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The Importance Of Self‑Efficacy And Negative Affect For Neurofeedback Success For Central Neuropathic Pain After A Spinal Cord Injury, Krithika Anil
The Importance Of Self‑Efficacy And Negative Affect For Neurofeedback Success For Central Neuropathic Pain After A Spinal Cord Injury, Krithika Anil
School of Health Professions
EEG‑based neurofeedback uses mental behaviours (MB) to enable voluntary self‑modulation of brain activity, and has potential to relieve central neuropathic pain (CNP) after a spinal cord injury (SCI). This study aimed to understand neurofeedback learning and the relationship between MB and neurofeedback success. Twenty‑five non‑CNP participants and ten CNP participants received neurofeedback training (reinforcing 9–12 Hz; suppressing 4–8 Hz and 20–30 Hz) on four visits. Participants were interviewed about the MB they used after each visit. Questionnaires examined the following factors: self‑efficacy, locus of control, motivation, and workload of neurofeedback. MB were grouped into mental strategies (a goal‑directed mental action) …
Exploring The Contemporary Moon Under Water Through Illustration: Nostalgia And The Power Of The Image, Stephanie Black
Exploring The Contemporary Moon Under Water Through Illustration: Nostalgia And The Power Of The Image, Stephanie Black
School of Art, Design and Architecture
This article uses images from the visual essays produced for Plume of Feathers, an audio-visual project, to examine the notion of ‘reflective nostalgia’ as an attitude towards meaning-making within image creation, in particular illustration that can counter certain political uses of images that present a restorative–nostalgic world view. The project at the core of the article is concerned with the decline of public houses and their social function in the UK. However, the image of the pub is embroiled within the visual rhetoric related to the UK’s (2016) Brexit referendum. This article explores the ways in which the illustrated image …
A Hybrid Method To Solve Data Sparsity In Travel Recommendation Agents Using Fuzzy Logic Approach, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Rabab Ali Abumalloh, Mesfer Alrizq, Ahmed Almulihi, O. A. Alghamdi, Murtaza Farooque, Sarminah Samad, Saidatulakmal Mohd, Hossein Ahmadi
A Hybrid Method To Solve Data Sparsity In Travel Recommendation Agents Using Fuzzy Logic Approach, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Rabab Ali Abumalloh, Mesfer Alrizq, Ahmed Almulihi, O. A. Alghamdi, Murtaza Farooque, Sarminah Samad, Saidatulakmal Mohd, Hossein Ahmadi
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Travel recommendation agents have been a helpful tool for travelers in their decision-making for destination choices. It has been shown that sparsity can significantly impact on the accuracy of recommendation agents. The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the tourism and hospitality industry of almost all countries in the world. Tourists who have planned to travel are canceling or postponing trips due to this pandemic. Accordingly, this will impact the rate of travelers' online reviews on tourism products. Hence, the lack of data, in terms of ratings and textual reviews on hotels, will be a major issue for travel recommendation agents during …
Top Tips For Clinical Governance In Primary Care, R Anderson, R Witton, E Mccoll
Top Tips For Clinical Governance In Primary Care, R Anderson, R Witton, E Mccoll
Peninsula Dental School
No abstract provided.
Urban Ai Depends: The Need For (Wider) Urban Strategies, Alessandro Aurigi
Urban Ai Depends: The Need For (Wider) Urban Strategies, Alessandro Aurigi
School of Art, Design and Architecture
The Southern Brazilian city of Curitiba is well-known for a series of innovative projects that during the end of the 20th Century affirmed it as one of the exemplars of planning and transport innovation in the Global South and beyond. Jaime Lerner was the architect and urbanist turned-mayor, responsible for several of those projects. Lerner recalled that, when designing and testing the revolutionary Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system, an issue arose on ensuring a perfect alignment between buses and the tube-shaped stops. Many ‘complex and costly solutions’ had been considered, including digitally-assisted ones. Then the bus drivers themselves were consulted, …
The German Empathic-30 Questionnaire Showed Reliability And Convergent Validity For Use In An Intermediary/General Pediatric Cardiology Unit: A Psychometric Evaluation, Alona Girch, Ralph C.A. Rippe, Jos M. Latour, Stocker M Jönebratt, Magdalena Blendermann, Katharina Hoffmann, Hannes Heppner, Felix Berger, Katharina R.L. Schmitt, Hannah Ferentzi
The German Empathic-30 Questionnaire Showed Reliability And Convergent Validity For Use In An Intermediary/General Pediatric Cardiology Unit: A Psychometric Evaluation, Alona Girch, Ralph C.A. Rippe, Jos M. Latour, Stocker M Jönebratt, Magdalena Blendermann, Katharina Hoffmann, Hannes Heppner, Felix Berger, Katharina R.L. Schmitt, Hannah Ferentzi
School of Nursing and Midwifery
BackgroundFamily-Centered Care is a useful framework for improving care for hospitalized children with congenital heart disease. The EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care-30 (EMPATHIC-30) questionnaire is a widely accepted tool to measure parental satisfaction with Family-Centered Care. Psychometric properties of the EMPATHIC-30 have been evaluated in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, but not in pediatric cardiac care units. Therefore, our aim was to assess the psychometric properties of the German EMPATHIC-30 in an intermediary/general pediatric cardiology unit.MethodsWe used data from a quality management survey comprising the German EMPATHIC-30, a sociodemographic questionnaire and four general satisfaction items. Data were …
Bildung Und Schule Im Spannungsfeld Pandemiebedingter Herausforderungen: Eine Thematische Analyse Von Akteur-Struktur-Dynamiken, Christian Herzog, Alessandro Immanuel Beil, Peter Kelly
Bildung Und Schule Im Spannungsfeld Pandemiebedingter Herausforderungen: Eine Thematische Analyse Von Akteur-Struktur-Dynamiken, Christian Herzog, Alessandro Immanuel Beil, Peter Kelly
Plymouth Institute of Education
ZusammenfassungIm deutschen Schulsystem wurde auf die Coronapandemie mit vielfältigen, teilweise schnelllebigen Maßnahmen reagiert. Insbesondere drei Akteursgruppen versuchten dabei Einfluss zu nehmen: Schulen, Familien und Politik. Theoretisch gerahmt von Schimanks (2010) Akteur-Struktur-Dynamiken, wird im Beitrag empirisch der Fragestellung nachgegangen, wie Schulen, Familien und Politik sich in Presseberichten positionieren bzw. positioniert werden. Auf der Grundlage dieser medialen Konstruktion erschließen wir, wie sich die Akteursgruppen selbst und wie sie die jeweils beiden anderen sehen. Untersucht wurde die deutsche Presseberichterstattung während zwei Drei-Monats-Zeiträumen im Jahr 2020. Aus einer Vielzahl verschiedenartiger bundesweiter und regionaler in der Datenbank LexisNexis verzeichneter Quellen wurden zwei Datensätze erstellt (n …
Informalising And Transforming Learning Experiences In An Unfamiliar Landscape: Reflections On The ‘Awayscape’ Of An A-Level Geography Field Trip, Alun Morgan, Denise Freeman
Informalising And Transforming Learning Experiences In An Unfamiliar Landscape: Reflections On The ‘Awayscape’ Of An A-Level Geography Field Trip, Alun Morgan, Denise Freeman
Plymouth Institute of Education
No abstract provided.
Ssvep-Based Brain-Computer Interface For Music Using A Low-Density Eeg System, Satvik Venkatesh, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Edward Braund
Ssvep-Based Brain-Computer Interface For Music Using A Low-Density Eeg System, Satvik Venkatesh, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Edward Braund
School of Art, Design and Architecture
No abstract provided.
Human Behavior And Marine Plastic Pollution, S Nuojua, D Cracknell, S Pahl
Human Behavior And Marine Plastic Pollution, S Nuojua, D Cracknell, S Pahl
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
This text offers engineers and scientists an up-to-date review of the subject and the state of the art as summarized by key researchers in the field.
Potential Use Of Microwave Technology In Dermatology, A. K. Gupta, M. Venkataraman, L. T. Joshi, E. A. Cooper
Potential Use Of Microwave Technology In Dermatology, A. K. Gupta, M. Venkataraman, L. T. Joshi, E. A. Cooper
Peninsula Dental School
No abstract provided.
The Development And Implementation Of A Computer Adaptive Progress Test Across European Countries, Neil Rice, José Miguel Pêgo, Carlos Fernando Collares, Jolanta Kisielewska, Thomas Gale
The Development And Implementation Of A Computer Adaptive Progress Test Across European Countries, Neil Rice, José Miguel Pêgo, Carlos Fernando Collares, Jolanta Kisielewska, Thomas Gale
Peninsula Medical School
No abstract provided.
Hidden Disability: A Study Of The Psychosocial Impact Of Living With Pituitary Conditions, Alyson Norman, Sue Jackson, Hannah Ferrario, Pat Mcbride
Hidden Disability: A Study Of The Psychosocial Impact Of Living With Pituitary Conditions, Alyson Norman, Sue Jackson, Hannah Ferrario, Pat Mcbride
School of Psychology
Background: Pituitary patients often experience psychosocial symptoms associated with their condition. Aims: To explore the condition management experiences of pituitary patients and their psychosocial symptoms and to explore the impact of these on quality of life. Methods: A sample of 748 individuals aged 18 to more than 65 years) completed a questionnaire relating to quality of life and the psychosocial impact of pituitary conditions. Findings: Analysis of the qualitative sections using content analysis identified four themes: social isolation, emotional and behavioural issues, appearance distress and physical and cognitive effects including fatigue and pain. An overarching theme of hidden disability emerged. …
Isolation Of Clostridioides Difficile Pcr Ribotype 027 From Single-Use Hospital Gown Ties, Shannon Waterfield, Humaira Ahmed, Imogen Anne Jones, Robert Burky, Lovleen Tina Joshi
Isolation Of Clostridioides Difficile Pcr Ribotype 027 From Single-Use Hospital Gown Ties, Shannon Waterfield, Humaira Ahmed, Imogen Anne Jones, Robert Burky, Lovleen Tina Joshi
Peninsula Dental School
No abstract provided.
Factors Affecting Oral Health Care For Asylum Seekers And Refugees In England: A Qualitative Study Of Key Stakeholders' Perspectives And Experiences, Martha Paisi, Rebecca Baines, Hannah Wheat, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Philip J. Radford, Eleftheria Stylianou, Jill Shawe, Rob Witton
Factors Affecting Oral Health Care For Asylum Seekers And Refugees In England: A Qualitative Study Of Key Stakeholders' Perspectives And Experiences, Martha Paisi, Rebecca Baines, Hannah Wheat, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Philip J. Radford, Eleftheria Stylianou, Jill Shawe, Rob Witton
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aims To investigate factors influencing oral health behaviours and access to dental services for asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs). Methods A qualitative research study using purposeful sampling was undertaken in South West England. Online semi-structured interviews with stakeholders working with or supporting ASRs were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. Results Twelve participants providing support to ASRs in various capacities participated. Two interviewees had lived experience of forced displacement and the UK asylum process. Key themes into what hinders ASRs' oral health care were: prioritising safety and survival; variations in cultural norms and practice; lack of knowledge about dental care; financial …
Predictors Of Loneliness During The Covid-19 Pandemic In People With Dementia And Their Carers In England: Findings From The Determind-C19 Study, R Perach, S Read, B Hicks, Pr Harris, Et Al
Predictors Of Loneliness During The Covid-19 Pandemic In People With Dementia And Their Carers In England: Findings From The Determind-C19 Study, R Perach, S Read, B Hicks, Pr Harris, Et Al
Peninsula Medical School
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors that predict the risk of loneliness for people with dementia and carers during a pandemic. METHODS: People with dementia and their carers completed assessments before (July 2019-March 2020; 206 dyads) and after (July-October 2020) the first Covid-19 'lockdown' in England. At follow-up, the analytic sample comprised 67 people with dementia and 108 carers. We built a longitudinal path model with loneliness as an observed outcome. Carer type and social contacts at both measurements were considered. Other social resources (quality of relationship, formal day activities), wellbeing (anxiety, psychological wellbeing) and cognitive impairment were measured with initial level …
Bachelard, Besson And Bakhtin: A Dialogical Discourse On The Potential Of Intimate Space, Robert Brown
Bachelard, Besson And Bakhtin: A Dialogical Discourse On The Potential Of Intimate Space, Robert Brown
School of Art, Design and Architecture
Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space ponders the image of the wardrobe. Fixated by the figurative nature of its inner space, for Bachelard, the wardrobe is intimate, secret, and ordered. It is a space of protected memories, accessed more through the imagination than the everyday. Besson’s The Fifth Element opens up intimate space. Its external envelope offers no impenetrable boundary but instead a permeable threshold. The Fifth Element suggests an alternative for intimate space, where the incongruous, even conflicting, come together. Such a possibility evokes Bakhtin’s construct of dialogism, which reveled in the potential of dialogue between one and other, across …
Infants Infer Different Types Of Social Relations From Giving And Taking Actions, Denis Tatone, Gergely Csibra
Infants Infer Different Types Of Social Relations From Giving And Taking Actions, Denis Tatone, Gergely Csibra
School of Psychology
Anthropological observations suggest that specific sharing behaviors may predictably covary with specific relational contexts, and thus can be used as relationally informative cues. Given their limited social experiences, cultural novices, such as infants, should be particularly likely to rely on these cues to discover the relational makeup of their social surroundings on the basis of sparse observations. The present study examines a particular hypothesis derived from this proposal, namely that infants interpret giving as indicative of social relations based on the principle of even balance. By systematically contrasting infants’ representation of giving to that of superficially similar taking events, we …
Interpreting Theory And Creating Practice, K Wickett, S Parsons, J Slade
Interpreting Theory And Creating Practice, K Wickett, S Parsons, J Slade
Plymouth Institute of Education
This article is the second in a series of three, exploring art in practice. The first article focused on theory around artist involvement in the early years, this article looks at how we bring this into practice by truly working collaboratively to foster children's and adults' creativity.
Bone Health, Intellectual Disability And Epilepsy: An Observational Community‐Based Study, R Winterhalder, J Mccabe, C Young, K Lamb, Et Al
Bone Health, Intellectual Disability And Epilepsy: An Observational Community‐Based Study, R Winterhalder, J Mccabe, C Young, K Lamb, Et Al
Peninsula Medical School
OBJECTIVES: Intellectual disability (ID) and epilepsy are independent risk factors for osteoporosis. Diverse predisposing factors influence this, for example in ID, genetics and poor nutrition and in epilepsy, anti-seizure medication (ASM). Around 25% people with ID have epilepsy, majority treatment resistant. ASMs polypharmacy is common. However, little is known about the bone-related characteristics of this vulnerable group. A prospective observational cohort study of bone profile across a community ID Epilepsy service was undertaken to understand this. MATERIALS & METHODS: Participants were on minimum 2 years of ASMs. Baseline demographics, epilepsy data, bone metabolism biomarkers, bone mineral density (BMD) and vitamin …
Maritime Education For A Digital Industry, J Scanlan, R Hopcraft, R Cowburn, Jm Trovåg, M Lützhöft
Maritime Education For A Digital Industry, J Scanlan, R Hopcraft, R Cowburn, Jm Trovåg, M Lützhöft
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
The maritime industry is undergoing a digital revolution, and the high pace of change is expected to continue with the adoption of artificial intelligence and increased levels of automation on the horizon. These changes present many opportunities for innovation and improvements to the existing maritime industry, but they also pose a range of challenges. This paper will specifically examine the effects of these changes on seafarers, with regard paid to their education, and ongoing professional development over the length of a career. The evolving working context is resulting in the core skillset of seafarers to grow, particularly in relation to …
Integrating Circular Economy And Industry 4.0 Into Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Dynamic Capability View, H Lu, G Zhao, S Liu
Integrating Circular Economy And Industry 4.0 Into Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Dynamic Capability View, H Lu, G Zhao, S Liu
Plymouth Business School
Air pollution may be involved in spreading dengue fever (DF) besides rainfalls and warmer temperatures. While particulate matter (PM), especially those with diameter of 10 μm (PM10) or 2.5 μm or less (PM25), and NO2 increase the risk of coronavirus 2 infection, their roles in triggering DF remain unclear. We explored if air pollution factors predict DF incidence in addition to the classic climate factors. Public databases and DF records of two southern cities in Taiwan were used in regression analyses. Month order, PM10 minimum, PM2.5 minimum, and precipitation days were retained in the enter mode model, and SO2 minimum, …
Integrating Circular Economy And Industry 4.0 For Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Dynamic Capability View, Haiyan Lu, Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu
Integrating Circular Economy And Industry 4.0 For Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Dynamic Capability View, Haiyan Lu, Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu
Plymouth Business School
Circular economy (CE) and Industry 4.0 are recent business buzzwords that help organizations to maintain a circular flow and optimize the use of resources with technological supports to improve sustainability practice. Transition towards CE and Industry 4.0 is promising and yet challenging. As such, the aim of this research is to investigate how to integrate CE and Industry 4.0 in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in order to improve operational efficiency and sustainability performance. This study provides an analysis of the dynamic changes of drivers and barriers when integrating CE and Industry 4.0 and their related applications in operations and …
Provision Of Mental Health Care To Healthcare Workers During Covid-19: A Call For The Practice Of Vulnerability, J Hoare
Peninsula Medical School
No abstract provided.
Northern Sea Route As An Emerging Option For Global Transport Networks: A Policy Perspective, Stavros Karamperidis, Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos
Northern Sea Route As An Emerging Option For Global Transport Networks: A Policy Perspective, Stavros Karamperidis, Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos
Plymouth Business School
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is an emerging alternative route to the Suez Canal; however, inconclusive research exists on its benefits and viability. This paper uses a two-stage Delphi approach to collect qualitative data from experts, on what actions Nordic countries (Nordic countries are Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland (Nordic Co-operation, 2020)) can undertake to prepare themselves to enter NSR and capture potential benefits deriving from trading in global transport networks. By conceptually developing a framework based on first-mover advantage (FMA) and dynamic capabilities theory (DCT), this paper empirically identifies …
Modelling Enablers For Building Agri-Food Supply Chain Resilience: Insights From A Comparative Analysis Of Argentina And France, Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Yi Wang, Carmen Lopez, Nasiru Zubairu, Xiaoning Chen, Xiaotian Xie, Jinhua Zhang
Modelling Enablers For Building Agri-Food Supply Chain Resilience: Insights From A Comparative Analysis Of Argentina And France, Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Yi Wang, Carmen Lopez, Nasiru Zubairu, Xiaoning Chen, Xiaotian Xie, Jinhua Zhang
Plymouth Business School
Smooth, efficient agri-food supply chain (AFSC) operations are becoming ever more difficult due to more intense and frequent natural disasters and man-made disruptions. Helping AFSCs to survive disturbances requires re-consideration of how to build their resilience. This study addresses this issue through a cross-country comparative analysis involving interviews with AFSC practitioners, thematic analysis to generate agri-food supply chain resilience (AFSCRes) capability factors, total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) to establish interrelationships among the factors, cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) analysis to categorise the factors, and comparative analysis. The results reveal that contractual restraints regulating farmers’ opportunistic behaviour and regular …
Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles For Inspection, Maintenance, And Repairs Of Offshore Wind Turbines, Mohd Hisham Nordin, Sanjay Sharma, Asiya Khan, Mario Gianni, Sulakshan Rajendran, Robert Sutton
Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles For Inspection, Maintenance, And Repairs Of Offshore Wind Turbines, Mohd Hisham Nordin, Sanjay Sharma, Asiya Khan, Mario Gianni, Sulakshan Rajendran, Robert Sutton
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Operations and maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbines (OWTs) are challenging, with manual operators constantly exposed to hazardous environments. Due to the high task complexity associated with the OWT, the transition to unmanned solutions remains stagnant. Efforts toward unmanned operations have been observed using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) but are limited mostly to visual inspections only. Collaboration strategies between unmanned vehicles have introduced several opportunities that would enable unmanned operations for the OWT maintenance and repair activities. There have been many papers and reviews on collaborative UVs. However, most of the past papers reviewed collaborative UVs …
The People Between The Moors: Community And Continuity In A Changing World, C Kelly, M Cowburn, S Mccormack
The People Between The Moors: Community And Continuity In A Changing World, C Kelly, M Cowburn, S Mccormack
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Exploring Local Perceptions Of Water Quality In The Upper Santa River, Peru, Sally Rangecroft, Rosa Maria Dextre, Isabel Richter, Claire Kelly, Beatriz Fuentealba, Claudia V. Grados Bueno, Mirtha Camacho Hernandez, Sergio Morera, John Martin, John Adam Guy, Caroline Clason
Exploring Local Perceptions Of Water Quality In The Upper Santa River, Peru, Sally Rangecroft, Rosa Maria Dextre, Isabel Richter, Claire Kelly, Beatriz Fuentealba, Claudia V. Grados Bueno, Mirtha Camacho Hernandez, Sergio Morera, John Martin, John Adam Guy, Caroline Clason
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water quality is an integral part of water security, but water quality itself is complex, due to its multifaceted nature. Measuring the physico-chemical indicators for water quality (e.g. pH, turbidity, heavy metal content) can provide an objective picture of water health, but it does not provide information on how it integrates and expresses the human perspective. Perceptual information and local ecological knowledge on water quality can help to understand the usability of water and support better conservation strategies. Therefore, the aims of the Nuestro Rio project were to investigate local perceptions of water quality in the upper Santa River basin, …
Gain Scheduling For State Space Control Of A Dual-Mode Inverted Pendulum, Laura Alvarez-Hidalgo, Ian S. Howard
Gain Scheduling For State Space Control Of A Dual-Mode Inverted Pendulum, Laura Alvarez-Hidalgo, Ian S. Howard
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
The aim of the paper is to present an inverted pendulum system that operates in two different modes. Firstly, it operates in a static balancing mode, during which the controller tries to keep the pendulum balanced during which the controller tries to keep the pendulum balanced and maintain the current position of the pendulum carriage. Secondly, it also operates in a velocity control mode, so that the carriage can move at a selective velocity while simultaneously maintaining pendulum balance. In order to realize these two modes of control we implement a state feedback controller and schedule gain depending on the …