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Alluvial Fans On Volcanic Islands: A Morphometric Perspective (São Vicente, Cape Verde), Martin Stokes, Alberto Gomes Nov 2020

Alluvial Fans On Volcanic Islands: A Morphometric Perspective (São Vicente, Cape Verde), Martin Stokes, Alberto Gomes

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


A Qualitative Evaluation Of The Effect Of A Longitudinal Dementia Education Programme On Healthcare Student Knowledge And Attitudes, S Daley, Y Feeney, W Grosvenor, M Hebditch, Et Al Nov 2020

A Qualitative Evaluation Of The Effect Of A Longitudinal Dementia Education Programme On Healthcare Student Knowledge And Attitudes, S Daley, Y Feeney, W Grosvenor, M Hebditch, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

Background and objectives: There is a need to ensure that the future healthcare workforce has the necessary knowledge and skills to deliver high quality compassionate care to the increasing number of people with dementia. Our programme has been set up to address this challenge. In the programme, undergraduate healthcare students (nursing, medical and paramedic) visit a family (person with dementia and their carer) in pairs over a 2-year period. This qualitative study sought to understand the student experience of the programme. Methods: Participants were undergraduate healthcare students who were undertaking our programme at two universities. We sampled for variation in …


Unequal Anthropogenic Enrichment Of Mercury In Earth’S Northern And Southern Hemispheres, Chuxian Li, Jeroen E. Sonke, Roux G Le, Natalia Piotrowska, Der Putten N Van, Stephen J. Roberts, Tim Daley, Emma Rice, Roland Gehrels, Maxime Enrico, Dmitri Mauquoy, Thomas P. Roland, Vleeschouwer F De Oct 2020

Unequal Anthropogenic Enrichment Of Mercury In Earth’S Northern And Southern Hemispheres, Chuxian Li, Jeroen E. Sonke, Roux G Le, Natalia Piotrowska, Der Putten N Van, Stephen J. Roberts, Tim Daley, Emma Rice, Roland Gehrels, Maxime Enrico, Dmitri Mauquoy, Thomas P. Roland, Vleeschouwer F De

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Examining The Perceived Value Of Extracurricular Enterprise Activities In Relation To Entrepreneurial Learning Processes, Sarah Preedy, Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Hilary Duckett Oct 2020

Examining The Perceived Value Of Extracurricular Enterprise Activities In Relation To Entrepreneurial Learning Processes, Sarah Preedy, Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Hilary Duckett

Plymouth Business School

PurposeThis study contributes towards increased understanding of the perceived value of extracurricular enterprise activities from an entrepreneurial learning perspective. Past decades have witnessed a global increase in the provision of enterprise and entrepreneurship education alongside a growing suite of extracurricular enterprise activities. However, there is a paucity of research examining how entrepreneurial learning might be understood in the context of these activities.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on an empirical study of student and educator participants across 24 United Kingdom (UK) universities using semi-structured surveys and in-depth interviews. Three main learning theories drawn from the entrepreneurial learning literature: experiential, social and self-directed learning …


When Challenges Need An Evaluation: For Operational Excellence And Sustainability Orientation In Humanitarian Supply And Logistics Management, S Mangla, S Luthra Oct 2020

When Challenges Need An Evaluation: For Operational Excellence And Sustainability Orientation In Humanitarian Supply And Logistics Management, S Mangla, S Luthra

Plymouth Business School

No abstract provided.


Neighbourhood Greenspace And Smoking Prevalence: Results From A Nationally Representative Survey In England., Leanne Martin, Mathew P. White, Sabine Pahl, Jon May, Benedict W. Wheeler Oct 2020

Neighbourhood Greenspace And Smoking Prevalence: Results From A Nationally Representative Survey In England., Leanne Martin, Mathew P. White, Sabine Pahl, Jon May, Benedict W. Wheeler

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.


Ephemera(L) Geopolitics: The Material Cultures Of British Military Recruitment, Mf Rech Oct 2020

Ephemera(L) Geopolitics: The Material Cultures Of British Military Recruitment, Mf Rech

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper explores contemporary cultures of British military recruitment and considers the domestication of geopolitics as matters of the ephemeral (fleeting, sensory encounters), and of ephemera (everyday objects). It employs an auto/ethnographic approach toward spaces critical to recruitment–the airshow, the home and the body. Three central contributions are developed: first, building on a recent turn to the material in political geography, the paper argues that taking seriously materiality, objects, and ‘stuff’ enhances our understanding of the connections between geopolitical, militarised and everyday; second, deploying a notion of the geopolitical social, it explores the geopolitical as it is situated in everyday …


Determination Of The Δ 2 H Values Of High Molecular Weight Lipids By High Temperature Gc Coupled To Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, Sk Lengger, Y Weber, Kwr Taylor, Sh Kopf, Et Al Oct 2020

Determination Of The Δ 2 H Values Of High Molecular Weight Lipids By High Temperature Gc Coupled To Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, Sk Lengger, Y Weber, Kwr Taylor, Sh Kopf, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Rationale The hydrogen isotopic composition of lipids (d2Hlipid) is widely used in food science and as a proxy for past hydrological conditions. Determining the d2H values of large, well-preserved triacylglycerides and other microbial lipids, such as glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids, is thus of widespread interest but has so far not been possible due to their low volatility which prohibits analysis by traditional gas chromatography/pyrolysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/P/IRMS). Methods We determined the d2H values of large, polar molecules and applied high-temperature gas chromatography (HTGC) methods on a modified GC/P/IRMS system. The system used a high-temperature 7-m GC column, …


A Review Of A Decade Of Lessons From One Of The World’S Largest Mpas: Conservation Gains And Key Challenges, G.C. Hays, H.J. Koldewey, S. Andrzejaczek, M.J. Attrill, S. Barley, D.T.I. Bayley, C.E. Benkwitt, B. Block, R.J. Schallert, A.B. Carlisle, P. Carr, T.K. Chapple, C. Collins, C. Diaz, N. Dunn, R.B. Dunbar, D.S. Eager, J. Engel, C.B. Embling, N. Esteban, F. Ferretti, N.L. Foster, R. Freeman, M. Gollock, N.A.J. Graham, J.L. Harris, C.E.I. Head, P. Hosegood, K.L. Howell Oct 2020

A Review Of A Decade Of Lessons From One Of The World’S Largest Mpas: Conservation Gains And Key Challenges, G.C. Hays, H.J. Koldewey, S. Andrzejaczek, M.J. Attrill, S. Barley, D.T.I. Bayley, C.E. Benkwitt, B. Block, R.J. Schallert, A.B. Carlisle, P. Carr, T.K. Chapple, C. Collins, C. Diaz, N. Dunn, R.B. Dunbar, D.S. Eager, J. Engel, C.B. Embling, N. Esteban, F. Ferretti, N.L. Foster, R. Freeman, M. Gollock, N.A.J. Graham, J.L. Harris, C.E.I. Head, P. Hosegood, K.L. Howell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Given the recent trend towards establishing very large marine protected areas (MPAs) and the high potential of these to contribute to global conservation targets, we review outcomes of the last decade of marine conservation research in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), one of the largest MPAs in the world. The BIOT MPA consists of the atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, interspersed with and surrounded by deep oceanic waters. Islands around the atoll rims serve as nesting grounds for sea birds. Extensive and diverse shallow and mesophotic reef habitats provide essential habitat and feeding grounds for all marine life, and …


Mothers And Higher Education: Balancing Time, Study And Space, Louise Webber, Harriet Dismore Oct 2020

Mothers And Higher Education: Balancing Time, Study And Space, Louise Webber, Harriet Dismore

Plymouth Institute of Education

No abstract provided.


Winter Temperature And Forest Cover Have Shaped Red Deer Distribution In Europe And The Ural Mountains Since The Late Pleistocene, Magdalena Niedziałkowska, Karolina Doan, Marcin Górny, Maciej Sykut, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Natalia Piotrowska, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska, Bogdan Ridush, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Paweł Mackiewicz, Ulrich Schmölcke, Pavel Kosintsev, Daniel Makowiecki, Maxim Charniauski, Dariusz Krasnodębski, Eve Rannamäe, Urmas Saarma, Marine Arakelyan, Ninna Manaseryan, Vadim V. Titov, Pavel Hulva, Adrian Bălășescu, Ralph Fyfe, Jessie Woodbridge, Katerina Trantalidou, V Dimitrijevic, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Jarosław Wilczyński, Theodor Obadă, Grzegorz Lipecki, Alesia Arabey, Ana Stanković Oct 2020

Winter Temperature And Forest Cover Have Shaped Red Deer Distribution In Europe And The Ural Mountains Since The Late Pleistocene, Magdalena Niedziałkowska, Karolina Doan, Marcin Górny, Maciej Sykut, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Natalia Piotrowska, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska, Bogdan Ridush, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Paweł Mackiewicz, Ulrich Schmölcke, Pavel Kosintsev, Daniel Makowiecki, Maxim Charniauski, Dariusz Krasnodębski, Eve Rannamäe, Urmas Saarma, Marine Arakelyan, Ninna Manaseryan, Vadim V. Titov, Pavel Hulva, Adrian Bălășescu, Ralph Fyfe, Jessie Woodbridge, Katerina Trantalidou, V Dimitrijevic, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Jarosław Wilczyński, Theodor Obadă, Grzegorz Lipecki, Alesia Arabey, Ana Stanković

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Depositional Environments And Structures Of The Borrowdale Volcanic Group And The Windermere Supergroup In The Southern Lake District, England, Thomas O'Hagan Oct 2020

The Depositional Environments And Structures Of The Borrowdale Volcanic Group And The Windermere Supergroup In The Southern Lake District, England, Thomas O'Hagan

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Field studies have been undertaken on the Borrowdale Volcanic Group (BVG) and the Windermere super group (WS) in the southern Lake District. This study has been conducted to provide further work towards the understanding of the BVG’s emplacement and the depositional environments of the WS. Formal unit descriptions and stratigraphic columns are compiled from field data and accompanied by stereonet, cross section, and thin section analysis. Numerous depositional features, including asymmetric ripples and aligned clasts, found within the BVG are supportive of a sub aerial and lacustrine setting for emplacement. Bow tie fiamme and rheomorphic flow structures also hold similar …


Ocean Acidification Mitigates The Negative Effects Of Increased Sea Temperatures On The Biomineralization And Crystalline Ultrastructure Of Mytilus, Antony M. Knights, Matthew J. Norton, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Natasha Stephen Oct 2020

Ocean Acidification Mitigates The Negative Effects Of Increased Sea Temperatures On The Biomineralization And Crystalline Ultrastructure Of Mytilus, Antony M. Knights, Matthew J. Norton, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Natasha Stephen

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Negative impacts of global climate change are predicted for a range of taxa. Projections predict marked increases in sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification (OA), arguably placing calcifying organisms at most risk. While detrimental impacts of environmental change on the growth and ultrastructure of bivalve mollusk shells have been shown, rapid and diel fluctuations in pH typical of coastal systems are often not considered. Mytilus edulis, an economically important marine calcifier vulnerable to climate change, were exposed to current and future OA (380 and 1000 ppm pCO2), warming (17 and 20°C), and ocean acidification and warming (OAW) scenarios …


Reconstructing Sea-Level Change In The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Using Salt-Marsh Foraminifera, Diatoms And Testate Amoebae, Thomas L. Newton, W. Roland Gehrels, Ralph M. Fyfe, Tim J. Daley Oct 2020

Reconstructing Sea-Level Change In The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Using Salt-Marsh Foraminifera, Diatoms And Testate Amoebae, Thomas L. Newton, W. Roland Gehrels, Ralph M. Fyfe, Tim J. Daley

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative To Estimate The Effects Of Exposure To Zika Virus During Pregnancy On Adverse Fetal, Infant, And Child Health Outcomes, Yinghui Wei Sep 2020

The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative To Estimate The Effects Of Exposure To Zika Virus During Pregnancy On Adverse Fetal, Infant, And Child Health Outcomes, Yinghui Wei

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This commentary describes the creation of the Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium, a global collaboration to address outstanding questions in Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemiology through conducting an individual participant data meta-analysis (IPD-MA). The aims of the IPD-MA are to (1) estimate the absolute and relative risks of miscarriage, fetal loss, and short- and long-term sequelae of fetal exposure; (2) identify and quantify the relative importance of different sources of heterogeneity (e.g., immune profiles, concurrent flavivirus infection) for the risk of adverse fetal, infant, and child outcomes among infants exposed to ZIKV in utero; and (3) develop and validate a …


Impacts Of Microplastic Fibres On The Marine Mussel, Mytilus Galloprovinciallis, Nashami Alnajar, Awadhesh N. Jha, Andrew Turner Sep 2020

Impacts Of Microplastic Fibres On The Marine Mussel, Mytilus Galloprovinciallis, Nashami Alnajar, Awadhesh N. Jha, Andrew Turner

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


‘Mind The Gap’: Reconnecting Local Actions And Multi-Level Policies To Bridge The Governance Gap. An Example Of Soil Erosion Action From East Africa, Claire Kelly, Maarten Wynants, Linus K. Munishi, Mona Nasseri, Aloyce Patrick, Kelvin M. Mtei, Francis Mkilema, Anna Rabinovich, David Gilvear, Geoff Wilson, William Blake, Patrick A. Ndakidemi Sep 2020

‘Mind The Gap’: Reconnecting Local Actions And Multi-Level Policies To Bridge The Governance Gap. An Example Of Soil Erosion Action From East Africa, Claire Kelly, Maarten Wynants, Linus K. Munishi, Mona Nasseri, Aloyce Patrick, Kelvin M. Mtei, Francis Mkilema, Anna Rabinovich, David Gilvear, Geoff Wilson, William Blake, Patrick A. Ndakidemi

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Achieving change to address soil erosion has been a global yet elusive goal for decades. Efforts to implement effective solutions have often fallen short due to a lack of sustained, context-appropriate and multi-disciplinary engagement with the problem. Issues include prevalence of short-term funding for ‘quick-fix’ solutions; a lack of nuanced understandings of institutional, socio-economic or cultural drivers of erosion problems; little community engagement in design and testing solutions; and, critically, a lack of traction in integrating locally designed solutions into policy and institutional processes. This paper focusses on the latter issue of local action for policy integration, drawing on experiences …


Cold Spells In The Nordic Seas During The Early Eocene Greenhouse, Ml Vickers, Sk Lengger, Sm Bernasconi, N Thibault, Et Al Sep 2020

Cold Spells In The Nordic Seas During The Early Eocene Greenhouse, Ml Vickers, Sk Lengger, Sm Bernasconi, N Thibault, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The early Eocene (c. 56 - 48 million years ago) experienced some of the highest global temperatures in Earth’s history since the Mesozoic, with no polar ice. Reports of contradictory ice-rafted erratics and cold water glendonites in the higher latitudes have been largely dismissed due to ambiguity of the significance of these purported cold-climate indicators. Here we apply clumped isotope paleothermometry to a traditionally qualitative abiotic proxy, glendonite calcite, to generate quantitative temperature estimates for northern mid-latitude bottom waters. Our data show that the glendonites of the Danish Basin formed in waters below 5 °C, at water depths of <300 m. Such near-freezing temperatures have not previously been reconstructed from proxy data for anywhere on the early Eocene Earth, and these data therefore suggest that regionalised cool episodes punctuated the background warmth of the early Eocene, likely linked to eruptive phases of the North Atlantic Igneous Province.


A Data Envelopment Analysis And Local Partial Least Squares Approach For Identifying The Optimal Innovation Policy Direction, P Tziogkidis, D Philippas, A Leontitsis, Rc Sickles Sep 2020

A Data Envelopment Analysis And Local Partial Least Squares Approach For Identifying The Optimal Innovation Policy Direction, P Tziogkidis, D Philippas, A Leontitsis, Rc Sickles

Plymouth Business School

The paper proposes a novel two-step approach that evaluates countries’ innovation efficiency and their responsiveness to expansions in their innovation inputs, while addressing shortcomings associated with composite indicators. Based on our evaluations, we propose innovation policies tailored to take into account the diverse economic environments of the many countries in our study. Applying multidirectional efficiency analysis on data from the Global Innovation Index, we obtain separate efficiency scores for each innovation input and output. We then estimate different sensitivities for each country, by applying partial least squares on explanatory and response matrices which are determined by the nearest neighbors of …


Consequences Of Surface Coatings And Soil Ageing On The Toxicity Of Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots To The Earthworm Eisenia Fetida, K Tatsi, Th Hutchinson, Rd Handy Sep 2020

Consequences Of Surface Coatings And Soil Ageing On The Toxicity Of Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots To The Earthworm Eisenia Fetida, K Tatsi, Th Hutchinson, Rd Handy

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Evidence Submitted To “Left Behind White Pupils From Disadvantaged Backgrounds” Inquiry., Sheena Asthana, Alex Gibson Sep 2020

Evidence Submitted To “Left Behind White Pupils From Disadvantaged Backgrounds” Inquiry., Sheena Asthana, Alex Gibson

Peninsula Medical School

Written evidence to Education Select Committee


Soil Erosion Assessment In A Semi-Arid Environment: A Case Study From The Argana Corridor, Morocco, Latifa Bou-Imajjane, Mhamed Alaeddine Belfoul, Racha Elkadiri, Martin Stokes Sep 2020

Soil Erosion Assessment In A Semi-Arid Environment: A Case Study From The Argana Corridor, Morocco, Latifa Bou-Imajjane, Mhamed Alaeddine Belfoul, Racha Elkadiri, Martin Stokes

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Characterising Life In Settlements And Structures: Incorporating Faecal Lipid Biomarkers Within A Multiproxy Case Study Of A Wetland Village, H Mackay, Kl Davies, J Robertson, L Roy, Et Al Sep 2020

Characterising Life In Settlements And Structures: Incorporating Faecal Lipid Biomarkers Within A Multiproxy Case Study Of A Wetland Village, H Mackay, Kl Davies, J Robertson, L Roy, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Roundhouses are ubiquitous features of Iron Age landscapes across North West Europe, yet the way they were used internally is not well understood. We demonstrate how spatial analyses of steroid lipid biomarkers advances our understanding of household activities, living conditions and animal management associated with a well-preserved 5th century BCE roundhouse from Scotland's first Iron Age wetland village, Black Loch of Myrton, especially when combined with more traditional archaeological approaches. Faecal steroids (5ß-stanols and bile acids) are well preserved within the wetland roundhouse floor deposits. Diffuse faecal inputs are identified within these deposits, limiting the resolution of faecal source discrimination …


Testing Models Of Linear Dune Formation By Provenance Analysis With Composite Sediment Fingerprints, M. W. Telfer, H. Gholami, P. P. Hesse, A. Fisher, R. Hartley Sep 2020

Testing Models Of Linear Dune Formation By Provenance Analysis With Composite Sediment Fingerprints, M. W. Telfer, H. Gholami, P. P. Hesse, A. Fisher, R. Hartley

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Mobilisation Kinetics Of Br, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb And Sb In Microplastics Exposed To Simulated, Dietary-Adapted Digestive Conditions Of Seabirds, Elliot C. Smith, Andrew Turner Sep 2020

Mobilisation Kinetics Of Br, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb And Sb In Microplastics Exposed To Simulated, Dietary-Adapted Digestive Conditions Of Seabirds, Elliot C. Smith, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Foamed Polystyrene In The Marine Environment: Sources, Additives, Transport, Behavior, And Impacts, Andrew Turner Sep 2020

Foamed Polystyrene In The Marine Environment: Sources, Additives, Transport, Behavior, And Impacts, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Tastes Of Reflection, Food Memories And The Temporal Affects Of Sedimented Personal Histories On Everyday Foodways., J Parsons Sep 2020

Tastes Of Reflection, Food Memories And The Temporal Affects Of Sedimented Personal Histories On Everyday Foodways., J Parsons

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Supercapacitors With Lithium-Ion Electrolyte: An Experimental Study And Design Of The Activated Carbon Electrodes Via Modelling And Simulations, Foivos Markoulidis, Josh Bates, Constantina Lekakou, Robert Slade, Giuliano M. Laudone Aug 2020

Supercapacitors With Lithium-Ion Electrolyte: An Experimental Study And Design Of The Activated Carbon Electrodes Via Modelling And Simulations, Foivos Markoulidis, Josh Bates, Constantina Lekakou, Robert Slade, Giuliano M. Laudone

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Social Barriers And Opportunities To The Implementation Of The England Peat Strategy, John Martin Aug 2020

Social Barriers And Opportunities To The Implementation Of The England Peat Strategy, John Martin

Professional Services

No abstract provided.


‘Gendering Objects At The V&A And Vasa Museums’, James Daybell, Svante Norrhem, Kit Heyam, Emma Severinsson Aug 2020

‘Gendering Objects At The V&A And Vasa Museums’, James Daybell, Svante Norrhem, Kit Heyam, Emma Severinsson

More Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Research

This article presents two case studies which are the result of an application of a gendered interpretative tool to the collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London) and the Vasa Museum (Stockholm). Objects and their gendered narratives within the museums’ collections have been researched across their lifecycle from commission and manufacture to consumption and display in a museum setting. This research has been developed in close co-operation between researchers/curators/museum professionals. It responds to a need for museums to have gender better integrated into narratives of the past and present. Transforming curatorial and curatorial practice is at the heart of …