DSpace at Cardiff Met: Recent submissions
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Changes in sprint performance and sagittal plane kinematics after heavy resisted sprint training in professional soccer players
(PeerJ, 2020-12-15)Background Sprint performance is an essential skill to target within soccer, which can be likely achieved with a variety of methods, including different on-field training options. One such method could be heavy resisted ... -
Virtual Pottery: Deformable Sound Shape Modelling and Fabrication
(IEEE, 2020-09-29)We introduce a novel system and technique for materialising the deformable shapes of sound-resonance on 3D objects. This technical framework presents a novel approach using a series of simple processes to manage complex ... -
Robots and Uncertainty: An investigation into the impact of the aesthetic visualisation on people’s trust of robots.
(2020-12-13)Human senses have evolved to pick-up on sensory cues. Beyond our perception, they play an integral role in our emotional processing, learning, and interpretation. They are what help us to sculpt our everyday experiences ... -
An investigation into the sustainability of the current fuels used for cooking in Ghana to inform future energy policies
(2020-12-10)There are sustainability, health and environmental concerns in many developing countries where the use of solid fuels for cooking in poorly ventilated kitchens is a common practice. The utilisation ... -
Arts on Prescription: Observed changes in anxiety, depression, and wellbeing across referral cycles
(Elsevier, 2021)Objectives: Arts on Prescription (AoP) interventions are partof mainstreamsocial prescribing provisionin primary health care. Whilst the body of evidence for AoPinterventions has been developing, this has primarilyfocuse ... -
A New Look at the Purported Health Benefits of Commercial and Natural Clays
(MDPI, 2021-01-05)Clays attributed to have medicinal properties have been used since prehistoric times and are still used today as complementary medicines, which has given rise to unregulated “bioceutical” clays to treat skin conditions. ... -
The Association Between Effectiveness of Tinnitus Intervention and Cognitive Function—A Systematic Review
(Frontiers Media, 2021-01-06)Tinnitus refers to the perception of sound in the absence of an external stimulus. This can be problematic and can lead to health problems in some sufferers, including effects on cognitive functions such as attention and ... -
Workplace Fun, Organizational Inclusion and Meaningful Work: an Empirical Study
(Springer, 2021-01-06)This paper addresses nurses working in public hospitals in order to find out how workplace fun may affect their perception of both organizational inclusion and meaningful work. Moreover, and given the novelty of organizational ... -
Genome‐wide significant locus for Research Diagnostic Criteria Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar type
(Wiley, 2017-08-29)Studies have suggested that Research Diagnostic Criteria for Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type (RDC-SABP) might identify a more genetically homogenous subgroup of bipolar disorder. Aiming to identify loci associated ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies SESTD1 as a novel risk gene for lithium-responsive bipolar disorder
(Springer Nature, 2015-10-27)Lithium is the mainstay prophylactic treatment for bipolar disorder (BD), but treatment response varies considerably across individuals. Patients who respond well to lithium treatment might represent a relatively homogeneous ... -
Evidence for genetic heterogeneity between clinical subtypes of bipolar disorder
(Nature, 2017-01-10)We performed a genome-wide association study of 6447 bipolar disorder (BD) cases and 12 639 controls from the International Cohort Collection for Bipolar Disorder (ICCBD). Meta-analysis was performed with prior results ... -
The influence of habitual exercise on central haemodynamics and peripheral blood pressure regulation in normotensive middle-aged men
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Central (aortic) haemodynamics change markedly with age, as aortic stiffness and systolic pressure augmentation increase thereby elevating aortic blood pressure. Furthermore, the autonomic regulation of vascular sympathetic ... -
Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling of Different Duration on Viscoelastic and Electromyographic Properties of the Knee in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
(MDPI, 2020-12-23)The benefits of functional electrical stimulation during cycling (FES-cycling) have been ascertained following spinal cord injury. The instrumented pendulum test was applied to chronic paraplegic patients to investigate ... -
The influence of increased venous return on right ventricular dyssynchrony during acute and sustained hypoxemia
(Wiley, 2020-12-28)Regional heterogeneity in timing of right ventricular (RV) contraction (RV dyssynchrony; RVD) occurs when pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) is increased during acute hypoxia. Interestingly, RVD is not observed ... -
Martial arts under the COVID-19 lockdown: The pragmatics of creative pedagogy
(2020-12-30)Martial arts organisations increasingly blend online and offline activity in order to cultivate specific qualities, skills and virtues. Students and instructors use blogs, chat fora, videos and podcasts to supplement their ... -
Influence of iron manipulation on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and pulmonary reactivity during ascent and acclimatization to 5050 m
(Wiley, 2020)To examine the adaptational role of iron bioavailability on the pulmonary vascular responses to acute and chronic hypobaric hypoxia, the hematological and cardiopulmonary profile of lowlanders and Sherpa ... -
Contribution of Rare Copy Number Variants to Bipolar Disorder Risk Is Limited to Schizoaffective Cases
(Elsevier, 2018-12-20)Background Genetic risk for bipolar disorder (BD) is conferred through many common alleles, while a role for rare copy number variants (CNVs) is less clear. Subtypes of BD including schizoaffective disorder bipolar type ... -
The Importance of Presencing in Creativity
(Trifoss Business Press, 2020)Creativity needs to thrive inside and across organisations to help address the major global challenges we face. We review some key findings from creativity research and present a new model for creativity where the ideas ... -
Housing and justice in Wales
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2020)he Commission on Justice in Wales concluded that Welsh people are being let down by the England and Wales justicesystem.1 It found that the "jagged edged"2 reservation of courts, probation, prisons, etc alongside devolution ... -
A sympathetic view of blood pressure control at high altitude: new insights from microneurographic studies
(Wiley, 2020-12-20)High altitude (HA) hypoxia is a potent activator of the sympathetic nervous system, eliciting increases in sympathetic vasomotor activity. Microneurographic evidence of HA sympathoexcitation dates back to the late 20thcentury, ...
