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Floating treatment wetlands are an innovative wetland design to passively improve water quality and remove pollutants from reservoirs with limited infrastructure modification or construction as compared to traditional treatment wetlands. However, design recommendations remain limited. Therefore, the objectives of this study were: 1. Determine nitrate-N removal rates in two floating treatment wetland vegetation designs entering a second growing season and 2. Evaluate nitrate-N removal performance in floating treatment wetland designs following the addition of two carbon amendments during the growing season. Three floating treatment wetland mesocosm experiments were conducted during the summer of 2019, where nitrate-N removal was evaluated. Two floating treatment wetland plant designs (Rush species and Diverse species) and three carbon conditions (no amendment, spent coffee grounds, and barley straw) were assessed in replicates of three. Floating treatment wetland vegetation design (Rush versus Diverse) was found to have significant (P

Objectives To identify service users' views and attitudes to access, physiotherapy and patient-autonomous health-seeking behaviours. Study design Mixed qualitative and quantitative questionnaire. Setting Twenty-six locations representing a range of socio-economic and geographical settings throughout Scotland. Participants Three thousand and ten patients over 16 years of age. Methods Postal questionnaires containing a mix of open and closed questions, attitude statements and free text for comments were sent to all consenting patients 4 weeks after discharge from physiotherapy. Responses were analysed by referral group: self-referred patients; patients referred by their general practitioner (GP); and patients referred at the suggestion of their GP. Results A response rate of 72% (2177/3010) was achieved. Males, females and all age groups were represented. Strong support for the effectiveness of physiotherapy was reported by all groups (>90%). Despite more than 80% of respondents claiming that they were able to confidently predict when they needed physiotherapy, less than 23% reported being knowledgeable or very knowledgeable about physiotherapy, with no significant association between level of knowledge and referral group ( P =0.129). Self-referred patients were more satisfied ( P Conclusions Physiotherapy was regarded positively by all referral groups, particularly by self-referred patients, despite there being a distinct lack of knowledge about the profession. There is a clear need to raise awareness and knowledge of physiotherapy if autonomous health-seeking behaviours are to be encouraged and self-referral schemes progressed appropriately.