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Theology at the coal-face of hospitalisation - the development and evaluation of a postgraduate certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Healthcare chaplaincy is working towards recognition as a registered health profession. An accredited programme of professional education is part of that process. The University of Glasgow supported by NHS Education for Scotland have developed a programme of professional education for healthcare chaplains that is integrated into an MSc. (MedSci) in healthcare. This article outlines the commissioning, development and evaluation of a postgraduate certificate in healthcare chaplaincy by students, clinical mentors and experienced healthcare chaplains. It also highlights an innovative approach to practice development in spiritual and religious care in healthcare
Computation of a combined spherical-elastic and viscous-half-space earth model for ice sheet simulation
This report starts by describing the continuum model used by Lingle & Clark
(1985) to approximate the deformation of the earth under changing ice sheet and
ocean loads. That source considers a single ice stream, but we apply their
underlying model to continent-scale ice sheet simulation. Their model combines
Farrell's (1972) elastic spherical earth with a viscous half-space overlain by
an elastic plate lithosphere. The latter half-space model is derivable from
calculations by Cathles (1975). For the elastic spherical earth we use
Farrell's tabulated Green's function, as do Lingle & Clark. For the half-space
model, however, we propose and implement a significantly faster numerical
strategy, a spectral collocation method (Trefethen 2000) based directly on the
Fast Fourier Transform. To verify this method we compare to an integral formula
for a disc load. To compare earth models we build an accumulation history from
a growing similarity solution from (Bueler, et al.~2005) and and simulate the
coupled (ice flow)-(earth deformation) system. In the case of simple isostasy
the exact solution to this system is known. We demonstrate that the magnitudes
of numerical errors made in approximating the ice-earth system are
significantly smaller than pairwise differences between several earth models,
namely, simple isostasy, the current standard model used in ice sheet
simulation (Greve 2001, Hagdorn 2003, Zweck & Huybrechts 2005), and the Lingle
& Clark model. Therefore further efforts to validate different earth models
used in ice sheet simulations are, not surprisingly, worthwhile.Comment: 36 pages, 16 figures, 3 Matlab program
Development of the Lymphoedema Genito-Urinary Cancer Questionnaire
The aim of this study was to develop a patient self-report tool to
detect symptoms of genital and lower limb lymphoedema in male
survivors of genitourinary cancer. The study incorporated the views
of patients and subject specialists (lymphoedema and urology) in the
design of a patient questionnaire based on the literature. Views on
comprehensiveness, relevance of content, ease of understanding and
perceived acceptability to patients were collated. The findings informed
the development of the next iteration of the questionnaire. The overall
view of participants was that the development and application of
such a tool was of great clinical value and the Lymphoedema Genito-
Urinary Cancer Questionnaire (LGUCQ) has significant potential for
further development as a research tool to inform prevalence of this
under-reported condition
Solution of the Percus-Yevick equation for hard discs
We solve the Percus-Yevick equation in two dimensions by reducing it to a set
of simple integral equations. We numerically obtain both the pair correlation
function and the equation of state for a hard disc fluid and find good
agreement with available Monte-Carlo calculations. The present method of
resolution may be generalized to any even dimension.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
A note on the effective slip properties for microchannel flows with ultra-hydrophobic surfaces
A type of super-hydrophobic surface consists of a solid plane boundary with
an array of grooves which, due to the effect of surface tension, prevent a
complete wetting of the wall. The effect is greatest when the grooves are
aligned with the flow. The pressure difference between the liquid and the gas
in the grooves causes a curvature of the liquid surface resisted by surface
tension. The effects of this surface deformation are studied in this paper. The
corrections to the effective slip length produced by the curvature are analyzed
theoretically and a comparison with available data and related mathematical
models is presented.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figure
Screening of a hypercritical charge in graphene
Screening of a large external charge in graphene is studied. The charge is
assumed to be displaced away or smeared over a finite region of the graphene
plane. The initial decay of the screened potential with distance is shown to
follow the 3/2 power. It gradually changes to the Coulomb law outside of a
hypercritical core whose radius is proportional to the external charge.Comment: (v1) 4 pages, 1 figure (v2) Much improved introduction; extended
range of numeric
Self-similar impulsive capillary waves on a ligament
We study the short-time dynamics of a liquid ligament, held between two solid
cylinders, when one is impulsively accelerated along its axis. A set of
one-dimensional equations in the slender-slope approximation is used to
describe the dynamics, including surface tension and viscous effects. An exact
self-similar solution to the linearized equations is successfully compared to
experiments made with millimetric ligaments. Another non-linear self-similar
solution of the full set of equations is found numerically. Both the linear and
non-linear solutions show that the axial depth at which the liquid is affected
by the motion of the cylinder scales like . The non-linear solution
presents the peculiar feature that there exists a maximum driving velocity
above which the solution disappears, a phenomenon probably related to
the de-pinning of the contact line observed in experiments for large pulling
velocities
Cognitive demands of face monitoring: Evidence for visuospatial overload
Young children perform difficult communication tasks better face to face than when they cannot see one another (e.g., Doherty-Sneddon & Kent, 1996). However, in recent studies, it was found that children aged 6 and 10 years, describing abstract shapes, showed evidence of face-to-face interference rather than facilitation. For some communication tasks, access to visual signals (such as facial expression and eye gaze) may hinder rather than help children’s communication. In new research we have pursued this interference effect. Five studies are described with adults and 10- and 6-year-old participants. It was found that looking at a face interfered with children’s abilities to listen to descriptions of abstract shapes. Children also performed visuospatial memory tasks worse when they looked at someone’s face prior to responding than when they looked at a visuospatial pattern or at the floor. It was concluded that performance on certain tasks was hindered by monitoring another person’s face. It is suggested that processing of visual communication signals shares certain processing resources with the processing of other visuospatial information
Theology at the coal-face of hospitalisation - the development and evaluation of a postgraduate certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Healthcare chaplaincy is working towards recognition as a registered health profession. An accredited programme of professional education is part of that process. The University of Glasgow supported by NHS Education for Scotland have developed a programme of professional education for healthcare chaplains that is integrated into an MSc. (MedSci) in healthcare. This article outlines the commissioning, development and evaluation of a postgraduate certificate in healthcare chaplaincy by students, clinical mentors and experienced healthcare chaplains. It also highlights an innovative approach to practice development in spiritual and religious care in healthcare
Contrasting baseline expression of stress axis genes in rainbow trout selected for divergent stress responsiveness
The expression of eight candidate genes, with roles implicated in the stress response and associated behaviour, was quantified in the brains of lines of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, that were selectively bred for divergent cortisol responses to stress. These lines represent a low responding (LR) and high responding (HR) line that are known to differ in their stress physiology and behavioural phenotype with LR always dominating HR. To understand whether there is differential gene expression in the brains of these lines fish were held individually and then sampled for brain gene expression of eight candidate genes (AANAT, calcineurin, CRF, urotensin I, glucocorticoid receptor II, mineralocorticoid receptor, melatonin receptor 1a, and melanocortin 2 receptor) to obtain a better understanding of the gene expression profile between HR and LR. Seven genes were expressed at a significantly higher level in the low-responding line compared to the high-responding line, and four genes, AANAT, CRF, UI and CaN, were positively correlated with baseline plasma cortisol concentrations. Only AANAT was not significantly differentially expressed between the two stress lines (due to high variation among individuals). Hence there is clear evidence of a tangible relationship between gene expression and stress physiology in these animals prior to stress
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