261 research outputs found
Is the Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Male Erectile Dysfunction Independent of Cardiovascular Disease? Findings from a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
No full textKew-Kim Chew, Alexandra Bremner, Bronwyn Stuckey, Carolyn Earle, and Konrad Jamrozi
Alcohol Consumption and Male Erectile Dysfunction: An Unfounded Reputation for Risk?
No full textKew-Kim Chew, Alexandra Bremner, Bronwyn Stuckey, Carolyn Earle, and Konrad Jamrozi
Erectile dysfunction as a predictor for subsequent atherosclerotic cardiovascular events: Findings from a linked-data study
No full textKew-Kim Chew, Judith Finn, Bronwyn Stuckey, Nicholas Gibson, Frank Sanfilippo, Alexandra Bremner, Peter Thompson, Michael Hobbs and Konrad Jamrozi
Six Overtures Composed by C. F. Abel. Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte : being Opera First / By the Author
No full textSIX OVERTURES COMPOSED BY C. F. ABEL. ADAPTED FOR THE HARPSICHORD OR PIANO FORTE : BEING OPERA FIRST / BY THE AUTHOR
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Sex life after 65: How does erectile dysfunction affect ageing and elderly men?
No full text© 2009 Informa UK Ltd.Introduction. We report the findings pertinent to the ageing and elderly participants of a population-based study of erectile dysfunction (ED).
Method. We examined the sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported morbidities and responses to the 5-item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) of participants aged ≥65 years and ≥80 years.
Results. Most (73%) participants were married or had partners. Among the participants aged ≥65 years, the prevalence of ED (IIEF-5 scores <22) was 67% and of severe ED (IIEF-5 scores <8) 48%. About 32% were sexually active, and 11% had regular sexual intercourse. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was reported in 37% and diabetes mellitus (DM) in 13%, with odds of ED at 3.91 and 4.68, respectively. Among those aged ≥80 years, the prevalence of ED was 68% and of severe ED 57%. About 12% were sexually active, and 3% had regular sexual intercourse. CVD was reported in 44% and DM in 11%, with corresponding odds of ED at 2.55 and 2.90.
Conclusions. Most ageing and elderly men are in a relationship and many are sexually active. ED is prevalent and severe. Morbidities are common and significantly associated with ED, impairing the sex lives of affected men.Kew-Kim Chew, Alexandra Bremner, Bronwyn Stuckey, Carolyn Earle, Konrad Jamrozi
"Mirages of repose": Displacement and dissolution in Elizabeth Bowen's wartime fiction
No full textFull text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.This research project looks at the World War Two fiction of Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen. This thesis draws on short stories contained in The Demon Lover and Other Stories (first published in 1945), and the 1948 novel, The Heat of the Day, as well as selected essays and other non-fiction writing of the time. Bowen’s fiction is concerned with moments of intense and often sublime or repressed feeling which could arise as an effect of living through war in Home Front Britain. Bowen’s fiction is widely renowned for its unusual treatment of physical spaces and material objects within space. Bowen’s work explores the tension between representation, perception and the thing itself, registering moments of strangeness on the Home Front through both form and content. Chapter One investigates the treatment of doubt and deceit in The Heat of the Day, looking at the ways that uncertainty and duplicity, bred by existing in the precarious context of the Home Front, permeate characters’ relationships with time, text and each other, becoming strategies for coping with an increasingly untrustworthy existence. Chapter Two explores the shifting landscapes of the Home Front in the short stories “In the Square” and “Ivy Gripped the Steps” to build a picture of how characters’ feelings of dissolution or displacement are writ large on the decaying, destroyed or repurposed buildings and landscapes which were so much a feature of the topography of the Home Front during World War Two. Chapter Three looks at the short stories “Sunday Afternoon” and “The Demon Lover,” as well as the novel The Heat of the Day to understand something of how Bowen’s own position as an Anglo-Irish writer influences the way that the past assumes a weighty presence in the present in the contexts of displacement and decline brought into being through the onset of the Second World War
Two- to Eight-Month-Old Infants' Perception of Dynamic Auditory-Visual Spatial Colocation
No full textFrom birth, infants detect associations between the locations of static visual objects and sounds they emit, but there is limited evidence regarding their sensitivity to the dynamic equivalent when a sound-emitting object moves. In 4 experiments involving thirty-six 2-month-olds, forty-eight 5-month-olds, and forty-eight 8-month-olds, we investigated infants' ability to process this form of spatial colocation. Whereas there was no evidence of spontaneous sensitivity, all age groups detected a dynamic colocation during habituation and looked longer at test trials in which sound and sight were dislocated. Only 2-month-olds showed clear sensitivity to the dislocation relation, although 8-month-olds did so following additional habituation. These results are discussed relative to the intersensory redundancy hypothesis and work suggesting increasing specificity in processing with age
Comparison of multiple and novel measures of dietary glycemic carbohydrate with insulin resistant status in older women
No full textAbstract Background Previous epidemiological investigations of associations between dietary glycemic intake and insulin resistance have used average daily measures of glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL). We explored multiple and novel measures of dietary glycemic intake to determine which was most predictive of an association with insulin resistance. Methods Usual dietary intakes were assessed by diet history interview in women aged 42-81 years participating in the Longitudinal Assessment of Ageing in Women. Daily measures of dietary glycemic intake (n = 329) were carbohydrate, GI, GL, and GL per megacalorie (GL/Mcal), while meal based measures (n = 200) were breakfast, lunch and dinner GL; and a new measure, GL peak score, to represent meal peaks. Insulin resistant status was defined as a homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) value of >3.99; HOMA as a continuous variable was also investigated. Results GL, GL/Mcal, carbohydrate (all P Conclusion A dietary pattern with high peaks of GL above the individual's average intake was a significant independent predictor of insulin resistance in this population, however the contribution was less than daily GL and carbohydrate variables. Accounting for energy intake slightly increased the predictive ability of GL, which is potentially important when examining disease risk in more diverse populations with wider variations in energy requirements.</p
The contribution of visual and vestibular information to spatial orientation by 6- to 14-month-old infants and adults
No full textAlthough there is much research on infants' ability to orient in space, little is known regarding the information they use to do so. This research uses a rotating room to evaluate the relative contribution of visual and vestibular information to location of a target following bodily rotation. Adults responded precisely on the basis of visual flow information. Seven-month-olds responded mostly on the basis of visual flow, whereas 9-month-olds responded mostly on the basis of vestibular information, and 12-month-olds responded mostly on the basis of visual information. Unlike adults, infants of all ages showed partial influence by both modalities. Additionally, 7-month-olds were capable of using vestibular information when there was no visual information for movement or stability, and 9-month-olds still relied on vestibular information when visual information was enhanced. These results are discussed in the context of neuroscientific evidence regarding visual-vestibular interaction, and in relation to possible changes in reliance on visual and vestibular information following acquisition of locomotion
Training to Enhance Psychiatrist Communication with patients with Psychosis (TEMPO): A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the Royal College of Psychiatrists via the DOI in this record.Background: A better therapeutic relationship predicts better outcomes. However, there is no trial based evidence on how to improve therapeutic relationships in psychosis.
Aims: To test the effectiveness of communication training for psychiatrists on improving shared understanding and the therapeutic relationship.
Methods: In a cluster randomized controlled trial in the U.K., 21 psychiatrists were randomized. 97 (51% of those approached) outpatients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder were recruited. 64 (66% of the sample recruited at baseline) were followed up after 5 months. The intervention group received four group and one individualized session. The primary outcome, rated blind, was psychiatrist effort in establishing shared understanding, self-repair. Secondary outcome was the therapeutic relationship.
Results: Psychiatrists receiving the intervention used 44% more self-repair than the control group (6.4, 95% CI 1.46 to 11.33, p<.011, a large effect) adjusting for baseline self-repair. Psychiatrists rated the therapeutic relationship more positively (0.20, 95%CI 0.03 to 0.37, p=.022, a large effect), as did patients (0.21, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.41, p=.043, a medium effect).
Conclusions: Shared understanding can be successfully targeted in training and improves relationships in treating psychosis.
Trial Registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN94846422National Institute for Health Research (NIHR
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