Anglia Ruskin University

Effect of lumbar strengthening exercises on kinesiophobia in people with chronic low back pain: a systematic review

Kinesiophobia is a key psychological factor in CLBP and represents a significant barrier to functional recovery. Strength exercises are commonly recommended for CLBP, yet their specific impact on kinesiophobia remains unknown. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the eff...

The obsession with Blackness: An epistemological inquiry into racial knowledge and racism in Britain

This article examines the persistence of racism in Britain not only as a historical legacy but also through its continuing operation as a system of knowledge. Drawing on social constructivist theory and Foucault’s account of power and knowledge, it conceptualises racism as an epi...

An Unsupervised Intelligent System for Adaptive Decision Control in Non-Stationary Financial Environments

Intelligent decision systems assume a stable relationship between observations and outcomes. Financial markets violate that assumption, since shifts in volatility, trend and liquidity erode models trained on historical data. This study proposes an unsupervised decision system tha...

Exposure to residential greenness and subsequent risk of common mental disorders among individuals with COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study

Background Residential greenness is considered protective for mental health, but its impact on clinically diagnosed psychiatric disorders following COVID-19 remains unclear. This study investigated the association between residential greenness and risk of common mental disorders...

Drivers of continuance participation intention in online retail sales events

Purpose This study aims at identifying the major drivers influencing the consumers' continuance participation intention (CPI) in online retail sales events (ORSE). It focuses on the associations of ritualistic consumption and deal proneness with shopping engagement (SE), the asso...

Artificial Intelligence‐Related Digital Skills and Employment Outcomes for Underrepresented Women

ABSTRACT This study examines whether signaling AI‐related digital skills improves employment outcomes for women from underrepresented groups defined by race, age, sexual orientation and autism‐spectrum disclosure in England. The findings indicate that underrepresented women recei...

RMGAT: a Relational Multi-Scale Graph Attention Network for spatial transcriptomics domain identification with systematic component ablation

Abstract Background Mapping spatially coherent tissue domains from spatial transcriptomics data is a prerequisite for characterizing cell-type, developmental patterning, and disease-associated disruptions of tissue architecture. While graph neural network (GNN) methods have subst...

Nudging Drink Choice in Pubs: The Impact of Introducing Alcohol‐Free Beer on Alcohol Sales and Venue Revenues

ABSTRACT Introduction The project aims to evaluate the impact of introducing alcohol‐free (AF) beer using three behavioural ‘nudges’ designed to encourage consumer uptake. Nudges are subtle changes to the choice environment that encourage particular behaviours without restricting...

The antecedents, challenges and benefits of an autism self-diagnosis

BACKGROUND: An increasing number of adults are self-diagnosing with autism spectrum disorder. While this may be a first step to obtaining a formal diagnosis, little is known about the motivations behind self-diagnosis or whether individuals pursue a formal diagnosis. AIMS: The st...

Genome-wide analysis of social behaviour across social domains, reporters and developmental stages: a meta-regression approach

Abstract Social behaviour is a heritable trait linked to well-being and mental health, yet it varies across social context, including social domains, informants and development, which may shape its underlying genomic architecture. Here, we conducted a genome-wide meta-regression...

Centring the voices of birth mothers who faced infant removal through the co-production of the MUMS@RISC artwork: an arts-based evaluation of trauma-informed research collaboration and participation

Abstract Background In the UK, newborn babies are a growing group of children entering the care system due to safeguarding concerns. Their mothers often experienced a life course of adversity and trauma, resulting in fractured trust in public services and health and social care p...

Honeybees directly outcompete other flower visitors through interference competition on shared resource

Abstract Interspecific competition, whereby individuals of one species are in competition with individuals of another species, occurs naturally throughout invertebrate communities, and in pollinators, it manifests as exploitative or interference competition. Exploitative competit...

Volunteering Predicts Mixed Outcomes on Subjective Wellbeing

This study explored whether engaging in volunteering predicted subjective wellbeing and loneliness, above and beyond known sociodemographic predictors. Secondary data from 7146 adults from the Taking Part 2019–2020 survey (UK household survey of participation in culture and sport...

Asia bound: shareholder capitalism, corporate psychopathy and psychopathic leadership

Abstract Corporate psychopaths, identifiable as ruthlessly unethical leaders in business, have regularly appeared throughout recent history. However, in this current paper, we explore what may be the World’s earliest identified corporate psychopath operating within a multinationa...

In defence of unrealistic utopias: Desire, imagination, and the ‘the real’ of social change

Recent studies of alternative organising have returned to utopianism as a way to imagine desirable organisational futures, making a difference in the real world through utopianism. This paper contributes to these discussions by considering the nature of desire that is evoked when...

Research on climate effects of large herbivores in Europe: a systematic map

Abstract Background Land management practices have significant impacts on biodiversity and climate change processes. Conservation and rewilding practitioners are increasingly seeking to enhance ecosystem functions and carbon sequestration simultaneously, encouraged by climate pol...

Local control of RCC pancreatic metastases is obtained by angiogenesis inhibitors

Background Metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (m-ccRCC) with pancreatic and/or thyroid metastases (PM/TM) is sensitive to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs). Optimal first-line therapy for these patients (VEGFR-TKI-monother...

Discouragement under institutional uncertainty: entrepreneurial sensemaking and self-rationing in SME finance during crisis

Purpose This study examines how business owners (BOs) interpret institutional uncertainty and how such interpretations shape small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) financing behaviour. Focusing on Brexit in the United Kingdom, it investigates how sensemaking and behavioural m...

Defining fever-related discomfort in children: an international Delphi consensus

Fever is one of the most common symptoms in childhood and a frequent reason for medical consultation. Current guidelines recommend treating fever only when discomfort is present. However, the concept of fever-related discomfort remains poorly defined and inconsistently applied in...

The outcomes of surrogate pregnancy using donor egg compared to surrogate’s egg: a systematic review

Abstract Purpose Surrogacy is either gestational (GS) using donor egg or traditional (TS) using surrogate’s own egg. GS is increasing, partly from assumptions over less difficulty in transferring the baby to intended parents. This systematic review investigates obstetric outcomes...