The healthcare sector in the United Kingdom (UK) faces significant challenges in managing its vast estate efficiently and effectively. With rising costs, a substantial maintenance backlog, and increasing patient expectations, there is an urgent need... Read More about Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK.
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Enabling grass root climate recovery: drawing on drug recovery tools to support climate behaviour change (2025)
Thesis
We have only a short window of time to radically reduce carbon emissions; the General Secretary of the United Nations in his closing statement at COP28 said ‘The world cannot afford delays, indecision, or half measures’ (Guterres, 2023 para 26) and p... Read More about Enabling grass root climate recovery: drawing on drug recovery tools to support climate behaviour change.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in the United Kingdom with one type, coronary artery disease, killing more than twice as many women as breast cancer. Conventional CVD risk factors have been shown to have less accu... Read More about Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography Images Using Deep Learning.
Online Webinar: IBMS Support Hub Reflective Writing Skills for CPD and Beyond (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged in recent years as an effective and viable alternative to increase the international opportunities within taught curricula. Through recent innovations in online collaboration tools, and e... Read More about Enhancing Laboratory Education through Collaborative Online International Learning: A Case Study between USA and UK Students.
Exploring musculoskeletal pain among Italian olive pickers: A cross-sectional investigation into prevalence, attitudes, expectations, and beliefs (2025)
Journal Article
Background: Olive pickers confront ergonomic hazards when performing work activities that may lead to musculoskeletal pain (MSK) that must be adequately managed. The success of MSK pain prevention and treatment strategies is linked to olive pickers’... Read More about Exploring musculoskeletal pain among Italian olive pickers: A cross-sectional investigation into prevalence, attitudes, expectations, and beliefs.
Delayed feeding disrupts diurnal oscillations in the gut microbiome of a neotropical bat in captivity (2025)
Journal Article
Diurnal rhythms of the gut microbiota are emerging as an important yet often overlooked facet of microbial ecology. Feeding is thought to stimulate gut microbial rhythmicity, but this has not been explicitly tested. Moreover, the role of the gut envi... Read More about Delayed feeding disrupts diurnal oscillations in the gut microbiome of a neotropical bat in captivity.
Response to the Health and Social Care Committee call for evidence "Adult Social Care Reform The Cost of Inaction" (2025)
Other
This response to the inquiry focuses on the following areas:
-How much is inaction on Adult Social Care reform costing the NHS and
local authorities, and what impact does this have on the adults who
receive social care and the public?... Read More about Response to the Health and Social Care Committee call for evidence "Adult Social Care Reform The Cost of Inaction".
Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, January). Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited. Presented at Hampshire Archives Trust Lecture Series, VirtualIn recent years, the Winchester Jewry has been the focus of much scholarly attention. The presence of Licoricia of Winchester and, at different points, members of her family has well covered in the pioneering work of Suzanne Bartlet. Yet, beyond Lico... Read More about Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited.
Tricksterism and Indigenous Media Epistemologies: An Interview with New Red Order (2025)
Journal Article
This interview with two of the core members of the Indigenous media collective New Red Order (Ojibway filmmaker Adam Khalil and Tlingit visual artist Jackson Polys, referred to as NRO hereafter), explores how their expanded multimedia practice—operat... Read More about Tricksterism and Indigenous Media Epistemologies: An Interview with New Red Order.
Phylogenetic Signal in Primate Tooth Enamel Proteins and its Relevance for Paleoproteomics (2025)
Journal Article
Ancient tooth enamel, and to some extent dentin and bone, contain characteristic peptides that persist for long periods of time. In particular, peptides from the enamel proteome (enamelome) have been used to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships... Read More about Phylogenetic Signal in Primate Tooth Enamel Proteins and its Relevance for Paleoproteomics.
The scenography of backstage labour at Eurovision (2025)
Book Chapter
This chapter explores the often-overlooked work of backstage crews at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The labour of technical staff is a crucial part of the event's scenography, deserving equal attention to the onstage performances. Backstage work... Read More about The scenography of backstage labour at Eurovision.
Parents’ lived experience of support through their neonate’s end of life and grief journey: An interpretative phenomenology study (2025)
Journal Article
Medical and pharmacological advancements have influenced the ability to treat acutely ill neonates. However, complications of prematurity mean that death is unpreventable in some cases. The aim of this study was to explore parents’ lived experiences... Read More about Parents’ lived experience of support through their neonate’s end of life and grief journey: An interpretative phenomenology study.
The News Values of Court Reporting (2025)
Journal Article
Reporting the courts on behalf of the public is one of the traditional tasks of local newspapers. Yet in the UK, twin financial crises affecting both the local media market and the criminal justice system have led to concerns over the sustainability... Read More about The News Values of Court Reporting.
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
As part of the 750th anniversary of the expulsions of Jews from Eleanor of Provence's dower towns (Jan. 1275) and the Statute of the Jewry (Oct. 1275), this piece explores the experience of Anglo-Jewry in the 12-15 months following Edward I's return... Read More about Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews.
Neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions and emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children: a longitudinal ecological analysis in England, 2012–2017 (2025)
Journal Article
Background: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are those for which hospital admission could be prevented by interventions in primary care. Children living in socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of emergency admissions for ACSCs tha... Read More about Neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions and emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children: a longitudinal ecological analysis in England, 2012–2017.
Design, Modeling, and Optimization of Hydraulically Powered Double-Joint Soft Robotic Fish (2025)
Journal Article
This article explores a hydraulically powered double-joint soft robotic fish called HyperTuna and a set of locomotion optimization methods. HyperTuna has an innovative, highly efficient actuation structure that includes a four-cylinder piston pump an... Read More about Design, Modeling, and Optimization of Hydraulically Powered Double-Joint Soft Robotic Fish.
ChatGPT in healthcare education: a double-edged sword of trends, challenges, and opportunities (2025)
Journal Article
The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has revolutionized teaching and learning, particularly in healthcare education, where they enhance pedagogy, foster immersive learning, and support healthcare provision. However, their use in heal... Read More about ChatGPT in healthcare education: a double-edged sword of trends, challenges, and opportunities.
A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New-Build Future Homes Standard House in Controlled Conditions (2025)
Journal Article
This paper aims to determine the optimal construction strategies for new-build houses in the UK to minimize heating energy demand and discomfort hours. This research utilizes a previously calibrated model of “The Future Home” in Energy House 2.0’s en... Read More about A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New-Build Future Homes Standard House in Controlled Conditions.
A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions (2025)
Journal Article
Tsang, C., Jankovic, L., Fitton, R., & Henshaw, G. (in press). A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions. Sustainability, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020724This paper aims to determine the optimal construction strategies for new-build houses in the UK to minimize heating energy demand and discomfort hours. This research utilizes a previously calibrated model of “The Future Home” in Energy House 2.0’s en... Read More about A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions.