UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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Food festivals and well-being: Extending the PERMA model
(2024-05-17)Scholars are calling for more studies on short and long-term well-being outcomes of festival tourism, especially in different cultural settings. This interdisciplinary study applies Seligman's PERMA model to two food ... -
Claudia Jones and Black Power: A Close Reading of The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News
(2024-05-14)When Claudia Jones was deported to Britain in 1955, the U.S. Government likely expected that the Communist threat she presented was finally neutralized. Yet, from the shores of Britain, Jones continued her radical activism. ... -
Shifting attention from board anatomy to board physiology to understand the roles of directors: evidence from UK companies
(2024-04-30)The study seeks to delineate the roles of board directors under agency and resource dependence perspectives. The literature review conducted suggests further research in clarifying the directors’ roles. The results of the ... -
Digital Technologies to support social wellbeing of community dwelling older adults in receipt of care and their carers: Summary of findings from knowledge mobilisation events with recommendations for policy and practice
(University of Hertfordshire, 2024-05-30)This is the third and final briefing summary from a research project exploring digital technologies in adult social care to support social wellbeing for community dwelling older adults (DiTSoW). The research is led by the ... -
Pocket Sculptures
(2016-11-21)David Kefford’s sculptures are part of an ongoing project entitled ‘pocket sculptures’. The project involves a process of gathering small items of waste material (ordinary bits and bobs, which other people have discarded) ... -
Marsh-orchids of Canada: long-standing mysteries partially solved
(2024-06-01)Summary: Between 1959 and 1988, three populations of purple-flowered terrestrial orchids attributable to Dactylorhiza subgenus Dactylorhiza were discovered in Canada. The populations at Timmins, Ontario, and St John's, ... -
The High-Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): the circum-nuclear environment of growing supermassive black holes
(2024-05-14)Ever since the discovery of the first active galactic nuclei (AGN), substantial observational and theoretical effort has been invested into understanding how massive black holes have evolved across cosmic time. Circum-nuclear ... -
Residential Micro-CHP system with integrated phase change material thermal energy storage
(2024-05-12)This paper presents an analysis and experimental investigation of the effect of integrating Phase Change Material (PCM) within a heat exchanger within a Micro Combined Heat and Power (Micro-CHP) system intended for residential ... -
Pandemic narratives in stories about hospice palliative care: The impact of Covid-19 upon ideals of timely, holistic care and quality of life
(2024-06)Background Hospice palliative care aims to provide timely interventions and holistic care that focusses on quality of life for people who are terminally ill. In the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic the national ... -
General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol
(2024-05-21)Introduction There are not enough general practitioners (GPs) in the UK National Health Service. This problem is worse in areas of the country where poverty and underinvestment in health and social care mean patients ... -
FADIC School of Antimicrobial Stewardship
(2020-05-15)The FADIC School of Antimicrobial Stewardship, established in 2018, aims to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through innovative education and strategic interventions. Utilising an evidence-based approach, FADIC offers ... -
Public acceptability of proposals to manage new takeaway food outlets near schools: cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 International Food Policy Study
(2024-04-19)Global trends indicate that takeaway food is commonly accessible in neighbourhood food environments. Local governments in England can use spatial planning to manage the opening of new takeaway outlets in ?takeaway management ... -
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
(2024-04-24)Angiosperms are the cornerstone of most terrestrial ecosystems and human livelihoods1,2. A robust understanding of angiosperm evolution is required to explain their rise to ecological dominance. So far, the angiosperm tree ... -
Bayesian analysis of joint quantile regression for multi-response longitudinal data with application to primary biliary cirrhosis sequential cohort study
(2024-04-27)This article proposes a Bayesian approach for jointly estimating marginal conditional quantiles of multi-response longitudinal data with multivariate mixed effects model. The multivariate asymmetric Laplace distribution ... -
The role of psychosis and clozapine load in excessive checking in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: longitudinal observational study
(2024-04-23)BackgroundA significant proportion of people with clozapine-treated schizophrenia develop ‘checking’ compulsions, a phenomenon yet to be understood.AimsTo use habit formation models developed in cognitive neuroscience to ... -
A comprehensive guide to research protocols for collecting and coding involuntary past and future thoughts
(2024-04-23)The paper presents a comprehensive guide for researchers investigating mind-wandering and related phenomena such as involuntary past and future thinking. Examining such spontaneous cognitions presents a challenge requiring ... -
Initial Investigation into UAV Application of a Biomimetically Derived Span-Wise Morphing Structure
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA), 2024-01-04)Presented in this paper is the initial evaluation of a span-wise morphing concept for UAV applications. The dynamic response is investigated via a method of external photogrammetry taken of the wing concept structure. A ... -
Barriers and facilitators in the implementation of youth and young adult models of mental health care
(2024-05-20)Aim: It is increasingly recognised that traditional models of mental health (MH) care, with a service transition at age 18 years, may not reflect best practice. The literature supports a move towards youth and young adult ... -
Disorders Due to Addictive Behaviors and lmpulse Control Disorders
(American Psychological Association, 2024-01-02)This chapter focuses on two groupings of disorders in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11): disorders due to addictive behaviors—namely, gambling disorder and gaming disorder—and impulse ...