CAP-A : a suite of tools for data privacy evaluation of mobile applications

The utilisation of personal data by mobile apps is often hidden behind vague Privacy Policy documents, which are typically lengthy, difficult to read (containing legal terms and definitions) and frequently changing. This paper discusses a suite of tools developed in the context of the CAP-A project, aiming to harness the collective power of users to improve their privacy awareness and to promote privacy-friendly behaviour by mobile apps. Through crowdsourcing techniques, users can evaluate the privacy friendliness of apps, annotate and understand Privacy Policy documents, and help other users become aware of privacy-related aspects of mobile apps and their implications, whereas developers and policy makers can identify trends and the general stance of the public in privacy-related matters. The tools are available for public use in: https://cap-a.eu/tools/

Evaluating the data privacy of mobile applications through crowdsourcing

Consumers are largely unaware regarding the use being made to the data that they generate through smart devices, or their GDPR-compliance, since such information is typically hidden behind vague privacy policy documents, which are often lengthy, difficult to read (containing legal terms and definitions) and frequently changing. This paper describes the activities of the CAP-A project, whose aim is to apply crowdsourcing techniques to evaluate the privacy friendliness of apps, and to allow users to better understand the content of Privacy Policy documents and, consequently, the privacy implications of using any given mobile app. To achieve this, we developed a set of tools that aim at assisting users to express their own privacy concerns and expectations and assess the mobile apps’ privacy properties through collective intelligence

Macular Pigment, its measurement in clinics and its link with Macular Disease

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A Portfolio of Academic, Therapeutic Practice and Research Work Including an Investigation of the Experiences of Carers of People Who Hear Voices.

This portfolio represents the culmination of the three year training of becoming a Counselling Psychologist. It aims to reflect my personal and professional development through the presentation of three different dossiers, an academic, a therapeutic and a research dossier. The academic dossier incorporates three essays from three different years. The first year essay explores how the literature on the development of eating disorders in males may be of use to Counselling Psychologists working with this client group. The second year essay provides a comparative analysis of Freud's and Jung's views on religion, and finally the third year essay discusses depression through an evolutionary perspective. The therapeutic dossier aims to shed light on my clinical experience through descriptions of my placements and my placement activities and also it addresses my therapeutic practice through a reflective account of my personal and professional development as an emerging Counselling Psychologist. Finally, the research dossier consists of my literature review and my two qualitative projects. My literature review critically explores relevant research regarding the experience and psychological well-being for carers of relatives who experience psychosis. My first qualitative study employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore the experience for carers of relatives with psychosis and particularly their understanding and responses to voice hearing. Finally my second qualitative study employed Grounded Theory so as to provide the basis for theory building regarding the experience of facilitators of groups for carers of people experiencing severe mental health difficulties

A portfolio of a academic, therapeutic practice and research work including an investigation of the expereinces of carers of people who hear voices

EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

A Portfolio of Academic, Therapeutic Practice and Research Work Including an Investigation of the Experiences of Carers of People Who Hear Voices.

This portfolio represents the culmination of the three year training of becoming a Counselling Psychologist. It aims to reflect my personal and professional development through the presentation of three different dossiers, an academic, a therapeutic and a research dossier. The academic dossier incorporates three essays from three different years. The first year essay explores how the literature on the development of eating disorders in males may be of use to Counselling Psychologists working with this client group. The second year essay provides a comparative analysis of Freud's and Jung's views on religion, and finally the third year essay discusses depression through an evolutionary perspective. The therapeutic dossier aims to shed light on my clinical experience through descriptions of my placements and my placement activities and also it addresses my therapeutic practice through a reflective account of my personal and professional development as an emerging Counselling Psychologist. Finally, the research dossier consists of my literature review and my two qualitative projects. My literature review critically explores relevant research regarding the experience and psychological well-being for carers of relatives who experience psychosis. My first qualitative study employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore the experience for carers of relatives with psychosis and particularly their understanding and responses to voice hearing. Finally my second qualitative study employed Grounded Theory so as to provide the basis for theory building regarding the experience of facilitators of groups for carers of people experiencing severe mental health difficulties

A new desktop instrument for measuring macular pigment optical density based on a novel technique for setting flicker thresholds

A rapid portable technique for estimating macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in large populations is described. The new instrument utilises a novel method for setting flicker thresholds which is undemanding for naive and elderly observers and easily operated by a non-technical person. The method has good repeatability (r = 0.97) and the data are comparable with an optical method based on retinal reflectometry (r = 0.78). MPOD spatial profiles are presented for seven normal observers and these are well described (r = 0.99) by a decaying exponential function consistent with previous reports. MPOD values are presented from 5581 (2435 females and 3146 males) individuals measured in 48 optometric practices. The mean MPOD of this population was 0.33 (S.D. +/- 0.187) which is similar to previous large scale studies of MP