scholarly journals The “Wellbeing Check-In” Service Establishing, Developing and Tailoring a New Program to offer a Student-centred Response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2 (October)) ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Sarah Power ◽  
Georgina Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Online Access

The Wellbeing Check-In service was developed as a tailored service to support the wellbeing of our students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing that our students would require additional forms of support during the unprecedented times ahead, we carefully designed the service to be aligned with the new online access requirements. The original premise of the service was for students to “request a call” from the team, in order to provide bespoke, student-centred support for each student’s situation. The service saw an immediate and unexpected uptake from both the students themselves and through referrals from a wide range university areas and staff, that has continued through the fourmonths that the Wellbeing Check-In service has been operational. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we anticipate that the demand for this service and its style of support will only increase.

scholarly journals The “Wellbeing Check-In” Service Establishing, Developing and Tailoring a New Program to offer a Student-centred Response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2 (October)) ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Sarah Power ◽  
Georgina Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Online Access

The Wellbeing Check-In service was developed as a tailored service to support the wellbeing of our students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing that our students would require additional forms of support during the unprecedented times ahead, we carefully designed the service to be aligned with the new online access requirements. The original premise of the service was for students to “request a call” from the team, in order to provide bespoke, student-centred support for each student’s situation. The service saw an immediate and unexpected uptake from both the students themselves and through referrals from a wide range university areas and staff, that has continued through the fourmonths that the Wellbeing Check-In service has been operational. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we anticipate that the demand for this service and its style of support will only increase.

What do patients want? A qualitative exploration of patients’ needs and expectations regarding online access to their primary care record

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp20X711245
Author(s):  
Gail Davidge ◽  
Caroline Sanders ◽  
Rebecca Hays ◽  
Rebecca Morris ◽  
Helen Atherton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Care Record ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Nhs Health Check ◽  
Patients Wishes

BackgroundPrimary care records have traditionally served the needs and demands of clinicians rather than those of the patient. GP contracts in England state practices must promote and offer registered patients online access to their primary care record and research has shown benefits to both patients and clinicians of doing so. Despite this, we know little about patients’ needs and expectations regarding online access.AimTo explore patients’ views about accessing online primary care records and to find out how patients would like to interact with their records and what support they may need.MethodInterviews and focus groups with a sample of 50 patients from a variety of socio-demographic backgrounds who were either; eligible for the NHS Health Check; had multimorbidities or were carers. Thematic analysis of data identified major themes impacting upon patients’ wishes and needs as well as highlighting population-specific issues.ResultsParticipants highlighted a wide range of views about the benefits and drawbacks of accessing their records online. The majority of participants indicated that they would be more likely to access their online primary care record if improvements were made to the design, reliability and functionality of existing online record services. Carers found accessing online records particularly useful.ConclusionConsultation with patients and carers about their experiences of accessing online records; support needs and preferred functions can provide useful insights to inform the future design of online record services.

Cerebral Blood Vessel Rupture During Head Impacts: A Parametric Study on Properties of SAS Trabeculae and Pia Mater

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zoghi-Moghadam ◽  
A. Sadegh ◽  
P. Saboori
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Pia Mater ◽  
Head Impacts ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Blunt Impact ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Brain Interface

Blunt head impacts cause relative motion between the brain and skull. This increases the normal and shear stresses in the (skull/brain) interface region, which leads to the rupture of cerebral blood vessels and in particular bridging veins. Mechanical properties of meningeal layers, in particular, subarachnoid space (SAS) trabeculae and the pia mater are not well established in the literature and could have a wide range depending on an individual. In our previous studies, knowing that SAS trabeculae and pia mater are collagen-based structures, these mechanical properties have been estimated using the properties of similar collagen based tissues. However, recent study Xin Jin et al. (2008), suggests that the mechanical properties of trabeculae and the pia matter are significantly less than a collagen-based tissue. Therefore, the goal of this study is to investigate the effect of the mechanical properties of these tissue on the stress and strain of the neighboring tissues when the head is subjected to a blunt impact. Specifically, the objectives of this study is to determine the stress/strain changes of the cerebral blood vessels as a function of the mechanical properties of the SAS trabeculae and pia mater, when the loading and the boundary conditions of the local model are kept the same. Note that the variation of the properties of these tissues affects the failure of cerebral blood vessels which leads to traumatic brain injury.

MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE DIGITAL ERA

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Mental Health Access

Mental Health consists of a wide range of conditions affecting an individual’s behavior, mood, and thinking. A gap between providers and consumers exists due to the lack of resources available for online mental health access. Research shows limited information available for processing information and pursuing professional services to become healthy. The purpose of this literature review is to provide framework that contributes to Mental Health online access and improving digital therapy. Suggested approaches listed in addition to graphics that summarize the problem space and provide potential solutions.

scholarly journals Personhood

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Prole ◽  
Goran Rujević ◽  
George Arabatzis ◽  
Una Popović ◽  
George Boutlas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
First Century ◽  
Philosophical Dialogue ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The Ideal

 The motives for bringing about the Hellenic-Serbian Dialogue Series originate from the sentiment that mutual relations between Greeks and Sebs far surpass the cultural exchange between Greece and Serbia. Knowing that cooperation does not simply fall into one’s lap, but must be initiated by human will and energy, a group of philosophers from Athens and Novi Sad, the proverbial “Athens of Serbia,” committed themselves to improving this state of affairs, at least within the confines of their area of expertise, philosophy. It is our firm intent to carry out the promise of the title of this series in the following years. Apart from mere cooperation between our two institutions, our aim is also to facilitate an international dialogue that would involve a wide range of thinkers, regardless of their place of employment. The topic of this second volume is personhood, which was spurred on by the need to investigate the condition of humanity in the twenty-first century. With this second volume of the Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Dialogue Series we have done our best to produce a rich, multi-faceted, broadly scoped, and inspiring book; we wish it becomes for the reader the ideal vehicle for an intellectually stimulating journey.

scholarly journals The Pervasive Impact of Ignorance

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Kirfel ◽  
Jonathan Scott Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Counterfactual Reasoning ◽  
Norm Violations ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Normative Judgments

Norm violations have been demonstrated to impact a wide range of seemingly non-normative judgments. Among other things, when agents' actions violate prescriptive norms they tend to be seen as having done those actions more freely, as having acted more intentionally, as being more of a cause of subsequent outcomes, and even as being less happy. The explanation of this effect continues to be debated, with some researchers appealing to features of actions that violate norms, and other researchers emphasising the importance of agents' mental states when acting. Here, we report the results of two large-scale experiments that replicate and extend twelve of the studies that originally demonstrated the pervasive impact of norm violations. In each case, we build on the pre-existing experimental paradigms to additionally manipulate whether the agents knew that they were violating a norm while holding fixed the action done. We find evidence for a pervasive impact of ignorance: the impact of norm violations on non-normative judgments depends largely on the agent knowing that they were violating a norm when acting. Moreover, we find evidence that the reduction in the impact of normality is underpinned by people's counterfactual reasoning: people are less likely to consider an alternative to the agent’s action if the agent is ignorant. We situate our findings in the wider debate around the role of normality in people's reasoning.

American Historical Periodicals

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Erica Swenson Danowitz
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Text Content

American Historical Periodicals is a one-time purchase database that provides digitized full-text content from a wide-range of American periodicals published between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. The original documents found in this resource are located in the American Antiquarian Society’s collection. It contains 7,049 total publications and 9,140,663 full-text documents in a variety of disciplines. This resource offers online access to both rare and more popular titles that in the past would have required a visit to a physical archive to view. The documents found in this database offer a glimpse of a bygone time that users can peruse online at their convenience. The comprehensive content will support the research needs of faculty, genealogists, undergraduate and graduate students.

Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by A. Liu

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamzen Kulyk
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Reading Levels ◽  
School Division ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The One

Liu, Alex. Little White Duck: A Childhood in China. Minneapolis: Graphic Universe, 2012. Print. ​ This graphic memoir is co-written by author/illustrator Andrès Vera Martinez and his wife Na Liu.  Martinez, an accomplished and award winning illustrator, accurately captures Na Liu’s childhood perspective of China during the 1970’s and early 80’s.  Little White Duck: A Childhood in China is composed of eight insightful short stories of Na Liu and her younger sister Xiao Qin’s childhood experiences in Wuhan, China.   The table of contents, glossary, timeline, map, and translations are helpful features that enable readers to gain background knowledge and context while reading. Each story in this memoir provides the reader with an opportunity to explore aspects of China’s history and traditions in a subtle yet striking visual format that complements the deeply reflective narrative voice of Na Liu.  Although the stories are not directly connected, they each offer a unique perspective and understanding of Chinese culture and history. What stands out about this graphic novel memoir is more than just memories, but rather the eloquently captured events and stories that have no doubt shaped Na Liu into the person she is today.  For example, when Na Liu went to visit her cousins in the countryside, she discovered that life was different there and times were tough. Although not explicitly stated, but inferred through the illustrations, the reader is left knowing that Na Liu was touched by the kindness and acceptance of her cousins and also recognized the sacrifices that her dad made to provide her with the life she had. Crisp, simple images combined with appropriate amounts of text make this an extremely accessible book for younger audiences.  The wisdom and perspective Da Qin shares acknowledges that her experiences as a child set her life apart from the one her parents and others experienced.  A message that transcends culture and place, and one that is important for children to consider and begin to understand centres around sacrifices that parents make, and that events that shape their lives and their identity. Highly recommended for school libraries as a multitude of connections can be made across the curriculum. It is appropriate for a wide range of grade and reading levels, and it is an excellent addition to enhance culturally responsive collections. ​ Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Tamzen Kulyk Tamzen Kulyk is a teacher-librarian at two elementary schools in the Saskatoon Public School Division in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

scholarly journals Mosquitoes Know No Borders: Surveillance of Potential Introduction of Aedes Species in Southern Québec, Canada

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 998
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Lowe ◽  
Karl Forest-Bérard ◽  
Richard Trudel ◽  
Ernest Lo ◽  
Philippe Gamache ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Mosquito Species ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Ochlerotatus Triseriatus ◽  
The North ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ochlerotatus Japonicus ◽  
Capture Techniques

Current climatic conditions limit the distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, Diptera: Culicidae) in the north, but predictive climate models suggest this species could establish itself in southern Canada by 2040. A vector of chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, Zika and West Nile viruses, the Ae. Albopictus has been detected in Windsor, Ontario since 2016. Given the potential public health implications, and knowing that Aedes spp. can easily be introduced by ground transportation, this study aimed to determine if specimens could be detected, using an adequate methodology, in southern Québec. Mosquitoes were sampled in 2016 and 2017 along the main roads connecting Canada and the U.S., using Biogent traps (Sentinel-2, Gravide Aedes traps) and ovitraps. Overall, 24 mosquito spp. were captured, excluding Ae. Albopictus, but detecting one Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Skuse) specimen (laid eggs). The most frequent species among captured adults were Ochlerotatus triseriatus, Culex pipiens complex, and Ochlerotatus japonicus (31.0%, 26.0%, and 17.3%, respectively). The present study adds to the increasing number of studies reporting on the range expansions of these mosquito species, and suggests that ongoing monitoring, using multiple capture techniques targeting a wide range of species, may provide useful information to public health with respect to the growing risk of emerging mosquito-borne diseases in southern Canada.

scholarly journals What Would You Do? Types of Ethical Challenging Situations Depicted in Vignettes Published in the Veterinary Literature from 1990 to 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Anne Quain ◽  
Michael P. Ward ◽  
Siobhan Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Moral Community ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Type ◽  
Broad Scale

Veterinary team members encounter a wide range of ethically challenging situations (ECS) in their work. Inability to resolve ECS in accordance with their values may negatively impact the wellbeing of veterinary team members. We sought to determine the types of ECS described in published ethical vignettes in the veterinary literature. We performed a strategic literature search, followed by a thematic analysis of vignettes published in the veterinary literature from 1990–2020. We identified 567 published vignettes in 544 publications. In the majority of vignettes, the protagonist was a veterinarian (61.6%) and the most common categories of animal involved were dogs (28.0%), livestock in general (10.8%), and cattle (10.6%). The primary type of ECS was coded for each scenario, generating 29 themes. These findings extend knowledge about types of ECS that may be encountered by veterinary team members. These themes can help to inform curricula and better prepare veterinary team members to navigate ECS. They may also highlight factors that contribute to ECS that can be addressed on a broad scale, such as through regulation, continuing professional development, or stakeholder education. Knowing that others may experience similar ECS may help veterinary team members feel part of a moral community.

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