Northumbria University

The impact of patient-facing digital health interventions on patient safety outcomes: a meta-analysis of meta-analyses

Abstract Patient safety is a critical concern in healthcare, with preventable adverse events contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality. Digital health interventions (DHIs) are increasingly integrated into healthcare systems to improve patient safety outcomes. However,...

Effect of stochasticity on the dynamics of a lac operon model with multiple delays

Abstract We have investigated the stability of a mathematical model of the lac operon with multiple time delays, enhanced with stochastic perturbations. Sufficient conditions for exponential mean square stability have been used to determine analytical threshold values. Numerical...

A Longitudinal Investigation of Perceptual Body Image and Media Influence Among Ethnically Diverse School Children in Rural Nicaragua

ABSTRACT Body dissatisfaction (BD) often arises from the discrepancy between a person's perceived body and an ‘ideal’ body. Mass media's adult‐targeted body ‘ideals’ also reach children and shape their body perceptions. BD is arising at increasingly younger ages in global north p...

What works, for whom, and under what circumstances for recipients of training in opportunistic behaviour change conversations: A mixed methods realist evaluation protocol

Abstract Background ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) is a person-centred initiative that enables service providers across settings to support behaviour change through conversations about health and wellbeing. MECC has been widely implemented across the UK and internationally,...

Free Flap Harvesting From Paralyzed Limbs: A Systematic Review of Feasibility, Safety, and Functional Outcomes

ABSTRACT Background Free flap harvesting from paralyzed limbs represents a potentially valuable approach in reconstructive microsurgery, yet its safety and efficacy remain incompletely characterized. This systematic review evaluates the feasibility, safety, and outcomes of free f...

Six Sigma application in the aerospace and aviation industry: A case study

This study examines the application of the Six Sigma Define–Measure–Analyze–Improve–Control (DMAIC) methodology to reduce weld seam and internal structural defects in titanium tube welding within the aerospace and aviation industry. A case study approach was conducted in an aeros...

Beyond methodological fidelity: emotional intelligence as the relational infrastructure of agile project management

Purpose Agile methodologies have proliferated across project-based industries, yet scholarly discourse remains oriented toward procedural and technical dimensions. This study challenges the prevailing technocentric bias by investigating how emotional intelligence (EI) shapes agil...

The UK Clean Air Act at 70: An interdisciplinary analysis of historical air quality change

Abstract 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the first UK Clean Air Act, a pivotal moment for air quality in modern British history. Previous narratives on this legislation have largely centred on pollution in London and monodisciplinary perspectives. This article integrates histo...

The Impact of Conflict on Maternal and Child Health Services: A Scoping Review

Abstract Conflicts are unavoidable aspect of human existence, causing disruptions in livelihoods, infrastructure, socioeconomic systems and healthcare access. Among the most severe effects of conflict are those on maternal and child health (MCH) services, on which there is a nota...

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Educators in a Landscape of Practice: Alignment, Hybridity, and Professional Recognition

Enterprise and entrepreneurship (EE) education is integral to higher education, yet the professional realities of those delivering it remain underexplored. Existing research focuses on pedagogy and student outcomes, offering limited insight into how EE educators negotiate identit...

Responsive architecture for transforming vulnerable realities in the Global South

Abstract This article examines how responsive architecture can transform the realities of vulnerable communities in Global South contexts. Conventional definitions of architectural excellence privilege form and technology over social impact; this study reconceptualises excellence...

Reshaping hotel entrepreneurial competitiveness through artificial intelligence

Purpose While existing research acknowledges the broad impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on hotel operations, its competitive advantages remain underexplored. This study aims to examine Greek hotel entrepreneurs’ perceptions of AI’s impact on competitiveness and their intent...

Multiwavelength Observations of Substructures in Solar Flare Ribbons

Abstract Solar flare ribbons are extensive brightenings in the chromosphere during flares, often showing fine-scale structuring that reflects the underlying energy release. Using high-cadence imaging from the Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope/CRISP during an X1.5-class limb flare on 20...

Regulating Uniform Zinc Deposition via Covalently Tethered Imidazolium Cations in Polyacrylamide Hydrogel Electrolytes for Stable Aqueous Zinc Batteries

ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising candidates for next‐generation energy storage due to their intrinsic safety and low cost. However, the uncontrollable zinc dendrite growth and interfacial side reactions limit their cycling stability and practical applicat...

Vitamin–Metal Synergy: Folic-Acid-Based Carbon Nanoassemblies for Optimized Plant Growth

Abstract Developing sustainable strategies to enhance crop yields is critical to meeting global food demands under intensifying climate stress. This study investigates the synthesis and application of folic-acid-based carbon nanoassemblies (FA-CNAs) that integrate magnesium (Mg)...

Open justice in the political economy of visibility: Governing the gaze in platform-mediated courtrooms

This essay examines how the principle of open justice is reconfigured under conditions of platform-mediated visibility. While openness has long been understood as a democratic safeguard, socio-legal and media scholarship shows that visibility is never neutral but staged, mediated...

Asymptotic confirmation of the second neighborhood conjecture on inhomogeneous random graphs

Abstract Seymour’s second neighborhood conjecture states that every oriented graph $$\vec {G}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mover> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> </mml:mover> </mml:math> has a Seymour vertex, namely, $$\vec {G}$$ <mml:mat...

Promising security, delivering dependency: the material constraints of EU semiconductor collective securitisation

This article argues that the European Union’s collective securitisation of semiconductors reveals an overlooked constraint in securitisation theory: the structural mismatch between the ‘urgency’ logic of securitisation, and the multi-year timescales required to develop material c...