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Perceived legitimacy can moderate the effect of proscriptive versus prescriptive injunctions on intentions to comply with UK government COVID‐19 guidelines and reactance: Study 1
No full textIn Study 1 of this project, we examined the effect of including a proscriptive versus prescriptive injunction with information about UK government COVID-19 behavioral rules and guidance on intentions to comply with government guidelines, and examined perceived legitimacy of advice as a moderator, in a UK university sample. The results of Study 1 showed that a proscriptive injunction elicited lower intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines than a prescriptive injunction. The effect of Injunction Type on intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines was moderated by perceived legitimacy. When perceived legitimacy was low, the proscriptive injunction elicited lower intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines than did the prescriptive injunction. The findings have implications for the design of public health information
Whole genome sequence of Campylobacter jejuni strain 18aM
No full textThis entry contains links to metadata related to whole genome sequence of strain 18aM of Campylobacter jejuni. The later is the most important gastrointestinal pathogen in the world. Analysis of its genome sequence is essential for the development of novel intervention strategies. This particular strain was isolated from a chicken. Chickens are the most typical carriers and sources of infection in humans
Whole genome sequences of environmental bacteria isolated from deep waters in Pacific ocean
No full textThis submission includes links to metadata of whole genomes sequences of bacteria isolated from Pacific ocean. The isolates and the data are important for biotechnology.
Strains studied:
Halomonas titanicae AGSA3
Alcanivorax xenomutans AGSA3
Microbacterium profundi AGSA2
Alcanivorax xenomutans AGSA2
Streptomyces sp. ST2-7A
Saccharothrix sp. S2
From self-reports to the brain: evaluation of political preferences using explicit and implicit measurements
No full textSelf-reports are conventionally used to measure political preferences, yet individuals may be unable or unwilling to report their political attitudes. Here, we compared implicit and explicit methods of attitude assessment and focused our investigation on the populist-mainstream political divide. Ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election we recorded electroencephalography (EEG) from 82 future voters while they expressed their agreement with survey items on different political issues. An Implicit Association Test (IAT) was administered at the end of the recording session. Neural signals differed as a function of future mainstream or populist vote and of whether survey items expressed the narrative of a populist or mainstream party. The combination of EEG responses and self-reported preferences predicted electoral choice better than traditional socio-demographic and ideological variables, while IAT scores were not a significant predictor. These findings suggest that measurements of brain activity can refine the assessment of socio-political attitudes, even when those attitudes are not based on traditional ideological divides
COVID champions in pharmacy to increase vaccination uptake
No full textAn evaluation of a pharmacy COVID service in South East London to have conversations to patients regarding vaccination status and supporting the overcoming of vaccine hesitance. 8539 conversations took place in pharmacies. 12 pharmacists were also interviewed about their experiences
Perceived legitimacy can moderate the effect of proscriptive versus prescriptive injunctions on intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines and reactance: Study 2
No full textIn Study 2 of this project, we examined the effect of including a proscriptive versus prescriptive injunction with information about UK government COVID-19 behavioral rules and guidance on intentions to comply with government guidelines, and examined perceived legitimacy of advice as a moderator, in a national sample representative of age and gender. The results of Study 2 showed that perceived legitimacy moderated the effect of Injunction Type both on intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines. Significant contrasts showed that when perceived legitimacy was low, participants who were exposed to the proscriptive injunction reported lower intentions to comply with UK government COVID-19 guidelines compared to participants who were exposed to the prescriptive injunction condition. The findings have implications for the design of public health information
Willingness of the UK public to volunteer for testing in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textBackground
The World Health Organization declared the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world to be a global public health emergency. The spread of the disease is influenced by people’s willingness to adopt preventative public health behaviours, such as participation in testing programmes, and risk perception can be an important determinant of engagement in such behaviours.
Methods
In this study, we present the first assessment during the first wave of the pandemic and the early stages of the first UK lockdown in April & May 2020 of how the UK public (N = 778) perceived the usefulness of testing for coronavirus and the factors that influence a person’s willingness to test for coronavirus.
Results
None of the key demographic characteristics (age, gender, education, disability, vulnerability status, or professional expertise) were significantly related to the respondents’ willingness to be tested for coronavirus. However, closely following the news media was positively related to willingness to be tested. Knowledge and perceptions about coronavirus significantly predicted willingness to test, with three significantly contributing factors: worry about the health and social impacts to self and family; personal susceptibility; and concerns about the impacts of coronavirus on specific demographic groups. Views on testing for coronavirus predicted willingness to test, with the most influential factors being importance of testing by need; negative views about widespread testing; and mistrust in doctor’s advice about testing.
Conclusions
Implications for effective risk communication and localised public health approaches to encouraging public to put themselves forward for testing are discussed. We strongly advocate for effective communications and localised intervention by public health authorities, using media outlets to ensure that members of the public get tested for SARs-CoV2 when required
Whole genome sequences of miscellaneous environmental bacterial isolates
No full textThis entry provides links to metadata associated with whole genome sequences of various environmental isolates, some of which may represent interest for biotechnology.
Bacterial strains studied:
Isolates from marine sediment, Antarctica (Mariana Trench):
Dietzia maris SST1
Pseudomonas zhaodongensis srain SST2
Pseudomonas sp. strain SST3
Halomonas sulfidaeris strain SST4
Micromonospora chalcea MT25
Isolate from Pacific ocean (Taiwan):
Coralloluteibacterium stylophorae strain LMG 29479
From a contaminated product:
Kocuria halotoleran
Complete genome sequence of Campylobacter jejuni strain G1
No full textThis entry contains links to metadata associated with Whole Genome Sequence (WGS) and Sequence Reads Archive of this strain