University of Warwick

Patient and public involvement and engagement in co-designing guidance for mental health professionals supporting neurodivergent children and young people in child and adolescent mental health services

Abstract Background Neurodivergent children and young people, including those with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability, experience higher rates of mental health difficulties than their neurotypical peers. Despite this increased need, many...

Affected others’ perspectives on the burden, drivers, and prevention of gambling-related harms: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Gambling is increasingly recognised as a public health concern, with harms extending beyond individuals who gamble to families and communities. However, young people and adults affected by others’ gambling remain under-represented in research on harm preventio...

Coordinated Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for a distributed thermoelectric-based battery thermal management system

Electric vehicles (EVs) rely on lithium-ion batteries that require sophisticated battery thermal management systems (BTMS) to maintain safety, performance, and longevity. A critical challenge is mitigating cell-to-cell temperature variations, which accelerate non-uniform ageing a...

Inclusive designs that allow the inclusion of a broader population in randomized controlled trials: An evaluation of randomization ratio and analysis strategy

In most multi-arm randomized controlled trials, all participants need to be eligible to be randomized to all the arms. This means some participants are excluded from participating in multi-arm studies. We propose to relax this by considering a 'differential randomization' approac...

A cross‑sectional survey and content analysis of local youth vaping prevention initiatives

Abstract Background Youth vaping is an increasing public health concern in the UK. While national strategies address regulation, little is known about local authority-led vaping prevention initiatives. This study synthesised information on existing local approaches to identify th...

Help-seeking and accessing treatment for eating disorders: a systematic review of qualitative studies with a focus on ethnic differences

Abstract Background Eating disorders (ED) are serious mental health conditions characterised by disordered eating behaviour and associated emotional distress. EDs are associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, yet rates of help-seeking remain low. There is a misconcep...

Harnessing Diversity: Majority‐Group Acculturation Predicts Creativity and Flourishing Over Time

ABSTRACT Creativity and flourishing are core aims of higher education (HE) institutions and government initiatives globally. Large‐scale projects have linked creativity and flourishing with cultural diversity, yet their associations with majority‐group acculturation (i.e., how me...

Dual Technology Adoption

Technology adoption remains a critical managerial challenge, in general and specifically in service settings. Investments are substantial but often fail to yield the intended benefits due to low usage among frontline employees, customers, and service partners. Existing technology...

Voices from the Global South: Myanmar educators' ethical considerations in using generative AI in teaching, learning and assessment

Purpose The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education presents many opportunities but also raises critical ethical and cultural challenges. This study aims to explore the current application of AI in education in Myanmar and investigates the conflicts between...

Triggered Fragmentation in Self-Gravitating Protoplanetary discs: Cooling, Mass Movement and Instability

Abstract Previous three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of gravitationally unstable discs have shown that the formation of a single fragment can trigger the formation of subsequent fragments. This behaviour was attributed to changes in the surface mass density caused by th...

Peers, tutors and Damien Hirst: the impact of anti-role models on early-stage creative entrepreneurs

The paper presents a qualitative examination of the impact of role models in framing the entrepreneurial intention of early-stage creative entrepreneurs and emphasises the popularity of anti-role models for entrepreneurs in the creative industries. By analysing data from 15 nasce...

Feasibility, Acceptability and Outcomes of Group CBT ‐T: A Naturalistic Mixed‐Methods Comparison With Individual CBT ‐T

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing 10‐session group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT‐Tg) in routine outpatient eating disorder care and to descriptively examine outcomes of CBT‐Tg and individual CBT‐T (CBT‐Ti). Method Using a natural...

Remote STrOke Rehabilitation (ReSTORe): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background At least one third of long-term stroke survivors living at home experience ongoing (≥6 months) mild to moderate disability including fatigue, low functional capacity, muscle weakness, anxiety, and depression. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and societal...

Measuring masses of transiting Earth-like planets: first insights from the PLATO RV Data Challenge

Abstract The PLATO Stellar Variability Mitigation Working Group designed a radial-velocity (RV) data challenge to assess the precision and accuracy achievable on RV semi-amplitudes in the context of the future PLATO follow-up. Using Sun-as-a-star observations obtained with HARPS-...

The case for using flexible healthcare capacity constraints to optimize pandemic control strategies

Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, a key challenge was designing control strategies that balance the benefits and costs of public health measures while preventing healthcare systems from becoming overwhelmed. This was often addressed by epidemiological modellers by implementi...

Holding All the Cards from the Good Old Days: How Nostalgic Cues Enhance Artificial Intelligence Service Acceptance

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has become deeply integrated into services, many customers exhibit low acceptance of AI-driven offerings. Identifying effective and efficient ways to enhance AI acceptance is both theoretically significant and practically valuable. Drawing on...

Pedagogy in the speech-gesture couplings of caregivers: Evidence from a corpus-based analysis

In face-to-face communication, representational gestures-imagistically evoking properties of referents-support both language comprehension and development. In adult-adult interaction, representational gestures are systematically produced before the words they are semantically rel...

Efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation as a therapy for sarcopenia in people on haemodialysis: study protocol for the STIM-HD randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Sarcopenia is highly prevalent among adults receiving haemodialysis and is associated with reduced physical function, impaired quality of life, and increased morbidity and mortality. Although structured exercise programmes can improve muscle health, most peopl...

Fractional CEO architecture: executive bandwidth, strategic coherence and confidence in resource-constrained firms

Purpose This paper develops the concept of Fractional CEO Architecture as a strategic leadership response for resource-constrained firms that need senior executive capacity before they can justify a full-time chief executive officer. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conce...

Deep learning-based prediction of self-energies from ab initio dynamical mean-field theory for real materials with minimal data sets

Abstract Density-functional theory (DFT) has been the workhorse of first-principles calculations for decades, and DFT-derived energies and forces are now widely used to train machine learning models of inter-atomic potentials. However, DFT’s single-particle treatment of exchange-...