Increasing Awareness of the Risks Associated with Juuls in High School Students

The use of Juuls and other e-cigarettes has increased in Vermont high schools over the past year. Many students are not aware of the risks associated with the use of these products and believe that they cause no harm. This project focused on increasing communication between high school students and their healthcare providers to improve dialogue and learn the facts about using these projects.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/1434/thumbnail.jp

Post-surgical Pancreatitis Masquerading as Recurrent Neuroendocrine Cancer

Neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas can have a spectrum of behaviour from relatively benign to aggressive. Resection can result in cure although metastatic disease is described. We present an unusual case of an apparent local recurrence of previously resected neuroendocrine tumour in a young man who had undergone distal pancreatectomy. Pathological analysis demonstrated focal post-surgical pancreatitis with radiological appearances bearing striking similarity to the original primary tumour

Material Culture and Luxury Goods in Women's Writing of North-East England, 1790-1825

This thesis examines material culture and luxury goods in the writings of Jane Harvey, Margaret Harvey, and Jemima Layton, three women writers from North-East England. The time period examined, 1790-1825, is dictated by the publishing dates of Jane Harvey’s works, and overlaps with what is broadly termed the Romantic period, 1790-1830. The thesis aims to identify and assess ways in which regional authors address contemporary issues, specifically consumer culture and fashion, as well as considering the subsequent critical fortunes of fashionable, commercial authors. Chapter One explores the vibrant, lively culture of Newcastle and the North-East region in the early nineteenth century. Chapter Two considers jewellery, especially miniatures and diamonds, as a device used to move narratives forward in Jane Harvey’s early Gothic novels, and her later domestic novels Auberry Stanhope (1814), Singularity (1822), and Mountalyth (1823). Chapter Three focuses on clothing, specifically wedding dresses and fabric, and the rich character development that they contribute to the works The Castle of Tynemouth (1806), Stanhope, Any Thing But What You Expect (1819), Jemima Layton’s Hulne Abbey (1820), and Margaret Harvey’s Raymond de Percy (1822). Chapter Four examines shopping as a leisure activity, the frivolities associated with visiting milliners’ shops in Jane Harvey’s Ethelia (1810) and Singularity (1822), and Layton’s Hulne Abbey (1820); and the masculine art of collecting curiosities in house sales in Singularity. The final chapter focuses on the domestic: first the interiors in which luxury goods are displayed, and then china, in Singularity and Raymond de Percy. Although focussing on the writers of a specific region, this thesis reveals concerns surrounding material culture and luxury goods that can be seen in contemporary women’s writing throughout the country

The Influence Of Environmental, Cognitive, And Pharmacological Factors On Alcohol-related Behaviours

A variety of effects previously attributed to pharmacological properties of alcohol have been shown to result from cognitive factors. For example, subjects believing alcohol was consumed show greater craving for alcohol and consume more beverage than subjects believing alcohol was not consumed, regardless of whether these beliefs are accurate. This has been demonstrated using the balanced placebo design. Many researchers, however, have argued that these experiments should be conducted in a natural drinking environment to assess the external validity of previous laboratory findings, and to investigate possible interaction effects resulting from the presence of alcohol-associated environmental cues. This is important for clinical considerations, as treatment recommendations based on laboratory findings may be less relevant in the natural setting where the behaviour to be treated actually occurs.;To permit maximization of ecological validity in Study II, the drinking practices of undergraduate males were assessed in Study I. Results indicated that most often beer is consumed in on-campus bars, and that significant high levels of drinking and alcohol-associated problems were evident. In Study II, the balanced placebo experiment was conducted in an on-campus bar, and in a laboratory, thus permitting investigation of the relative influence of pharmacological, cognitive, and environmental variables on alcohol-related behaviour. Results indicated that beverage consumption in the laboratory was primarily determined by subjects\u27 beliefs regarding the alcohol content, but that subjects\u27 reported beliefs had no effect on consumption in the barroom. In the barroom, subjects began drinking sooner, drank more, and neither beliefs nor actual alcohol content had any influence on drinking behaviour. Subjective drunkenness was influenced by beliefs and setting, while behavioural impairment was influenced by beliefs and alcohol content.;It was concluded that analogue alcohol studies can and should be replicated in natural drinking environments, as results and clinical implications may differ. These findings suggest that pharmacological, cognitive, and environmental variables interact in a complex manner to produce a variety of effects, and that of these variables, consideration of environmental influences in alcohol treatment programs may be critical to their success