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Impact of remote and hybrid work on lifestyle behaviours
Loughborough University, GB
The study aims to investigate the impact of hybrid/remote working on a range of health-related behaviours, particularly physical activity, sitting time, diet and sleep.
- 8 Day(s) to complete
- Receive feedback on physical activity levels, your sitting time, and sleep duration and quality, which can impact longer term health.
- Observational
- Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
26 February 2025 Requirements- People in either part-time or full-time employment, working at least 3 days per week
- Adopt a hybrid method of working, or work 100% remotely.
- Have no underlying health conditions that prevent them from undertaking their usual working and daily routine
- Are aged between 18 – 65 years old
- Own a smart phone, and willing to download and install a basic diet monitoring app (Nutritics)
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The role of novel proteins in diabetes risk
Roehampton University, GB
The research study will investigate the effects of glycogen sensing proteins found in the cells of our muscle. Research in the lead investigator’s laboratories has demonstrated that these proteins may contribute to insulin resistance (pre-diabetes). Yet we still don’t know how these proteins are...
- 5 Hour(s) to complete
- Sincere Gratitude
- Experiment
- Roehampton, London SW15, UK
25 February 2025 Requirements- Inclusion criteria for healthy iand for participants with pre-diabetes will be provided in detail upon application. However, the following criteria is applicable to all that wish to be involved.
- You are between 18 and 65 years of age.
- You must be able to commit to three visits to our laboratories. The study will involve:
- Willing to give frequent blood samples (a total of 10 small samples over the course of the trial) Each visit will require no more blood than that taken during a standard blood donation.
- Muscle biopsies will be drawn during visits 2, and 3 using a standard well-practised method. A local anaesthetic will be used to numb the muscle biopsy site and to reduce the possibility of mild discomfort associated with this method. This procedure uses a ‘keyhole’ inclusion of 7 to 10 mm into the skin. A minimum of 14 days will separate 2 and 3 visits.
- Have your body composition measured and carry out exercise to the best of your ability.
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What affects your perception of sound? fMRI Study
University College London, GB
This study will involve:
- A hearing test;
- A 30 minute computer task, in which you will be presented a series of ‘trials’. Each trial is a few seconds long, and involves listening to a series of audio tones through headphones, and seeing a visual cue. You will subsequently be presented...- 150 Min(s) to complete
- £30 and local travel expenses reimbursed
- Experiment
- Wellcome Trust Centre, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
17 March 2025 Requirements- Hearing ability within ‘normal’ range
- NO presence of tinnitus (persistent sound heard in one or both ears that is not coming from an external sound source or actual sounds being generated inside your body such as turbulent blood flow), that is present in the absence of background sounds that are sufficiently loud to mask it
- Aged 18 or over
- The ability to lie very still for around 60 minutes at a time
- No presence of claustrophobia/fear of enclosed or tight spaces
- No eye or head injuries involving metal (e.g. splinters from working with metal, or shrapnel)
- No implanted medical devices (including pacemakers, cochlear implants, heart valves, aneurysm clips or coronary stents, infusion pumps, or Hickman lines)
- No abnormalities of brain structure (e.g. stroke, tumour), or other neurological disorders (e.g. multiple sclerosis or epilepsy)
- No ongoing use of sedating medications, or certain other nerve-acting medications
- No current mental health condition of sufficient severity to prevent certain activities of everyday life
- No experience of seizures
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