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Plio-Quaternary Coastal Uplift Along The Western Iberian Margin: Insights From Dated Marine Terraces (Peniche, Portugal), M Gouveia, Pp Cunha, A Martins, Martin Stokes, A Gomes, Christophe Falguères, Pierre Voinchet, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Telom Pereira, Silvério Figueiredo, Qingfeng Shao, Olivier Tombret Oct 2025

Plio-Quaternary Coastal Uplift Along The Western Iberian Margin: Insights From Dated Marine Terraces (Peniche, Portugal), M Gouveia, Pp Cunha, A Martins, Martin Stokes, A Gomes, Christophe Falguères, Pierre Voinchet, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Telom Pereira, Silvério Figueiredo, Qingfeng Shao, Olivier Tombret

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This study presents a detailed geomorphological and geochronological analysis of a marine terrace staircase developed into the Peniche Peninsula (Portugal), a rocky headland of Jurassic carbonate bedrock located in the central sector of the Western Iberian passive margin. The marine terrace levels are described morphologically and sedimentologically, but also dated using ESR and U-Series methodologies. The marine terrace staircase comprises six emerged levels ranging from 4 m (above mean sea level, asl) (Tm6) to 24–28 m asl (Tm1), inset into a summit wave-cut platform at 29–45 m asl (Pm). The marine terrace sediments are composed of rounded boulders to cobbles …


An Exploration Of The Career Choices Of Nursing And Midwifery Students In A Uk University: A Survey, Kevin Hambridge, Frazer Underwood, Gosia Bettache, Matt Carey, Mohamed Eid, Lisa Burrows, Christian Brailsford, Rachel Tims Oct 2025

An Exploration Of The Career Choices Of Nursing And Midwifery Students In A Uk University: A Survey, Kevin Hambridge, Frazer Underwood, Gosia Bettache, Matt Carey, Mohamed Eid, Lisa Burrows, Christian Brailsford, Rachel Tims

School of Nursing and Midwifery

AbstractBackground:There is a worldwide shortage of nurses, so an increase in the supply of graduating nurses is needed. Little is known about nursing students' career choices and the reasons why certain jobs, specialties and locations are chosen. Gaining a better understanding of these choices could help healthcare employers to plan the nursing workforce of the future.Aims:The study explored the career choices of nursing and midwifery students.Methods:A convenience sample of 163 final-year nursing, midwifery and nursing associate students responded to an online survey exploring career choices.Findings:Most students (87.1%; n=142) had secured their first job, with the vast majority staying in the …


Implementing Recommendations To Optimise Professional Support In The Medical Workplace: A Participatory Approach, E. Reynolds, H. Lloyd, J. Cleland, Geoffrey Wong, L. Withers, T. Price, T. Gale, N. Brennan Oct 2025

Implementing Recommendations To Optimise Professional Support In The Medical Workplace: A Participatory Approach, E. Reynolds, H. Lloyd, J. Cleland, Geoffrey Wong, L. Withers, T. Price, T. Gale, N. Brennan

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction: The professional support (including remediation) of practising doctors has not been widely researched, and there have been no studies to date that have implemented evidence-based recommendations about support and remediation in the medical workplace. Our goal was to bridge the gap between research and practice in respect of optimising the delivery of professional support programmes for doctors in their workplace.Methods: We used a participatory-action research (PAR) approach to implement recommendations from a previous study, RESTORE 1, in five UK sites: two hospitals, two professional support units and a professional support body. Informed by observations and interviews, we conducted a …


Comparative Responsiveness Of Preference-Based Health-Related Quality Of Life, Social Care, And Well-Being Measures In The Context Of Multiple Sclerosis, Elizabeth Goodwin, Amy Heather, Nia Morrish, Jenny Freeman, Kate Boddy, Sarah Thomas, Jeremy Chataway, Rod Middleton, Annie Hawton Oct 2025

Comparative Responsiveness Of Preference-Based Health-Related Quality Of Life, Social Care, And Well-Being Measures In The Context Of Multiple Sclerosis, Elizabeth Goodwin, Amy Heather, Nia Morrish, Jenny Freeman, Kate Boddy, Sarah Thomas, Jeremy Chataway, Rod Middleton, Annie Hawton

School of Health Professions

Objectives: To provide evidence on the responsiveness of social care and well-being preference-based measures (PBMs) compared with health-related quality of life PBMs in the context of multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: The ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults (ICECAP-A) and Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) were completed online in September 2019, March 2020, September 2020, via the UK MS Register. Responses were linked to EQ-5D-3L and MS Impact Scale-8 Dimensions (MSIS-8D) values, and to MS Walking Scale-12, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Fatigue Severity Scale scores. Responsiveness was assessed in relation to minimal important differences on MS Walking Scale-12, …


Development Of A Natural Language Processing Application For Lgbtq+ Status In Mental Health Records, Margaret Heslin, Jaya Chaturvedi, Anne Marie Bonnici Mallia, Ace Taaca, Diogo Pontes, Charvi Saraswat, Charlotte Woodhead, Katharine Rimes, David Chandran, Jyoti Sanyal, Ruimin Ma, Robert Stewart, Angus Roberts Oct 2025

Development Of A Natural Language Processing Application For Lgbtq+ Status In Mental Health Records, Margaret Heslin, Jaya Chaturvedi, Anne Marie Bonnici Mallia, Ace Taaca, Diogo Pontes, Charvi Saraswat, Charlotte Woodhead, Katharine Rimes, David Chandran, Jyoti Sanyal, Ruimin Ma, Robert Stewart, Angus Roberts

School of Psychology

BackgroundLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and related community (LGBTQ+) individuals have significantly increased risk for mental health problems. However, research on inequalities in LGBTQ+ mental healthcare is limited because LGBTQ+ status is usually only contained in unstructured, free-text sections of electronic health records.AimsThis study investigated whether natural language processing (NLP), specifically the large language model, Bi-directional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), can identify LGBTQ+ status from this unstructured text in mental health records.MethodUsing electronic health records from a large mental healthcare provider in south London, UK, relevant search terms were identified and a random sample of 10 000 strings extracted. …


Using Entrustment-Supervision Scales In Anaesthetic Assessments, William Hughes, Helen Westall, Tom Gale Oct 2025

Using Entrustment-Supervision Scales In Anaesthetic Assessments, William Hughes, Helen Westall, Tom Gale

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


The Xeremies Of The Banda Municipal De Barcelona: From The Symphonic Turn Of The Cobla To The Invention Of The Barítona, Nuria Bonet, Albert Fontelles-Ramonet Oct 2025

The Xeremies Of The Banda Municipal De Barcelona: From The Symphonic Turn Of The Cobla To The Invention Of The Barítona, Nuria Bonet, Albert Fontelles-Ramonet

School of Art, Design and Architecture

During the early twentieth century, Catalonia experienced a period of great cultural and musical development through the Noucentisme movement, which aimed to elevate its national culture to a symbol of high art. The xeremies (shawms) of the cobla ensemble, which played the sardana genre, were integrated into symphonic and chamber repertoire. This required the technical improvement of the tible (treble) and tenora (tenor) xeremies, but also encouraged the invention of new instruments in the shawm family. The barítona (baritone shawm) was premiered in 1930 by the Banda Municipal de Barcelona and represents a milestone in Catalan music in the tumultuous …


Creating Culture: Enabling Research-Active Practitioners To Thrive, Elizabeth Rajan, Philippa Clay, Shani Ackford, Katherine Broomfield Oct 2025

Creating Culture: Enabling Research-Active Practitioners To Thrive, Elizabeth Rajan, Philippa Clay, Shani Ackford, Katherine Broomfield

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


Establishing A Large Public Involvement Network For A Chronic Pain Research Consortium In The Uk, Sharon Grieve, Rosie Harrison, Noureen Shivji, Ian Taverner, Colin Wilkinson, Jo Lloyd, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Candy Mccabe, Ellen Readman, Lisa Austin, Adele Higginbottom, Ed Keogh Oct 2025

Establishing A Large Public Involvement Network For A Chronic Pain Research Consortium In The Uk, Sharon Grieve, Rosie Harrison, Noureen Shivji, Ian Taverner, Colin Wilkinson, Jo Lloyd, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Candy Mccabe, Ellen Readman, Lisa Austin, Adele Higginbottom, Ed Keogh

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


Getubetter Lockout Report Evaluation, Samantha Jenkins, Emma Lees, Sharon Viol, Simon Ingram, Faye Goodwin Oct 2025

Getubetter Lockout Report Evaluation, Samantha Jenkins, Emma Lees, Sharon Viol, Simon Ingram, Faye Goodwin

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


Occupational Therapy Research Cafes – A Novel Route To Embed Research Into Practice, Mary Harvey Oct 2025

Occupational Therapy Research Cafes – A Novel Route To Embed Research Into Practice, Mary Harvey

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


So, What Does Well-Being Mean To You? The Understanding Of Well-Being By Service Users In A Local Authority Setting: A Qualitative Study, Rachel Stott Oct 2025

So, What Does Well-Being Mean To You? The Understanding Of Well-Being By Service Users In A Local Authority Setting: A Qualitative Study, Rachel Stott

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


Workplace Wellbeing Within The Pharmacy Team At University Hospitals Bristol And Weston Nhs Foundation Trust, Helen Ireland Oct 2025

Workplace Wellbeing Within The Pharmacy Team At University Hospitals Bristol And Weston Nhs Foundation Trust, Helen Ireland

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: DELIVERING A RESEARCH SKILLED WORKFORCE SPECIAL EDITION


Developing A Research Skilled Workforce In The South West: Nurturing Capacity, Carrie Biddle, Ralph Hammond, Gina Kallis, Susie Pearce Oct 2025

Developing A Research Skilled Workforce In The South West: Nurturing Capacity, Carrie Biddle, Ralph Hammond, Gina Kallis, Susie Pearce

South West Clinical School Journal

Editorial


Young Carers In Early Childhood - Exploring Experience With The Power Threat Meaning Framework, Carly Ellicott, Alyson Norman, Helen Lloyd, Felicity Dewsbery, Sarah Jones, Shoshana Jones Oct 2025

Young Carers In Early Childhood - Exploring Experience With The Power Threat Meaning Framework, Carly Ellicott, Alyson Norman, Helen Lloyd, Felicity Dewsbery, Sarah Jones, Shoshana Jones

School of Psychology

This paper presents the first exploration of young carers in early childhood (YCEC), in the context of whole family support, through the application of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF). Existing contributions to young carer research have shaped social policy, legislation, and practice concerned with whole family approaches to the identification, assessment, and support for young carers globally. To date, the literature has predominantly focused on young carers in middle childhood to young adulthood, contributing to socially constructed Eurocentric ideologies of who young carers are likely to be. As such, YCEC remain disempowered in broader young carer and family science …


From Simulation To Reality: Experimental Analysis Of A Quantum Entanglement Simulation With Slime Molds (Physarum Polycephalum) As Bioelectronic Components, Eduardo Miranda Oct 2025

From Simulation To Reality: Experimental Analysis Of A Quantum Entanglement Simulation With Slime Molds (Physarum Polycephalum) As Bioelectronic Components, Eduardo Miranda

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This study investigates whether it is possible to simulate quantum entanglement with theoretical memristor models, physical memristors (from Knowm Inc.) and slime molds Physarum polycephalum as bioelectric components. While the simulation with theoretical memristor models has been demonstrated in the literature, real-world experiments with electric and bioelectric components had not been done so far. Our analysis focused on identifying hysteresis curves in the voltage-current (I-V) relationship, a characteristic signature of memristive devices. Although the physical memristor produced I-V diagrams that resembled more or less hysteresis curves, the small parasitic capacitance introduced significant problems for the planned entanglement simulation. In case …


Rescue Epilepsy Medication And Training: A Comparison Between Midazolam Use, Guidelines, Clinical Practice, And Possibilities In The Uk And Norway, Rohit Shankar Oct 2025

Rescue Epilepsy Medication And Training: A Comparison Between Midazolam Use, Guidelines, Clinical Practice, And Possibilities In The Uk And Norway, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Objectives: Status epilepticus (SE) is a prolonged epileptic seizure carrying significant risk of long-term disability and death. Rescue therapies are prescribedfor prehospital administration to terminate SE. This study compared prescribingpractices of rescue therapies of midazolam in the UK and Norway.Methods: A cross-sectional, online, 21-item Likert-style survey was administeredto epilepsy professionals in the UK circulated via ILAE/ESNA and in Norway viaILAE/Epilepsinet using a non-discriminatory exponential snowballing techniqueleading to non-probability sampling. Data were collected anonymously and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann–Whitney, Chi-square, and Fisher's exact tests. Significance was accepted at p<0.05.Results: All 86 UK and 53 Norway respondents identified buccal midazolam as the first-line rescue medication choice in the community for prolonged and/or generalized tonic–clonic seizures. Norwegian respondents had significantly more experience in epilepsy-related work (p=0.002), were more likely to have a larger caseload on buccal midazolam (p<0.001), prescribed higher midazolam doses (p<0.001), and provided training yearly (p<0.001). UK respondents were more likely to delegate rescue medication prescribing to primary care (p=0.006) and reviewed emergency management plans more frequently (p=0.006). There was an inter-country difference in the period of midazolam non-use that respondents required before withdrawing from treatment plans (p<0.001). Concern about inappropriate use of buccal midazolam was similarly high in both countries.Significance: This study compared epilepsy professionals in two neighboringhigh-income countries. Findings suggest an urgent need for international guidelines to recommend best practices on prescribing doses and withdrawal of buccal midazolam. The potential abuse of buccal midazolam by patients and carers warrants further investigation.


'It Doesn't Matter Where You Come From, It Matters Where You Go': Peninsula Dental Students' Career Decisions And Intentions, Ian Mills, Laura Clarry, Amy Rathbone, Marie Bryce, Sally Hanks Oct 2025

'It Doesn't Matter Where You Come From, It Matters Where You Go': Peninsula Dental Students' Career Decisions And Intentions, Ian Mills, Laura Clarry, Amy Rathbone, Marie Bryce, Sally Hanks

Peninsula Dental School

Introduction The south west of England is widely recognised as a 'dental desert' with limited access to NHS (National Health Service) dentistry. One of the major contributing factors to NHS capacity is recruitment and retention of dentists in the region, particularly in rural and coastal areas. Peninsula Dental School was established in 2006 to help address some of the workforce issues at that time, yet despite the success of the Dental School, many dental students still do not stay in the region following graduation.Aims This study aimed to understand factors that influence career intentions and decisions of present and past …


Translation, Cultural Adaptation, And Validation Of The German Empathic-30g Questionnaire For Use In The Neonatal Intensive Care Setting, Katja Odermatt, Marie Roumet, Christine Arnold, Juerg Burren, Jos M. Latour, Mark T. Marston, Martin Nagl-Cupal, Ralph C.A. Rippe, Christoph E. Schwarz, Alexander Simma, Hannah Ferentzi, André Kidszun Oct 2025

Translation, Cultural Adaptation, And Validation Of The German Empathic-30g Questionnaire For Use In The Neonatal Intensive Care Setting, Katja Odermatt, Marie Roumet, Christine Arnold, Juerg Burren, Jos M. Latour, Mark T. Marston, Martin Nagl-Cupal, Ralph C.A. Rippe, Christoph E. Schwarz, Alexander Simma, Hannah Ferentzi, André Kidszun

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Parental satisfaction is a key quality indicator in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). While the EMPATHIC-30 questionnaire is widely used internationally, no validated German version exists for NICU settings. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the EMPATHIC-30G for use in German-speaking NICUs. Methods: A structured Delphi process involving multidisciplinary experts and parents guided the translation and cultural adaptation, including forward-backward translation and cognitive debriefing. The German version was validated in a prospective observational study at a Swiss NICU. Parents of infants hospitalized for ≥24 h completed the questionnaire at discharge. Results: A total of 228 questionnaires …


Engagement With And Impact Of An Mhealth App For Childhood Obesity Prevention And Management: Protocol For A Mixed Methods Study, Madison Milne-Ives, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Sophie R. Homer, Jackie Andrade, Edward Meinert Oct 2025

Engagement With And Impact Of An Mhealth App For Childhood Obesity Prevention And Management: Protocol For A Mixed Methods Study, Madison Milne-Ives, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Sophie R. Homer, Jackie Andrade, Edward Meinert

School of Psychology

Background: Childhood obesity is a serious global health concern that affects approximately 20% of children worldwide. Digital health behavior change interventions have the potential to improve behaviors that can contribute to childhood obesity, such as diet and physical activity, but often lack sufficient user engagement to achieve significant impact. Objective: The aim of this project is to develop evidence to better understand how users engage with digital interventions and how behavior change techniques can be leveraged to support engagement. Specifically, the study will examine the impact of a family-focused app for childhood obesity prevention on health behaviors, health outcomes, and …


The Construction Of Mathematical Reasoning As A Pedagogical Object, Nick Pratt, Julie Alderton Oct 2025

The Construction Of Mathematical Reasoning As A Pedagogical Object, Nick Pratt, Julie Alderton

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper explores how policy aims in mathematics curricula appear in classrooms and, crucially, how the resulting pedagogical practice affects the nature of mathematics itself. Whereas there have been many studies of policy and its relationship with teachers’ practices, few have examined epistemological effects; what mathematics becomes as it is translated from an educational, and political, intention into classroom activity. To focus the study, we examine reasoning as a central idea in mathematics, in the English primary (5-11 years) context. Rather than concentrating on best practice, as an objective account of how to teach reasoning, we adopt a post-structural theoretical …


Esg Ratings And Investment Returns At The Country Level: Does Higher Mean Better?, Ioannis Litsios, Dimitrios Asteriou, Keith Pilbeam, William Pouliot Oct 2025

Esg Ratings And Investment Returns At The Country Level: Does Higher Mean Better?, Ioannis Litsios, Dimitrios Asteriou, Keith Pilbeam, William Pouliot

Plymouth Business School

We examine whether U.S. dollar-based investors can do better investing in highly rated ESG countries than in medium andlower rated ESG countries using both cross sectional and panel data estimations. In general, we find evidence that investmentin ESGLow scoring countries leads to better returns than investing in ESGHigh scoring countries which in turn provide better returns than investing in ESGMedium scoring countries. We also examine the issue of risk-adjusted excess returns using a variety ofcountry risk-adjusted returns including the country-level Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio and Alpha. In general, we find that ESGLowcountries still outperform ESGHigh countries who in turn outperform …


Exploring Positive Psychology And Goal Setting In Esports Coaching: A Thematic Analysis Of Professional Fortnite Coaches, Samuel Jaffe, Nigel Jackson, Jonathan Rhodes Oct 2025

Exploring Positive Psychology And Goal Setting In Esports Coaching: A Thematic Analysis Of Professional Fortnite Coaches, Samuel Jaffe, Nigel Jackson, Jonathan Rhodes

School of Psychology

This study investigates how professional Fortnite coaches integrate positive psychology, specifically Seligman’s PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment) model and goal-setting frameworks, to enhance player performance and well-being. Through semistructured interviews with 16 esports coaches, the research examines how psychological strategies influence motivation, resilience, and long-term success in a highly competitive, digital coaching environment. Using Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis, three key themes were constructed: defining and measuring success, goal-setting practices, and balancing positive versus pressured coaching styles. Coaches defined success beyond tournament outcomes, emphasizing player development, consistency, and psychological resilience. Goal-setting strategies were highly individualized, blending …


Examining The Role Of Social Environment On Covid-19 Infections And Vaccine Uptake Among Migrants In Japan: Findings From Nationwide Surveys In 2021 And 2023, Yuanyuan Teng, Clive E Sabel, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoki Nakaya Oct 2025

Examining The Role Of Social Environment On Covid-19 Infections And Vaccine Uptake Among Migrants In Japan: Findings From Nationwide Surveys In 2021 And 2023, Yuanyuan Teng, Clive E Sabel, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoki Nakaya

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Studies have shown that migrants and ethnic minority groups were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the role of the social environment in shaping their vulnerabilities remains underexplored in Japan. This study explored the experiences of migrants in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined the association between social environmental factors (i.e., population density, neighborhood deprivation, ethnic density, and social networks) and both COVID-19 infections and vaccination uptake. Two nationwide online surveys were conducted in 2021 and 2023 to capture migrants' experiences and analyze these associations during the middle and waning stages of the pandemic. Modified Poisson regressions with …


Improving Efficiency In Phlebotomy And Investigation Services: A Quality Improvement Project, Irene Okumu-Taylor Sep 2025

Improving Efficiency In Phlebotomy And Investigation Services: A Quality Improvement Project, Irene Okumu-Taylor

South West Clinical School Journal

No abstract provided.


Profiling Patients With Hip And Knee Osteoarthritis Referred For An Orthopaedic Opinion: A Service Evaluation From An Orthopaedic Interface Clinic, Michael Henning, Rose Henning, Justine Mcmillan, Gethin Lynch Sep 2025

Profiling Patients With Hip And Knee Osteoarthritis Referred For An Orthopaedic Opinion: A Service Evaluation From An Orthopaedic Interface Clinic, Michael Henning, Rose Henning, Justine Mcmillan, Gethin Lynch

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION


A Clinical Audit Of Women’S Records Of Care Providing Warm Compresses In The Second Stage Of Labour, Rebecca Glover Sep 2025

A Clinical Audit Of Women’S Records Of Care Providing Warm Compresses In The Second Stage Of Labour, Rebecca Glover

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION


A Capacity Building Call To Action For Clinical Academics, Frazer Underwood Sep 2025

A Capacity Building Call To Action For Clinical Academics, Frazer Underwood

South West Clinical School Journal

Editorial


Evaluating The Impact Of ‘Breathwork’ As A Tool For Improving Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Managing Stress, And Enhancing Sleep Quality, Zeynep Demirtas, Lucy Mccormick Sep 2025

Evaluating The Impact Of ‘Breathwork’ As A Tool For Improving Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Managing Stress, And Enhancing Sleep Quality, Zeynep Demirtas, Lucy Mccormick

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION


Midwives’ Knowledge, Barriers, And Enablers Of Providing Warm Compresses In The Second Stage Of Labour: A Clinical Audit, Rebecca Glover Sep 2025

Midwives’ Knowledge, Barriers, And Enablers Of Providing Warm Compresses In The Second Stage Of Labour: A Clinical Audit, Rebecca Glover

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION