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View article: Lifestyle intervention in obese pregnancy and cardiac remodelling in 3-year olds: children of the UPBEAT RCT
Lifestyle intervention in obese pregnancy and cardiac remodelling in 3-year olds: children of the UPBEAT RCT Open
Background/Objectives Obesity in pregnancy has been associated with increased childhood cardiometabolic risk and reduced life expectancy. The UK UPBEAT multicentre randomised control trial was a lifestyle intervention of diet and physical …
View article: Difficult distinctions in anti-discrimination law: Disfigurement, appearance and disability
Difficult distinctions in anti-discrimination law: Disfigurement, appearance and disability Open
The Equality Act 2010 provides that someone with a severe disfigurement may fall within the protected characteristic of disability. However, the parameters of the severe disfigurement provision remain uncertain. These parameters are under …
View article: Disfigurement: A visibly different approach to equality?
Disfigurement: A visibly different approach to equality? Open
The Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) provides that someone with a severe disfigurement should be treated as meeting the definition of disability1. However, a lack of clear statutory guidance and case law on the meaning of ‘disfigurement’ mean…
View article: Does the law provide effective equality rights for people with a visible difference in the workplace?
Does the law provide effective equality rights for people with a visible difference in the workplace? Open
A large body of research highlights the social barriers faced by many people with a visible difference. Yet the number of reported cases under the ‘severe disfigurement’ provision in the Equality Act 2010 is low, and the topic has, to date…
View article: Inactivation of Adenoviruses type 5 and 41 by Low and Medium Pressure UV Light
Inactivation of Adenoviruses type 5 and 41 by Low and Medium Pressure UV Light Open
The effectiveness of ultraviolet radiation (UV) from low and medium pressure mercury lamps against relatively UV-resistant adenoviruses in drinking water is uncertain. Therefore, their effectiveness as collimated beams against adenoviruses…
View article: Heirs to Those Before us: An Exploration of the Influences on a Young Artist
Heirs to Those Before us: An Exploration of the Influences on a Young Artist Open
The central concept of this thesis all started in March of 2018, when a friend of mine recommended I listen to Joni Mitchell's album, Blue. I loved it immediately. There was something raw and honest about the words she wrote and something …
View article: The Invisible Law of Visible Difference: Disfigurement in the Workplace
The Invisible Law of Visible Difference: Disfigurement in the Workplace Open
The Equality Act 2010 provides that people with severe disfigurements are deemed to be disabled. Through the lens of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and models of disability, this article highlights a number of di…
View article: The intergenerational transmission of trauma: attachment, adverse childhood experiences, and current life stress
The intergenerational transmission of trauma: attachment, adverse childhood experiences, and current life stress Open
Attachment theory highlights the importance of the quality of the relationship between an infant and his or her primary caregiver. However, caregivers with unresolved trauma or loss may behave in frightening ways and foster a disorganized …
View article: Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder
Emotional Availability, Neuropsychological Functioning, and Psychopathology: The Context of Parental Substance Use Disorder Open
Parental Substance Use Disorder (SUD) constitutes a high-risk condition for parent-child interactions and child development. Empirical evidence indicates high rates of psychopathology and neuropsychological impairments in individuals with …
View article: A Neural Basis for Contagious Yawning
A Neural Basis for Contagious Yawning Open
Contagious yawning, in which yawning is triggered involuntarily when we observe another person yawn, is a common form of echophenomena-the automatic imitation of another's words (echolalia) or actions (echopraxia) [1]. The neural basis for…
View article: Adverse childhood experiences, stress, and emotional availability: an American Indian context
Adverse childhood experiences, stress, and emotional availability: an American Indian context Open
American Indian individuals are at a heightened risk for experiencing trauma and high levels of life stress. Despite a preponderance of research demonstrating the long-term detrimental effects of early trauma on physical and mental health,…
View article: Emotional availability: theory, research, and intervention
Emotional availability: theory, research, and intervention Open
Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) and its limitations are first described. Next, emotional availability (EA; Biringen et al., 1998; Biringen, 2008) is introduced as an expansion upon the original conceptualization of the parent-child attach…