DSpace at Cardiff Met: Recent submissions
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The Role of Service Quality in Developing the Medical Tourism Sector in an Arabic Context: the Qatari Perspective
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Medical tourism is a growing niche market within the global tourism sector which has expanded significantly over the last two decades. Since the early 2000s, the Qatari Government has been proactively trying to move away ... -
The effective use of social media in crime detection and prevention: The promotion of public trust in the U.A.E police- the case of the Abu Dhabi police
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The social media provided police agencies with many worth capabilities to promote their crime control activities, which grounded in gaining the trust of the citizens. The literature review unearthed a lack of empirical ... -
Improving Quality of Life after Spinal Cord Injury: development of an intervention and feasibility study
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The aims of the research was to identify (1) coping strategies that people with SCI use, (2) factors that impact on quality of life (QoL), (3) people’s attitudes towards peer support groups, (4 and 5) develop and evaluate ... -
“I felt like I was missing out on something”: An evaluation of using remote technology in the classroom
(Springer, 2020-05-08)As technology develops in Higher Education (HE), distance learning has adopted many different guises and supports many different needs (Keane 2013). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of Double Robotics on ... -
Within-species variation in OMV cargo proteins: the Myxococcus xanthus OMV pan-proteome
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-04-29)Extracellular membrane vesicles are produced by all domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes). Bacterial extracellular vesicles (outer membrane vesicles or OMVs) are produced by outer membrane blebbing, and contain ... -
Appropriation of GPIb from platelet-derived extracellular vesicles supports monocyte recruitment in systemic inflammation
(Ferrata Storti Foundation, 2019-08-29)Interactions between platelets, leukocytes and the vessel wall provide alternative pathological routes of thrombo-inflammatory leukocyte recruitment. We found that when platelets were activated by a range of agonists in ... -
Chapter Five - Inflammatory bowel disease and targeted oral anti-TNF therapy
(Elsevier, 2020-01-10)Antibodies have provided invaluable treatment options for many diseases, with immunotherapy revolutionising the treatment of several inflammatory disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Accumulating evidence ... -
Fielding specific walk/run patterns in English professional Cricket
(Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand, 2020-02-14)Incricket research,players are typically categorizedby role. However, players of a certain role, for instance fast bowlers may not consistently field in the same positionwhich leadsto inaccurate representations of the ... -
The Structural Validity of the IKDC and its Relationship with Quality of Life Following ACL Reconstruction
(Wiley, 2020-06-03)Objective: The purpose of this study was to (1) examine the structural validity of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form (IKDC) in light of previously reported dimensionality issues, and (2) ... -
Extracellular Vesicles in the Synovial Joint: Is There a Role in the Pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis?
(University of Malaya, 2019-03-01)The role of extracellular vesicles (EV) in osteoarthritis has become the focus of much research. These vesicles were isolated from several cell types found in synovial joint including chondrocytes and synovium. As articular ... -
Exploring Novel Technologies to Enhance Food Safety Training and Research Opportunities
(International Association for Food Protection, 2020)In food safety research, be it focused on consumers in the domestic setting, or food handlers in the industry; technology capabilities have enhanced in recent years that have improved the rigour of research findings, reduce ... -
Mentoring PE Student Teachers in Wales: Lessons from a Systematic Review of the Literature
(University of Wales Press, 2020)This paper systematically reviews the contemporary research literature surrounding physical education (PE) mentors in initial teacher education (ITE). Using the ‘Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and ... -
The Effectiveness of Psychological Skills Training and Behavioral Interventions in Sport using Single-Case Designs: A Meta Regression Analysis of the Peer-Reviewed Studies
(Elsevier, 2020)We used a novel meta regression analysis approach principles to examine the effectiveness of psychological skills training and behavioral interventions in sport assessed using single-case experimental designs (SCEDs). One ... -
Neurostimulation, doping, and the spirit of sport
(Springer, 2020-05-16)There is increasing interest in using neuro-stimulation devices to achieve an ergogenic effect in elite athletes. Although the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) does not currently prohibit neuro-stimulation techniques, a ... -
Antisemitism on Twitter: Collective efficacy and the role of community organisations in challenging online hate speech
(Sage, 2020-03-14)In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive study of online antagonistic content related to Jewish identity posted on Twitter between October 2015 and October 2016 by UK-based users. We trained a scalable supervised machine ... -
Utility of the anterior reach y-balance test as an injury risk screening tool in elite male youth soccer players
(Elsevier, 2020)Objectives: Examine growth and maturation trends in dynamic balance using the anterior reach Y-Balance test, and its utility as an injury risk screening tool. Design: Cross sectional and prospective cohort. Setting: Elite ... -
Effectiveness of the Reasoning and Rehabilitation V2 Programme for Improving Personal and Social Skills in Spanish Adolescent Students
(MDPI, 2020-04-27)Significant progress has been made in developing intervention programmes for adolescents at high risk of delinquency, school failure and emotional problems. The most effective programmes incorporate behavioural and skills ... -
Prophylactic Intra-Uterine β-Cyclodextrin Administration during Intra-Uterine Ureaplasma parvum Infection Partly Prevents Liver Inflammation without Interfering with the Enterohepatic Circulation of the Fetal Sheep
(MDPI, 2020-05-05)Chorioamnionitis can lead to inflammation and injury of the liver and gut, thereby predisposing patients to adverse outcomes such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). In addition, intestinal bile acids (BAs) accumulation ... -
Pharmacy Technicians Roles and Responsibilities in the Community Pharmacy Sector: A Wales Perspective
(MDPI, 2020-06-04)(1) Background: Healthcare delivery models in Wales are changing in response to unprecedented pressure on the NHS. Community pharmacies will be prioritised to address public health and clinical needs at a local level. To ... -
Speech and Language Outcomes in Low-SES Spanish-English Bilingual Preschoolers: The Role of Maternal Education
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)This paper presents a longitudinal examination of Spanish and English phonological, lexical, and morpho-syntactic abilities in 20 low-SES bilingual preschoolers with mothers who had either completed primary or secondary ...
