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Logic Brightens My Day: Evidence For Implicit Sensitivity To Logical Validity., Dries Trippas, Simon J. Handley, Michael F. Verde, Kinga Morsanyi

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Emergency Cricothyrotomy: Revised Anatomy And Its Implications For Clinical Practice, T Nutbeam, Dg Enki, R Clarke, T Luff, D Gay

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Global Patient Outcomes After Elective Surgery: Prospective Cohort Study In 27 Low-, Middle- And High-Income Countries, Danial Martin

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

An Electrophysiological Examination Of Visuomotor Activity Elicited By Visual Object Affordances, Thomas Oliver Dixon

Other Faculty of Health Theses

A wide literature of predominantly behavioural experiments that use Stimulus Response Compatibility (SRC) have suggested that visual action information such as object affordance yields rapid and concurrent activation of visual and motor brain areas, but has rarely provided direct evidence for this proposition. This thesis examines some of the key claims from the affordance literature by applying electrophysiological measures to well established SRC procedures to determine the verities of the behavioural claims of rapid and automatic visuomotor activation evoked by viewing affording objects. The temporal sensitivity offered by the Lateralised Readiness Potential and by visual evoked potentials P1 and N1 …

Ten Practical Realities For Institutional Animal Care And Use Committees When Evaluating Protocols Dealing With Fish In The Field, Steven J. Cooke, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Chris K. Elvidge, Robert J. Lennox, Niels Jepsen, Alison H. Colotelo, Richard S. Brown

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthosis Suits As An Orthotic Intervention In The Management Of Children With Neuropathic Onset Scoliosis: A Retrospective Audit Of Routine Clinical Case Notes, Martin Matthews, Suzanne Blandford, Jonathan Marsden, Jennifer Freeman

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

The Control Of Schwann Cell Myelination During Development And After Nerve Injury, Sheridan Roberts

Other Faculty of Health Theses

Schwann cells are the principal glial cell of the peripheral nervous system and are responsible for axon maintenance, regeneration and increasing saltatory conduction of neurons. Schwann cell differentiation and myelination is mediated by a core network of transcription factors and signalling pathways, which have been divided into two groups; positive and negative regulators. Sox10, NFATc4, Oct6, Krox20 and the ERK 1/2 signalling pathway have been characterised as positive regulators of Schwann cell differentiation and myelination; with Sox10 and Krox20 also playing critical roles in myelin maintenance. On the other hand, transcription factors cJun, Pax3, Id2 and signalling pathways Notch and …

The Organisation Of Physiotherapy For People With Multiple Sclerosis Across Europe: A Multicentre Questionnaire Survey, Kamila Rasova, Jenny Freeman, Patricia Martinkova, Marketa Pavlikova, Davide Cattaneo, Johanna Jonsdottir, Thomas Henze, Ilse Baert, Asch P Van, Carme Santoyo, Tori Smedal, Antonie Giæver Beiske, Małgorzata Stachowiak, Mariusz Kovalewski, Una Nedeljkovic, Daphne Bakalidou, José Manuel Alves Guerreiro, Ylva Nilsagård, Erieta Nikolikj Dimitrova, Mario Habek, Kadriye Armutlu, Cécile Donzé, Elaine Ross, Ana Maria Ilie, Andrej Martić, Anders Romberg, Peter Feys

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Objectively Measured Physical Activity And Sedentary Behaviour Profiles Of People Moderately Affected By Multiple Sclerosis, Eh Coulter, J Freeman, L Miller, B Weller, A Mcconnachie, Pg Mattiosn, O Wu, L Paul

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Imagining Circles – Empirical Data And A Perceptual Model For The Arc-Size Illusion, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Marouane Ouhnana, Gunter Loffler, Frederick A.A. Kingdom

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Rejecting Probability Summation For Radial Frequency Patterns, Not So Quick!, Alex S. Baldwin, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, Robert F. Hess

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Supporting An Assessment Of The Accommodation Needs Of Gypsies And Travellers In Cornwall (2015), Zc James, R Southern

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Role-Playing In A Vaccination Debate Strengthens Student Scientific Debate Skills For Various Audiences, Gianne Souza, P. F. Mixter

Biology Faculty Publications

Students are surrounded by strongly-held viewpoints on scientific topics and frequently discuss news reports with their classmates. We developed the vaccination debate exercise to leverage this interest and develop core higher-order cognitive skills (HOCS), including, but not limited to, the ability to critique public media or primary research sources and create arguments for defending multiple viewpoints. Students prepared to debate different sides of the topic and then randomly assumed one of the roles: “Physician” (pro-vaccine), “Activist” (anti-vaccination), or “Parent-on-the-fence” (undecided). Students reported an increase in their abilities to discuss scientific topics with diverse audiences and an increased awareness of importance …

Ten Simple Rules For Digital Data Storage, E. M. Hart, P. Barmby, D. Lebauer, F. Michonneau, S. Mount, P. Mulrooney, T. Poisot, K. H. Woo, Naupaka B. Zimmerman, J. W. Hollister

Biology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Altitudinal Shifts Of The Native And Introduced Flora Of California In The Context Of 20th-Century Warming, A. Wolf, Naupaka B. Zimmerman, W. R. Anderegg, P. E. Busby, J. Christensen

Biology Faculty Publications

Aim: The differential responses of plant species to climate change are of great interest and grave concern for scientists and conservationists. One underexploited resource for better understanding these changes are the records held by herbaria. Using these records to assess the responses of different groups of species across the entire flora of California, we sought to quantify the magnitude of species elevational shifts, to measure differences in shifts among functional groups and between native and introduced species, and to evaluate whether these shifts were related to the conservation of thermal niches.

Location: California.

Methods: To characterize these shifts in California, …

Neural And Neuroendocrine Processing Of A Non-Photic Cue In An Opportunistically Breeding Songbird, Darcy K. Ernst, G. E. Bentley

Biology Faculty Publications

Recent studies of the onset of breeding in long-day photoperiodic breeders have focused on the roles of type 2 and 3 iodothyronine deiodinases (DIO2 and DIO3) in the conversion of thyroxine (T4) to triiodothyronine (T3) and subsequent activation of the reproductive axis. It has been hypothesized that an increase in DIO2 and a reciprocal decrease in DIO3 causes the release of gonadotropinreleasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus, setting off a reproductive cascade, and that this DIO mechanism for GnRH release is conserved across vertebrate taxa. We sought to test whether social cues that are known to stimulate reproductive behaviors can …

The High Cost Of Reproduction In Sea Otters Necessitates Unique Physiological Adaptations, Nicole Thometz, T. L. Kendall, B. P. Richter, T. M. Williams

Biology Faculty Publications

Resting Superimposed on inherently high basal metabolic demands, the additional energetic requirements of reproduction can push female sea otters beyond physiological limits. Indeed, the resulting energy imbalance contributes to disproportionately high rates of mortality at the end of lactation in this species. To examine and quantify metabolic changes associated with reproduction, we measured the resting metabolic rate (RMR) of a female sea otter across gestation, lactation and non-reproductive periods. Concurrently, measurements were made on a non-breeding control female. Our results suggest that RMR declines during gestation. Conversely, RMR increases during lactation, reaches a peak at 3–4 months postpartum, and remains …

Comparative And Cumulative Energetic Costs Of Odontocete Responses To Anthropogenic Disturbance, Dawn P. Noren, Marla M. Holt, Robin C. Dunkin, Nicole Thometz, Terrie M. Williams

Biology Faculty Publications

Odontocetes respond to vessels and anthropogenic noise by modifying vocal behavior, surface active behaviors, dive patterns, swim speed, direction of travel, and activity budgets. Exposure scenarios and behavioral responses vary across odontocetes. A literature review was conducted to determine relevant sources of disturbance and associated behavioral responses for several odontocete species (bottlenose dolphin, killer whale, harbor porpoise, and beaked whales). The energetic costs of species-specific responses to anthropogenic disturbance were then estimated. The energetic impact varies across species and scenarios as well as by behavioral responses. Overall, the cumulative energetic cost of ephemeral behavioral responses (e.g., performing surface active behaviors, …

Assessing Walking Posture With Geometric Morphometrics: Effects Of Rearing Environment In Pigs, C Tallet, E Sénèque, C Mégnin, S Morisset, Et Al

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Rearing social animals like pigs in isolation from conspecifics can have consequences on behaviour and physiology. The aim of this experiment was to determine whether rearing conditions affect body posture. We adapted a method for quantitative evaluation of posture based on geometric morphometrics, developed in horses, for pigs and applied it in different conditions. Forty-eight 75-day-old females were reared either alone in 2.25 m2 pens (IH, N = 24 animals and 4 groups) or in groups of four in 4.64 m2 pens (GH, N = 24) for two weeks. They were habituated to human handling (stroking, speaking) and marking on …

Revisiting Nwa 3141, 8266, And 8594: Two Eucrites And A Howardite?, Jt Mitchell, Nr Stephen

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Framework To Determine The Impact Of The Lyme Bay Fisheries And Conservation Reserve And The Activities Of The Lyme Bay Consultative Committee On Ecosystem Services And Human Wellbeing., Se Rees, M Ashley, L Evans, S Mangi, L Rodwell, M Attrill, O Langmead, E Sheehan, A Rees

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Neural Connectivity Of Alexithymia: Specific Association With Major Depressive Disorder, Nerissa S.P. Ho, Michael M.C. Wong, Tatia M.C. Lee

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Differences In The Timing Of Cardio-Respiratory Development Determine Whether Marine Gastropod Embryos Survive Or Die In Hypoxia., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, John I. Spicer, Simon D. Rundle

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Physiological plasticity of early developmental stages is a key way by which organisms can survive and adapt to environmental change. We investigated developmental plasticity of aspects of the cardio-respiratory physiology of encapsulated embryos of a marine gastropod,Littorina obtusata, surviving exposure to moderate hypoxia (PO2 =8 kPa) and compared the development of these survivors with that of individuals that died before hatching. Individuals surviving hypoxia exhibited a slower rate of development and altered ontogeny of cardio-respiratory structure and function compared with normoxic controls (PO2 >20 kPa). The onset and development of the larval and adult hearts were delayed in chronological time …

Dynamics Of Rip Currents Associated With Groynes — Field Measurements, Modelling And Implications For Beach Safety, Tim Scott, Martin Austin, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Optical Quality Of Commercially Available Intraocular Lenses By Means Of Modulation Transfer Function And Straylight, E Papadatou, G Labuz, Tjtp Van Den Berg, J-J Esteve-Taboada, Et Al

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Anti-Envelope Antibody Responses In Individuals At High Risk Of Hepatitis C Virus Who Resist Infection, R. E. Swann, P. Mandalou, M. W. Robinson, M. M. Ow, S. K.H. Foung, J. Mclauchlan, A. H. Patel, M. E. Cramp

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Sedation Protocols To Reduce Duration Of Mechanical Ventilation In The Icu: A Cochrane Systematic Review., Lm Aitken, T Bucknall, B Kent, M Mitchell, E Burmeister, S Keogh

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Assess the effects of protocol-directed sedation management on the duration of mechanical ventilation and other relevant patient outcomes in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients.Sedation is a core component of critical care. Sub-optimal sedation management incorporates both under- and over-sedation and has been linked to poorer patient outcomes.Cochrane systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, LILACS, Current Controlled Trials and US National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Studies (1990-November 2013) and reference lists of articles were used.Randomized controlled trials conducted in intensive care units comparing management …

Impact Case Studies Submitted To Ref 2014: The Hidden Impact Of Nursing Research, Daniel Kelly, Bridie Kent, Ann Mcmahon, Julie Taylor, Michael Traynor

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 rated the research from 154 universities, and the impact of research was evaluated in 6975 impact case studies. Nursing was returned within unit of assessment (UoA) 3, which also included Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, although nursing research was also submitted within other UoAs. The study aim was to collate and categorise available REF impact case studies involving nursing researchers or on topics of relevance to nursing. Using nurs* as a search term, 469 case study entries were retrieved from the REF database and placed into three categories determined by the level …

Picture Yourself: Self-Focus And The Endowment Effect In Preschool Children, Bruce Hood, Sandra Weltzien, Lauren Marsh, Patricia Kanngiesser

School of Psychology

When an object comes into possession, the owner will typically think that it is worth more than it did before they owned the item in a bias known as the endowment effect. This bias is particularly robust in Western societies with independent self-construals, but has not been observed in children below 5-6years of age. In three studies, we investigated whether endowment effect can be induced in younger children by focusing their attention on themselves. 120 children aged 3-4years evaluated toys before and after a task where they made pictures of themselves, a friend or a neutral farm scene. Over the …

Functional Involvement Of Γ-Secretase In Signaling Of The Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells-2 (Trem2), K Glebov, P Wunderlich, I Karaca, J Walter

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.