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Exploring the effect of temperature variations on unplanned asthma admissions
(School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, 2011)Global climate change is one of the highest concerns in the scientific, health and environmental arena. Establishing association between weather and health exposures are fundamental to learn about the complex exposure-disease ... -
Exploring the effects of a 14 week person-centred counselling intervention with learning disabled children
(2002)This study evaluates the effects of a person-centred counselling intervention on the learning disabled child's self-concept. The participants are children who attend a London borough school for moderate learning difficulties. ... -
Exploring the endospore coat of Pasteuria penetrans, the bacterial hyperparasite of plant-parasitic nematodes, using Bacillus spp.
(2016-04-19)Pasteuria penetrans, previously named as Bacillus penetrans, belong to a group of Gram positive endospore forming bacteria (phylum: Firmicutes; family: Pasteuriaceae) that are hyperparasites of plant-parasitic nematodes. ... -
Exploring the Experience of Parenting when using Social Media: a Grounded Theory Study
(2022-03-09)Becoming a parent is a period of great transition in which a person’s relationship to their evolving identity can impact upon their wellbeing. Both group membership (Seymour-Smith et al, 2017) and social comparison (Gilbert, ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Facilitators of Reflective Practice Groups in Clinical Psychology Training: a Thematic Analysis
(2021-10-22)Despite many Clinical Psychology training programmes utilising reflective practice groups (RPGs) as a means of developing reflective practice skills, there remains little research examining facilitator perspectives of such ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Injecting Drug Users Living with Leg Ulceration: a Qualitative Design
(2018-10-02)There is a paucity of scientific evidence into the lived experience of people who have a history of injecting drug use and are living with leg ulceration. Portraying the true voice of injecting drug users (IDUs) through ... -
Exploring the formation of spheroidal galaxies out to z ∼ 1.5 in GOODS
(2009-05-01)The formation of massive spheroidal galaxies is studied on a visually classified sample extracted from the Advanced Camera for Surveys/Hubble Space Telescope (ACS/HST) images of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ... -
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Postnatal Period for First-time Mothers Experiencing Postnatal Depression: a Thematic Analysis
(2023-01-04)Research has identified the negative impact that postnatal depression has on new mothers' wellbeing and that of their family. With mothers in the postnatal period facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, there ... -
Exploring the impact of digital stories on empathic learning in neonatal nurse education
(2020-10-01)Within neonatal nurse education, learning to understand the compelling emotional experiences of parents following the birth of their premature baby is essential to give person-centred empathic care. A collection of digital ... -
Exploring the Implementation of Ethics in UK Accounting Programs
(2008)Accounting education researchers, as well as practitioners, have identified the need for ethics in the accounting curriculum. This paper explores efforts of U.K. higher education institutions to integrate ethics into the ... -
Exploring the Infrared Variable Sky with Machine Learning
(2024-08-13)The last decade in astronomy has seen the growth of time-series data and with it, the emergence of large surveys. Surveys such as PTF (Law et al., 2009), ZTF (Bellm et al., 2019), CoRoT (Auvergne et al., 2009), HOYS ... -
Exploring the leadership competencies of trainee clinical psychologists and qualified clinical psychologists
(2018-01-01)This article explored the self-reported leadership competences of Trainee and Qualified Clinical Psychologists. The results showed that leadership competences are part of a qualified clinical psychologist’s role and that ... -
Exploring the limitations of an adult-led agenda for understanding the health behaviours of young people
(2008)Public health and health promotion agendas are usually determined by adults, even when the ‘target’ population is children and young people. Adult-centred frameworks for health maintenance and the promotion of well-being ... -
Exploring the making of a galactic wind in the star-bursting dwarf irregular galaxy IC 10 with LOFAR
(2018-05-11)Low-mass galaxies are subject to strong galactic outflows, in which cosmic rays may play an important role; they can be best traced with low-frequency radio continuum observations, which are less affected by spectral ageing. ... -
Exploring the mechanisms of host-specificity of a hyperparasitic bacterium (Pasteuria spp.) with potential to control tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.): insights from Caenorhabditis elegans
(2023-12-20)Plant-parasitic nematodes are important economic pests of a range of tropical crops. Strategies for managing these pests have relied on a range of approaches, including crop rotation, the utilization of genetic resistance, ... -
Exploring the Personal Constructs of Looked After Children and their Foster Carers: a Qualitative Study
(2012-06-29)Previous research has indicated the unique contribution that the interaction between looked after children and their foster carers might have on young people’s behaviour, emotional well-being and subsequent placement ... -
Exploring the Potential Impact of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Substance Use, Compulsive Behavior, and Libido: Insights from Social Media Using a Mixed-Methods Approach
(2024-06-20)Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is involved in a range of central and peripheral pathways related to appetitive behavior. Hence, this study explored the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor ag-onists (GLP-1 RAs) on ... -
Exploring the potential of music education to facilitate children’s cross-community activities in Northern Ireland.
(2009)Contents: (a) Introduction: the context of the enquiry. (b) Methodology. (c) Examples of questions. (d) Results: stereotypes & alienation, socio-economic factors, project advice, music education potential. (e) Concluding ... -
Exploring the Processes that Nurture the Resilience of Young Refugees Living in the UK
(2021-11-26)Literature on young refugees has predominantly focused on pathology, symptom reduction and barriers for accessing services and help-seeking. In recent decades there has been a paradigm-shift towards exploring factors that ...