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Challenges teachers experience with identification and support for children with SLCN: A Delphi study in early childhood education settings in Ghana.
No full textThis dataset documents the outcomes of a three-round Delphi study conducted with 30 kindergarten teachers within the Gomoa-Central district in Ghana to explore the challenges and potential solutions related to the identification and support of children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN). The data encompasses both qualitative and quantitative information gathered through online surveys administered via the Qualtrics platform. The initial round elicited open-ended responses from teachers detailing the difficulties they encounter and the strategies they currently employ. Subsequent thematic analysis of these responses informed the generation of specific challenge and solution statements. In the second and third rounds, teachers ranked these statements based on their perceived significance and effectiveness, with the provision of anonymized group feedback between rounds to encourage the development of consensus. Thus, the dataset includes the original qualitative responses, the quantitative rankings from both the second and final rounds, and demographic information about the participating teachers, such as their gender, teaching level (KG1 or KG2), circuit, and years of experience. The findings of this study highlight significant obstacles encountered by teachers, such as insufficient training and knowledge and skills around identification, high teacher-pupil ratio (which affects workload and interaction with children), inadequate physical resources/infrastructure. The consensus reached on potential solutions emphasised the importance of enhanced professional development opportunities tailored to SLCN, improved access to specialist support services for both teachers and students, and the cultivation of stronger communication and collaborative frameworks among educators, parents, and specialists. Ultimately, this research offers valuable insights for informing targeted interventions, policy adjustments, and resource allocation aimed at improving the educational experiences and outcomes for young children with SLCN in kindergarten settings
Regulation of PIEZO force sensitivity by inter-blade handshaking
No full textA repository of simulation data from the publication “Regulation of PIEZO1 channel force sensitivity by inter-blade handshaking”. PIEZOs form trimeric calcium-permeable non-selective cationic channels that serve mechanical sensing needs across eukaryotic biology. Forces act on the channels by causing their curved blades to flatten and decompact, leading to an activated state, but it is unclear how this might be regulated to enable the channels to adapt to different contexts. To identify potential mechanisms, we performed coarse-grained and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations on human PIEZO1 channel. We observed an inter-blade handshake interaction mediated by basic amino acid residues in two flexible helices that coordinate with the regulated anionic lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. In silico mutation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate sites on the handshake short helix, referred to as SHM PIEZO1, destabilised the inter-blade handshake interaction. The interaction determined the resting configuration of the channel, blade curvature, compactness and ion pore structure. This dataset contains: -Dataset 1: Coarse-grained MD simulation data for the wildtype human PIEZO1 simulated in an endothelial membrane containing 5% PIP2. -Dataset 2: Coarse-grained MD simulation data for the wildtype human PIEZO1 simulated in an endothelial membrane containing 0% PIP2. -Dataset 3: Coarse-grained MD simulation data for the SHM PIEZO1 simulated in an endothelial membrane containing 5% PIP2. -Dataset 4: All-atom MD simulation data for the WT PIEZO1 simulated in an endothelial membrane containing 5% PIP2 without applied tension (+1 bar) and with applied tension (-30 bar). -Dataset 5: All-atom MD simulation data for the SHM PIEZO1 simulated in an endothelial membrane containing 5% PIP2 without applied tension (+1 bar) and with applied tension (-30 bar)
Dataset associated with 'Auxetic Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Overcoming Barriers to Scale-Up'
Full text linkThis dataset contains the data associated with the article titled “Auxetic Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Overcoming Barriers to Scale-Up", published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials. This data is provided in the form of either the raw data collected, or the files used to plot the figures in the published article. The data is mainly focused on material properties of the liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) detailed in the article, including: mechanical testing of the LCEs, phase transition analysis and X-ray scattering studies
Ceramic 3D printed parts
No full textThis dataset contains 5197 images, and the corresponding annotations, of ceramic 3D printed parts. The dataset was used to train a Yolov8 model for defect detection purposes, and is split into training, validation and test datasets
Willingness-to-taste in UK children aged 4-7 years was driven by contextual facilitation, not intervention, in a randomized controlled trial of sensory food education
No full textData comprise the anonymised quantified results of the OASES RCT study. Data reflect individual participant behaviour during a vegetable and fruit tasting activity, conducted before (baseline) and after (follow-up) a six session sensory food education intervention ('Flavour School') delivered by school teachers during class time. Children were free to taste (or not) any/all of nine samples (7 vegetables, 2 fruit). Participants were individually video recorded during the activity. Primary outcomes were willingess-to-taste the foods offered, mean valence of facial expressions (positive/negative/neutral), termed 'Enjoyment', and a count of changes of facial expression, termed 'Expressiveness'
Dataset for: Novel Fibre-Rich Breads Yield Improved Glucose Release Curves and Are Well Accepted by Children in Primary School Breakfast Clubs
No full textData shared here come from two data collection contexts. Firstly, glucose release rates and GI (glycaemic index) estimates for bread samples undergoing in-vitro digestion in lab conditions. Secondly, data collected anonymously from school breakfast clubs in English primary schools. These comprise (a) responses in a Taste&Rate activity, where children tasted a range of foods and rated their liking for those foods, and (b) observations of children's breakfast choices from a buffet breakfast service, and the estimated fibre content of the chosen breakfasts, over six data collection sessions in two schools
Energetics of free- and tethered-flight in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris, Linnaeus 1758)
No full textThese data relate to an investigation into energetics of bumblebee flight at a range of flight speeds during free- or tethered-flight. The study was carried out in a closed-circuit wind tunnel. The data are gross metabolic rate (rate of carbon dioxide production) under 3 conditions - free-flight, tethered flight and free-flight following exposure to isoflurane. The rate of carbon dioxide production followed a U-shaped relationship with airspeed. There was no difference in the shape-of the power-speed relationship during tethered and free-flight but metabolic rate during tethered-flight was 45% lower than during free-flight. Anaesthesia using isoflurane had no effect on subsequent free-flight metabolic rate
Dataset associated with the publication 'Ferri- and Ferro-electric Switching in Spontaneously Chiral Polar Liquid Crystals'
No full textComplete experimental data associated with the paper "Ferri- and ferro-electric switching in spontaneously chiral polar liquid crystals"
Data associated with "Thermoelectric Fingerprinting of Bloch- and Néel-type Skyrmions"
No full textThis dataset is associated with a paper on "Thermoelectric Fingerprinting of Bloch- and Néel-type Skyrmions", and contains various scanning probe microscopy datasets, these include; atomic and magnetic force microscopy; scanning thermoelectric microscopy micrographs. The samples were mounted in a commercial atomic force microscope (Aura NT-MDT) and electrical readout of the sample was synced to the microscopes' controller. A model was created to understand the role of spin-textures on the resultant thermoelectric effects allowing us to ascertain the spin texture measured in the experiments
Data for: "Chain-length-dependent correlated molecular motion in polymers"
No full textData relevant for each of the figures in the paper: "Chain-Length-Dependent Correlated Molecular Motion in Polymers", as described in detail in the paper