92 research outputs found
Five years after Keogh's review of regulation in the aesthetics sector, what has changed?
No full text A Government-commissioned review of the regulation of cosmetic interventions made many recommendations with a view to improve both standards of care and patient safety. In 2018, 5 years on from the review's publication, some progress has been made, but there is still much to be done. Simon Withey, Nigel Mercer and Alex Woollard reflect on key developments in the aesthetics sector </jats:p
Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Cultural Heritage
No full textThis talk was presented at the IPinCH Cultural Commodification, Indigenous Peoples & Self-Determination Public Symposium held on May 2, 2013 at the University of British Columbia
To establish if after-sales support is a determining factor in the purchase of fitness equipment, and examine, review, and provide recommendations on how Cybex Inc.���¢��������s approach to worldwide after-sales should be re-engineered to meet the ever increasing expectations of new and existing customers.
No full textCybex Inc. is a worldwide supplier of commercial fitness equipment, operating in a highly competitive market, where the products supplied by the 5 main producers worldwide (including Cybex Inc.) are homogenous offering limited points of differentiation to the end consumer.
The competition operate large scale facilities, leveraging economies of scale to drive prices down. Cybex Inc. are unable to compete on price and require an alternative strategy to add value to the customer experience and provide a point of differentiation against the competition.
This report investigates the merits of developing after-sales as a point of differentiation, focusing on the specific expectations of customers, and what changes are required within the organisation in order to meet and exceed these expectations.
Finally the report provides a series of recommendations required in order for Cybex Inc. to leverage after-sales as a point of differentiatio
To establish if after-sales support is a determining factor in the purchase of fitness equipment, and examine, review, and provide recommendations on how Cybex Inc.���¢��������s approach to worldwide after-sales should be re-engineered to meet the ever increasing expectations of new and existing customers.
No full textCybex Inc. is a worldwide supplier of commercial fitness equipment, operating in a highly competitive market, where the products supplied by the 5 main producers worldwide (including Cybex Inc.) are homogenous offering limited points of differentiation to the end consumer.
The competition operate large scale facilities, leveraging economies of scale to drive prices down. Cybex Inc. are unable to compete on price and require an alternative strategy to add value to the customer experience and provide a point of differentiation against the competition.
This report investigates the merits of developing after-sales as a point of differentiation, focusing on the specific expectations of customers, and what changes are required within the organisation in order to meet and exceed these expectations.
Finally the report provides a series of recommendations required in order for Cybex Inc. to leverage after-sales as a point of differentiatio
Stop staring at the grade! Improving student engagement with feedback
No full textIn 2012 the author gave a series of conference presentations on how to encourage law students to engage with their feedback. The author devised an Assessment and Feedback Guide, with the following aims: to explain the general learning outcomes for law as identified in the QAA Benchmark Statement; to provide examples of when these learning outcomes are demonstrated; to explain how these outcomes are assessed; to explain what feedback is and the importance of using it to feed-forward to improve performance; and to provide examples of fictitious student work, including the types of feedback comments that tutors might provide. In late 2020 the author adapted the Guide to take account of the 2019 Law Benchmark statement. The Guide was circulated to law students at the university of Greenwich. This presentation refers to some of the research on feedback and reports on the efficacy of the Guide in encouraging students to use their feedback
Discussion of “Formation of an Intermediate Layer Between Grains in Nickel-Based Superalloy Turbine Blades”*
No full textKim and Withey discuss the formation of an ‘intermediate layer’, formed between grains, which they observe in some Ni-base superalloys. This author proposes that the layer is the result of the presence of a bifilm, a double film probably of oxide or nitride, which appears to be capable of providing a coherent explanation of all the interesting observations reported by the authors
Online mentoring programmes: addressing the graduate skills gap and lack of diversity in legal recruitment
No full textIn 2021 the Government developed a ‘Levelling Up Law’ initiative. The author attended a series of meetings, also attended by MPs, fifteen city law firms and diversity heads from nine universities. the law firms shared statistics on recruitment and progression. On average, only 50% of employees had been educated in state schools and 75% of employees were white. Whilst women and men had been recruited more of less equally, women had struggled to gain promotion to senior partner level, with some firms reporting this figure to be only 15%. It was also apparent that few outreach initiatives specifically target non-Russel Group universities. Recommendations in the resulting report encouraged this. Around the same time, employers were raising the legal skills gap issue. In Essential Framework for Enhancing Student Success: Embedding Employability in Higher Education, Advanced HE identify ten areas of focus that are integral for graduate employability. The author recognised a conundrum; how to implement this framework in an already packed curriculum, without reducing legal knowledge content. The author developed an initiative with the aim of addressing both diversity in the law and the skills gap. The author created a platform, comprised of online mentoring programmes, which aim to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practice. The programmes are extra-curricular and delivered early evening, which is the most inclusive model for law students given that most commute and have jobs and responsibilities. The author contacted law firms and organisations passionate about EDI. The programmes are subject based, which means that different organisations can contribute to one programme. Each programme has at least five sessions, and at least two, ideally three, are task-based. The University of Greenwich now has three mentor programmes: Criminal Law and Practice; Commercial Law and Practice; and Competition Law and Practice. This presentation explain how the schemes work, and analyses the impact on both mentees and mentors. The schemes have been hugely successful. One of the District Crown Prosecutors who mentored on the CPS scheme provides useful insight from a mentor's perspective
"We'll Imagine, Madam, you have a Beard":Beards and Early Female Playwrights
No full textThis chapter explores the use and reinvention of the beard by female playwrights of the early Restoration period. Whilst the role of the beard in relation to the production and reproduction of gender and sex identity on the professional stages of early modern London has come under increasing scrutiny by critics including Will Fisher and Eleanor Rycroft, the ways in which early female playwrights have subsequently utilised the beard has thus far not been the focus of any critical work. This paper will examine beards in works by canonical female playwrights such as Aphra Behn and Susannah Centlivre as well as in plays written by neglected authors such as Frances Boothby and Elizabeth Polwhele. In Polwhele’s The Frolicks (1671), for example, the false beard is a plot enabler in the hands of a female character, thus subverting the relationship between the beard and masculine authority. Clarabell, the spirited protagonist of the play, uses a false beard in order to author her own fate. Determined to marry the rakish Rightwit, despite his abrupt imprisonment as a debtor, she engineers a disguise plot in which she first cross dresses as a boy and then directs a performance of male-to-female impersonation, going on to hoodwink a jailor whilst having her lover steal from prison in a false beard which she provides. Through Clarabell, Polwhele uses the false beard to signify female authorial control and to stake a claim in the Restoration theatre; therefore, the use of the false beard in The Frolicks can be read as a moment in which the existing frameworks of a male-centric professional theatre are challenged. Throughout the works of early professional female playwrights, the beard is visible as a locus of power and autonomy reshaped for a burgeoning theatrical female participation
Within- and Between-Session Reliability of Pelvic Marker Placement and Posture in Lower-Limb Amputees
No full textBACKGROUND: Accurate placement of anatomical markers is essential for valid three-dimensional (3D) gait analysis, yet individuals with lower-limb amputation (LLA) pose unique challenges due to altered anatomy, prosthetic interfaces, and increased adiposity.
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed within- and between-session reliability of pelvis marker placement and static posture kinematics in adults with unilateral LLA.
METHODOLOGY: Fourteen adults with unilateral LLA (age: 58 ± 15 years, height: 174.6 ± 7.5 cm, body mass: 91.1 ± 27.7 kg, BMI: 29.6 ± 7.5 kg/m²; eleven transtibial, three transfemoral) participated in two sessions spaced 3–13 months apart. Reliability of marker distances and static posture kinematics were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM).
FINDINGS: Within-session reliability of pelvis marker distances was good to excellent (ICC ≥ 0.78), whereas between-session reliability was lower (ICC as low as 0.14), particularly for posterior superior iliac spine markers. Pelvis kinematics demonstrated moderate reliability within sessions (average ICC ≈ 0.71), but trunk kinematics showed poor reliability. SEM values were low (<5°), suggesting acceptable absolute consistency despite variable ICCs, likely driven by postural changes and prosthetic factors.
CONCLUSION: Findings support reliable pelvis marker placement within sessions but highlight challenges for longitudinal consistency. Multiple trial collections and standardised posture protocols are recommended to improve long-term reliability.
Layman's Abstract
Accurately placing small reflective markers on the body is very important for correctly measuring how people move during three-dimensional (3D) gait (walking) analysis. However, this can be more difficult in people with lower-limb amputations (LLA) because their anatomy is different, they use artificial limbs, and body shapes can vary. This study looked at how consistently these markers can be placed on the pelvis in adults with unilateral LLA. Fourteen adults participated in two sessions spaced 3–13 months apart. We assessed the consistency of the marker positions comparing them within and between sessions. We found that pelvis marker placement was quite reliable when tested in the same session, but less consistent between sessions, especially for markers placed on the back of the pelvis. The overall body posture and trunk positions also varied more between sessions. Even so, the size of the differences was small, meaning that the results were still fairly reliable to extract information about the motion. Findings support reliable pelvis marker placement within sessions but highlight challenges across longer time periods. Multiple trial collections and standardised posture guidelines are recommended to improve long-term reliability.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/46063/34419
How To Cite: Withey A, Cazzola D, Tabor A, Seminati E. Within- and between-session reliability of pelvic marker placement and posture in lower-limb amputees. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2025; Volume 8, Issue 2, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i2.46063
Corresponding Author: Alexandra Withey,
Affiliation: Affiliation: Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
E-Mail: [email protected]
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-230
WITHIN- AND BETWEEN-SESSION RELIABILITY OF PELVIC MARKER PLACEMENT AND POSTURE IN LOWER-LIMB AMPUTEES
No full textBACKGROUND: Accurate placement of anatomical markers is essential for valid three-dimensional (3D) gait analysis, yet individuals with lower-limb amputation (LLA) pose unique challenges due to altered anatomy, prosthetic interfaces, and increased adiposity.
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed within- and between-session reliability of pelvis marker placement and static posture kinematics in adults with unilateral LLA.
METHODOLOGY: Fourteen adults with unilateral LLA (age: 58 ± 15 years, height: 174.6 ± 7.5 cm, body mass: 91.1 ± 27.7 kg, BMI: 29.6 ± 7.5 kg/m²; eleven transtibial, three transfemoral) participated in two sessions spaced 3–13 months apart. Reliability of marker distances and static posture kinematics were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM).
FINDINGS: Within-session reliability of pelvis marker distances was good to excellent (ICC ≥ 0.78), whereas between-session reliability was lower (ICC as low as 0.14), particularly for posterior superior iliac spine markers. Pelvis kinematics demonstrated moderate reliability within sessions (average ICC ≈ 0.71), but trunk kinematics showed poor reliability. SEM values were low (<5°), suggesting acceptable absolute consistency despite variable ICCs, likely driven by postural changes and prosthetic factors.
CONCLUSION: Findings support reliable pelvis marker placement within sessions but highlight challenges for longitudinal consistency. Multiple trial collections and standardised posture protocols are recommended to improve long-term reliability.
Layman\u27s Abstract
Accurately placing small reflective markers on the body is very important for correctly measuring how people move during three-dimensional (3D) gait (walking) analysis. However, this can be more difficult in people with lower-limb amputations (LLA) because their anatomy is different, they use artificial limbs, and body shapes can vary. This study looked at how consistently these markers can be placed on the pelvis in adults with unilateral LLA. Fourteen adults participated in two sessions spaced 3–13 months apart. We assessed the consistency of the marker positions comparing them within and between sessions. We found that pelvis marker placement was quite reliable when tested in the same session, but less consistent between sessions, especially for markers placed on the back of the pelvis. The overall body posture and trunk positions also varied more between sessions. Even so, the size of the differences was small, meaning that the results were still fairly reliable to extract information about the motion. Findings support reliable pelvis marker placement within sessions but highlight challenges across longer time periods. Multiple trial collections and standardised posture guidelines are recommended to improve long-term reliability.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/46063/34419
How To Cite: Withey A, Cazzola D, Tabor A, Seminati E. Within- and between-session reliability of pelvic marker placement and posture in lower-limb amputees. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2025; Volume 8, Issue 2, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i2.46063
Corresponding Author: Alexandra Withey,Affiliation: Affiliation: Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.E-Mail: [email protected] ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-230
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