DSpace at Cardiff Met: Recent submissions
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Ageing John Banville: from Einstein to Bergson
(Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses, 2020-09)There is a clear engagement with theories of time across Banville’s oeuvre, from his earliest published work through to the twenty-first-century novels. I explore how, in their engagement with age and ageing, Banville’s ... -
Developing athletic motor skill competencies in youth
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2020)Synergistic development of muscular strength and motor skill competency is central to Long Term Athletic Development. However, these qualities need to be developed in a logical and progressive manner and training methods ... -
A Critical Conceptualisation of Leadership and Organisational Change: The Case of Royal Jordanian Airline
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)This present thesis is based on the critical conceptualisation of leadership and organisational change. Leadership is an action of the leading group of the people and company. It is a practical skill and research area that ... -
Exercise Programming for Children with ASD: Recommendations for Strength and Conditioning Specialists
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2020)The purpose of this article is to introduce strength and conditioning specialists to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to identify the many benefits of delivering exercise programs to children with ASD. Additionally, the ... -
Effects of plyometric jump training on jump and sprint performance in young male soccer players: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(Springer, 2020)Abstract Background: Even from a young age, modern soccer requires high levels of physical fitness development, particularly jumping and sprinting. Plyometric jump training (PJT), combined with young athletes’ regular ... -
Change over time in adolescent smoking, cannabis use and their association: findings from the school health research network in Wales
(Elsevier, 2020)Background: While tobacco smoking has declined among UK youth in recent decades, cannabis use has begun to show some growth. Given their interrelationship, growth in cannabis use may act as a barrier to continued reduction ... -
Investigating aesthetics to afford more ‘felt’ knowledge and ‘meaningful’ navigation interface design
(Information Visualisation Society, 2020-09-17)Aesthetically manipulating the visual variables of a navigation interface design has the potential for substantial improvements in the interpretation of, and subsequent navigational choices made resulting from that design. ... -
Reducing SSI rates for women birthing by caesarean section
(Ptm Publishers, 2020-06-01)Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common type of nosocomial infection, accounting for up to 20% of all hospitalacquired infections in Europe (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [ECDPC], 2013). ... -
iCUS: Intelligent CU Size Selection for HEVC Inter Prediction
(IEEE, 2020-08-03)The hierarchical quadtree partitioning of Coding Tree Units (CTU) is one of the striking features in HEVC that contributes towards its superior coding performance over its predecessors. However, the brute force evaluation ... -
COVID-19: #Working From Home. Quite Enjoyed It. Surprised Myself.
(IADIS, 2020-07-21)As more than a third of the world's population is now in lock-down, we are seeing COVID-19 not only having serious implications on people's health but also having a significant knock-on effect on their livelihoods. A recent ... -
A Comparison of the Severity of Tinnitus in Patients with and without Hearing Loss Using the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI)
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08-13)Background: Tinnitus is a disturbing symptom present in approximately 15% of the world population and between 2-7% of tinnitus sufferers seek medical help because of the chronic distress caused. Although well established ... -
Combining diabetic foot and retinopathy screening: A step in the right direction? – a feasibility study
(Sage, 2020-07-28)Objectives: Peripheral artery disease is a major cardiovascular disease affecting more than 200 million people globally and up to 4 times more frequent in the diabetic population. It can lead to lower extremity amputations ... -
The Role of Optimism and Psychosocial Factors in Athletes Recovery from ACL Injury: A Longitudinal Study
(Frontiers Media, 2020)Despite a growing interest into the role of psychosocial factors during the recovery period following sports injuries, there remains a paucity of longitudinal studies examining the indirect relationships between psychosocial ... -
Young Adolescents' Experiences and Views on Eating and Food
(Emerald, 2020-08-31)Purpose – Poor eating habits established during adolescence are likely to lead to negative long-term health consequences. The childhood obesity epidemic is a growing public health concern, largely attributed to obesogenic ... -
From secondary school to university: associations between sport participation and total and domain-specific sedentary behaviours in Spanish students
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-05-06)Effective ways to reduce sedentary behaviour in adolescents are needed to mitigate the risk of chronic disease and poor mental health. Organised sport participation is the most practiced physical activity during adolescence. ... -
Voices of Transition: sharing experiences from the primary school
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-08-19)Transition has long been acknowledged to have an impact upon the academic, social and emotional development of learners, which can be long lasting in effect. Using an interpretive methodology, the voices of the three key ... -
Evaluation of the impact of the demutualization process on stock exchange value
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Since the business climate of stock exchanges is facing many challenges due to many turbulent changes, traditional stock exchanges are no longer able to keep up with these changes as they lack the required ... -
The importance of duration and magnitude of force application to sprint performance during the initial acceleration, transition and maximal velocity phases
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-07-06)Successful sprinting depends on covering a specific distance in the shortest time possible. Although external forces are key to sprinting, less consideration is given to the duration of force application, which influences ... -
Financial Risk and Financial Performance of Banks in Egypt
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)This research focuses on the two main dimensions of bank performance; profitability and risk using a sample of the listed banks in Egypt. The lack of this type of research in Egypt is the main motive for this thesis, ... -
Movement competency and measures of isometric and dynamic strength and power in boys of different maturity status
(Wiley, 2020-07-15)An understanding of how movement competency, strength, and power interacts with natural growth and maturation is required in order to determine meaningful changes with developing athletes. Isometric and dynamic testing in ...
