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‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause (2024)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Moore, H., & Terry, G. (in press). ‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause. Feminism and Psychology,

In recent years there has been increased cultural interest in perimenopause and menopause. The importance of peri/menopause in many women’s lives makes this topic particularly pertinent for feminist psychologists. Some feminist scholars have acknowle... Read More about ‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause.

How do people in prison access palliative care? A scoping review of models of palliative care delivery for prisoners in high-income countries (2024)
Journal Article
Gilbert, E., de Viggiani, N., de Sousa Martins, J., Palit, T., Sears, J., Knights, D., …Selman, L. (in press). How do people in prison access palliative care? A scoping review of models of palliative care delivery for prisoners in high-income countries. Palliative Medicine,

Background: An ageing prison population with complex health needs combined with punitive sentencing practices means palliative care for incarcerated individuals is increasingly important. However, there is limited evidence regarding the models of car... Read More about How do people in prison access palliative care? A scoping review of models of palliative care delivery for prisoners in high-income countries.

“Anything you say, will be used against you!” : The necessary place for creative expression and language as an outlet for young people, and the criminal act of criminalising them (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2024, March). “Anything you say, will be used against you!” : The necessary place for creative expression and language as an outlet for young people, and the criminal act of criminalising them. Presented at Violence Reduction Partnership 3rd Annual Conference: Music, Language & Social Media, Saltford

Keynote speech exploring the importance of nurturing and protecting creative spaces and opportunities for young people, and for that creativity to not become stigmatised and criminalised. Shared examples of how various forms of music, dance, film, an... Read More about “Anything you say, will be used against you!” : The necessary place for creative expression and language as an outlet for young people, and the criminal act of criminalising them.

Proto-neurons from abiotic polypeptides (2024)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2024). Proto-neurons from abiotic polypeptides. Encyclopedia, 4(1), 512-543. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia4010034

To understand the origins of life, we must first gain a grasp of the unresolved emergence of the first informational polymers and cell-like assemblies that developed into living systems. Heating amino acid mixtures to their boiling point produces the... Read More about Proto-neurons from abiotic polypeptides.

Cyclic voltammetric behaviour and high-performance liquid chromatography amperometric determination of levamisole (2024)
Journal Article
Chan, T. Y. J., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2024). Cyclic voltammetric behaviour and high-performance liquid chromatography amperometric determination of levamisole. Sci, 6(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/sci6010015

The electrochemical oxidation of levamisole, a glassy carbon electrode, was investigated over the pH range 2.0–10.0. Cyclic voltammetric investigations showed a single oxidation process was recorded, with a peak potential (Ep) shown to be pH-dependen... Read More about Cyclic voltammetric behaviour and high-performance liquid chromatography amperometric determination of levamisole.

Kind Materials Research (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Morgan, L. Kind Materials Research. [Textiles]. Exhibited at The Future is a Work in Progress, Festival of Futures, Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University, UK. 7 March 2024 - 15 March 2024. (Unpublished)

Kind Materials Research explores sustainable alternatives to conventional dyeing and finishing by innovatively integrating bio-dyeing with laser technology. Linen textiles are transformed by combining these processes, reimagining traditional textile... Read More about Kind Materials Research.

The future is a work in progress (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Boons, S. The future is a work in progress. [Exhibition]. Exhibited at Lancaster. 7 March 2024 - 15 March 2024. (Unpublished)

A collaborative exhibition as the partners shared the culmination of five years dedicated pursuit of knowledge, funded through a groundbreaking E3 initiative by Research England in 2019. During this time four centres of design-research excellence acr... Read More about The future is a work in progress.

A qualitative interview study of rheumatology patients’ experiences of COVID-19 shielding to explore the physical and psychological impact and identify associated support needs (2024)
Journal Article
Silverthorne, C., Dures, E., Robson, J., & Orme, J. (in press). A qualitative interview study of rheumatology patients’ experiences of COVID-19 shielding to explore the physical and psychological impact and identify associated support needs. BMJ Open,

On interaction of proteinoids with simulated neural networks (2024)
Journal Article
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2024). On interaction of proteinoids with simulated neural networks. BioSystems, 237, Article 105175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105175

Proteinoid-neuron networks combine biological neurons with spiking proteinoid microspheres, which are generated by thermal condensation of amino acids. Complex and dynamic spiking patterns in response to varied stimuli make these networks suitable fo... Read More about On interaction of proteinoids with simulated neural networks.

Cyber Funfair: Creating immersive and educational experiences for teaching Cyber Physical Systems Security (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Mills, A., White, J., & Legg, P. (2024). Cyber Funfair: Creating immersive and educational experiences for teaching Cyber Physical Systems Security. In SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (847-852). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630820

Delivering meaningful and inspiring cyber security education for younger audiences can often be a challenge due to limited expertise and resources. Key to any outreach activity is that it both develops a learner's curiosity, as well as providing educ... Read More about Cyber Funfair: Creating immersive and educational experiences for teaching Cyber Physical Systems Security.

What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England? (2024)
Thesis
Asamoah, S. What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11114094

Choices made to study STEM subjects determine both the level of STEM skills in the population and the numbers of students with the necessary skills to continue studying STEM subjects at higher education. The aim of this research was to explore curren... Read More about What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England?.

Rahnella (2024)
Book Chapter
Brady, C. L., & Denman, S. (2024). Rahnella. In M. Trujillo, S. Dedysh, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund, P. Kämpfer, F. Rainey, & W. Whitman (Eds.), Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01164.pub2

Rahnella species are ubiquitous in the environment, regularly isolated from water, soil, and woody tree hosts as well as occasionally from human clinical samples. Cells are Gram stain negative, facultatively anaerobic, and motile rods. Species are ps... Read More about Rahnella.

Implications and impacts of aligning regional agriculture with a healthy diet (2024)
Journal Article
Sharp, R. T., Sanderson Bellamy, A., Clear, A., Mitchell Finnigan, S., Furness, E., Meador, E., …Milne, A. E. (2024). Implications and impacts of aligning regional agriculture with a healthy diet. Journal of Cleaner Production, 449, Article 141375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141375

One of the most intractable challenges currently facing agricultural systems is the need to produce sufficient food for all to enjoy a healthy balanced diet while minimising impacts to the environment. Balancing these competing goals is especially in... Read More about Implications and impacts of aligning regional agriculture with a healthy diet.

To what extent do children's expressions of time actually refer to time? An investigation into the temporal and discursive usages of temporal adverbs in family interaction (2024)
Journal Article
Surakka, M., & Kirjavainen, M. (in press). To what extent do children's expressions of time actually refer to time? An investigation into the temporal and discursive usages of temporal adverbs in family interaction. Journal of Child Language,

Many studies have explored children’s acquisition of temporal adverbs. However, the extent to which children’s early temporal language has discursive instead of solely temporal meanings has been largely ignored. We report two corpus-based studies tha... Read More about To what extent do children's expressions of time actually refer to time? An investigation into the temporal and discursive usages of temporal adverbs in family interaction.

Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary (2024)
Report
Gavin, P., Wager, N., Palmer, J., Cawley, P., Walker, T., & Bates, A. (2024). Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary. NOTA News: National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse

Restorative Justice (RJ) has been practiced around the world in various settings, including criminal justice, for many years (Shapland et al., 2004; 2006). In the UK, there has been a long history of its use with the intent to allow those who have... Read More about Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary.

Unleadership: The Remarkable Power of Unremarkable Acts (2024)
Book
Kars-Unluoglu, S., Jarvis, C., & Gaggiotti, H. (2024). Unleadership: The Remarkable Power of Unremarkable Acts. (1). Germany: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110767353

Leaderly acts and practices from unexpected places are often overlooked and yet have remarkable power. These spontaneous acts are in sharp contrast to those of formal leaders in governments and leading corporations. Global events like the Covid-19 pa... Read More about Unleadership: The Remarkable Power of Unremarkable Acts.

Don't give them fire! (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Klein, S. Don't give them fire!. [Print]. 4 March 2024 - 15 March 2024. (Unpublished)

The title ‘Don’t give them fire’ refers to the myth of Prometheus. Prometheus's most famous act was his theft of fire from the gods. According to the myth, Prometheus took fire from the workshop of Hephaestus (the god of fire and craftsmanship) and g... Read More about Don't give them fire!.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Podpadec, T., Pillay, P., Babayiğit, S., & Gazu, K. A. (2024). A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context. Educational Research and Evaluation, 29(1-2), 69-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2024.2314522

International comparative measures show that South Africa has extremely low standards in reading. A variety of programmes aimed at boosting reading have been developed, however, the effectiveness of these programmes is unclear. Prior reviews of effec... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context.

“It’s on your shoulders now” Transitioning from child-to-adult UK cleft lip/palate services: An exploration of young adults' narratives (2024)
Journal Article
McWilliams, D., Thornton, M., Hotton, M., Swan, M., & Stock, N. (in press). “It’s on your shoulders now” Transitioning from child-to-adult UK cleft lip/palate services: An exploration of young adults' narratives. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656241236006

Objectives Treatment for cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) in the United Kingdom is administered on a standardised pathway from diagnosis to early adulthood, with options to be re-referred in later life. At age 16, patients become responsible for their... Read More about “It’s on your shoulders now” Transitioning from child-to-adult UK cleft lip/palate services: An exploration of young adults' narratives.

The burden of acute eye conditions on different healthcare providers: A retrospective population-based study (2024)
Journal Article
Rawlings, A., Hobby, A. E., Ryan, B., Carson-Stevens, A., North, R., Smith, M., …Acton, J. H. (2024). The burden of acute eye conditions on different healthcare providers: A retrospective population-based study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(741), e264-e274. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0616

BACKGROUND: The demand for acute eyecare exponentially outstrips capacity. The public lacks awareness of community eyecare services. AIM: To quantify the burden of acute eyecare on different healthcare service providers in a national population throu... Read More about The burden of acute eye conditions on different healthcare providers: A retrospective population-based study.