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Understanding The Experiences Of People With Dementia And Their Family Carers Participating In Healthcare Student Dementia Education: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation From The Time For Dementia Programme, S Daley, M Hebditch, Y Feeney, G Towson, Et Al Oct 2023

Understanding The Experiences Of People With Dementia And Their Family Carers Participating In Healthcare Student Dementia Education: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation From The Time For Dementia Programme, S Daley, M Hebditch, Y Feeney, G Towson, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

Background There is increasing awareness of the potential for positive impacts on student learning from involving people with dementia and family carers within undergraduate teaching. However, research on the experience of people with dementia and their family carers is sparse. This study aimed to evaluate the satisfaction and views of families (people with dementia and their family carers) who volunteered in Time for Dementia (TFD); an educational programme where undergraduate healthcare students visit families at home over a 2-year period. Methods Families taking part in TFD completed a satisfaction survey after taking part in the programme (n = 803). Frequencies …

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A New Chapter For The South West Clinical School Journal, Frazer Underwood Sep 2023

A New Chapter For The South West Clinical School Journal, Frazer Underwood

South West Clinical School Journal

Editorial

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The Benefits Of A Centralised Data Management Team In Covid-19 Clinical Research, Catherine Pitman, Simon Clark Sep 2023

The Benefits Of A Centralised Data Management Team In Covid-19 Clinical Research, Catherine Pitman, Simon Clark

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION

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The Challenges For Women Identified As Being From Deprived Backgrounds In Attending Obstetric Ultrasound Appointments: A Service Improvement Project, Stephanie Baldock Sep 2023

The Challenges For Women Identified As Being From Deprived Backgrounds In Attending Obstetric Ultrasound Appointments: A Service Improvement Project, Stephanie Baldock

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: KNOWLEDGE + ACTION

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An Exploration Of Assistant Practitioner’S (Nursing) Experiences Of Joining An Undergraduate Nursing Degree Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Lisa Attrill, Andrea Stebbings Sep 2023

An Exploration Of Assistant Practitioner’S (Nursing) Experiences Of Joining An Undergraduate Nursing Degree Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Lisa Attrill, Andrea Stebbings

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: RESEARCH REPORT

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The Leader’S Role In Agile Organisations: A Review Of The Contemporary Literature, April Sheppard Sep 2023

The Leader’S Role In Agile Organisations: A Review Of The Contemporary Literature, April Sheppard

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS - KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION

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Improving Patient And Staff Satisfaction Of First Contact Physiotherapy By Increasing True ‘First Contact’ Appointments In North Devon, Michael Henning, Gethin Lynch Sep 2023

Improving Patient And Staff Satisfaction Of First Contact Physiotherapy By Increasing True ‘First Contact’ Appointments In North Devon, Michael Henning, Gethin Lynch

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS – QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORT

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Management Of Neonatal Jaundice Readmissions Within A District Hospital: A Service Evaluation, Eleonora Forbes, Beth Hawken Sep 2023

Management Of Neonatal Jaundice Readmissions Within A District Hospital: A Service Evaluation, Eleonora Forbes, Beth Hawken

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS - KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION

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Using Evidenced-Based Practice To Save Community Nurses Time For Lower Leg Salvage Through Wound Debridement: A Case Study, Charlotte Keaveney Sep 2023

Using Evidenced-Based Practice To Save Community Nurses Time For Lower Leg Salvage Through Wound Debridement: A Case Study, Charlotte Keaveney

South West Clinical School Journal

#400WORDS: CASE STUDY

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Managing Epilepsy In People With Intellectual Disabilities - Creating Capable Communities, Rohit Shankar Sep 2023

Managing Epilepsy In People With Intellectual Disabilities - Creating Capable Communities, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Almost a quarter of people with intellectual disabilities have epilepsy. This life-long condition adversely affects their health, safety and well-being and carries an increased risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in this population. This commentary considers what not only health and social services but also communities and people with intellectual disabilities themselves can do to improve outcomes.

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The ‘Capability’ Of South African Energy Governance To Deliver Urban Sustainable Transitions, Stephen Essex, Federico Caprotti, Jiska De Groot, Jon Phillips, Lucy Baker, Peta Wolpe, Yachika Reddy Sep 2023

The ‘Capability’ Of South African Energy Governance To Deliver Urban Sustainable Transitions, Stephen Essex, Federico Caprotti, Jiska De Groot, Jon Phillips, Lucy Baker, Peta Wolpe, Yachika Reddy

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Critical to the trajectory and outcome of urban sustainable energy transitions is the ability of government institutions to foster conditions for change and innovation. In this paper, a theoretical perspective combining state power and local governance capability is used as a lens to examine the transition of the energy system in South Africa based on semi-structured interviews with a range of relevant stakeholders, supplemented by analysis of published academic and policy literature. The discussion highlights uneven transitional pathways across the country caused by variations in ‘capability’, together with continuing conflicting interests within the system which require more politically-informed policy processes.

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Food On The Margins: A Creative Film Collaboration To Amplify The Voices Of Those Living With Food Insecurity, Clare Pettinger, James Ellwood Sep 2023

Food On The Margins: A Creative Film Collaboration To Amplify The Voices Of Those Living With Food Insecurity, Clare Pettinger, James Ellwood

School of Health Professions

‘ Food on the margins in Plymouth’ is a short ‘fly on the wall’-style documentary film which has captured the food stories of six individuals who are, for whatever reason, experiencing food insecurity. The film was inspired by a recent participatory food research project (Food as a Lifestyle Motivator) which aimed to explore creative methods to better understand the food experiences of vulnerable communities in Plymouth, UK. Our aim was to ‘co-produce’ a documentary film illustrating the realities of the lived experience of food insecurity that could be promoted by/to city leaders and policy-makers to catalyse food system change. The …

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Poetry And Covid-19: The Benefit Of Poetry And The Poetryandcovidarchive.Com Website To Mental Health And Wellbeing, Anthony Caleshu, Rory Waterman, Sam Kemp Sep 2023

Poetry And Covid-19: The Benefit Of Poetry And The Poetryandcovidarchive.Com Website To Mental Health And Wellbeing, Anthony Caleshu, Rory Waterman, Sam Kemp

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

From June 2020 to June 2021, the website poetryandcovid.com (now archived as poetryandcovidarchive.com) served as a platform for poetic responses by people from around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic. The site featured 1000+ poems by 600+ poets and received c. 100,000 views by people from 128 countries. The poetry, their author’s testimonials, as well as “comments” submitted to the organisers and public website, expressed how people felt during the pandemic. In the project’s final three months, the website hosted a survey adapted from the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), targeted at understanding the value of poetry, in general, and …

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The Anchoring Effect Of Climate Change Acts: A Policy Streams Analysis Of Ireland’S Climate Act Reform, Ian Bailey, Robert Nutkins, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg Sep 2023

The Anchoring Effect Of Climate Change Acts: A Policy Streams Analysis Of Ireland’S Climate Act Reform, Ian Bailey, Robert Nutkins, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The number of political jurisdictions introducing climate change acts (CCAs) has grown in recent years. As framework legislation, CCAs seek to exert anchoring effects on climate policy development by establishing general goals, principles and obligations that subsequent policies to reduce emissions must uphold. Despite expansive research on the negotiation of CCAs, limited analysis exists of factors shaping their anchoring effect or how tensions aligning other climate policies with CCA requirements are managed. This article addresses this by utilizing Kingdon’s multiple streams framework to analyze the negotiation of the Irish Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, a CCA …

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Student Nurses As A Future General Practice Nursing Workforce. Implementing Collaborative Learning In Practice: Implications For Placement Learning And Patient Access. A Mixed Methods Study., Graham R. Williamson Sep 2023

Student Nurses As A Future General Practice Nursing Workforce. Implementing Collaborative Learning In Practice: Implications For Placement Learning And Patient Access. A Mixed Methods Study., Graham R. Williamson

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background There is a global shortage of nurses, with particularly acute shortfall in General Practice Nursing in the United Kingdom estimated at as high as 50% vacancy rate by 2031 by some sources. There has previously been reluctance for General Practices to host student nurses on placement, but it has become imperative to increase placement capacity if practices are to be able to recruit a future workforce. Collaborative Learning in Practice is a means of organising placement learning for student nurses using a coaching model, that allows for leadership development, peer support and earlier engagement in patient care, and increases …

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Bridgeinsight: An Asset Profiler For Penetration Testing In A Heterogenous Maritime Bridge Environment, Avanthika Vineetha Harish, Kimberly Tam, Kevin Jones Sep 2023

Bridgeinsight: An Asset Profiler For Penetration Testing In A Heterogenous Maritime Bridge Environment, Avanthika Vineetha Harish, Kimberly Tam, Kevin Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

A maritime bridge environment is a heterogeneous ecosystem of complex systems for various operations. As part of new requirements set by the International Association of Classification Societies, ship operators must now maintain an asset inventory aboard vessels specifically to improve their cyber security. This paper discusses the development of a ship-specific asset profiler that will not only identify and record the devices present automatically but also provide an in-depth analysis of their properties and characteristics in an intelligent and user-friendly manner. As cyberattacks increase in the maritime industry, proper testing of ship systems is essential, to ensure vessels remain secure …

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Human Evaluation Of Robotic Grippers For Berry Picking, L Alvarez-Hidalgo, I Howard Sep 2023

Human Evaluation Of Robotic Grippers For Berry Picking, L Alvarez-Hidalgo, I Howard

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We describe the construction and evaluation of two robotic grippers for berry picking. Using a pneumatic cylinder drive, one was constructed from hard materials and the other from soft materials. A novel evaluation paradigm using a handle mechanism was developed, so the grippers could be directly operated by human participants. An artificial bush was also constructed and used for evaluation purposes. Overall, both grippers performed worse than the human hand, indicating that further development is needed

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”Just In Case To Just In Time” Curriculum! Are We Ready For This Paradigm Shift?, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj Sep 2023

”Just In Case To Just In Time” Curriculum! Are We Ready For This Paradigm Shift?, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

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Analysis Of The Drivers Of Industry 4.0 Technology Deployment To Achieve Agri-Food Supply Chain Sustainability: A Hybrid Approach, Guoqing Zhao, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Denis Dennehy, Xiaoning Chen Sep 2023

Analysis Of The Drivers Of Industry 4.0 Technology Deployment To Achieve Agri-Food Supply Chain Sustainability: A Hybrid Approach, Guoqing Zhao, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Denis Dennehy, Xiaoning Chen

Plymouth Business School

Agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) are struggling to achieve sustainability in the face of increasing social, environmental, and economic challenges. Industry 4.0 technologies are widely deployed to monitor, assess, and analyze their operational process, and thereby drive sustainable value. This study adopts a hybrid approach to analyze the drivers of industry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve AFSC sustainability. Thematic analysis of 24 interviews was carried out to identify 13 drivers, and these were used as inputs into the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP), total interpretive structural modeling (TISM), and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplications applied to classification (MICMAC). The results show that …

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Colreg And Autonomous Collision Avoidance Development: An Analytical Review, C-H Chang, C Kontovas, Z Yang, Ib Wijeratne, C-C Lin, S-T Ung, S Karamperidis Sep 2023

Colreg And Autonomous Collision Avoidance Development: An Analytical Review, C-H Chang, C Kontovas, Z Yang, Ib Wijeratne, C-C Lin, S-T Ung, S Karamperidis

Plymouth Business School

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) face regulatory challenges, evident by that the current ship anti-collision regulations (e.g. COLREG) are not appliable for autonomous navigation systems. While academic research has focused on developing autonomous collision avoidance (CA), these studies have produced inconsistent outcomes compared to conventional navigation practices. This study aims to identify trends and weaknesses in recent academic studies on CA by reviewing and analysing the contents of selected papers. The conventional collision avoidance process (CCAP), which benchmarks human driven modern ship’s capacity for CA compliance with COLREG and industry requirements, was used to disintegrate into 53 fragmented functions under …

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Esg Reporting Quality Assessment In Listed Companies Of Maritime Sector, M Tsatsaronis, T Syriopoulos, S Karamperidis, G Boura, A Dimopoulos Sep 2023

Esg Reporting Quality Assessment In Listed Companies Of Maritime Sector, M Tsatsaronis, T Syriopoulos, S Karamperidis, G Boura, A Dimopoulos

Plymouth Business School

Regulatory obligations and market trends connected to environmental sustainability have lately intensified their effect on the shipping industry. New standards are continuously being established, such as the IMO's 2050 aim of lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 50% compared to 2008 levels. These rules have an impact on capital markets and investor decisions about how to fund the maritime transport sector. The standards now include Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) components. These components are not only concerned with the environmental impact of shipping, but also with the social and governance dimensions of those firms that are typically associated with maritime transport …

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Implicit Body Perception At The Pelvic Girdle With The Two-Point Estimation Task: A Reliability Study, B Halliday, J Freeman, S Chatfield, J Marsden Sep 2023

Implicit Body Perception At The Pelvic Girdle With The Two-Point Estimation Task: A Reliability Study, B Halliday, J Freeman, S Chatfield, J Marsden

School of Health Professions

Background & aims: Implicit body perception disturbance has been evidenced in low back pain (LBP) using the two-point estimation (2PE) measure. Previous research has only investigated unilateral LBP, not included a pain-free control group, or examined the measure at the pelvic girdle. Aims 1) design a testing protocol suitable for assessing pain crossing the midline (central) 2) investigate regional 2PE reliability 3) compare left and right sides and lumbar and pelvic regions. Methods: A central 2PE measure was designed and protocolised. Non-pregnant, pain-free adult women > 18 years old were recruited from a university setting. Participants were assessed with repeated 2PE …

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Defining The Causes Of Sporadic Parkinson’S Disease In The Global Parkinson’S Genetics Program (Gp2), Clodagh Towns, Madeleine Richer, Simona Jasaityte, Eleanor J. Stafford, Julie Joubert, Tarek Antar, Alejandro Martinez-Carrasco, Mary B. Makarious, Bradford Casey, Dan Vitale, K Levine, Hampton Leonard, Caroline B. Pantazis, La Screven, Dg Hernandez, Ce Wegel, J Solle, Mike A. Nalls, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Andrew B. Singleton, Mmx Tan, Hirotaka Iwaki, Huw R. Morris, Emilia M. Gatto, Marcelo Kauffman, Samson Khachatryan, Zaruhi Tavadyan, Claire E. Shepherd, Julie Hunter, Kishore Kumar Sep 2023

Defining The Causes Of Sporadic Parkinson’S Disease In The Global Parkinson’S Genetics Program (Gp2), Clodagh Towns, Madeleine Richer, Simona Jasaityte, Eleanor J. Stafford, Julie Joubert, Tarek Antar, Alejandro Martinez-Carrasco, Mary B. Makarious, Bradford Casey, Dan Vitale, K Levine, Hampton Leonard, Caroline B. Pantazis, La Screven, Dg Hernandez, Ce Wegel, J Solle, Mike A. Nalls, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Andrew B. Singleton, Mmx Tan, Hirotaka Iwaki, Huw R. Morris, Emilia M. Gatto, Marcelo Kauffman, Samson Khachatryan, Zaruhi Tavadyan, Claire E. Shepherd, Julie Hunter, Kishore Kumar

Peninsula Medical School

The Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2) will genotype over 150,000 participants from around the world, and integrate genetic and clinical data for use in large-scale analyses to dramatically expand our understanding of the genetic architecture of PD. This report details the workflow for cohort integration into the complex arm of GP2, and together with our outline of the monogenic hub in a companion paper, provides a generalizable blueprint for establishing large scale collaborative research consortia.

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A Magneto-Activated Nanoscale Cytometry Platform For Molecular Profiling Of Small Extracellular Vesicles, Kangfu Chen, Bill T.V. Duong, Sharif U. Ahmed, Piriththiv Dhavarasa, Z Wang, Mahmoud Labib, Connor Flynn, Jingya Xu, Yi Y. Zhang, H Wang, Xiaolong Yang, Jagotamoy Das, Hossein Zargartalebi, Yuan Ma, Shana O. Kelley Sep 2023

A Magneto-Activated Nanoscale Cytometry Platform For Molecular Profiling Of Small Extracellular Vesicles, Kangfu Chen, Bill T.V. Duong, Sharif U. Ahmed, Piriththiv Dhavarasa, Z Wang, Mahmoud Labib, Connor Flynn, Jingya Xu, Yi Y. Zhang, H Wang, Xiaolong Yang, Jagotamoy Das, Hossein Zargartalebi, Yuan Ma, Shana O. Kelley

Peninsula Medical School

Exosomal PD-L1 (exoPD-L1) has recently received significant attention as a biomarker predicting immunotherapeutic responses involving the PD1/PD-L1 pathway. However, current technologies for exosomal analysis rely primarily on bulk measurements that do not consider the heterogeneity found within exosomal subpopulations. Here, we present a nanoscale cytometry platform NanoEPIC, enabling phenotypic sorting and exoPD-L1 profiling from blood plasma. We highlight the efficacy of NanoEPIC in monitoring anti-PD-1 immunotherapy through the interrogation of exoPD-L1. NanoEPIC generates signature exoPD-L1 patterns in responders and non-responders. In mice treated with PD1-targeted immunotherapy, exoPD-L1 is correlated with tumor growth, PD-L1 burden in tumors, and the immune suppression …

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The Exploration Of Becoming As A Yoga Practitioner And Its Impact On Identity Formation, Health, And Well-Being, Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds Sep 2023

The Exploration Of Becoming As A Yoga Practitioner And Its Impact On Identity Formation, Health, And Well-Being, Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds

School of Health Professions

This study aimed to narrow the gap in understanding the health and well-being effects of becoming through occupation by exploring the concept of becoming through yoga practitioners’ perspectives. Four participants from the Southwest of England were recruited to engage in one-to-one semi-structured interviews concentrated on perspectives of transformation; that is, becoming, from their viewpoint as yoga practitioners. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis brought about rich, in-depth accounts of the lived experiences of becoming, revealing the nature of becoming for a yogi, how yoga impacted their identity formation, and tensions between the Western definitions of becoming and yoga. The findings uncovered three …

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When Work Harms: How Better Understanding Of Avoidable Employee Harm Can Improve Employee Safety, Patient Safety And Healthcare Quality, Aled Jones, Adrian Neal, Suzie Bailey, Andrew Cooper Sep 2023

When Work Harms: How Better Understanding Of Avoidable Employee Harm Can Improve Employee Safety, Patient Safety And Healthcare Quality, Aled Jones, Adrian Neal, Suzie Bailey, Andrew Cooper

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Healthcare settings are inherently dangerous environments, where employees globally are exposed to a myriad of overt risk hazards and stressors. Although employees globally have long been protected in law against physical or material hazards, such as radiation or the discharge of chemicals, psychosocial workplace risks and related avoidable harms are less tangible and poorly understood in healthcare literature. For example, a recent comprehensive review and analysis of national policies and approaches to occupational health across 12 countries concluded that workplace related psychosocial risks, mental health and well-being are overshadowed by the focus on physical workplace safety issues, due to lack …

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Design And Kinematic Analysis Of A 3d-Printed 3dof Robotic Manipulandum, Ian S. Howard Sep 2023

Design And Kinematic Analysis Of A 3d-Printed 3dof Robotic Manipulandum, Ian S. Howard

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Robotic manipulanda are often used to investigate human motor control of arm movements, as well as for tasks where haptic feedback is useful, e.g., in computer-aided design and in the teleoperation of robotic arms. Here we present the design and implementation of a small, low-cost, torque controlled 3DOF revolute manipulandum which supports translational movement in three-dimensions. All bespoke structural components are 3D printed and the arm lengths are constructed from carbon fiber tubes, which exhibit high stiffness but are very light, resulting in a design that exhibits a low intrinsic endpoint mass at the handle. We use rare-earth BLDC motors …

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Comparative Effectiveness Of Interventions For Preventing Tuberculosis: Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysis Of Interventional Studies, Am Liyew, B Gilmour, Aca Clements, Ka Alene Sep 2023

Comparative Effectiveness Of Interventions For Preventing Tuberculosis: Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysis Of Interventional Studies, Am Liyew, B Gilmour, Aca Clements, Ka Alene

Peninsula Medical School

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death globally. Several preventive measures are employed to prevent TB, yet there is a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the most effective interventions for reducing TB incidence. METHODS: A systematic search was undertaken across five relevant databases including PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception to February 22, 2023. Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA) was conducted to compare the effectiveness of preventive interventions including preventive therapy, nutritional intervention, targeted screening, and vaccination in reducing …

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Entrepreneurial Intention And Its Antecedents: A Study Of Undergraduate Students In The Uttarakhand State Of India, S Belwal, Rakesh Belwal, Anamika Chhetri Sep 2023

Entrepreneurial Intention And Its Antecedents: A Study Of Undergraduate Students In The Uttarakhand State Of India, S Belwal, Rakesh Belwal, Anamika Chhetri

Plymouth Business School

Successful promotion of entrepreneurship requires an understanding of entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between EI and its antecedents concerning the undergraduates in India. Extending the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework, a hypo-deductive research-based approach was applied to test the hypotheses associated with EI and its antecedents. An adapted version of the entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ) was used in the survey. The partial least square method was used to test the hypotheses. The results reflected that personal attitude, perceived behavioural control, and university support make a significant positive impact on the EI …

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Human Evaluation Of Robotic Grippers For Berry Picking, Laura Alvarez-Hidalgo, Ian S. Howard Sep 2023

Human Evaluation Of Robotic Grippers For Berry Picking, Laura Alvarez-Hidalgo, Ian S. Howard

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We describe the construction and evaluation of two robotic grippers for berry picking. Using a pneumatic cylinder drive, one was constructed from hard materials and the other from soft materials. A novel evaluation paradigm using a handle mechanism was developed, so the grippers could be directly op-erated by human participants. An artificial bush was also constructed and used for evaluation purposes. Overall, both grippers performed worse than the human hand, indicating that further development is needed.

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