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Exploring the determinants of occupational stress in variable hour teaching staff in the UK Higher Education institution
No full textIn the world of work where demands and pressure are prevalent, personal stress is inevitable. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has noted work-related stress as a medical condition that requires attention. Professionals have coined the term occupation stress to denote to what employees experience in the workplace. Such stress at work can have a toll on the employees' productivity and well-being. In the academic work, there have been high levels of stress caused by the job demands, and this has caused an adverse effect on the individuals. A semi-structured interview of 30 variable hour teaching staff was utilised in the UK Higher Education. The findings indicated that most variable staff experienced job stressful elements. Overall, this chapter provides insights into the determinants of occupation stress among variable hours teaching staff
Virtual Wellbeing Cafe - Innovative Practice Supporting Student Well Being During The Pandemic And Beyond
No full textAs a Senior Lecturer teaching students who have worked fulltime and on the frontline in the NHS and social sector during the pandemic, I have witnessed how it has affected their learning. Understandably, these students were fatigued, anxious and witnessed traumatic events as Trainee Nursing Associates. These students were well-supported in terms of personal tutoring as well as signposting to Life lounge and other external agencies; however, I feel as lecturers we need to embed wellbeing into the curriculum and modules
Inclusivity and sustainability within Ghana: enhancing awareness and utilisation of social enterprise and entrepreneurship for all
No full textReport commissioned by the British Council.In Ghana, youth unemployment is high, and there is a lack of awareness and understanding of social enterprise despite it being a possible resolution to the employment of young Ghanaians. Social enterprises have great potential to reduce youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa. The social enterprise approach can achieve this partly because it relies less on public sector and donor funding, unlike other conventional business approaches
Diagnosis of diabetes type using Random Forest algorithm and SVM for improving accuracy
No full textTo improve the accuracy in detection of diabetes type diagnosis using Random Forest Algorithm and Support Vector Method. A dataset on diabetes was collected on kaggle.com. Support vector method analysis was performed on the data using kernel as linear, poly and rbf with random state = 42 and test size = 0.2. The Random Forest Algorithm with n_estimators = 100 has same accuracy with support vector method with kernel as rbf. When it comes to type diagnosis for patient having diabetes, the Random Forest Algorithm and Support Vector Method with kernel rbf can be used unlike other kernel of Support Vector Method
National Early Warning Scores following emergency hospital transfer: implications for care home residents
No full textObjective.Care home residents have high rates of hospital admission. The UK National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) standardises the secondary care response to acute illness. However, the ability of NEWS2 to predict adverse health outcomes specifically for care home residents is unknown. This study explored the relationship between NEWS2 on admission to hospital and resident outcome 7 days later.Design.Repeated cross-sectional study.Setting and participants.Data on UK care home residents admitted to 160 hospitals in two 24-hour periods (2019 and 2020).Method.Chi-squared and Kruskal–Wallis tests, and multinomial regression were used to explore the association between low (score ≤2), intermediate (3-4), high (5-6) and critically high (≥7) NEWS2 on admission and each of the following: discharge on day of admission, admission and discharge within 7 days, prolonged hospital admission (> 7days), and death.Results.From 665 resident admissions across 160 hospital sites, NEWS2 was low for 54%, intermediate 18%, high 13% and critically high for 16%. The 7-day outcome was 10% same-day discharge, 47% admitted and subsequently discharged, 34% remained in-patients and 8% died. There is a significant association between NEWS2 and these outcomes (P<0.001). Compared to those with low NEWS2, residents with high and critically high NEWS2 had 3.6 and 9.5 times increased risk of prolonged hospitalisation ((relative risk ratio 3.56, 95%CI (1.02–12.37), RRR 9.47, CI (2.20–40.67)) respectively. The risk of death was approximately 14 times higher for residents with high NEWS2 (RRR 13.62, CI 3.17–58.49) and 54 times higher (RRR 53.50, CI 11.03–259.54) for critically high NEWS2.Conclusion and implications.Higher NEWS2 measurements on admission are associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation up to 7 days duration, prolonged admission, and mortality for care home residents. NEWS2 may have a role as an adjunct to acute care decision-making for hospitalised residents
Skills development in innovation and entrepreneurship
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The effect of combined atmospheric plasma/UV treatments on improving the durability of flame retardants applied to cotton
No full textApplication of a combined atmospheric plasma/UV laser to cotton fabrics impregnated with selected non-durable flame retardants (FRs) has shown evidence of covalent grafting of the latter species on to cotton fibre surfaces. As a result, an increase in their durability to water-soaking for 30 min at 40 °C has been recorded. Based on previous research plasma gases comprising Ar80%/CO220% or N280%/O220% were used to pre-expose cotton fabric prior to or after FR impregnation to promote the formation of radical species and increased –COOH groups on surface cellulosic chains, which would encourage formation of FR-cellulose bonds. Analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and thermal analysis (TGA) suggested that organophosphorus- and nitrogen- containing flame retarding species in the presence of the silicon-containing molecules such as 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane (APTS) resulted in formation of FR-S-O-cellulose links, which gave rise to post-water-soaking FR retentions > 10%. Similarly, the organophosphorus FR, diethyl N, N bis (2-hydroxyethyl) aminomethylphosphonate (DBAP), after plasma/UV exposure produced similar percentage retention values possibly via (PO).O.cellulose bond formation, While none of the plasmas/UV-treated, FR-impregnated fabrics showed self-extinction behaviour, although burning rates reduced and significant char formation was evident, it has been shown that FR durability may be increased using plasma/UV treatments
The Games Realising Effective & Affective Transformation (GREAT) Project – A pathway to sustainable impact on climate change policy
No full textIn this paper the authors introduce the Games Realising Effective and Affective Transformation (GREAT) research project. This EU funded intervention posits the application of digital games, game making and games technologies, as a realisable sustainable solution to actively engage citizens in meaningful dialogue with governments to address the global challenge of climate change.The primary objective of the intervention is to facilitate citizens by using emergent technologies, to provide input into developing national and international policy priorities to address the challenges presented by global climate change, technologies that are both available and accessible.The GREAT project commenced on 01 February 2023 and brings together leading scientists in academia and the games industry in a single programme of research and innovation. The Project aims to establish new forms of social engagement and encourage meaningful dialogue between citizens and senior policy stakeholders (policy makers, policy implementers, political parties, and affected citizens)
Constructing the school paradox in the lives of children living with parental mental illness
No full textChildren living with parental mental illness are referred to as an invisible population because mental health services rarely target them, as the focus is often on the parent who is ill mentally. The same situation occurs even in school where they are unnoticed. This study conducted in Ghana creates awareness about what these children think about their interactions at school in the context of parental mental illness. Data was collected through interviews and diaries with 13 children living with parental mental illness and analysed to attain the essential features through Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology. The children find the school as a happy space where they do not have to be worried about the parent’s mental illness. Ultimately, though, even at school, most of the children become concerned about the mental wellbeing of the parent due to their loyalty towards them. This results in the school paradox where the children are torn between having their own time at school and being worried about the parent’s condition back home, wanting to be there for the parent. The school paradox is an unhealthy cycle that could be addressed with coordinated efforts from mental health professionals, social workers, psychologists and teachers