Increasing the frequency of physical activity very brief advice for cancer patients. Development of an intervention using the behaviour change wheel by Webb, Justin, Foster, Jo, Poulter, E.

“…This was not defined a priori but emerged during the development process. RESULTS: A 60 min training intervention, delivered in either a face-to-face or online setting, with follow-up at eight weeks, was designed to improve the capability, opportunity and motivation of nurses to deliver VBA on physical activity to people living with cancer. …”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…The US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003 toppled Iraq’s long ruling dictator, Saddam Hussein, promising to import democracy to a country whose history had been shaped by both religious and secular totalitarianism. …”
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Charles Handy’s ‘The Future of Work’ Re-visited by Sheldrake, John

“…Briefly, during the post‑war period the industrialised West had been more or less free from the threat and actuality of unemployment which had blighted the lives of many working people during the inter‑war years. The long post‑war economic boom produced a generation of workers who had little fear of losing their jobs and, in the UK at least, were protected by a combination of the welfare state and dominant trade unions. …”
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Alcohol complicates multimorbidity in older adults by Stewart, Duncan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Lower birth rates and higher life expectancy are transforming global population age profiles, such that the prevalence of long term health conditions in the general population is rising steeply, with more people living with multimorbidity as they age. …”
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Early maladaptive schemas and parental bonding in skin disease: investigating the role of schemas and early attachment in Greek patients with psoriasis and eczema by Anthis, Evangelia

“…This case study focuses on providing a succinct overview of the schema model and its application in a long-term therapeutic relationship. The initial assessment and schema case conceptualisation is presented, followed by a summary of sessions, including interventions and difficulties encountered with the client. …”
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Mixed-Deciduous Beam (Wood Awards 2023) by Fereday, George

“…By utilising multiple species of hardwood in a single building product, the Mixed-Deciduous Beam is designed to maximise potential of the UK’s varied hardwood resource, promote regenerative forestry practices and ensure long-term carbon storage by diverting these valuable woods away from firewood or biomass. …”
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Framework for optimal solvent design for extraction of high-value phytochemicals in herbs by Mohammad Azmin, Siti Nuurul Huda

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Corporate governance practices and comprehensive income by López-Quesada, Erika, Camacho-Miñano, María-del-Mar, Idowu, Samuel O.

“…Originality/value The main contribution of this research is that good corporate governance strategies deliver superior financial performance for businesses in terms of CI. …”
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FOSS Compact Model Prototyping with Verilog-A Equation-Defined Devices (VAEDD) by Brinson, Mike

“…To demonstrate the interactive approach to compact model building with VAEDD components the design and testing of a high power SiC Schottky barrier diode is included in the main body of the text.…”
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Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: the Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial by Bowers, Len, James, Karen, Quirk, Alan, Simpson, Alan, Stewart, Duncan, Hodsoll, John

“…Design A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial with psychiatric hospitals and wards as the units of randomisation. The main outcomes were rates of conflict and containment. …”
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MP Ken Livingstone to speak at Irish Forum by Camden Chronicle, CC

“…Newspaper article extracted from the 'Camden Chronicle', 20 January 1994, announcing that Ken Livingstone MP will be the main speaker at the Camden Irish Forum's upcoming annual meeting.…”
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Comparative studies on the auditory systems of Ensifera by Boyd, Paul Jeremy

“…Sound reception by these insects has two main functions: localization and recognition of the sound source. …”
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Virtual realities in the business world by Tredinnick, Luke

“…In that light the aspiration to enable people to fully enter digital environments becomes understandable. We are a long way off fully realizing that ideal, but day-to-day virtual reality (VR) is bringing us gradually closer. …”

Money Matters : Research into the extent and nature of financial abuse within intimate relationships in the UK by Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

“…Yet the impact of this form of abuse – where financial control, exploitation or sabotage are used to control a person’s ability to acquire, use and maintain financial resources - can be both devastating and long-lasting. The Co-operative Bank and Refuge commissioned a nationally representative survey (n=4,002) designed to lift the lid on the extent of financial abuse in the UK. …”
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Stress and practical assessments by Clarke, Neil D., Gardiner, Nicholas

“…This paper explores the role of stress in practical assessments, which have long been used in an academic Sports Science and Sports Therapy setting. …”
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On the puncture strength of rubber by Ab-Malek, Kamarudin

“…The puncture test was used to study the strength of thick rubber blocks which had been exposed to long-term ageing and to high temperatures. These rubber blocks were taken from rubber bearings of 20 and 96 years of age respectively. …”
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Persistence and cyclical dependence in the monthly Euribor rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Models based on fractional integration at the long run or zero frequency, although adequately describing the persistent behaviour of the series, do not take into account its cyclical structure. …”
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An analysis of oil production by OPEC countries: persistence, breaks and outliers by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Gil-Alana, Luis A., Payne, James E.

“…Thus, shocks affecting the structure of OPEC oil production will have persistent effects in the long run for all countries, and in some cases the effects are expected to be permanent.…”
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Interest rate dynamics in Kenya : commercial banks' rates and the 91 day treasury bill rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…For this purpose we use data on four commercial banks’ interest rates (Deposits, Savings, Lending and Overdraft) together with the 91-Day Treasury Bill rate, for the time period July 1991 – August 2010, and apply various techniques based on long-range dependence and, in particular, on fractional integration. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We introduce a set of control variables associated with the long run growth and find an interesting interaction with banking productivity and financial deepening suggesting that efforts should be focusing on the investments’ efficiency and the increase of regulation to spur a more stable financial system and foster financial deepening in the future.…”
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