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Replication Data for: Navigating the financial frontier: a serendipitous journey between corpus linguistics and discourse analysis of economy in parliamentary speeches
No full textData analyzed in the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications article, "Navigating the financial frontier: a serendipitous journey between corpus linguistics and discourse analysis of economy in parliamentary speeches
Development of an animation to alleviate patient anxiety before endoscopic treatment
No full textBackground:
eHealth is the use of technology aimed at improving health care and has garnered significant interest in the last decade. Preoperative anxiety is the feeling of unease before a procedure and has been linked to a reduced postoperative quality of life. The effect of eHealth on preoperative anxiety has previously been researched; however, its specific effect in endoscopic procedures remains unclear. An increase in the number of endoscopies performed has been associated with a substantial increase in preoperative anxiety. This anxiety is also shown to correlate with the amount of information shared with the patients prior to the procedure, indicating that an appropriate level of patient education and engagement is necessary to alleviate preoperative anxiety. However, not all forms of patient engagement may be effective in reducing preoperative anxiety; for instance, information pamphlets have previously shown no significant effect on anxiety as the information provided was found to be overwhelming for patients. Therefore, a more suitable and engaging approach, such as eHealth, may be required.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to develop an informative animation educating patients, about to undergo endoscopic procedures, on the common concerns associated with endoscopy. The animation was developed using information obtained from the available literature.
Methodology:
The methodology was divided into three stages: literature search, finding and coding similarities, and animation. The aim of the first stage was to identify in the literature the commonly expressed fears and worries associated with surgery that influence a patient's preoperative anxiety levels. The second stage was to find the commonalities between the papers identified from the literature and to analyse them, using a qualitative analytic method known as descriptive coding. Finally, the last stage aimed to collate all the relevant information into an animation that summarises the common fears and worries relating to the procedure, as well as how best to tackle them as the patient.
Results:
Three papers were identified as relevant to the research question. They were compiled into three separate word documents and imported into NVIVO. Using NVIVO, the information from the papers was then coded into five separate themes. These themes, with their respective distribution in all the three papers, were: fear of complications (44%); fear of cancellations (5%); lack of information (33%); feeling out of one’s element (16%); and concern for the family (3%). The development of the animation took the themes into consideration and provided ways to alleviate these fears and worries.
Conclusion:
The two most frequent themes revealed during the coding stage of the study (fear of complications (44%) and lack of information (33%) corroborate previous relevant studies in the literature. This study adds to the notion that patients currently receive inadequate information to effectively alleviate their preoperative anxiety. Therefore, this work highlights the need for information that is both presented in a manner that is conducive to effective patient engagement and specific to the individual patient’s concerns
Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Social trust in property ownership: a study in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia"
No full textDataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Social trust in property ownership: a study in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia".
The dataset is a iUML-B based formal model of the process of ownership. It includes a zipped file:
OwnershipModelling.zip
The data is accessible under CC BY license.
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The nature of the female patient–physiotherapist relationship in Saudi Arabian musculoskeletal outpatient settings: a constructivist grounded theory
No full textMediterranean diet diminishes the effects of Crohn's disease and improves its parameters: A systematic review
No full textThe pathogenesis and clinical course of Crohn's disease (CD) is influenced by diet. Mediterranean Diet (MD) helps Crohn's patients through many mechanisms
Social trust in property ownership: a study in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
No full textOwnership refers to the legal rights, obligations, and interests, all of which are formally recognised by a legal system. The regulation of property ownership dictates access to and control over land and other resources. In modern society, property ownership relies heavily on technology for identifying, record-keeping, and verifying property ownership to ensure compliance with the legal system. However, this reliance on technology introduces challenges such as fraud, incorrect information, and potential challenges like double sales as technology continues to advance. Further challenges can be encountered when it is regulated by several governmental entities to secure ownership. This research focuses specifically on the legal system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, acknowledging the global nature of challenges but tailoring the investigation to the unique context of this region. To address the challenges inherent in the land registration system, the research proposes a STF. Unlike existing approaches that primarily lean on technology, this framework delves into the underlying factors contributing to challenges and identifies key considerations for establishing a safe process for transferring ownership. The framework encompasses four categories of social needs for trusting systems: organisation, provenance, technical, and legal. Each category comprises a set of factors that should be considered during the development of the system. Importantly, this framework is designed in alignment with the interests of stakeholders who regularly engage with the systems and is validated by experts in governmental entities. The validation process is based on qualitative data and analyse using thematic analysis. The STF supports the analysis of user requirement specifications to identify the necessary requirements. The user needs are analysed to identify the requirements needed using the scenario-based approach of transferring ownership, with the knowledge that this scenario avoids the challenges outlined. The identified requirements serve as essential inputs for constructing models using the Event-B formal methods, a mathematical approach that ensures the correctness and consistency of the requirements. The formal model is built using a correctness-by-construction methodology, that allows the deduction of assurances for the trustworthy process of transferring ownership. The model undergoes evaluation by formal method specialists to guarantee the construction of an accurate model through the utilisation of discount expert review. Applying the formal method significantly affects system development. It aids in articulating implicit assumptions and clarifying system requirements. They highlight challenges with system requirements, and their rigour helps to understand the challenge better. Additionally, the formal method reduces implementation time and error by a large amount
Akkermansia muciniphila, a new generation of beneficial microbiota in modulating obesity: A systematic review
No full textObesity is a complex syndrome and is recognized as the ultimate pathway of many chronic diseases. Studies using Akkermansia muciniphila supplementation strategy have proved to be effective for the prevention and treatment of obesity and other metabolic disorders. Although there are studies that support the protective effect of this strategy, the effects on the prevention of obesity on humans are not clear yet and need more investigation. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of A. muciniphila administration on modulating obesity. This systematic review was generated from articles published within the last 10 years. All articles were in English and included animal subjects. The review relied on the search engines Google Scholar, Pub Med, Web of Science and Medline using the following keywords: A. muciniphila, next-generation probiotic, new-generation probiotic, obesity, fat mass, body fat and lipid profile. The search has revealed 804 articles with relevant key words. After the exclusion of irrelevant articles, 10 studies were selected based on the criteria. These studies were randomized controlled trials that have shown that A. muciniphila modulates obesity by regulating metabolism and energy hemostasis and improving insulin sensitivity and glucose hemostasis. In addition, studies showed this microorganism enhances low grade inflammation by different mechanisms
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Limosilactobacillus reuteri in Health and Disease
No full textLimosilactobacillus reuteri is a microorganism with valuable probiotic qualities that has been widely employed in humans to promote health. It is a well-studied probiotic bacterium that exerts beneficial health effects due to several metabolic mechanisms that enhance the production of anti-inflammatory cytochines and modulate the gut microbiota by the production of antimicrobial molecules, including reuterin. This review provides an overview of the data that support the role of probiotic properties, and the antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of some L. reuteri strains in relation to their metabolite production profile on the amelioration of many diseases and disorders. Although the results discussed in this paper are strain dependent, they show that L. reuteri, by different mechanisms and various metabolites, may control body weight and obesity, improve insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis, increase gut integrity and immunomodulation, and attenuate hepatic disorders. Gut microbiota modulation by ingesting probiotic L. reuteri strains could be a promising preventative and therapeutic approach against many diseases and disorders
Microencapsulation of Probiotics for Food Functionalization: An Update on Literature Reviews
No full textFunctional foods comprise the largest growing food category due to both consumer demands and health claims by manufacturers. Probiotics are considered one of the best choices for meeting these demands. Traditionally, the food vehicle for introducing probiotics to consumers was dairy products, and to expand the benefits of probiotics for a wider range of consumers, the need to use other food items was essential. To achieve this goal while maximising the benefits of probiotics, protection methods used during food processing were tackled. The microencapsulation of probiotics is a promising methodology for achieving this function. This review highlights the use of the microencapsulation of probiotics in order to functionalise food items that initially were not considered suitable for probiotication, such as baked products, or to increase their functionality such as dairy products. The co-microencapsulation of probiotics with other functional ingredients such polyphenol, prebiotics, or omega-3 is also highlighted
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