1,427 research outputs found
Fiona C Denison studies
No full text## Access ## This dataset will be deleted from the Edinburgh DataVault on 2026-04-10. This dataset is held in the Edinburgh DataVault, directly accessible only to authorised University of Edinburgh staff. External users may request access to a copy of the data by contacting the Principal Investigator, Contact Person or Data Manager named on this page. University of Edinburgh users who wish to have direct access should consult the information about retrieving data from the DataVault at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-support/datavault .Multiple studies for which Prof. Fiona C Denison was the PI, now under the stewardship of Edinburgh Imaging. The vault contains personal and sensitive data. As agreed with the owner, it is not suitable for sharing under any circumstance
Digital Attachment: PhD Thesis Fiona Rochholz, Univ. Bremen, MARUM
No full textDigital Attachment for PhD Thesis by Fiona Rochholz, submitted September 2019 at University of Bremen, Germany.
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Building Breastfeeding Research Relations and Beyond: An Interview With Fiona Dykes
No full textProfessor Fiona Dykes is Professor Emerita of Maternal and Infant Health at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom (UCLAN). Fiona has a particular interest in the global, sociocultural, and political influences upon infant and young child feeding practices; her methodological expertise is in ethnography and other qualitative research methods. She founded the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN) in 2000 which she led until she retired from her full-time professorship in 2020. Fiona established the associated MAINN Conference in 2007. The MAINN conference is a 3 day, international, peer reviewed event held bi-annually in the United Kingdom and, more recently, in alternate years overseas (Sydney, Australia; Falun, Dalarna, Sweden; and Florida, United States). The conference draws together key researchers in the field of infant and young child feeding from around the world. Fiona was a founding member of the journal Maternal and Child Nutrition. She is author of Breastfeeding in Hospital: Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line (Routledge) and co-author, with Dr Tanya Cassidy, of Banking on Milk: An Ethnography of Donor Human Milk Relations (Routledge). She is also joint editor of several books including Infant and Young Child Feeding: Challenges to Implementing a Global Strategy (Wiley-Blackwell) and Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health (Routledge). This interview was conducted on April 20, 2023, by Dr. Tanya Cassidy, and is based on a verbatim transcription and edited for readability
Liverpool in Layers; mapping a sense of place
No full textLiverpool in layers; mapping a sense of place
This 96 page book details in full colour the context, the content and the making of the Liverpool Map, a multi-layered glass sculpture which was commissioned by the Museum of Liverpool to commemorate 2008; City of Culture. It is now housed in the Museum of Liverpool and encapsulated the cultural terrain of the Liverpool with a sense of place denoted and voted for by the people of Liverpool.
ISBN 978-0-9556547-7-0
Publisher; Capsica
Author: Fiona Shaw (tbc
Obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnant women with obesity: prevalence, mechanisms and screening tools
No full textObesity is an excessive accumulation of fat which is associated with an increased risk
of adverse health outcomes. More than 1 in 5 pregnant women in the United
Kingdom are currently classified as obese. Women with obesity are at a higher risk of
a range of adverse pregnancy outcomes during the antenatal and peripartum
periods. Compared to offspring of lean women, the offspring of women with obesity
are more likely to be born large for gestational age and to develop cardiometabolic
disease across their lifespan.
Obesity is the major modifiable risk factor for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). An
accumulating body of observational evidence suggests that women with OSA during
pregnancy have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, in particular
gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The biological
mechanisms underpinning these associations are poorly understood. As in the non-pregnant population, obesity is a key risk factor for OSA during pregnancy. The
optimal method of screening for OSA in pregnant women is uncertain.
This thesis describes a prospective cohort study performed between 2018 and 2020.
It investigates the prevalence of OSA in women with class III obesity (body mass index
[BMI] ≥40 kg/m2
), explores potential mechanisms contributing to adverse pregnancy
outcomes through analysis of placental gene expression profiles of women with
obesity and OSA, and assesses the utility of OSA screening tools in pregnant women.
Chapter 1 contains an overview of the literature in the field of maternal obesity,
maternal OSA and mechanistic investigation into the relationship between OSA and
cardiometabolic disease as it may relate to pregnancy. Chapter 2 outlines the study
methods and scientific techniques which were utilised to undertake the work
described thereafter.
In Chapter 3, the prevalence of OSA in a cohort of women with class III obesity, and
in a comparator lean group, was assessed using home-based sleep studies. OSA was
identified in 37.5% of women with obesity in the second trimester, and 50.0% of
women with obesity in the third trimester. In comparison, 2.6% of lean women in the
second trimester and 9.1% of lean women in the third trimester had OSA. This is the
first longitudinal account of OSA prevalence in pregnant women with class III obesity
specifically. Exploratory analyses of inflammatory and metabolic markers quantified
in maternal serum obtained in the second and third trimesters are also presented.
In Chapter 4, results of gene expression profiling of placentae from women with
obesity and OSA, and from controls with obesity and no OSA, are presented. Using
mRNA sequencing, no significant differences in the expression of genes relevant to
the development of adverse pregnancy outcomes were identified. The complexities
of identifying potentially relevant findings using this technique in the present cohort,
and the need to consider alternative sites contributing to the development of adverse
pregnancy outcomes, are discussed.
In Chapter 5, the predictive capacity of several OSA screening tools, including tools
designed for use in pregnancy and non-pregnancy, were assessed in the study cohort.
A pregnancy-specific model published in 2018 by Louis et al. was the most effective
tool to screen for OSA in lean and obese pregnant women, including in those with
characteristics (e.g., parity and gestation) different to the cohort in whom the tool
was developed. The potential application of this model as a screening tool with
categorical outcomes relating to the risk of OSA is considered.
Chapter 6 summarises the main findings of this thesis and considers future directions
of research which may be beneficial.
In summary, the work presented in this thesis highlights the high prevalence of OSA
in women with class III obesity, a group whose prevalence is set to increase in coming
decades. The findings of placental gene expression profiling do not provide clarity
regarding the biological mechanisms underlying adverse pregnancy outcomes in
maternal OSA, but are, nonetheless, an important contribution to the literature. The
utility of a recently published pregnancy-specific screening tool in obese and lean
pregnant women is demonstrated, and potential future applications of this tool are
considered
How many focus markers are there in Konkomba?
No full textThis article discusses the divergent status of the two particles lé and lá in the grammar of Konkomba, a Gur language (Niger-Congo) of the Gurma subgroup. While previous studies claim that both particles are focus markers, this author argues that only the particle lá should be analyzed as a pure pragmatic device. Distributional studies suggest that the use of particle lé, on the other hand, is only required under specific focus conditions, and primarily represents a syntactic device
McQuarrie, Fiona
No full textcurrentDr. McQuarrie joined the School of Business in 1995. She holds a PhD in Organizational Analysis from the University of Alberta; an MBA, a BBA with majors in English and Business, and a Certificate in Liberal Arts from Simon Fraser University; and a Diploma in General Studies from Thompson Rivers University. She has also taught at Athabasca Univeristy, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Prince Edward Island. Dr. McQuarrie has been Associate Dean of UFV's Faculty of Professional Studies and has also been a co-chair of the School of Business. From 2011 to 2014, she had a half-time appointment as the Special Projects Coordinator at the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer.
Dr. McQuarrie has served three terms as a member of the national executive of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, the professional and academic association for faculty members in Canadian business schools. She has also been an executive member of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations division of the Academy of Management, the largest international association of business academics and researchers. She has served as a board member for several businesses, governmental and community organizations.
Dr. McQuarrie's research interests include the interaction between work and leisure; organizational theory; labour relations; and organizational diversity. Her research has been published in major academic journals including the Academy of Management Executive, the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, the Journal of Management Education, and Management & Organizational History. She is the author of the textbook Industrial Relations in Canada (John Wiley and Sons Canada), which is used in more than 30 colleges and universities across the country. She also is a regular media commentator on labour and employment issues.Abbotsford campus, C244
Beyond text based plagiarism: A paradigm for tackling academic misconduct in the creative disciplines
No full textThis guide addresses the fact that in Universities or professional practice the regulations and guidance concerning plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct usually focus upon text based material
AttachmentPhDThesisFionaRochholz
No full textDigital Attachment for PhD Thesis by Fiona Rochholz, submitted September 2019 at University of Bremen, Germany.
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod"
No full text"William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade ""Fiona Macleod"" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman.
Sharp wrote ""I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out"". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing ""second self"".
With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.
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