Glasgow Caledonian University

The advice guidance boundary review and targeted support – the challenges of addressing the “advice gap”

Purpose Under its Advice Guidance Boundary Review (AGBR) initiative, the Financial Conduct Authority has introduced “targeted support”, a new regime that has become the focal point of a proposed “continuum of support” being developed through the AGBR. It is expected targeted supp...

Sex work or male-with-male sexual activity and the risks of HIV and hepatitis C acquisition among people who inject drugs: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

Background People who inject drugs (PWID) may engage in sexual behaviours that increase their HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) risk, including sex work and male-with-male sexual activity. We undertook a global systematic review to assess whether PWID who engage in these behaviours...

An Explainable Attention-Enhanced Deep Learning Model for Memory-Forensic Malware Detection

Memory-forensic malware detection can identify malicious activity from volatile memory and complement disk-based analysis. However, results are difficult to compare when datasets, preprocessing, model settings, and evaluation protocols differ. We propose a hybrid convolutional ne...

Animal-Assisted Interventions in Custodial Settings: A Systematic Review of Psychological Wellbeing Outcomes

The use of animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) to support incarcerated individuals’ psychological wellbeing has expanded rapidly in recent years. However, research in custodial settings remains limited and is largely characterized by methodologically weak study designs that rely...

The Korean ‘Minbak’ as an environmental bubble: motivations, experiences, and the paradox of cultural immersion among Korean travellers

This study examines Korean travellers’ use of Minbaks (Korean guesthouses) in Europe, introducing the ‘pulsating bubble’ framework that challenges static conceptualisations of environmental enclaves. Through netnography of 192 Korean travel blogs (2023–2025), we demonstrate that...

Calibration and performance of proANUBIS: A proof-of-concept detector for the ANUBIS experiment

Long-lived particles with lifetimes τ > 10 ps are predicted by many extensions of the Standard Model with viable dark matter candidates. The ANUBIS experiment proposes to extend the experimental sensitivity to long-lived particles by instrumenting the ceiling of the ATLAS cavern...

From potential value to recognised value: situational value theory

Purpose To develop Situational Value Theory (SVT), a conceptual explanation of how the value potential of human capability becomes organisationally realised under particular situational conditions. The paper addresses the limited understanding of why equivalent capabilities gener...

A Unified Climate-Adaptive Sustainability Benchmarking Framework for Interoperable Assessment of Building Rating Systems

Background The evolution of sustainability assessment methods has become increasingly important for improving environmental performance of the built environment and sustainable urban development. In recent years, various international and regional Green Building Rating Systems (G...

Transformative journey: A qualitative exploration of the underlying processes of yoga practice

The practice of yoga has been demonstrated as a positive influence on both physical and psychological health. However, there is still much to be learned about the underlying processes of yoga and how it impacts the lives of practitioners. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct an...

‘It’s not fair!’ Fathers’ perceptions of injustice in the context of pediatric chronic pain: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Recent research highlights the role of parental appraisals in pediatric pain, yet studies on injustice appraisals remain limited and largely focused on mothers. This qualitative study explores fathers' appraisals of injustice in the context of their child's chronic pain, examinin...

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...

A Right to One's Own Method: Worker-paired AI memory and the recording paradox in Union law

A class of AI system now entering professional workplaces maintains a persistent, individualised record of how a particular worker works, and adapts its outputs to that record. Existing and proposed Union instruments in this field — the GDPR’s automated-decision provisions, the P...

A Right to One's Own Method: Worker-paired AI memory and the recording paradox in Union law

A class of AI system now entering professional workplaces maintains a persistent, individualised record of how a particular worker works, and adapts its outputs to that record. Existing and proposed Union instruments in this field — the GDPR’s automated-decision provisions, the P...

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...

Lessons Learned in the Early Adoption of FaME Across Ireland: A Convergent Mixed‐Methods Implementation Study (FaME Ireland)

BACKGROUND: Falls are the most common cause of hospitalisation amongst older adults in Ireland. Structured exercise programmes are recommended to manage falls, and the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme has been shown to reduce falls and improve physical function. However...

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in methodological research: exploring challenges, tensions and learning from the perspectives of PPIE and researchers in the Realist Economic Evaluation Methods (REEM) study

Abstract Background Methodological research is often abstract, heavily theoretical and jargon laden. Despite having significant implications for the users of health and social care services, it can be difficult to involve the public and patients in research that is oriented towar...

Living with stroke-related visual impairment: a qualitative exploration of lived experience, self-management, and support needs

PURPOSE: Stroke-related visual impairment (SRVI) is common but often under-recognised and inconsistently supported. While clinical features and acute rehabilitation are documented, less is known about how people live with SRVI over time or whether services meet changing needs. Th...

Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy with Autistic Children and Young People: A Narrative Review of Recent Developments

Abstract Purpose of review This review aims to report the recent advances for eating disorder focused family therapy (FT-ED) for Autistic children and young people, including outcomes, experiences, and suggested adaptations. Recent findings Quantitative studies suggest that Autis...

Aphasia treatment research: a decision-making tool to guide the design of phased trials from the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) trials for aphasia panel

Background Systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials with meta-analyses indicate that speech and language therapy for aphasia after stroke is effective in improving communication. However, high-quality evidence to identify an intervention’s target population (who), regim...

Development of a proposed guide to identify, screen and appraise self-report and device-based measures of habitual physical activity in systematic reviews: a methodological protocol

Habitual physical activity (PA) is a fundamental determinant of health, yet its assessment and reporting vary substantially across research studies, creating persistent challenges for evidence synthesis. Systematic reviews that aim to synthesise habitual PA outcomes are frequentl...