A systematic review evaluating the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for reducing psychological distress in cancer and a qualitative exploration of the experience of using a bibliotherapy intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy for people with cancer

Abstract Objective: This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for reducing psychological distress for people with cancer Methods: A systematic search of APA PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus identified eight papers meeting eligibility criteria, consisting of five RCTS and three feasibility studies. Results: It is promising that over half of the included studies reported significant findings in terms of effectiveness. However, it remains difficult to draw firm conclusions due to small sample size and variation across studies. Conclusion: Further research using consistent methodologies would be beneficial in furthering current understanding about the use of bibliotherapy for people with cance

Delivering clinical evidence-based child–parent interventions for emotional development through a digital platform: A feasibility trial

As the prevalence of mental health conditions in childhood increases, there are growing concerns around the accessibility and scale of evidence-based support. However, barriers to referral, time commitment and engagement rates means recommended traditional group-based parenting programmes are unable to provide population level support at scale. The aim of this feasibility study was to establish whether a suite of purposively constructed animated films and digital resources could positively impact on parent and child outcomes in the early years. Families from a range of backgrounds ( n = 129) participated in a mixed method evaluation of the digital programme. After completing online surveys and interviews, the test group was given access to the Embers the Dragon platform for 8 weeks whilst the control group continued as usual. 98% of test group parents showed an improvement in parental response in relation to effective parenting styles. During qualitative interviews, child participants verbally recalled an increased range of emotions and coping strategies highlighted in the programme. Digital interventions can be used to support children’s emotional development independent of clinicians and may provide a solution to sustainable family psychoeducation, thereby fulfilling a preventative agenda and potentially lessening the future impact on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Determining the temperature-dependent London penetration depth in HTS thin films and its effect on SQUID performance

The optimum design of high-sensitivity Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) and other devices based on thin high-temperature superconductor (HTS) films requires accurate inductance modeling. This needs the London penetration depth λ to be well defined, not only at 77 K, but also for any operating temperature, given the increasingly widespread use of miniature low-noise single-stage cryocoolers. Temperature significantly affects all inductances in any active superconducting device, and cooling below 77 K can greatly improve device performance; however, accurate data for the temperature dependence of inductance and ()λ(T) for HTS devices are largely missing in the literature. We report here inductance measurements on a set of 20 different thin-film YBa2Cu3O7−x SQUIDs at 77 K with thickness t = 220 or 113 nm. By combining experimental data and inductance modeling, we find an average penetration depth (77)=391λ(77)=391 nm at 77 K, which was independent of t. Using the same methods, we derive an empirical expression for ()λ(T) for a further three SQUIDs measured on a cryocooler from 50 to 79 K. Our measured value of (77)λ(77) and our inductance extraction procedures were then used to estimate the inductances and the effective areas of directly coupled SQUID magnetometers with large washer-style pickup loops. The latter agrees better than 7% with experimentally measured values, validating our measured value of (77)λ(77) and our inductance extraction methods

Exploring Relationships between Time, Law and Social Ordering: A Curated Conversation

This interdisciplinary and international 'curated conversation' focuses on the relationship between time, law and social ordering. Participants were drawn from law, sociology and anthropology in the UK, Canada and the Netherlands. Their research is inspired by, and engaged with, feminist theory, post- or anti-colonial perspectives and/or critical race theory. In an extended written conversation lasting several days (and later edited), participants reflected on how questions of time have emerged in their research, the ways in which they have struggled with conceptual or methodological dilemmas to do with analysing time in relation to law or social ordering. The conversation focused in particular on how constructions of race are co-imbricated with dominant temporal idioms and practices and the challenges this poses for researchers interesting in unpicking the knotted relationships between race, colonialism, and specific legal technicalities or approaches

Modelling lake cyanobacterial blooms:disentangling the climate-driven impacts of changing mixed depth and water temperature

1. Climate change is already having profound impacts upon the state and dynamics of lake ecosystems globally. A specific concern is that climate change will continue to promote the growth of phytoplankton, particularly blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, via lake physical processes including warming surface waters and shallowing of the mixed layer. These two mechanisms will have different impacts on lake phytoplankton communities, but their inter-connectedness has made it difficult to disentangle their independent effects. 2. We fill this knowledge gap by performing 1666 numerical modelling experiments with the phytoplankton community model, PROTECH, in which we separated the independent effects on lake phytoplankton of temperature change and changes in the depth of the surface mixed layer. Given the large global abundance of small lakes (< 1 km2) and the importance of their ecosystems in global processes and budgets, we used a small meso-eutrophic lake as an example study site for the modelling experiments. 3. Increasing the lake temperature and positioning the mixed layer at a shallower depth had different ecological impacts, with warming typically resulting in more biomass and a dominance of cyanobacteria. 4. The response to mixed depth shallowing depended on the original depth where mixing occurred. As anticipated, where the original mixed depth was moderate (4–6 m) and there was a simultaneous increase in water temperature, cyanobacterial biomass increased. However, when the same absolute difference in shallowing and temperature increase were applied to a deeper mixed depth (9–13 m), lower cyanobacterial biomass resulted, owing to poorer conditions for low-light tolerant cyanobacteria. 5. Our study shows that the response of cyanobacterial blooms to climate-induced warming and shallowing of mixed layers in lakes around the world will not be universal, but rather will be system-specific, depending upon the average mixed layer depth of the lake in question and the light affinity of the dominant cyanobacteria species

Modelling lake cyanobacterial blooms: disentangling the climate‐driven impacts of changing mixed depth and water temperature

1. Climate change is already having profound impacts upon the state and dynamics of lake ecosystems globally. A specific concern is that climate change will continue to promote the growth of phytoplankton, particularly blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, via lake physical processes including warming surface waters and shallowing of the mixed layer. These two mechanisms will have different impacts on lake phytoplankton communities, but their inter‐connectedness has made it difficult to disentangle their independent effects. 2. We fill this knowledge gap by performing 1666 numerical modelling experiments with the phytoplankton community model, PROTECH, in which we separated the independent effects on lake phytoplankton of temperature change and changes in the depth of the surface mixed layer. Given the large global abundance of small lakes (<1 km2) and the importance of their ecosystems in global processes and budgets, we used a small meso‐eutrophic lake as an example study site for the modelling experiments. 3. Increasing the lake temperature and positioning the mixed layer at a shallower depth had different ecological impacts, with warming typically resulting in more biomass and a dominance of cyanobacteria. 4. The response to mixed depth shallowing depended on the original depth where mixing occurred. As anticipated, where the original mixed depth was moderate (4–6 m) and there was a simultaneous increase in water temperature, cyanobacterial biomass increased. However, when the same absolute difference in shallowing and temperature increase were applied to a deeper mixed depth (9–13 m), lower cyanobacterial biomass resulted, owing to poorer conditions for low‐light tolerant cyanobacteria. 5. Our study shows that the response of cyanobacterial blooms to climate‐induced warming and shallowing of mixed layers in lakes around the world will not be universal, but rather will be system‐specific, depending upon the average mixed layer depth of the lake in question and the light affinity of the dominant cyanobacteria species

Exploring the characteristics of patients with mesothelioma who chose active symptom control over chemotherapy as first-line treatment:A prospective, observational, single centre study

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