new vistas
New Vistas is a fully open access, peer reviewed journal published by the University of West London. It provides a forum to disseminate research, commentary, and scholarly work that engages with the complex agenda of higher education in its local, national and global context.
New Vistas welcomes contributions from academic staff and doctoral students, with the explicit intention to give a voice to early-career researchers and scholars.
The journal aims to publish twice a year, with occasional special issues, and publishes for a broad academic, international and professional readership.
Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026 • UWL Annual Doctoral Students' Conference 2025
Editor's note
The 2025 Annual Doctoral Students’ Conference at the University of West London
- Prof. Caroline Lafarge
- Maria Pennells
Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026 • UWL Annual Doctoral Students' Conference 2025
Articles
Wearable devices can improve physical activity and reduce pain in middle-aged adult with musculoskeletal chronic pain
- Kereaseen Oluwatobiloba Eboreime
Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026 • UWL Annual Doctoral Students' Conference 2025
A qualitative exploration of positive body image during pregnancy
- Hannah Griffin
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Unmaking a ‘Jewish Vampire’: An attempt to reframe Joseph Süss Oppenheim
- Hanna Heimann
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Exploring factors impacting the self-management of Type 2 Diabetes in older adults of Black African and Afro-Caribbean ancestry living in London: A qualitative approach.
- Dionne Henry
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Reflections on initial findings during the research project: How does the Ludic Space of Applied Theatre influence the possibility of re-experiencing/connecting with childhood and its space in adult participants of the activities?
- Jolanta Janson
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A musical interpretation of contraction and release.
- Konstantina Kapsouli
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Development of an integrated multiplatform electromagnetic sensing system: Advanced visualization for environmental diagnostics and urban regeneration
- Francesco Mercogliano
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The challenges to create a legislative framework that regulates the expansion of mining in the Brazilian Amazon, observing the country’s relevant national interest and the rights of the indigenous peoples
- Anna Desiree Oliveira
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Feasibility study: Effect of virgin coconut oil in older adults diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia
- Kirti Paik-Inkar
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GPR attribute analysis for tree trunk assessment: An advanced imaging approach.
- Saeed Parnow
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From theory to sound: Applying research skills to develop cross-genre fusions.
- Kirill Polyanskiy
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Green Human Resource Management: How it started and how it’s going.
- Abdul Qayyum
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We Do Not Pay Reparations: Oh Yes You Do
- Priscellia Robinson
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Poster: Investigating soft skills in diverse teams within the UK ICT sector: A mixed methods approach
- Saman Abbaszadeh
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Poster: Pre-training of U-Net encoder for improved keypoint detection in transmitral Doppler imaging.
- Abas Abdi
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Poster: Design and evaluation of a clinician-centred intelligent interface for echocardiographic image quality feedback.
- Sara Adibzadeh
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Poster: Visualising and communicating data from non?destructive testing using extended reality technology for infrastructure and environmental asset monitoring.
- Elikem Doe Atsakpo
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Poster: Do psychological risk factors affect the relationship between impulsivity and nicotine addiction?
- Marisha David
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Poster: AI-aided design of 3D printed micro implant for an optimized drug release in ocular media
- Arian Farokh
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Poster: Subjective time dilation in optic flow: effects of visual gravity and motion speed on duration estimation
- Gergely Gerstmayer
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Poster: Intelligent user interfaces for spatial audio
- Jack Hoggard
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Poster: Machine learning applications for drug discover
- Mariya Ivanova
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Poster: The knowledge, health beliefs and lifestyle choices among adults to maintain a healthy gut microbiome: a scoping review.
- Rita Kmeid
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Poster: Green infrastructure monitoring using remote sensing
- Suman Kumar
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Poster: Historical heritage assessment and monitoring using remote sensing: the case study of Wolvesey Castle
- Moein Motavallizadeh Naeini
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Poster: Development of an antibiotic susceptibility test using Raman spectroscopy
- Giang Nguyen
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Poster: Online social networks/chat groups for smoking cessation among young adults aged 18-29 years: a systematic review
- Oluwakemi Odukoya
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Poster: An investigation into the embodied carbon and associated costs in office buildings utilizing different slab systems
- Chia Paknahad
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Poster: The relationship between executive function and athlete burnout
- William Poulter
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Poster: Impact of tall fescue roots and their symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi on slope stabilisation
- Amara Rahim
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Poster: Adaptive AI tutors in extended reality environments: enhancing cognitive engagement through neurofeedback
- Peter Varga
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Poster: Analyses of hospital microbiomes revealed a diverse range of critical pathogens associated with HAIs
- Julio Cesar Ortega Cambara
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Biochar-enhanced carbon-negative concrete: Decarbonising the construction industry
- Shah Room
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Healthcare seeking behaviour among hypertensive adults (18+ years) in Africa: A scoping review
- Mustapha Sanyang
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Addressing class imbalance in VeReMi dataset: A CGAN-driven approach
- Fatim Sbai
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Developing a data-driven tool for building energy retrofit planning
- Hamidreza Seraj
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The ethical calculus in the hotel industry: Stakeholder perceptions of surveillance in the UK and Nigeria
- Jennifer Shankyula
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What is the influence of humour style and sense of humour on health anxiety and physical symptoms?
- Daniel Sleiman
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How can deep learning technique be leveraged to enhance ASR systems for dysarthric speech recognition?
- Leon Starr
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Use of audio, bioimpedance signals, and multimodal deep learning in classification of laryngeal pathologies
- Julia Zofia Tomaszewska
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Improving mispronunciation detection and diagnosis using deep learning
- Daniel Tweddle
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A neonatal antibiotic resistant polymicrobial skin infection: a case report and laboratory investigation
- Filippos Vaskoudis
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Silenced trauma, unresolved loss: The art of bearing witness in families of the missing in healthcare
- Pascale Waschnig
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