Bournemouth University

Taxing second homes: recorded stock responses and tax-base reclassification under council tax premiums in England

Purpose This study aims to examine the causal effects of England’s second-home council tax premium, effective from April 2025, on the recorded number of second homes. Design/methodology/approach Using council taxbase returns for 2019–2025 and a panel of billing-authority adoption...

Privileged precarity: Working freelance in the TV industry

Despite growing interest in the television industry’s freelance labour market, little is yet known about how workers interpret and manage the instability, intermittent employment and organisational ambivalence that characterise these skilled contingent careers. This article inves...

Resource subsidies mediated by non-native species: a review

Non-native species are recognized as one of the major drivers of biodiversity change globally, with profound impacts on ecosystem functions and services. Despite the high number of studies on non-native species published, mainly in the last two decades, an often-overlooked aspect...

Acute cardiovascular responses to slow and deep breathing in normotensive non-pregnant and pregnant women

Objective To compare the acute cardiovascular responses of non-pregnant and pregnant women to slow and deep breathing (SDB) at a range of breathing frequencies. Participants: Forty-one women (23 non-pregnant and 18 pregnant). Methods Participants completed five different breathin...

Unlocking the potential of aquatic animal telemetry research to advance management and conservation: Barriers and a blueprint for Great Britain and Ireland

Aquatic animal telemetry research can provide important knowledge for how populations, anthropogenic pressures and, indeed, entire ecosystems are managed. However, the true scale, extent and impact in Britain and Ireland is poorly understood. We surveyed 53 researchers about past...

Widespread hybridization in sympatric populations of allis shad Alosa alosa (L.1758) and twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lacépède 1803): A transnational perspective for conservation and management

Abstract The dynamics of hybridization between co‐occurring species in environments that have been modified by anthropogenic activities are important for generating new understandings of how species respond to disturbance and to support conservation management. Accordingly, the p...

Combat Injury, Limb Loss, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Military Personnel

Importance Given the burden and rising number of injuries from recent conflict zones such as Ukraine and the Middle East, understanding the long-term health outcomes of those with physical traumatic injuries is critical. Objective To investigate psychosocial outcomes among UK mil...

Different uses, different struggles: household water insecurity in informal urban settlements in South Africa

Water scarcity is a global challenge with serious impacts on health, livelihoods and inequality, felt most strongly in contexts of poverty and marginalisation. In South Africa, climate variability, inadequate infrastructure and historical inequalities combine to create persistent...

What are the knowledge, use, and perceived benefits and limitations of artificial intelligence chatbots among Italian nursing students? A cross-sectional multicentre study

Exploring students’ knowledge, use, and perceptions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots may inform strategies in the educational context. However, limited evidence is available on Italian nursing students, leaving this field largely unexplored. A cross-sectional online surve...

Strengthening evidence on migrant workers’ health in Nepal

Abstract Thousands of Nepalese labour migrants have died abroad in past decades, and morbidity is also high. The high volume of data collected through pre-departure health screening, unfortunately, remains largely unused. Making better use of health data, including by trusted pub...

Supporting participatory PhDs: a call to action

Abstract There has been sustained and growing interest in public policy, professional practice, and research, in what has come to be called patient and public, or service user, involvement. Requirements for such involvement are now embedded within health and care legislation, pro...

Lower-limb neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for adults with kidney failure undergoing dialysis

RATIONALE: Loss of skeletal muscle mass and function is a common, debilitating complication of kidney failure for individuals undergoing dialysis. It contributes to reduced physical capacity, quality of life (QoL), and increased death. Exercise training can mitigate these effects...

Evaluating the impact of a Sigma Action Learning Set on leadership development among nurse leaders

Background: Leadership capability is essential for nursing practice, influencing patient care, staff well-being and organisational effectiveness. Inclusive leadership valuing diversity, equity and shared learning are increasingly recognised as vital in complex healthcare systems....

Implementing a peer-support programme for surgeons following adverse events

Introduction Despite the known impact of adverse events (AEs) for surgeons, and the potential for AE peer-support models, little is known about usefulness of AE peer-support initiatives in UK surgical settings. This study evaluated: (1) surgeons’ perceptions of current AE support...

Deformable precipitates locally modify fault-mediated plasticity for strength-ductility synergy

Precipitates in structural alloys are conventionally understood as passive obstacles to dislocation motion. Here we show that semi-coherent hexagonal close-packed precipitates in a low-stacking-fault-energy Ni50Co30Ru20 multi-principal element alloy cooperate with planar-fault pl...

Cyber behaviour and personality nexus: clustering around security attitudes, FoMO, problematic social media use, and cognitive and personality traits?

Abstract Our research examines whether cyber behaviours can be classified through personality factors. The study involved 642 participants, including 314 from the United Kingdom (UK) and 328 from the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Using conscientiousness, neuroticism and ne...

Brand pilgrimage in fashion and beauty tourism

Purpose This paper aims to examine how branded retail environments become embedded within tourism as symbolic travel anchors. It introduces the concept of brand pilgrimage to explain how digitally mediated retail spaces become ritualised tourism destinations through youth influen...

DIALOR (DIgitAL cOaching for fRailty): a feasibility and acceptability study of a digital health coaching intervention for older people with frailty in primary care

Abstract Purpose To assess the acceptability and feasibility of a digital health platform for long-term disease management combined with health coaching for people living with mild-moderate frailty in Southwest England. Methods Older adults (65 years+) with frailty (using electro...

Machine learning for early detection of chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects over 850 million people globally and is strongly associated with hypertension, diabetes, and genetic predisposition. Its asymptomatic early stages complicate diagnosis, while reliance on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and serum creatinine is...

The contribution of peripheral nerves to the pleasure from scratching an itch: Evidence from a neuronopathy participant

Abstract Itch is ‘an unpleasant sensation of the skin commonly triggering an urge to scratch’. In chronic itch, the persistent itch/scratch cycle is reinforced and sustained by the intense pleasure and reward gained from scratching – sometimes after the itch has been abolished, a...