Ladder 1

Painting in group show of the Assembly Group, The Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Kent, UK

Experiences of therapy in a gender and sexually diverse world

The purpose of this thesis was to shed light upon the experiences of therapists and clients as they navigate discussions of gender and sexual identity in the therapy room. This was achieved in three stages: Section one presents a metasynthesis of qualitative research pertaining to the experiences of therapists and counsellors working with gender and sexually diverse clients; Section two explores the ‘coming out’ experiences of eight sexually diverse young people, who disclosed their sexual orientation in therapy; Finally, section three offers a critical appraisal of the research journey. It contains reflections pertinent to the author’s personal and professional development

A Mixed-Method Investigation into Therapeutic Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for People Recovering from Substance Use Disorders

© 2020, The Author(s). Mind Body Connect (MBC) is a charity which uses therapeutic yoga as a vehicle of change for marginalized populations. Alongside MBC, Sheffield Hallam University’s SHU Strength researchers carried out this study aiming to: (1) Gauge the impact of therapeutic yoga classes upon the mood state of people with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and (2) Explore the perceived benefits of therapeutic yoga class participation. An adapted shortened Profile of Mood States (POMS) was completed before and after each yoga class. A comparison of means with paired sample T-Test and Cohen’s D was then carried out. Participants who attended 6+ classes were interviewed. Findings were then converged. Before and after measurements of anger, sadness, tiredness, worry, confusion, energy and relaxation were taken, Classes were held at SHU for service users from a Phoenix Future’s (PF) rehabilitation centre. A single yoga class significantly relaxed participants and reduced negative mood states. Interview data covered a range of perceived benefits including the use of yogic down-regulation techniques as daily coping strategies. The MBC yoga programme appears beneficial as an adjunctive therapy for PF residents. Future SHU Strength research shall focus on the mid-long-term exercise habits of the recovery community and the impact of the MBC yoga programme upon the early recovery period of detoxification

House 1

Chris Hunt and Mavernie Cunningham’s film and sound-based installation 'House 1' was selected for inclusion in the Art and Sound Symposium, Leicester de Montfort University, June 23-24th 2017. The selection process was conducted by peer review including Sam Topley, Louise Rossiter, Sam Warren, and Jack Richardson. House 1 is a collaborative artwork with Mavernie Cunningham that employs relationships between sound, moving image and sculptural object. The piece consists of sound and moving image pieces that were initially inspired by the durational and aural patterns of Jonathan Harvey’s Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980). The first of these pieces is screened within a sculptural house-object made of ceramic, plywood and thread. The house-object is covered in digital transfer prints that reference urban landscapes and reflective windows; red string seeps from the roof and walls. Using notions of dwelling, departure, migration and nostalgia, and the beckoning of each of these states to one another, the sculptural form of the house-object is covered with abstracted images, suggesting aspects of dwelling and its disruption. The film and sound piece contained within plays further on these themes. The work is concerned with questions of the ‘way home’, the formation of homestead and its dispersion or disappearance; to dwell and dwelling’s disruption. This was the second Art and Sound symposium held by Leicester de Montfort University, and was organised by Jack Richardson and Louise Rossiter. The symposium included a presentation of a series of papers, workshops and installations presented by national and international researchers, established artists and prominent academics. The symposium explored a very diverse range of visual and aural practices, theoretical discussion and reflections on the interaction between visual and aural creative processes amongst individual workers and collaborators

An acoustic charge transport imager for high definition television applications

In this report we present the progress during the second six month period of the project. This includes both experimental and theoretical work on the acoustic charge transport (ACT) portion of the chip, the theoretical program modelling of both the avalanche photodiode (APD) and the charge transfer and overflow transistor and the materials growth and fabrication part of the program

Radiographer Preliminary Clinical Evaluation : a safe approach to reduce waiting times in Accident & Emergency?

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential impact of radiographer red dot preliminary clinical evaluation on discharge delay for patients in the accident and emergency setting. Method: Approved by the NHS hospital, a retrospective randomised sample was selected from a typical week (N=264 to give a 95% confidence level) to assess the accuracy of anonymised population of non-reporting radiographers (N=23) in appendicular image interpretation; comparing their actual decision with the radiologists official report. The time from x-ray to hospital discharge was also recorded. Findings: The results demonstrated a radiographer image interpretation skills accuracy of 88%, with 75% sensitivity and 100% specificity. The ability to correctly identify true normal was excellent (100%) however 25 in every 100 fractures would statistically go undiagnosed. Foot and wrist were the largest source of error and are a recommended focus for CPD. X-ray to hospital discharge delay varied from 4 minutes to 4 hours with a mean of 1.02 hours. Conclusion: Consistent with the vision of the College of Radiographers (2013) the results suggest that some radiographers are capable of providing reliable preliminary evaluation which could positively influence patient triage and waiting times in accident and emergency however others require further training, without which the implementation of any style of PCE would be unsafe. Further research is required to benchmark individual radiographer image interpretation performance and develop effective monitoring.</p

REAPR: a universal tool for genome assembly evaluation.

Methods to reliably assess the accuracy of genome sequence data are lacking. Currently completeness is only described qualitatively and mis-assemblies are overlooked. Here we present REAPR, a tool that precisely identifies errors in genome assemblies without the need for a reference sequence. We have validated REAPR on complete genomes or de novo assemblies from bacteria, malaria and Caenorhabditis elegans, and demonstrate that 86% and 82% of the human and mouse reference genomes are error-free, respectively. When applied to an ongoing genome project, REAPR provides corrected assembly statistics allowing the quantitative comparison of multiple assemblies. REAPR is available at http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/reapr/

Late Pleistocene Human used Rice in Sri Lanka: Phytolith Investigation of the Deposits at Fahien Rockshelter

Phytolith microscopic plant silicate bodies evidence suggests that anatomically modern humans lived at Fahien rock shelterin the south-western Sri Lanka intensively used wild rice species e g Oryza cf nivara in association with lowland rain forests from 48 35ka 48 350 calyrs BP The intensive use of wild rice could be a local innovatio