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Employment of the Fighter Command in Home Defence
In the avalanche of literature on the Battle of Britain little recognition has been given to the notable prescience of Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding in his advance planning for it
The growth and form of knowledge networks by kinesthetic curiosity
Throughout life, we might seek a calling, companions, skills, entertainment,
truth, self-knowledge, beauty, and edification. The practice of curiosity can
be viewed as an extended and open-ended search for valuable information with
hidden identity and location in a complex space of interconnected information.
Despite its importance, curiosity has been challenging to computationally model
because the practice of curiosity often flourishes without specific goals,
external reward, or immediate feedback. Here, we show how network science,
statistical physics, and philosophy can be integrated into an approach that
coheres with and expands the psychological taxonomies of specific-diversive and
perceptual-epistemic curiosity. Using this interdisciplinary approach, we
distill functional modes of curious information seeking as searching movements
in information space. The kinesthetic model of curiosity offers a vibrant
counterpart to the deliberative predictions of model-based reinforcement
learning. In doing so, this model unearths new computational opportunities for
identifying what makes curiosity curious
Do patients and family carers have different concerns about the use of medicines compared with healthcare professionals? A quantitative secondary analysis of healthcare concerns relating to adults with complex needs
OBJECTIVE: To identify concerns related to the use of medicines for adults with complex needs and explore whether these differed between healthcare professionals and patients/carers, in order to inform development of interventions to increase medication adherence. METHODS: A quantitative secondary analysis of a database of healthcare professionals' and patients'/carers' healthcare concerns, related to adults with complex needs. Categories of concerns related to medicines use were identified and concerns related to medication use coded against these. Data were analysed descriptively, and a Chi-square test conducted to test for differences in responses from healthcare professionals versus patients/carers. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in the types of medication concern raised by healthcare professionals versus those raised by patients/carers. Patients/carers expressed more concerns about side effects and interactions; healthcare professionals identified more concerns related to patient support and carers' knowledge/training. CONCLUSION: Healthcare professionals had significantly different concerns about medicines to patients; this may be a potential barrier to medication adherence. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Healthcare professionals may need to adopt an approach to non-adherence that goes beyond education and counselling and adopts a wider patient perspective. Findings suggest that a greater focus on addressing side effects and interactions may be beneficial in increasing medication adherence
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