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Identifying new/emerging psychoactive substances at the time of COVID-19; a web-based approach
(2021-02-09)
COVID-19-related disruptions of people and goods' circulation can affect drug markets, especially for new psychoactive substances (NPSs). Drug shortages could cause a change in available NPS, with the introduction of new, ...
Preclinical Neuropathic Pain Assessment; the Importance of Translatability and Bidirectional Research : Translatable and Bidirectional Research
(2021-02-08)
For patients suffering with chronic neuropathic pain the need for suitable novel therapies is imperative. Over recent years a contributing factor for the lack of development of new analgesics for neuropathic pain has been ...
Developmental differences across the lifespan in the use of perceptual information to guide action-based decisions
(2021-02-08)
Perceptual information about unfolding events is important for guiding decisions about when and how to move in real-world action situations. As an exemplary case, road-crossing is a perceptual-motor task where age has been ...
Intuitive Robot Teleoperation through Multi-Sensor Informed Mixed Reality Visual Aids
(2021-02-08)
Mobile robotic systems have evolved to include sensors capable of truthfully describing robot status and operating environment as accurately and reliably as never before. This possibility is challenged by effective sensor ...
Adapting photovoice to explore identity expression amongst people with intellectual disabilities who have limited or no verbal communication
(2021-02-05)
People with intellectual disabilities who have limited, or no verbal communication can be involved in research. Ethnographic observations and interview techniques can work together with photovoice. More research needs to ...
A general procedure to measure the pacing of body movements timed to music and metronome in younger and older adults
(2021-02-05)
Finger-tapping tasks are classically used to investigate sensorimotor synchronization in relation to neutral auditory cues, such as metronomes. However, music is more commonly associated with an entrained bodily response, ...
True Grit and the Positivity of Faith
(2021-02-05)
Most contemporary accounts of the nature of faith explicitly defend what we call ‘the positivity theory of faith’ – the theory that faith must be accompanied by a favourable evaluative belief, or a desire towards the object ...
The VANDELS survey: The relation between the UV continuum slope and stellar metallicity in star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 3
(2021-02-04)
The estimate of stellar metallicities (Z∗) of high-z galaxies are of paramount importance in order to understand the complexity of dust effects and the reciprocal interrelations among stellar mass, dust attenuation, stellar ...
“Women Are Cancer, You Shouldn’t Be Working in Sport”: Sport Psychologists’ Lived Experiences of Sexism in Sport
(2021-02-04)
Though sexism has been recognized as problematic in sport, its impact on female sport psychologists in the United Kingdom has not yet been investigated. The purpose of this research was to explore the impact of sexism and ...
A virtual reality exergame to engage adolescents in physical activity: Mixed methods study describing the formative intervention development process
(2021-02-04)
Background: Early adolescence (13-17 years) is a critical developmental stage for physical activity promotion. Virtual reality (VR) exergaming is a promising intervention strategy to engage adolescents in physical activity. ...