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The Contribution Of Family Leisure To Family Functioning And Family Satisfaction Among Urban Russian Families, Mikale Williamson, Ramon Zabriskie, Jasmine Townsend, Peter Ward, Gilbert Fellingham, Irina Kuznetsova

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine how both family leisure involvement and family leisure satisfaction contributed to the explanation of variance in family functioning and satisfaction with family life among urban Russian families (n = 597). As an initial examination of family leisure functioning in the Russian culture, mixed model analysis accounted for family-level and individual level variance, and indicated core family leisure satisfaction was the strongest predictor of all aspects of family functioning and satisfaction with family life, a pattern similar across other cultures. There were also positive relationships between balance family leisure and various aspects of …

Pilbara Internal Evaluation Report 2019: School Breakfast Program, Food Sensations® For Schools, Fuel Your Future, Food Sensations® For Parents And Educator Training Programs, L. M. Aberle, M. A. Kioutis,, J. R. Platts, L. M. Thorne, F. L. Foulkes-Taylor, Stephanie L. Godrich, Roslyn Giglia

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Executive Summary:

- In partnership with BHP, Foodbank of Western Australia (FBWA) delivers the School Breakfast Program (SBP), Food Sensations® in Schools program (FSS), Fuel Your Future program (FYF), Food Sensations® for Parents program (FSP) and Educator Training program (ET) with schools and communities throughout WA’s Pilbara region.

- Evaluation of these programs was underpinned by each program’s objectives, relating to knowledge, skills and program satisfaction. As such, tailored program planning logic models and evaluation plans were developed for each program. Methods and tools were based on best practice indicated in the published and grey literature, and on FBWA staff …

Virtual Source Method Simulation Of Progressive Water Waves, O Al-Tameemi, Di Graham, K Langfeld

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The virtual source method (VSM) has been developed to simulate water waves based upon the solution of Laplace’s equation for the velocity potential integral equations with full nonlinear surface conditions. The basis of the method is the use of specific Green’s functions for a rectangular ‘virtual domain’ which is an extension of the physical domain. The solution variables are frequency components of the velocity potential at the upper virtual boundary and these are found by specifying appropriate conditions on the physical boundaries (i.e. wavemaker, walls and wave surfaces). The authors have shown that the model successfully simulates both linear and …

How Data Science Can Advance Mental Health Research, Tc Russ, E Woelbert, Kas Davis, Jd Hafferty, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

Accessibility of powerful computers and availability of so-called big data from a variety of sources means that data science approaches are becoming pervasive. However, their application in mental health research is often considered to be at an earlier stage than in other areas despite the complexity of mental health and illness making such a sophisticated approach particularly suitable. In this Perspective, we discuss current and potential applications of data science in mental health research using the UK Clinical Research Collaboration classification: underpinning research; aetiology; detection and diagnosis; treatment development; treatment evaluation; disease management; and health services research. We demonstrate that …

Safeguarding Children And The Use Of Theory In Practice, Pa Welbourne

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Predictors And Trajectory Of Performance Status In Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Data Analysis Of The International European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom Study, Jw Boland, Victoria Allgar, Eg Boland, Stein Kaasa, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Miriam J. Johnson

Peninsula Medical School

Background: Performance status, a predictor of cancer survival, and ability to maintain independent living deteriorate in advanced disease. Understanding predictors of performance status trajectory could help identify those at risk of functional deterioration, target support for independent living and reduce service costs. The relationship between symptoms, analgesics and performance status is poorly delineated. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine whether demographics, analgesics, disease characteristics, quality-of-life domains and C-reactive protein predict the trajectory of Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) in patients with advanced cancer. Design: The study design is the secondary data analysis of the international prospective, longitudinal European …

Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Nice Head Injury Guidelines On Inpatient Mortality From Traumatic Brain Injury: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Carl Marincowitz, Fiona Lecky, Victoria Allgar, Trevor Sheldon

Peninsula Medical School

ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) head injury guidelines on deaths and hospital admissions caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI).SettingAll hospitals in England between 1998 and 2017.ParticipantsPatients admitted to hospital or who died up to 30 days following hospital admission with International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding indicating the reason for admission or death was TBI.InterventionAn interrupted time series analysis was conducted with intervention points when each of the three guidelines was introduced. Analysis was stratified by guideline recommendation specific age groups (0–15, 16–64 and 65+).Outcome measuresThe monthly population mortality and admission rates …

Cross Sectional Study Exploring Social Anxiety, Learning Styles And Methods Of Delivery, On Health Professional Students’ Attitude Towards Communication Skills Training?, Lisa Falconbridge, Joanna Hooks, Isabel Evans, Gabrielle Morse, Ella De Krester Armsotrong, Tracey Parkin

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Computational Instantaneous Wave‐Free Ratio (Ifr) For Patient‐Specific Coronary Artery Stenoses Using 1d Network Models, Jason M. Carson, Carl Roobottom, Robin Alcock, Perumal Nithiarasu

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Clinically Meaningful Improvements In Self-Reported Walking Ability In Participants With Multiple Sclerosis: Results From The Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase Iii Enhance Trial Of Prolonged-Release Fampridine, Jeremy Hobart, Tjalf Ziemssen, Peter Feys, Michael Linnebank, Andrew D. Goodman, Rachel Farrell, Raymond Hupperts, Andrew R. Blight, Veronica Englishby, Manjit Mcneill, Ih Chang, Jacob Elkins

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Phenylephrine On Static And Dynamic Accommodation, Aj Del Águila-Carrasco, F Lara, P Bernal-Molina, R Riquelme-Nicolás, Et Al

School of Health Professions

PURPOSE: We tested the hypothesis that changes in accommodation after instillation of Phenylephrine Hydrochloride (PHCl) observed in some studies could be caused by changes in optics. METHODS: We performed two experiments to test the effects of PHCl on static and on dynamic accommodation in 8 and 6 subjects, respectively. Objective wavefront measurements were recorded of the static accommodation response to a stimulus at different distances or dynamic accommodation response to a sinusoidally moving stimulus (between 1 and 3 D of accommodative demand at 0.2Hz). The responses were characterized using two methods: one that takes into account the mydriatic optical effects …

Introduction: Architecture Filmmaking: Framing The Discourse And Conditions Of Production In Architectural Practice And Education, I Troiani, H Campbell

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

A Blind Comparative Study Of Focused Wave Interactions With A Fixed Fpso-Like Structure (Ccp-Wsi Blind Test Series 1), Ej Ransley, S Yan, S Brown, T Mai, D Graham, Q Ma, P-H Musiedlak, Ap Engsig-Karup, C Eskilsson, Q Li, J Wang, Z Xie, V Sriram, T Stoesser, Y Zhuang, Q Li, D Wan, G Chen, H Chen, L Qian, Z Ma, C Mingham, D Causon, I Gatin, H Jasak, V Vukcevic, S Downie, P Higuera, E Buldakov, Q Chen

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Second Language Tutoring Using Social Robots: A Large-Scale Study, P Vogt, Den Berghe R Van, Haas M De, L Hoffman, J Kanero, E Mamus, J-M Montanier, C Oranc, O Oudgenoeg-Paz, Dh Garcia, F Papadopoulos, T Schodde, J Verhagen, Cd Wallbridgell, B Willemsen, Wit J De, T Belpaeme, T Goksun, S Kopp, E Krahmer, Ac Kuntay, P Leseman, Ak Pandey

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We present a large-scale study of a series of seven lessons designed to help young children learn English vocabulary as a foreign language using a social robot. The experiment was designed to investigate 1) the effectiveness of a social robot teaching children new words over the course of multiple interactions (supported by a tablet), 2) the added benefit of a robot's iconic gestures on word learning and retention, and 3) the effect of learning from a robot tutor accompanied by a tablet versus learning from a tablet application alone. For reasons of transparency, the research questions, hypotheses and methods were …

Understanding The Relation Between Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy And Adverse Fetal, Infant And Child Outcomes: A Protocol For A Systematic Review And Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Of Longitudinal Studies Of Pregnant Women And Their Infants And Children, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Yinghui Wei, Thalia Velho Barreto De Araújo, Maria Vankerkhove, Marília Dalva Turchi, Marília Dalva Turchi, Mauro Teixeira, Adriana Tami, João Souza, Patricia Sousa, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Carmen Soria-Segarra, Clemente N Sanchez, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Ludovic Reveiz, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Léo Pomar, Rosado Le Pelá, Freddy Perez, Saulo D. Passos, Mauricio Nogueira, Trevor P. Noel, Da Silva A Moura, Maria Elisabeth Moreira, Ivonne Morales, Montoya Mc Miranda, Demócrito De Barros Miranda-Filho, Lauren Maxwell, Calum N.L. Macpherson, Nicola Low, Zhiyi Lan, Angelle Desiree Labeaud, Marion Koopmans, Caron Kim, Esaú João, Thomas Jaenisch, Cristina Barroso Hofer, Paul Gustafson, Patrick Gérardin, Jucelia S. Ganz, Ana Carolina Fialho Dias, Vanessa Elias, Geraldo Duarte, Thomas Paul Alfons Debray, María Luisa Cafferata, Pierre Buekens, Nathalie Broutet, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Patrícia Brasil, Fátima Brant, Sarah Bethencourt, Andrea Benedetti, Vivian Lida Avelino-Silva, Ricardo Arraes De Alencar Ximenes, Da Cunha A Alves, Jackeline Alger

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

IntroductionZika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy is a known cause of microcephaly and other congenital and developmental anomalies. In the absence of a ZIKV vaccine or prophylactics, principal investigators (PIs) and international leaders in ZIKV research have formed the ZIKV Individual Participant Data (IPD) Consortium to identify, collect and synthesise IPD from longitudinal studies of pregnant women that measure ZIKV infection during pregnancy and fetal, infant or child outcomes.Methods and analysisWe will identify eligible studies through the ZIKV IPD Consortium membership and a systematic review and invite study PIs to participate in the IPD meta-analysis (IPD-MA). We will use the …

Accurate Eye Center Localization Via Hierarchical Adaptive Convolution, H Cai, B Liu, Z Ju, S Thill, T Belpaeme, B Vanderborght, H Liu

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Eye center localization has been an active research topic for decades due to its important biological properties, which indicates human's visual focus of attention. However, accurate eye center localization still remains challenging due to the high degree appearance variation caused by different kinds of viewing angles, illumination conditions, occlusions and head pose. This paper proposes a hierarchical adaptive convolution method (HAC) to localize the eye center accurately while consuming low computational cost. It mainly utilizes the dramatic illumination changes between the iris and sclera. More specifically, novel hierarchical kernels are designed to convolute the eye images and a differential operation …

Climate Change Communication In The United Kingdom, Ag Anderson

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

There is a comparably lengthy history of climate change communication research in the UK that can be traced back to the late 1980s. As is the case for media research in general, most attention has historically focused on print media and elite newspapers in particular. The British public appears to have a rather ambivalent response to climate change and most people do not view it as a pressing threat. Whilst surveys suggest that the majority of citizens believe that climate change is occurring, and is at least partly caused by human activity, sceptic views have received greater prominence in the …

The First Step To A Nation? The Irish Postal Service And The Home Rule Crisis, Claire Fitzpatrick

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Wave Energy Converter Arrays: Motion Response Of Inter-Connected Array, B Howey, G Iglesias, Km Collins, M Hann, D Greaves, R Gomes, Jcc Henriques

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Validation Of A Cfd-Based Numerical Wave Tank Of The Wavestar Wec, C Windt, Jv Ringwood, J Davidson, Ej Ransley, M Jakobsen, M Kramer

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Experimental Study Of Wave Loads On A Small Vehicle In Close Proximity To A Large Vessel, Nan Xie, Gregorio Iglesias, M. Hann, R. Pemberton, D. Greaves

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Operations involving the launch or recovery of a smaller vessel from a larger one are extremely dangerous in high sea states and, therefore, they are normally carried out in low to moderate sea states. However, this can be severely restrictive and in some situations, carrying out such operations in high sea states is unavoidable. Here we report on a detailed investigation of the interaction between two vessels of different size in order to characterise their hydrodynamic interaction under different conditions and to provide insight for operational purposes. Model experiments were conducted to investigate the hydrodynamic interaction between two vessels in …

Aspergillus Fumigatushigh Osmolarity Glycerol Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases Saka And Mpkc Physically Interact During Osmotic And Cell Wall Stresses, Adriana Oliveira Manfiolli, Eliciane Cevolani Mattos, Leandro José De Assis, Lilian Pereira Silva, Mevlüt Ulas, Neil Andrew Brown, Rafael Silva-Rocha, Özgür Bayram, Gustavo H. Goldman

Peninsula Medical School

Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprophytic filamentous fungus, is a serious opportunistic pathogen of mammals and it is the primary causal agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA). Mitogen activated protein Kinases (MAPKs) are important components involved in diverse cellular processes in eukaryotes. A. fumigatus MpkC and SakA, the homologs of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hog1 are important to adaptations to oxidative and osmotic stresses, heat shock, cell wall damage, macrophage recognition, and full virulence. We performed protein pull-down experiments aiming to identify interaction partners of SakA and MpkC by mass spectrometry analysis. In presence of osmotic stress with sorbitol, 118, and 213 proteins were …

Race-Conscious Admissions, Diversity, And Academic Freedom, Vinay Harpalani

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay examines the First Amendment component to race-conscious admissions policies. It argues that these policies reflect a core First Amendment value: academic freedom. It illustrates that race-conscious admissions policies promote academic freedom in two ways. One aspect of a university’s academic freedom is the selection of its own student body. Justice Felix Frankfurter stated this explicitly in his concurrence in Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957), which was later cited in Justice Lewis Powell's influential concurrence in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978). Additionally, the compelling interest in diversity has roots in the First Amendment. By …

Nefarious Neighbors: How Living Near Payday Loan Stores Affects Loan Use, Nathalie Martin, Younghee Lim, Aimee Moles, Trey Bickham

Faculty Scholarship

Few of us give much thought to local laws, yet local laws, such as zoning and other land use regulations, have an abiding influence on our lives. Think for a few moments about the types of businesses located near your home. Are these businesses places you frequent? Considering socio-economics, how do land uses differ from locale to locale throughout your city or state? Do all citizens have an equal voice in the land use approval process? The answer is likely no, which creates environmental and economic justice issues.

Like all businesses, when it comes to payday lenders, geography matters. Payday …

Multicomponent Hospital-Led Interventions To Reduce Hospital Stay For Older Adults Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review, M Nunns, L Shaw, S Briscoe, Coon J Thompson, A Hemsley, Js Mcgrath, Cj Lovegrove, D Thomas, R Anderson

School of Health Professions

BackgroundElective older adult inpatient admissions are increasingly common. Older adults are at an elevated risk of adverse events in hospital, potentially increasing with lengthier hospital stay. Hospital-led organisational strategies may optimise hospital stay for elective older adult inpatients.ObjectivesTo evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hospital-led multicomponent interventions to reduce hospital stay for older adults undergoing elective hospital admissions.Data sourcesSeven bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, EMBASE, Health Management Information Consortium, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Allied and Complementary Medicine Database) were searched from inception to date of …

Implementation And Impact Of Co-Locating The Voluntary Sector With A Multidisciplinary, Cross-Sector Community Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, F Gradinger, J Elston, S Asthana, C Lilley-Woolnough, C Myers, M Fox, D Butler, R Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Impact Of “Enhanced” Intermediate Care Located In A Health & Wellbeing Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, J Elston, F Gradinger, S Asthana, M Fox, L Dawson, D Butler, R Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Mrs Smith - Chapter 2: Vertical And Horizontal Integration And Care Model Implementation In The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk - A Workshop On Leadership And Co-Production, F Gradinger, J Elston, M Fox, C Myers, D Butler

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Assessing Methodologies For Fucoidan Extraction From South African Brown Algae, Gg January, Rk Naidoo, B Kirby-Mccullough, R Bauer

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Auditions And … More Auditions, John Matthews, Guevara Vl De

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.