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Background Difficulty controlling or emptying the bowel is a common issue with devastating physical and mental health impacts. Digital technologies supporting bowel self-management remain limited. We are exploring a system combining an implanted sensor with a digital interface to support bowel self-management. This paper reports on the digital interface. Objectives To identify the information most valuable to adults living with bowel problems and the best ways to present it on the digital int...

The COVID-19 pandemic reduced physical activity during lockdown and had legacy impacts differentially affecting specific demographics. Key knowledge gaps remain in relation to the legacy impacts on rural communities which can require specific health intervention plans. Active leisure events like parkrun promote community exercise. Participation at parkrun was lower when events resumed after lockdown with disproportionate losses of females and those in deprived areas. It is unclear how the pan...

1. Forests are critical to the provision of goods and services. They experience many threats including the presence of invasive alien plants (IAPs) which can impact native biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, there is a lack of synthesis around outcomes and costs of managing IAPs in forests. 2. We conducted a systematic review to identify (i) where IAP management is reported globally, (ii) which IAP species are being managed, (iii) which methods are being used and ...

Eye contact is one of fundamental components of nonverbal communication, yet affective evaluations of direct gaze are complex and highly context-dependent. Cultural background appears to play a crucial role in shaping the interpretation and social function of gaze behaviors, likely leading to significant cross-cultural variation in preferences for eye contact. However, cross-cultural empirical research on eye contact comfort remains limited. The present study addresses this gap using a large ...