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Adaptation And Validation Of The Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique For Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Deniz Dishman

Theses and Dissertations

Anesthesia is a health care specialty fraught with high workload demands, stressful work environments, increased production pressure, work areas with many distractions, an increasing use of advanced technology, and the constant need to prioritize work actions. Effective clinical judgment in this dynamic environment necessitates that the provider demonstrate the ability to project what may occur secondary to actual or potential condition changes. These key elements operationalize situation awareness (SA).

High level SA is an important characteristic for the successful development of student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs). With Endsley’s “Theory of Situation Awareness” as the foundation, the goal of this study …

Transit Access Equity In Richmond, Va, Rachel Jordan

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the extent of public transit access equity issues in Richmond, VA. The City of Richmond has an established public transportation network system, and the thesis explores the level of access for urban residents to use existing public transportation services. Technologies and programs have begun to emerge across the United States to help solve transit accessibility challenges. The thesis assesses the level of transit access equity that exists in Richmond and introduces technologies and services that could help improve accessibility and equity. The thesis uses a mixed methods approach that will consist of …

A Two-Fold Study Of Equine Weaning Practices And Behaviours Displayed Following Mare Removal, Catherine Mcmeeking

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The behavioural effects on the foal and dam during weaning in horses are well documented and it is commonly agreed that both are likely to suffer from stress at this time. Many different weaning methods are employed worldwide, with no indication of the least stress inducing. This study has two aims. First, to document frequency of weaning method, type of breeder, foal age at the time of mare removal and reason for use of weaning method. Second, to compare behaviours following abrupt and gradual weaning methods. The first aim was addressed by a questionnaire distributed globally via social media and …

Challenging Robot Morality: An Ethical Debate On Humanoid Companions, Dataveillance, And Algorithms, Eugenia Stamboliev

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

In this thesis, I reflect on ethical, moral, and agenthood debates around social and humanoid robots in two ways. I focus on how the technological agency of social robots is understood in ethical canons by shifting from moral concerns in Robot Ethics to data-related ethical concerns in Media and Surveillance Studies. I then move to wider debates on morality, agenthood, and agencies in Machine and Computer Ethics research, so as to highlight that social robots, other robots, machines, and algorithmic structures are often moralised but not understood ethically. In that vein, I distinguish between these two terms to point to …

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

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Dissociation Between Private And Social Counterfactual Value Signals Following Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Damage, Nadège Bault, Pellegrino G Di, Martina Puppi, Gaëlle Opolczynski, Alessia Monti, Davide Braghittoni, Florence Thibaut, Aldo Rustichini, Giorgio Coricelli

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Social Evaluation Of Faces Across Gender And Familiarity, Mila Mileva, Robin S.S. Kramer, A. Mike Burton

School of Psychology

Models of social evaluation aim to capture the information people use to form first impressions of unfamiliar others. However, little is currently known about the relationship between perceived traits across gender. In Study 1, we asked viewers to provide ratings of key social dimensions (dominance, trustworthiness, etc.) for multiple images of 40 unfamiliar identities. We observed clear sex differences in the perception of dominance—with negative evaluations of high dominance in unfamiliar females but not males. In Study 2, we used the social evaluation context to investigate the key predictions about the importance of pictorial information in familiar and unfamiliar face …

Stop Stereotyping, Johanna K. Falbén, Juliana L. Olivier, Marius Golubickis, Nerissa S.P. Ho, Linn M. Persson, Dimitra Tsamadi, Eleni Marinopoulou, Bianca Bianciardi, William A. Cunningham, C. Neil Macrae

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Mine Or Mother’S? Exploring The Self-Ownership Effect Across Cultures, M Golubickis, Nsp Ho, Jk Falbén, Km Mackenzie, A Boschetti, Wa Cunningham, Macrae C Neil

School of Psychology

In exploring self-biases in cognition and decision-making, recent research has demonstrated cultural variation in the emergence of the self-ownership effect in memory. Whereas Westerners display enhanced memory for items owned by the self (vs. mother), this effect is reversed among Asian participants. Developing this line of inquiry, here we considered whether cultural influences on ownership extend to other outcomes—specifically, the efficiency of object categorization. In two experiments, Western and Asian participants were required to report if previously assigned items (i.e., pencils and pens) were owned-by-self or owned-by-mother. Results revealed a self-prioritization effect for participants from both cultures, such that responses …

Teasing Apart The Impact Of Illness And Iq On Functional Neuroimaging Findings In Schizophrenia, S Graham, Tm Oh, V Manning, J Jiang, Ib Yeh, S Kang, Pj Mckenna

Peninsula Medical School

Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder associated with cognitive impairment. Functional brain imaging (fMRI) studies of schizophrenia patients reveal a complex pattern of brain differences in the prefrontal cortex. Both decreased (hypofrontality) and increased (hyperfrontality) activity have been reported in patients – inconsistencies that this paper argues could be explained by differences in IQ between patients and healthy controls. This study demonstrates a novel method to tease apart IQ and schizophrenia effects on brain activity. Twelve schizophrenia patients were matched to twelve healthy controls matched to patients’ estimated (premorbid) IQ before their illness, and twelve healthy controls matched to patients’ …

Are Some Natural Environments More Psychologically Beneficial Than Others? The Importance Of Type And Quality On Connectedness To Nature And Psychological Restoration, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Mathew P. White, Caroline Hattam, Sabine Pahl, Haney King, Melanie Austen

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

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

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Musical Borrowing In Sonification, Núria Bonet

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Sonification presents some challenges in communicating information, particularly because of the large difference between possible data to sound mappings and cognitively valid mappings. It is an information transmission process which can be described through the Shannon-Weaver Theory of Mathematical Communication. Musical borrowing is proposed as a method in sonification which can aid the information transmission process as the composer’s and listener’s shared musical knowledge is used. This article describes the compositional process of Wasgiischwashäsch (2017) which uses Rossini’s William Tell Overture (1829) to sonify datasets relating to climate change in Switzerland. It concludes that the familiarity of audiences with the …

Thinking Outside Of The Box Ii: Disrupting The Cognitive Map., Matthew G. Buckley, Alastair D. Smith, Mark Haselgrove

School of Psychology

A number of influential spatial learning theories posit that organisms encode a viewpoint independent (i.e. allocentric) representation of the global boundary shape of their environment in order to support spatial reorientation and place learning. In contrast to the trial and error learning mechanisms that support domain-general processes, a representation of the global-shape of the environment is thought to be encoded automatically as part of a cognitive map, and without interference from other spatial cues. To date, however, this core theoretical assumption has not been appropriately examined. This is because previous attempts to address this question have failed to employ tasks …

Linking Repetition Priming, Recognition, And Source Memory: A Single-System Signal-Detection Account, Nicholas Lange, Christopher J. Berry, Timothy J. Hollins

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Optimising Feedback For Early Career Professionals: A Scoping Review And New Framework, Karen Mattick, Nicola Brennan, Simon Briscoe, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Mark Pearson

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Relationship Of Nocturnal Sleep Dysfunction And Pain Subtypes In Parkinson's Disease, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Alexandra M. Rizos, John B. Wetmore, Angelo Antonini, Per Odin, Suvankar Pal, Rani Sophia, Camille Carroll, Davide Martino, Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, Belinda Kessel, Thomasin Andrews, Dominic Paviour, Claudia Trenkwalder, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri

Peninsula Medical School

© 2018 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Background: Little research has been conducted regarding the relationship between sleep disorders and different pain types in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective: To explore the influence of the various pain subtypes experienced by PD patients on sleep. Methods: Three hundred consecutive PD patients were assessed with the PD Sleep Scale-Version 2 (PDSS-2), King's PD Pain Scale (KPPS), King's PD Pain Questionnaire (KPPQ), Visual Analog Scales for Pain (VAS-Pain), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Results: According to the PDSS-2, 99.3% of our sample suffered from at least one sleep issue. Those who reported …

How Group-Based Interventions Can Improve Services For People With Severe Obesity, Dawn Swancutt, Mark Tarrant, Jonathan Pinkney

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

“The Lions Of Tomorrow”: A News Value Analysis Of Child Images In Jihadi Magazines, Amy Louise Watkin, Seán Looney

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Exploring Patients’ And Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences Of Patient-Witnessed Resuscitation: A Qualitative Study Protocol, Martina Fiori, Ruth Endacott, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Detection Of Distortions In Images Of Natural Scenes In Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, B. J. Jennings, G. Schmidtmann, F. Wehbé, F. A.A. Kingdom, R. Farivar

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Elements Of Intensive Care Bereavement Follow-Up Services: A European Survey, Ingrid Egerod, Gudrun Kaldan, John Albarran, Maureen Coombs, Marion Mitchell, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Despite technological innovations and continuous improvement in evidence-based treatments, mortality in the intensive care unit remains high. Consequently, a large group of family members may be in need, and benefit from bereavement follow-up support. Aim: To explore elements, organization, and evaluation of ICU bereavement services in European countries. Specific objectives were to investigate: 1) the model of bereavement follow-up services (elements of support), 2) the workforce model (organization of staff), 3) the evaluation model (evaluation strategies). Study design: Cross-sectional survey of conference delegates. Methods: A paper and pen questionnaire including a cover letter assuring the respondents of anonymity and …

Incidence And Risk Factors Of Postoperative Delirium In Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Study Protocol For The Predict Study, Shining Cai, Minzhi Lv, Jos M. Latour, Ying Lin, Wenyan Pan, Jili Zheng, Lihong Cheng, Jingjing Li, Yuxia Zhang

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of A Countywide Alternative To Qof, Aimed At Improving Person-Centred Coordinated Care, J Close, B Fosh, R Byng, R Blackwell, L Witts, L Hall, H Lloyd

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Africa Starts At The Pyrenees: Humor, Laughter, And Financial Recession In A Spanish Enclave In Morocco, B Campbell

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Determining The Impact Of A Bowel Management Protocol On Patients And Clinicians’ Compliance In Cardiac Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Dawn Warren, Bridie Kent

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

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 …

Recommendation Of New Medical Alarms Based On Audibility, Identifiability, And Detectability In A Randomized, Simulation-Based Study, J Edworthy, C Bennett, R Dudaryk, N Crenshaw, R Mcneer

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Natural Environments And Craving: The Mediating Role Of Negative Affect, Leanne Martin, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White, Jon May

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

The Macaque Anterior Cingulate Cortex Translates Counterfactual Choice Value Into Actual Behavioral Change, Elsa F. Fouragnan, Bolton K.H. Chau, Davide Folloni, Nils Kolling, Lennart Verhagen, Miriam Klein-Flügge, Lev Tankelevitch, Georgios K. Papageorgiou, Jean Francois Aubry, Jerome Sallet, Matthew F.S. Rushworth

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.