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Numerical approximation of semilinear stochastic subdiffusion driven by fractionally integrated fBm via the Mittag-Leffler Euler scheme
Full text link© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.This paper introduces a numerical method for solving the stochastic semilinear subdiffusion equation with fractionally integrated additive fractional Brownian motion (fBm). The temporal discretization is carried out using the Mittag-Leffler Euler method, while the spatial variable is approximated by the spectral Galerkin method. We prove that the resulting fully discrete scheme attains the optimal strong convergence rate O ( τ min { α , H + α + γ − 1 } ) for all H ∈ (0, 1), thereby overcoming the 1/2-order restriction reported in [1]. Here, τ denotes the time step size, H ∈ (0, 1) is the Hurst parameter, α ∈ (0, 1) is the order of the Caputo fractional derivative, and γ ∈ [0, 1] is the order of the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the method and to confirm the sharpness of the theoretical convergence results.This work was partially supported by the Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (No. 2025L130) and the Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (No. 2024-139)
florio HAEMO—A digital medical device for monitoring of treatment, symptoms and physical activities for people living with haemophilia
Full text link© 2025 The Author(s). Haemophilia published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Introduction: Despite therapeutic achievements in haemophilia care, there is still the need to monitor and define personal treatment outcomes and document results to achieve the best possible care. Hence, a need for unbiased, timely and comprehensive real‐world information exists to support informed shared decision‐making regarding treatment and care. Aim: To describe a medical device for people living with haemophilia (PLWH) supporting an active involvement to achieve a near to normal life. Methods: Florio HAEMO was developed as haemophilia monitoring platform to support PLWH and their care teams in documenting, interpreting and analysing personal reported outcomes. The tool was created partnering closely with PLWH and healthcare professionals to address previously unmet needs compared to existing applications. Results: Florio HAEMO was launched in March 2020. Currently, it is available in 25 countries and 24 languages; 1558 PLWH (86% with haemophilia A) are registered users in 121 treatment centres across 20 countries. All users included are on a prophylactic treatment regimen. Conclusion: Florio HAEMO allows the collection of contemporaneous data to monitor treatment, like factor level, adherence and consumption as well as monitoring treatment outcomes, including pain, bleeds, wellbeing and levels of physical activity to support self‐management, shared decision‐making and to enable better care for PLWH. Data collected over time may help to show the impact of individualised prophylaxis and may support the definition of factor levels required for good bleed and joint protection in a real world setting from daily life to physical activities.Participation of the authors in this board was financially supported by the Florio GmbH, Munich/German
International Perspectives on Academic Development – Understanding Purposes, Structures, and Contexts
No full textThe role of academic developers (ADs) in student-staff partnerships (SSPs) is increasingly significant in universities, where 'students as partners' (SaP) is gaining momentum. ADs, given their central role, are ideally positioned to facilitate these partnerships. This chapter explores the benefits ADs gain from engaging with SSPs, investigates the application of a model for initiating, developing, and supporting SSPs across various cultures, and discusses the role of ADs in navigating recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) through SSPs as relational pedagogy. Drawing on an extensive literature review, we investigate academic development approaches to developing partnership learning communities and illustrate these with mini-case studies from different countries, institutions, departments, and disciplines. We delve into the challenges and opportunities of AI for ADs, calling for continued commitments to relational pedagogies through SSPs that explore AI with a focus on human interactions
An intensive block approach to teaching academic skills through a discipline: The effect on student connections, experiences, and outcomes as students transition to HE
No full textSupporting students in their transition to university remains a challenge in higher education. Ensuring that new students feel settled and connected to other students, staff, the university itself, and their subject area is key to enabling a successful transition to their new environment. Equally important is supporting them to develop the essential academic skills to complete assignments in higher education. This original study investigates the impact of an intensive block teaching approach to academic skills during the first two weeks of the first year on the student experience and student outcomes. Block teaching has been shown to improve retention, pass rates and higher-level outcomes. Since 2022, Geography and Environment students at the University of Chester have started their studies with a two-week intensive block module, acting as an extended induction to university. This block module has run for three years with a total of 127 students. Through a questionnaire at the end of the block, students reported that their experience helped them understand the requirements of higher education study, improved their understanding ofvarious academic skills, and that they now knew more people through the block. The student outcomes from this approach have included 100% pass rates, high average marks, and a 10% increase in continuation rates of students from year 1 to year 2. We argue that adopting a discipline-based approach to teaching academic skills through block teaching, when organised effectively, can support students in developing academic skills, boost their confidence, and facilitate their transition to university
A woman's work is never done: an analysis of the triple labour burden in the letters of the Women's Co-operative Guild, 1915
No full textIn the early decades of the twentieth century, a group of British working-class women documented their lives in a series of letters. In this thesis, I examine these first-hand accounts of living in poverty, trapped in an endless round of unpreventable pregnancy. This interdisciplinary project incorporates women’s studies, working-class history, and economic theory. My research centres on a close examination of the correspondence of the Women’s Co-operative Guild (WCG), published in 1915 as Maternity: Letters from Working Women. I draw on the life-writing of WCG members, situating their struggles at the centre of my argument: that working-class women were exploited by what I have termed the ‘triple labour burden’. The triple labour burden is the combination of production, reproduction, and reproductive labour undertaken by the members of the WCG. It is either underpaid or unpaid, and the Maternity letters demonstrate its consequences for the health, well-being, and economic circumstances of the authors. I provide a theoretical explanation of how capitalism depends on working-class women’s labour in order to function, before demonstrating how the triple labour burden directly perpetuated the financial poverty experienced by the WCG members. I conclude that, by sharing their personal stories, the WCG contributed to legislative change that meaningfully improved the lives of British working-class women through a scheme of nationwide State reforms, including maternity-specific welfare payments and free ante- and post-natal healthcare. In sum, my thesis is an original contribution to Marxist-feminist research. It amplifies the hitherto unheard voices of British working-class women.Thesis deposited following repository upgrade (2nd to 23rd February 2026). Exam board date: 18th March 2026
Staging the spectacle: the panoptic–synoptic dynamics of prosumer fandom in live PDC darts
Full text link© 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This article examines how the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) transformed live darts into a highly mediated, carnivalesque spectacle by mobilising the participatory energy of prosumer fans. It explores how surveillance, performance, and control intersect within a distinctive sport entertainment ecosystem. Drawing on multi-season qualitative fieldwork across televised PDC tournaments, the study combines participant observation, visual methods, informal conversations, and semi-structured interviews with fans, players, and organisational staff. Data were analysed using inductive, reflexive thematic analysis to examine fan behaviour, broadcast mediation, and event governance. The PDC’s audience model is organised through a dyadic relationship between panoptic regulation and synoptic visibility. Venue protocols, security staff, and event management monitor and discipline conduct, while fans are encouraged to perform for cameras through costumes, chants, signs, and crowd interaction. Synoptic visibility operates as a commercial governance device: the promise of mediated recognition recruits fans into self-regulation to remain camera-eligible. The outcome is managed exuberance in which participation is simultaneously rewarded and constrained. The article advances sport management and leisure research by theorising prosumer fandom as a mutually reinforcing system of visibility and control, and by offering insight into designing ethical, participatory event atmospheres.unfunde
Finding your people, finding your place: Institutional collaborative writing groups as a compassionate approach to developing a professional SoTL identity
No full textPractising the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has been shown to help staff from non-traditional backgrounds (e.g. professional backgrounds) develop a sense of belonging within academia. This article examines how institutional collaborative writing groups support inexperienced SoTL practitioners in finding their place within their institution. Drawing on literature about SoTL identity and collaborative writing groups (CWGs), we consider how these CWGs assist colleagues in shaping their professional identities. We found that some staff did not see themselves as ‘academics’ or ‘researchers’, especially when their job emphasised teaching, such as ‘Teaching Fellow’. However, they strongly desired recognition and appreciation for their expertise and experience as teachers. We argue that institutional collaborative writing groups provide a compassionate approach to academic development, fostering a sense of community and belonging among participants, which helps them build confidence as SoTL practitioners and as valued members of the university.unfunde
Understanding Judaism: A guide for teachers
No full textThis book is not available on ChesterRep.This book explores the beliefs and practices of Judaism as a lived religion in the United Kingdom and addresses issues of representation. This book engages with Jewish beliefs and practices in a way that is accurate, accessible and engaging for teachers of all phases. Aspects of Judaism explored include the concepts that form the central beliefs of Judaism, and then the expression of these beliefs in worship, daily life, and the ethics of Jews in the modern day. Each chapter utilises the authentic voice of believers today and invites the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be taught in the classroom.
One of the distinctive features of this book is its engagement with diversity in the Jewish world. How are the teachings of Judaism understood and lived in different circumstances in the UK today? Written by an expert in Religious Studies, this book provides immediate applicability for the classroom, and helps the reader deepen their knowledge of Judaism
Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Cheshire and Warrington: Final Report
Full text link©2022 SAIGCThe Commission is made up of elected representatives from each local authority and a local enterprise partnership board member, as well as representatives from carbon intensive industries and agriculture, finance and investment, energy, and experts from civil society including university, housing and local nature sectors, and has also worked with expert advisers from beyond the Commission. The Commission’s Secretariat is drawn from the LEP with support from the Local Authorities. The Commission has been working on four themes: Inclusive Economy, Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Land Use, and Net Zero. For each of these themes the Commission has developed an evidence base for Cheshire and Warrington’s current position, a vision representing where the Commission believes the subregion should aim to be and a set of recommended actions to achieve these visions. Several of the recommendations cross-cut multiple themes. The Commission went out to consultation on the draft document between March-May 2022 to hear a wider range of views from across the subregion and check whether the proposals were supported or required changing, a drawing summarising the recommendations was used for this, shown on page 5-6. The feedback from the consultation has been used to sense check, review and update the recommendations, creating this final report. Further details on the consultation findings and responses can be found within this report. The Commission would like to thank all those who took the time to feed into the consultation and help shape the final report and hopes that this powerful partnership approach can be extended into the actions needed to make the visions a reality. The next steps will be for this report to be published and promoted within a 6 month promote phase. This will include targeting the priority actions and recommendations to the organisations that can address them, and raising awareness of the need for change more widely to the sectors and stakeholders that need to take action for Cheshire and Warrington to meet the vision and objectives
“I’m all for Second Chances…But…”: A Qualitative Study into Employer Perceptions of the Employability of People with Criminal Records
No full textThis thesis describes a qualitative study of the perceptions of employers around the employability of People with Criminal Records (PWCR), with the experiences of service providers who provide employability support to PWCR also presented. The study sets out to examine the barriers to employment for PWCR, how these barriers can be reduced, and the circumstances in which the barriers are perceived as too significant for employers. The study, which was theoretically informed by symbolic interactionism and phenomenology, used qualitative methods comprising of semi-structured interviews with a sample of employers from a variety of business sectors and sizes and service providers. The study design was motivated by a requirement to capture in-depth accounts of employer perceptions and the influential factors behind such perceptions. The study findings indicate how the concept of risk is at the forefront of employers’ decision making when considering applications from PWCR. The perceptions presented typically related to three categories: What Increases Perceived Risk? What Mitigates Perceived Risk? When is the Perceived Risk Considered Excessive? This thesis argues that the positive role which employment plays on desistance from crime is inhibited by a culture which is pre-occupied by risk, in which those who are making efforts to desist are labelled and stigmatised to a point whereby achieving employment is a significant barrier to their desistance journeys. In conclusion, this thesis suggests that there should be further awareness and training provided to employers to illustrate the benefits of employing of PWCR which also aims to challenge the stigmatising perceptions which contribute towards exclusionary policies. Further to this, this thesis proposes that changes are required to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, specifically through the implementation of a basic disclosure system in which disclosure is only required for offences which are relevant to the industry. This could prevent the tarnishing of applications through offence disclosure which is unnecessary and not legally required.Repository upgraded 2nd to 23rd February. Exam board date was 18th February 2026. Thesis could only be deposited after the upgrade
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