The National Child Care Policy and Its Effects on the State of Texas

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of child care legislation passed in 1990 and how it affected the state of Texas. A background on working families is included

‘It’s not in my job description’: An exploration of trainee clinical psychologists’ attitudes towards research and perceptions of DClinPsy research culture

© 2023 The British Psychological Society. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2023.1.366.20This project aimed to investigate attitudes towards research and perceived research culture among trainee clinicalpsychologists across the UK. This was achieved by exploring factors such as: research training environment,research attitudes, research self-efficacy, and professional identity. An online survey was completed by 44 traineeclinical psychologists who started training in 2020. The findings showed that UK trainee clinical psychologistsdid not perceive a strong research training environment, they did not hold strong attitudes towards research,or have positive research self-efficacy as indicated in previous research. It is of some concern that the role ofresearcher, as part of the identity of a clinical psychologist, was not seen to be instrumental by most trainees.Important differences in the results of this research compared to previous published literature are discussed, inaddition to a consideration of the implications of these findings for training and the post-qualification role ofclinical psychologists.Peer reviewe

Does being overweight impede academic attainment? A systematic review

Objectives:To examine evidence from studies exploring the relationship between childhood obesity and educational attainment.Design:A systematic review of secondary analyses and observational studies published in English after 1997 examining attainment as measured by grade point average or other validated measure, in children aged 6 to16 years, in high-income countries.Methods:Eleven databases from the fields of public health, education and social science were searched, along with 19 specialist registers and catalogues. Hand searching of relevant journals, contacting of experts and citation searching were undertaken. Two reviewers used standardized tools to independently carry out data extraction and assess the quality of included studies. Evidence was synthesized in a narrative summary.Results:Twenty-nine studies were identified for inclusion. Overall, the evidence suggested that higher weight is weakly associated with lower educational attainment among children and young people. Differences between average attainment of overweight and non-overweight children were marginal, with potentially negligible real-world implications for test scores. Limited evidence suggested that little variation in achievement was explained by weight status alone. Almost half the studies found that other factors, such as socioeconomic status, may better explain much of the negative association between obesity and attainment.Conclusion:Theoretical and methodological inconsistencies were evident both within and between many of the studies. As such, the results of the included studies must be interpreted with caution. If the negative association between obesity and attainment is accepted, it still remains doubtful whether obesity is exerting a socially important effect upon educational attainment.</jats:sec

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Health promotion, inequalities and young people’s health A systematic review of researc

An intra-cavity Raman laser using synthetic single-crystal diamond

Low birefringence synthetic single-crystal diamond was used as a Raman laser medium inside a Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser. A maximum average output power of 375mW was achieved at a wavelength of 1240nm and a repetition rate of 6.3kHz. This equates to a conversion efficiency of 4% from the diode laser to the first Stokes component at 1240nm. Optical losses within the diamond (~1% per single pass) limited the performance and are currently the main barrier to the demonstration of an efficient CW diamond Raman laser