University of Nottingham

Young adults’ experiences of using FREED-Mobile, a smartphone friendly intervention designed to facilitate help-seeking for eating disorders

Abstract Background Early intervention increases the likelihood of eating disorder recovery, yet many young people delay seeking professional support for eating difficulties. We developed a smartphone-friendly, online intervention - FREED-Mobile [FREED-M] to encourage early help-...

Redefining fuel poverty: Introducing the temporal equity framework (TEF)

The definition and quantification of fuel (or energy) poverty remain contentious, particularly within the English policy landscape. The current official definition—Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE)—systematically underestimates the condition in low- and middle-income house...

Counting the costs? The weight of administrative burden in widening participation

Administrative burden theory, emerging from public administration research, centres individuals’ subjective experiences of policy implementation as onerous. Its applicability to higher education (HE) studies, particularly in the United Kingdom , has driven our intellectual curios...

Aeroelastic Stability of Hingeless Rotor Blades in Descent Flight

In this paper, the aeroelastic stability of hingeless rotor blades in the descent flight by including the effects of vortex ring state (VRS) has been qualitatively investigated. The blade is modelled as a cantilevered beam using an exact formulation, while the aerodynamic loads a...

Bassey’s blunder: Shirley Bassey, Welsh anti‑apartheid activism, and the cultural boycott against South Africa

Based on archival research carried out with the papers of the Welsh Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) and the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), this article contributes to the burgeoning project of provincializing the history of domestic anti-apartheid activism. In particular,...

Amour de soi and the leadership of stewardship: reclaiming Enlightenment for educational leadership

This paper intervenes in philosophical debates on educational subjectivity and leadership by reframing the Enlightenment concept of amour de soi; self-love as an ethical orientation for educational leadership. Drawing on Rousseau and Goethe, we critique the neoliberal valorizatio...

Feasibility of High-Pole-Number Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Low-Speed, High-Torque Direct-Drive Applications

Direct-drive, low-speed, high-torque (LSHT) applications operating at a fixed rated frequency require electrical machines with high pole numbers. However, synchronous reluctance machines (SynRMs) are often considered unsuitable in this range because increasing the pole number can...

Linguistic challenges in English-medium instruction: a comparative study of electronics engineering and international relations

Abstract This quantitative study examined the linguistic challenges experienced by participants in English Medium Instruction (EMI) programmes by comparing two academic programmes (i.e., electronics engineering and international relations) at seven public universities in Turkey,...

Are X-Ray Atmospheres Heated by Turbulent Dissipation? XRISM Constraints

Abstract We evaluate whether dissipation of turbulence injected into hot cluster atmospheres by jets and bubbles can offset radiative cooling flows. No trends are found between atmospheric velocity dispersion, σ v , and either the ratio of kinetic to thermal energy or jet power o...

Experimental Performance Comparison of Unimorph- and Bimorph-Driven Synthetic Jet Actuators

This study presents an experimental comparison of synthetic jet actuators employing unimorph and bimorph piezoelectric diaphragms under identical cavity-orifice geometries. Two cavity-orifice arrangements, namely, opposite and adjacent configurations, are examined over a broad ra...

Analysis of heat transfer characteristics during thawing of frozen soil in solar greenhouses incorporating cylindrical heat sources in severe cold regions

As the primary facility for winter agricultural production in severely cold regions, solar greenhouses often suffer from insufficient soil temperatures to meet crop growth requirements. This limitation is mainly attributed to the effects of seasonal frozen soil. To address this i...

N-enriched biochar with an optimized C:N ratio enhances crop growth by regulating enzymatic activities, soil properties, and photosynthetic efficiency under varying N fertilization

Biochar is widely used to enhance soil fertility and productivity, but the role of its C:N ratio and its interaction with varying nitrogen (N) application rates remains poorly understood. This study evaluated the effects of N-enriched biochar (NB) with different carbon-to-nitroge...

Efficacy of topical vancomycin in preventing surgical site infection following fracture surgery

Aims Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a major cause of morbidity following limb fracture surgery. Topical vancomycin has gained popularity as an adjunct to systemic prophylaxis; however, concerns regarding nephrotoxicity, impaired bone healing, and wound complications remain....

Rights-Based Recovery and Cultural Worth Orientations in Psychiatric Services

Personal recovery and rights-based approaches have become central to psychiatric services, but assumptions about individuals being entitled to support may not be culturally neutral. This column introduces worth orientations as a cultural dimension that shapes how service users in...

Cochrane Corner

This month, Cochrane Corner includes four reviews focused on surgery for trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis, haemostatic treatment in bleeding patients, exercise therapy for multidirectional shoulder instability, and antibiotic treatment for low back pain.

Targeted community screening in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation enhances the detection of liver fibrosis.

BACKGROUND: Risk-factor-based community screening has been used to identify early liver disease. Risk-factor prevalence and liver-related outcomes are significantly affected by socioeconomic deprivation. However, the impact on targeted community screening is unknown. We evaluated...

An exploratory economic assessment of the effect of the smoke‐free generation policy in England on smoking in pregnancy

AIMS: To estimate the impact of England's proposed smoke-free generation (SFG) policy on smoking at time of delivery, adverse maternal and offspring outcomes and the cost-effectiveness of the policy compared with no intervention. DESIGN: Decision analytic modelling using the Econ...

Heteroskedasticity of neuronal population responses

Typical changes in a neuronal circuit's operating regime - such as shifts in sensorimotor conditions or in brain state - reshuffle firing rates across its neurons. One well-established key organising principle is rate preservation: firing rates correlate strongly across condition...

Buying cooperation: financial inducements and the reconstruction of relations between major powers

Creditor states have used financial inducements in an attempt to influence the security and foreign policies of their indebted peers for centuries. We examine when inducements are effective and whether they can promote cooperation. Analysis of three cases involving major powers –...

Reactivity of ambident nucleophiles in magnetic fields: A combined conceptual DFT and current-DFT study

The influence of strong external magnetic fields (up to 0.30 B0) on the electronic structure and reactivity of ambident nucleophiles is investigated using the nitrite and thiocyanate anions as prototypical examples. To capture magnetic-field-induced changes in reactivity, current...