Experiences with a Research Product

2017 ◽  
pp. 159-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorun Børsting ◽  
Alma Leora Culén
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
User Group ◽  
Research Product ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
New Knowledge

This chapter discusses challenges related to studying the use and usefulness of research products (robust, high fidelity prototypes placed in real use contexts for research purposes). Methods and methodologies for studying use and usefulness of such research products embedded in users' everyday lives are still lacking and need to be better established. By presenting a case of such research product in use, a robot avatar, we wish to illustrate how new knowledge of relevance for both designers and users can be gained. The robot avatar was designed to represent chronically ill adolescents at school, improving his/hers learning opportunities, as well as helping maintain social connections with peers. The chapter shows how methods were adapted and tools designed to work with this user group and learn about the role of avatars in education and reduction of social isolation. The value of using the avatar, and similar research products, is considered.

Experiences With a Research Product

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorun Børsting ◽  
Alma Leora Culén
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
User Group ◽  
Research Product ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
New Knowledge

This chapter discusses challenges related to studying the use and usefulness of research products (robust, high fidelity prototypes placed in real use contexts for research purposes). Methods and methodologies for studying use and usefulness of such research products embedded in users' everyday lives are still lacking and need to be better established. By presenting a case of such research product in use, a robot avatar, we wish to illustrate how new knowledge of relevance for both designers and users can be gained. The robot avatar was designed to represent chronically ill adolescents at school, improving his/hers learning opportunities, as well as helping maintain social connections with peers. The chapter shows how methods were adapted and tools designed to work with this user group and learn about the role of avatars in education and reduction of social isolation. The value of using the avatar, and similar research products, is considered.

scholarly journals Social Connections: Transformative Experiences Amid Disruptive Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 418-418
Author(s):  
Thomas Cudjoe
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Transformative Experiences ◽  
Stark Contrast ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Today many older adults are experiencing intensified social isolation and loneliness as they attempt to “stay safe at home.” The notion, is a stark contrast from our understanding of the importance of social connections on health and well-being. This session highlights: first hand experiences caring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of social isolation on the health of older adults. The speaker will offer perspectives for ESPO members on the role of community engagement in orienting research agendas, both now (amid the pandemic) and into the future.

Motives for Social Isolation Following a Negative Emotional Episode

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Gérald Delelis ◽  
Véronique Christophe
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Affiliation ◽  
Semantic Categorization ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Cognitive Regulation ◽  
Emotional Event ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Emotional Events

Abstract. After experiencing an emotional event, people either seek out others’ presence (social affiliation) or avoid others’ presence (social isolation). The determinants and effects of social affiliation are now well-known, but social psychologists have not yet thoroughly studied social isolation. This study aims to ascertain which motives and corresponding regulation strategies participants report for social isolation following negative emotional events. A group of 96 participants retrieved from memory an actual negative event that led them to temporarily socially isolate themselves and freely listed up to 10 motives for social isolation. Through semantic categorization of the 423 motives reported by the participants, we found that “cognitive clarification” and “keeping one’s distance” – that is, the need for cognitive regulation and the refusal of socioaffective regulation, respectively – were the most commonly and quickly reported motives for social isolation. We discuss the findings in terms of ideas for future studies aimed at clarifying the role of social isolation in health situations.

Older people’s news dependency and social connectedness

2021 ◽  
pp. 1329878X2110064
Author(s):  
Caroline Fisher ◽  
Sora Park ◽  
Jee Young Lee ◽  
Kate Holland ◽  
Emma John
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
News Media ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Older Citizens

Social isolation has become a growing issue, particularly among older citizens. The ‘digital divide’ has been identified as one of the contributing factors leaving many older citizens behind. While increasing digital literacy among seniors has been identified as one of the remedies, less attention has been paid to the role of news media on the wellbeing and connectedness of older people. Through the lens of the uses and gratifications theory, this article reports on the findings of a survey of 562 news consumers aged 50 years and above who live in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The analysis highlights the important role of news in reducing feelings of social isolation, particularly for those who spend more time alone and older people with cognitive impairment. Older participants who had difficulty concentrating and learning new tasks were also more dependent on news. We suggest this is due to the habitual, predictable and concise nature of news. These findings contribute to our understanding of the role of news in the wellbeing of older people and point to the need for policymakers and those in the aged care sector to ensure access to news for older citizens to improve the quality of life.

Impact of Covid-19 on the mental health needs of asylum seekers in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622110054
Author(s):  
Sarah Mares ◽  
Kym Jenkins ◽  
Susan Lutton ◽  
Louise Newman AM
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Mental Health Needs

Objective: This paper highlights the significant mental health vulnerabilities of people who have sought asylum in Australia and their additional adversities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Conclusions: Australia’s policies in relation to asylum seekers result in multiple human rights violations and add significantly to mental health vulnerabilities. Despite a majority being identified as refugees, people spend years in personal and administrative limbo and are denied resettlement in Australia. Social isolation and other restrictions associated with Covid-19 and recent reductions in welfare and housing support compound their difficulties. The clinical challenges in working with people impacted by these circumstances and the role of psychiatrists and the RANZCP in advocacy are identified.

scholarly journals Distribution of Lactoferrin Is Related with Dynamics of Neutrophils in Bacterial Infected Mice Intestine

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Liang ◽  
Zhen-Jie Wang ◽  
Guang Ye ◽  
Xue-You Tang ◽  
Yuan-Yuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Mucosal Immunity ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Iron Binding ◽  
E Coli ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Activated Neutrophils ◽  
Binding Glycoprotein

Lactoferrin (Lf) is a conserved iron-binding glycoprotein with antimicrobial activity, which is present in secretions that recover mucosal sites regarded as portals of invaded pathogens. Although numerous studies have focused on exogenous Lf, little is known about its expression of endogenous Lf upon bacterial infection. In this study, we investigated the distribution of Lf in mice intestine during Escherichia coli (E. coli) K88 infection. PCR and immunohistology staining showed that mRNA levels of Lf significantly increased in duodenum, ileum and colon, but extremely decreased in jejunum at 8 h and 24 h after infection. Meanwhile, endogenous Lf was mostly located in the lamina propria of intestine villi, while Lf receptor (LfR) was in the crypts. It suggested that endogenous Lf-LfR interaction might not be implicated in the antibacterial process. In addition, it was interesting to find that the infiltration of neutrophils into intestine tissues was changed similarly to Lf expression. It indicated that the variations of Lf expression were rather due to an equilibrium between the recruitment of neutrophils and degranulation of activated neutrophils. Thus, this new knowledge will pave the way to a more effective understanding of the role of Lf in intestinal mucosal immunity.

Court ceremonial and marriage in the Sumerian epic ‘Gilgamesh and Huwawa’

1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bendt Alster
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation

Four versions of an episode in the Sumerian composition ‘Gilgamesh and Huwawa’ are discussed here. The encounter of Gilgamesh and Huwawa is interpreted in terms of Gilgamesh playing the role of a visitor received in audience at a foreign court. His gifts aim at inviting Huwawa to reciprocate, and thereby give up his protection. Gilgamesh especially exploits Huwawa's social isolation and lack of noble ancestry by offering him his two sisters, one in marriage and one as a concubine. he version in which the two sisters are the only offer makes most coherent sense. In another version the inner logic was distorted when the list was expanded to at least six offers.TIM IX 47 (IM 62827) was first published by J. van Dijk, in Šumer, 15,1959, PI. 2, and edited in the same volume, pp. 8–10.1 had a chance to collate the text in the spring of 1990 when I visited the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.1 Since this led to some improved readings, which may clarify a difficult episode in the Sumerian composition ‘Gilgamesh and Huwawa’, a complete edition of the tablet is presented here.2 With a few exceptions my readings are in agreement with van Dijk's copy.

scholarly journals HUS and the case for complement

Blood ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (18) ◽  
pp. 2085-2090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Conway
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Renal Failure ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Complement Activation ◽  
Thrombotic Microangiopathy ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Uremic Syndrome

Abstract Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy that is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal failure. Excess complement activation underlies atypical HUS and is evident in Shiga toxin–induced HUS (STEC-HUS). This Spotlight focuses on new knowledge of the role of Escherichia coli–derived toxins and polyphosphate in modulating complement and coagulation, and how they affect disease progression and response to treatment. Such new insights may impact on current and future choices of therapies for STEC-HUS.

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