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Generation to Generation (Gen2) Project Mid-term Evaluation
Get PDFChurch participation in Western countries over the past fifty years has experienced a decrease (Webber, et al. 2010). The engagement of children and especially young people is among the biggest issues of Diocese and parishes (Webber, et al. 2010). A report developed by Youthscape (2016), a Christian youth organisation, highlighted how churches mainly engage with children (ages 5 to 10) than youth (ages 11 to 18). In fact, the latest research invites churches to participate in understanding if ministries are reaching out to non-religious young people and if they are able to listen and address questions of religious young people about their faith (Youthscape, 2022). The Generation to Generation (Gen2) project objective is to improve the engagement of children, youth, and families with the church and develop supportive environments that are responsive to their needs. Primarily, with an innovative training pathway, the Gen2 project seeks to fit in two professional narratives, Ministry and worker (either Youth or Children and Family), the former involving the participants' faith journey, and the latter ensuring their positive development (Clyne, 2015; APPG, 2019). This training pathway seeks to improve the engagement of young people by changing the culture of the Diocese, altering the lens through which we view and hear young people in our churches. The Gen2 project is ongoing and it has been delivered by the Peterborough Dioceses since October 2020 in several areas: Kettering, Towcester, Corby, Higham, Rutland, Peterborough, and Wellingborough. Thisresearch evaluation outlines the experiences of the participants, the volunteers, the mission enablers, and the overall organisation around the Gen2 project using a mixed method approach mainly driven by qualitative data. Quantitative data were provided by the Peterborough Diocese from October 2018 to May 2022 and were collected at sessions implemented by the Gen2 mission enablers and the volunteers. Qualitative data consisted of 36 semi-structured interviews with participants, volunteers, mission enablers and broader organisation members (such as the project lead and the rectors of the benefice) and focused on the needs of programme participants and the programme performance. Overall, the data showed that Gen2 increases the engagement with the Church and that mission enablers are able to respond positively to the participants’ needs. The quantitative data showed that the activities have been increasing over time and that Gen2 is able to achieve some of the innovative goals, including creating more outreaching programme, especially for young people. The qualitative data show that the beneficiaries of the programme felt that their needs were being met and that the programme was responsive to their needs, with each participant expressing positive experiences since they engaged
Global prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome among long COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Get PDFBACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a persistent and debilitating disorder. According to several studies, chronic fatigue syndrome has been identified among recovered COVID-19 patients as the most common symptom of long COVID. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis study was to obtain the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in long COVID cases. METHODS: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we analysed reported results of studies that assessed the occurrence of chronic fatigue syndrome among COVID-19 patients four weeks after the onset of symptoms. The study selection was commenced by searching PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, and Google scholar using the keywords of Chronic fatigue syndrome, COVID-19, and post-COVID-19 syndrome. The searches were without a lower time limit and until April 2022. Heterogeneity of studies was assessed using the I 2 index, and a random effects model was used for analysis. Data analysis was performed within the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (version 2). RESULTS: The pooled prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome four weeks after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms, in 52 studies with a sample size of 127,117, was 45.2% (95% CI: 34.1-56.9%). Meta-regression analysis in examining the effects of the two factors of sample size, and year of study on the changes in the overall prevalence, showed that with increasing sample size, and year of study, the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome among long COVID patients (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results show that the overall prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome as a long COVID symptom is 45.2%. Chronic fatigue after infection with COVID-19 can negatively affect personal and social lives. Given such significant negative consequences caused by the syndrome, it is recommended that health policymakers allocate funds to reduce the adverse effects of this syndrome, by creating programs to support long COVID patients
Rethinking assessment for interprofessional learning during COVID-19: steering a middle course
Get PDFThis is the sixth article in a series exploring interprofessional education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article will focus on the considerations and adaptations made to assessing interprofessional education during this time. It will explore the alternative assessment strategies used by faculty, the modality of assessment and the tools used, student and faculty experiences and the challenges faced by both during the rapid pivot to remote learning and assessment
Learning from undergraduate students' experience of the Digital Learning Across Boundaries (DLAB) project
Get PDFThis research forms part of an established project: Digital Learning Across Boundaries – Developing Changemakers (DLAB). An Erasmus+ project, it runs internationally across five countries (Belgium, Denmark, England, Norway and Spain). DLAB is now in its sixth and final year, having worked to support learners crossing geographical, personal and environmental boundaries using technology. This strand of research reviews the experience of the English undergraduate (UG) students who joined the DLAB team this year. It explores how students viewed their involvement, and what they perceived as their own growth through the project. Aims: • To understand more about the undergraduate student experience of involvement in the project. • To empower students to reflect on their own experience of involvement and identify any growt
Comparison of observed and DEM-driven field-to-river routing of flow from eroding fields in an arable lowland catchment
Get PDFField-to-river flow of runoff and sediment in a lowland arable catchment in the south of England is explored from both field and modelling perspectives. Routes observed to be taken by flow and sediment on five study areas include many interactions between flow and ‘landscape elements’ (LEs), including those (field boundaries, paths, roads) of anthropogenic origin. We were able to satisfactorily replicate observed flow routes using a simple steepest-descent-with-overtopping model with a 5 m DEM. This was unexpected, considering the narrowness of linear LEs such as paths and tracks. However LE attributes showed considerable sensitivity: changing just one attribute of a single FE-flow interaction notably altered the route taken by simulated flow, while changing LE attributes notably affected synthetic hydrographs for flow reaching the river, suggesting similar impacts upon transported sediment reaching the river. Thus while simple steepest-descent and overtopping permits satisfactory replication of observed flow routes, it is likely that more explicit representation of LE-flow interactions is necessary in order to adequately capture the dynamics of field-to-river runoff and sediment transport, as must be done by catchment-scale erosion models. This will enable such models to better represent runoff speed and volume, and the flux and size distribution of transported sediment, with the aim of overcoming some broad limitations of such models as noted in earlier model validation studies. Finally, we consider the representation of some LE flow in catchment-scale models, and discuss the ways in which such representation might be improved
Contemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice
Get PDFContemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice provides a holistic analysis of modern criminal justice issues, encompassing the pre-trial, investigative, and post-conviction stages of criminal justice in legal settings across the world. The contributors acknowledge and examine the vast array of challenges in global criminal justice, from the role of the International Criminal Court to policing, the integration of technology, and how marginalized groups, such as sex workers and those with addictions, are treated in the courts. With contributions from scholars in England and Wales, New Zealand, Croatia, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, and The Republic of North Macedonia, this book is not limited to one jurisdiction, and highlights that criminal justice is very much a global issue in a state of crisis. From policing to the courts, it is in urgent need of reform. Without a competent criminal justice system, justice does not exist. This book would be of interest to scholars in the legal, criminal justice, and criminology fields
END-TO-END slice management in 5G Networks
No full textThis research investigates the softwarization and virtualization techniques in 5G networks and how these techniques could improve the Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE). In addition, how the virtualized functions and services from one provider will cooperate with other providers to move the subscribers to their services dynamically without affecting the subscriber’s experience. According to the researchers' view, slice management, resource allocation and mobility management are open issues for the future network. For that, we create multiple slices on top of the physical infrastructure and generate traffic over the slices to evaluate the traffic and measure the delay after sending data packets from the user slices to the UPF. Furthermore, End-to-End slice performance will be analyzed after generating the traffic over the slices
Building Capabilities of Youth Through Participatory Oral History Project: The South Hebron Hills, a Palestinian Case Study
Get PDFDrawing from the capabilities approach (Sen 1999; Nussbaum 2000) and reflecting on Fricker’s (2007) epistemic (in)justice, this paper seeks to explain how a participatory oral history project enabled youth researchers in Palestine to increase their capabilities to participate in political and social life in their communities by fostering their attachment to the land and by increasing understanding of their cultural heritage. Due to the occupation, Palestinian youth researchers have been exposed to epistemic inequalities. They have been systematically prevented from exercising their political functionings; they cannot voice their ideas on freedom, heritage and land. Findings show that through participatory research, the youth researchers took an active role in their communities to cultivate their epistemic abilities to be the narrators of their own stories and to create public advocacy. Whilst acknowledging the intersectional power dynamics and oppression that govern their lives, the paper explores the possibility of participatory research in redressing epistemic injustices caused by structural inequalities and in disrupting colonial relations of domination. The research indicates that even in politically fragile contexts, participatory research can promote critical reflection, challenge the social imaginaries stigmatising the youth, and provide opportunities to develop political capabilities for social and public advocacy
The Effects of Thermal Sensation and Acclimatisation on Cognitive Performance of Adult Female Students in Saudi Arabia Using Multivariable - Multilevel Statistical Modelling
Get PDFIn the hot climate of Saudi Arabia, people living year-round in air-conditioned spaces are likely to develop high expectations for homogeneity and cool temperatures, becoming potentially more sensitive if thermal conditions deviate from the comfort zone they expect. This paper presents the results from a field intervention investigating the association between participants’ thermal sensations with cognitive performance in a female university in Saudi Arabia. The climatic context plays a key role in choosing Saudi Arabia, whereas the total reliance on air-conditioners (AC) for cooling is believed to have significant effects on occupants’ perceptions of the comfort temperature. Results reveal discrepancies in the actual thermal sensations between the Saudi and non-Saudi participants which affected their performances. “Cool” and “Slightly Cool” sensations versus neutral were associated with significant lower percentage of errors and significant higher speed for all participants independently of any association with ethnicity and acclimatization. The estimates remained significant even after adjusting for ethnicity and the number of years spent in the country and the set temperature of AC at home. Implications of the study suggest a preference for staying cool when working independently of acclimatization status
Clinical Lead Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Manual
Get PDFThis resource is aimed at and has been developed in collaboration with Clinical Leads to support the development of Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) pathways, processes and protocols across England and Wales. Clinical Leads may wish to share this document with Primary Care MHTR Practitioners within the local site. This document should be reviewed in conjunction with the MHTR Programme Operating Framework and is supplemented by Primary Care MHTR Practitioner Manual. This document has been reviewed by the Programme Site Chairs, Clinical Leads and Primary Care MHTR Practitioners. It has been circulated to the National MHTR Oversight Group who have in turn shared it with partner agencies (inc. NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I), Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) for review and wider comments. Within the resource, you will find the following information with supporting template documentation being provided in the appendices: • Overview of Mental Health Treatment Requirements; • Information to inform the design and development of the MHTR intervention; • Overview of the role of the Clinical Lead
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