141 research outputs found
Investigative interviewing of children with intellectual disabilities
This research was designed to examine two broad issues in relation to the investigative interviewing of children (aged 9 to 13 years) with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. First, how do children with intellectual disabilities perform (relative to children matched for chronological and mental age) when recalling an event in response to various questions? Second, what question types and interview strategies do police officers and caregivers use to elicit accurate and detailed accounts about an event from children with intellectual disabilities? The rationale for exploring each of these issues was to determine possible ways of improving the elicitation of evidence from children with intellectual disabilities. While children with intellectual disabilities constitute a high proportion of all child victims of abuse (Conway, 1994; Goldman, 1994; Morse, et ah, 1970), they rarely provide formal reports of abuse and of those incidents that are reported, few cases progress to court (Henry & Gudjonsson, 1999). Study 1 used a standard interview protocol containing a variety of questions and an interview structure commonly used in investigative interviews. Specifically, the memory and suggestibility of eighty children with either a mild and moderate intellectual disability (M age = 10.85 years) was examined when recalling an innocuous event that was staged at their school. The children\u27s performance was compared with that of two control groups; a group of mainstream children matched for mental age and a group of mainstream children matched for chronological age. Overall, this study showed that children with both mild and moderate intellectual disabilities can provide accurate and highly specific event-related information hi response to questions recommended in best-practice guidelines. However, their recall was less complete and less clear in response to free-narrative prompts and less accurate in response to specific questions when compared to both mainstream age-matched groups. Study 2 provided an in-depth analysis of the types of questions and strategies used by twenty-eight police officers and caregivers when interviewing children with either mild or moderate intellectual disabilities (M age = 11.13 years) about a repeated event that was staged at their school. The results revealed that while the approach used by the police officers was generally consistent with best-practice recommendations (i.e., their interviews contained few leading, coercive or negative strategies), there were many ways in which their approach could be improved. This study also showed that the caregivers used a high proportion of direct and negative strategies to elicit information from their children. Even when caregivers used open-ended questions, their children provided less event-related information than they did to police interviewers. The results of both studies were discussed in relation to current \u27best-practice\u27 guidelines for interviewing children and recommendations were offered for improving the quality of field interviews with children who have intellectual disabilities
A grain of wheat
Citation: Agnew, Elizabeth Jane. A grain of wheat. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1900.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: There is, perhaps, no cereal so universally used as wheat; and not only is it now known almost every where, but even before history began to leave us records of the products of the past ages we find that the people of Europe had cultivated wheat, as samples have been recovered from the locustrine dwellings of Switzerland. Also, the Israelites in Egypt, ate leavened bread; the prophet Samuel, in the book which bears his name speaks of the âwheat harvest;â and the psalmist David, in his praise to God for His blessings upon the kingdom sings, âHe maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.â Ever since the far off days when our fore fathers first found the wild cereals, or began to cultivate them, men have known that food prepared from wheat would support life and strength better than any other single food except milk. The diet of the poor in India and China often consisted entirely of wheat or millet cakes or rice; and, altho in our own land the ease with which we can get other foods makes the use of wheat products of less importance, there are still many districts in Europe where the people eat very little else. As we have before intimated, the history of wheat began in the remote ages. Asia was supposed to have introduced it into Egypt; Demeter into Greece, and Emporer Chin-Wong into China, about 3000 years before Christ. The first wheat raised in the âNew Worldâ was sown by the Spaniards on the island of Isabella, in January, 1494, and on March 30th, the ears were gathered. The foundation of the wheat harvest of Mexico is said to have been three or four grains carefully cultivated in 1530, and preserved by a slave of Cortez. In 1611, the first wheat appeared to have been sown in Virginia. In 1626, samples of wheat grown in the Dutch colony at New Netherlands were shown in Holland. It is probable that wheat was sown in the Plymouth colony prior to 1629, tho we find no record of it; and in that self-same year wheat was ordered from England to be used as seed. In 1718, wheat was introduced into the valley of the Mississippi by the âWestern Company.â In 1799, it was among the cultivated crops of the Pimos Indians of the Gila River, New Mexico
âAt the Same Time Blessed and Lameâ: Ontology, Christology and Violence in Augustine and John Milbank
In Being Reconciled, John Milbank affirms the necessity of Christâs atonement for human redemption. Yet his Christological claims are undercut by the ontology that undergirds the narrative he puts forth in Theology and Social Theory. This narrative depends upon the premise that a denial of a positive ontological status for violence lies at the heart of Christianity. A comparison of Theology and Social Theory to Augustineâs The City of God demonstrates that Augustine accepts a form of dialectical ontology that Milbank rejects, and that this dialectical ontology undergirds Augustineâs Christology in crucial ways. Although the differences between Milbankâs and Augustineâs depictions of the ontological status of violence are subtle, these differences have significant implications for the sorts of Christological claims that each of these thinkers is logically able to sustain
Consent to serious harm for sexual gratification: not a defence. Response to the Department of Justice public consultation
Disabilities and gender in the novels of Wilkie Collins
Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-52).Many Victorian novelists sought to promote the importance of the individual by placing their characters in situations that allowed them to go outside society's pre-established boundaries. In spite of these novelists' intentions, a closer study of their works reveals that the writers who tried to move beyond society's expectations were often inherently trapped within them. My thesis argues that Wilkie Collins's representations of characters with disabilities show that even though Collins intended for disabilities to help characters supercede society's expectations for them, the Victorian context in which he was writing prevented him from completely achieving his goals. In particular, my thesis examines the ways in which Victorian attitudes toward gender influenced Collins's portrayals of characters with disabilities. Disabilities served to empower Collins's female characters who either physically embodied Victorian ideals of beauty and purity or who were financially independent. In contrast, women who did not fulfill these expectations were hurt by disabilities, as were all of Collins's male characters. My thesis outlines the ways in which Collins's constructions of these characters indicate that he was unconsciously influenced by his Society's beliefs about gender even as he was challenging these beliefs
Rating the Quality of Smartphone Apps Related to Shoulder Pain: Systematic Search and Evaluation Using the Mobile App Rating Scale
BACKGROUND: The successful rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain requires more than medical input alone. Conservative treatment, including physiotherapy and exercise therapy, can be an effective way of decreasing pain associated with musculoskeletal pain. However, face-to-face appointments are currently not feasible. New mobile technologies, such as mobile health technologies in the form of an app for smartphones, can be a solution to this problem. In many cases, these apps are not backed by scientific literature. Therefore, it is important that they are reviewed and quality assessed. OBJECTIVE: The aim is to evaluate and measure the quality of apps related to shoulder pain by using the Mobile App Rating Scale. METHODS: This study included 25 free and paid appsâ8 from the Apple Store and 17 from the Google Play Store. A total of 5 reviewers were involved in the evaluation process. A descriptive analysis of the Mobile App Rating Scale results provided a general overview of the quality of the apps. RESULTS: Overall, app quality was generally low, with an average star rating of 1.97 out of 5. The best scores were in the âFunctionalityâ and âAestheticsâ sections, and apps were scored poorer in the âEngagementâ and âInformationâ sections. The apps were also rated poorly in the âSubjective Qualityâ section. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the apps were well built technically and were aesthetically pleasing. However, the apps failed to provide quality information to users, which resulted in a lack of engagement. Most of the apps were not backed by scientific literature (24/25, 96%), and those that contained scientific references were vastly out-of-date. Future apps would need to address these concerns while taking simple measures to ensure quality control
Traversing TechSex:Benefits and risks in digitally mediated sex and relationships
Background: Digital technologies play a significant role in peopleâs sexual and intimate lives via smart phones, cameras, dating apps and social media. Although there is a large body of research on the potential risks posed by these technologies, research on benefits and pleasures is limited.
Methods: This study explored digital sexual practices, including perceptions of risks and benefits among a sample of Australian adults (n = 445). Data were collected in 2020 via an online survey. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were undertaken to identify significant relationships between demographic variables and the use of technologies in relation to perceived risks and benefits. The mean age of participants was 42 years, over half were women (58.5%) and identified as heterosexual (61.1%).
Results: Findings reveal that use of digital media was common in participantsâ sex lives and relationships; 60.3% of participants had viewed pornography online, 34.9% had used dating apps, and 33.9% had sent sexual or naked self-images to another person. Over one in three reported positive outcomes from this: 38.2% felt emotionally connected to their partners due to online communication; 38.0% agreed that digital technologies facilitated closer connections; however, the majority of participants were aware of potential risks associated with online sexual engagement, particularly non-consensual exposure of their sexual or naked images, with women expressing greater concern.
Conclusions: Policy, legal and educational responses should be based on holistic understanding of digital sexual engagement, acknowledging the ways in which technologies can support sexual relationships while also building peopleâs knowledge and capacity to manage risks
Blunt force skeletal trauma research methods : a multidisciplinary perspective
A key component of the forensic anthropological examination is skeletal trauma analysis, which accounts for the majority of forensic anthropologistsâ expert testimonies. However, a major gap in the current knowledge surrounding skeletal trauma has been identified, specifically the data necessary to conduct comprehensive bone trauma analysis with established error rates are lacking. Current methods and standards of skeletal blunt force trauma analysis rarely meet Daubert guidelines that require: (1) validated studies, (2) peer review, (3) known or potential error rate, and (4) general acceptance, nor do they provide data or analyses that are comprehensible to the medicolegal community and the general public. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach with a biomechanical emphasis is critical to improve the validity of skeletal trauma analysis and interpretation through precise, accurate, and repeatable analytical methods. The objectives of this review are to: (1) provide an overview of current approaches to blunt force skeletal trauma research across disciplines while highlighting the applications, strengths, and limitations of these methods, and (2) address gaps in discipline-specific methodologies to emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary scientific teams for improvement of skeletal trauma research. This review highlights the need for large-scale controlled experimental bone trauma studies utilizing human specimens and the various methodologies available for further skeletal trauma research.https://journals.upress.ufl.edu/fa2024-03-08hj2024AnatomySDG-03:Good heatlh and well-bein
Microbial sharing between pediatric patients and therapy dogs during hospital animal-assisted intervention programs
Microbial sharing between humans and animals has been demonstrated in a variety of settings. However, the extent of microbial sharing that occurs within the healthcare setting during animal-assisted intervention programs is unknown. Understanding microbial transmission between patients and therapy dogs can provide important insights into potential health benefits for patients, in addition to addressing concerns regarding potential pathogen transmission that limits program utilization. This study evaluated for potential microbial sharing between pediatric patients and therapy dogs and tested whether patient-dog contact level and a dog decolonization protocol modified this sharing. Patients, therapy dogs, and the hospital environment were sampled before and after every group therapy session and samples underwent 16S rRNA sequencing to characterize microbial communities. Both patients and dogs experienced changes in the relative abundance and overall diversity of their nasal microbiome, suggesting that the exchange of microorganisms had occurred. Increased contact was associated with greater sharing between patients and therapy dogs, as well as between patients. A topical chlorhexidine-based dog decolonization was associated with decreased microbial sharing between therapy dogs and patients but did not significantly affect sharing between patients. These data suggest that the therapy dog is both a potential source of and a vehicle for the transfer of microorganisms to patients but not necessarily the only source. The relative contribution of other potential sources (e.g., other patients, the hospital environment) should be further explored to determine their relative importance
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