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Surviving Cardiac Arrest: Patients' Experiences of the In-Hospital Phase of Recovery
(2017-11-10)
In the UK, cardiac arrest affects approximately 30,000 people in the community annually and the incidence of cardiac arrest in hospitals is currently reported as being 1.6 events per 1000 hospital admissions. Whilst survival ...
Size Acceptance: a Discursive Analysis of Online Blogs
(2017-11-10)
Traditional views on ‘overweight’ suggest that managing one’s weight is a simple balance of energy for which all individuals have the capacity and affordances to control, as long as they have the willpower to do so. This ...
Imagine an Imageless Imagination
(2017-11-10)
A trend in contemporary discussion pertaining to the imagination has attempted to theoretically conceptualise a type of qualia-free imagination, commonly referred to as propositional imagination. This paper argues that an ...
Monitoring and Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Trends Databases, Surface Web and the Deep Web, with Special Interest and Geo-Mapping of the Middle East
(2017-10-12)
BACKGROUND
Novel or new psychoactive substances (NPS), also known as designer drugs and research chemicals,
represent a relatively recent phenomenon which can be traced back to the last decade or even earlier.
The growth ...
Searching for Rotational and Activity Signals in M Dwarf Stars
(2017-06-30)
We search for signals coming from M dwarf stars through variations caused by stellar
surface activity.
The aims of this work are to find the stellar rotation period of M dwarf stars and check
them against known planetary ...
The effect of gender and load type on lower extremity biomechanics during jump landings
(2017-05-09)
Introduction: Both gender and additional load have been shown to affect landing mechanics. Females are at an increased risk of sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury and patellofemoral pain syndrome, whereas males ...
The role of global thrombosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
(2017-04-25)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, despite great efforts in designing several risk stratification models for more effective prevention of related complications and creating more advanced ...
On the Nature of Sodium Excess in Nearby Galaxies
(2017-03-13)
The 5890, 5895Å Na D absorption lines are sometimes found to be strongly enhanced in
nearby galaxies, compared to what is predicted by the best-fitting models for the stellar
continuum. The resulting Na D absorption ...
Imports, Mechanisation and the Decline of the English Plaiting Industry: The View from the Hatters' Gazette, Luton 1873 - 1900
(2017-02-10)
Between 1870 and 1900, the straw plaiting industry changed from being one that substantially contributed to local rural and family economies, to one in irrevocable decline. Researching the reasons for this decline is ...
Spectral Ageing in the Most Powerful Radio Galaxies
(2017-02-08)
Radio-loud AGN represent the most energetic and influential large-scale structures in the Universe. Through physical processes such as AGN feedback, they are suggested to play a major role in the
evolution of galaxies. ...