Ethics in Online Research; Evaluating the ESRC Framework for Research Ethics Categorisation of Risk

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The Online Student: Lurking, Chatting, Flaming and Joking

This paper looks at the use of online conference interaction as a part of a web-based distance-learning course. There has been much debate surrounding the potential of educational technology, particularly online conference interaction, to support teaching and learning yet little attention has been paid to student experiences and understandings of the online learning environment. Drawing on data from auto-ethnographic fieldwork the paper identifies 5 categories of participation in asynchronous online conferences: lurker participation, member participation, expert/experienced participation, flamer participation and joker participation. Through an exploration of these forms of participation the paper attempts to understand and illustrate the complexities and contradictions of situating conference interaction alongside the demands of study. The analysis highlights the role of online conferencing as a space for \'interaction work\' distinct and separated from existing repertoires of formal study. The paper concludes by suggesting that pedagogically successful use of conferences as part of distance learning needs to understand the challenges and demands of remediating existing practices of interaction and study.Distance Learning, Auto-Ethnography, Online Conferencing

The Design and Development of the Role of the Hospital-Based Forensic Nurse Consultant

Forensic patients often have specialized healthcare needs that intersect with the law. The purpose of this paper is to propose the design and development of a new emergency department-based nursing role, the forensic nurse consultant. This role is meant to better coordinate holistic care for patients within the interdisciplinary team. An extensive literature review was conducted and found that there are not enough forensic nurses to adequately provide specialized care to forensic patients. Non-forensic healthcare providers caring for these patients often feel emotionally unprepared to meet the specialized needs of forensic patients. The necessary responsibilities of the forensic nurse consultant include consultation, clinical leadership, examination, evidence collection, and care coordination as she follows the patient throughout their stay. The author concludes that the forensic nurse consultant role would benefit the multidisciplinary team and the forensic patient population by providing specialized services and support. Further research is recommended to understand the financial and organizational feasibility of implementation of the forensic nurse consultant role

Building Community: A School-based Art Reflection Method for Newcomer Students During COVID-19

Adolescent students who migrated during the COVID-19 pandemic are especially vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes. Research supports that school-based services provide protective resources to newcomer students that may be inaccessible outside of public-school settings. Expressive art therapies are some of the most successful interventions used with newcomer students, and the context of the pandemic offers a new opportunity to study the benefits of arts-based methods within their classrooms. For adolescents navigating cultural adjustment in the midst of a pandemic, trauma-informed research signals that community-building is a key strategy for protecting students from negative mental health symptoms. Art and craft theory gives intention to the materials and directives that art therapists can utilize in practice. With this research in mind, an art and writing method was conducted over three weeks in January 2022 at a public high school. Participants of the study included students ages 14-19, who migrated within the 2021-2022 school year. Languages spoken within the group included Spanish, Urdu, and Portuguese. This method was successful in revealing the relationship-building benefits of art and written reflection within this setting. Informed material choices, conducted by the art therapy intern, proved to be a beneficial aspect of its design. This method indicates the success of expressive art therapies with newcomers students, but leaves more to be researched within the fields of expressive therapies and education. Although public schools provide many important services for newcomers students, art therapy can be recognized as a valuable tool for facilitating cultural adjustment

Comparison of the effects of high and low milk-replacer feeding regimens on health and growth of crossbred dairy heifers

Context: Pre-weaning growth in dairy heifers is highly dependent on the amount of milk fed. Both milk replacer (MR) and associated labour are costly, encouraging restricted milk rations and once-a-day feeding. Aims: This study compared performance relating to the growth and health of calves receiving one of two commercial feeding regimens: High or Low. Methods: All heifers born during the Spring (January–March) calving block on a commercial UK farm with mixed-breed genetics were recruited at birth, randomly assigned to the High (n = 104, receiving MR-A) or Low (n = 88, receiving MR-B) feed group and reared indoors on straw bedding, with free access to concentrate. Both groups initially received MR twice daily. The High group continued to receive MR twice daily throughout the experiment, whereas the Low group calves were reduced to a single MR feed daily during Weeks 4–8. Blood samples were taken in Weeks 1 and 6 to assess passive transfer and measure circulating insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1). The Wisconsin calf-scoring system was used to assess health of calves in Weeks 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 and at 6 months and size was also measured at these times. Data were analysed by univariate and multivariate models. Key results: Passive transfer was good in both groups (serum total protein (mean ± s.d.) 60.9 ± 9.1 mg/mL) with no differences in pre-weaning disease incidence; diarrhoea occurred in 64.5% and bovine respiratory disease in 26.3% of calves. High group calves were significantly heavier, taller and longer at all pre-weaning examinations except recruitment owing to more growth in the first month, and remained significantly larger at 6 months: weight 157 ± 8 vs 149 ± 7 kg, height 103 ± 5 vs 100 ± 5 cm, length 90 ± 4 vs 88 ± 5 cm. Plasma IGF1 concentrations at around Week 6 were doubled in the High group (101 ± 38.6 vs 55 ± 34.1 ng/mL). Bovine respiratory disease was associated with reduced weight gain. Heifers with diarrhoea were leaner at weaning. High feed group, weight at recruitment and good passive transfer were positively associated with weight at 6 months. Conclusions: Higher feeding levels pre-weaning increased growth rates and IGF1, although the disease incidence was unaffected. Implications: Previous studies have shown that more growth and higher IGF1 pre-weaning are associated with a lower age at first calving and an increased chance of reaching the end of first lactation. These in turn improve long-term performance

The Potential for Abiotic Methane in Arctic Gas Hydrates

Most methane enclosed in gas hydrates is biotic in origin, formed by microbial degradation of sedimentary organic matter. Increasingly, there is evidence that substantial gas hydrate may also be sourced from thermogenic decomposition of organic matter and subsequent migration of this gas into the gas hydrate stability zone. In addition, there is a third potential source of methane that does not involve organic matter at all— abiotic methane, which can be generated by magmatic processes or gaswater- rock reactions in the crust and upper mantle

The Effects of Responses to Offending and Criminal History on Punishment and Suitability for Rehabilitation

This item is only available electronically.The effect of the expression of remorse, shame and regret by an offender on judgments about a man who committed an assault offence, and on recommended punishment and suitability for rehabilitation, was investigated. The effect of previous criminal history on judgments and recommendations was also examined. Participants were members of the community. The offender was generally judged more harshly when the regret was expressed, but remorse and shame were similar in their effects. The results are discussed in terms of the demonstration of shame and remorse, and the perceived significance of these emotions for the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders. Keywords: Remorse, Shame, Regret, Rehabilitation, PunishmentThesis (B.PsychSc(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Psychology, 201