Interview with Ruth Hunt: LGBT rights in Britain – culture, education, and religion

Since formed in the late ’80s, Stonewall has been at the forefront of social and legislative progress for LGBT equality. Ahead of her LSE lecture, Ruth Hunt, Stonewall’s Chief Executive, sat down with Hayley Reed and Artemis Photiadou to discuss the charity’s work, the importance of education, the role of faith communities, as well as some of the challenges that diversity and equality stil

Tragic spirit in Browning as defined by Joseph Wood Krutch

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A Mixed-Method Investigation into Therapeutic Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for People Recovering from Substance Use Disorders

© 2020, The Author(s). Mind Body Connect (MBC) is a charity which uses therapeutic yoga as a vehicle of change for marginalized populations. Alongside MBC, Sheffield Hallam University’s SHU Strength researchers carried out this study aiming to: (1) Gauge the impact of therapeutic yoga classes upon the mood state of people with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and (2) Explore the perceived benefits of therapeutic yoga class participation. An adapted shortened Profile of Mood States (POMS) was completed before and after each yoga class. A comparison of means with paired sample T-Test and Cohen’s D was then carried out. Participants who attended 6+ classes were interviewed. Findings were then converged. Before and after measurements of anger, sadness, tiredness, worry, confusion, energy and relaxation were taken, Classes were held at SHU for service users from a Phoenix Future’s (PF) rehabilitation centre. A single yoga class significantly relaxed participants and reduced negative mood states. Interview data covered a range of perceived benefits including the use of yogic down-regulation techniques as daily coping strategies. The MBC yoga programme appears beneficial as an adjunctive therapy for PF residents. Future SHU Strength research shall focus on the mid-long-term exercise habits of the recovery community and the impact of the MBC yoga programme upon the early recovery period of detoxification

Study of Chelating Agents and Metal Chelates in Nonaqueous Solvents

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Disability & Employability Research Project :Co-producing Progress: Enhancing the Support and Engagement of Disabled Students

This report outlines the findings of the University of Dundee Careers Service’s ‘Disability and Employability Research Project’, which took place between October 2023 and March 2024. First, this report introduces the scope of the research project, before providing background to disabled individuals’ employability within the United Kingdom to explain the rationale for its undertaking. The report then provides a summary of the research methods utilised, before analysing the findings. Finally, this report proposes a series of recommendations for how the Careers Service can better support disabled students and graduates

Communication Rules and Negotiation Strategies: A Case Study

This case study examined negotiation tactics and strategies by challenging the theoretical basis for and actual use of William Donahue\u27s negotiation interaction coding system. Three subproblems investigated the coding categories\u27 construct validity, the negotiators\u27 coordination and co-orientation, and their constitutive and regulative rules. The method involved naturalistic observation in a quasi-experimental simulation of a civil suit, out-of-court proceeding. Twenty subjects role-played as attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant. Five pairs were students in a college course on negotiation, and five pairs were professionals whose work required bargaining skills. The negotiators were given hypothetical case facts and encouraged to role play as realistically as possible. Their interaction was audiotape recorded and transcribed. Following the negotiation, a questionnaire devised by the researcher sought to obtain participant perceptions of the event and their opponent\u27s behaviors, and to indirectly reveal support for or rejection of Donahue\u27s assumptions. The researcher then applied Donahue\u27s coding categories. On the next day, participants identified whether each utterance constituted what Donohue labelled as an attack, defense, or regression. The interviewer attempted to probe for further explanation of each remark and its intent. Follow-up interview questions uncovered levels of coordination through clarity and understanding. Data collection and discussion took several forms. Participants\u27 codings were compared with one another\u27s and with the observer\u27s, both by individual utterances and by total attacks, defenses, and regressions. Win/loss outcomes (based on dollar settlements) and negotiation lengths were compared across negotiations, as were questionnaire and interview results. Each case was also examined for unique factors influencing negotiation outcome. Although participants\u27 interpretations generally upheld the validity of Donahue\u27s coding categories and revisions, difficulties surfaced. The system failed to account for the relative strength of tactics, or for purely clarifying utterances. Some categories required development by broadening or narrowing their definitions. And greater use of attacking tactics did not always correlate with win/loss outcome. Further, the more perceptive and coordinated negotiators tended to be more successful, with levels of understanding critical. Participants did appear to apply rules in interpreting meaning (constitutive) and sequencing behaviors (regulative). However, these did not necessarily match Donahue\u27s rules. Serendipitous findings included a tendency for cooperative negotiations to be characterized by integrative bargaining styles, while competitive negotiations entailed aggressive, distributive interaction. Professionals understood and explained behaviors better than did the student negotiators. This study also illustrated a conflict between Donahue\u27s rule-following theoretical perspective and the negotiators\u27 actual behaviors. The rule-using orientation of the theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning appeared to better accommodate idiosyncratic actions and uses of tactics. Suggestions for future research included continued development of the coding system and incorporation of the study of elements such as coordination and prescriptions of force behind negotiators\u27 actions

Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs

Introduction Unintentional injuries to children in the outdoors have a significant impact on child mortality, development and healthcare costs. This paper presents the findings of a systematic review about the effectiveness of programs that provided information, advice or education about the prevention of unintentional injuries to children under 15 years during outdoor play and leisure. Methods A structured search strategy was conducted in a range of databases. All report titles and abstracts were screened using pre-defined criteria. Included reports were quality appraised using a modified Graphical Appraisal Tool for Epidemiological studies (GATE) tool. All quality appraisals and data extraction were checked by a second reviewer. If not provided in the original reports, ORs and mean differences were calculated, where sufficient data were available. Results Twenty-three studies met the inclusion criteria. There was a paucity of robust study designs. The majority of studies only reported a short-term follow-up of intermediate outcome measures. Only two studies measured injury rates; both reported a reduction, but both studies also had considerable methodological weaknesses. The five studies that measured the use of protective equipment reported mixed results, although there is some evidence that suggests that more extensive educational programs (such as health fairs and media campaigns) increase their use. The 20 studies that measured behaviour, attitude or knowledge outcomes reported highly mixed results. Discussion Methodological weaknesses of the included studies limit support for a particular course of action. To better inform policy and practice, future research should (1) use robust study designs and (2) not rely on short-term proxy outcome measures