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A Wesleyan theology of happiness
No full textIn this thesis I have sought to construct a Wesleyan theology of happiness with close reference to the complete collection of John Wesley’s sermons. This theology is comprehensive because it engages with all the references to happiness across the 151 sermons and it is systematic because it connects to several different theological doctrines.I have done the above through a forensic exploration of every reference to the word happiness across the sermon collection. In addition, I have noted the relationship of the word happiness to a group of pre-determined terms to map the semantic ecology for the word happiness in the sermon collection. I have conducted an extensive literature review into existing Wesleyan scholarship to critically assess what other scholars have said about this theological theme in Wesley’s work. I have also considered the historical context of the eighteenth-century to assess what influential ideas about happiness existed and to what extent these sources may have influenced Wesley.I have discovered that there are numerous references to happiness in the complete collection of sermons and that inferences can be drawn from the application of Content Analysis that suggest that happiness in Wesley is theocentric and teleological in character, that it is integral to his way of salvation, and that it plays a key role in his understanding of the shape and form of Christian discipleship in the context of gathered Christian communities with a methodist identity.In addition to the above, the thesis has also demonstrated that the British Methodist Church should be more intentional, creative, and systematic in its engagement with the Wesleyan theological tradition and in its scholarly engagement with the sermons. The thesis has also shown the wisdom and integrity of engaging with the whole Wesley, rather than working solely with the standard 44 sermons of the British Methodist Church.</p
Association of handgrip strength with suicidal ideation among adults aged ≥50 years from low- and middle-income countries
No full textIntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the association between handgrip strength and suicidal ideation in representative samples of adults aged ≥50 years from six LMICs (China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa).MethodsCross-sectional, community-based data from the World Health Organization's Study on Global Aging and Adult Health were analyzed. Handgrip strength quintiles by sex were created based on the average value of two handgrip measurements of the dominant hand. Self-reported information on past 12-month suicidal ideation was collected. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess associations.ResultsData on 34,129 individuals were analyzed [mean (SD) age 62.4 (16.0) years; age range 50–114 years; 52.1% females]. After adjustment for potential confounders, in the overall sample, compared to the handgrip strength quintile with the highest values [Quintile 1 (Q1)], Q2, Q3, Q4, and Q5 were associated with significant 2.15 (95% CI = 1.05–4.39), 2.78 (95% CI = 1.06–7.32), 3.53 (95% CI = 1.68–7.42), and 6.79 (95% CI = 2.80–16.48) times higher odds for suicidal ideation.ConclusionsLower handgrip strength was significantly and dose-dependently associated with higher odds for suicidal ideation in adults aged ≥50 years from LMICs. Future longitudinal studies are needed to understand the underlying mechanisms, and whether increasing general muscular strength and physical function may lead to reduction in suicidal ideation.</p
The Relational and Linguistic Origins of Architectural Research: Relevance from a Design Teaching Approach
No full textDoes Architectural Research constitute a borderless domain, or are there untold rules defining what is architecture and what is something else? Can architecture be a matter of relations and operative semiotic?</p
Architecture Through the Eyes of Joaquin Sorolla and New Hyperrealities
No full textThe duality of the real versus the hyperreal in architectural drawing is addressed through the analysis of the work of the painter Joaquín Sorolla and the new artificial intelligence representation systems</p
Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health
No full textPrevious work has supported direct, positive associations between body appreciation and positive mental health, but has largely neglected to examine possible indirect mechanistic pathways. Here, we propose one relevant mediational pathway, wherein body appreciation is associated with positive mental health via positive self-beliefs (i.e., cognitions that lead individuals to view themselves, their lives, and/or their futures under a positive outlook). To test this hypothesis, we asked an online sample of 496 adults (249 women, 247 men) from the United Kingdom to complete measures of body appreciation, positive self-beliefs, and positive mental health. Participants also completed measures of self-efficacy and resilience, and provided their demographic information. Correlational analysis revealed significant, positive, and strong associations between body appreciation and facets of positive self-beliefs and positive mental health, respectively. Structural equation modelling showed that positive self-beliefs mediated the association between body appreciation and positive mental health after controlling for self-efficacy and resilience. This model was robust across women and men separately, and the mediational effects remained intact in sensitivity and robustness analyses. We discuss ways in which greater body appreciation may help individuals develop and maintain positive self-beliefs, which in turn shape mental health outcomes.</p
The prevelance and co-existence of geriatric syndromes in older patients with dementia compared to those without dementia
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Autoethnographic reflections on mental distress and medication management: Conceptualising the biomedical and recovery models of mental health
No full textThis article uses autoethnography to explore the author’s lived experiences of mental distress and how she has conceptualised and explained these symptoms to herself using both the biomedical and recovery models of care. Autoethnography is a process of personal refection that enables connection between the personal and the political. Experiences of mental distress are recounted alongside the decision to reduce medication. This personal experience is then explored in the context of limited evidence base on the efectiveness of reducing medication and the situation in which prescribers often feel reluctant to recommend and support service users in these choices. Shared decision-making in medication management is introduced which is an approach which draws on the models of recovery and co-production challenging traditional biomedical approaches which locate the prescriber as expert. Moreover, the radical service user led model is highlighted, within which, the Hearing Voices Network and Open Dialogue ofer alternative approaches which promote co-production and empowerment. The author connects the personal to the political and refects on her dual identity as an expert-by-experience and social work academic. She details how she has drawn on biomedical explanations to describe her distress yet has been challenged by the recovery model throughout her journey of recovery. She concludes that her own position, in identifying herself as an academic and expert-by-experience is an important step in challenging notions of expertise and approaches to mental health care.</p
Projected cross-view learning for unbalanced incomplete multi-view clustering
No full textIncomplete multi-view clustering (IMVC) aims to partition samples into different groups for datasets with missing samples. The primary goal of IMVC is to effectively address the challenge posed by missing information in clustering analysis. Most existing IMVC methods focus on balanced incomplete multi-view data, assuming a uniform missing rate across all views. However, this assumption does not accurately reflect real-life scenarios. In reality, unbalanced incomplete multi-view data, characterized by varying missing rates among different views, is more prevalent. This presents significant challenges to the clustering process, as varying missing rates can lead to information imbalance. To address these challenges, this paper introduces a novel approach called projected cross-view learning for unbalanced incomplete multi-view clustering (PCL_UIMVC). Specifically, a reconstruction term is integrated, which leverages the information from the existing samples to facilitate the completion of the unbalanced incomplete multi-view data. Next, a projection matrix is incorporated into the model to harmonize feature dimensions across views, mitigating the impact of information imbalance. Then, a graph regularization term is integrated to preserve the geometric structure of the original data. Finally, an iterative algorithm is developed to solve the proposed model. Extensive experiments on eight standard datasets, featuring various rates of missing data, validate the superior clustering performance of the proposed method.</p
Associations between total physical activity levels and academic performance in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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National long-term trends in health-related quality of life using EQ-5D-3L in South Korea, 2008-2021, including the COVID-19 pandemic: a representative serial study of 2.8 million people
No full textOBJECTIVE: There is a scarcity of literature investigating the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on long-term trends in health-related quality of life (HrQoL) using large-scale and representative data. Thus, we aimed to investigate the nationwide and long-term trends in quality of life (QoL) using the European Quality of Life5 dimensions, 3-level version (EQ-5D-3L) from a Korean representative serial study of 2.8 million people, 2008-2021. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This Korean study used data on adults between 2008 and 2021 who participated in the Community Health Survey. Timeframes were categorized as COVID-19 mid-pandemic (2021) and pre-pandemic (2008-2019). The mean EQ-5D-3L index for the whole population and subgroups stratified by demographic characters was evaluated for each timeframe, and differences between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were also analyzed. RESULTS: 2,827,240 adults who responded to the survey, 2008-2021, were eligible for this study. Overall EQ-5D index persistently decreased from 2008-2016, then minimally decreased during the pandemic, still being much higher than forecasted before the COVID-19 pandemic. The reduction in the rate of decline in QoL after the COVID-19 outbreak was especially marked in white-collared, young adults, people with ‘good’ or ‘very good’ subjective health, and college-educated or above group. On the other hand, the previously increasing trend of QoL in the elderly group has decelerated during the pandemic, and QoL of the ‘very bad’ subjective health group recorded the lowest among the whole study period. CONCLUSIONS: The present study investigated the long-term trend of QoL in Korean adults using serial data over the past 14 years, with a special emphasis on comparing the preand mid-COVID-19 pandemic periods. </p
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