DSpace at Cardiff Met: Recent submissions
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Management and Implications of Daily Deal Promotions in the Hospitality Industry: Toward Their Holistic Understanding
(IGI GlobalCardiff School of Management, 2020)Discounting, a common practice in the hotel industry, used in order to mitigate seasonal demand fluctuation, was especially prominent at the time of the most recent recession. This coupled with consumer saving trends gave ... -
Returning to play after prolonged training restrictions in professional collision sports
(Thieme Publishing, 2020)The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted in widespread training disruption in many sports. Some athletes have access to facilities and equipment, whilst others have limited or no access, severely limiting their training ... -
Getting Published: Suggestions and Strategies from Editors of Sport and Exercise Psychology Journals
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-03-11)Publishing in peer review journals is an acquired skill that almost any scholar–practitioner can achieve through a systematic approach and practice. The authors of this manuscript are experienced editors from five leading ... -
Strategic target setting in the heptathlon
(IOS Press, 2020-02-28)The purpose of this study was to examine scoring within the women’s Heptathlon to identify areas of performance where athletes could most improve their points total and propose an approach to target setting. Performance ... -
Determinants of successful possession in Elite Gaelic Football
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-04-26)Game demands of Elite Men’s Gaelic Football (GF) are understudied and far from clear. This first study to investigate the performance outcomes for winners and losers in a complete Senior Inter-county championship (SFC) ... -
Neuromechanical response of the upper body to unexpected perturbations during gait initiation in young and older adults
(Springer, 2020-05-23)Background: Control of upper body motion deteriorates with ageing leading to impaired ability to preserve balance during gait, but little is known on the contribution of the upper body to preserve balance in response to ... -
Acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia and sympathetic neurovascular transduction in men
(Wiley, 2019-12-05)Acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IH) induces long‐lasting elevations in sympathetic vasomotor outflow and blood pressure in healthy humans. It is unknown whether IH alters sympathetic neurovascular transduction ... -
Capturing Research Value in Commercial Design Outputs
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Effective university-industry collaboration has become a major focus for governments in recent years. Universities are increasingly expected to play a greater role in the innovation system and evidence their contribution ... -
Young people’s use of e-cigarettes in Wales, England and Scotland before and after introduction of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations: a mixed-method natural experimental evaluation
(Elsevier, 2020)Background Young people’s experimentation with e-cigarettes has increased in recent years, although regular use remains limited. EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) regulations introduced packet warnings, advertising ... -
A biomechanical approach to evaluate overload and specificity characteristics within physical preparation exercises
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-04-07)An essential component of any physical preparation programme is the selection of training exercises to facilitate desired performance outcomes, with practitioners balancing the principles of sports training to inform ... -
An Evaluation of Offsite Timber Frame Manufacturer’s in Wales, UK
(Springer, 2019-10-27)The Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship two (KESS2) doctoral project undertaken by the first author has contributed research towards work package 4 (WP4) of the Home-Grown Homes project (HGHP), focused on disrupting the ... -
Building Performance Assessment Protocol for Timber Dwellings – Conducting Thermography Tests on Live Construction sites
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper introduces the pan-Wales (UK) Home-Grown Homes (HGH) project (2018 to 2020) which focusses on three areas of improvement for delivering high performance, affordable and healthy homes. The HGH project is funded ... -
Developing management guidance for Government funded dwelling retrofit schemes to improve occupant quality of life
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper discusses a methodology for gathering empirical data on occupant views that live in dwellings retrofitted under the Arbed two scheme in wales, UK, and also the views of stakeholder’s that delivered and managed ... -
Active Buildings in Practice
(Springer, 2019-10-27)This paper discusses the development and validation of a new Code of Practice for the design of Active Buildings, which will be the main output from a Professional Doctorate in the Sustainable Built Environment (D.SBE) ... -
Holistic Dwelling Energy Assessment Protocol for Mine-water District Heat Network
(Springer, 2019-10-27)UK buildings and energy infrastructures are heavily dependent on natural gas, and a large proportion is used for domestic space heating; but 50% is imported. Improving energy security and reducing carbon emissions are major ... -
Player-surface interactions: Perception in elite soccer and rugby players on artificial and natural turf
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-03-04)Artificial turf (AT) is common at all levels of soccer and rugby. Employing an interdisciplinary design, this study aimed to examine the extent to which the negative attitude commonly expressed by players concerning AT is ... -
Festivals Post COVID-19
(Taylor & Francis OnlineCardiff School of Management, 2020)Festivals have become a part of the cultural fabric of global society and a tourism and leisure pursuit that is participated in by many. The COVID-19 crisis has meant that many festivals in 2020 have been cancelled or ... -
Using the Perceptual Experience Laboratory (PEL) to simulate tourism environments for hedonic wellbeing
(Springer, 2020-05-30)Measuring the relationship between stress, mood and tourism in natural settings is problematic in terms of the ability to undertake detailed, systematic and accurate monitoring. This paper presents the results of a ... -
The Visual Design of Network Data to Enhance Cyber Security Awareness of the Everyday Internet User
(IEEE, 2020-06-17)Technology and the use of online services are very prevalent across much of our everyday lives. As our digital interactions continue to grow, there is a need to improve public awareness of the risks to our personal online ... -
The Influence of Maturity Status on Muscle Architecture in School-Aged Boys
(Human Kinetics, 2020-05-01)Purpose: To determine the differences in muscle architecture of the lower limb in pre-peak height velocity (PHV), circa-PHV, and post-PHV boys. Method: Muscle architecture variables from both the gastrocnemius medialis ...
