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A Framework For Transition To Specialty Practice Programmes, Julia Morphet, Virginia Plummer, Bridie Kent, Julie Considine

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Women’S Experiences Of Personalised Support For Asthma Care During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Graham R. Williamson, A O’Connor, Elmslie Jones Kayleigh

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Including The Online Feedback Site, Patient Opinion, In The Nursing Curriculum: Exploratory Study, R Jones, Kim Young, James Munro, Heather Miller, Stephanie Brelsford, Jennie Aronsson, Benny Goodman, Jane Peters

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Family-Centred Care In Intensive Care: Moving The Evidence Forward—A Call For Papers, Jos M. Latour, Maureen Coombs

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Traducción Y Validación Al Español Del Cuestionario Empathic-30 Para Medir La Satisfacción De Los Padres En Cuidados Intensivos, Orive Fj Pilar, Lozano J Basabe, Zuñiga A López, Fernández Ym López, Argaluza J Escudero, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Improving Patient Experience In Primary Care: A Multimethod Programme Of Research On The Measurement And Improvement Of Patient Experience, J Burt, J Campbell, G Abel, A Aboulghate, F Ahmed, A Asprey, H Barry, J Beckwith, J Benson, O Boiko, P Bower, R Calitri, M Carter, A Davey, Mn Elliott, N Elmore, C Farrington, Hw Haque, W Henley, V Lattimer, N Llanwarne, C Lloyd, G Lyratzopoulos, I Maramba, L Mounce, J Newbould, C Paddison, R Parker, S Richards, M Roberts, C Setodji, J Silverman, F Warren, E Wilson, C Wright, M Roland

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background There has been an increased focus towards improving quality of care within the NHS in the last 15 years; as part of this, there has been an emphasis on the importance of patient feedback within policy, through National Service Frameworks and the Quality and Outcomes Framework. The development and administration of large-scale national patient surveys to gather representative data on patient experience, such as the national GP Patient Survey in primary care, has been one such initiative. However, it remains unclear how the survey is used by patients and what impact the data may have on practice. Objectives Our …

Research On Techniques Of Hierarchical - Heterogeneous Networking And Optimization Of Resource Scheduling In The Sea Area, T Yang, H Feng, J Zhao

Plymouth Business School

The realization of a unified and efficient marine communication network is not only about how to develop a communication system, but also how to manage them, that is, how to set up an efficient marine communication network. Marine hierarchical-heterogeneous network is a multi-level integrated marine communication network, with shore-based, ship-based, star-based, space-based, underwater sound/light base station access, transmission and information aggregation capability. The access control, heterogeneous networking and resource optimization scheduling technology is facing enormous challenges, according to different priorities and types of services. Considering the complexity of the heterogeneous network as a cross-network with multi-user and multi-service, it is …

The Management Of Discipline And Grievances In British Workplaces: The Evidence From 2011 Wers, S Wood, R Saundry, P Latreille

Plymouth Business School

This study tests the assumptions and prescriptions of the Gibbons' Review of dispute resolution in the UK. Contrary to these, the formalisation of dispute resolution has continued and is not strongly related to the level of disputes or tribunal cases nor is the use of mediation which is complementing not replacing formalisation.

Designing Inclusivity: Reconstructing The Meaning Of The Seven Pointed Star Symbol In The Jordanian Flag Through Design Thinking, Fadwa Barakat

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This thesis is an attempt to explore the Jordanian community of today with its multi-ethnic fusion and its social practices that often appear rooted in the past. It is an examination of what possible series of symbols could be formed from a collective view of the diverse ethnicity in Jordan and that could be culturally relevant to the seven-pointed star of the Jordanian flag. This has been an investigation structured around Design Thinking processes using a mixture of qualitative methods integrated with a social science methodology. The qualitative data collection methods involved close contact between the research participants and the …

Decision-Making In The Selection Of Retrofit Facades For Non-Domestic Buildings, Helen Mary Garmston

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

In the UK, boom periods of construction combined with typical building styles of the day, have resulted in a large stock of ageing office buildings at risk of structural vacancy and obsolescence. Despite their lack of insulation, high air infiltration, and solar gain, many such buildings from the 1960s-1970s are still in use today. Moreover, with UK buildings replaced at a rate of less than 2% a year, the majority of today's buildings will still be in use in 2050. Due to the impact of the facade on such aspects as thermal performance and aesthetics, façade retrofit is seen as …

This Is Where We Are - Collectively Living, Working And Being, With And Through Predictive Algorithms., B Aga, M Phillips

School of Art, Design and Architecture

‘This Is Where We Are’ (TIWWA) was an immersive and interactive algorithmic sculpture fuelled by the data we collectively generate. This collaborative work was created for the opening of the new Tate Modern Switch house in London in June 2016 by the i-DAT Research and Design Collective, Tate Collective London and Intercity. This technological fusion of interactive light and sound asked audiences to consider the data they generate and the algorithmic systems that increasingly mediate their reality and influence their behaviour. The creation of the sculptural artefacts and the digital systems driving them, were forged through interplay between data, algorithms …

Perceptions Of Risks And Barriers To Participation In Tourism For The Disabled, David M. A. Fraser

Plymouth Business School Theses

There has been much research on the physical barriers that those with disabilities experience. This research investigates the level of participation of disabled people in tourism and explores the perceptions of risks and barriers to participation in tourism for people with a disability. The barriers that were explored included information, economic, social, physical barriers and the perceptions of risks these barriers cause, within the concept of the 'Social Model‘ of disability (Shaw and Coles, 2004). Data was gathered from a sample group of 149 disabled people through an online survey and through face-to-face survey using paper questionnaires. Analysis of the …

The Island Image: A Means Of Segmentation, Jennifer Jade Phillips

Plymouth Business School Theses

The success of tourism, at a destination, is often accredited to the strength of its marketing; yet, the marketing environment is changing at a fast pace where developments in digital technology have had a profound effect on marketing strategies. Furthermore, the increased accessibility of long and short haul travel has resulted in greater competition for tourist visits among destinations. Such changes present a challenge for cold water island destinations with a seasonal tourism product and limited resources for destination marketing. The ability of such destinations to adopt target marketing strategies, using meaningful segmentation criterion, is of great importance for their …

The Impact Of Culture, Leadership, And Power, On Staff Motivation In The Context Of International Organizations, Erdem Erciyes

Plymouth Business School Theses

This thesis investigates the impact of culture, leadership, and power, on staff motivation in selected international organizations (IOs), and develops a theoretical framework to assist with the practice of workforce motivation. The main research question is: “How can supervisors motivate their staff in the context of IOs?” Utilizing critical theory as a paradigm of inquiry, the study’s philosophical perspective leans heavily on “phenomenology”. Conducting this research led to the realization that there are a few studies in the existing literature on this subject matter. After investigating grand theories, the meso theories which form the theoretical background of the research were …

Persuasive Technology In Tourism Online Experiences And Implications On Tourist Buying Behaviour, Payal Ghatnekar

Plymouth Business School Theses

Online User Experiences (UXs) act as persuasive technology that can nudge users toward making behaviour change. This makes online UX integral to marketing. The tourism industry relies on UX to attract potential customers. Made up of 80% SMEs, the competition is high, hence the SMEs must deliver robust UXs that capture, persuade and convert users into customers. Tourism, despite being an early adopter of technology lags behind in terms of delivering UXs that meet users’ expectations. Furthermore, scholarly works exploring online UX as a persuasive technology within the tourism SMEs, specifically the day-attraction SMEs segment, are lacking. Using the theoretical …

Holistic Approach To The Factors Affecting Individual Investor’S Decision Making In The Gcc Markets: Evidence From Oman And Saudi Arabia, Alamir Nasser Salim Al-Alawi

Plymouth Business School Theses

Behavioural finance studies have documented that investors are subject to psychological factors (cognitive and emotional) and demographic factors (internal), and external factors that make their financial decisions less than fully rational. However, most of these studies have concentrated on developed countries and few on emerging countries. This study is aimed at investigating the internal and external factors that influence individual investors’ financial decision making in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. It contributes to the behavioural finance literature by filling the gaps existing in the GCC countries in particular and emerging countries in general. The study …

Success And Failure Factors Of Foreign Direct Investment In Transnational Education, Ben Siu

Plymouth Business School Theses

This study identifies the success and failure factors of foreign direct investment in transnational education. With western tertiary education markets becoming more saturated, it becomes essential for higher education institutions (HEI) to pursue new and lucrative opportunities internationally. One approach to internationalisation is the establishment of international branch campuses (IBC). This method provides the highest level of control but incurs the most risk, and failure can result in irrecoverable damage to reputation and substantial loss of resources. A review of the literature shows that numerous facets should be considered when establishing an IBC, but there are limited studies that holistically …

Isolating The Targets Of Six Transcription Factor In Ephydatia Muelleri And Identifying The Role Of The Superoxide Dismutase 6 In Host Immune Response To Trichomonas Vaginalis, Gurbir Kaur Gudial

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Sponges are the descendants of the oldest members of the metazoan phylogenetic lineage and their genome contains animal specific genes but lack true tissues, organ systems, and neurons. Thus, the sponge model system can be used to elucidate origin of developmental processes. The PSED (RDGN) network (Pax/Six/Eya/Dac) is important in development of eyes, muscles, and other structures in Bilaterians. Similarly, sponges contain a precursor Pax-Six gene network. The Ephydatia muelleri (Em) PaxB protein binds to a

Pax2/5/8 consensus sequence site and two cis-regulatory elements upstream and one intron sequence of EmSix1/2 (Rivera et al., 2013).

This study aimed to determine …

Examining The Relationship Between Exercise Induced Fatigue And Postural Stability Among Geriatric Patients With Vestibular Disorders, Alexis Christine King

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: This study examined: (1) the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance amongst geriatric patients with vestibular disorders. (2) Assessed the duration for postural stability to return to baseline measurements upon induced fatigue.

Methods: A controlled pre-post test experimental design method was used during this study. This study incorporated a quantitative analysis to explore the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance with a sample of 24 subjects. The subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. Baseline postural stability measurements were conducted prior to all subject testing and were accounted for again once …

Studies On Development In Euphilomedes Ostracods: Embryology, Nervous System Development, And The Genetics Of Sexually Dimorphic Eye Development, Kristina Koyama

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Model organism studies have been fundamental in understanding evolutionary and developmental biology. However, non-model organisms present opportunities to study unique characteristics and as comparisons to model organisms, leading us toward broader and more relevant perspectives on diversity. The Euphilomedes genus of ostracods is an example of a non-model group with potential for evolutionary and developmental studies.

Ostracoda is an ancient, basally branching lineage of Crustaceans with a complete and prodigious fossil record. Despite the group’s promise for evolutionary studies, much remains unknown about the basic biology of this clade. There are a limited number of embryogenesis studies in Ostracoda; here, …

Spirit Determinism In The Christian Anthropology Of Yorù̀Bá Indigenous Churches, Bernard T. Ayọ̀Ọlá

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

There are people who think everything in life is an accident. Then, there are the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria who believe that life outcomes are prearranged by the Supreme Being but may also be altered, for better or for worse, by the spirit beings in the universe. Yorùbá Christians, like their non-Christian kin, believe that many experiences in life are manifestations of the activities of the superhuman spirit beings in the community. While the good spirits (such as ancestors and angels) ordinarily have positive impacts on society, the evil spirits (such as witches, wizards, and demons) often work in collaboration …

Authority And Meaning In A Brave New World: Postconservative Evangelical Theological Method After The Cultural-Linguistic Turn, Jeffrey Halsted

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation fills a gap in the current scholarship by describing Stanley Grenz’s and Kevin Vanhoozer’s postconservative evangelical understandings of authority, meaning, and truth as they are related to Scripture and the community of faith. Acknowledging the postliberal influence of George Lindbeck, scholarship is further needed to describe whether theological authority ultimately rests in Scripture or the community of faith. Furthermore, scholarship needs to address the manner in which we seek, participate in, or determine meaning and truth within postconservative evangelical theological method. This dissertation provides this scholarship for Grenz’s and Vanhoozer’s thought while also providing a more extensive description …

Risk Factors And Functional Abnormalities Associated With Adult Onset Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis In Women, C Madhu, H Hashim, Dg Enki, M Yaasin, M Drake

Peninsula Medical School

Aims The study aims to evaluate bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), risk factors, and associated functional abnormalities in women reporting adult onset secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE), to help understand factors associated with SNE. Methods 12,795 women (age >18) attending a tertiary referral centre underwent a comprehensive standardized evaluation including urodynamic testing in accordance with the International Continence Society recommendations. Records of all patients reporting bedwetting while asleep were evaluated under various categories. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify statistically significant risk factors and urodynamic findings associated with SNE. Results The prevalence of SNE in women undergoing urodynamic testing …

The Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp) Systems Implementations According To Critical Success Factors (Csfs) To Add Value For An Organization, Dafer Rzok Saker

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

this paper addresses the adopting of implementations enterprise resource planning ERP system based on critical success factors (CSF). We reviewed the execution of enterprise resource planning (ERP) according to five different areas: USA, Australia, China, Middle East, and EU. During our research, seven CSFs covered to compare five different regions to find the best implementation of ERP. The CSFs that we found are “Fit between ERP and business/process, Project champion ERP strategy and implementation methodology, Communication, Change management culture and programme, Business plan /vision /goals /justification, appropriate business and IT legacy systems”. In these seven CSFs, some were most frequently …

The Political Personality Of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, Aubrey Immelman, Joseph V. Trenzeluk

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon.

Psychodiagnostically relevant data regarding President Putin were extracted from open-source intelligence and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Putin’s primary personality patterns were found …

Cultural Perspectives On Social Presence: Research And Practical Guidelines For Online Design, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Psychometric Properties Of The Behavioural Outcomes Of Anxiety Questionnaire In Stroke Patients With Aphasia, Alicia Eccles, Reg Morris, Ian Kneebone

School of Psychology

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of an observational, carer-completed anxiety screen for aphasic stroke patients. Design: Phase 1: A cross-sectional questionnaire design to establish psychometric properties. Phase 2: A randomized longitudinal design with treatment and control to evaluate sensitivity to change and repeatability/reliability. Subjects: Phase 1: 111 patient-carer dyads were recruited through stroke charities: patient mean age 69.7(10. 7), 6.2(5. 2) years since stroke, 76 male; carer mean age 64.7(12. 2), 27 male. Phase 2. A subsample of 50 dyads (29 completed). Measures: All patients completed the Tension Rating Circles and the Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test. Carers completed the …

Development Of An Immersive Interface For Robot Teleoperation, Junshen Chen, Marc Glover, Chenguang Yang, C Li, Z Li, Angelo Cangelosi

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Organizational Image/Reputation, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Organizational image refers to people’s global impressions of an organization and is defined as people’s loose structures of knowledge and beliefs about an organization. Organizational image represents the net cognitive reactions and associations of customers, investors, employees, and applicants to an organization’s name. Accordingly, it serves as a template to categorize, store, and recall organization-related information.

Sitting With Nellie; Mentoring Relationships In The Office Of The Revenue Commissioners, Kieran Healy

Theses

Mentoring is a powerful HRD tool that has been shown to have a positive impact on career development and play a significant role in the psychosocial support of employees in the workplace. There is no definitive definition of mentoring or a clear concise methodology of how it works but it does work and has been shown to do so time and time again in a multitude of settings and organisations.

Mentoring in Revenue is a mixture of the formal and informal and supports training courses and on the job training in equal measure. This dissertation will focus on mentoring in …