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Physiological And Morphological Plasticity In Response To Nitrogen Availability Of A Yeast Widely Distributed In The Open Ocean, Poppy Diver, Ben A. Ward, Michael Cunliffe

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Yeasts are prevalent in the open ocean, yet we have limited understanding of their ecophysiological adaptations, including their response to nitrogen availability, which can have a major role in determining the ecological potential of other planktonic microbes. In this study, we characterized the nitrogen uptake capabilities and growth responses of marine-occurring yeasts. Yeast isolates from the North Atlantic Ocean were screened for growth on diverse nitrogen substrates, and across a concentration gradient of three environmentally relevant nitrogen substrates: nitrate, ammonium, and urea. Three strains grew with enriched nitrate while two did not, demonstrating that nitrate utilization is present but not …

Plastic Alternatives And Substitutes In The Packaging Sector – A Uk Consumer Perspective, Sohvi Nuojua, Sabine Pahl, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Alternative and substitute materials to conventional plastic packaging offer a range of potential opportunities to help reduce the environmental impacts of single-use plastic. Policymakers and industry stakeholders are currently debating measures to address the plastic pollution crisis globally, but successful implementation of new policies or packaging technologies will require understanding of consumer perspectives and consumer acceptability. The present study aimed to examine consumer perceptions around plastic alternatives and substitutes by employing a life cycle approach. The Kano model of consumer satisfaction was used to investigate how UK consumers (n = 1177) responded to a variety of environmentally relevant attributes and …

Biochar Improves Fertility In Waste Derived Manufactured Soils, But Not Resilience To Climate Change, Jennifer M. Rhymes, Daniel Evans, Giuliano Laudone, H. Kate Schofield, Ellen Fry, Mark F. Fitzsimons

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

We present a soil manufactured from waste materials, which could replace the use of peat and topsoil in plant production and reduce the pressure on natural soil resources. We tested the effect of the manufactured soil on ecosystem functions and microbial communities with and without plants present, and with and without biochar addition (Experiment 1). The resilience of the soil in response to drought and flooding, and also the effect of biochar was also tested (Experiment 2). Biochar increased soil C and N regardless of plant presence and negated the effect of the plant on soil peroxidase enzyme activity. The …

Current Arrangements For Training Dentists In The Uk In Primary Care Dentistry, Sally Hanks

Peninsula Dental School

Primary Care Dentistry is the destination for the majority of UK dental graduates for some if not all of their future careers. Traditionally Undergraduate Dental Education has been set and delivered within the Secondary Care (specialist referral and Dental Hospital) environment, which may create challenges for new graduates when preparing them for their careers. This article discusses undergraduate dental training for and within Primary Care Dentistry.

The Attitudes And Beliefs Of Midlife Women Towards Physical Activity: A Meta-Ethnography, Anne Daykin, Angela Porter, Simon Fryer, Francine Toyer

South West Clinical School Journal

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Supporting Nmahp Research Professional Development: Identification Of Barriers And Facilitators To Becoming A Clinical Academic, Sam Harding, Rebecca Coad

South West Clinical School Journal

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Delegation And Caseload Management In Occupational Therapy: Team Perspectives From The Acute Wards At Royal Devon University Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust Northern Services, Hannah Luggar, Christopher Lovegrove, Louise Bingham, Rebecca Fox

South West Clinical School Journal

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Developing A Research Skilled Workforce Strategy, Carrie Biddle

South West Clinical School Journal

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Capturing Current Research Engagement Across The South West Region: A Survey, Krithika Anil, Ralph Hammond, Rachel Knight Lozano, Susie Pearce

South West Clinical School Journal

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‘My Life’: How A Co-Produced Lifestyle Intervention Can Support Individuals With Severe Mental Illness To Live Well, Nicola Dowdeswell

South West Clinical School Journal

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Primary Care Organisational Culture And Climate Impact Upon Paramedics, Steven Blakeway

South West Clinical School Journal

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Repeated Referrals In Community Rehabilitation: Prevalence And Reasons, Ria Dark, James Rodger

South West Clinical School Journal

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The Pied Piper Of Research: Increasing Clinical Research Capability For Mental Health Services In Somerset, Adrian Hayes, Alicia Long

South West Clinical School Journal

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What Nurses Do Right! How Resilient Variation In Medication Administration Practice Creates And Maintains Safety: An Ethnographic Study In Progress, Pollyanna Kellett, Bryony Dean Franklin, Susie Pearce, Jonathan Benn

South West Clinical School Journal

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‘You’Re Not A Real Doctor’: Exploring Subjective Wellbeing Among Clinical Academics In The Nihr Mentoring Scheme, Alice Jennings

South West Clinical School Journal

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The Relationship Between Clinical Presentation And The Nature Of Care In Adults With Intellectual Disability And Epilepsy - National Comparative Cohort Study, Sarah Badger, Lance V. Watkins, Paul Bassett, Ashok Roy, Mogbeyiteren Eyeoyibo, Indermeet Sawhney, Kiran Purandare, Laurie Wood, Andrea Pugh, Joanne Hammett, Rory Sheehan, Samuel Tromans, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

BACKGROUND: A quarter of People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) have epilepsy compared with 1% of the general population. Epilepsy in PwID is a bellwether for premature mortality, multimorbidity and polypharmacy. This group depends on their care provider to give relevant information for management, especially epilepsy. There is no research on care status relationship and clinical characteristics of PwID and epilepsy.

AIM: Explore and compare the clinical characteristics of PwID with epilepsy across different care settings.

METHOD: A retrospective multicentre cohort study across England and Wales collected information on seizure characteristics, intellectual disability severity, neurodevelopmental/biological/psychiatric comorbidities, medication including psychotropics/anti-seizure medication, and …

Intergenerational Technology Co-Design Process: Reflections From Underwater Telepresence And Xr Workshops, Oksana Hagen, Marius Varga, Rory Baxter, Hannah Bradwell, Amir Aly, Dena Bazazian, Swen Gaudl, Alejandro Veliz Reyes, Ray Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Within the Intergenerational Co-design of Novel Technologies In Coastal Communities (ICONIC) project we aim to create technologies aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of older adults through co-design workshops with both older adults (aged 50+) and younger participants (aged 16-30). This is an intermediate report summarising our reflections on the co-design of extended reality and underwater telepresence technologies. For the two technologies' core development track, we held thirteen intergenerational workshops in total, that took place between August 2023 and July 2024, with 24 older and 12 younger participants. As a result of the co-design, we are developing prototypes, including live video …

Combining Acoustic Telemetry With Archival Tagging To Investigate The Spatial Dynamic Of The Understudied Pollack, Pollachius Pollachius, Marine Gonse, Martial Laurans, Justus Magin, Tina Odaka, Jean Marc Delouis, Stéphane Martin, François Garren, Coline Lazard, Mickael Drogou, Thomas Stamp, Peter Davies, Alice Hall, Emma Sheehan, Mathieu Woillez

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Combining fish tracking methods is a promising way of leveraging the strengths of each approach while mitigating their individual weaknesses. Acoustic telemetry provides presence information as the fish move within receiver range, eliminating the need for tag recovery. Archival tags, on the other hand, record environmental variables on tag retrieval, enabling continuous path reconstruction of a fish beyond coastal regions. This study capitalizes on the combination of both methods for geolocating pollack, Pollachius pollachius, an understudied species of the northeast Atlantic, where declining stocks are raising concern. Essential knowledge of population structure and connectivity between essential habitats is critically lacking …

Trade And Flow Of Value In Global Value Chains, Peijie Wang, Zhiyuan Liu

Plymouth Business School

This paper examines flow of value that goes with trade flows in global value chains (GVCs) by a residence-based domestic value-added trade measure. Accordingly, the paper puts forward a concept of residence-based domestic value-added exports from activity domains and develops a corresponding trade measure. Export activities of G20 economies are scrutinized empirically, with which sizeable differences are observed between figures in the proposed residence-based domestic value-added trade measure and the conventional domestic value-added trade measure. This calls for new measures, to which the present study responds. It has been demonstrated that the developed G20 gains persistently in residence-based domestic value-added …

The Application Of Antimicrobial Stewardship Knowledge To Nursing Practice: A National Survey Of United Kingdom Pre‐Registration Nursing Students, Molly Courtenay, Clare Hawker, Rose Gallagher, Enrique Castro‐Sanchez, Dinah J. Gould, Faten Al Salti, Jennifer Bate, Daniel Cooper, Rebecca Cooper, Rebecca Craig, Rebecca Dickinson, Debbie Fallon, Sharon Mcleod, Kate Morrow, Valerie Ness, Andrew Nichols, Sarah O'Reilly, Sarah Partington, J. Claire Sevenoaks, Matthew Sunter, Jane Turner, Liz W. Underhill, Sarah L. Weaver

School of Nursing and Midwifery

AimTo assess student nurses understanding and skills in the application of antimicrobial stewardship knowledge to practice.DesignQuantitative.MethodsCross-sectional survey.ResultsFive hundred and twenty three student nurses responded across 23 UK universities. Although students felt prepared in competencies in infection prevention and control, patient-centred care and interprofessional collaborative practice, they felt less prepared in competencies in which microbiological knowledge, prescribing and its effect on antimicrobial stewardship is required. Problem-based learning, activities in the clinical setting and face-to-face teaching were identified as the preferred modes of education delivery. Those who had shared antimicrobial stewardship teaching with students from other professions reported the benefits to include …

Review Of Evidence On Implementation In Education, Darren Moore, Rachel Proctor, Simon Benham-Clarke, Hayley Gains, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Nick Axford, Morwenna Rogers, Rob Anderson, Dave Hall, Jemma Hawkins, Vashti Berry, Camilla Forbes, Jenny Lloyd

Peninsula Medical School

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'I Can Still Swing A Spade': A Qualitative Exploratory Study Of Gardening Groups For People With Dementia, Helen Foster-Collins, Raff Calitri, Mark Tarrant, Noreen Orr, Rebecca Whear, Ruth A. Lamont

School of Psychology

This exploratory qualitative study aimed to evidence how community-based gardening groups can be used to support the psychological, physical and social health of those living with dementia. The views of people living with dementia in the community, care partners and group leaders were sought to better understand the benefits gained from gardening groups, as well as the features of gardening groups that are cited as enabling positive outcomes. Going beyond the existing single-group studies in this area, this research aimed to identify common themes across multiple gardening groups. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six group leaders, three people living with …

Wolf Rock Lighthouse Long-Term Monitoring, James Brownjohn, Alison Raby, James Bassitt, Alessandro Antonini, Zuo Zhu, Peter Dobson

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Wolf Rock Lighthouse is a Victorian era masonry structure located in an extreme environment facing the fiercest Atlantic storms off the southwest coast of England whose dynamic behaviour has been studied since 2016. Initially, a modal test was used to determine modal parameters; then, in 2017, a monitoring system was installed that has operated intermittently providing response data for a number of characteristic loading events. These events have included wave loads due to storms, a small UK earthquake, helicopters landing on the helideck, and the grounding of a ship on the reef. This is believed to be the most extensive …

Covid Stories: A Narrative Exploration Of Experiences Of The Pandemic Among Members Of An Academic Research Group, Becky Stancer, Jan Georgeson, Suparna Bagchi, Craig Myhill, Katherine Gulliver, Tara Vassallo, Mandy Andrews, Gulsah Selin Tumkaya, Vivien Southall, Ramazan Merk

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

A narrative longitudinal study of experiences and lessons learnt by an English academic researchgroup during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the research group acted as both participantsand researchers. Each member of the group wrote their own accounts of academic and personalexperiences during the pandemic at two timepoints. Key lessons learnt included, Resilience, Redemption, Self-Discovery, Personal strategies, Academic skills, Realisation, Acceptance, and Resignation. Attimepoint one, the stories were generally progressive and were best described as accounts of ajourney. Performative aspects of the stories were found to include defended elements experiencedas ‘holes’ in the narratives. At timepoint two, narratives were characterised by …

Neural And Computational Mechanisms Of Effort Under The Pressure Of A Deadline, Andrea Pisauro, Daniele Pollicino, Lucy Fisher, Matthew A.J. Apps

School of Psychology

Deadlines fundamentally shape the motivation for effort. Research examining effort-based choices findshigh effort is an avoided cost. However, this work overlooks the fact that effort can be valuable when itmakes progress on long-term goals before deadlines. We test a new framework where motivationdepends on deadline pressure (work remaining / time remaining). Across three studies we usecomputational modelling on novel tasks examining effort-based decisions when effort makes progresson goals with deadlines. In support of hypotheses, deadline pressure significantly impacts decisionmaking, shifting people from avoiding effort, to seeking and valuing it. Using ultra-high-field fMRI, weshow that functionally connected putamen and midcingulate cortex …

Anthropogenic Noise Limits Resource Distribution Without Changing Social Hierarchies, S. Tidau, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Increasing evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic noise is a global pollutant that threatens marine ecosystems. Mounting numbers of studies show its diverse effects on individuals and their behaviour. However, little is known about how individual changes in response to anthropogenic noise could cascade through groups and populations affecting resource distribution vital for survival and fitness. Here we test the hypotheses that anthropogenic noise could alter resource distribution, associated hierarchies and consequently individual benefits. We used groups of hermit crabs, a globally distributed model system for assessing impacts of environmental change on wildlife and measured in controlled laboratory conditions the resource distribution …

Identifying Co-Morbidities And Risk In People With Epilepsy: The Maltese Experience, Adrian Pace, Lance Watkins, Daniel Fiott, Paul Bassett, Richard Laugharne, Christopher James, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background: People with epilepsy are at increased risk of multiple co-morbidities that may influence risk of adverse outcomes including impact on quality of life and premature mortality. These risk factors include potentially modifiable clinical characteristics associated with sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). For services to tackle risk, the clinical complexity of the target epilepsy population needs to be defined. While this has been comprehensively studied in large, economically developed countries little knowledge of these issues exist in small economically developed countries, like Malta (population: 500,000). Methods: This was a single centre study focused exclusively on patients attending Gozo General …

Acceptability Of Virtual Psychiatric Consultations For Routine Follow-Ups Post Covid-19 Pandemic For People With Intellectual Disabilities: Cross-Sectional Study, Samuel Tromans, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Sarah Mitchell, Susan Cummins, David Cox, Jennifer Downing, Paul H. Lee, Lucy Teece, Tony Marson, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background After the rapid implementation of digital health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, a paucity of research exists about the suitability of remote consulting in people with intellectual disabilities and their carers, particularly for neuropsychiatric reviews. Aim This study examines when remote neuropsychiatric routine consulting is suitable for this population. Method A survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities and their carers, examining their preference between face-to-face and video consultations for ongoing neuropsychiatric reviews within a rural countywide intellectual disability service in Cornwall, England (population: 538 000). The survey was sent to all adults with intellectual disabilities open to …

A Multimodal Study Of Augmented Reality In The Architectural Design Studio, Alejandro Veliz Reyes

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Architectural design representations comprise physical (models, drawings) and digital media (3D models). Multimodal combinations of physical and digital representations are commonplace in professional contexts such as design reviews or building sites, and ‘making sense’ of these assemblies requires complex socio-cognitive processes and professional expertise. In that context, this paper follows a ‘sense-making’ approach, and theorises the impact of multimodal representations in architectural design tutorials. Hybrid physical/digital representations have been built using Augmented Reality (AR) and utilised in dialogues between students’ groups and design tutors. Design tutorials have been documented through video, workshops, observational notes and interviews to generate a grounded …

Laxative Use In Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: Development Of Prescribing Guidelines, Ruth Bishop, Richard Laugharne, Lisa Burrows, Sandra Ward, Sharon Eustice, David Branford, Mike Wilcock, Kirsten Lamb, Alison Tavare, Charlotte Annesley, Stephen Lewis, Vasileios Voulgaropoulos, Faye Sleeman, Beth Sargent, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background Constipation is overrepresented in people with intellectual disabilities. Around 40% of people with intellectual disabilities who died prematurely were prescribed laxatives. A quarter of people with intellectual disabilities are said to be on laxatives. There are concerns that prescribing is not always effective and appropriate. There are currently no prescribing guidelines specific to this population. Aims To develop guidelines to support clinicians with their decision-making when prescribing laxatives to people with intellectual disabilities. Method A modified Delphi methodology, the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method, was used. Step 1 comprised development of a bespoke six-item, open-ended questionnaire from background literature and its …