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Weight loss can be boosted fivefold thanks to novel mental imagery technique, research shows
A study has shown how overweight people lost an average of five times more weight using Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a brief individual motivational intervention teaching self-motivating skills with mental imagery, compared with just talking therapy
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Funding to investigate health improvement programmes in community supervision
Plymouth University news: People under community supervision, especially those recently release from prison, are in more need of health care than the rest of the population yet often have the most difficulty accessing it - this study addresses this issue
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Pilot study reveals storm response of offshore lighthouses
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pilot-study-reveals-storm-response-of-offshore-lighthouses
University of Plymouth news: The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouse during severe storm conditions have been revealed in a new study by the University of Plymouth.
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Study seeks best way to meet ‘tidal wave of rehab need’ remotely
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-seeks-best-way-to-meet-tidal-wave-of-rehab-need-remotely
A new one-year project is looking urgently at the best ways to remotely assess people with long-term physical conditions, and those recovering from COVID-19.
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Stay at home. Is it really that simple?
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/stay-at-home-is-it-really-that-simple
University of Plymouth: Dr Sana Murrani, Stay at home. Is it really that simple?
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Helping ‘underperforming’ doctors get back up to scratch – review to explore medical remediation
Dr Nicola Brennan is leading a review to explore if remediation programmes work for practising doctors and – as training a doctor costs £500K to the UK taxpayer – how these processes might be improved to save money for the NHS and restore patient safety.
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Research investigates impact of climate change on glacier-fed rivers in Peru
The University of Plymouth is leading a major research project to establish the precise effects future changes in the glacial system might pose for remote communities in the Peruvian Andes
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A non-linear numerical wave model to investigate the dynamic behaviour of a large diameter monopile-based offshore wind turbine (OWT) within the Caribbean Sea environment
University of Plymouth's COAST Engineering Research Group - active project: A non-linear numerical wave model to investigate the dynamic behaviour of a large diameter monopile-based offshore wind turbine (OWT) within the Caribbean Sea environment
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Dr Roy Lowry
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-features/dr-roy-lowry
Pedagogic pyromania: From setting fire to school classrooms to providing the pyrotechnics for the front covers of four JG Ballard novels, the work of Dr Roy Lowry has never been anything less than explosive.
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Hidden moles in hidden holes
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/hidden-moles-in-hidden-holes
University of Plymouth news: Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years.
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