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The Credibility Gap: The Objectification Of Child Victims Of Sexual Abuse 1880-1980, Ka Stevenson

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

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Ethical, Cultural, Social And Individual Considerations Prior To Transition To Limitation Or Withdrawal Of Life-Sustaining Therapies, Re Kirsch, Cr Balit, Fa Carnevale, Jm Latour, V Larcher

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Obesity And Dental Caries In Young Children In Plymouth, United Kingdom: A Spatial Analysis, Martha Paisi, Elizabeth Kay, Irene Kaimi, Robert Witton, Robert Nelder, Costas Christophi, Debra Lapthorne

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

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Mhealth Resources For Asthma And Pregnancy Care: Methodological Issues And Social Media Recruitment. A Discussion Paper, Graham R. Williamson, Anita O'Connor, Chervonne Chamberlain, David Halpin

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Preconception Care For Infertile Couples: Nurses' And Midwives' Roles In Promoting Better Maternal And Birth Outcomes., Helen T. Allan, Ginny Mounce, Esther Crespo, Jill Shawe

School of Nursing and Midwifery

INTRODUCTION: Preconception care promotes better maternal outcomes, may assist in preventing birth defects and improves fertility awareness among healthy childbearing couples. Yet, the significance of preconception care for infertile couples is undeveloped area of practice in Europe. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To discuss the importance of nurses and midwives in providing preconception care to infertile couples in the United Kingdom and Spain. DESIGN: Discursive paper. METHOD: A comparison of different midwifery and nursing approaches to preconception care for infertile couples in two European countries. FINDINGS: At present, infertile couples' needs for preconception care are not routinely identified or understood. There is …

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Factors Influencing The Implementation Of Advanced Midwife Practitioners In Healthcare Settings: A Qualitative Study, R Goemaes, J Shawe, D Beeckman, E Decoene, S Verhaeghe, Hecke A Van

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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‘University Must Be Saved’ Genealogy As A Knowledge Approach., Patrizia Moschella

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

The research offers an elaboration of genealogy as an approach to knowledge from Friedrich Nietzsche's original work on method (1887) processed by Michel Foucault (1971). It provides an interdisciplinary version that integrates theoretical and analytical contributions from the philosophy of knowledge, from exact and social sciences to artistic research. This work also takes into account those who have most explicitly enhanced the potentialities of geneaalogy such as Gilles Deleuze (1962) and, more recently, Carlo Sini (2007) and Giorgio Agamben (2010), but also embraces the reflections of researchers, from the past or present, whom I dare associate with the genealogy approach …

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A Framework For The Consideration Of Narrative In Creative Arts Practice, Paul Green

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This research project is aimed at creative practitioners in art and design who choose to engage in postgraduate research and who recognise narrative to be an important aspect of their work. While the goal of narratology has been explicitly declared as an interest in understanding narrative in all its forms, this project responded to a perceived absence of art and design centred perspectives in the general literature on narrative. A general attitude has developed throughout the course of the twentieth century resulting in a view that narrative has become a dead issue for contemporary practitioners. Findings from the investigations conducted …

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The Heart Of Cities Seen Through The Making Of Objects, P Davis

School of Art, Design and Architecture

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Building Resistance To Brand Switching During Disruptions In A Competitive Market: An Identity Theory Perspective, Dominic Appiah

Plymouth Business School Theses

The impact of identity on brand loyalty has taken precedence as an area of focus in recent marketing research. This has taken place in an era defined by technological revolution, which has created market disruptions and there are implications for customer–brand relationships. Nonetheless, the extant literature on brand loyalty does not extensively acknowledge the impact of socio-psychological attributes but rather functional utility maximisation. The brand loyalty literature has the notion that the perceived value of a brand is conceptualised and operationalised as a functional utilitarian value. Knowledge that illuminates how firms can reposition themselves to sustain brand loyalty when disruptions …

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Corporate Governance In The Nonprofit Sector: A Grounded Theory Approach To Studying The Trustee Board, George Dexter

Plymouth Business School Theses

This thesis uses a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate nonprofit corporate governance in the UK; using data obtained from participatory observations of board and associated meetings, workshops, and unstructured elite interviews. Open codes are generated and brought together as concepts, which are then iteratively compared and grouped in open categories. These categories are then reassembled using the paradigm model into five axial codes: the clash of orthodoxies; clash of motivations; regulator versus board power; clash of rationalities; and effective board duality. A dialectical approach is then used to create the core category of the ‘clash of neoliberal and public …

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An Evaluation Of Online Service Failures And Recovery Strategies In The Uk Fashion Industry, Samuel Ayertey

Plymouth Business School Theses

The emerging digital economy has brought about new paradigms for retailing. Consumers across the world face new opportunities and challenges as the Internet, the driving force of the new economy, has given rise to online fashion retailing as a new and increasingly popular way for retailers to sell clothing in the twenty-first century. Along with this opportunity comes the challenge of identifying and rectifying service failures. In spite of a proliferation of the number of studies on service failure and recovery in e-service settings, there is a paucity of knowledge in terms of how service failure and recovery practices are …

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Vulnerability In Leadership: The Power Of The Courage To Descend, Stephanie O. Lopez

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

As authenticity and trust continue to be recognized as key pillars of effective leadership in today’s world (Avolio et al., 2004; Mayer et al., 1995; Peus et al., 2012), organizations need leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with those they lead. The purpose of current study was to explore the relationship between courage, other-centered calling, vulnerability, and leadership differentiation. The sample for the current study included 296 self-identified leaders who report being responsible for the work and development of others. Leaders were primarily Caucasian (83.7%), male (55.9%), and from a church/ministry setting (41.2%). The study occurred over a year …

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The Effectiveness Of The Inspiring Futures Parenting Programme In Improving Behavioural And Emotional Outcomes In Primary School Children With Behavioural Or Emotional Difficulties: Study Protocol For A Randomised Controlled Trial, Nick Axford, Georgina Warner, Tim Hobbs, Sarah Heilmann, Anam Raja, Vashti Berry, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Justin Matthews, Tim Eames, Angeliki Kallitsoglou, Sarah Blower, Tom Wilkinson, Luke Timmons, Gretchen Bjornstad

Peninsula Medical School

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Personal Wellbeing Networks, Social Capital And Severe Mental Illness: Findings From An Exploratory Study, Daryl Sweet, Richard Byng, Martin Webber, Doyo Gragn Enki, Ian Porter, John Larsen, Peter Huxley, Vanessa Pinfold

Peninsula Medical School

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Responding Effectively To Adult Mental Health Patient Feedback In An Online Environment: A Coproduced Framework, Rebecca Baines, John Donovan, De Bere S Regan, Julian Archer, Ray Jones

Peninsula Medical School

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Patient-Reported Outcomes With Initiation Of Fluticasone Furoate/Vilanterol Versus Continuing Usual Care In The Asthma Salford Lung Study, H Svedsater, R Jones, N Bosanquet, L Jacques, J Lay-Flurrie, Da Leather, J Vestbo, S Collier, A Woodcock

Peninsula Medical School

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Eslicarbazepine Acetate As A Replacement For Levetiracetam In People With Epilepsy Developing Behavioral Adverse Events, Virupakshi Jalihal, Rohit Shankar, William Henley, Mary Parrett, Phil Tittensor, Brendan N. Mclean, Ammad Ahmed, Josemir W. Sander

Peninsula Medical School

Background: Psychiatric and behavioral side effects (PBSEs) are a major cause of antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal. Levetiracetam (LEV) is a recognized first-line AED with good seizure outcomes but recognized with PBSEs. Eslicarbazepine (ESL) is considered to function similarly to an active metabolite of the commonly used carbamazepine (CBZ). Carbamazepine is used as psychotropic medication to assist in various psychiatric illnesses such as mood disorders, aggression, and anxiety. Aim: The aim was to evaluate the psychiatric profile of ESL in people who had LEV withdrawn due to PBSEs in routine clinical practice to see if ESL can be used as a …

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Discrimination, Harassment And Non-Reporting In Uk Medical Education, Jonathan Broad, Marion Matheson, Fabienne Verrall, Anna K. Taylor, Daniel Zahra, Louise Alldridge, Gene Feder

Peninsula Medical School

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Intervention Delivery Fidelity Assessment Of A Counseling-Based Intervention For Promoting Smoking Reduction And Increasing Physical Activity, Tom P. Thompson, Jeffrey D. Lambert, Colin J. Greaves, Adrian H. Taylor

Peninsula Medical School

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First Comprehensive Tool For Screening Pain In Parkinson's Disease: The King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire (Kppq)., P. Martinez-Martin, A. M. Rizos, J. Wetmore, A. Antonini, P. Odin, S. Pal, R. Sophia, C. Carroll, D. Martino, C. Falup-Pecurariu, B. Kessel, T. Andrews, D. Paviour, C. Trenkwalder, K. R. Chaudhuri, Europar & Mds Non-Motor Pd Study Group

Peninsula Medical School

BACKGROUND: Pain is highly prevalent in Parkinson's disease (PD), impacting patients' ability, mood, and quality of life. Detecting the presence of pain in its multiple modalities is necessary for adequate personalized management of PD. A 14-item, PD-specific, patient-based questionnaire (the King's Parkinson's disease Pain Questionnaire, KPPQ) was designed corresponding to the rater-based KPP Scale (KPPS). The present multi-center study was aimed at testing the validity of this screening tool. METHODS: First, a comparison between the KPPQ scores of patients and matched controls was performed. Next, convergent validity, reproducibility (test-retest), and diagnostic performance of the questionnaire were analyzed. RESULTS: We report …

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Health Trainer-Led Motivational Intervention Plus Usual Care For People Under Community Supervision Compared With Usual Care Alone: A Study Protocol For A Parallel-Group Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (Strengthen), Tom P. Thompson, Lynne Callaghan, Emma Hazeldine, Cath Quinn, Samantha Walker, Richard Byng, Gary Wallace, Siobhan Creanor, Colin Green, Annie Hawton, Jill Annison, Julia Sinclair, Jane Senior, Adrian H. Taylor

Peninsula Medical School

IntroductionPeople with experience of the criminal justice system typically have worse physical and mental health, lower levels of mental well-being and have less healthy lifestyles than the general population. Health trainers have worked with offenders in the community to provide support for lifestyle change, enhance mental well-being and signpost to appropriate services. There has been no rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of providing such community support. This study aims to determine the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a randomised trial and delivering a health trainer intervention to people receiving community supervision in the UK.Methods and analysisA multicentre, parallel, …

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Validation Of Multisource Feedback In Assessing Medical Performance: A Systematic Review, Sag Stevens, J Read, R Baines, A Chatterjee, J Archer

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction Over the past ten years, a number of systematic reviews have evaluated the validity of multisource feedback (MSF) to assess and quality assure medical practice. The purpose of this study is to synthesise the results from existing reviews to provide a holistic overview of the validity evidence. Methods This review identified eight systematic reviews evaluating the validity of MSF published between January 2006 and October 2016. Using a standardised data extraction form, two independent reviewers extracted study characteristics. A framework of validation developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) was used to appraise the validity evidence within each systematic …

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Prevalence Of Asthma, Aspirin Sensitivity And Allergy In Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Data From The Uk National Chronic Rhinosinusitis Epidemiology Study, Cm Philpott, S Erskine, C Hopkins, N Kumar, S Anari, N Kara, S Sunkaraneni, J Ray, A Clark, A Wilson, S Erskine, C Philpott, A Clark, C Hopkins, A Robertson, S Ahmed, N Kara, S Carrie, V Sunkaraneni, J Ray, S Anari, P Jervis, J Panesaar, A Farboud, N Kumar, R Cathcart, R Almeyda, H Khalil, P Prinsley

Peninsula Medical School

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Protestantism In Macedonia Today, Ruzhica Cacanoska

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Protestantism arrived in Macedonia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Since then, a number of Protestant communities were established and their current membership is relatively small. The United Methodist Church in the Republic of Macedonia is considered to be traditional and is listed as such in the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. The contemporary Protestant structure is composed of 12 Evangelical-Protestant churches. The subject matter of this paper is a sociological research on the Protestant communities in Macedonia and it will focus on key issues related to the structure and functioning of their communities, their mutual cooperation, …

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Why We Need An Educated Pastorate, Jiri Moskala

Faculty Publications

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School Disciplinary Responses To Unexcused Absences, Zachary Boswell

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative document analysis research study was to explore how public high schools in California create local unexcused absence and truancy policies in similar and different ways. The study used Lipsky’s “street-level bureaucracy” and the American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force’s definition of “zero tolerance policies” in the conceptual framework. Forty-two California public high school handbooks were qualitatively coded and analyzed for the extent to which their disciplinary responses to unexcused absences were aligned with the ideals of zero tolerance. Schools were purposefully selected to maximize contrasts between specific student demographic groups and school enrollment sizes. …

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Trini To De Bone: The Impact Of Migration On The Cultural Identities Of Trinidadian Immigrants In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stephanie Zukerman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the impact of migration and the resulting intercultural interactions on the cultural identities of first-generation immigrant Trinidadians living in the Philadelphia area of the United States. It focused on four identities: race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and nationality. The goal of the study was to determine how Trinidadian immigrants define and reconceptualize these four dimensions of their identities as they make new lives in American society. Another goal was to determine whether identities shift and, if so, how, for Trinidadian immigrants when they move across cultures to a society where they are no longer in the racial, ethnic, …

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Psychological, Academic And Demographic Variables Affecting Students’ Academic Achievement Among First Year College Students In Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Alonazi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There are many factors that affect academic achievement among first year college students in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to improve our understanding of academic achievement of first year college students in Saudi Arabia by investigating the relationship between a selection of demographic, academic, and psychological variables and their effects on first-year students’ GPA. All first-year students admitted to the King Saud University in fall 2016 or spring 2017 were invited to complete a self-report survey. 1457 students have completed and submitted the survey. Multiple regression analysis was performed with all independent variables in order to determine …

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College Students’ Dual-Screening, Political Habits, And Attitudes: A Survey Analysis, Jonathan Weskey Bruce

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

With the rise of technology, the way people may communicate is becoming infinitely more creative and complex. Dual-screening, or second screening, is one way in which people may now engage with live television events. Dual-screening occurs when an individual uses their phone, while watching television, in such a way that aids them in their viewing of television: this is called hybrid media. Previous research has been done that has indicated people who dual-screen typically are more politically active. According to Hybrid Media System Theory, as dual-screening rises in relevance, the political power of normal citizens increases. Therefore, this study uses …

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The Credibility Gap: The Objectification Of Child Victims Of Sexual Abuse 1880-1980, Ka Stevenson

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ethical, Cultural, Social And Individual Considerations Prior To Transition To Limitation Or Withdrawal Of Life-Sustaining Therapies, Re Kirsch, Cr Balit, Fa Carnevale, Jm Latour, V Larcher

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Obesity And Dental Caries In Young Children In Plymouth, United Kingdom: A Spatial Analysis, Martha Paisi, Elizabeth Kay, Irene Kaimi, Robert Witton, Robert Nelder, Costas Christophi, Debra Lapthorne

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Mhealth Resources For Asthma And Pregnancy Care: Methodological Issues And Social Media Recruitment. A Discussion Paper, Graham R. Williamson, Anita O'Connor, Chervonne Chamberlain, David Halpin

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Preconception Care For Infertile Couples: Nurses' And Midwives' Roles In Promoting Better Maternal And Birth Outcomes., Helen T. Allan, Ginny Mounce, Esther Crespo, Jill Shawe

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Factors Influencing The Implementation Of Advanced Midwife Practitioners In Healthcare Settings: A Qualitative Study, R Goemaes, J Shawe, D Beeckman, E Decoene, S Verhaeghe, Hecke A Van

School of Nursing and Midwifery

‘University Must Be Saved’ Genealogy As A Knowledge Approach., Patrizia Moschella

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

A Framework For The Consideration Of Narrative In Creative Arts Practice, Paul Green

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

The Heart Of Cities Seen Through The Making Of Objects, P Davis

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Building Resistance To Brand Switching During Disruptions In A Competitive Market: An Identity Theory Perspective, Dominic Appiah

Plymouth Business School Theses

Corporate Governance In The Nonprofit Sector: A Grounded Theory Approach To Studying The Trustee Board, George Dexter

Plymouth Business School Theses

An Evaluation Of Online Service Failures And Recovery Strategies In The Uk Fashion Industry, Samuel Ayertey

Plymouth Business School Theses

Vulnerability In Leadership: The Power Of The Courage To Descend, Stephanie O. Lopez

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

Peninsula Medical School

Personal Wellbeing Networks, Social Capital And Severe Mental Illness: Findings From An Exploratory Study, Daryl Sweet, Richard Byng, Martin Webber, Doyo Gragn Enki, Ian Porter, John Larsen, Peter Huxley, Vanessa Pinfold

Peninsula Medical School

Responding Effectively To Adult Mental Health Patient Feedback In An Online Environment: A Coproduced Framework, Rebecca Baines, John Donovan, De Bere S Regan, Julian Archer, Ray Jones

Peninsula Medical School

Patient-Reported Outcomes With Initiation Of Fluticasone Furoate/Vilanterol Versus Continuing Usual Care In The Asthma Salford Lung Study, H Svedsater, R Jones, N Bosanquet, L Jacques, J Lay-Flurrie, Da Leather, J Vestbo, S Collier, A Woodcock

Peninsula Medical School

Eslicarbazepine Acetate As A Replacement For Levetiracetam In People With Epilepsy Developing Behavioral Adverse Events, Virupakshi Jalihal, Rohit Shankar, William Henley, Mary Parrett, Phil Tittensor, Brendan N. Mclean, Ammad Ahmed, Josemir W. Sander

Peninsula Medical School

Discrimination, Harassment And Non-Reporting In Uk Medical Education, Jonathan Broad, Marion Matheson, Fabienne Verrall, Anna K. Taylor, Daniel Zahra, Louise Alldridge, Gene Feder

Peninsula Medical School

Intervention Delivery Fidelity Assessment Of A Counseling-Based Intervention For Promoting Smoking Reduction And Increasing Physical Activity, Tom P. Thompson, Jeffrey D. Lambert, Colin J. Greaves, Adrian H. Taylor

Peninsula Medical School

Peninsula Medical School

Peninsula Medical School

Validation Of Multisource Feedback In Assessing Medical Performance: A Systematic Review, Sag Stevens, J Read, R Baines, A Chatterjee, J Archer

Peninsula Medical School

Peninsula Medical School

Protestantism In Macedonia Today, Ruzhica Cacanoska

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Why We Need An Educated Pastorate, Jiri Moskala

Faculty Publications

School Disciplinary Responses To Unexcused Absences, Zachary Boswell

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Trini To De Bone: The Impact Of Migration On The Cultural Identities Of Trinidadian Immigrants In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stephanie Zukerman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Psychological, Academic And Demographic Variables Affecting Students’ Academic Achievement Among First Year College Students In Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Alonazi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

College Students’ Dual-Screening, Political Habits, And Attitudes: A Survey Analysis, Jonathan Weskey Bruce

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations