838 research outputs found
Interview with Derek Connolly
No full text Dr Derek Connolly speaks to Adam Price-Evans, Commissioning Editor of Future Cardiology: Derek Leslie Connolly is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Birmingham City Hospital (UK). He qualified from the University of Edinburgh (UK) summa cum laude in Pharmacology in 1985 and in Medicine in 1988 where he was the Brunton Medalist. As a Carnegie scholar at the University of California, San Diego (CA, USA) he saw the early promise of angioplasty and changed his career plan from cardiac surgery to coronary intervention. He then spent a decade training in Cardiology in Cambridge (UK) where he held a British Heart Foundation PhD Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. His main clinical and research interest is the detection and treatment of atherosclerosis. He was appointed to his current role in 2000 and has been integral to the early development of both primary angioplasty and cardiac CT programs. He was UK Chief Investigator for the FOURIER trial. </jats:p
Finding Aid to the Collection of James Brendan Connolly Materials
No full textThe Connolly Collection contains the writings and personal library of James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957). The collection includes Connolly\u27s reminiscences, newspaper articles, and galley and page proofs as well as scrapbook clippings. There are also notebooks containing holograph notes on schooners and the navy, letters from Connolly\u27s personal correspondence, and books from Connolly\u27s personal library. James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957) was an Irish-American author of sea-related stories, novels, and nonfiction such as The Book of the Gloucester Fishermen. Born in South Boston, he attended Harvard and was a medal-winning athlete in the first modern Olympics, held in Athens in 1896. He participated in the Siege of Santiago as a member of the 9th Regiment, ran for the 12th Congressional District (South Boston) seat as a member of the Progressive Party in 1914, and worked as a correspondent for such publications as Scribner\u27s, Harper\u27s and Collier\u27s
Opeas albaniense Connolly 1919
No full text<p> <i>albaniense,</i> <i>Opeas</i> Connolly 1919a: 217; text fig. 2. Cape Province, Alicedale [locality of author’s ‘type’, <i>vide</i> Connolly 1939: 352]; Grahamstown. Two paratypes [Alicedale] EE.5411 {Spence ex Connolly}.</p>Published as part of <i>McGhie, Henry, 2008, Catalogue of type specimens of molluscs in the collection of The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, UK, pp. 1-46 in ZooKeys 4 (4)</i> on page 5, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.4.32, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/576421">http://zenodo.org/record/576421</a>
Long-term wind-driven X-ray spectral variability of NGC 1365 with Swift
No full textWe present long-term (months–years) X-ray spectral variability of the Seyfert 1.8 galaxy NGC 1365 as observed by Swift, which provides well-sampled observations over a much longer time-scale (six years) and a much larger flux range than is afforded by other observatories. At very low luminosities, the spectrum is very soft, becoming rapidly harder as the luminosity increases and then, above a particular luminosity, softening again. At a given flux level, the scatter in hardness ratio is not very large, meaning that the spectral shape is largely determined by the luminosity. The spectra were therefore summed in luminosity bins and fitted with a variety of models. The best-fitting model consists of two power laws, one unabsorbed and another, more luminous, which is absorbed. In this model, we find a range of intrinsic 0.5–10.0 keV luminosities of approximately 1.1–3.5 erg s?1, and a very large range of absorbing columns, of approximately 1022–1024 cm?2. Interestingly, we find that the absorbing column decreases with increasing luminosity, but that this result is not due to changes in ionization. We suggest that these observations might be interpreted in terms of a wind model in which the launch radius varies as a function of ionizing flux and disc temperature and therefore moves out with increasing accretion rate, i.e. increasing X-ray luminosity. Thus, depending on the inclination angle of the disc relative to the observer, the absorbing column may decrease as the accretion rate goes up. The weaker, unabsorbed, component may be a scattered component from the wind
Jacob of Serugh on the Eucharist: Homilies 22 and 95
No full textIn the two articles reprinted here, Dom Hugh Connolly offers an English translation of two homilies from Jacob of Serugh dealing with the Eucharist. Connolly used the Syriac text of Bedjan’s edition of Jacob’s homilies (also available from Gorgias Press), homilies 22 and 95 in that edition. A short selection from homily 53 is also translated because of its related subject matter. Connolly gives an introduction to each homily and includes some explanatory notes to the texts. These translations originally appeared in The Downside Review, nos. 27 (1908) and 29 (1910).Translated into English from the Syriac text of Bedjan’s edition of Jacob’s homilies.These translations originally appeared in The Downside Review, nos. 27 (1908) and 29 (1910)
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231185428 - Supplemental material for A pilot project investigating the use of ONCOpatient®—An electronic patient-reported outcomes app for oncology patients
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231185428 for A pilot project investigating the use of ONCOpatient®—An electronic patient-reported outcomes app for oncology patients by Bojan Macanovic, David O’Reilly, Harry Harvey, Danial Hadi and
Maeve Cloherty, Pauline O’Dea, Derek G. Power, Dearbhaile C. Collins, Roisin M. Connolly, Richard M. Bambury, Seamus O’Reilly in DIGITAL HEALTH</p
An exploratory review on designing and developing core anatomy education programmes for undergraduate nurses
No full textBACKGROUND:
For nurses to be deemed safe and competent to practice, they require a working knowledge and understanding of several subspecialties within the life sciences, including anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology and radiography subjects. Yet, a plethora of evidence asserts that nursing biosciences are not at the level anticipated by the profession in the United Kingdom and internationally. Several underlying causes have been posited. First and foremost is the need for more regulatory guidance on the level and depth of bioscientific knowledge required at pre-and post-registration levels. Concurrently, the ambiguity surrounding bioscientific standards in nursing education has created disagreement on what works pedagogically alongside challenges in communicating and highlighting the explicit role of the life sciences across multiple areas of practice, manifesting as a gap between theory and nursing applications. Simultaneously, broader sociohistorical factors implore nurses to preserve uniprofessional power and autonomy, generating disagreement on who should teach biological science to nursing students; a 'medical', 'purist' or 'applied' scientist?
The multifaceted nature of the 'bioscience problem' has led to calls for a wide-scale educational evaluation to gain in-depth insight into the current issues to improve the quality of nurses' bioscience education.
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the enablers and constrainers for designing and delivering quality anatomy education to pre-registration nurses?
Review Questions:
(i) Historically, how have nursing and anatomy programmes evolved, changed, or maintained the status quo?
(ii) What are student nurses, academics and registered nurses’ views on anatomy education and provision within the undergraduate nursing programme?
(iii) Can a national consensus be reached on the level and depth of anatomical knowledge required for undergraduate nurses by formulating specific core learning outcomes?
(iv) What are the current structural arrangements, interactions and dynamics between anatomists and nursing educators?
METHODOLOGY:
A realist approach was adopted. Initially, the literature was analysed using social realist theory (a grand theory) to elucidate initial explanatory middle range and programme theories that informed the intervention, a non-prescription, national anatomy syllabus and subsequent realist evaluation that highlighted various influencing factors within higher education and regulatory organisations, systems and processes that were explained using realist principles.
METHODS:
The realist research that was carried out was an iterative process that utilised mixed methods to refine the underlying theories using multisource evidence that was acquired through systematic searches to synthesise the historical and contemporary literature. Based on the key findings, a Delphi process was subsequently undertaken to reach a national consensus on the level and depth of anatomical required by undergraduate nurses, followed by a questionnaire on interprofessional collaboration and a secondary analysis of the data to explore themes and trends on the facilitators and barriers in quality assuring anatomy education in undergraduate nursing programmes in the United Kingdom.
MAIN RESULTS:
Setting Standards: A consensus >80% was reached on the level and depth of anatomical knowledge. The advisory syllabus produced sixty-four systems-based ‘core’ learning outcomes required at the pre-registration level in nursing throughout the United Kingdom. Provision: Anatomy belies a significant proportion of nurses’ professional standards.
Traditionally anatomy was correlated with technical tasks. However, it is discernibly present in the non-technical and safety-critical components of practice. The linked nature of theory to practice see’s nursing programmes deliver anatomy as an integrated component with pathophysiology. Yet, there is variability in teaching anatomy alongside other integrated components ranging from 0.26% to 13% of the overall time allocated for bioscience theory in the curriculum, suggesting that the biosciences are being marginalised. Anatomy was found to be a ‘name and locate’ topic instead of building a conceptually descriptive three-dimensional map to ensure that pathophysiology was covered in more depth, Facilitators and Barriers: There are tenuous or no collegiate links between anatomists and nursing educators. Both groups deem a collegiate relationship essential for increasing learner (and faculty) knowledge and creating opportunities to enhance research and education tailored to nursing. While anatomists are open to working together, there are differences in the level of expertise and pedagogical approaches alongside a lack of information and resource sharing between schools and colleges. For example, 87% of anatomy departments actively use cadaveric specimens to teach compared to 4% of nursing cohorts suggesting inequality of opportunity. This was attributed to significant staff shortages in anatomy, a medical monopoly on resources, under-funding in nursing biosciences and factionalism in nursing that generates a teacher-centred approach to anatomy provision. Along with administrative and geographic issues were ongoing stereotypes about nursing in scientific circles. Nevertheless, there is a desire to break down silos if education is to align with healthcare needs.
CONCLUSION:
The quality of undergraduate nurse anatomy education is compromised at the university level as the current ideologies, structures, and dynamics are out of step with the needs and interests of students, necessitating the need for an urgent review and interdisciplinary dialogue at an institutional and departmental level throughout the United Kingdom. The issues have been attributed to the design, organisation and delivery of bioscientific curricula in nursing programmes due to a broader underappreciation and devaluation of the sciences in nursing education and research frameworks
Diatessaron in the Syriac Acts of John / Jacob of Serug and the Diatessaron
No full textThis volume contains two short studies, originally printed in the Journal of Theological Studies, on the Diatessaron and Syriac literature. In the first, Connolly examines the evidence on the data and order of two biblical passages in the Syriac Acts of John in comparison with some other places in Syriac literature, such as Ephrem’s commentary on the Diatessaron, the Old Syriac Gospels, and Solomon of Basra’s Book of the Bee. In the second investigation, he looks at some material from Jacob of Serug showing his use of the Diatessaron or Old Syriac Gospels over against the Peshitta. Both studies suggest some lines of alteration that had taken place in the Arabic Diatessaron. Readers who study the history of the Gospels in Syriac and their reception and use in Syriac literature will find these two studies of interest
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