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Social Norms, Alcohol Expectancies, Parental Monitoring, Parental Perceptions And Adolescent Patterns of Alcohol Consumption In Athens And Cardiff: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
(2017)Alcohol use is widespread in many cultures and alcohol experimentation in adolescence may be construed as a ‘’normal’’ practice. However excessive adolescent alcohol consumption has potentially detrimental effects on ... -
Understanding biomechanical differences in technique between phases of a sprint
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017)Sprinting requires the rapid development of velocity while technique changes across multiple steps. Research Themes (Phase analysis, Technique analysis and Induced acceleration analysis) were formulated to investigate and ... -
Younger Escorts Advertise Higher Charges Online than Older Escorts for Sexual Services Cross-Culturally
(Springer, 2018-03-15)As men have universally expressed attraction to younger women, awareness of this proclivity in men by women should be maximally reflected in terms of mate value in younger compared to older women. Prostitution has been ... -
The importance of history, language, change and challenge: What Vygotsky can teach sports coaches
(São Paulo State University, 2018-04-09)Aims In recent years, recognition of the pedagogical nature of coaching has gained increasing traction. However, within this line of inquiry, only limited attention has been given to the work of Lev Vygotsky. The aim of ... -
An Exploratory Study into the Use of Psychology Participant Panels in Psychology Departments in the United Kingdom
(British Psychological Society, 2017-12)Psychology Participant Pools (PPP) are known to be used within psychology departments in the United Kingdom as a way to promote understanding of psychological research and as a means to aid students and researchers to ... -
Dietary nitrate lowers ambulatory blood pressure in treated, uncontrolled hypertension: a 7d, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-03-19)Dietary nitrate has been shown to increase nitrate/nitrite levels and decrease blood pressure (BP) in multiple populations. There are few reports among hypertensives and these reports have provided conflicting evidence. ... -
Influence of myocardial oxygen demand on the coronary vascular response to arterial blood gas changes in humans
(American Physiological Society, 2018-03-30)It remains unclear if the human coronary vasculature is inherently sensitive to changes in arterial PO2 and PCO2 or if coronary vascular responses are the result of concomitant increases in myocardial O2 consumption/demand ... -
The Paradoxical Effects of Chronic Intra-Amniotic Ureaplasma parvum Exposure on Ovine Fetal Brain Development
(Karger, 2017-08-29)Chorioamnionitis is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. Ureaplasma spp. are the microorganisms most frequently isolated from the amniotic fluid of women diagnosed with chorioamnionitis. ... -
Knowledge of and attitudes to sports drinks of adolescents living in South Wales, UK
(Nature, 2017-06-23)Background: The UK sports drinks market has a turnover in excess of £200M. Adolescents consume 15.6% of total energy as free sugars, much higher than the recommended 5%. Sugar sweetened beverages, including sports drinks, ... -
Gaze-Aware Cognitive Assistant for Multiscreen Surveillance
(Springer, 2017-12-31)Surveillance operators must scan multiple camera feeds to ensure timely detection of incidents; however, variability in scanning behavior can lead to untimely/failed detection of critical information in feeds that were ... -
Visual distraction in cytopathology: should we be concerned?
(Wiley, 2016-01-21)Visual distraction in cytopathology has not been previously investigated as a source of diagnostic error, presumably because the viewing field of a conventional light microscope is considered large enough to minimise ... -
Teaching qualitative psychology at undergraduate level: Challenges and responses
(British Psychological Society, 2017)The Teaching Qualitative Psychology Group was founded in 2005 as a specialist teaching interest group within the HEA (Forrester & Koutsopoulou, 2008). In 2015 the group became part of the BPS QMiP section. Our aim is to ... -
Trace Elemental Composition in PM10 and PM2.5 Collected in Cardiff, Wales
(Elsevier, 2017-03-28)A Dichotomous Sampler Model 241 was used to collect PM10 and PM2.5 samples, from midnight to midnight on every other day, from December 2009 to December 2010. Ca, K, Mg, Na, Al, Pb, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cu, Cd, and Fe were determined ... -
On average, a professional rugby union player is more likely than not to sustain a concussion after 25 matches
(BMJ, 2018-03-12)Objectives - To investigate concussion injury rates, the likelihood of sustaining concussion relative to the number of rugby union matches and the risk of subsequent injury following concussion. Methods - A four-season ... -
Food production and service in UK hospitals
(Emerald, 2015)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply value stream mapping holistically to hospital food production/service systems focused on high-quality food. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple embedded ... -
Y Gymraeg yn y Cyfnod Sylfaen
(Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, 2018-03)Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (CS) yn gwricwlwm statudol ym mhob ysgol gynradd y wladwriaeth yng Nghymru ers 2008. Mae’r bedagogeg yn ddatblygiadol, ac yn annog y plant i ymddiddori drwy ddysgu drwy brofiadau. Mae’r papur hwn yn ... -
Determinants of Olympic Fencing Performance and Implications for Strength and Conditioning Training
(National Strength and Conditioning Association, 2014)Turner, A, James, N, Dimitriou, L, Greenhalgh, A, Moody, J, Fulcher, D, Mias, E, and Kilduff, L. Determinants of Olympic fencing performance and implications for strength and conditioning training. J Strength Cond Res ... -
Reliability of Sprint Acceleration Performance and Three Repetition Maximum Back Squat Strength in Hurling Players
(ARC, 2018)The purpose of this study was to estimate the inter-day reliability of 5, 10 and 20-meter sprint time and three repetition maximum back squat strength in male hurling players. Eighteen male hurling players volunteered to ... -
Similarity between carotid and coronary artery responses to sympathetic stimulation and the role of alpha-1 receptors in humans
(American Physiological Society, 2018-03-22)Background. Carotid artery (CCA) dilation occurs in healthy subjects during cold pressor test (CPT), whilst the magnitude of dilation relates to cardiovascular risk. To further explore this phenomena and mechanism, we ... -
Examining the levels of occupational physical activity and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
(Simon Breed, 2014)Occupational physical activity has been previously shown to have a protective benefit against developing type 2 diabetes. The study presented here investigated diabetes risk in two contrasting workplaces in South Wales. ...
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