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Silent Threats: Awareness And Attitudes To Communication Of Sudep Among Neurologists In India: A Cross-Sectional Study, Rohit Shankar Jul 2025

Silent Threats: Awareness And Attitudes To Communication Of Sudep Among Neurologists In India: A Cross-Sectional Study, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background: International guidelines unequivocally endorse the importance and need to discuss Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with people with epilepsy (PWE). India is a country accounting for a sixth of all global epilepsy burden. Despite this little is known of Indian neurologists’ knowledge and attitudes to SUDEP. Objective: To explore India Neurologists awareness and attitudes to SUDEP communication to PWE. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of Likert response questions using validated themes, was circulated among the neurology fraternity, India. Non-discriminatory exponential snowballing technique leading to convenience non-probability sampling was used. The inquiry involved SUDEP-related topics including the awareness, knowledge, …


The Impacts Of Ocean Warming On Phytoplankton Dynamics And Links To Fisheries Management Around St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean, Shelby Bargo Jul 2025

The Impacts Of Ocean Warming On Phytoplankton Dynamics And Links To Fisheries Management Around St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean, Shelby Bargo

The Plymouth Student Scientist

In the context of a rapidly changing climate, understanding how ocean warming is reshaping the foundation of marine ecosystems has never been more important. This research investigates factors contributing to ocean warming, and where anthropogenically influenced climate change plays a critical role in the functionality of the physical marine environment, phytoplankton, and trophodynamics throughout the pelagic zone. Phytoplankton, whilst microscopic, are vital; they are regulated by physical oceanographic factors that control their access to growth-limiting factors, such as nutrients. With the formidable climate-driven physical and biological changes occurring in the marine environment, alongside the decline in fish stocks, it is …


Ruptured Atlas: A Trauma-Informed Approach To Spatial Storytelling For Survivors Of Genocide (The Case For Yazidis In Iraq), Sana Murrani, Kimbal Bumstead, Zoe Paris, Ghazi Murad Ismael, Jameela Rasho, Omeed Khider Joqey Jul 2025

Ruptured Atlas: A Trauma-Informed Approach To Spatial Storytelling For Survivors Of Genocide (The Case For Yazidis In Iraq), Sana Murrani, Kimbal Bumstead, Zoe Paris, Ghazi Murad Ismael, Jameela Rasho, Omeed Khider Joqey

School of Art, Design and Architecture

The Ruptured Atlas project (December 2023 – December 2024) employs innovative, participatory mapping techniques to document the complex spatial and lived experiences of the Yazidi community in the aftermath of the genocide perpetrated by ISIS, which commenced in August 2014. This collaborative effort involves 15 Yazidi researchers and key partners, culminating in an online atlas and a trauma-informed policy toolkit. Designed to influence housing and migration policies in both Iraq and the UK, the project prioritises trauma-informed practices and community empowerment. The online atlas was not only a conceptual device, but a vital visual tool, enabling participants to represent trauma …


Cognitive Performance In Young Adults Who Endorse A Cannabis Use Disorder, Gabrielle Abbott, Lisa Greenwood, Jessica G. Bartschi, Suraya Dunsford, Isabella Goodwin, Anastasia Paloubis, Marianna Quinones Valera, Eugene Mctavish, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Janna Cousijn, Gary C.K. Chan, Nadia Solowij, Valentina Lorenzetti Jul 2025

Cognitive Performance In Young Adults Who Endorse A Cannabis Use Disorder, Gabrielle Abbott, Lisa Greenwood, Jessica G. Bartschi, Suraya Dunsford, Isabella Goodwin, Anastasia Paloubis, Marianna Quinones Valera, Eugene Mctavish, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Janna Cousijn, Gary C.K. Chan, Nadia Solowij, Valentina Lorenzetti

School of Psychology

RationaleCannabis use disorder (CUD) is highly prevalent with ∼44 million cases worldwide. CUD has been associated with compulsive use despite experiencing adverse psychosocial outcomes. Such adverse outcomes of CUD have been attributed to altered cognition - a set of mental processes that support the organisation and implementation of goal-directed behaviour. However, the evidence is mixed and limited by methodological issues including inconsistent assessment of CUD and metrics of cannabis use.Objective/MethodsThis study examined distinct domains of cognition (i.e., executive function, working memory, episodic memory, verbal reasoning, attention, IQ) in 115 participants aged 18.5 to 32.5 years. We compared performance between 83 …


Migration Delays At Head-Of-Tide Weirs Are A Function Of Tidal Cycles And River Flows In Anadromous Twaite Shad Alosa Fallax, Mark I.A. Yeldham, J. Robert Britton, Charles Crundwell, Peter Davies, Jamie R. Dodd, Chris Grzesiok, Andrew D. Nunn, Randolph Velterop, Jonathan D. Bolland Jul 2025

Migration Delays At Head-Of-Tide Weirs Are A Function Of Tidal Cycles And River Flows In Anadromous Twaite Shad Alosa Fallax, Mark I.A. Yeldham, J. Robert Britton, Charles Crundwell, Peter Davies, Jamie R. Dodd, Chris Grzesiok, Andrew D. Nunn, Randolph Velterop, Jonathan D. Bolland

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Riverine barriers can have significant negative impacts on the spawning migrations of anadromous fishes, with barriers of low passage efficiency limiting access to upstream spawning areas. Even fish that pass a barrier can be negatively affected via migration delays and energetic costs. The spawning migrations of 74 twaite shad Alosa fallax were tracked at two head-of-tide weirs on a bifurcated channel in the River Severn’s upper estuary, western England, to test how barriers in tidal areas can affect river entry and incur migration delays. Although the weirs had a combined passage efficiency of 98.9%, median passage time was 19.8 h, …


Adaptation And Standardization Of Two Arabic Communicative Development Inventories For Children Aged 8 To 30 Months And 30 To 48 Months In Egypt, Jordan And Palestine, Alshaimaa Abdelwahab, Caroline Floccia, Samuel Forbes, Zakiyah Alsiddiqi, Khalid Al-Shdifat, Cristina Mckean, Thair Odeh, Anastasia Trebacz, Ghada Khattab Jul 2025

Adaptation And Standardization Of Two Arabic Communicative Development Inventories For Children Aged 8 To 30 Months And 30 To 48 Months In Egypt, Jordan And Palestine, Alshaimaa Abdelwahab, Caroline Floccia, Samuel Forbes, Zakiyah Alsiddiqi, Khalid Al-Shdifat, Cristina Mckean, Thair Odeh, Anastasia Trebacz, Ghada Khattab

School of Psychology

PURPOSE: Assessing early language skills through parental report is a cost-effective way to screen for language delays when resources are scarce. A pan-Arabic lexeme approach was tested by extending the Egyptian adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) to Jordan and Palestine in infants aged 8-30 months (Arabic CDI Toddler). We also developed a version for children aged 30-48 months (Arabic CDI Child) in the three countries. A fair representation of the population in terms of geographical spread, maternal education, and environmental context was obtained through stratified sampling. METHOD: The Arabic CDI Toddler, containing a 100-word list with dialect …


Long-Term Segregation And Seclusion For People With An Intellectual Disability And/Or Autism In Hospitals: A Critique Of The Current State Of Affairs: Commentary, Tromans Et Al, Rohit Shankar Jul 2025

Long-Term Segregation And Seclusion For People With An Intellectual Disability And/Or Autism In Hospitals: A Critique Of The Current State Of Affairs: Commentary, Tromans Et Al, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Ehealth Technologies In Transitional Care Interventions For Stroke Survivors And Caregivers: A Scoping Review, Orachorn Lumprom, Charuwan Kritpracha, Cansel Kocakabak, Jos M. Latour Jul 2025

Ehealth Technologies In Transitional Care Interventions For Stroke Survivors And Caregivers: A Scoping Review, Orachorn Lumprom, Charuwan Kritpracha, Cansel Kocakabak, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The high rate of stroke disability necessitates extensive care during transitions between hospitals and homes. While many transitional care interventions have emerged, no explicit evidence illustrates the details of those combining or integrating eHealth. The aim of this scoping review was to comprehensively map the literature on eHealth technologies within transitional care interventions for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Studies were included if they focused on transitional care interventions that combined or integrated eHealth technologies for adult and elderly survivors of post-hyperacute stroke, as well as for caregivers aged 18 years and older. A systematic search was conducted from inception …


Building Back Greener: Accelerating Low-Carbon Material Adoption In The Uk Building Industry, Christopher Agyapong Siaw, Hanne Knight, Nigel Jackson Jul 2025

Building Back Greener: Accelerating Low-Carbon Material Adoption In The Uk Building Industry, Christopher Agyapong Siaw, Hanne Knight, Nigel Jackson

Plymouth Business School

The escalating global climate crisis presents a critical challenge for governments, policymakers, civic society organizations, and marketers alike (Carvalho, 2022; Gopaldas, 2015). Experts predict that by the end of the century, global average temperatures could rise between 1–1.5°C with significant reductions in carbon emissions, or as high as 4.5–5°C if current emission levels persist (González, 2025). Such temperature increases would lead to rising sea levels, posing severe risks to islands, coastal communities, and marine ecosystems (González, 2025). Recognizing the urgency of this issue, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has taken proactive measures to engage diverse stakeholders. …


Perceptions To Care, (Education) And Treatment Reviews (C(E)Trs) Of Mental Health Clinicians Working With Adults With Intellectual Disability In England: A Cross-Sectional Study, Rohit Shankar Jul 2025

Perceptions To Care, (Education) And Treatment Reviews (C(E)Trs) Of Mental Health Clinicians Working With Adults With Intellectual Disability In England: A Cross-Sectional Study, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction: Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR)are meetings to review individualized needs of people withintellectual disabilities (PwID) at risk of or currently undergoingpsychiatric hospitalization. We aimed to understand C(E)TRimpact and effectiveness from professionals working with PwID.Methods: An online mixed-methodology survey whichincluded 34 questions (either Likert or free text) was sharedwith networks including relevant professionals. Quantitativedata are presented descriptively. Thematic analysis was conducted on free-text responses.Results: Of 66 people representing multiple intellectual disability teams across the UK, 67% found the C(E)TR process useful,35% felt C(E)TRs made a difference to their clinical care, while36% felt it did not. Thematic analysis showed four …


Hikikomori Risk In The Uk, Gregory Gorman, Alison Bacon, Jon May, Stephen Minton Jul 2025

Hikikomori Risk In The Uk, Gregory Gorman, Alison Bacon, Jon May, Stephen Minton

School of Psychology

Background: Hikikomori syndrome involves voluntary withdrawal from social life, school and work, with onset typically in young adulthood. Hikikomori risk has not been examined in the UK, and these studies aimed to validate and refine the Hikikomori Risk Inventory-24 (HRI-24) screening tool in UK young adults. Methods/Results: In Study 1, participants (n = 341) completed the HRI-24. Item analysis and confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a shorter 13-item HRI (HRI-13), which demonstrated a perfect correlation with the full HRI-24. Both the HRI-13 and HRI-24 showed strong convergent and divergent validity, correlating with depression, anxiety, avoidant coping and negative early life …


The Relevance Of Climate Change And Sustainability In Nursing Education: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Students’ Perspectives, Jennie Aronsson, Marie Elf, Paul Warwick, Riccardo Lomartire, Anna Anåker Jul 2025

The Relevance Of Climate Change And Sustainability In Nursing Education: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Students’ Perspectives, Jennie Aronsson, Marie Elf, Paul Warwick, Riccardo Lomartire, Anna Anåker

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: As climate change continues to challenge global health, nursing education must evolve to prepare future nurses for the impacts on care delivery and promote sustainable practices within the healthcare system which is itself a contributor to the climate crisis through emissions and waste. In this study we aimed to i) explore undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes towards and awareness of climate change and sustainability issues and its inclusion in nursing education at a Swedish university, and ii) explore differences in awareness and attitudes across student groups in different semesters. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive research study, nursing students from six …


A Scoping Review Of Personalised Uk Maternity Care: Where Are We Now?, Louisa Tompkins, Gary Hodge, Jill Shawe, Lisa Burrows, Annick Bogaerts, Susie Pearce Jul 2025

A Scoping Review Of Personalised Uk Maternity Care: Where Are We Now?, Louisa Tompkins, Gary Hodge, Jill Shawe, Lisa Burrows, Annick Bogaerts, Susie Pearce

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background/AimsPersonalised care has been recommended continuously to improve UK maternity services. The aim of this review was to explore the current provision of personalised care and consider why it may not yet be fully embedded in practice.MethodsThis review of Embase, Medline, the Healthcare Management Information Consortium, the British Nursing Index, CINAHL, Google Scholar and reference lists found 15 articles published between 2014 and 2024, which were included for thematic analysis and synthesis.ResultsThe themes included the complexities of personalised care, different perspectives when implementing personalised care and the effect of cultural factors embedded in maternity services.ConclusionsBarriers to implementing personalised care include …


Innovating For Improvement — Improving Pressure Damage Prevention And Treatment In The Community Using Continuous Pressure Monitoring, Bridie Kent, Nicci Aylward-Wotton, Peter R. Worsley Jul 2025

Innovating For Improvement — Improving Pressure Damage Prevention And Treatment In The Community Using Continuous Pressure Monitoring, Bridie Kent, Nicci Aylward-Wotton, Peter R. Worsley

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Each year, approximately half a million people in the UK develop pressure ulcers (PUs), with most occurring in the community among individuals with underlying comorbidities, frailty, mobility issues and a dependence on carers. Pressure relief is essential for healing, however, some patients find pressure-relieving equipment uncomfortable, hot and noisy, thus refusing to use it and are, therefore, often labelled as non-concordant. This service improvement project evaluated the ForeSite PT® pressure monitor to identify PU risk, support healing and influence patient and carer decision making, assessing its useability, alongside patient and carer education. The technology consisted of a mattress- and chair-sized …


A Sensory Investment Syndrome Hypothesis: Personality And Predictability Are Linked To Sensory Capacity In The Hermit Crab Pagurus Bernhardus, Ari Drummond, Summer Nash, Tianna Holloway, Alexander Wilson, Lucy Turner, Mark Briffa Jul 2025

A Sensory Investment Syndrome Hypothesis: Personality And Predictability Are Linked To Sensory Capacity In The Hermit Crab Pagurus Bernhardus, Ari Drummond, Summer Nash, Tianna Holloway, Alexander Wilson, Lucy Turner, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Correlated phenotypic traits (i.e., syndromes) may manifest as associations between different behavioural types or between behavioural and non-behavioural phenotypes. While syndromes research is extensive, correlations involving behavioural type and sensory morphology have yet to be investigated. Sensation is essential in decision-making and should be correlated with behavioural phenotypes involved in risk response, including boldness. We investigated correlations between boldness and sensory capacity in Pagurus bernhardus hermit crabs, taking repeat measures of startle response durations to assess hermit crab personality and predictability. The correlation between startle response and the sensillar density (i.e., number of sensilla per unit surface area) of both …


The Role Of Insularity: Plants Have Few Ornithophilous Traits But Are Visited By Morphologically More Distinct Hummingbirds In The Caribbean Islands, Maximillian G.R. Vollstädt, Rasmus D. Jensen, Pietro K. Maruyama, Matthias Schleuning, Francielle P. Araújo-Hoffmann, Marlies Sazima, Jesper Sonne, Taia S.O. Schrøder, Fredrik Møller-Stranges, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Mónica B. Ramírez-Burbano, Marcelo Ferreira De Vasconcelos, Boris A. Tinoco, María A. Maglianesi, Ruth Partida-Lara, José Raúl Vázquez-Pérez, Paula L. Enríquez, André Rodrigo Rech, Aline G. Coelho, Fernando Gonçalves, Edvaldo Nunes Da Silva Neto, Manoel Martins Dias Filho, Matheus Reis, Oscar H. Marín-Gómez, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Peter A. Cotton, Paulo Eugenio Oliveira, Adriana Oliveira Machado, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Pedro Joaquim Bergamo Jul 2025

The Role Of Insularity: Plants Have Few Ornithophilous Traits But Are Visited By Morphologically More Distinct Hummingbirds In The Caribbean Islands, Maximillian G.R. Vollstädt, Rasmus D. Jensen, Pietro K. Maruyama, Matthias Schleuning, Francielle P. Araújo-Hoffmann, Marlies Sazima, Jesper Sonne, Taia S.O. Schrøder, Fredrik Møller-Stranges, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Mónica B. Ramírez-Burbano, Marcelo Ferreira De Vasconcelos, Boris A. Tinoco, María A. Maglianesi, Ruth Partida-Lara, José Raúl Vázquez-Pérez, Paula L. Enríquez, André Rodrigo Rech, Aline G. Coelho, Fernando Gonçalves, Edvaldo Nunes Da Silva Neto, Manoel Martins Dias Filho, Matheus Reis, Oscar H. Marín-Gómez, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Peter A. Cotton, Paulo Eugenio Oliveira, Adriana Oliveira Machado, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Pedro Joaquim Bergamo

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Functional traits determine interactions between plants and pollinators, and to increase pollination efficiency, many plants have evolved traits to attract specific pollinator groups. However, biogeographical setting may influence trait evolution and biotic interactions. For instance, plants pollinated by hummingbirds often have ornithophilous traits, that is, flowers with elongated corollas, dilute nectar and red colours, but—due to colonization history, depauperate biotas and unstable environmental conditions—it might be disadvantageous for species to rely on mutualistic partners with specific functional traits on oceanic islands. Hummingbird-visited plants on islands are thus expected to have fewer ornithophilous traits and be functionally less diverse in their …


Visualizing Seascapes As A Method For Engaging Stakeholders In Discussions About Resilience, Dominica Williamson, Louisa Evans, Mark Bryant, Caroline Hattam, Tara Hooper, Andy Hughes, Timur Jack-Kadioglu, Fazlun Khalid, John Martin, Celine Miternique, Karyn Morrissey, Lorna Slade, Ali Thani, Kathy Young Jul 2025

Visualizing Seascapes As A Method For Engaging Stakeholders In Discussions About Resilience, Dominica Williamson, Louisa Evans, Mark Bryant, Caroline Hattam, Tara Hooper, Andy Hughes, Timur Jack-Kadioglu, Fazlun Khalid, John Martin, Celine Miternique, Karyn Morrissey, Lorna Slade, Ali Thani, Kathy Young

Professional Services

Coastal communities have complex bodies of knowledge around environmental change, resilience, and sustainability, which extractive forms of research are not well suited to understand. This paper outlines an arts-based action research pilot project to understand social-ecological resilience in the Western Indian Ocean. Our project used visual, artistic, and participatory approaches to foster co-learning and action research on: (1) the arts-based methods themselves and (2) resilience building in coastal communities and ecosystems. This paper focuses on the former elements. We present our inherently phenomenological approach as a research assemblage that can be used to bring together different communities and stakeholders, disciplines, …


An Evaluation Of Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Experiences Whilst Enrolled Onto A Four-Week Art Workshop (2024), Hazel Cowls, Chloe Weekes-Dyer Jul 2025

An Evaluation Of Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Experiences Whilst Enrolled Onto A Four-Week Art Workshop (2024), Hazel Cowls, Chloe Weekes-Dyer

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


Psychometric Properties Of The Indonesian Version Of The Quality Of Life Index (Qli-I) Among Family Caregivers Of Dependent Older Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Rinco Siregar, Charuwan Kritpracha, Tippamas Chinnawong, Jos M. Latour Jul 2025

Psychometric Properties Of The Indonesian Version Of The Quality Of Life Index (Qli-I) Among Family Caregivers Of Dependent Older Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Rinco Siregar, Charuwan Kritpracha, Tippamas Chinnawong, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: The quality of life (QoL) of family caregivers supporting older persons with functional dependence due to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a growing concern. Accurately assessing caregiver well-being requires culturally appropriate, valid, and reliable instruments. However, such tools remain limited in the Indonesian context. Objective: This study aimed to translate the Quality of Life Index (QLI) into Indonesian and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indonesian version (QLI-I) among family caregivers of dependent older persons with T2DM. Methods: Brislin’s back-translation method was used to ensure linguistic and conceptual equivalence in the translation process. Content validity was assessed by …


Green Human Resource Management System Development In Africa: A Systematic Literature Review, Jinghan Wang, Lijun Tang, Jinhua Zhang, Bong-Keun Choi, Christopher Phillips Jul 2025

Green Human Resource Management System Development In Africa: A Systematic Literature Review, Jinghan Wang, Lijun Tang, Jinhua Zhang, Bong-Keun Choi, Christopher Phillips

Plymouth Business School

Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has garnered widespread international attention, yet the GHRM practices implementation and the challenges they face in African organisations remain underexplored. Given that the majority of GHRM studies in the African context have been published over the past four years, there is a clear need for a systematic review of the literature on GHRM in this region. This review examines 23 studies to identify which GHRM topics have been explored in the African context and what theories and methodologies have been adopted in these studies. Drawing from the selected literature, a conceptual framework is established to …


Monitoring Morphological Variability Of Gravel Barriers Using 2d Lidar, Robert Jones, Nieves Valiente, Chris Blenkinsopp, Mark Davidson Jul 2025

Monitoring Morphological Variability Of Gravel Barriers Using 2d Lidar, Robert Jones, Nieves Valiente, Chris Blenkinsopp, Mark Davidson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Pre-Registration Student Nurses' Evaluation After Enrolling On To A 4-Week Art Workshop ​, Hazel Cowls, Chloe Weekes-Dyer Jul 2025

Pre-Registration Student Nurses' Evaluation After Enrolling On To A 4-Week Art Workshop ​, Hazel Cowls, Chloe Weekes-Dyer

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


Outcomes Of Specialist Physiotherapy For Functional Motor Disorder: The Physio4fmd Rct, Physio4fmd Study Group, Glenn Nielsen, Louise Marston, Rachael Maree Hunter, Alan Carson, Laura H. Goldstein, Kate Holt, Teresa C. Lee, Marie Le Novere, Jonathan Marsden, Irwin Nazareth, Hayley Noble, Markus Reuber, Jon Stone, Ann Marie Strudwick, Beatriz Santana Suarez, Mark J. Edwards Jul 2025

Outcomes Of Specialist Physiotherapy For Functional Motor Disorder: The Physio4fmd Rct, Physio4fmd Study Group, Glenn Nielsen, Louise Marston, Rachael Maree Hunter, Alan Carson, Laura H. Goldstein, Kate Holt, Teresa C. Lee, Marie Le Novere, Jonathan Marsden, Irwin Nazareth, Hayley Noble, Markus Reuber, Jon Stone, Ann Marie Strudwick, Beatriz Santana Suarez, Mark J. Edwards

School of Health Professions

Background: Functional motor disorder often causes persistent disabling symptoms that are associated with high healthcare costs. In recent years, specialist physiotherapy, informed by an understanding of functional motor disorder, has emerged as a promising treatment, but there is an absence of evidence of its effectiveness from large randomised controlled trials. Methods: We conducted a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial, comparing specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder to treatment as usual, which was defined as community neurological physiotherapy. The primary outcome was the Short Form questionnaire-36 items Physical Functioning domain at 12 months (scale range 0–100, with 100 indicating optimum health). …


Real-World Continuous Smartwatch-Based User Authentication, N. Al-Naffakh, N. Clarke, F. Li, P. Haskell-Dowland Jul 2025

Real-World Continuous Smartwatch-Based User Authentication, N. Al-Naffakh, N. Clarke, F. Li, P. Haskell-Dowland

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

User authentication is often regarded as the “gatekeeper” of cyber security. It has, however, long suffered from significant usability issues that have resulted in research focussing upon frictionless and transparent biometric approaches. Activity-based user authentication—a technique that authenticates a user by what they are physically doing at a specific point in time has attracted significant attention, particularly due to the increasing popularity of smartwatches. This research aims to overcome limitations in prior work by exploring the viability of the approach in real-world conditions. The study presents two principal experiments, one focused upon a constrained environment to provide a control and …


Hadronic Vacuum Polarization For The Muon G-2 From Lattice Qcd: Long-Distance And Full Light-Quark Connected Contribution, Alexei Bazavov, Claude Bernard, David Anthony Clarke, Christine Davies, Carleton Detar, Aida X. El-Khadra, María Elvira Gámiz Sánchez, Steven Gottlieb, Anthony V. Grebe, Leon Hostetler, William Jay, Hwancheol Jeong, Andreas Kronfeld, Shaun Lahert, Jack Laiho, Gerard Lepage, Michael Lynch, Andrew Lytle, Craig Mcneile, Ethan Neil, Curtis Peterson, James Simone, Jacob W Sitison, Ruth S. Van De Water, Alejandro Vaquero Avilés-Casco, Craig Mcneile Jul 2025

Hadronic Vacuum Polarization For The Muon G-2 From Lattice Qcd: Long-Distance And Full Light-Quark Connected Contribution, Alexei Bazavov, Claude Bernard, David Anthony Clarke, Christine Davies, Carleton Detar, Aida X. El-Khadra, María Elvira Gámiz Sánchez, Steven Gottlieb, Anthony V. Grebe, Leon Hostetler, William Jay, Hwancheol Jeong, Andreas Kronfeld, Shaun Lahert, Jack Laiho, Gerard Lepage, Michael Lynch, Andrew Lytle, Craig Mcneile, Ethan Neil, Curtis Peterson, James Simone, Jacob W Sitison, Ruth S. Van De Water, Alejandro Vaquero Avilés-Casco, Craig Mcneile

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We present results for the dominant light-quark connected contribution to the long-distance window of the hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) contribution to the muon g-2 from lattice quantum chromodynamics. Specifically, with a new determination of the lattice scale on MILC's physical-mass HISQ ensembles, using the Ω^{-} baryon mass, we obtain a result of a_{μ}^{ll,LD}(conn)=400.2(2.3)_{stat}(3.7)_{syst}[4.3]_{total}×10^{-10}. Summing this result with our recent determinations of the light-quark connected contributions to the short- and intermediate-distance windows, we obtain a subpercent precision determination of the light-quark-connected contribution to HVP of a_{μ}^{ll}(conn)=655.2(2.3)_{stat}(3.9)_{syst}[4.5]_{total}×10^{-10}. Finally, as a consistency check, we verify that an independent analysis of the full contribution …


The Mental Health Bill (2025) For England And Wales: Professional And Carer Consensus Statement Summarising Concerns And Unintended Consequences From Proposed Changes To Autism And Learning Disability, Rohit Shankar, Peter Beazley Jul 2025

The Mental Health Bill (2025) For England And Wales: Professional And Carer Consensus Statement Summarising Concerns And Unintended Consequences From Proposed Changes To Autism And Learning Disability, Rohit Shankar, Peter Beazley

Peninsula Medical School

The Mental Health Bill, 2025, proposes to remove autism and learning disability from the scope of Section 3 of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (MHA). The present article represents a professional and carer consensus statement that raises concerns and identifies probable unintended consequences if this proposal becomes law. Our concerns relate to the lack of clear mandate for such proposals, conceptual inconsistency when considering other conditions that might give rise to a need for detention and the inconsistency in applying such changes to Part II of the MHA but not Part III. If the proposed changes become law, we anticipate …


Sph Simulation Of Isothermal Sloshing In A Circular Tank: A Ccp-Wsi Blind Test Study, Jiaxin Chen, Yong Yang, Martyn Hann, Robert Rawlinson-Smith, Munira Raji, Deborah Greaves Jul 2025

Sph Simulation Of Isothermal Sloshing In A Circular Tank: A Ccp-Wsi Blind Test Study, Jiaxin Chen, Yong Yang, Martyn Hann, Robert Rawlinson-Smith, Munira Raji, Deborah Greaves

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This study delves into the complex sloshing dynamics in a circular tank, a critical challenge for applications like aerospace and marine systems, as part of the CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 5. Leveraging the GPU-accelerated SPH-based DualSPHysics code, we uncover unique resonant and nonlinear wave behaviours under horizontal and vertical excitations. Key findings include significant free-surface amplifications and symmetry-breaking effects at resonance. Sensitivity analysis of dimensionality, viscosity, and resolution highlighted SPH's adaptability for highly nonlinear flows, establishing it as a powerful tool for tackling intricate fluid-structure interactions.


A Multifunctional Platform For The Production And Customization Of Polymer-Based Microneedle Devices, Om Prakash Singh, Carlota Marquez-Grana, Andrea Bocchino, Eva Melnik, Steffen Kurzhals, Giorgio C. Mutinati, Sion Coulman, Christopher Martin, Keng Wooi Ng, Mariane Massufero Vergilio, James Birchall, Paul Donovan, Paul Galvin, Conor O’Mahony Jul 2025

A Multifunctional Platform For The Production And Customization Of Polymer-Based Microneedle Devices, Om Prakash Singh, Carlota Marquez-Grana, Andrea Bocchino, Eva Melnik, Steffen Kurzhals, Giorgio C. Mutinati, Sion Coulman, Christopher Martin, Keng Wooi Ng, Mariane Massufero Vergilio, James Birchall, Paul Donovan, Paul Galvin, Conor O’Mahony

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Polymer microneedles (MNs) have significant potential for use in transdermal delivery and diagnostics applications due to their low cost, versatility, and compatibility with medical grade materials and industrial manufacturing processes. These polymers can also have a wide range of different and desirable properties such as biocompatibility, degradability, and flexibility.To facilitate rapid development of these devices, a multifunctional manufacturing process, easily adaptable to a range of different materials and use cases, would be highly beneficial for research and prototyping purposes. With that in mind, we have developed a multifunctional platform that may be used to produce sharp-tipped microneedle arrays with a …


Improving Nurse Support For People Having Docetaxel Treatment For Prostate Cancer: An Evidence-Informed Change Project Proposal, Anju Mathew Jun 2025

Improving Nurse Support For People Having Docetaxel Treatment For Prostate Cancer: An Evidence-Informed Change Project Proposal, Anju Mathew

South West Clinical School Journal

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Effect Of Genotype On Herbivory And Growth Rate In Heliconia Stricta In A Common Garden Experiment In The Amazon, Xaali O’Reilly-Berkeley, Abhiraj Chakraborty, Javier L. Patiño Uyaguari, Hannah L. Mossman, Richard F. Preziosi, Jennifer K. Rowntree Jun 2025

Effect Of Genotype On Herbivory And Growth Rate In Heliconia Stricta In A Common Garden Experiment In The Amazon, Xaali O’Reilly-Berkeley, Abhiraj Chakraborty, Javier L. Patiño Uyaguari, Hannah L. Mossman, Richard F. Preziosi, Jennifer K. Rowntree

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Plant genotype is known to affect plant-invertebrate interactions. However, in megadiverse tropical habitats there has been relatively little exploration of the influence of the plant genotype on plant growth and biotic interactions in an experimental setting. We set-up three adjacent plots in rainforest at the foothills of the Andes (Orellana, Ecuador), where we planted clones of 37 individual Heliconia stricta rhizomes collected from up to 4 km away. Each rhizome was split into at least three individual pieces, resulting in three genetically identical replicates. At least one representative of each genotype was planted in each plot. Shoot height was measured …