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Experiences of mental health and mental health support among nursing students and non-nursing students
No full textThe study identifies that student from nursing and non-nursing backgrounds experience mental health challenges during their programme. Students studying nursing courses had poorer mental health decreasing by 4.619 points compared to those studying non-nursing courses after adjusting for confounding variables, (B= -4.619, p=0.048, CI [-9.189, -.049]). In addition, compared to non-nursing students, mental well-being scores improved by 0.264 points for each year gained in age. Similarly, the heavy academic workload faced by nursing students and non-nursing students during their studies can also have a negative impact on their mental well-being. A significant amount of mental stress was also attributed to the challenges they faced during their placement as well as meeting their financial obligations. As a result of this study, we have gained a greater understanding of the wellbeing of students from a diverse perspective, because it involved students from different demographic backgrounds. Having a good support system will ensure that students will be able to develop the right coping mechanisms to enable them to thrive and complete their course successfully
The use of churn prediction to improve customer retention in grocery e-retailing
No full textAs retailers embrace the online shopping experience and technology advances, it is now also vital for retailers to pay attention to customer churn since it has a detrimental impact on the company's corporate development and reputation. To mitigate the negative effects of customer churn on grocery retail businesses, this study will look at how machine learning and deep learning churn prediction models are applied, as well as data analytical findings on customer retention. The implications of customer churn and how it impacts grocery businesses will be the subject of thorough research.Furthermore, an analysis of previously gathered data sets will reveal significant discoveries, customer preferences, and behaviours related to Churn.The study will examine how churn prediction affects a company's profitability, reputation, and operational efficiency.Following the study of the dataset, a thorough framework will be suggested with the main goal of proactive churn control, thereby limiting its effects on the overall growth of the company.This thesis aims to contribute to current efforts to improve corporate company growth by studying customer behavioural patterns most associated with churn and then suggesting solutions to the challenges
Empowering community actors: training taxi and private hire vehicle drivers as allies in combating organized crime
No full textThis chapter explores the integral role of taxi and Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) services in combating organized crime, with a specific focus on child sexual exploitation as highlighted by cases like Operation Stovewood. The research scrutinizes the socio-economic impacts of organized crime on individuals and communities, emphasizing the need for a collaborative approach to address these issues. It particularly examines the involvement of the taxi and PHV industry in these crimes and advocates for effective public-private collaboration in tackling organized crime. Organized crime, including activities like human trafficking and extortion, undermines societal stability, fostering violence and eroding public trust in institutions. The chapter presents a disturbing dimension of this crime: the exploitation of certain taxi/PHV drivers in child sexual exploitation scandals, as seen in investigations across cities like Rotherham. This revelation has led to a critical inquiry into taxi and PHV licensing, aiming to address regulatory gaps and ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable individuals. The research adopts a comprehensive methodology, analyzing Operation Stovewood as a case study and reviewing academic and government reports on the effectiveness of policies and legal frameworks governing taxi and PHV licensing. It also explores the ethical and legal responsibilities of regulating taxi and PHV services, balancing safety measures with privacy rights. Key to this discourse is the necessity of public-private collaboration in combating organized crime. The strategic positioning of taxi and PHV drivers as local surveillance agents offers a unique opportunity in this fight. The chapter proposes comprehensive training, legal structures, and ethical guidelines to empower drivers in this role, supplemented by technological advancements like CCTV in taxis and PHVs
Covid-19: the impact of the pandemic and resulting support needs of children and young people
No full textCapacity for death awareness and death anxiety in children and young people has been previously documented but the impact of Covid-19 and subsequent support needs are not currently known. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore children’s and young people’s experiences and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and to identify resulting support needs, which are long-lasting or ongoing. Qualitative data was collected from thirteen children aged 9–10 years old in a primary school in Northwest England and from over a hundred young people, including nine interviews, across the United Kingdom. Children were asked to draw their thoughts and feelings about the pandemic and write a short narration to accompany the drawing. A questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used with young people aged 12-16. Thematic analysis identified four themes in the data: death anxiety; mental health; positive experiences of the pandemic; and support needs. Findings indicate the need for appropriate support and interventions with children and young people to facilitate safe spaces to express their emotions and share feelings around death, dying, and bereavement confidently in a non-judgemental setting
Assaying of p53 Autoantibodies in saliva for the detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma. A road not taken
No full textAutoantibody detection is a promising approach to cancer screening. Serum p53 antibodies have been time tested in various cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study is aimed to detect and determine the level of p53 autoantibodies (p53-AAbs) in saliva. The association of clinicopathological features among patients with and without OSCC was also explored as a novel method for the detection of autoantibodies. One hundred preoperative saliva samples from patients with histologically confirmed OSCC and a hundred from normal healthy individuals were collected. Anti p53 detection kit assessed levels of salivary p53-AAbs. The cut-off value was 1.3 U/mL by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The p53-AAb levels were expressed in terms of the median and interquartile range (IQR). Fischer's exact test and Chi-square test were used to determine the association with clinicopathological features among patients with OSCC and healthy controls with tobacco consumption habits. Median level of p53-AAb is 0.234 U/mL (IQR 0.18-0.37U/mL) in healthy controls and 0.285U/mL (IQR 0.16-0.58U/mL) in OSCC. p53-AAbs was positive in 15% of 100 patients with OSCC, which was statistically higher (P < 0.001) among OSCC, and controls were negative for p53-AAb. No significant correlation of p53-AAbs with the patient's age, gender, site, clinical staging (TNM), and pathologic grade was observed. However, a significant association was seen between the node involvement and salivary p53-AAbs. Salivary p53-AAb positivity was seen in a higher proportion in OSCC patients than in healthy controls with tobacco consumption, and the levels did differ significantly among OSCC and healthy controls. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Cancer.
The Theoretical Perspective of Migrant Entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom
No full textThe influx of migrants in foreign countries is often misconstrued, disenchanted, and perceived as a mistake. There is a growing conjecture that migrants are creating more problems in the hosting countries. Such thinking is contested as studies are increasingly recognising the importance of migrants and their contributions to the domestic economy. As such, this study seeks to unravel the notion of migrant entrepreneurship mainly focusing on the UK. Using the qualitative data, collected from the literature from 2000 to 2023, the findings indicate the impact of migrant entrepreneurship in developed economies is still debated upon, and new theories are still emerging. The evidence suggests that migrants in the UK are widely conceded. Despite the penetration in the new country, migrant entrepreneurs still face various challenges and limited support is accorded to them. At a national level, the preliminary analysis suggests that migrants have to some extent the entrepreneurial skills which are beneficial in terms of productivity, innovation, creativity, and income generation. In addition, migrants are more successful as they grapple with work and provision of economic and social benefit to hosting and home countries. These require courage, determination, and resourcefulness. Hence, there is a significant revelation in relation to the landscape for migrant entrepreneurs which shows the influence they have on the host economy and environment. The study concludes that migrant entrepreneurship has the prospects to offer financial and societal benefits an aspect that should be embraced by all hosting countries
India's digital dividend: A strategic opportunity and challenge
No full textIndia has been on a digital growth trajectory for a few years, prompted by its goal of becoming a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025. The Indian digital revolution has resulted in a new wave of digital consumption and dividends. This manuscript examines the transformative journey of India's digital revolution, highlighting the strategic opportunities and challenges it encompasses. The Digital India initiative, a cornerstone government policy, has been instrumental in this transformative process, aiming to digitize various aspects of life and governance. Despite a significant increase in internet users and the successful launch of numerous digital projects, a substantial digital divide remains, characterized by disparities in mobile phone ownership, internet access, and digital literacy across different genders, geographical locations, and income groups. Using a qualitative research methodology, this study investigates the economic impact of digitalization on the Indian economy and identifies factors contributing to the digital divide. An extensive literature review and qualitative content analysis identified five primary themes: the digital profile of India, digitization and economic growth, digitalization and economic variables, digitalization across sectors, and the digital divide. These themes elucidate India's progress in digital literacy and financial inclusion, the economic advantages of digitalization, and the obstacles to achieving digital inclusivity. The manuscript proposes a developmental framework with recommendations for policymakers, business leaders, and other stakeholders to mitigate the digital divide and maximize the benefits of digital dividends. It underscores the necessity of a comprehensive digital strategy, the enhancement of digital infrastructure, the development of digital human resources, the promotion of digital literacy, and the fostering of digital entrepreneurial capacity
Stitchography Conceptualising place through a walking-stitching practice
No full textThis thesis provides an explication of Stitchography - a new critical-creative model forpractice-led research. I have coined this term, which draws on the visual metaphor of thethread to define a multi-stranded approach to place-based research, and knots togetherthreads of practice as visual-aesthetic and textual outputs that propose newconceptualisations of suburban place. The term encapsulates a set of creative approachesthat explore, record and re/conceptualise place through a walking-stitching praxis, thatcentres on three key threads of inquiry: Place as Object, Place as Subject and Place as Agent.Situated specifically within a suburban space, the walking-stitching interventions documentedand discussed within this thesis offer opportunities to slow down and to explore familiar sitesin unfamiliar ways. It recognises how our relationship to place changed during and postCovid19 and engages with a desire to explore the world outside of our doors from a timewhen we weren’t allowed to travel, a time when people were walking in and rediscoveringthe suburban place in a way in which they had not before. Building on the idea that peopleare not simply users of place, but help to create and shape it, the thesis explores both soloand participatory walking-stitching interventions which enable the walker-stitcher to becomeactively involved in the experience of space in a range of new and thought-provoking ways. Itrecognises a shift in arts and humanities research to acknowledge a move away from humancentred experiences to consider the wider ecologies of place. Inviting opportunities to slowdown and become involved with our local environments, stitchography recognises theparticipatory nature of place.Through this stitchographic practice I propose a methodological framework of entanglementthat responds to the intersecting and knotting of multiple threads. Merleau-Ponty’s notion ofbodily consciousness and sensory experience (1962); Deleuze and Guattari’s model of therhizome (2021); Karen Barad’s concepts of intra-activity and agential realism (2007); JaneBennett’s understanding of vibrant matter (2010); and Donna Haraway’s theory of sympoiesis(2016) form the theoretical framework that connects threads that tend not to be synthesised.My adoption of a position between embodied phenomenological and new materialistperspectives, has enabled me to identify a new stitchographic space for thinking about experiences in, on and with place that makes it possible for me to move between purposive,discursive and conceptual understandings of place.The entangling of theoretical and philosophical perspectives is echoed in the new relationsestablished in a series of participatory walking-stitching workshops and a public exhibitionduring the summer and autumn of 2023. The interaction with others involved in these eventscontributed to a knotting of ideas and emergent thinking, directing and informing practicalunderstandings of stitchography, and the development of a new stitchographic lexicon.Recognising a textility of writing that enables language to emerge through practice, I developterms that reconceptualise place as more than spatial-geographical to consider the material,bodily and sensuous
From relapse prevention to recovery protection: a positive perspective on recovery from substance use disorder
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to advise recovery protection, a novel and contrasting conceptual proposition to relapse prevention. Recovery protection advocates that in addiction recovery, instead of people working to a level of preventing what they do not want, they elevate this toward acting to protect what they do. This translates to living an effective recovery lifestyle where ongoing personal growth can continue to make it a more valuable prospect. It is argued that this altered perspective would help promote addiction recovery as a positive and beneficial lifestyle choice, challenging some of the barriers that people with SUD face when accessing professional services. Research limitations: This paper commentates on recovery protection, drawing knowledge from the recovery model as applied to mental health generally and work exploring recovery from SUD as a positive process involving change and life improvement. As a theoretical position, it is in its infancy, requiring greater study to establish it as a valid prospect in drug and alcohol treatment services. Originality/value: Recovery protection is a novel proposition that seeks to align recovery from SUD with the recovery model in mental health generally. It recognizes recovery from SUD as a process of growth and positive change
To be or not to be? The question of equitable healthcare
No full textPurpose The purpose of this commentary is to appraise and critically evaluate sexual minorities' mental health provision according to individual and systemic barriers to mental health care. It addresses the issue of health inequity by first exploring the background narrative that informs health inequalities and then moving forward in creating a health equity framework. Design/methodology/approach From the focus point of mad studies and queer theory. Findings In this critical commentary, the work alongside others will be viewed and discussed in terms of addressing individual and systemic barriers to mental health care. Furthermore, how this has been significantly influenced by the colonisation of mental health with its polarising language and increased marginalisation will be discussed. Practical implications Progress world view (PWV) will help sexual minorities receive the care needed. Social implicationsThrough the decolonisation of mental health, there will be a new understanding that helps us achieve health equity by using a gay worldview lens called the PWV (Broadway-Horner, 2024). Originality/value In closing, recommendations for future research alongside policy implications for service restructuring implementation of a decolonising health service. This will include a national training package to increase self-efficacy levels. It brings together a cohesive understanding of the PWV within a larger body of work on sexual minorities and mental health