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Item Embargo A qualitative exploration of UK students’ awareness and perceptions of cyber dating abuse(Springer Publishing Company, 2026-12-31)Cyber dating abuse is a form of intimate partner violence involving the use of digital technologies to monitor, harass, or control a romantic partner. Although awareness of cyber dating abuse has increased, less is known about how young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) perceive and make sense of these behaviours within romantic relationships. The present study explored UK university students’ perceptions and understandings of cyber dating abuse. Semi structured interviews were conducted with eight students aged 18 to 25, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. Five superordinate themes were identified: awareness of cyber dating abuse, the facilitating role of technology and the online world, perceived risk factors for victimisation and perpetration, the perceived impact of cyber dating abuse, and increasing awareness, prevention, and support. Participants described behaviours such as monitoring, coercion, and online humiliation but often struggled to define cyber dating abuse explicitly, frequently comparing it to offline forms of abuse. Technology was perceived as both enabling connection and intensifying harm, particularly due to its accessibility and availability. Participants also identified relational insecurity and individual differences as factors which they believed contributed to abusive dynamics and highlighted the emotional and psychological impact of cyber dating abuse on victims. These findings provide preliminary qualitative insight into how cyber dating abuse is understood by young adults within a specific student context in the UK. The study highlights ambiguity in recognition and the central role of digital environments in shaping perceptions of abuse, highlighting the need for further research examining cyber dating abuse within broader social, relational, and cultural frameworks.Item Embargo Disaster and mental health vulnerabilities of South Asia: an overview(Springer Singapore, 2026-02-03)The South Asia region is diverse in its geography, climate, culture, economic status, and sociopolitical history. It experiences frequent disasters, from extreme weather events to human-caused catastrophes. It has massive vulnerabilities regarding the number of people affected, inadequate disaster preparedness, scarce resources for disaster response, and meagre psychological support for the affected population. Studies suggest that a large proportion of disaster survivors present with psychiatric disorders and need professional support. It is essential to study the risk factors associated with post-disaster mental health morbidities and explore the methods to manage the disorders that are affecting a large number of people. It is pertinent to review the research findings and reflect on the areas that need further study. Managing disasters needs a multidisciplinary and multilevel approach with robust regional coordination and support. This chapter identifies the major catastrophic events in the eight South Asian countries, the extent of mental health vulnerabilities, the mental health impact of disasters in the region, and potential ways ahead for mitigating the mental health impact due to disasters.Item Open Access Clinical evidence linkage from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2024 conference poster images using generative AI: exploratory observational study(JMIR Publications, 2026-02-05)Background: Early-stage clinical findings often appear only as conference posters circulated on social media. Because posters rarely carry structured metadata, their citations are invisible to bibliometric and alternative metric tools, limiting real-time research discovery. Objective: This study aimed to determine whether a large language model can accurately extract citation data from clinical conference poster images shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) and link those data to the Dimensions and Altmetric databases. Methods: Poster images associated with the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology conference were searched using the terms “#ASCO24,” “#ASCO2024,” and the conference name. Images ≥100 kB that contained the word “poster” in the post text were retained. A prompt-engineered Gemini 2.0 Flash model classified images, summarized posters, and extracted structured citation elements (eg, authors, titles, and digital object identifiers [DOIs]) in JSON format. A hierarchical linkage algorithm matched extracted elements against Dimensions records, prioritizing persistent identifiers and then title-journal-author composites. Manual validation was performed on a random 20% sample. Results: We searched within 115,714 posts and 16,574 images, of which 651 (3.9%) met the inclusion criteria, and we obtained 1117 potential citations. The algorithm linked 63.4% (708/1117) of the citations to 616 unique research outputs (n=580, 94.2% journal articles; n=36, 5.8% clinical trial registrations). Manual review of 135 randomly sampled citations confirmed correct linkage in 124 (91.9%) cases. DOI-based matching was mostly flawless; most errors occurred where only partial bibliographic details were available. The linked dataset enabled rapid profiling of topical foci (eg, lung and breast cancer) and identification of the most frequently referenced institutions and clinical trials in shared posters. Conclusions: This study presents a novel artificial intelligence–driven methodology for enhancing research discovery and attention analysis from nontraditional clinical scholarly outputs. The American Society of Clinical Oncology was used as an example, but this methodology could be used for any conference and clinical poster.Item Open Access Investigating the barriers faced by biomedical science undergraduates in completing a placement year(Frontiers Media, 2026-02-05)Introduction: Research shows completing a placement year is associated with improved academic and employment outcomes. For Biomedical science courses, pathology placements allow completion of the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) registration training portfolio and obtaining Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration post-graduation. This study sought to identify the barriers biomedical science students across the West Midlands region of England face when completing a placement year, to identify strategies which promote inclusivity to overcome these barriers. Materials and Methods: Level 5 and Level 6 students from Aston, Coventry, Keele and Wolverhampton universities were invited to complete a questionnaire which included a mixture of Likert scale and free-text responses. A range of questions assessed student perceptions on the importance of placement opportunities, as well as identifying factors which were important when pursuing a placement year. Likert scale data was analysed quantitatively, and a Mann Whitney U or Kruskal Wallis test were used to infer significance, whereas free text responses were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: A total of 107 students completed the questionnaire. Students who declared a disability were less likely to undertake an unpaid placement compared to their peers (p = 0.013). Of those students who declared caring responsibilities, 33.3% chose not to apply for a placement year compared to 18.2% of those who did not have caring responsibilities (p = 0.020). Participants reported that funding was important when deciding whether to pursue a placement (88.8%). Thematic analysis revealed several recurring themes deterring student placement applications, including financial support and placement availability within their geographical area. Students valued the importance of professional recognition following the placement and the development of technical and transferable skills. Discussion: Many of the barriers are fuelled by financial constraints which deter students from applying to placement positions. Despite the need to increase the Biomedical Scientist workforce, the strategies to increase training opportunities are not well established. Equity in placement funding from centralised sources is key to ensuring Biomedical Scientists can excel in their professional careers. Through availability of funding, marginalised populations will have the same opportunities as their peers therefore producing more employable graduates to meet pathology workforce demands.Item Embargo Artists care: how to structure care and supervision for community musicians working in challenging and complex settings(Intellect, 2026-12-31)Community music encompasses a variety of different practices with practitioners working in myriad settings. For musicians who work in the domain of socially engaged practice, practitioner identity is critical in understanding and differentiating between the approaches of musicians who identify themselves as activists, with activism a driving force of their work, and that of other music educators (Hess, 2019). Socially engaged arts practitioners require a wide skills set, with competencies nested within artistic, social, pedagogical, ethical, research, development, entrepreneurial and contextual domains (Lehikoinen & Siljamäki 2023). The work of community musicians is then both holistic and multidimensional. Many freelance community musicians in the UK lean toward an identity as artist rather than musician. There are many reasons for this, some pragmatic as they are multi-artists, and others lie deeply within the notion of socially engaged arts as a reaction against the formal educational structures of music. Explorations of the relationship between community music and music-making in prisons have shown both parallels and contrasts between the two areas of practice, however they are intimately entwined by their focus on seeking to support the personal growth and social strengths of participants (Cohen & Henley 2017). Therefore, given the complexity around community musicians’ identity (Phelan 2008), and the focus on socially engaged arts as a field of praxis with many dimensions, we use the terminology of the three community music organisations that we work with and refer to community musicians as artists throughout the paper.
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