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Authors' attitudes to, and awareness and use of, a university institutional repository.
No full textThis article reports the findings of an author study at Cranfield University. The study investigated authors' publishing behaviours, attitudes, concerns, and their awareness and use of their institutional repository (IR), Cranfield QUEprints. The findings suggest that despite a reasonable amount of advocacy many authors had not heard of QUEprints and were not aware of its purpose. Once explained, all authors saw at least one benefit to depositing a copy of their work to QUEprints, but many were unsure how to deposit, preferring to depend on the Library to do the work. The authors voiced few concerns or conditions regarding the inclusion of their work in QUEprints, but felt that it would be an extra, inconvenient step in their workload. This research led to the development of the Embed Project which is investigating how to embed the IR into the research process and thereby encourage more authors to deposit their work
Specialist foster care for traumatised young people with challenging behaviour: Appraising joined up service provision
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.It is recognised that looked after young people with a history of trauma, offending, emotional, behavioural and educational difficulties often face a high risk of social exclusion later in life. Against this background an innovative and intensive fostering service was developed by a large charitable organization. The intention was to provide community based foster care placements as an alternative to residential and secure accommodation and an external evaluation was commissioned. The thesis grew out of the main research evaluation. This small scale case study has the separate aim of exploring how far the provision of specialist foster care placements together with appropriate services can help young people to achieve stability. This question is considered through an analysis of the organisational relationships, the model for service delivery, the implementation of the key services and their impact on the service users. The methodology and research approach used questionnaires and in-depth recorded interviews. The study has been personalised by including the voices of the organisation's key stakeholders and service users. With the introduction of recent legislation that places an emphasis on inter-agency and multi-professional working, the thesis seeks to draw out lessons from the case study on the opportunities and constraints of joined-up service delivery. It also aims to inform current policy and practice which is now shifting towards the provision of specialist foster care, rather than residential care for difficult young people. The findings indicate that achieving integrated service delivery and multi-professional working is a complex task. The study has provided a broad understanding about all aspects of service delivery, together with the views of the service providers and the service users. Finally, the thesis makes recommendations for the improvement of inter-agency co-operation and front line service delivery to ensure that young people and their families receive the services they need
Correspondence from Rachel Foster Avery to Clara MacNaughton
No full textTyped and signed correspondence from Rachel Foster Avery to Clara MacNaughton; first line reads "Dear Dr. McNaughton,/ Here is the first letter of your series." mentions they have sent the money and include some words in the letters being sent out from their Philadelphia office to carry more weight; Rachel Foster Avery provides the list of names: Mrs. Lucretia L. Blankenburg (President of the Pa. W.S.A. (Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association)" Mrs. Lavinia Hoopes, Mrs. Helen Mosher James; National Council of Women of the United States letterheadIncoming correspondence to Dr. Clara W. MacNaughto
O! Pa have some mercy
No full textTrade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, remedies prepared by Foster, Milburn & Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Title on verso: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
Evaluating Research Impact through Open Access to Scholarly Communication
No full textScientific research is a competitive business – in order to secure funding, promotion and tenure researchers must demonstrate their work has impact in their field. To maximise impact researchers undertake high priority research, aim to get results first, and publish in the highest impact journals. The Internet now presents a new opportunity to the scholarly author seeking higher impact: s/he can now make their work instantly accessible on the Web through author self-archiving. This growing body of open access literature (coupled with new publishing models that make journals available for-free to the reader) maximises research impact by maximising the number of people who can read it, and making it available sooner. Open access also provides a new opportunity for bibliometric research. This thesis describes the relatively recent phenomenon of open access to research literature, tools that were built to collect and analyse that literature, and the results of analyses of the effect of open access and its effect on author behaviour. It shows that articles self-archived by authors receive between 50-250% more citations, that rapid pre-printing on the Web has dramatically reduced the peak citation rate from over a year to virtually instant and how citation-impact – now widely used for evaluation – can be expanded to include a new web metric of download impact
Foster care and social work services from the perspective of the foster child
No full textIncludes bibliographical references
D.R. Foster Building
No full textNeo-Classical Revival style building constructed for David Russell Foster (1882-1933); and wife, Anna Stockwell (1885-1951), native of Canton, PA. He was the owner of D.R. Foster Company, realtors, developers and insurance agents; and founder of Peoples's Building and Loan Association which occupied the building from 1913 to 1961. Location of Foster-Hill Realty Compnay from 1932 to 1993
Characteristics of PA cost-effectiveness studies by the first author, setting, number of PAs & design.
No full textCharacteristics of PA cost-effectiveness studies by the first author, setting, number of PAs & design.</p
The Effectiveness of Interventions on Sustained Childhood Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies
No full textBackground
Increased physical activity (PA) has been associated with a reduction in non-communicable disease risk factors and outcomes. However, interventions to increase childhood PA typically produce small to negligible effects. Recent reviews are limited due to lack of post-intervention follow-up measurement. This review aimed to examine measured effects at least six months post-intervention.
Methods and Findings
We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, ScienceDirect, SportDiscus and Google Scholar between 1st January 1991 and 1st November 2014 for controlled studies reporting six-month post-intervention measurement for children aged 5 to 18 years. 14 studies met inclusion criteria; 12 reported moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) (n = 5790) and 10 reported total PA (TPA) (n = 4855). We calculated overall effect estimates and 95% CI’s using random effects modelling with inverse variance weighting. Mean difference was calculated for MVPA, with standardised mean difference calculated to TPA due to measurement variation. Meta-regression assessed heterogeneity by continuous level variables. Negligible mean difference in MVPA existed in favour of the intervention group, amounting to 1.47 (95% CI -1.88, 4.82) mins/day compared to controls, while no difference was recorded on TPA. Sub-group analyses revealed males (2.65 mins/day: 95% CI 2.03, 3.27) reported higher levels of MVPA than females (-0.42 mins/day: 95% CI -7.77, 6.94), community settings (2.67 mins/day: 95% CI 2.05, 3.28) were more effective than school settings (1.70 mins/day: 95% CI -4.84, 8.25), and that treatment (4.47 mins/day: 95% CI -0.81, 9.76) demonstrated greater effects than population approaches (1.03 mins/day: 95% CI -2.54, 4.60). Meta-regression revealed no significant differences by factor on pooled effects. Significant heterogeneity existed between studies and potential for small study effects was present.
Conclusions
Improved PA levels subsequent to intervention were not maintained six month post-intervention. A potentially useful avenue of future research is to specifically explore community treatment of high risk individuals
Factors Associated With Foster Parent Instrumental Social Support For Physical Activity
No full textBackground: The transition from childhood to adolescence marks a steady decline in physical activity (PA) for males and females. To be active, many youth rely on parents for specific instrumental social support (ISS) such as providing transportation and paying activity fees. Parental PA literacy (comprehension of PA information and guidelines) may also be associated with parents\u27 support of children\u27s PA. To date no studies have assessed how psychosocial variables or PA literacy are associated with social support as a behavioral outcome.
Methods: Ninety-one foster parents completed surveys to assess perceptions related to foster child PA (PA level, enjoyment, and coordination), five psychosocial variables (positive and negative behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, perceived behavioral control, and self-efficacy) to provide ISS for PA, and foster parent and child demographics. A PA literacy assessment was also administered to determine overall and specific PA comprehension. Associations between these variables and ISS were determined using multiple regression analysis.
Results: More supportive normative beliefs about providing ISS, higher self-efficacy for providing ISS, and duration of foster child residence (\u3e 3 years) with foster parents were significantly associated with more foster parent-reported provision of ISS. Race, perceived behavioral control, and not engaging in a sport activity were associated with specific PA literacy about PA guidelines. Race and education were associated with overall PA literacy.
Conclusions: Perceived social expectations to provide ISS from others and confidence in ability to provide ISS were associated with provision of ISS for PA in this sample. PA resources should be written in plain language and help improve foster parent\u27s perceived control to provide tangible support for children\u27s PA
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