University of Hertfordshire: Recent submissions
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The Platformisation Of Work In Europe: Results from research in 13 European countries
(2019-08)These data are from an innovative survey carried out fourteen times across thirteen European countries (with the United Kingdom being surveyed twice - in 2016 and 2019), revealing, for the first time, the extent and ... -
Computational modelling reveals contrasting effects on reinforcement learning and cognitive flexibility in stimulant use disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder : remediating effects of dopaminergic D2/3 receptor agents
(2019-07-20)RATIONALE: Disorders of compulsivity such as stimulant use disorder (SUD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are characterised by deficits in behavioural flexibility, some of which have been captured using probabilistic ... -
Ongoing astrometric microlensing events from VVV and Gaia
(2019-07)We extend predictive microlensing event searches using the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea survey and the second Gaia data release. We identify two events with maxima in 2019 that require urgent follow-up. First, we ... -
Transverse kinematics of the Galactic bar-bulge from VVV and Gaia
(2019-08)We analyse the kinematics of the Galactic bar-bulge using proper motions from the ESO public survey Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) and the second Gaia data release. Gaia has provided some of the first absolute ... -
The asymptotic evolution of the stellar merger V1309 Sco: a Blue Straggler in the making?
(2019-06)Stellar mergers are estimated to be common events in the Galaxy. The best studied stellar merger case to date is V1309 Sco (= Nova Scorpii 2008) which was originally misclassified as a Nova event. Later identified as the ... -
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Epidemiological Challenges in the Study of Behavioral Addictions: a Call for High Standard Methodologies
(2019-06-27)The 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) categorizes gambling disorder in the section on substance-related and addictive disorders, and the 11th revision of the International ... -
Peptidylarginine deiminase inhibitors reduce bacterial membrane vesicle release and sensitize bacteria to antibiotic treatment
(2019-06-27)Outer membrane and membrane vesicles (OMV/MV) are released from bacteria and participate in cell communication, biofilm formation and host-pathogen interactions. Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) are phylogenetically ... -
Quantum Primitives
(American Institute of Physics, 2009)We explore possible characterisations of entanglement classes which may be interpreted as gates acting on globally distributed systems. The cyclic nature of a selection of entanglement gates, primitives, is explored ... -
Facilitators' Perspectives on the Place of Offenders in Restorative Justice: a Grounded Theory Approach
(2018-11-01)This study sought to explore and develop a preliminary, yet substantive understanding of the ways in which the offender’s position within a Restorative Justice process is influenced and impacted by the wider system around ... -
Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Clinical Psychology Doctorate Applicants within the UK
(2018-10-12)Aim: Previous research has looked at the experiences of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who work within the clinical psychology profession. However, these studies have mostly focused on ... -
The Role of Spirituality and Disease Acceptance in Predicting Psychological Well Being in a Group of Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(2018-10-29)Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long term health condition, characterised by the complex interplay between physical and psychosocial health. In the absence of a cure, psychological interventions that help ... -
Building Connection Against the Odds: Exploring the Relationship Between Project Workers and People Experiencing Homelessness
(2018-11-15)In the past decade homelessness has dramatically increased in the UK, against a backdrop of austerity (National Audit Office, 2017), with those working to support people experiencing homelessness (PEH) battling to build ... -
Shock Therapy and Entrepreneurial Flare #Brexit
(2019-01-28)Purpose: Much has been written about trade deal opportunities after Brexit (e.g. Minford et al., 2017; Singham and Tylecote, 2018) but much less about envisaged “supply side mechanisms” that would translate a Brexit shock ... -
He abundances in disc galaxies. I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations
(2019-08-02)We investigate how the stellar and gas-phase He abundances evolve as functions of time within simulated star-forming disc galaxies with different star formation histories. We make use of a cosmological chemodynamical ... -
Modifying the Properties of Thermogelling Poloxamer 407 Solutions through Covalent Modification and the Use of Polymer Additives
(2019-07-22)Thermoresponsive polymers that undergo sol–gel transition in a physiological temperature range have applications in biomedical science. Poloxamer 407 (P407) is commonly used as thermogelling material and has been approved ... -
Efficacy of Different Hair and Skin Decontamination Strategies with Identification of Associated Hazards to First Responders
(2019-07-19)Background: Established procedures for mass casualty decontamination involve the deployment of equipment for showering with water (such as the ladder pipe system [LPS] and technical decontamination [TD]). This necessarily ... -
Mapping novel psychoactive substances policy in the EU : The case of Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, the United Kingdom and Sweden
(2019-06-26)INTRODUCTION: The rapid rise in trade and use of NPS and the lack of information concerning their potential toxicity pose serious challenges to public health authorities across the world. Policy measures towards NPS taken ... -
“My children are my world” : Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care
(2019-07-01)There is very little published literature on ‘what works’ in terms of support for birth mothers following the loss of their children to compulsory adoption or foster care. The aim of this article is to raise the voices of ... -
Burnout: Caring for critically ill and end-of-life patients with cancer
(2019-07-22)Background Critical care and palliative care professionals treat and support seriously ill patients on a daily basis, and the possibility of burnout may be high. The consequences of burnout can include moral injury and ...