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Topography-based modulation of environmental factors as a mechanism for intertidal microhabitat formation: A basis for marine ecological design.
(ElsevierEngland, 2024-04-20)Topographic complexity is often considered to be closely associated with habitat complexity and niche diversity; however, complex topography per se does not imply habitat suitability. Rather, ecologically suitable habitats ... -
The implementation of behaviour change practices in Physical Activity Referral Schemes: a narrative review
(Informa UK Limited, 2024-12-31)Background: Physical activity referral schemes have been used extensively as one pathway to support behaviour change in people with long term conditions. Best practice guidance, across countries, recommend that schemes ... -
Understanding how volunteer companionship impacts those during the end of life: A realist evaluation
(Taylor & FrancisUnited States, 2024)Volunteers are a popular unpaid support role in end of life care yet how accompaniment influences the dying is underdeveloped. This study examined how companionship works, for whom, in what circumstances and why. Initial ... -
Organisational culture in sports
(Routledge, 2023-05-08)Culture is a key concept that can provide deep insight into how people work and live together in groups. Applied to organisations, it offers a means of studying the textures of organisational life and of working out what ... -
Japanese Marine Life A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-01)What was the first form of life? How did plants and animals evolve? How does life work? How do we share Earth with all the myriad organisms in the sea, land, and sky? A study of marine life may answer all these questions. ... -
Pattern evolution and modal decomposition of Faraday waves in a brimful cylinder
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023-11-10)<jats:p>This paper investigates the steady-state pattern evolution of symmetric Faraday waves excited in a brimful cylindrical container when driving parameters much exceed critical thresholds. In such liquid systems, ... -
Digital competence and psychological wellbeing in a social housing community: a repeated survey study
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCEngland, 2023)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Little is known about whether digital competence is related to psychological wellbeing, with most ... -
Designing, implementing and testing an intervention of affective intelligent agents in nursing virtual reality teaching simulations—a qualitative study
<jats:p>Emotions play an important role in human-computer interaction, but there is limited research on affective and emotional virtual agent design in the area of teaching simulations for healthcare provision. The purpose ... -
An exploration of sharps injuries within healthcare students at a UK university
(SAGE Publications, 2024-01-01)Background: There is evidence available worldwide that nursing, medical and dental students sustain sharps injuries during their programmes of study. However, there is lack of evidence and research relating to the many ... -
Evaluating a ‘Capable Environments’ intervention protocol in residential settings for adults with intellectual disabilities
(British Psychological Society, 2024-04-18)<jats:p>Two residential settings for people with intellectual disabilities worked with a Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT) to pilot ‘capable environment’ (CE) intervention, a preventative strategy within a ...