulse oximetry in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Poster presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam and Online

AbstractBackgroundSleep disturbance is commonly reported in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Lewy body dementia (LBD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Early identification of sleep changes is crucial as poor sleep could contribute to cognitive decline a... Read More about Detecting sleep‐related breathing disorders using overnight pulse oximetry in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment.

Buckling-restrained bracing system with ultra-high-performance fiber concrete (2023)
Journal Article
Ostovar, N., & Hejazi, F. (2023). Buckling-restrained bracing system with ultra-high-performance fiber concrete. Applied Sciences, 13(14), Article 8250. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148250

Recently, buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) have been widely implemented as seismic load resistance systems in buildings to enhance their response against dynamic vibration. However, during catastrophic earthquakes, the steel core in BRB devices full... Read More about Buckling-restrained bracing system with ultra-high-performance fiber concrete.

“It made me a more resilient therapist”: A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Brandon, L., & Fragkiadaki, E. (2023). “It made me a more resilient therapist”: A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 11-23. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.35.11

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated sudden and radical changes in mental health care delivery where practitioners unavoidably engaged in remote working. As remote care is likely to become increasingly common, perhaps routine, in this study, we aim... Read More about “It made me a more resilient therapist”: A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic.

Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmad, W., Ullah, A., Sheharyar, Jhanjhi, N. Z., Ghoniem, R. M., & Brohi, S. N. (2024). Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT. ICT Express, 10(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2023.07.006

Internet of Things (IoT) is getting growing interest to offer great opportunities in combination with Mobile Crowd Sensing for real-time applications. Existing approaches motivate mobile workers (MWs) for approaching the distant locations to receive... Read More about Bargaining based design mechanism for delay sensitive tasks of mobile crowdsensing in IoT.

Food for life get togethers: Programme evaluation summary and synthesis final report (2023)
Report
Jones, M., Sarah, H., Ismail, S., & Beardmore, A. (2023). Food for life get togethers: Programme evaluation summary and synthesis final report. Bristol UWE: National Lottery Community Fund

This report provides a summary and synthesis of UWE’s evaluation of the Food for Life Get Togethers programme (2019–23). The phrase ‘Get Togethers’ highlights the connections that people from all ages and backgrounds can make through growing, cooking... Read More about Food for life get togethers: Programme evaluation summary and synthesis final report.

Proof of concept of prehabilitation: a combination of education and behavioural change, to promote physical activity in people with fibromyalgia (2023)
Journal Article
Courel-Ibáñez, J., Estévez-López, F., Hughes, C. M., Adams, N., Fullen, B., Davison, G., …Mcveigh, J. G. (2023). Proof of concept of prehabilitation: a combination of education and behavioural change, to promote physical activity in people with fibromyalgia. BMJ Open, 13(7), Article e070609. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070609

Objectives: To establish proof of concept of a prehabilitation intervention, a combination of education and behavioural change, preceding a physical activity programme in people with fibromyalgia (FM). Settings: Open-label, feasibility clinical trial... Read More about Proof of concept of prehabilitation: a combination of education and behavioural change, to promote physical activity in people with fibromyalgia.

Therapists experiences of delivering treatment to patients with co-morbid mental and physical health conditions within an IAPT service (2023)
Thesis
Jackson, F. Therapists experiences of delivering treatment to patients with co-morbid mental and physical health conditions within an IAPT service. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10223564

The number of people who have a Long-Term Health Condition (LTC) is increasing. There is a high prevalence of those who have a LTC who are also experiencing a Mental Health Condition. There has been a recent focus on The Improving Access to Psycholog... Read More about Therapists experiences of delivering treatment to patients with co-morbid mental and physical health conditions within an IAPT service.

A qualitative study on how therapists negotiate gendered perceptions of the division of parental responsibility and labour, using a story completion and vignette task (2023)
Thesis
Wahnon, M. A qualitative study on how therapists negotiate gendered perceptions of the division of parental responsibility and labour, using a story completion and vignette task. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10198589

Aims: The argument that therapeutic practice affirms a reductionist paradigm of distress and overlooks socio-environmental understandings of suffering suggests that Psychology may collude with systems of power, privilege, and oppression. As key propo... Read More about A qualitative study on how therapists negotiate gendered perceptions of the division of parental responsibility and labour, using a story completion and vignette task.

Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication (2023)
Journal Article
Zucchelli, F., Persson, M., Argyrides, M., Bigaki, M., Donnelly, O., Drevenšek, M., …Williamson, H. (2023). Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication. European Journal of Health Communication, 4(3), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2023.304

AbstractMultidisciplinary health professionals (HPs) are involved in supporting patients who have conditions that affect their appearance. With appearance-associated distress common in this group, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) an... Read More about Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication.

An N-cyanoamide derivative of lithocholic acid co-operates with lysophosphatidic acid to promote human osteoblast (MG63) differentiation (2023)
Journal Article
Mansell, J. P., Tanatani, A., & Kagechika, H. (2023). An N-cyanoamide derivative of lithocholic acid co-operates with lysophosphatidic acid to promote human osteoblast (MG63) differentiation. Biomolecules, 13(7), Article 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13071113

Less-calcaemic vitamin D receptor (VDR) agonists have the potential to promote osteoblast maturation in a bone regenerative setting. The emergence of lithocholic acid (LCA) as a bona fide VDR agonist holds promise as an adjunct for arthroplasty follo... Read More about An N-cyanoamide derivative of lithocholic acid co-operates with lysophosphatidic acid to promote human osteoblast (MG63) differentiation.

Visual-tactile robot grasping based on human skill learning from demonstrations using a wearable parallel hand exoskeleton (2023)
Journal Article
Lu, Z., Chen, L., Dai, H., Li, H., Zhao, Z., Zheng, B., …Yang, C. (2023). Visual-tactile robot grasping based on human skill learning from demonstrations using a wearable parallel hand exoskeleton. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(9), 5384-5391. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2023.3295296

The soft fingers and strategic grasping skills enable the human hands to grasp objects in a stable manner. This letter is to model human grasping skills and transfer the learned skills to robots to improve grasping quality and success rate. First, we... Read More about Visual-tactile robot grasping based on human skill learning from demonstrations using a wearable parallel hand exoskeleton.

Nanotechnology improves disease resistance in plants for food security: Applications and challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Munir, N., Gulzar, W., Abideen, Z., Hancock, J. T., El-Keblawy, A., & Radicetti, E. (2023). Nanotechnology improves disease resistance in plants for food security: Applications and challenges. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 51, Article 102781

Green synthesis of nano-fertilizers is emerging as a potential strategy and could play a crucial role in disease mitigation, diagnosis, or suppression. Different nanoscale devices (nanoparticles, NPs), biosensors, nano-diagnostic kits, nanofabricatio... Read More about Nanotechnology improves disease resistance in plants for food security: Applications and challenges.

Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system (2023)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., Kars, S., Jarvis, C., & Sheffield, R. (2023). Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system. Journal of Change Management, 23(4), 337-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2023.2234388

In this paper, we draw on systems leadership, complexity and paradox theory to elucidate the tensions that organisational actors experience when practising multi-level leadership. We explore these issues through a study of the perceptions and experie... Read More about Paradoxes of multi-level leadership: Insights from an integrated care system.

Outlanders at work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of foreign IT professionals’ work experiences in Germany (2023)
Journal Article
Berber, A., Bilgehan Ozturk, M., & Gökhan Acar, A. (in press). Outlanders at work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of foreign IT professionals’ work experiences in Germany. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231182774

The information technology (IT) industry is becoming more widely renowned for its professionals seeking global career opportunities. These individuals independently build careers abroad, often receiving limited economic benefits while facing socially... Read More about Outlanders at work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of foreign IT professionals’ work experiences in Germany.

Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls (2023)
Journal Article
Ward, L. M., Jerald, M. C., Grower, P., Daniels, E. A., & Rowley, S. (2023). Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls. Body Image, 46, 324-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.015

Objectification theorists argue that routine sexual objectification, experienced interpersonally and via the media, encourages women and adolescent girls to value their external appearance and sexiness above other bodily experiences and competencies.... Read More about Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls.

Gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in business development practices - the perceptions of stakeholders within the alternative real estate lending market (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Williams, A. (2023, July). Gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in business development practices - the perceptions of stakeholders within the alternative real estate lending market. Presented at 29th ERES Annual Conference, London, UK

The prevalent use of gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in the alternative real estate lending markets as part of business development practices has been observed, with the nature, scale, and type of such offerings varying significantly. With no form... Read More about Gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in business development practices - the perceptions of stakeholders within the alternative real estate lending market.

Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Watts, G., & Zhao, J. (in press). Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

The construction industry is facing numerous demands. For example, a contractor will have to ensure they achieve their cost targets and time and quality contractual obligations whilst also meeting any social value and environmental expectations. Soci... Read More about Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.