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How A Volcano Changed My Life: Reflections On Legal Study, Claire Von Hoesslin

Plymouth Law Review

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To What Extent Is Legal Reform Needed To Overcome The Barriers To Proving Discrimination By Automated Decision Making?, Francis Pascoe

Plymouth Law Review

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Human Dignity, Pure Punishement Sentencing And Article 3 Of The European Convention On Human Rights, Jake Aston

Plymouth Law Review

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Student Life - Llm In Law, Luke Dawson

Plymouth Law Review

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False Environmental Claims: An Analysis Of The Legality Of Corporate Greenwashing In The Uk And Evaluating If There Is A Need For Reform, Katie Hawkins

Plymouth Law Review

Corporate Environmental Responsibility places an obligation on companies to consider the environment when making executive decisions. However, with consumer demands for environmentally friendly products increasing, companies are not being honest about their environmental claims. A company’s environmental performance and reputation has become a key factor for a consumer’s purchasing decision. However, some companies are unable to meet consumer demands for environmentally friendly products. In response, companies are using false green claims. Such claims are used by companies to mislead consumers into believing a product or service has environmentally beneficial qualities or characteristics. This is also known as greenwashing. There is …

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Contributions Of Motility To Large-Scale Search And Navigation, Rory Baxter

School of Psychology Theses

Navigation and search are fundamental daily activities, however, their ubiquity belies their complexity. These behaviours are reliant upon multiple underlying cognitive processes including our ability to reliably employ viewpoint invariant allocentric and viewpoint dependent egocentric cues. The ability to use these sources of information have been studied extensively in the human spatial cognition literature, largely on desktop PC platforms. Whilst this provides researchers with an immense amount of experimental control, participants remain static, differing fundamentally to the demands of navigation and search in real-world contexts. This thesis presents a series of experiments that interrogate place learning and probabilistic cueing on …

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Evaluation Of A Multicomponent Oral Health Education Intervention In A Vulnerable Infant Population: A Mixed Methods Study, Nicole Thomas

Peninsula Dental School Theses

Policy makers and researchers have recommended that oral health initiatives should target primary caregivers in the first year of life to reduce the risk of early childhood caries. Approaches using mobile technologies for oral health are now being endorsed by the World Health Organisation. This mixed methods exploratory study examined the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of engaging and delivering a multicomponent oral health education intervention to vulnerable caregivers in the first year of their infant’s life. The study explored three engagement approaches: in-person (IP), a social messaging platform (two-way text messaging and/or a social messaging group) (SMP), or both (IP-SMP). …

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Ocean Connectedness And Consumer Responses To Single-Use Packaging, Sohvi Nuojua, Sabine Pahl, Richard Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Single-use packaging items constitute a large proportion of the plastic litter found in the marine environment. Consumer decisions contribute to the accumulation of this pollution in the environment. Here we undertook two studies to assess consumer responses to different types of single-use packaging. Moreover, we introduce a new measure of ocean connectedness adapted from nature connectedness measures and investigate its association with consumer response. In Study 1, 60 UK undergraduate students completed a packaging rating task and a survey on ocean connectedness in a laboratory environment. In the rating task pictures of bottled drinks with unique combinations of packaging recyclability …

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An Evaluation Of The Seagrass Walk, An Immersive Living Arts Piece Installed At The National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Uk. A Report Funded By The Green Minds Project, S Rees, A Morgan, C Parrott

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Trauma In Transition - Lived Experiences Of Trauma Informed Approaches, Emma Taylor, Katie Mcbride

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Increasing numbers of organisations are seeking the contributions of people who haveexperienced trauma in order to develop their services and support. The aims of this piece ofresearch were to understand the lived experiences of trauma. In particular, how policy anddecision makers can best learn from people with lived experiences of trauma to improvetheir service design and delivery. The overall ambitions of the research team in relation tothis piece of work are to produce accessible knowledge that can be used to inform futureresearch, and the way in which trauma can be better accounted for and supported in boththe design and delivery …

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Community Campus As Threshold: A Space Of Dialogue For Academia And The Community, R Brown, P Warwick, Zoe Latham, Rachel Manning, Sebastian Stevens

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This paper explores an argument for community-situated spaces of encounter – acting as thresholds – between community and academia, through which: learning can be enhanced; a greater sense of identity and efficacy can be fostered; and a defined agency can be enabled. This proposition prioritises a dialogic relationship in a shared ground of agency and discourse, whose potential is reinforced through a rediscovery of the local arising from the Covid pandemic. The rediscovery of the local has pushed civic-minded universities pre-existing interrogation of their community-based learning practice in the context of marginalised communities; a key challenge is how to foster …

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A Computational Method To Track The Evolution Of Business Models In The Digital Economy, Z Wood, D Walker, G Parry

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Companies within the Digital Economy are evolving their business models as they take advantage of the opportunities afforded by emerging digital technologies. There is a need to develop methods that will allow researchers and policy makers to understand the existence of, and relationships between, the different business models within the Digital Economy and track their evolution. Such methods could also help quantify the size and growth of the Digital Economy. This paper presents a computational method, which utilizes machine learning and web scraping, to identify new business models, and a taxonomy of organisations, through the analysis of a firm's webpage. …

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Messages In A Time Of Crisis Graphic Communication Design A Change Of Tack?, V Squire

School of Art, Design and Architecture

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Insights Into Nervous System Repair From The Fruit Fly, David Coupe, Torsten Bossing

Peninsula Medical School

Abstract Millions of people experience injury to the central nervous system (CNS) each year, many of whom are left permanently disabled, providing a challenging hurdle for the field of regenerative medicine. Repair of damage in the CNS occurs through a concerted effort of phagocytosis of debris, cell proliferation and differentiation to produce new neurons and glia, distal axon/dendrite degeneration, proximal axon/dendrite regeneration and axon re-enwrapment. In humans, regeneration is observed within the peripheral nervous system, while in the CNS injured axons exhibit limited ability to regenerate. This has also been described for the fruit fly Drosophila. Powerful genetic tools available …

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Marjon Connect Conversation Partner Scheme: Fourteen Years, Three Thousand Conversations And Quite A Few Cups Of Tea, Esther Pettit

School of Health Professions

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Neural Network Detection Of Pacemakers For Mri Safety, Mark Daniel Vernon Thurston, Daniel H. Kim, Huub K. Wit

Peninsula Medical School

Flagging the presence of cardiac devices such as pacemakers before an MRI scan is essential to allow appropriate safety checks. We assess the accuracy with which a machine learning model can classify the presence or absence of a pacemaker on pre-existing chest radiographs. A total of 7973 chest radiographs were collected, 3996 with pacemakers visible and 3977 without. Images were identified from information available on the radiology information system (RIS) and correlated with report text. Manual review of images by two board certified radiologists was performed to ensure correct labeling. The data set was divided into training, validation, and a …

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Xandar: A Holistic Cybersecurity Engineering Process For Safety-Critical And Cyber-Physical Systems, Fahad Siddiqui, Rafiullah Khan, Sakir Sezer, Kieran Mclaughlin, Leonard Masing, Tobias Dorr, Florian Schade, Jurgen Becker, Alexander Ahlbrecht, Wanja Zaeske, Umut Durak, Nico Adler, Andreas Sailer, Raphael Weber, Thomas Wilhelm, Geza Nemeth, Victor Morales, Paco Gomez, Georgios Keramidas, Cp Antonopoulos, Michail Mavropoulos, Vasilios Kelefouras, K Antonopoulos, Nikolaos Voros, Christos Panagiotou, Dimitris Karadimas

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The integration of connected and autonomous technologies in safety-critical and cyber-physical systems offers great potential in the vital application domains of transportation, manufacturing and aerospace. These technological advancements are necessary to meet the increasing demand for intelligent services, as they open doors to new business models by analysing and sharing the generated data. However, where this sharing of mix-critical data and broader connectivity brings opportunities, it simultaneously presents serious cybersecurity and safety risks due to the cyber-physical nature of these systems. Hence, delivering these intelligent services securely, safely, and reliably to its consumers is a complex engineering and design problem. …

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Preferences Of Newly Qualified Healthcare Professionals For Working With People With Dementia: A Qualitative Study, M Hebditch, S Banerjee, J Wright, S Daley

School of Health Professions

Background there is little research on preferences in students and newly qualified healthcare professionals for working with people with dementia. Understanding the development of these preferences can help inform strategies to increase workforce capacity in response to current suboptimal dementia care and the increasing numbers of people with dementia. Objective to explore the factors that influence career preferences in relation to working with people with dementia. Specifically, to understand how these factors relate to early career doctors’ and nurses’ preferences and how they influence decisions and perspectives on their careers. Methods qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 newly qualified …

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Zac: Efficient Zero-Knowledge Dynamic Universal Accumulator And Application To Zero-Knowledge Elementary Database, Hai Van Dang, Tran Viet Xuan Phuong, Thuc D. Nguyen, Thang Hoang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

—Zero-knowledge universal accumulator generates the succinct commitment to a set and produces the short (non) membership proof (universal) without leaking information about the set (zero-knowledge). In order to further support a generic set and zero-knowledge, existing techniques generally combine the zero-knowledge universal accumulator with other protocols, such as digital signatures and hashes to primes, which incur high overhead and may not be suitable for real-world use. It is desirable to commit a set of membership concealing the information with the optimal complexity. We devise ZAC, a new zero-knowledge Dynamic Universal Accumulator by taking the existing cryptographic primitives into account to …

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‘A Platform For Goodness, Not For Badness’: The Heuristics Of Hope In Patients' Evaluations Of Online Health Information, Alan Petersen, Allegra Schermuly, Alison Anderson

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Patient advocates and activists are increasingly relying on online health information that can assist them to manage their health condition. Yet once online, they will confront diverse information whose veracity and utility are difficult to determine. This article offers a sociological analysis of the practical methods, or heuristics, that patient advocates and activists use when making judgements about the credibility and utility of online information. Drawing on the findings from interviews with fifty Australian patient advocates and activists, it is argued that these individuals' use of these heuristics reflects their hopes that information can help them manage their condition which …

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Functional Standing Frame Programme Early After Severe Sub-Acute Stroke (Spires): A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial, Angela Logan, Jennifer Freeman, Bridie Kent, Jill Pooler, Siobhan Creanor, Doyo Enki, Jane Vickery, Andrew Barton, Jonathan Marsden

School of Health Professions

Abstract Background Early mobilisation (> 24 h post-stroke) is recommended for people with stroke. However, there is a paucity of evidence about how to implement early mobilisation for people who have had a severe stroke. Prolonged standing and task-specific training (sit-to-stand repetitions) have separately been evaluated in the literature; however, these functionally linked tasks have not been evaluated in combination for people with severe sub-acute stroke. Methods The objective was to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a functional standing frame programme compared with usual physiotherapy for people with severe sub-acute stroke. An assessor-blinded feasibility …

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The Application Of Precaution In Elasmobranch Conservation And Management In The Mediterranean Sea, Lydia Koehler, Ioannis Giovos, Jason Lowther

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

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Human Affinity For Rivers, Yichu Wang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Jinren Ni

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Human civilization prospers along rivers worldwide. Here, we investigated human–river relations by revealing the linkage between water and habitability for human settlements, and socioeconomic and cultural development across China. We found that human–water co-occurrence relationships are self-similar over sub-basins for different scales of stream-order in the river networks. According to the earlier complete demographic census conducted during the reign of the Qing Dynasty (1776), there has been a general tendency for inhabitants to live close to rivers, characterized by population density associated with habitability cored by water under a near-natural state, which still remains to date (2019) even after long-term …

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Self-Management Intervention To Reduce Pulmonary Exacerbations By Supporting Treatment Adherence In Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Cfhealthhub Study Team, Martin J. Wildman, Alicia O’Cathain, Chin Maguire, Madelynne A. Arden, Marlene Hutchings, Judy Bradley, Stephen J. Walters, Pauline Whelan, John Ainsworth, Iain Buchan, Laura Mandefield, Laura Sutton, Paul Tappenden, Rachel A. Elliott, Zhe Hui Hoo, Sarah J. Drabble, Daniel Beever, H. Cantrill, J. Nicholl, S. Michie, S. Waterhouse, L. Robinson, A. Scott, S. Antrobus, E. Lumley, A. N. Biz, D. Hind, C. Orchard

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction Recurrent pulmonary exacerbations lead to progressive lung damage in cystic fibrosis (CF). Inhaled medications (mucoactive agents and antibiotics) help prevent exacerbations, but objectively measured adherence is low. We investigated whether a multi-component (complex) self-management intervention to support adherence would reduce exacerbation rates over 12 months. Methods Between October 2017 and May 2018, adults with CF (aged ≥16 years; 19 UK centres) were randomised to the intervention (data-logging nebulisers, a digital platform and behavioural change sessions with trained clinical interventionists) or usual care (data-logging nebulisers). Outcomes included pulmonary exacerbations (primary outcome), objectively measured adherence, body mass index (BMI), lung function …

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A Review Of The Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations For Managing Epilepsy In People With Autism, Lance V. Watkins, Maire O’Dwyer, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction: Autism, like other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), has a strong association with epilepsy. There are known common genetic pathways in both autism and epilepsy. There are also specific genetic syndromes associated with both complex epilepsy and the autism phenotype. Areas covered: This review explores the evidence for common genetic etiologies and pathophysiological pathways in relation to both epilepsy and autism. Autism with comorbid epilepsy are associated with a high prevalence of medical and psychiatric comorbidities. This paper discusses how this influences assessment, treatment, and outcomes. The evidence for the treatment of specific seizure types in the context of NDDs is …

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Effect Of Different Durations Of Using A Standing Frame On The Rate Of Hip Migration In Children With Moderate To Severe Cerebral Palsy: A Feasibility Study For A Randomised Controlled Trial, R. Rapson, T. King, C. Morris, R. Jeffery, J. Mellhuish, C. Stephens, J. Marsden

School of Health Professions

Aim To assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effect of different doses of standing time on hip migration rate in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method Children aged 1–12 years with CP GMFCS levels III–V were recruited and randomised to either doubling or continuing with their usual time in their standing frame. Caregivers kept a standing time diary. The primary outcome measure was Reimers hip migration percentage, measured at baseline, 12 and 24 months. A blinded assessor measured secondary clinical outcomes at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Feasibility results are reported following CONSORT guidelines. …

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The Fluency Trust Residential Course For Young People Who Stutter: A Pragmatic Feasibility Study., Anna Prince, Jonathan Marsden, Yvonne Wren, Rosemarie Hayhow, Sam Harding

School of Health Professions

Introduction A feasibility study of The Fluency Trust Residential Course (FTRC) for adolescents who stutter was conducted. The study aimed to measure key areas of a feasibility trial, for example, recruitment and retention, outcome measure completion, outcome measure reliability, and acceptability of the intervention to inform future research into the FTRC. Methods Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Participants were 23 adolescents (12–17 years), 23 parents and 2 Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) from the FTRC. Data collection included: outcome measure collection via a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design (including two baseline measures), intervention fidelity checklists, semi-structured interviews with adolescents to explore acceptability …

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Real-World Smartphone-Based Gait Recognition, Hind Alobaidi, Nathan Clarke, Fudong Li, Abdulrahmanalruban

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

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An Exploration Of The Contribution Of Embodied, Situated Research Strategies To Cultural Ecosystem Services And Landscape Assessment Frameworks: An Environmental Empathy Case Study, K Łucznik, Jv Serrano, J Martin

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005, interest has increased in cultural ecosystem services (CESs) research to understand the complexity of the non-material benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. The intangible and interactive characteris-tics of CESs present many challenges regarding how to approach, quantify and even de-fine CESs. In this paper, we suggest looking at CESs through the lens of embodied and situated cognition theories. We advocate that such an approach should be applied to the development stage of CES research projects, as the embodied and situated experience of the site aids the development of research questions and future interventions. …

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Brief Opportunistic Interventions By General Practitioners To Promote Smoking Cessation: A Conversation Analytic Study, H. Wheat, R. K. Barnes, P. Aveyard, F. Stevenson, R. Begh

Peninsula Medical School

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How A Volcano Changed My Life: Reflections On Legal Study, Claire Von Hoesslin

Plymouth Law Review

To What Extent Is Legal Reform Needed To Overcome The Barriers To Proving Discrimination By Automated Decision Making?, Francis Pascoe

Plymouth Law Review

Human Dignity, Pure Punishement Sentencing And Article 3 Of The European Convention On Human Rights, Jake Aston

Plymouth Law Review

Student Life - Llm In Law, Luke Dawson

Plymouth Law Review

False Environmental Claims: An Analysis Of The Legality Of Corporate Greenwashing In The Uk And Evaluating If There Is A Need For Reform, Katie Hawkins

Plymouth Law Review

Contributions Of Motility To Large-Scale Search And Navigation, Rory Baxter

School of Psychology Theses

Evaluation Of A Multicomponent Oral Health Education Intervention In A Vulnerable Infant Population: A Mixed Methods Study, Nicole Thomas

Peninsula Dental School Theses

Ocean Connectedness And Consumer Responses To Single-Use Packaging, Sohvi Nuojua, Sabine Pahl, Richard Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

An Evaluation Of The Seagrass Walk, An Immersive Living Arts Piece Installed At The National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Uk. A Report Funded By The Green Minds Project, S Rees, A Morgan, C Parrott

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Trauma In Transition - Lived Experiences Of Trauma Informed Approaches, Emma Taylor, Katie Mcbride

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Community Campus As Threshold: A Space Of Dialogue For Academia And The Community, R Brown, P Warwick, Zoe Latham, Rachel Manning, Sebastian Stevens

School of Art, Design and Architecture

A Computational Method To Track The Evolution Of Business Models In The Digital Economy, Z Wood, D Walker, G Parry

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Messages In A Time Of Crisis Graphic Communication Design A Change Of Tack?, V Squire

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Insights Into Nervous System Repair From The Fruit Fly, David Coupe, Torsten Bossing

Peninsula Medical School

Marjon Connect Conversation Partner Scheme: Fourteen Years, Three Thousand Conversations And Quite A Few Cups Of Tea, Esther Pettit

School of Health Professions

Neural Network Detection Of Pacemakers For Mri Safety, Mark Daniel Vernon Thurston, Daniel H. Kim, Huub K. Wit

Peninsula Medical School

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Preferences Of Newly Qualified Healthcare Professionals For Working With People With Dementia: A Qualitative Study, M Hebditch, S Banerjee, J Wright, S Daley

School of Health Professions

Zac: Efficient Zero-Knowledge Dynamic Universal Accumulator And Application To Zero-Knowledge Elementary Database, Hai Van Dang, Tran Viet Xuan Phuong, Thuc D. Nguyen, Thang Hoang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

‘A Platform For Goodness, Not For Badness’: The Heuristics Of Hope In Patients' Evaluations Of Online Health Information, Alan Petersen, Allegra Schermuly, Alison Anderson

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Functional Standing Frame Programme Early After Severe Sub-Acute Stroke (Spires): A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial, Angela Logan, Jennifer Freeman, Bridie Kent, Jill Pooler, Siobhan Creanor, Doyo Enki, Jane Vickery, Andrew Barton, Jonathan Marsden

School of Health Professions

The Application Of Precaution In Elasmobranch Conservation And Management In The Mediterranean Sea, Lydia Koehler, Ioannis Giovos, Jason Lowther

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Human Affinity For Rivers, Yichu Wang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Jinren Ni

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Peninsula Medical School

A Review Of The Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations For Managing Epilepsy In People With Autism, Lance V. Watkins, Maire O’Dwyer, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Effect Of Different Durations Of Using A Standing Frame On The Rate Of Hip Migration In Children With Moderate To Severe Cerebral Palsy: A Feasibility Study For A Randomised Controlled Trial, R. Rapson, T. King, C. Morris, R. Jeffery, J. Mellhuish, C. Stephens, J. Marsden

School of Health Professions

The Fluency Trust Residential Course For Young People Who Stutter: A Pragmatic Feasibility Study., Anna Prince, Jonathan Marsden, Yvonne Wren, Rosemarie Hayhow, Sam Harding

School of Health Professions

Real-World Smartphone-Based Gait Recognition, Hind Alobaidi, Nathan Clarke, Fudong Li, Abdulrahmanalruban

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

An Exploration Of The Contribution Of Embodied, Situated Research Strategies To Cultural Ecosystem Services And Landscape Assessment Frameworks: An Environmental Empathy Case Study, K Łucznik, Jv Serrano, J Martin

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Brief Opportunistic Interventions By General Practitioners To Promote Smoking Cessation: A Conversation Analytic Study, H. Wheat, R. K. Barnes, P. Aveyard, F. Stevenson, R. Begh

Peninsula Medical School